Brian Reich
Principal, EchoDitto

Brian is a new media-junkie. He reads 15 newspapers a day, subscribes to 21+ magazines, and is constantly scanning for new opportunities on websites and across as many other interactive platforms as his eyes will allow.

Brian is a Principal at EchoDitto, which specializes in building vibrant communities online and empowering people through the creative use of emerging technologies. Previously, he was the Director of New Media at Cone Inc, a brand strategy and communications agency in Boston, and a Senior Strategic Consultant for Mindshare Interactive Campaigns, an interactive agency which helped many of the leading corporations, associations, non-profit organizations and governmental entities leverage the communication opportunities created by technology.

From 2000- 2004 Brian ran his own consulting business , Mouse Communications , which helped political and non-profit organizations use new technology to improve communications, drive action, and support fundraising. Brian launched Mouse Communications after serving two years as Vice President Gore’s Briefing Director in the White House, handling both official activities and activities during his 2000 presidential campaign. Brian has spent much of his life working in and around politics, including helping to direct dozens of campaigns across the country. During the 1996 cycle, Brian was the youngest campaign manager in the nation, leading a U.S. Congress challenger-race in Connecticut.

Brian is a regular writer and speaker on the issues involving the impact of the internet and technology on politics, society, and the media. He is the editor of Thinking About Media, a blog examining media consumption habits around the world (among other things). He has previously written regularly for National Journals The Hotline and was a contributing editor to Personal Democracy Forum both on the topic of the impact the internet and technology have on politics. His book, Media Rules!, was published by Wiley & Sons in December 2007.

Brian is on the Board of the Massachusetts Advocates for the Arts, Sciences and the Humanities and serves on Committees with the Ad Club of Boston and the Arts & Business Council of Greater Boston helping direct public relations and marketing programming. Brian attended the University of Michigan and is a graduate of Columbia University. He and his wife, Karen Dahl, and their son, Henry, live in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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