Welcome to Social Media Editorial Team

Editor-in-Chief: Jim England

Copy editors: Heidi Cool, Jim England, Jeff Hershberger, George Nemeth, Stephanie Jansky, Tony Ramos

Project leader: George Nemeth

Print/PDF design & layout: Tony Ramos

Web site design and development: Heidi Cool

Heidi Adams Cool

Heidi Cool is a freelance Web designer and consultant with more than 15 years experience in Web development and a background in marketing. Heidi has worked in the fields of publishing and higher education, most recently as Webmaster of Case Western Reserve University. You can read more of Heidi's musings on social media, marketing, and Web development on her Web Development Blog.

Author of Setting Goals to Plan Your Social Media Strategy

Jim England

Jim England is a senior at Case Western Reserve University where he is studying management with a focus on technology. focus. He is also CMO and cofounder of CorkShare, a social media application to visually share Web content including photos, videos, links and widgets with close friends and colleagues using an easy and intuitive interface. Jim can be found on Twitter at @JimEngland.

Author of Things to Consider When Building a Social Media Web Application

Dr. Jeff Hershberger

Jeff has his Ph.D. in Materials Science, which means he gets to melt metal for a living. He spent seven years as a staff scientist for the Department of Energy, working on efforts to improve the efficiency of the nation's trucking fleet, and is now in the semiconductor industry. His involvement with social media began with many years in the geographically far-flung "gated communities" of tabletalk.salon.com and www.well.com, where he still posts. He is a cook and wine lover whose burning desire is always to understand a little more about the world. He can be reached at hershberger.jeff@gmail.com.

Author of Using Social Media to Make Face-to-Face Connections

Stephanie Jansky

Stephanie A. Jansky is the Development Manager at MedWish International and the Social Media Strategist for the Donate Life Rose Parade float. Having worked in the nonprofit sector her entire career, Stephanie is keenly aware of the communications challenges facing nonprofits and believes passionately in the effectiveness of social media marketing strategies. She is a member of the Steering Committee for the Cleveland Social Media Club, the Cleveland MOTTEP Board of Directors and the Cleveland Plus Marketing Alliance Young Professionals Council. She also authors the blog The Lake Effect.

Author of Social Media and Social Change: A Guide for Nonprofit Organizations

Tony Ramos

Tony Ramos is a designer and consultant specializing in presentations and proposal graphics. For three consecutive years, he has been designated a Microsoft MVP for PowerPoint for his voluntary contributions to the PPT user community. In 2003, he was the first person to write a weblog about PowerPoint. His blog's most recent incarnation is titled "The Presentationist." His projects range from pro bono presentations to government contract proposals worth $100B. A big fan of Twitter, Facebook, and other social sites, Tony has been involved in computing since punch cards and Fortran. Tony is a decent cyclist, a slow runner and a bad swimmer. He and his wife and dogs live on Cleveland's west side.

Author of Social Media and Presentation Technology