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 Planning™ 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.