Andrew Spong

Bio

STweM social media consultancy for STM communities will be launching its inaugural product on 15th June 2009. Three variants of this service will be offered, designed to meet the specific needs of: * Societies; * Scientific, technical and clinical communicators; * Publishers. Further details will be made available via STweM.com, LinkedIn, Twitter (see 'T' below) and SlideShare on the launch date. If you would like to learn more in the interim, you are most welcome to reach out to me via the LinkedIn messaging service, or by means of any of the following contact methods: T: @andrewspong W: http://stwem.com E: andrew@stwem.com M: +44 (0)7917 842890 Andrew Spong, PhD STweM Social media consultancy for STM communities About Andrew Spong: Andrew Spong is a 10 year publishing specialist with a career record of high-level strategic influencing and tactical collaboration. He has been a developer of business models delivering first-to-market, first-in-class digital and print products from leading brands and properties. With experience of having led multiple teams across EU locations, Andrew Spong possesses a truly cross-continental perspective, having lived and worked in both the EU and USA. He enjoys strong networking relationships across the publishing, pharmaceutical and B2B sectors. Specialties Andrew Spong is committed to promoting the effective use of social media in STM publishing, and advocates that all parties involved in the STM publication process must perpetually reassess, and where necessary redeploy and realign, not only the methods of scholarly publication they currently utilize but also the business models that support them. In so doing, they will ensure that scholarly literature is served to the communities of purpose that constitute its readership in the most effective manner.