David Nour

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Best Business Practices for Social Networking and Social Media
Nour provides insight, practical and pragmatic tips about business applications of social networking. Are you connecting with the right people for the right reasons? Are you able to translate relationship creation into relationship capitalization? Are you solving complex problems or extending your reach with various mediums and applications? How are you adding value to every interaction?

Relationship Economics® - The Art and Science of Business Relationships
2007 cornerstone keynote delivered to more than 100 client sessions; focused on the quantifiable value of business relationships and a systematic process to identify, build, nurture and leverage personal, functional and strategic relationships.

Adaptive Innovation™
If you always do what you always did, you'll always get what you always got. True innovation requires invention plus implementation. Learn how to think beyond classical methodologies towards new approaches to fostering innovation and generating quantifiable results.

7Ms of Intrapreneurial Success - How to Thrive Amidst Mediocrity
Many of the "Must Have" characteristics and success factors we admire about entrepreneurs are applicable within large, complex organizations as well. Learn the actionable steps required to take any idea to a world-class product or service. Particularly relevant to organizations that have acquired smaller, more agile companies. Learn how to keep them thriving!

The Immigrant Success DNA - What You Can Learn from Their Drive to Succeed
First generation immigrants are four times more likely to become millionaires in this country than those of us who were born here. Why? This compelling presentation uses a series of immigrant success stories to convey their inherent drive, commitment, work ethic, and dedication to personal and professional development.

Flight Risk™ - Why Most High Potentials Leave!
All of those A-players you've spent time, effort, and resources recruiting are walking out the door. Maybe not physically, but certainly mentally. Learn why they leave and how to keep four generations of diverse worksfoce wanting to stay.

Introspective Leadership™ - The Challenges and Opportunities Facing the Next Generation of Leaders
Learn what today's successful executives consider their most valuable lessons learned along the way. How do they define resilience? What are the biggest leadership challenges and opportunities of their generation? Who were their mentors and what did they teach them?

Summary Profile

Consultant| Speaker | Author

David Nour is a social networking strategist and one of the foremost thought leaders on the quantifiable value of business relationships.  In a global economy that is becoming increasingly disconnected, David and his team are solving global client challenges with Strategic Relationship PlanningTM and Enterprise Social Networking best practices.

A native of Iran, David came to the U.S. with a suitcase, $100, limited family ties and no fluency in English!  In the past 25 years he has built an impressive career of entrepreneurial success, both within large corporations and early stage ventures. 

David is the author of Relationship Economics (Wiley, 2008), The Entrepreneur's Guide to Raising Capital (Praeger, 2009), ConnectAbility (McGraw-Hill, 2010), and the Social Networking Technology Best Practices Series.  He is a contributor to The Social Media Bible (Wiley, 2009) and is currently researching and writing his next commercial book on Enterprise Social Networking. 

David and his team have researched over 400 global social networking applications in 22 distinct categories, publishing articles such as "What's your enterprise social networking strategy?" "How mission critical is your social networking?" and "The Future of Enterprise Social Networking."  David's unique perspective and independent insights have been featured in a variety of prominent blogs and print publications including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Atlanta Journal and Constitution, Association Now, Entrepreneur and Success magazine.

An Eagle Scout himself, David is passionate about youth in his support of the Scouting movement, Junior Achievement, One Voice, The Bridge, and the High Tech Ministries.  He is also an active member of several professional organizations, including the Association for Corporate Growth (ACG), American Management Association (AMA), Institute of Management Consultants (IMC) and the Society of International Business Fellows (SIBF). 

David earned an Executive MBA from the Goizueta Business School at Emory University and a BA degree in Management from Georgia State University.