Mark Ramsey is a veteran media strategist, researcher, and trend-maker who is also a board member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association, producers of the annual Critics' Choice Awards on A&E.Ramsey has consulted with and delivered projects for numerous media, publishing, and digital brands over his career, including Apple, iHeartMedia (Clear Channel), Pandora, CBS, Bonneville, Sirius XM, U-T San Diego, EA Sports, and more.Ramsey has authored two radio industry bestsellers, Making Waves: Radio on the Verge and Fresh Air: Marketing Gurus on Radio. His blog at Mark Ramsey Media is among the most popular in audio entertainment and information industry, and he is a popular speaker at radio and related industry events.Ramsey is a Research Fellow with Coburn Ventures, change consultants to some of the world’s largest companies. He also serves on the board of the Broadcast Film Critics Association, the producers of the Critics’ Choice Movie Awards.Over the years Ramsey has interviewed a who’s-who of marketing and branding, including Seth Godin, Guy Kawasaki, Larry Kramer, Tom Asacker, Peter Guber, Alan Webber, Bob Garfield, Gary Vaynerchuk, Adam Carolla, Kevin Smith, and Ricky Gervais.In 2013, Ramsey created the first-ever audio ideas festival, hivio, which debuted with more video impressions and social media engagement than all other audio industry events of the year combined.In 2014, Ramsey launched the audio podcast Media Unplugged (http://mediaunplugged.net) with author and brand guru Tom Asacker (http://tomasacker.com). This twice-monthly show goes inside the media trends to spell out what's really happening and what it means to you.