Mark Cuban Headlines First Blogworld Expo Conference In Vegas, Nov. 7-9

Las Vegas (PRWEB) October 30, 2007

Mark Cuban, owner of the Dallas Mavericks, billionaire entrepreneur, founder of HD.net, recent contestant on ABC’s Dancing with the Stars, and author of the popular Blog Maverick blog, will headline a star-studded cast of speakers at the first-ever BlogWorld and New Media Expo, Wednesday – Friday, Nov. 7 -9, at the Las Vegas Convention Center.

Cuban’s involvement will be a must-see for all Blogworld attendees as he shares his experience as one of the most prolific and widely read commentators in the blogosphere.

Joining Cuban at the show will be a number of well-known, industry experts addressing important issues for the new media participants. Scheduled to begin the festivities Wednesday, Nov. 7 at the Executive & Entrepreneur Conference is Larry “The Connector” Benet, founder and Chief Idea Officer of Outside the Box Consulting and Outside the Box Promotions, a successful and innovative sales, marketing and promotions consulting firm. Benet has been referred to as “America’s Connection Expert.”

And that’s just the beginning! The second day of the show will open with a keynote by Matt Mullenweg, founding developer of WordPress. Finishing out the night, Jason Shellen of Blogger and Google reader fame will moderate the closing roundtable featuring Technorati CEO Richard Jalichandra; b5 Media Founder and CEO Jeremy Wright; and Pajamas Media’s founder and CEO Roger L. Simon.

Friday’s Nov. 9 keynote agenda will spotlight Leo Laporte, host of TWiT.TV (This Week in Tech) and national radio technology talk shows on Premiere Radio Networks including XM Channel 152 and The Lab With Leo. Laporte’s credits also include regular spots on television and radio programs including Live with Regis and Kelly and hosting and producing some of the most popular podcasts in the world including The Daily Giz Wiz, Windows Weekly and MacBreak Weekly.

In addition to the star studded keynote line-up, BlogWorld will host the world’s largest blogging conference, featuring more than 60 sessions and over 100 speakers covering the topics of blogging, podcasting, video blogging, internet radio and TV broadcasting and other types of social media activities for new and experienced content creators, entrepreneurs and business executives.

The sessions will offer tips and information on building your audience, monetizing your content, journalistic ethics, engaging your communities and leveraging conversational marketing.

For additional information on BlogWorld, keynotes, speaker topics, session descriptions and registration information is all available at http://www.blogworldexpo.com.

Press Contact:

Kelly Taylor for BlogWorld Expo

The Bohle Company

(310) 785-0515, Ext. 300

Mark Cuban Headlines First Blogworld Expo Conference In Vegas, Nov. 7-9

Founders of Wordpress, Limelight Networks to Address Entrepreneurship Conference : Nov. 13 Conference to Help Anyone in or Contemplating an Entrepreneurial Venture with Speakers Offering Real World, Frontlines Advice Lessons Learned

PHOENIX (PRWEB) October 22, 2008

“While Arizona will never be Silicon Valley, this conference is designed to connect the two and help entrepreneurs here build their businesses,” said Francine Hardaway, organizer of the event.

Keynote speakers include a collection of heavyweights sharing their in-the-trenches experiences in building, funding and selling their companies.

Keynote Speakers:

Allan Kaplan, Co-Founder of Limelight Networks and Director of Clearview Capital Partners Matt Mullenweg, Founding Developer of WordPress Gary Vaynerchuk, Founder of WineLibrary.com Bill Reichert, Managing Director, Garage Technology Ventures Howard Lindzon, Partner in Knight’s Bridge Capital Partners and Founder of Wallstrip Full conference will include:

The State of Startup Financing

Creating a Product that Can Sell

Local Successes

Lessons Learned

State of the Blogosphere

Sustainability Initiatives

State of Funding in Arizona

Social Media Best Practices

Conference details:

November 19, 2008

7:30 am 7:00 pm

Location: The Buttes Resort

2000 Westcourt Way, Tempe, AZ

Conference registration of $ 150 includes lunch and a continental breakfast: http://www.azentrepreneurship.com

The Second Annual Arizona Entrepreneurship Conference [audio | video | site] was held in Fall 2007 and was standing-room only.

Sponsors

Osborn Maledon, P.A. Infusionsoft Silent Dispatch Deru Internet Services Chuck Reynolds Stealthmode Partners C-Scan Technologies: The Clean Environment Specialists City of Tempe Microsoft Business Journal of Phoenix Community Partners

Arizona Small Business Association Club Entrepreneur TiE Arizona Arizona Internet Professionals Association Maricopa County Small Business Enterprise Program Arizona Technology Council Phoenix Startup Weekend

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Announcing Think Tank Live! Internet Marketing Conference for Wisconsin Business Owners and Marketing Professionals

Milwaukee, Wisc. (PRWEB) February 4, 2010

Integrated Marketing Think Tank has announced a one-day seminar, Think Tank Live! Internet Marketing Conference, to take place on Feb. 23, 2010.

In this economy, business leaders look for strategies and practical ideas to attract customers and increase profits. Digital online marketing is the new landscape, we will help people to navigate the various disciplines for success, said Jo Stumpner of Top Floor Technologies in New Berlin, WI.

Emphasizing the opportunity to raise awareness of search marketing and social media regionally, the event features speakers from Wisconsin and Chicago who are highly experienced digital marketing professionals.

Lisa Sabin Wilson, a resident of West Bend, WI will speak about building online communities. Lisa is the author of WordPress For Dummies and BuddyPress For Dummies (Wiley Publishing), and is a regular speaker at national conferences like SXSW Interactive, and WordCamp events across the country.

