Geoff Livingston is an author, public speaker and strategist who helps companies and nonprofits develop outstanding marketing programs. He brings people together, virtually and physically for business and change.

A former journalist, Livingston continues to write, and has authored three books. Most recently he co-authored Marketing in the Round with Gini Dietrich, and wrote the social media primer Welcome to the Fifth Estate.

Professionally, he has advised United Way of America, The Case Foundation, Razoo, Environmental Defense Fund, Ford, Google, Live Earth, PayPal, the Philanthropy 2.0 Project, Network Solutions, Procter and Gamble, Sully Erna (Godsmack lead singer), Yum! Brands, and many others on marketing campaigns.

Geoff organized the first Give to the Max Day: Greater Washington in 2011, an event that raised $2 million for more than 1000 nonprofits using online media tools. He also started and sold social media boutique Livingston Communications (2009). He was won awards from the Society of New communications Research, the American Marketing Association, the International Association of Business Communicators, as well as an Axiom Award for Now Is Gone.