Alberto D'Ottavi

Journalist, Blogger, Web & Social Media Manager

Milan Area, Italy

Current
  • Guest Professor at NABA - Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti
  • Journalist, author, blogger & consultant (Self-employed)
Past
  • Editor in chief at Computer Bild & AudioVideoFoto Bild Italia
  • Editorial director at ZDNet
  • Managing Editor at IDG Communications
  • Editorial coordination at Gruppo Editoriale JCE
  • Editor at VNU Business Publishing
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Alberto D'Ottavi’s Summary

I work at the intersections of technology, Internet, journalism and media, with a focus on Web 2.0 and Social Media. So I can say I'm pretty aware of what's happening in the near future of the digital society

I tell the stories that I learn from there as journalist, blogger, author, public speaker and teacher

Then, I also get models and visions of how things work digitally, and I transfer these as research and strategic consultancy. I help established companies to move in the digital innovation space, and new initiatives to grow

In fact, I also help foster the idea of a new and open entrepreneurship as a member of First Generation Network, an association of first generation entrepreneurs

Alberto D'Ottavi’s Specialties:

- Project, develop, plan and launch new editorial products, on- and off-line
- Market assessment, trends scouting, strategy and visioning
- Management in publishing and Internet companies


Alberto D'Ottavi’s Experience

  • Guest Professor

    NABA - Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Primary/Secondary Education industry)

    October 2007Present (10 months)

    Teacher. Course: "Web 2.0 and Participatory Media", part of "Media Innovation and Design Methodology"

  • Journalist, author, blogger & consultant

    Self-employed

    (Self-Employed; Myself Only; Online Media industry)

    July 2003Present (5 years 1 month)

    Fields: Technology, Media, Internet (esp. User-Generated Content, Social Media, Web 2.0)

    Blogger on http://www.infoservi.it

    Content and community:
    1GN (http://1generation.net), a network of first generation entrepreneurs

    Consultancy:
    Strategic and competitive market analysis, trend scouting
    Editorial product concept development
    Communication strategy support

    Journalism:
    Freelance writing for IlSole24Ore.com. In the past wrote on L'espresso, Il Secolo XIX, Vogue, La Repubblica Affari & Finanza, Il Sole 24 Ore @lfa, Corriere delle Comunicazioni, PC Professionale, Network News

    Author:
    "Companies save money with Intranet and Extranet", 1997
    "Web 2.0 - The marvillous new Internet", 2006

    Pro-bono activity:
    Netwo (http://www.netwo.it), co-founder. A non-profit group for meetings between italian 2.0 initiatives and businesses. We met Splider, Yahoo!, Dada, Sole24Ore Nova24 / Nova100

  • Editor in chief

    Computer Bild & AudioVideoFoto Bild Italia

    (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Newspapers industry)

    September 2004September 2006 (2 years 1 month)

    Computer Bild Italia is a fortnigth, 100-pages, high circulation, end-user technology magazine. AudioVideoFoto Bild Italia, launched feb-06, is a monthly magazine about digital home products. Both on license from Axel Springer Verlag (DE). I launched the italian versions, adapting format and topics to the italian market. I set-up the editorial staff, from 2 to 12 people, and managed the daily operations.

  • Editorial director

    ZDNet

    (Public Company; 11-50 employees; Online Media industry)

    September 2000June 2003 (2 years 10 months)

    Italian edition of ZDNet.com, joint-venture between CNET Networks (CNet.com, News.com) and Telecom Italia. I started-up and managed the content strategy of the site and its operations (recruiting and management of the editorial staff, supervision of workflows, CMS, daily operations). Co-worked on company's strategies as a member of the Board of Directors

  • Managing Editor

    IDG Communications

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Publishing industry)

    September 1999August 2000 (1 year)

    PC World

  • Editorial coordination

    Gruppo Editoriale JCE

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Publishing industry)

    September 1998August 1999 (1 year)

    Chip and PC Upgrade

  • Editor

    VNU Business Publishing

    (Public Company; 11-50 employees; Publishing industry)

    December 1994August 1998 (3 years 9 months)

    PC Magazine


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Alberto D'Ottavi’s Groups:

  • Forbes.com Entrepreneurs member
  •    Content Management Professionals member
  •    OnStartups member
  •    idearium.ORG member
  •    The Content Wrangler Community member
  •    Partnership for Growth member
  •    F2F Capturing Creativity member

Alberto D'Ottavi’s Contact Settings

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