Erwin Blom is the former head of the Digital department at VPRO and the
founder and co-owner of The Crowds, a company specializing in new media.
The Crowds took the initiative for Fast Moving Targets, a platform
about innovation in media, technology and communication. Blom has won
the Vosko Trofee 2005 for Business and Innovation and the ABNAMRO New
Media Award, and was recently nominated for the Specialist Trendwatcher
of the Year Award 2012 in the technology category. Blom has written
books about the power of social networks (
Handboek Communities), and how Twitter changes (almost) everything (
De Realtime Revolutie).