Neal Schaffer

Current

• Social Networking & Social Media Motivational Speaker at Windmill Networking
• Social Networking Author, "Windmill Networking: Understanding, Leveraging & Maximizing LinkedIn" at Windmill Networking

Past

• Director of Sales, Asia Pacific East at DataPath, Inc.
• Regional Vice President, Asia-Pacific Sales at Espial
• Director, Japan Business Development at Wind River

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Education

• International Christian University
• Amherst College
• Beijing Normal University

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Industry

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Neal Schaffer’s Summary

Neal Schaffer is an internationally recognized social networking expert helping companies and individuals embrace social media for personal and business applications. His experience in creating the Windmill Networking blog (www.windmillnetworking.com) - a social networking world that has become so vast in one year that it constitutes one of the widest read LinkedIn blogs world-wide - resulted in his first book, "Windmill Networking: Understanding, Leveraging & Maximizing LinkedIn," which was released in September, 2009.

Schaffer is a highly sought-after speaker and consultant noted for his energetic and passionate presentations. His development of Windmill Networking and the LinkedIn potential parallels nearly two decades of success in sales and business development in the technology sector, concentrating on the Asia-Pacific region. He is the former Director of Sales, Asia Pacific East for Datapath, and Regional Vice President of Asia Pacific Sales for Espial.

A graduate of Amherst College, Neal has a BA in Asian Studies and is fluent in Japanese and Mandarin Chinese.

Neal Schaffer’s Specialties:

Author: LinkedIn book, social media & social networking blog.

Speaker: Utilizing social media & social networking for professional development as well as corporate business development and increasing sales.

Social Media Coach: Helping executives utilize social networking & social media to proactively manage their online branding & career.

Social Media Strategist: Helping companies create relationships of value with customers while developing new business and increasing sales.