Richard Nacht, Esq.

Current

Founder, CEO at Blogging Systems Group
Founder, CEO at Career Connection Network
Senior Fellow, Chairman Education Committee at Society for New Communications Research

Co-chair Online & Social Media Marketing Group at MENG - Marketing Executives Networking Group

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Past

President, CEO at NMSC

Education

International School of Management
New York University - Leonard N. Stern School of Business
New York Law School

University of Pennsylvania

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500+ connections

Industry

Information Technology and Services

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Richard Nacht, Esq.’s Summary

Richard Nacht is the founder and CEO of Blogging Systems Group. Richard has twenty-five years in the marketing, finance and technology development industries. Richard has focused his talents on creating online strategies aimed at producing technologies that benefit corporations, organizations, consumers and other communities of interest.

Blogging Systems Group is a leader in the rapidly growing social internet, social media and social networking industries. BSG delivers a technology platform which produces a high results tool for effective communication and collaboration.

Richard is also the creator of the Career Connection Network (CCN). CCN is a web-based recruiting solution that leverages the social networking phenomenon to enable corporate customers to build relationships with and recruit top tier “passive talent” professionals.

Richard is the author of Recruiting with Social Media, coming from Wiley in winter 2008 and the co-author of Realty Blogging: Build your Brand and Outsmart Your Competition. He is a member of the Inc. 500 list of America's Fastest Growing Private Companies.

He is a Senior Research Fellow and Chairman of the Education Committee with the Society for New Communications Research. Richard is co-chair of the Online Social Media Marketing SIG with MENG (Marketing Executive Networking Group). Richard is also the organizer of the Third Thursday New York meetup.

Richard holds a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania, a Juris Doctor (J.D.) from the New York Law School and an Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA) degree from the New York University Stern School of Business and is a doctoral candidate at the International School for Management in Paris, France. Richard is admitted to the Bar of the United States Supreme Court.

Richard has been married for 20 years and is the father/guardian to eight children.

Richard Nacht, Esq.’s Specialties:

Social media, new media research, social networking, social networking technology, online reputation management

Author, frequent speaker, educator and consultant on the topics of social media, social networking and new media

Richard Nacht, Esq.’s Experience

Founder, CEO

Blogging Systems Group

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Online Media industry)

October 2005 — Present (2 years 10 months)

Blogging Systems is a leader in the rapidly growing social internet, social media and social networking industries. BSG delivers a technology platform which produces a high results tool for effective communication and collaboration. BSG provides social media services, online communities and social networks to the Fortune 500, organizations and associations. Our clients include Microsoft, Toyota, Wachovia, Leading Real Estate Companies of the World and many others
Founder, CEO

Career Connection Network

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

September 2005 — Present (2 years 11 months)

Career Connection Network (CCN) leverages the social networking phenomenon to enable corporate customers to build relationships with and recruit top tier “passive talent” professionals; those not currently seeking a new job. Specifically, we partner with major Fortune 500 brands to build focused, niche career online communities where like minded professionals can communicate, collaborate, share information, learn how to advance their careers and enjoy a sense of community. Our corporate sponsors can then access and mine these communities on an exclusive basis for their staffing and recruiting needs. CCN pilot clients include Fortune 500 companies such as Wachovia, Toyota and Microsoft.
Senior Fellow, Chairman Education Committee

Society for New Communications Research

(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Public Relations and Communications industry)

June 2005 — Present (3 years 2 months)

The Society for New Communications Research is a global nonprofit 501(c)(3) think tank dedicated to the advanced study of new communications tools, technologies and emerging modes of communication, and their effect on traditional media, professional communications, business, culture and society.

The Society's Fellows include more than 40 futurists, scholars, business leaders, professional communicators, members of the media and technologists from around the globe.
Co-chair Online & Social Media Marketing Group

MENG - Marketing Executives Networking Group

(Non-Profit; 1001-5000 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

May 2005 — Present (3 years 3 months)

Along with co-chair Stephen P. Harris, we interact with the MENG membership to help them deliver better results for online objectives. These include not only the traditional online channels, but also blogging, social networking, wiki’s and much more.
President, CEO

NMSC

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Financial Services industry)

February 1983 — July 2003 (20 years 6 months)

Richard Nacht, Esq.’s Education

International School of Management

DBA, Management, 2005 — 2007
New York University - Leonard N. Stern School of Business

EMBA, Management, 1991 — 1993
New York Law School

JD, Law, September 1980 — May 1983
University of Pennsylvania

BA, Psychology, September 1977 — May 1980

Additional Information

Richard Nacht, Esq.’s Websites:

Richard Nacht, Esq.’s Interests:

Writing, research and analysis of current social networking trends for implementation and publication purposes, Publications, Recruiting with Social Media, John Wiley & Sons, coming winter 2008, Realty Blogging: Build your Brand and Outsmart Your Competition - McGraw-Hill 2006, Advanced Selling for Dummies- Chapter Contributor - For Dummies, 2007 Society for New Communications Research: 2nd Annual Research Symposium - New Influencers Study

Richard Nacht, Esq.’s Groups:

Society for New Communications Research, Research Fellow and Advisory Board,
NYU Stern School of Business Alumni Council, Marketing Committee,
Co-chair Online/Social Media SIG, MENG (Marketing Executives Networking Group),
Organizer Third Thursday New York