Elise Quevedo

Elise Quevedo is an author, tech global thought leader, speaker, and advisor.

Elise Quevedo is known as “The Digital Ghost Queen” for her behind-the-scenes work, Elise has inspired audiences around the globe at events such as Codefest in Macedonia, Pioneers in Vienna, Thrillionaire Revolution Global Tour in Australia, Asia, Switzerland, Russia, UK, Cyprus, and Greece, AV Alliance in Budapest, Social Media SuperHero Summit in the USA, DES(Digital Business World Congress) in Madrid where she also serves as Ambassador, Singapore University of Social Sciences and Huawei Connect Europe to name a few. 

She spends most of her time helping businesses and individuals from C-Level executives to Hollywood stars thrive in cyberspace. “I like working behind the scenes, helping companies to thrive and get the best out of them, and that is why I got the “The Digital Ghost Queen” nickname,” she said in a recent interview. Elise often writes for various digital magazines and as a global thought leader has collaborated with Fortune 500 companies such as Amazon, Huawei, eBay, and Paypal. She loves storytelling when presenting and writing, and has fused her personal development and entertainment industry backgrounds within the tech world, making sure people understand the importance of keeping their online activities interactive and with a human feel. She created the SMEQ (Social Media Emotional Quotient), which is the art and influence of creating, attracting, and building better business relationships through digital media. Elise Quevedo is the author of Creating a Kick-Ass Attitude. 

The book seeks to help people to value themselves better by changing their attitude, and outlook on what matters, which will help create success. This book is a fun way to start realizing anyone can become successful. She has been honoured in the Top 100 Women of E-Commerce Awards, Top 25 Global sHero Award Winner 2020 and has been featured in the Entrepreneurs 4 Schools campaign during Global Entrepreneurship Week in the UK. She recently assisted Turkey Innovation Week as a keynote speaker. Interests include AI, Digital Transformation, Disruptive technologies, Enterprise & Digital Innovation, the impact of digital learning on the younger generation, Tech 4 Good, IoT, Influencer Marketing, Start-Ups, business, and personal growth and leadership.

About her attitude 

“You have to actually learn how to be happy about yourself. You need to shine inside before others can see everything you can offer. That’s the first thing I tell people when they ask me how to be successful. We need to value ourselves if we want others to value us. Integrity and trust are key traits. If we get to that point where we are self-confident enough to be happy with what we do, what we say, our ideas, etc, we are in the right place to become successful.” 

About thought leadership and influencer 

“I think the true power of social media is the ability to change someone’s life. The best takeaway of being an influencer is not measured by how many followers they have, but by how many people they can truly reach… and change. That is the real meaning of “influencing”. 

“One of the best things I have experienced working in social media is the long-term influence. I have been very fortunate to keep in touch with people I have helped and see that I was able to change something in them. That what I said actually helped them. As of now, the influencer world has evolved considerably in recent years. Now we have product influencers, B2B influencers, micro-influencers, sector influencers, thought leaders, etc. We all know that P2P influencer works: when a brand talks people listen but that doesn’t necessarily mean that people trust what the brand says. What influencers and especially P2P influencers say are more trustworthy for the people, because they are reachable, they are recognisable, and people get to know them better. To truly move forward we need to rebuild trust.”

"Without trust, we can’t collaborate, seal alliances, innovate, and build technology that people can be comfortable to use with. The first step I think we need to do is to embrace digital, emerging technologies and focus on the extra value they can bring. If we are all to go towards the common goal of making society better we need to make sure that technology will work for us and not the other way around.”