Like Minds Alumni
Daren Forsyth
Daren Forsyth is the Founder and CEO of 140Characters.co.uk, a strategic digital and social media consultancy.
A 14-year veteran of digital media, Forsyth is a self-proclaimed evangelist for what’s possible when communications technologies are used to bridge brands and organisations with their publics. Forsyth believes that 140Characters can both tap and leverage the growing need for productive, collaborative alliances between the corporate, governmental and nonprofit communities, both online and physically.
Clients, partners and pro bono, 2009, include: Confederation of British Industry (CBI); Capacity Builders; Content Delivery & Analaysis (CDA); Christian Television Company (CTVC); Shed Media PLC; AudioBoo; Crazy Epic (Gen Y Marketing Consultancy); IBID Communications; IF Communications; Media Trust; New Media Productions Inc; Tamar Digital; TweetALondonCab.
Prior to launching 140Characters.co.uk, Forsyth was Senior Manager, Business Development in the Future Media and Technology division at the BBC (2006). Daren was responsible for executing strategic partnership agreements with Microsoft, IBM and Cisco. In late 2007, he became Director of Innovation and New Media for the Media Trust (a BBC Secondment).
Before joining the BBC, Forsyth was a key player in the digital startup revolution. In 1996, he founded and was Managing Director of Fernhart New Media, one of the UK’s most respected digital agencies. Daren sold the agency in 2005.
Profiles: Daren Forsyth has been profiled in numerous business and industry publications, including: New Media Age, the Daily Telegraph and the Guardian. In 2004, the UK Government recognised Forsyth as a “Top 100 Pioneer of the First Internet Decade.”
Highlights, 2009: Featured speaking engagements, advisory business, digital discussions, panel participations: Number 10; Parliament; Cabinet Office; Capacity Builders; British Airways; Microsoft; LikeMinds, Exter; Media140, London; 140Character Conferences-London, Tel Aviv; Power of Twitter, London; NetImperative, London; Media Trust, London.
Co-Founded Cozy Tweet Up, a social networking event series, organised online and executed in cities throughout UK.
Upcoming Speaking/Panel Events, 2010 (Developing List):
LikeMinds, Devon;
140Character Conference, New York.
Contact:
Daren Forsyth
Daren@140characters.co.uk
Daren spoke at our inaugural conference on ‘Measuring Social Media‘ in October 2009.
