AC AC AC A A A A A A AD ACD THE MESSAGE IS THE MESSENGER Jeremiah Owyang Sarah Evans Todd Defren Lee Odden Jennifer Van Grove Steve Garfield Scott Kirsner Jennifer Aaker Adam Singer Andy Beal CC Chapman Ann Handley David Meerman Scott Joe Chernov Chris Anderson Josh Bernoff Laura Fitton Scott Monty Amber Naslund Liz Philips Brandee Barker Peter Kim Valeria Maltoni David Armano Augie Ray Leslie Poston Joshua Levy Joe Pulizzi Rohit Bhargava Mack Collier Justin Levy Leslie Bradshaw Baratunde Thurston Shireen Mitchell Brett Petersel William Beutler Nisha Chittal Jen Nedeau Rachel Sklar Steve Farnsworth Jolie O’Dell Gary Vaynerchuk Esteban Contreras Gevrina Seferaj Gina Bianchini Brooke Moreland Caterina Fake David Griner Andy Beal Nobody captured the power of influence better than Marshall McLuhan, when he said, “The message is the medium.” But what happens to influence when media institutions fall? It shifts to the individual. Today the message has become messenger. The businesswoman doubles as an advocate. The analyst is an entrepreneur. The blogger runs a non-profit. This infographic explores the overlapping and multi-dimensional roles today’s messengers are playing in this era of “personal media.” It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of personal brands. Instead it's a collection of the people who inspire the team that created it. These are the voices that influence us. Brad McCarty Seth Priebatsch Jeffrey Dachis Brian Wong Steve Woods Adam D’Angelo Kevin Systrom Dennis Crowley AD Ory Orkolloh Beth Kanter Charlene Li Brian Halligan Dharmesh Shah Dan Martell Jason Calacanis Jesse Thomas Guy Kawasaki Becky Brown Bonin Bough John Lovett Kara Swisher Fred Wilson Michael Wu BROUGHT TO YOU BY Seth Godin danah boyd Brian Solis Zach Hofer-Shall Nick O’Neill Ray Wang Nate Silver AC AC AC AC A A A A A A A A A A AD AD AD AD AD AD ACD AC AC AC A A A A A A A A A A AD ACD CONTENT / MEDIA BUSINESS / ENTREPRENEURSHIP ANALYSIS NON PROFIT / ACADEMIA / ADVOCACY Key for the Messengers Stephanie Schierholz Mario Sundar Paul Gillin Perry Hewitt Zainab Salbi Robert Michael Murray Andre Blackman Sloane V. Berrent Vivek Wadhwa Jessica Jackley CONTENT / MEDIA ANALYSIS NON PROFIT ACADEMIA ADVOCACY BUSINESS / ENTREPRENEURSHIP