The value of social media is that it creates an opportunity for people to establish and become part of communities bound by similar interests, ideas and concerns. Today, when people get excited, astonished or fired up about life, health, products or entertainment, they take to the web - to create content, listen to their peers and learn new ideas. However, a gap currently exists between social networking, commentary and news consumption that has yet to be bridged.

ConvoNation.com is the first site to fill the market gap between general news/reference sites, first generation social networks, debate forums and personal blogs; gaining an audience from each and creating the conversational hub of the internet.

ConvoNation

1. Has extended the concepts behind some of the most popular sites on the internet, and created a new platform that will reshape the way people interact online.
2. Provides a platform that gives advertisers, media companies and marketers access to people who are passionate about their interests and topics, and corporations, governments and industries a tool for tapping into their undiscovered internal assets.
3. Includes a proprietary system that identifies and promotes nascent peer leaders among our regular users to harnesses their potential and provide an incentive for use.

ConvoNation has an extremely high degree of confidence in its future adoption and financial success. This is because of its preparation and research into the growth in global personal Internet use, the growth of internet usage and penetration of the social network and news categories as well as market research reports prepared by Morgan Stanley, The Associated Press, The PEW Research Center, UCLA and others. We have also established contacts within major American television networks.

Current Status

ConvoNation has started full back-end development and is seeking additional funding to expand our new, innovative technology to assure the absolute best site possible.

Core Team

Simon Esler

Simon currently works as a playwright, performer and musician in Toronto, Ontario. Throughout the years Simon has fostered a passion for developing and communicating new concepts in a clear and concise manner. His fascination with the power of collective thought, and consequently the rapid evolution of the Internet, began during his studies in collectively created theatre at York University, in Toronto, Ontario. As someone who creates and consumes art all over the city of Toronto he has refined his understanding of which consumers are receptive to which ideas. Furthermore, distinct ways of sharing these ideas has become one of Simon's strongest skill sets. Within the company Simon plays the role of creative lead, helping ConvoNation develop unique, innovative approaches to sharing, gathering and presenting knowledge as an ongoing conversation.

Michael Murray

Michael currently works for the ABC News program World News Tonight in New York, producing and pitching a variety of high-level stories - including online innovations. Previously, Michael was a consumer products and business development expert at Hill & Knowlton. There he created marketing communications programs and performed outreach to all types of media for clients such as Yahoo!, Nivea, Disney and TomTom.  Michael learned brand planning and reputation management at WPP companies in New York and Paris, France while partaking in a high-level training program with the Global Communications Services group.

Adam B. Schreiber

Adam spends his days working at Brand & Reputation Management, LLC., a brand consultancy specializing in biotech and pharma clients. In his current position, Adam is a social media & mid market consultant dealing with business development, online trend watching, media analysis, and social media leveraging in order to help re-brand global clients. Prior to joining Brand & Reputation Management, Adam was a Technology PR expert at Hill & Knowlton, the world's largest revenue communications agency , where he managed multiple accounts for major companies and conducted blogger and traditional media outreach for a wide scope of clients such as Hewlett Packard, MessageLabs, Yahoo!, Deloitte & Touche, Amgen, Pfizer, Dow Jones, Merck and Johnson & Johnson. Through his work, Adam has become a "relationship builder" and has developed an ongoing rapport with some of the world's most prominent bloggers, journalists, and business executives who are all getting very excited about the prospects of ConvoNation.

Eugene May

Eugene currently works as a systems analyst for Macmillan Publishers in New York, providing a variety of support in both their systems department and user community. Eugene has over a decade of professional experience in the technology industry and has several technical certifications, including COMPTIA A+ and N+ certificates. In his professional life, he has been instrumental in troubleshooting software, hardware and developing network infrastructure for a variety of clients. These clients include NBC, NAPPCO, Computers Direct, Sarah Lawrence College (Eugene’s alma mater), The Caring Community and 1 Christopher LLP. Eugene is eager to bring his lifetime of technological expertise to the ConvoNation team.