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Powerful Presentations Yield Rewards and CODiE Awards

By Marcia Taylor

Last month, the SIIA CODiE awards were the culmination of work by a lot of people behind the scenes as well as at the forefront of the competing companies and brands.

This year I served as a judge for the CODiE awards.  I screened potential companies and helping to narrow the field to competitors vying for the top prize in many categories. Judging the competitors involved hearing and watching a variety of presentations from self-guided tours to live moderated demonstrations. Different presentations and products require individualized treatment for the intended audience. There really is no one-size-fits-all approach.

Recently, I was asked to write an article about my CODiE judging experience that appeared in FreePint's VIP May issue. The overview of different presentation styles and methods can help provide tips and guidelines for setting your product apart from the crowd and may just win you an award. This year's CODiE award winner's can be found at http://www.siia.net/codies/2008/winners.asp.

SIIA Previews heads to London

Once again, I"ve been drafted to help put together a new SIIA Previews event, this time in London at the Global Information Industry Summit ("GIS").

We are looking for innovative, early-stage content companies -- publishers and other content creators, aggregators and technology plays -- to apply for the chance to present before an audience of potential business partners, customers, investors, acquirers, and other industry influencers at the 3rd annual SIIA Global Information Industry Summit, 9-11 September, in London.

This Summit is produced by the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA), the leading global association for the digital content and software industries.

Call for Company details; note the deadline to apply is 27 June and there is no fee to submit your application.

I invite you to encourage relevant companies in your network to apply. Any questions? Please email me - lfschwartz@newstex.com

Process:

1. All company presentations must be delivered by the company Managing Director, Founder, Chief Executive, President or Chairman. All submissions must be made for companies that provide content, software or content/software technology products or services, have received no more than a Series A round of financing, generate no more than 10 million euro in sales, and have actual customers.
2. Our committee of industry experts will review all submissions and select semi-finalists. Semi-finalists will be notified by 11 July, 2008.
3. Each Semi-finalist will make a virtual presentation to our committee, who will select the Presenting Companies and alternates. Presenting Companies will be notified by 31 July, 2008. To participate as a presenting company, a fee of $895 must be paid 5 August, 2008. The fee includes two full conference registrations.

Benefits for Semi-finalist Companies:

1. Each Semi-finalist company senior executive will receive guidance from an SIIA member or staff to help in the preparation prior to delivering his/her presentation before our committee
2. Each Semi-finalist company will receive feedback from our committee

In addition to the above, each presenting company will receive the following benefits:

1. An invitation to present a 5-minute company pitch (followed by 5 minutes Q&A) before the SIIA Global Information Industry Summit attendees.
2. A temporary exhibit table to network with attendees. (Exhibit table will be provided during the conference break that immediately follows each group of company presentations.)
3. Corporate profile and primary contact information in the SIIA Global Information Industry Summit. Program or addendum.
4. Corporate profile listed on the SIIA Global Information Industry Summit website.
5. Two full conference registrations to attend the SIIA Global Information Industry Summit which includes all conference activities for a deeply discounted rate of $895.

Add Value to Twitter Tweets

Our good friend Debby Richman over at Collarity wrote a nice blog post on SearchEngineWatch.com about our new Twitter aggregated newsfeed - "Newstwits". Read the post, titled "Add Value to Twitter Tweets"

Mars sends Twitters

The New York Times on Saturday, May 31 reported that the Phoenix Mars Lander has been "equipped" with Twitter and has been sending Tweets back to earth. Read NY Times article.

I've been following the Tweets all weekend from earth and they are great.  I've learned all about the ice discovery under one of the landing pads and clicked through to see photos.  This is a great use to Twitter and an example of "news" that I probably would not have discovered anywhere else.  I sent this to my daughter via text messaging and for the first time she "got" twitter.  What a great educational tool!  Kids today think in short bursts of text - Twitter can be used as an education tool to draw kids into to more detail blog posts or main stream news. (more likely video!)

