The Social Media Academy, was founded 2008 and is considered to be the leading education provider for applied social media. Training programs are especially created for business professionals and focus on strategic planning and implementation of Social Media in organizations. The global always on social web serves as our class room. Attendees of all programs will work with hands on exercises and get a live and immediate idea about the power of the social web. Training programs cover social media engagements including strategy development, planning, tools selection, resources allocation, program development, viral buzz marketing, ROI calculation as well as reporting and analytics. The Society3 Academy is based in San Francisco, CA