Rob Cottingham is the co-founder and a principal of Social Signal, a social media strategy firm. He is a digital veteran, with more than 20 years experience helping organizations with communication, engagement and strategy.
Rob is an online pioneer, creating one of the first youth-centered anti-tobacco web sites, Canada's first national party leadership campaign site and the first-ever online political game. His projects have ranged from Vancity's Webby-nominated ChangeEverything.ca to BC Hydro's Power the Games application on Facebook.
Rob's popular online Noise to Signal cartoon is now in its fourth year, appearing on such sites as the CBC, ReadWriteWeb, Mashable, Consumer Reports, the Huffington Post, Treehugger and PC World.
Rob is a frequent speaker and workshop leader on social media, for audiences ranging from the Canadian Marketing Association to the Canadian Institute to NetSquared. He is an accomplished speechwriter, working for national political campaigns, non-profit groups and business leaders.