Another local expert, Anthony Verre, known as MilwaukeeSEO to the local Twitterati, will give a talk named: When Local Means Business The Secrets of Local Search Engine Optimization Marketing. And Chris King, SEO and Web Analytics Specialist for Agency.com, a graduate of Marquette University, will lead a panel presentation on: Unlocking the Power of Search Engine Optimization for your Website.

I.M. Think Tank’s event offers a clear vision to use online marketing tools in an effective and relevant manner. Business leaders who attend Think Tank Live! will learn step by step lessons on how to use key internet marketing tools. We will show you how to increase profits and gain more clients for real business results, said Mert Sahinoglu, inbound marketing expert from Chicago. Mert first came to Wisconsin from Turkey as a foreign exchange student. He lived in Oostburg, WI during high school.

Each attendee will receive a folder of handouts and access to PowerPoint presentations to help make the information easy to use once they get back to their place of business after the event.

SEMINAR FOCUS: Help businesses to grow by mastering the power of Internet Marketing.

SCHEDULED TOPICS: Digital Marketing Strategy, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Search Engine Marketing (SEM), Online Advertising, Pay-Per-Click (PPC), Web Analytics, Social Media, Online Reputation Management,Twitter, LinkedIn, WordPress, BuddyPress, Facebook

LOCATION: Country Springs Hotel, 2810 Golf Road, Waukesha, Wisconsin (in the Milwaukee area)

WHO SHOULD ATTEND: Business Owners, Online Marketing Professionals, CMO’s, CXO’s, Web Developers, Social Media Experts and Entrepreneurs.

DATE: Tuesday, February 23, 2010, 9am-5pm

Check in & voluntary web site reviews begin at 8am

After-Party details: to be announced.

SPONSORS: Mashable and BizTimesMedia, Top Floor Technologies, SunAnt Interactive, KD Interactive and ExPrT Exhibits.

REGISTRATION FEE: $ 225.00, includes lunch. Check social media outlets for discounts and promo codes.

To Register, visit: http://www.thinktanklive.com/register/

Contact: Mary DuQuaine, Founder and President, I.M. Think Tank, (414) 367-9725

Twitter (@ThinkTankLive), Conversation Tag #ttlmke

About I.M. Think Tank / Think Tank Live: Integrated Marketing Think Tank is a collective group of integrated marketing professionals in Chicago, Illinois and Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The group provides conferences and customized executive retreat and training events with in-depth strategies on how to create online and offline communication channels. Each of I.M. Think Tanks members represents different specialties within digital marketing.

I. M. Think Tank is the source of talent for all of our events. I.M. Think Tank is an organization dedicated to providing strategic c-level intensive trainings and corporate consultation. As a think tank of professionals and practitioners on the cutting edge of social technology, we clarify the connections between search, social media and integrated marketing to improve business profitability on the internet.

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PERI Software CEO Sarav Periasamy to Speak to National Assn. of Utility Commissioners Conference on Smart Grids

Sacramento, CA, and Newark, NJ (PRWEB) July 14, 2010

Utilities need to go beyond simple smart meter initiatives to the process of using less energy according to a study released by the nonprofit American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE). PERI Software Solutions Inc., a global business solutions company agrees. PERI is participating in the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners Conference in Sacramento July 18 21, 2010, at the Sacramento Convention Center.

Research shows that 60 percent of the electricity generated in this country is lost to inefficiencies, and the fact that smart grid technology is green and substantially enhances grid efficiency through improved outage detection and response helps utility customers feel good about saving energy, said Sarav Periasamy, president and CEO, PERI Software. Periasamy is scheduled to speak at 11:15 AM, Sunday, July 18th, on Cost Effective Solutions for Smart Grid.

“Smart Grid technology transforms the way utilities can deliver power to customers, but we need to educate and explain in laymans terms just how it works, he said.

PERI Software is the only certified minority business enterprise in the U.S. with an end-to-end smart grid solution. The company, based in Newark, NJ, can provide both its own smart grid advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) and smart meter technology and software platform or PERI can act as systems integrators on any smart grid platform, regardless of technology.

The ACEEE study concludes that advanced metering initiatives alone are neither necessary nor sufficient for providing households with the feedback that they need to achieve energy savings. However, the initiatives do offer important opportunities. The report said, To realize potential feedback-induced savings, advanced meters must be used in conjunction with in-home (or on-line) displays and well-designed programs that successfully inform, engage, empower, and motivate people.

PERI is developing these Home Area Network devices enabling customers to control the use of electricity in their homes in real time, Periasamy said,

There are also privacy concerns that surround the new technology that PERI will addressed and reveal how its business solutions will meet those demands.

Smart Grid and Smart Metering introduce access control, network and application security concerns at and beyond the meter, explained Periasamy. We will be discussing how to prepare a security policy, understand and prevent network security issues and respond to incidents.

Attendees will also hear PERI talk about the role based access control of data, devices, networks and applications, along with audits and reinforcements.

The emerging technology that allows the integration of Home Area Network to the Smart Grid has added security concerns that have to be addressed especially with data, multi-application integration and communication networks, said Chief Technology Officer Satish Chetty, PERI Software Solutions, Inc.

About PERI

Founded in 1999, PERI is a global business solutions company, which has grown to more than 700 plus employees and delivers high value-cost effective technology based business solutions. PERI draws on deep industry expertise and a portfolio of interrelated consulting, business processes, application development along with smart-intelligent hardware and software products. PERI blends strategic design, proven technology, and timely delivery of solutions that maximize customers return on IT investment. Be sure to visit PERIs blog for company updates and developments

perisoftware.wordpress.com.

[Editors: For images and advanced media interviews with PERI Founder and President Sarav Periasamy, please call: Aida Mayo or George McQuade at 818-340-5300 or 818-618-9229 or email Publicity(at)MayoCommunications(dot)com.

