Creating Company Ambassadors: David Cohen, VP of Round Table Companies

David Cohen is an award-winning producer who began working with Writers of the Round Table, Inc. as Director of Publishing and Client Relations. Since then, he has taken on roles his big-picture perspective was made for: VP and Chief Strategist. After appearing in dozens of films, commercials, and television shows, David graduated from Rollins College in 2002 with a degree in theatre. Eager to put his entrepreneurial spirit to use, he founded 1421 Productions, producing and co-producing more than 17 films ranging in format from DV to HD to 35mm. He produced Gretchen Brettschneider Skirts Thirty with Elevation 9000 Films, winning the Best Short Film Award at the San Diego Film Festival in 2003, among other awards. David also launched LA Film Lab Entertainment, a filmmakers’ consortium, with which he developed and produced two original screenplays, formed and taught courses on the business of production and artistry, and directed a documentary for The Make-A-Wish Foundation© of greater Los Angeles as a wish granted for a child; Fox News featured the film’s premiere. Venturing away from the film world in style, his last project was working with Academy- and Emmy Award-nominated director Peter Spirer, producing the documentary Notorious B.I.G. Bigger Than Life, with Rugged Entertainment (released by Image Entertainment [DISK] in September 2007). The same year, David was featured in the book Millennial Leaders as an emerging leader in Generation Y, and had the pleasure of speaking on a panel at the 2007 International Coaching Federation (ICF) conference in Long Beach, CA. Read more about David on the Round Table Companies website, or check out his bio as a comic (a great example of the creative work his company is doing). What You'll Learn From This Interview: How does Round Table Companies engage location independent staff through social media? How does staff engagement through social media help with marketing efforts for the company as a whole? How does the team combine external social media communications with internal communications? How can my company start engaging the internal team through social media today? What other companies are doing this well?