MindTouch and LavaCon Name Top 25 Most Influential Content Strategists

Oct 1 – Updated! This post has been updated to now include the entire 25 Most Influential Content Strategists.   The announcement was made today on-stage at LavaCon.  Congratulations to Joe Pulizzi of Junta42, who was named The Most Influential Content Strategist. Keep reading to learn why we put this list together and how we arrived at the Top 25.

At the upcoming LavaCon 2.0: The Conference on Digital Media and Content Strategies, our very own Mark Fidelman (follow Mark here on Twitter for the latest news and commentary on content strategy and technical communication) will be delivering the keynote address “Why Content Strategists are the Next Corporate Rock Stars.” In the keynote, Mark will discuss the incredible value content strategists will bring to the enterprise in the coming years as skills such as content delivery, discovery and curation become required to rise above the market clutter—the very same principles that MindTouch 2010, the Killer App for Strategic Content, was designed to support.

In keeping with the theme, we set out to identify the leading content strategists in the industry today—the Rock Stars that are continually pushing the content strategy conversation forward.  We evaluated hundreds of members of this community and created a measurement that took into account a wide range of metrics including, but not limited to internet presence, work on standards bodies, influence and community engagement and participation.

Today in conjunction with the team at LavaCon, we’re announcing a portion of the entire Top 25 list.  You can find the full list and presentation below.   Who did we miss?  Use the comments section below to let us know what you think!

25. Jennifer Palmer

24. Sarah Ellen Nelson

23. Maxwell Hoffman

22. Sarah Marx Cancilla

21. Ruth Kaufman

20. Corinne Schmid

19. Ann Handley

18. Rob Rose

17. Elena Melendy

16. Garth von Buchholz

15. Joe Gollner

14. Lisa Welchman

13. Seth Gottlieb

12. Rachel Lovinger

11.Colleen Jones

10. Sarah O’Keefe

9. Bill Trippe

8. Rahel Bailie

7. Jeffrey MacIntyre

6. Scott Abel

5. Ann Rockley

4. Brian Clark

3. Krista Stevens, on behalf of A List Apart

2. Kristina Halvorson

1. Joe Pulizzi

Complete List! MindTouch Presents the 25 Most Influential Content Strategists

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