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GigaOM Mobilize 2010: The Only Conference to Explore Where Mobile Meets the Cloud

San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) July 15, 2010

GigaOM Networks, a leading business media company, today announced initial headline speakers and discussion topics for Mobilize 2010, the mobile industrys most influential conference. Technology and mobile industry leaders such as Kevin Lynch, CTO of Adobe; Thomas Keys, COO of MetroPCS Communications; and Nicholas Negroponte, technology visionary and Founder and Chairman of One Laptop per Child, will speak at Mobilize 2010, with more speakers soon to be announced.

Now in its third year, Mobilize has become the mobile industrys most influential conference, attracting top minds in infrastructure and apps, technology, internet, marketing, and venture capital who come together to discuss the latest trends in mobile communications, said Surj Patel, GigaOMs VP of events. Mobilize will explore the growing intersection between the mobile and cloud computing sectors, a unique convergence set to unleash a new wave of market growth.

Last year, Motorola Co-CEO Sanjay Jha officially announced the companys first Android phone, the Motorola CLIQ, at Mobilize 2009 and this years conference is set to be another highly newsworthy event. The speaker lineup at Mobilize 2010 is a virtual whos who of the mobile industry, and new speakers are being announced weekly for this years event expected to draw over 550 attendees on September 30th at the Mission Bay Conference Center in San Francisco.

Confirmed speakers at Mobilize 2010 include, among many others:

GigaOM Mobilize 2010: The Only Conference to Explore Where Mobile Meets the Cloud

QNets Partnership with the Asian Bloggers and Social Media Conference 2010

New York, NY (Vocus) August 5, 2010

QNet, an international e-commerce and direct selling company, has recently partnered with the Asian Bloggers and Social Media Conference 2010 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, as part of its efforts to promote a better understanding of social media as an important communication and engagement platform.

In todays world of information overload and instant access to news and views from around the world, geographical boundaries and time zones seem to have little relevance. A recent report by Morgan Stanley on internet trends shows that people today are communicating more through social networking sites than through emails. This phenomenon also applies tobusiness and marketing strategies as the power that social media offers to consumers is significant. With blogs and online forums gaining more and more prominence as credible sources of information, it becomes important for businesses to listen in and participate in discussions about their brands and products.

Recently, the city of Kuala Lumpur hosted the Asian Bloggers and Social Media conference at the Berjaya Times Square hotel, which saw nearly 500 bloggers and social media enthusiasts gather for two days for a great lineup of speakers from various digital media.

QNet, as a prominent e-commerce company, has always strived to find innovative methods to communicate and engage with its customers. As a result, it was associated with this conference as the official e-commerce partner, and a delegation from QNets communication and marketing teams attended the two-day conference. Some of the key topics discussed included law and ethics in cyberspace; managing a brands online reputation; profit-making on the world’s leading blogging platform, WordPress; the differences between a journalist and a blogger; and the importance of developing social media strategies and objectives for one’s brand before jumping into the social media scene.

QNet Executive Chairperson Ms Donna Imson was one of the speakers at this event, on the topic Social Media Conversations: How to Gain Trust and Form Relationships with Your Community. She pointed out that an important aspect of QNets business model depended on the relationships people are able to form within their community. With QNet actively engaging with its customers through various social media channels, it has helped create a community within a community.

The keynote address at the conference was delivered by the 4th prime minister of Malaysia Tun Dr Mahathir, himself a prominent blogger. He gave some thought-provoking ideas on how to stay relevant by using the medium as an engagement tool to develop a relationship with the audience. His message was simple and to the point: ‘Be responsible and always tell the truth.’ Other prominent speakers included Dato Seri Tony Fernandes of Air Asia, prominent Indian blogger and novelist Amit Varma of India Uncut, popular Malaysian Blogger and Journalist Niki Cheong, and social media specialist Rob Angeles from the Philippines.

ABOUT QNET

QNet is an international direct selling company established in 1998. Operating a global sales force, QNet offers a high-quality product portfolio consisting of innovative lifestyle products, including consumable and everyday items, personal care and wellness products, luxury and collectible items, vacation packages, and telecommunications.

QNet also provides business opportunities to millions of people around the world by offering entrepreneurial aspirants the opportunity to run their own business through an e-commerce platform, to promote the company and its products. QNet provides its representatives with the requisite training and business tools to succeed, and champions professional business and marketing practices at both corporate and network levels. Driven by the mission of RYTHM (Raise Yourself To Help Mankind), QNet is an active contributor to the support and sustainability of the communities in which it operates.

To learn more about QNet, visit http://www.qnet.net.

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Crossvale Sponsors OpenCamp 2010, the Southwest"s First Multi-platform Web Conference

Plano, TX (PRWEB) August 6, 2010

Crossvale Inc. (http://www.crossvale.com), a leading provider of tailored integration, automation and portal solutions, today announced that it has become a platinum sponsor of OpenCamp, the Southwests first multi-platform web conference, being held August 27-29.

Crossvale will also sponsor the Welcome Party for conference attendees, which will be held on Friday night August 27th at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Addison, TX. The evenings festivities will begin with an exhibition jump by the U.S. Army Golden Knights, the world’s greatest parachute team, at 8:00pm.

Since its founding in 2001, Crossvale has been an active user of open source platforms. Continuing its dedication to open and collaborative computing, Crossvales financial sponsorship of the volunteer-run conference will help educate and foster a sense of community for open source enthusiasts.

Although the road of innovation is often a bumpy ride, it almost always leads to greater value and increased performance for the customer, to which Crossvale has been, and I am personally, committed, Crossvale President Jason Sharp said. The organizers and volunteers putting on this conference are some of the greatest innovators today, and this is an opportunity for Crossvale to give back to the open source community..

