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Joseph Jaffe is the keynote speaker for Arb Camp. You probably know Joe from his blog Jaffe Juice, or from his award winning podcast, Across the Sound. Either way, you will want to hear him speak at Arb Camp, on Saturday, October 27, and be a part of a live recording of ATS during the Q&A portion of his talk.

Here is Joseph’s Bio:

One of the most sought-after consultants, speakers and thought leaders on new marketing, Joseph Jaffe is President and Chief Interruptor of crayon, a conversational marketing company, specializing in community, dialogue and partnership solutions.

crayon’s client engagements include The Coca-Cola Company, American Airlines, Audi, Starwood Hotels, P&G, GSD&M and SpiralFrog.

Prior to launching crayon, Joseph ran jaffe, LLC, where he worked with companies including P&G, The Coca-Cola Company, Dunkin’ Brands, TiVo, Motorola and Fox Interactive Media. Before that, Joseph was Director of Interactive Media at TBWA/Chiat/Day and OMD USA, where he worked on Kmart, ABSOLUT Vodka, Embassy Suites and Samsonite.

Jaffe’s popular blog, “Jaffe Juice”, provides daily commentary on all things new marketing. You can join the conversation at www.jaffejuice.com. He also hosts a weekly new marketing podcast called “Across the Sound.” Across the Sound was recently voted a Readers’ Choice Award as “Best Marketing Podcast” by MarketingSherpa. You can subscribe at www.acrossthesound.net or through iTunes.

His first book, ”Life After The 30-Second Spot: Energize Your Brand With A Bold Mix Of Alternatives To Traditional Advertising” (Wiley/Adweek) was released in June 2005 and focuses on how advertising is evolving in a world ruled by an empowered consumer and no longer governed solely by the 30-second spot.

In October 2007, his second book titled, “Join the conversation: How to engage marketing-weary consumers with the power of community, dialogue and partnership” will be published by Wiley.

Joseph’s impassioned, straight-shooting and honest perspectives have found their way to every major media outlet, including the likes of CBS Evening News, ABC World News, Bloomberg, NPR, The Wall Street Journal, New York Times, USA Today, Fortune, Newsweek, Business Week, Ad Age, Ad week and the list continues.

Joseph is a Senior Fellow at the Center for the Digital Future at the USC Annenberg School and he has also lectured part-time at NYU’s Stern School of Business, Cornell’s Johnson School of Business and Syracuse University.

Hailing from South Africa, he lives with his wife, daughter and two sons in Westport, CT.

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