Scott Allen,
Managing Partner
Scott is co-author of The Virtual Handshake: Opening Doors and Closing Deals Online and The Emergence of The Relationship Economy. He is a contributing author to Blog!: How the Newest Media Revolution is Changing Politics, Business, and Culture and executive editor of LinkedIn for Recruiting and I’m on LinkedIn – Now What?
Since 2002, Scott has been the Entrepreneurs Guide for About.com, a subsidiary of The New York Times Company and one of the top content websites in the world. He is a monthly columnist and expert blogger for FastCompany.com and a contributing expert at Work.com, In addition, he blogs at The Virtual Handshake and Linked Intelligence.
He is a widely recognized authority and has been quoted or featured in books including Get Slightly Famous and Endless Referrals, as well as ABCNews.com, Money, Monster.com, The Washington Post, CFO Magazine, Christian Science Monitor, Sales and Marketing Management, Networking Times, Southwest Airlines Spirit, Worth and other major publications
As an experienced virtual and live presenter, his clients and event partners have included Microsoft, Electronic Retailing Association, Blog World and New Media Expo, Business Development Institute, Human Capital Institute, ERE Media, Execunet, American Marketing Association, OneCoach, LinkedIn and others.