In addition to sponsoring OpenCamp, Crossvales Sharp will be leading a session on Multi-Departmental Authoring in Drupal on Sunday August 29th at 2:30pm. OpenCamps seminars will cover a broad range from social media to technical development, and will be guided by some of the most experienced practitioners in the country. The conference will provide tremendous benefits to its participants. For those who are trying to learn the basics of the webs leading edge, and for those who are reaching for mastery, there is no better value for your training dollar than OpenCamp.

We want to call out and thank the co-organizers, including John Pozadzides, Cali Lewis, and Jennifer Conleyall Internet and social media trailblazers without these tireless folks, OpenCamp would not be happening, stated Crossvale CEO Conor Brankin said. Their efforts going back several years to prior WordCamp and DrupalCamp events, and their ongoing support of Drupal, Joomla and WordPress, have created the foundation for the dynamic open source community we have here in the North Texas area.

The Welcome Party will provide an opportunity for conference attendees, speakers, and star attractions to mingle and get to know one another before the rush of OpenCamp sessions begins. We encourage everyone to register for OpenCamp (http://www.openca.mp) and join us at this event.

Sharp added, As if you needed any more reasons to attend, we will be giving away a brand new Canon T2i Digital SLR camera valued at over $ 1,000 and several other prizes, so you definitely do not want to miss the party!

About OpenCamp

OpenCamp is the Southwests first multi-platform web conference. With top speakers covering topics ranging from social media to technical development, content creation, revenue generation and more, webmasters and web developers, bloggers, podcasters and technologists on any platform are welcome.

About Crossvale

Crossvale, Inc. is a professional services firm singularly focused on helping their clients maximize the performance of their people, processes and technologies by providing tailored integration, automation and portal solutions that deliver results. Crossvale deploys solutions on Drupal, enterprise JAVA & PHP, Oracle and Software AG platforms. The Company infuses its technical capabilities with industry best practices in support of Human Resources, Banking and Government enterprises.

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Joseph Federico Speaks on Proper Electrical Testing at the DMSMS and Standardization Conference 2011

Clifton, NJ (PRWEB) September 23, 2011

Joseph Federico Vice President and director of operations of NJ Micro Electronic Test Labs spoke about proper testing for counterfeit electronics at the DMSMS conference recently concluded in Hollywood, Florida.

As exhibitors, we were proud to present our Mission: Imposter Counterfeit Component Test Program as well as to present a lecture on the proper electrical testing protocols that should be used in testing components for their full functional and parametric performance. These tests are invaluable in helping to detect counterfeit components, said Joseph Federico.

Joseph Federicos lecture was entitled Proper Electrical Testing to Detect Counterfeit Components. Its scope was to educate members of the electronics industry about the risks associated with performing only basic contact testing with simple counterfeit detectors as opposed to the preferred functional and parametric exercises required to properly test these suspect electronic components.

The objective of the conference was to focus on significantly improved DMSMS and Standardization policies, procedures, guidance, and automated tools that optimize Warfighter materiel readiness, and includes activities required to attain this goal such as Value Engineering, Product Support and Total Life Cycle Management, Parts Management, and mitigating the Counterfeiting epidemic on parts, material, and materiel. To meet this objective our approaches to managing the ever-present obsolescence problem must be examined. See the DMSMS website for a more details.

As an introductory message from the conference chair, director of the DMSMS Gregory E. Saunders outlined the importance of the conference objective by emphasizing that the strategic goals of the Department of Defense (DoD) objective was to include increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of developing, producing, testing and sustaining systems so that required warfighter capabilities are available.

He further went on to explain that the conference agenda would provide insight into the current best practices in DMSMS, Standardization, Parts Management, Value Engineering, Counterfeit Detection and Reporting, Total Life Cycle Management, and several other DMSMS and Standardization processes and initiatives.

The team at NJ Micro Electronic Testing participated in the Counterfeit Parts Control Plan Implementations, the DMSMS Tools and Services Program, as well as technical sessions and panels which included Institutionalizing Standard Practices, Defense Initiatives and their impact to DMSMS, Counterfeit Mitigation Strategies and Counterfeit Reporting.

One of the key sessions which we felt was an asset to this conference was the Counterfeit Reporting Workshop which excellently illustrated some of the main differences between the various reporting tools, said Joseph Federico. It also discussed processes and systems which increase the sharing of information enabling early detection and prevention of counterfeiting at all levels of the DoD supply chain.

In our opinion this conference was one of the best opportunities for exchanging information between the audience and presenters, Joseph Federico added.

On a different note, there was a major concern on behalf of the US Department of Defense on the potential cutback of electrical testing of electronic components.

The Military and Aerospace industry attendees and exhibitors had major concerns about the limited testing performed by a curve/contact tester versus the preferred DC, AC functional and parametric testing over the device temperature in uncovering counterfeit product said Joseph Federico of NJ Micro Electronic Testing.

This is the primary reason why we held the lecture on proper electrical testing; to emphasize the importance of performing proper DC, AC functional and parametric testing. Electrical testing provides a more thorough exercise in testing electronic component products to illustrate their accuracy and authenticity, said Joseph Federico.

All of the workshops were extremely helpful in moving forward on improving organizational structures and improving DMSMS strategies for the future, Joseph Federico concluded.

Clifton, New Jersey based NJ Micro Electronic Testing provides a wide and diversified range of laboratory test and management services. NJ Micro Electronic Testing is equipped and staffed to be a single source provider for all testing needs.

For more information about testing electronic components, see Joseph Federico’s blog at: http://josephfedericonj.wordpress.com/.

