Teri Thompson

Teri Thompson is an author, award-winning advertising, promotions and social media strategist, adjunct professor and public speaker specializing in social media, new technology and branding for entertainment, automotive, retail and non-profit clients. In addition to executive positions including Marketing Director and Vice-President, Advertising at ABC, CBS, NBC, and Telemundo, Teri launched News Corp's first American sports network, Fox Sports Net, where she oversaw on-air advertising, writing and production. Teri has created innovative and cutting-edge campaigns that have been recognized with multiple awards plus international honors at the New York Festival. Her work has been featured on Access Hollywood, CNN and Nightline.

She implemented social media and promotion campaigns with global scope, such as Audi of America's 2010 Super Bowl XLIV “Green Police" campaign recognized as #1 by the Wall Street Journal and Remote Area Medical.

Teri acted as Media Director at Initiative/IPG Global on U2 Bono’s (RED)™ project fighting AIDS in Africa in conjunction with partners Apple, Converse, Motorola, Emporio Armani, Gap, and the United Nations Global Fund. She scoured the globe for new platforms from 3-D interactive to electronic ink. She strategized emerging technology marketing campaigns for direct clients Lions Gate Home Entertainment, Hyundai Motors of America, Kia Motors America and collaborated on Dr. Pepper/Snapple, Home Depot, Lions Gate Films, Lucas Arts, Showtime and Victoria’s Secret.

Teri is also skilled in marketing to Spanish and Asian consumers. She is a Social Media Adjunct Professor at Woodbury University, Burbank, California and co-author of "The Power of Real-Time Social Media Marketing" by McGraw-Hill Professional. She has been interviewed on numerous occasions as subject matter expert on the KNX Business Hour and KFWB Money 101. A much sought-after speaker on the subject of real-time social media, her public and private corporate audiences have included the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, CBS Radio, Disney Cable Networks, Los Angeles Chapter Society of Professional Journalists, the North Orange County Bar Association and the Social Media Book Club (50,000 members).