Alberto D'Ottavi

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 2007 — Present (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 2003 — Present (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 2004 — September 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 2000 — June 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 1999 — August 2000 (1 year)

PC World
Editorial coordination

Gruppo Editoriale JCE

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

September 1998 — August 1999 (1 year)

Chip and PC Upgrade
Editor

VNU Business Publishing

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

December 1994 — August 1998 (3 years 9 months)

PC Magazine