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Top Speakers Join Lineup at GigaOM RoadMap Conference

San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) October 04, 2011

GigaOM, a leading business and technology media company, today announced top headline speakers for its inaugural GigaOM RoadMap conference the first industry event to focus on the connected consumer.

The leading thinkers of our time will gather at GigaOM RoadMap on November 10, 2011 at the Mission Bay Conference Center in San Francisco to explore how connectedness will influence the way we live, create, consume, and earn. Entrepreneurs, journalists, business leaders, and academics will join GigaOM editors and GigaOM Pro analysts to provide a blueprint for the connected future mapping out the most significant trends in consumer connectedness.

Some of the technology industrys biggest names will take the stage at GigaOM RoadMap, including:

Top Speakers Join Lineup at GigaOM RoadMap Conference

Overflight Award Given to Digital Media Conference Speakers

Philadelphia (PRWEB) May 20, 2009

The Overflight Award for Excellence, created by ArnoldIT.com and JBoye.com, was presented to Volker Gr

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First Web Design Conference for Sonoma, Marin, and Napa County to be Held April 12, 2011 in Rohnert Park

Sebastopol, CA (PRWEB) March 8, 2011

On April 12, 2011, the first-ever professional web design conference for the north San Francisco Bay Area will be held in Rohnert Park, California. This one-day event addresses the pressing need for web designers and developers to keep up with rapidly changing web technologies, without having to travel to San Francisco or beyond.

The event, which will be held at the Sonoma Mountain Village Event Center in Rohnert Park, is being organized by premier sponsor Webvanta, a Sebastopol-based company that provides technology services and a hosted CMS for web designers and agencies.

Additional sponsors include O’Reilly Media; Art Institute of California – Sacramento; Sonoma Mountain Business Cluster; and Engine Yard.

Conference registration is open now at the North Bay Web Conference site. Registration for the one-day conference is only $ 99, including breakfast, breaks, and lunch.

Conference director Michael Slater commented, “There are many top-notch web designers in the North Bay, yet there have been no sizable web gatherings beyond San Francisco. We thought it was time designers in Sonoma, Marin, and Napa counties had their own local conference.”

Slater has many years of experience producing high-quality conferences, as program director for the Microprocessor Forum for more than a decade.

The conference will kick off with keynote talks from Michael Slater, CEO of Webvanta, on “The State of the Web”, and Bill Mead, lead instructor of web design at the Art Institute of California, on “Educating the Next Generation of Web Designers”.

Web technologies are evolving rapidly, and it is a continual challenge for designers to keep up so they can design the best sites for their clients. The program includes talks on the latest generation of the core web technologies — HTML5 and CSS3 — as well as on jQuery, the most popular JavaScript framework.

Mobile devices are becoming an important part of the web landscape, and designing sites for them adds yet another challenge for web designers. Jared White of Siteshine will present “From Clicks to Gestures: Developing for a Mobile, Touch-based World” to help designers make the transition to supporting mobile devices.

The program will continue with presentations on four of the major content management systems: WordPress, Joomla!, Drupal, and Webvanta. These presentations will help designers put each of these leading CMS systems in perspective and choose the one that best fits their projects.

The day concludes with a focus on content, which is — or, at least, should be — the heart of every website. All too often, content development is neglected, and site pages are built in a manual way. The talks will address both content strategy and the technology for implementing it.

For complete agenda details and registration information, see the conference website.

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The North Bay Web Design Conference is being produced by Webvanta Inc., which provides site-building services and a hosted CMS for web designers and agencies. (It is not, however, focused on Webvanta technology, but covers technologies and techniques of interest to all web designers.)

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Percona Hosts First-Ever MySQL Conference in New York on May 26th

(PRWEB) May 17, 2011

Percona Live NYC 2011 takes place May 26th, 2011 at 111 E 59th St in New York (between Park Ave. & Lexington). Percona Live is an ongoing series of regional MySQL conferences hosted by Percona, the largest and oldest independent provider of MySQL support and consulting services. MySQL is the world’s most popular open-source database. It powers high-traffic sites such as YouTube and Facebook, as well as playing a mission-critical role in telecommunications, government, and finance applications. MySQL is the M in the LAMP stack acronym (Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP), and is usually chosen as the data store for popular frameworks such as Drupal, Ruby On Rails, WordPress, and Django. MySQL is frequently used together with technologies such as MongoDB (the most popular NoSQL database for web applications), and the open-source Memcached caching technology, also a core part of Facebook’s infrastructure.

Percona Live is an intensive one-day format with four concurrent sessions from recognized experts in the MySQL ecosystem. Speakers include Percona’s consulting staff and hand-picked guests. Percona Live covers technologies and practices to keep a MySQL-based system running at peak performance and reliability. Sessions include hot topics such as cloud computing and NoSQL databases, design and architecture for performance and scalability, next-generation emerging database technologies, and perennial subjects such as backups and monitoring.

The registration fee for Percona Live is $ 249, a great value for companies who want to significantly increase their employees’ expertise for building large-scale, reliable systems with MySQL and related technologies. Percona Live is an excellent networking and recruiting opportunity, and there will be a free evening event where attendees build personal relationships with connections who can help them succeed in business with MySQL. Previous Percona Live events have filled to capacity, and this event can accept up to 350 registrations. Registration is online via the Percona Live website.

