Euan Semple Biography

Euan Semple is an independent advisor on social computing for business. He is a well known writer, thinker and public speaker on the subject.

Euan pioneered the use of weblogs, wikis and online forums while at the BBC and his work there continues to enable staff to work more effectively and more collaboratively across the entire organisation. While at the BBC Euan also worked on their award winning leadership programme and gained unparalleled experience in how to engage and inspire people with the possibilities of social computing as a business tool.

As a frequent speaker and author on social computing topics, Euan has presented at many industry events including ix 2006 in Singapore, KM World in California, Reboot 8.0 in Denmark, EU eLearning Conference in Finland and UpFing '06 in France. Euan has been the subject of articles in Information World Review, Inside Knowledge, KM World and Computing. His work has been covered by The Guardian, The Economist, and The Financial Times, and he has been interviewed for BBC Radio Five.

His unique experience enables him to provide inspiration on this wired-up world of work and
strategies for how businesses can prepare themselves for the challenges and the opportunities
these new technologies represent and in recognition of his many accomplishments he was voted
Information Professional Of The Year (2005) by Information World Review.. He is connected to the
most influential movers and shakers of the Internet, and his workshops, which have been
described as “inspirational,” have already been experienced by many diverse audiences worldwide.