This document summarizes interviews from 115 people across 34 countries on 5 continents about social media. It discusses conversations with influential people in social media from countries like China, the US, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and Kenya. Key points discussed include the growth of social media globally, how social media allows for global conversations that overcome geographic and language barriers, and that social media is changing how people and communities connect worldwide.

1. Eight Stories from the Social Media Global Report Shel Israel Writer. Speaker. Nice guy [email_address] GlobalNeighbourhoods.net Twitter.com/shelisrael

5. US. China. Canada . Argentina. Brazil . Chile. Australia. Singapore. Cambodia. Japan. India . Russia . Estonia. Czech Republic . Ukraine . Croatia. Bulgaria. Poland. Rumania. Greece. Italy. Germany. France . Belgium. Spain . Scotland . Ireland. UK. South Africa. Kenya. Egypt. Saudi Arabia . Holland. Lebanon

6. Conversations w/world-changers

7. Isaac Mao, China Opened my eyes to China ‘ Hacking Harmony’ ‘ Sharism’ v. Communism

8. Michael Dell, Dell Computer 2 billion people online by 2011 Conversations more valuable than ads. Social Media is cost effective

9. Laurel Papworth, Silkworm Saudi women like all women Anonymity Mutual support Jawad Boulos Queen Rania

10. Francois Gossieaux, Beeline Labs People are tribal Communities change Communities scale

12. Wael Abbas Egypt Citizen-Journalist Expose abuse on YouTube Telling truth is “seditious” YouTube take down ‘ I will be replaced’

14. Erik Hersman, Kenya Kenyans not warlike ‘ Ushahidi’ or ‘witness’ 100% mobile apps

19. Shel Israel Writer. Speaker. Nice Guy Email: [email_address] Blog: globalneighbourhoods.net Twitter: shelisrael Friendfeed: shelisrael1 Flickr: shelisrael