Social Media Strategy: Tools for Professionals and Organizations

About Phillip G. Clampitt

Phillip G. Clampitt received his Ph.D. in organizational communication from the University of Kansas. He holds the Blair Endowed Chair of Communication and was previously the Hendrickson Professor of Business at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay where he is a full professor.  Dr. Clampitt is the chair of four units at UWGB:  Information & Computing Science Communication Computer Science and Information Science. Sage Publications recently published the sixth edition of his best-selling book Communicating for Managerial Effectiveness 6e. He co-authored two books with Robert J. DeKoch (President/COO of the Boldt Company): Embracing Uncertainty: The Essence of Leadership and Transforming Leaders into Progress Makers.   Phils work on Decision Downloading was featured in the MIT Sloan Management Review and the Wall Street Journal.  Additionally he has published in numerous journals including The Academy of Management Executive Journal of Communication Management Journal of Business Communication and Management Communication Quarterly. He has contributed chapters to numerous works including: Handbook of Communication Audits for Organisations Communication Audits and the International Encyclopedia of Organizational Communication.  He also is on the editorial board of many professional journals. Over the past thirty years he has worked on communication and leadership issues with many organizations including Nokia PepsiCo Schneider National The Boldt Company Dental City National University and the Menasha Corporation.    Phil has been a guest speaker at the U.S. Army War College where they use his books in their Strategic Leadership class. In addition to many guest-speaking opportunities in the U.S. he has also been invited to speak internationally at places such as The University of Pisa The University of Aberdeen The University of Ulster as well as to numerous multi-national businesses and professional organizations.    His students have heard him ask So what? so often that they started calling him Dr. So What. Subsequently he developed a related website (www.drsowhat.com) that highlights his passionate commitment to critical thinking and thoughtful inquiry.