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Greg is an international trainer and one of Ireland’s top Social Media experts. He believes that in order to make social media work for your business you must have a clear business goal, a clearly defined strategy, great content and make sure that everything you do is measurable.

Chris spent the first fifteen years of his career working in senior sales roles for large tech companies including Capgemini and Avnet. He experienced negative impacts of information overload, and witnessed how distraction and an ‘always on’ culture has changed the lives of many people. His vision for UnPlug is to combine his experience, skills and knowledge working with a team of behavioural change experts to develop evidence-based programmes that allow people to engage effectively with technology – maximising the positive benefits while minimising the negatives.

Amanda has been working in the digital marketing space since 2009. In 2007 she put fingers to keyboard for the first time and started blogging and never looked back. Spurred on by this love of blogging she co-founded the national 'Blog Awards Ireland' in 2012 and ran it alongside her colleagues until 2015. She was named one of Social Media Examiner's Top 10 Social Media Blogs 2017.

Lisa is a Senior Marketing Manager at HubSpot where she leads influencer relations and content strategy for HubSpot's Sales product line.

Often referred to as “the Queen of Facebook,” Mari Smith is considered one of the world’s foremost experts on Facebook marketing and social media. She is a Forbes’ Top Social Media Power Influencer and is also a recognized Facebook Partner; Facebook headhunted and hired Mari to lead the Boost Your Business series of live events across the US. Her digital marketing agency provides consulting and training on Facebook marketing best practices for SMEs and brands.

Andrea has 20 years of experience within the travel and tech industries having spent the majority of her career in customer service and sales leadership roles for United Airlines and Google. Since joining Airbnb in April of 2015 she has spearheaded their social care efforts ensuring that social media became a priority channel for customer service care within Airbnb. Her social care team has already garnered external recognition for their efforts with a recent Forbes magazine article praising their work.

Natalie Maas, a savvy digital marketer living in Dublin, started her Marketing career fresh out her two years at the Vancouver College of Art and Design. After college, Natalie moved back to the prairies to Calgary, Alberta, Canada, where she started her own PR agency in 2012, taking on music, art and oilfield companies as clients. Passionate about delivering results, Natalie's enthusiasm for digital marketing has landed her a role as the Social Media Specialist at Wolfgang Digital in Dublin, where her and the rest of the nerds kick digital butt on a daily basis! Natalie is also a proud 'mum' to two adorable donkeys.

Samantha is a social media strategist, speaker and trainer. She is the owner of the Tweeting Goddess Social Media Agency, taking the name from her Twitter handle @tweetinggoddess. The Social Media Summit is a two day event, created in 2016 by Samantha. Full details can be found here www.socialmediasummit.ie Samantha is passionate about teaching businesses how to leverage social media effectively and add real value to their business. She runs regular training courses and is a dynamic and engaging speaker and trainer. Samantha is the proud Mum of two beautiful girls and lives in Rosslare Harbour, County Wexford, Ireland.