Meet Lisa McKenzie   

Lisa McKenzie is a social media strategist, speaker, trainer, entrepreneur and co-author of the Facebook Guide for Parents and the Beginner's Guide to Facebook. In addition to being a founding partner of the Social Media Academy for Women, Lisa is also the sole founder of Deserving Divas™, a 5,000-plus member online community showcasing lifestyle events and networking opportunities for women. Their motto “Ladies, welcome to your playground!” perfectly represents Lisa’s flair for creating escapes for women with loads of fun and a lot of ‘moxie’. Lisa is also the founder of Divas Do It Socially™, a community website aimed at keeping women current with the latest Social Media news to inspire them to share their passion, engage their audience and grow their brands. Having an intuitive passion for community and building strategic relationships has contributed to her success as a Certified Social Media Strategist and Joint Venture Specialist. Lisa has more than 20 years experience in business, sales & marketing, training. She spent 11 years at the NCO Group where her last position was as Director of Client Relations for Eastern Canada and responsible for managing more than $250 million a year in client receivables. She managed teams in three branches and her responsibilities included hiring, managing staff and overseeing major accounts such as Avon, Readers Digest, ICS, Diners Club, Royal Bank and the telecommunications divisions, which encompassed cable, cellular and telephone clients.

Lisa has been the spark that has ignited countless strategic partnerships and fueled the community growth for her clients across North America. Her clients and colleagues describe her as on-fire, engaging, inspiring and authentic. She is an active member of the eWomen’s Network, a speaker and a trainer. Voted a Noisemaker of the Year by the Montreal Mirror, her contagious enthusiasm makes her an ideal social media marketer who knows how to use attraction marketing to help clients achieve their goals. Lisa now spends most of her time as a founding partner of Social Media Academy for Women where she shares her expertise in Facebook Marketing, building communities of fans and evangelists, creating profitable strategic partnerships and using video to raise brand equity for her clients.

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“Lisa is a brilliant connector. She has a unique ability to visualize how people and companies can partner to their mutual benefit. She is also a community builder, having successful launched and grown two dynamic online communities for women. Finding just a few words to describe Lisa is impossible. She’s a dynamic motivator with an effervescence that is contagious. People want to follow her, they want to learn from her and they want to be in her circle of influence.” ~ Cindy Ratzlaff, AD Age Marketing 50 Award Winning Buzz Marketer and Social Media Strategist www.CindyRatzlaff.com