The Business Development Institute is hosting Blogging Goes Mainstream. I hope to see you there!

Tuesday, May 3rd, 2005

2:00 PM - 7:30 PM

Microsoft Customer Briefing Center

1290 Avenue of the Americas

New York, NY

Online registration and agenda: http://www.bdionline.com/blogevent

For registration enter promotion code “Teten” to receive a $25 discount.

BusinessWeek May 2, 2005 Cover Story, “Blogs Will Change Your Business” which can be found at http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_18/b3931001_mz001.htm features BDI “Blogging Goes Mainstream” conference speaker Steve Rubel and sponsors PubSub and Cymfony.

Here is a sample of companies that are registered to attend the conference: American Cancer Society, Audible, Deloitte, DaimlerChrysler, Edelman, General Electric, Ketchum, IAC, IBM, The Five O’Clock Club, Ford Motor Company, Ernst & Young, Latham & Watkins, Little Brown & Co., Microsoft, MPG, Nickelodeon, OgilvyOne, Pfizer, Paul Weiss, Spencer Stuart, Standard & Poor’s, Thomas Publishing, Sony, Union Square Ventures, New York Times Digital

Speakers:

• Robert Scoble, Technical Evangelist, Microsoft and creator of the Scobleizer blog

• Sam Whitmore, founder and editor of Sam Whitmore’s Media Survey and monthly media columnist for Forbes Magazine

• Steve Rubel, VP, Cooper Katz and creator of Micropersuasion blog

• Bonita Stewart, Director of Interactive Communications, Daimler Chrysler

• Michelle Horowitz, VP, PR Newswire

• Salim Ismail, CEO, PubSub

• Steve Hall, creator of Adrants blog

• Morra Aarons, VP Interactive, Edelman

• Jud Branam, Managing Director, Hass MS&L

• Lloyd Trufelman, President, Trylon Communications

• Ross Dawson, CEO, Advanced Human Technologies

• Andrew Bernstein, CEO, Cymfony

• David Teten, CEO, Nitron Advisors; CoAuthor, The Virtual Handshake: Opening Doors and Closing Deals Online

• Dan Burstein, Managing Member, Millennium Technology Ventures

• Jason Pryslak, Information Architect, International Association of Business Communicators, MurrayResults

• Larry Bodine, PM Forum

• Stowe Boyd, COO, Corante

Sponsors:

Brandimensions http://www.brandimensions.com/

PubSub http://www.pubsub.com/

Microsoft http://www.microsoft.com/

Cymfony http://www.cymfony.com/

PR Newswire http://www.prnewswire.com/

Trylon Communications http://www.tryloncommunications.com/

All-Ways Advertising http://www.awadv.com/

CooperKatz http://www.cooperkatz.com/

Revenue Science http://www.revenuescience.com/

Leverage Software http://www.leverage.com/

Media Sponsors and Supporting Organizations:

PR Week Magazine http://www.prweek.com/

International Association of Business Communicators http://www.iabc.com/

The Publicity Club of New York http://www.publicityclub.com/

BtoB Magazine http://www.btobonline.com/

Media Business Magazine http://www.btobonline.com/

I Want Media http://www.iwantmedia.com/

Smallbiztechnology.com http://www.smallbiztechnology.com/

Manhattan Chamber of Commerce http://www.manhattancc.org/

Corante http://www.corante.com/

LSSO http://www.legalsales.org/

Online registration and agenda: http://www.bdionline.com/blogevent

For registration enter promotion code “Teten” to receive a $25 discount.

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