Internet Strategy Forum
Encyclopedia
The Internet Strategy Forum is a nonprofit
professional association in the United States
. ISF members have primary responsibility for driving Internet
strategy and implementation for medium to large organizations.
The ISF was founded to assist web professionals with professional development
, peer networking, information exchange
, research
and thought leader
ship at organizations that span multiple industries.
The ISF was founded in 2004 by Steve Gehlen and is governed by a nonprofit Board of Directors.
Non-profit organization
Nonprofit organization is neither a legal nor technical definition but generally refers to an organization that uses surplus revenues to achieve its goals, rather than distributing them as profit or dividends...
professional association in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. ISF members have primary responsibility for driving Internet
Internet
The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...
strategy and implementation for medium to large organizations.
The ISF was founded to assist web professionals with professional development
Professional development
Professional development refers to skills and knowledge attained for both personal development and career advancement. Professional development encompasses all types of facilitated learning opportunities, ranging from college degrees to formal coursework, conferences and informal learning...
, peer networking, information exchange
Information exchange
Information exchange is an informal term that can either refer to bidirectional information transmission/information transfer in telecommunications and computer science or communication seen from a system-theoretic or information-theoretic point of view....
, research
Research
Research can be defined as the scientific search for knowledge, or as any systematic investigation, to establish novel facts, solve new or existing problems, prove new ideas, or develop new theories, usually using a scientific method...
and thought leader
Thought leader
Thought leader is business jargon for an entity that is recognized for having innovative ideas.The term was coined in 1994 by Joel Kurtzman, editor-in-chief of the Booz Allen Hamilton magazine, Strategy & Business. "Thought leader" was used to designate interview subjects for that magazine who had...
ship at organizations that span multiple industries.
The ISF was founded in 2004 by Steve Gehlen and is governed by a nonprofit Board of Directors.