John Della Volpe

John Della Volpe is Director of Polling at Harvard University's Institute of Politics and Founder and Managing Partner of SocialSphere, Inc., a social media strategy and technology company located in Cambridge, MA.

Each semester at Harvard, John leads a public opinion survey group of undergraduate students who develop, field and report on the attitudes of young Americans (Millennial Generation) toward politics and public service. Since 2000, the IOP survey has tracked pre- and post-9/11 attitudes; accurately predicted the spikes in youth turnout in 2004, 2006 and 2008; marked the generational shift in attitudes toward foreign policy; and provided insight into the ways in which Millennials use technology, communicate and form opinions.

At SocialSphere, John and his team advise blue chip public and private sector clients on ways to engage Millennials (the world’s largest market) and in strategies that flatten organizations, usually through engaging in various forms of social technology. In 2008, John received an Eisenhower Fellowship, which he spent traveling in China and Korea to study the Millennials impact on the Asian culture and economy.