My name is Bryan Person, and I am passionate about new media. I want to help you learn how new-media tools such as blogs, podcasts, wikis, and social networks empower you to have a genuine conversation with your customers.

I am a podcaster. New Comm Road is a weekly audio show where I explain how to use new media and how to integrate it into your company’s communications work.

I am also a blogger. The Bryper.com blog is a place for me to share my thoughts, observations, and opinions about the fascinating new-media and social-media space.

I enjoy bringing together talented and creative people. Most recently, I helped to organize the inaugural PodCamp, a free UNconference for podcasters and new-media enthusiasts held from September 8-10, 2006 at Bunker Hill Community College and Harvard University.

I am a presenter. At PodCamp I spoke about the questions that businesses need to answer when deciding whether to start a blog or podcast, and I led a panel discussion about podcast formats.

By day, I am a producer for Monster.com. I create online content that helps people to find a job, start a new career, and understand life in the workplace.

On the personal side, I enjoy learning languages. I speak fluent Spanish and coversational Portuguese, and I know bits and pieces of French, Swahili, and Tetum (the national language of East Timor). I have a wife and daughter from Kenya, with a newborn due very soon! We live in the Boston area.

SERVICES
I can help you or your organization in the following areas:

• Learing about the new-media space: Who’s there, how it works, and how and why you should join in
• Setting up a blog or launching a podcast
• Web marketing
• Search engine optimization (SEO)

PAST WORK
I have built small and medium-sized websites for some of the companies I have worked for, which include an international education office at a state school in New York, an international exchange office at a university in Brisbane, Australia, and a private language school in Boston.

From April 2005 to March 2006, I published AroundTownSports.com, a website covering youth and high school sports.

WHAT’S NEXT?
Working with you! Please contact me to talk about how you and your business can become part of the conversation.