Rob Salkowitz

Current

• Author at Young World Rising: How Youth, Technology and Entrepreneurshiip Are Transforming the World
• Co-Author at Listening to the Future
• Author at Generation Blend: Managing Across the Technology Age Gap

• Partner/Director of Strategy and Content Development at MediaPlant
• Owner & Senior Writer/Consultant at RS Associates, Inc.

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Past

• Communications Consultant at Darcy Burner for Congress
• Writer/Consultant (freelance) at Lionfish Creative
• Board of Directors at OATS

• Proprietor at Emphasis Added (blog)
• Writer/Consultant (contractor) at Microsoft
• Writer/Consultant (Freelance) at BuzzBee
• Consultant/Writer (freelance) at Compaq/HP
• Writer/Consultant (freelance) at Silver Fox Productions
• Writer (freelance) at Merwin Creative
• Editor-in-Chief at Publishing Online
• Writer (freelance) at Caribiner Communications
• Writer (freelance) at BBFM
• Writer (Spider) at Boss Games Studios

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Education

• Columbia University in the City of New York
• Penn Charter

Recommended

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Connections

226 connections

Industry

Writing and Editing

Websites

• My Website

Rob Salkowitz’s Summary

I am a writer and consultant specializing in the social implications of new technology. My first book, Generation Blend: Managing Across the Technology Age Gap (Wiley & Sons, 2008) focuses on the cultural issues of using social and collaborative software in a multi-generational workplace. I recently completed a white paper on Blue Collar 2.0 (the impact of Web 2.0 technology on non-knowledge work industries) for nGenera, and my recent work with Microsoft was collected in Listening to the Future: Why It's Everybody's Business, (co-authored with Daniel W. Rasmus), released by Wiley in a trade edition in November, 2008.

Previously, I worked as an independent communications consultant and writer since 1992, specializing in strategic marketing and messaging for the high tech industry. Clients include Microsoft, HP (previously Compaq), Intel, Intuit, Amazon, Watchguard Technologies and many others. I am a founding partner of MediaPlant, LLC, and helped to launch seven other online content and communications companies through the 1990s.

I am a founding member of the Board of Director of Older Adults Technology Services, a New York-based non-profit focused on technology training and workforce development for older adults. In 2008, I worked as a communications consultant for the Congressional campaign of Darcy Burner (D-WA 08).

Rob Salkowitz’s Specialties:

Economic, political and social implications of new technology in the workplace

Rob Salkowitz’s Experience

• Author

  Young World Rising: How Youth, Technology and Entrepreneurshiip Are Transforming the World

  (Writing and Editing industry)

  January 2009 — Present (11 months)

• Co-Author

  Listening to the Future

  (Writing and Editing industry)

  December 2007 — Present (2 years )

• Author

  Generation Blend: Managing Across the Technology Age Gap

  (Writing and Editing industry)

  May 2007 — Present (2 years 7 months)

• Partner/Director of Strategy and Content Development

  MediaPlant

  (Writing and Editing industry)

  1997 — Present (12 years )

• Owner & Senior Writer/Consultant

  RS Associates, Inc.

  (Privately Held; Writing and Editing industry)

  June 1992 — Present (17 years 6 months)

• Communications Consultant

  Darcy Burner for Congress

  (Writing and Editing industry)

  2008 — 2008 (less than a year)

• Writer/Consultant (freelance)

  Lionfish Creative

  (Writing and Editing industry)

  2005 — 2007 (2 years )

• Board of Directors

  OATS

  (Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

  2003 — 2007 (4 years )

• Proprietor

  Emphasis Added (blog)

  (Writing and Editing industry)

  2002 — 2007 (5 years )

• Writer/Consultant (contractor)

  Microsoft

  (Public Company; Computer Software industry)

  1995 — 2007 (12 years )

• Writer/Consultant (Freelance)

  BuzzBee

  (Writing and Editing industry)

  2002 — 2006 (4 years )

• Consultant/Writer (freelance)

  Compaq/HP

  (Public Company; Writing and Editing industry)

  1999 — 2002 (3 years )

• Writer/Consultant (freelance)

  Silver Fox Productions

  (Writing and Editing industry)

  1997 — 2002 (5 years )

• Writer (freelance)

  Merwin Creative

  (Writing and Editing industry)

  1995 — 2001 (6 years )

• Editor-in-Chief

  Publishing Online

  (Writing and Editing industry)

  2000 — 2000 (less than a year)

• Writer (freelance)

  Caribiner Communications

  (Writing and Editing industry)

  1997 — 2000 (3 years )

• Writer (freelance)

  BBFM

  (Writing and Editing industry)

  1997 — 2000 (3 years )

• Writer (Spider)

  Boss Games Studios

  (Writing and Editing industry)

  1996 — 1996 (less than a year)

Rob Salkowitz’s Education

• Columbia University in the City of New York

  1985 — 1989

• Penn Charter

  1974 — 1985

Additional Information

Rob Salkowitz’s Websites:

• My Website

Rob Salkowitz’s Groups:

GBN sessions, Technology for Business Sake

•    Old Penn Charter
•    Columbia University Alumni Network
•    Northwest Business Intelligence Group (NWBI)

Rob Salkowitz’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

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• new ventures
• expertise requests
• reference requests
• getting back in touch