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Percona Live MySQL Conference to be Held in London Oct. 24-25th

(PRWEB UK) 24 August 2011

Percona Live London 2011 takes place October 24th-25th, 2011 at America Square Conference Centre in London. Percona Live is an ongoing series of regional MySQL conferences hosted by Percona, the largest and oldest independent provider of MySQL support and consulting services. MySQL is the world’s most popular open-source database. It powers high-traffic sites such as YouTube and Facebook, as well as playing a mission-critical role in telecommunications, government, and finance applications. MySQL is the M in the LAMP stack acronym (Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP), and is usually chosen as the data store for popular frameworks such as Drupal, Ruby On Rails, WordPress, and Django. MySQL is frequently used together with technologies such as MongoDB (the most popular NoSQL database for web applications), and the open-source Memcached caching technology, also a core part of Facebook’s infrastructure.

Percona Live is an intensive two-day format with six concurrent sessions from recognized experts in the MySQL ecosystem. Percona Live covers technologies and practices to keep a MySQL-based system running at peak performance and reliability. Sessions include hot topics such as cloud computing and NoSQL databases, design and architecture for performance and scalability, next-generation emerging database technologies, and perennial subjects such as backups and monitoring.

The early bird registration fee for Percona Live Conference plus tutorials is

Percona Live MySQL Conference to be Held in London Oct. 24-25th

Upcoming Conference about Essentials of Reliable Web Hosting

(PRWEB) March 25, 2012

TCWH, a leading website of web hosting review and rating, today announced, the award winner of the best WordPress hosting and best web hosting 2012 – WebHostingHub, the award winner of the best business web hosting – InMotion hosting, will be introducing the essentials of reliable web hosting at the upcoming conference based on their successful experience in the industry.

The conference will be subjected on how to offer reliable web hosting service from web hosting companies perspective and how to find a reliable web hosting provider from consumers perspective. The agenda of the conference:

1) what are most user favorite features

2) how to implement reliable and secure web hosting

3) how to balance web hosting performance and selling accounts

4) what does customer service mean

5) what is the affordable price of web hosting for personal, small and medium businesses

The conference will feature presentations and discussions by senior management from approximately 18 companies and websites representing personal web hosting providers, business web hosting providers, web hosting review & rating sites, and a variety of others who interested in the web hosting industry.

The award-winning web hosting providers WebHostingHub and InMotion hosting, will be invited to share with their successful experience in web hosting in the past over 10 years serving for over 500,000 personal, small, and medium sized businesses.

WebHostingHub

WebHostingHub has been an award-winning web hosting provider topping the list of almost all web hosting review sites since 2006. It offers a boxed all-in-one web hosting plan designed for personal and small businesses, including 1 free domain, unlimited hosting websites support, $ 75 free Google AdWords, premium website builder, 24/7 US customer service, pricing at $ 3.95/mo after about 50% discount. To learn more, visit http://www.top-cheap-web-hosting.com/webhostinghub-coupon-reviews.

InMotion Hosting

InMotion hosting has been the best business web hosting provider since 2001, by offering reliable web hosting service, consistent customer service, and fantastic website designing/consulting service. Their award-winning business web hosting is pricing from $ 5.95 including 5 unique features: free automated daily backup; max speed zone enabled; 90 days full money back guarantee; 24/7 US based customer service; free $ 100 Google AdWords credit & $ 75 Bing/Yahoo search advertising credit. To learn more, visit http://www.top-cheap-web-hosting.com/inmotion-coupon-reviews.

About Top-Cheap-Web-Hosting.com

Top-Cheap-Web-Hosting.com (TCWH) is an independent web hosting review, rating web hosts unbiasedly based on the true experience and the survey from real customers. TCWH is designed to help people find the best web hosting deal, saving time and money from a bad choice. Visit Top-Cheap-Web-Hosting.com.

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TastyPlacement SEO Agency to Speak, Sponsor, and Exhibit at Pubcon Search & Social Media Conference

Austin, TX (PRWEB) August 02, 2012

Austin-based digital marketing agency TastyPlacement (http://www.TastyPlacement.com) is gearing up for a major presence at this fall’s Pubcon search and social marketing conference in Las Vegas, Nevada. “We are going big: the founder, Michael, is speaking on 3 panels and we’ll have a booth in the exhibition hall, and we are also co-sponsoring one of the networking parties,” said Tony Tovar, TastyPlacement’s sales director.

“Pubcon is much more than the best and brightest folks in search, it’s also a ton of fun,” added TastyPlacement’s founder, Michael David. “The ideas and tactics that our peers reveal at Pubcon are vital to our business success and it’s an honor to speak among such accomplished faculty.”

Mr. David is the author of “WordPress 3.0 Search Engine Optimization,” a self-help guide to digital marketing with the WordPress open-source website publishing platform. The book was released in April of 2011 by Packt Publishing.

About TastyPlacement

TastyPlacement is an Austin-based digital marketing firm specializing in search engine optimization (SEO), web design, social media promotion, and Pay Per Click campaign management. It was founded in 2009 by the author of WordPress 3.0 Search Engine Optimization, Michael David.

About Pubcon

Pubcon is a multi-track educational conference hosted by WebmasterWorld. Pubcon, supported by the industry’s leading businesses, speakers, exhibitors, and sponsors involved in social media, Internet marketing, search engines, and online advertising, offers an in-depth look at the future of technology presented by the world’s top speakers in provocative cutting-edge sessions.

For more information about the conference, contact Brett Tabke at 512-231-8107 or brett at webmasterworld.com

In the U.K., contact Neil Marshall at 512-231-8107 ext 106 or engine at webmasterworld.com

For more details about sponsorship and exhibition opportunities, contact Strategic Marketing Director Joseph Morin at 512-231-8107 ext 104 or joe at pubcon.com

TastyPlacement SEO Agency to Speak, Sponsor, and Exhibit at Pubcon Search & Social Media Conference

GigaOM Announces First Annual Net:Work Conference on The Human Cloud

San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) October 12, 2010

GigaOM, a leading business media company, today announced that the first annual GigaOM Net:Work 2010 conference will take place December 9, 2010 in San Francisco. This inaugural event is the only conference to focus on how broadband and mobile technologies are shaping the future of work fundamentally changing the way companies run their businesses and how employees collaborate. Leading speakers include top executives from Cisco, Polycom, Jive Software, Google, LiveOps, NetSuite, Elance, oDesk, and many more.

