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Marcia Conner works at the intersection of enterprise social messaging and learning culture. A former Fortune 500 learning chief and author of Creating a Learning Culture, she is Vice President of Enterprise for Pistachio Consulting and writes the Fast Company column Learn At All Levels. As an advisor on social business and leadership development, she has worked with IBM Lotus, Anthem, CIA, FedEx, the Gap, Verizon Wireless and WD-40. Marcia was Vice President of Education and Information Futurist for PeopleSoft, Senior Manager of Worldwide Training at Microsoft and Editor in Chief of Learning in the New Economy magazine. Her learning and leadership columns reach millions of readers in print and online. She also authored Learn More Now, and The New Social Learning will be out in May 2010. She has been quoted in The Wall Street Journal, USA Today and Fortune magazine, and has appeared on ABC World News This Morning.

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If you need a different length biography for your publication, Marcia can also provide biographies in 25, 50, 100-word versions. Full biography also available. High resolution photos upon request.