Tedd Determan Email & Phone Number

With 30 years of experience in business diplomacy, alliance building, social entrepreneurship and emerging market business start-up, Tedd Determan is adept at turning concepts into companies and finding success in chaotic situations.As founder of Development Communications, a Washington-based social communications and business incubation company, Mr. Determan has created numerous award winning social advertising campaigns and nurtured many public-spirited business endeavors. His work has been recognized by Emerging Market governments as well as by senior officials of the US government, including by the President of the United States. He is also the recipient of the Public Relations Society of America ’s prestigious Silver Anvil Award for outstanding achievements. Mr. Determan launched PublicSpirit.org to enable elected representatives to personally and directly engage thousands of their constituents in a real-time two-way conversation. This participatory technology has attracted power house partners to the firm. PublicSpirit, also branded as OnlineTownhalls, promises to reshape public outreach and governing inside the beltway and around the world.Mr. Determan has personally launched numerous high profile projects overseas including a telecommunications company in Africa and a distance learning initiative in China. He has negotiated and worked with senior members of foreign governments, including African Heads of State, the Politburo in China, and leaders in Russia, where he addressed the Russian Duma. As a partner of Emerging Market Alliance (EMA), the Geneva-based Emerging Markets Investment Show and Conference, he was instrumental in attracting US$15 billion of infrastructure, agribusiness and new technology projects from 62 countries.As an undergraduate at Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, Mr. Determan was elected first ever American president of the Duke International Association and received national media recognition for his programs.

Listed skills include Entrepreneurship, Strategic Planning, Social Media, Marketing Strategy, and 42 others.

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