Technologies like broadband wireless, mobile email, Skype, web videoconferencing, corporate wikis, virtual private networks, cloud computing, and other web-enabled corporate collaboration tools have transformed the way people work impacting not just how, and where, employees spend their days, but altering the entire culture of work and management, said Matthew Ingram, chair of Net:Work and GigaOM editor. Ten years ago, working from an airport, a coffeeshop, or home was unimaginable, both technically and culturally. Today, the human cloud is a 24×7 global workforce powered and connected by cloud, social, and mobile technologies.

Net:Work will take place December 9, 2010 at the Mission Bay Conference Center in San Francisco. The one-day event will gather GigaOM editors and research analysts alongside leading CEOs, CIOs, entrepreneurs, investors, and journalists to debate the technologies impacting enterprise collaboration, HR and recruitment, remote working, operational and office design, training and retention, and other critical aspects to running a business in the networked age. Net:Work speakers and attendees will engage in a lively debate about how technology is rapidly changing the world of enterprise collaboration, and discuss ways companies can harness these innovations to become more productive and profitable.

Top tier speakers include Rebecca Jacoby, CIO of Cisco; Andy Miller, CEO of Polycom; Dave Hersh, Founder of Jive Software; Bradley Horowitz, VP of Product Management at Google; Maynard Webb, Chairman and CEO of LiveOps; Zach Nelson, President and CEO of NetSuite; Fabio Rosati, president and CEO of Elance; Gary Swart, CEO of oDesk; and many others. Speakers will share case studies and lessons learned, and invite participants to engage in an open dialogue about the most important challenges to creating a modern business infrastructure.

Themes covered at Net:Work will include:

GigaOM Announces First Annual Net:Work Conference on The Human Cloud

Interior Designers Heading to Beverly Hills To Learn Leading Edge Business Skills Business of Design Conference Enters 9th Year as Premier Source for Design Education

Austin, TX (PRWEB) April 27, 2012

More like an executive education seminar at a leading business school than a trade show, the BoD Conference employs a wide array of business experts and faculty members to bring leading edge business education to interior designers and decorators. BoD Conference founder David Shepherd (a 25-year veteran of one of the nation’s top-ranked business schools) will serve as facilitator and present a challenging new segment entitled, “The 7 Doors To Your Destiny.”

“After a decade of working with thousands of designers, I’ve identified seven critical belief systems that the most successful designers must embrace,” said Shepherd. “I’m looking forward to putting designers through a thoughtful, provocative series of exercises centered around seven psychological principlesCalling, Changing, Crossing, Risking, Asking, Dreaming, and Doing. I guarantee that anyone making it through these self-tests will experience important changes in their business, and perhaps in their life.”

Because of the exclusive, interactive nature of the BoD Conference (http://www.bodconference.com) attendance is limited to about 200 and the conference sells out months in advance. As evidence of the value designers find in the conference, many interior designers will be attending their sixth, seventh, eighthand even ninth consecutive BoD Conference. “The first event in 2004 was like divine intervention,” said San Antonio designer Debbie Baxter. ” This will be my ninth consecutive event and I wouldn’t miss it.”

In addition to Shepherd, this year’s BoD Conference offers a faculty of the most experienced, successful consultants and advisors on the business of design. These include:

Gail Doby Founder of Design Success University
Fred Berns A leading authority on branding
Lloyd Princeton Founder of iMatch Designers and negotiation expert
LeeAnn Reed Author of the “bible” on QuickBooks for Designers
Alex Oliver Google Sketchup authority
Julia Molloy Founder of Molloy Management
Vita Vygovska Marketing expert
Josh Unfried Expert on Facebook for the affluent
Lance Haeberle Founder, Studio Webware

For the first time ever, the BoD Conference is also introducing a “Genius Bar,” an entire afternoon in which attendees will be brought up to speed on every relevant technology including new tools like Pinterest, Evernote, and Webare, as well as more mature ones like Basecamp, WordPress, and hardware devices including the iPad and smart phones.

“Doug Greiwe, a designer from Cincinnati is one of our regular attendees,” Shepherd continued, “and he says simply that the BoD Conference is ‘the most important event of the year for me as a designer, and as a businessman.’ I couldn’t say it any better.”

A comprehensive brochure and registration link is available at http://www.bodconference.com. The 2012 BoD Conference will be held at the luxurious SLS Hotel in Beverly Hills. Information to claim low rates are offered to registrants at the time of registration.

For information on attendance or sponsorship, e-mail Maria Privitera at support(at)bodconference(dot)com, or visit http://www.bodconference.com. Early Bird discounted pricing ends May 31, or as long as seats remain.

The Business of Design Conference (BoD Conference) enters its ninth year as the premier source of business education for interior designers and decorators. Founded by business school professor, David Shepherd, the BoD Conference has helped over a thousand interior designers to improve their business practices and bottom line profitability. For maximum learning, events are limited to about 200 attendees and sell out months in advance.

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Interior Designers Heading to Beverly Hills To Learn Leading Edge Business Skills Business of Design Conference Enters 9th Year as Premier Source for Design Education

PressNomics 2012: The Economics of WordPress Conference. November 8-10

Chandler, Arizona (PRWEB) May 02, 2012

PressNomics is The Economics of WordPress

The open source web publishing platform WordPress supports a very successful commercial economy estimated near $ 1B/yr. Commercial entities of all kinds serve the market of ~72 million WordPress powered sites and blogs with custom designed themes, plugins, web hosting, and service based consulting. PressNomics is a once a year gathering of international WordPress professionals to learn, foster collaboration, and build new strategies for commercial success in the growing WordPress economy.

