The  2014 Restaurant Executive Summit  will be held on November 3 – 5, 2014 at the Ritz-Carlton in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. The theme of the event is “How to Feed Consumers with a #Digital @ppetite” I will speak about the ways that restaurants and dining experiences are discussed in social media.  I will show network maps that visualize the relationships among people who talk about restaurants created with the free and open NodeXL social media network analysis and visualization application. Here are some recent NodeXL social media network maps for mentions of major chain restaurants featured in the NodeXL Graph Gallery : DunkinDonuts McDonalds Chipotle @olivegarden These maps illustrate the shape of the crowd that gathers around the names of major chain restaurants.  A few Twitter user accounts occupy key positions in these network crowds, these are the influential voices that are repeated widely by others.…