Steven Groves

Current

Chief Evangalist, Co-Founder & President at TheSocialMediaBible.com
Board Secretary at Opportunity Through Entrepreneurship Foundation (OTEF)
Advisory Board / Marketing at Silent Dispatch, Inc.

Principal at Executive Conversations

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Education

Arizona State University
Maricopa Community College

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Steven Groves’s Summary

Really enjoy sharing my experiences in developing innovative programs for companies wanting to leverage social media.

As the Chief Evangelist and Co-Founder of TheSocialmediaBible.com, I am always looking out for the latest / greatest in social media and ANY conversation on the ROI and benefits.

Examples include -
* Strategies for using social media to connect to customers, prospects and stakeholders
* Development and deployment of blogs, videoblogs, microblogs, podcasts and social networks for niche business
* Co-founder of WorldWebinarNetwork.com and instrumental in getting the network from zero to over 100 members in three weeks
* Corporate Fundraising Chair for American Cancer Society Relay for Life for Second Life 2008-2009

Active in the entrepreneurial scene in Arizona -
* Committee Chair - Arizona Entrepreneurship Conference 2006, 2007 & 2008
* Guest Presenter on Marketing - Kauffman FastTrac Training in Phoenix, & Gilbert 2006, 2007 & 2008
* Guest Presenter on Marketing at ASU / Barretts Honors College 2006 & 2007
* InvestSouthwest Presentation Mentoring Team Member 2007

My real passion is working on projects to identify, develop and execute programs to create revenue streams, structure successful business development efforts, and develop finance-able business projects.

I've worked with many small to medium businesses and provided business development, marketing and sales consulting in most of my engagements.

Steven Groves’s Specialties:

Technology application to business with particular interest in social media components, Highly creative in developing solution and exercising an innate ability to see the forest for the trees.

Understand business finance and experienced in all phases of business development from SMB through the Enterprise.

Steven Groves’s Experience

Chief Evangalist, Co-Founder & President

TheSocialMediaBible.com

(Internet industry)

December 2008 — Present (1 year )

TheSocialMediaBible.com is the companion website to the upcoming John Wiley & Sons publication, the Social Media Bible. Part of a team responsible for crafting the business plan, the revenue model and the roll-out strategy to make the site both relevant and profitable.

Working with the books primary author, Lon Safko, and the creative & talented people at MediaSauce in Carmel Indiana, we're creating a platform for engagements around the use of social media for business marketing and personal branding.
Board Secretary

Opportunity Through Entrepreneurship Foundation (OTEF)

(Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

February 2008 — Present (1 year 10 months)

OTEF is the sponsoring organization for the Annual Arizona Entrepreneurship Conference and the beneficiary of the proceeds as well.

The mission of the organization is to support the development of entrepreneurial programs in disadvantaged populations to break the chain of helplessness those populations often feel.

The communities served include battered woman's shelters and other at-risk populations.
Advisory Board / Marketing

Silent Dispatch, Inc.

(Computer Software industry)

January 2008 — Present (1 year 11 months)

Silent Dispatch develops and supports an evolutionary application for the chauffeured ground transportation industry. The underlying platform provides technology that will support similar functionality in other fleet-based industries.

My responsibility is to develop the marketing effort leveraging the power of social media and to back up the founder and CEO in investor presentations.
Principal

Executive Conversations

(Management Consulting industry)

June 2004 — Present (5 years 6 months)

Providing an understanding of social media and how it impacts business, with a speciality of real estate. Read my blog at www.StevenGroves.com for more information on Agent2.0™ - the model of the real estate agent of the future.

Public speaker, presenter, web strategist and technologist providing marketing consultation on Web 2.0 and real estate.

Working with the most innovative 3D pioneers to promote the adoption of the 3D Internet exploring its use for business, individual collaboration, education and commerce. Worked with Lon Safko to developed the first ever delivery of a 3D model of a 3D Internet image to any user, anywhere via the Internet.

Guest lecturer at ASU, Kauffman Foundation FastTrack session and mentor team for InvestSouthwest company presentation.

Steven Groves’s Education

Arizona State University

BS , Business and Technology , 1982 — 1985
Maricopa Community College

AAS , Application Programming , 1979 — 1982

Activities and Societies:

3.8 GPA; Dean’s List; Honors Society Member; Computer Sciences Tutor

Additional Information

Steven Groves’s Websites:

Steven Groves’s Interests:

Use of social media in marketing and the ROI of social media efforts. I am an able amateur chef, do my own lawn work and am pretty handy with tools. I complete a crossword puzzle over coffee every morning and watch TV only at night to relax after dinner. Promoter of Second Life as a platform for education and business - offices in Second Life at Casa de Estaban in Pinastri at http://slurl.com/secondlife/Pinastri/108/174/21; founder of InterReality Advocates and Phoenicians in Second Life with the objective of connecting the metaverse with the real world.

Steven Groves’s Groups:

Conference Committee Chair for OTEF Arizona Entrepreneurship Conference / 2006, 2007 & 2008
Kauffman Foundation FastTrack Arizona Speaker / Presenter on Social Media as a Marketing / 2006 & 2007
ASU / Barrett Honors College Entrepreneur Program – Guest Lecturer Marketing / 2006
American Cancer Society / Relay for Life in Second Life committee 2007 & 2008
OTEF Board of Directors - Secretary / 2008
Unity of Phoenix - Board of Directors / 2002 to 2005
Miracle League of Arizona – President / 2006 & 2007, Secretary / 2008
Paradise Valley West Little League – President / 2003-2004