Organized by Phoenix based WordPress Hosting company Page.ly, the PressNomics conference sessions are focused exclusively on the commercial economy fueled by startups and SMB’s leveraging WordPress. Discussion topics will include: bootstrapping to profitability, software licensing guidelines, SaaS, interface and application design, and finance.

Speakers that include Mikkel Svane Founder & CEO of Zendesk, Mark Jaquith lead developer on the WordPress open source project, and Alex King founder of CrowdFavorite a WordPress development agency will share their insights on startups, venture capital, best practices and personal stories of business triumphs and teachable moments.

The 3 day event will be held at the famous Crowne Plaza San Marcos Golf Resort in historic downtown Chandler Arizona. 2 days of insightful programming will be followed by a leisurely day of Golf and Bowling for all attendees to relax and renew friendships.

PressNomics is made possible with generous support by San Francisco based New Relic providers of an advanced web application performance management service. Further promotional support is provided by Dallas based secure cloud hosting company FireHost, and Zendesk the company behind the customer service help desk software of the same name.

Tickets go on sale to the general audience on June 1st 2012 at the early bird price of $ 200 per seat. Attendance is limited at 150. Select attendees may purchase tickets sooner at a deeper discount by requesting an invite via the PressNomics homepage.

WordPress is a registered trademark of the WordPress foundation and is not affiliated with this event. Respect.

PressNomics 2012: The Economics of WordPress Conference. November 8-10

The Social Launch Conference is Packed with Great Tools for Business Owners and Entrepreneurs

Roswell, GA (PRWEB) November 08, 2012

Company.com is dedicated to helping businesses be found, connect, and grow. In keeping with their mission Company.com, the social network for business, recently interviewed Marna Friedman, organizer of The Social Launch, to gain her insights about social media and why businesses should attend this conference. The Social Launch Conference comes to Atlanta on November 16-17, 2012 and aims to help businesses understand how to leverage new technologies and social media to build communities and create opportunities. Based on The Lean Startup philosophy, topics that will be covered at the Atlanta conference include Startup Tips, Leveraging Social Media, Website Basics and Business and Legal matters.

Conference organizer and speaker, Marna Friedman, also the Principal at Mpressive Solutions, LLC, took some time last week to speak with the Company.com team. We were very fortunate to connect with Marna before the conference, said Kristin Colier, senior user experience strategist at Company.com. The Social Launch Conference is packed with great tools for business owners and anyone interested engaging with customers and social marketing.

Friedman explained that the social launch aspect of the conference is in learning how to leverage social media and new technologies to help build a community–whether youre a startup or a solopreneur or a growing business entity–so that youre engaging your community and helping them understand what it is you have to offer and what they can do to help you refine that offering. Having a web presence can help businesses do exactly that.

To learn more about The Social Launch conference, go to the Company Insight blog, a resource for business owners and entrepreneurs at: http://companyinsight.wordpress.com/2012/11/05/leveraging-social-media-and-new-technology-to-launch-and-grow-your-business/

For more information about how Company.com can help your business grow, visit Company.com or call 855-812-6290. Stay connected with Company.com on Facebook and Twitter, @companydotcom.

About Company.com

Company.com is a unique business social network focused on the needs and opportunities of new and growing companies. It allows businesses to connect, communicate, and collaborate with employees, clients, partners, vendors and suppliers, create new partnerships, and engage with customers in new and more effective ways. The company has recently released a major upgrade to their network. Visit Company.com for more detail.

About The Social Launch

The goal of The Social Launch is to help startups and businesses understand how to leverage new technologies and social media to build communities and create opportunities. Attendees will explore whats new in technology and social media; how to leverage the appropriate platforms to expand a community, identify customers and grow a business. Some of the topics planned are lean startup philosophy, customer discovery, social media, SEO, WordPress, legal issues and more. Even businesses that have been in existence for a while can benefit from the topics.

The Social Launch is a launchpad onto itself. After the 2-day conference, attendees will be able to leverage new technologies to help them focus on customer and market identification to move their businesses forward. This conference is planned to offer attendees the ability to walk away with the education and tools they need to move their projects forward.

About Marna Friedman

Marna Friedman is the Principal for Mpressive Solutions, LLC; where she specializes in leveraging WordPress as a website platform to help startups and businesses develop a web presence and social media community. She has implemented numerous systems throughout several industries that have resulted in better efficiency and profitability. After years of working for non-profits and other self-employed businesses, Marna is skilled at helping save money while improving business.

Marnas professional background includes the position of Public Information Officer for a major nonprofit organization, Operations Director and Store Manager. She has also owned an event planning business executing events throughout the US and England.

Through Mpressive Solutions, she offers WordPress website development, WordPress training, event planning strategy, self-publishing and more. In addition, she serves on the Leadership Committee of StartupChicks; WordCamp Planning Committee; and runs a WordPress Meetup focusing on WordPress Plugins. She is also the author of a series of books on how to get started in your own small business, titled The Small Business That Could and The Small Business That Could For Women. Her books offer insightful websites, tips, resources and products to help small and start-up businesses. Her most current book is The WOW Factor: Leveraging Technology To Build Buzz Before, During and After Your Event. She holds a BS in Business Administration and an MA in Media Studies/Communications. She is listed in Whos Who of American Women and Whos Who Among Emerging Leaders in America.

The Social Launch Conference is Packed with Great Tools for Business Owners and Entrepreneurs