KiKi L'Italien

KiKi L'Italien is CEO of Amplified Growth, a social media consultancy specializing in social media strategy and training. KiKi is moderator of the popular Association Chat that has been running weekly on Twitter for seven years, now hosted on the live streaming Blab platform. KiKi serves as faculty for Mediabistro's online courses in social media and was a contributing author to the book Social Networking for Nonprofits: Increasing Engagement in a Mobile and Web 2.0 World (ASAE, 2010). Along with social media strategy, KiKi provides specialized social media training to the C-Suite, teaching executives what they need to know for social media management in their organizations and for a professional online presence.  As a recognized social media expert, KiKi has been featured in The Washington Post, Washington Business Journal, and Associations Now. She has also appeared on various news programs, including NPR's "Tech Tuesdays." L'Italien delivers more than 20 presentations annually at leading industry conferences and often appears in social media-related webinars and podcasts. A regular columnist for several blogs and guest commentator on several podcasts, she also hosts the weekly Association Chat for association and nonprofit professionals held every Tuesday. You can follow her on Twitter and Instagram at @kikilitalien.

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