You can see the "Tweets" here:
http://twitter.com/MarsPhoenix

Some recent "Tweets" from MarsPhoenix:

@brownpau Hydrazine fuel in landing exhaust could leave nitrogen traces, but team will account for it in their readings.
about 21 hours ago from web in reply to brownpau

@reciprocum The exposed water ice will sublimate (go from a solid to a vapor) over time, but that may take months. about 21 hours ago from web in reply to reciprocum    

@FoxTwo My arm might not reach that patch, but that's OK. Team thinks there is ice all over after seeing that shot. Just need to dig for it about 21 hours ago from web in reply to FoxTwo    

Peter Smith says team has nicknamed the ice area "Holy Cow!" Those were the first words uttered in the ops area when image was received. about 22 hours ago from web    

Descent thrusters moved the topsoil during landing, uncovering the ice table. The pic was taken for engineers to check my legs, and voila! about 22 hours ago from web    

More from Peter: "The majority opinion is we have uncovered ice about 4 to 6 inches underneath the soil... The picture is astounding." about 22 hours ago from web    

Team ecstatic over last night's image: http://tinyurl.com/3crw4s From mission leader Peter Smith: "The mood was electric in ops center!" about 22 hours ago from web

@KathleenLD Correct, right now I'm farther from Earth than the Sun. Average Mars-Sun distance = 142 million miles. 02:51 AM May 31, 2008 from web in reply to KathleenLD    

@MorgaineSwann I'm 171 million miles from Earth. It takes over 15 mins for data and images to travel from Mars to Earth at light speed. 02:18 AM May 31, 2008 from web in reply to MorgaineSwann    

@Carlo A Mars day lasts 24 hours and 37 minutes. My team on Earth starts work that much later every day to keep up with my schedule. 02:05 AM May 31, 2008 from web in reply to Carlo    

@wolfgang If you want news first, sometimes you have to look upside down. This is raw news from another planet! Team will turn it tonight. 12:49 AM May 31, 2008 from web in reply to wolfgang    

@davidherrold and @newmars MarsPhoenix is taking a deep bow. Thank you for following this mission. This is the start of a lot of fun. 11:28 PM May 30, 2008 from web in reply to davidherrold    

Look at this picture: http://tinyurl.com/63jpsj Now, turn your screen upside down. Is this the mother lode of the polar region? Ice!? 11:25 PM May 30, 2008 from web    
@newmars That's right! A loose screw on Mars can't stop me now. 11:19 PM May 30, 2008 from web in reply to newmars    

@carstene A bunch of brush motors were already made. The rovers have 50 of them. So cost was low, and I know they've worked well. 09:18 PM May 30, 2008 from web in reply to carstene    

My team is looking at the TEGA short-circuit. They work the "Martian graveyard shift" looking at data I send home at end of Martian day. 09:09 PM May 30, 2008 from web    

@TaviGreiner The picture shows a little piece of hardware on the ground, probably a pin. The team is checking it out. No worries. :-) 03:20 PM May 30, 2008 from web in reply to TaviGreiner    

My robotic arm camera got some great shots around my feet. Is that ice right there? http://tinyurl.com/4bf2hj Can't wait for a closer look! 01:34 PM May 30, 2008 from web    

@depapel Here's how the team made sure the parachute wouldn't fall on top of me: http://tinyurl.com/5qgckl (and scroll down to parachute). 09:56 AM May 30, 2008 from web in reply to depapel    

@mmealling Thx! Commercial translation: "just call your insurance company." Those Dutch! They did this one too: http://tinyurl.com/6g9luz 09:25 AM May 30, 2008 from web in reply to mmealling

Newstex Launches NewsTwits -Twitter-Based Newsfeed

We use Twitter at Newstex and have noticed over the past four months a surge of activity on Twitter by many of the same bloggers whose blogs we syndicate.  Many of the "tweets" have become news, in some cases breaking news before it is posted to a blog. The limit of 140 characters makes for short headline oriented posting and the feel of an old fashion "newswire". 

Similar to our Blogs On Demand newsfeed, we have licensed "tweets" from Twitter authors and are grouping the "tweets" into useful real time newsfeeds - we call our product "Newstwits".

Below is the press release - let us know if you think this will be useful for your business.

Newstex Launches NewsTwits™, a Twitter-Based Newsfeed

Newstex delivers licensed Tweets to millions of professionals
via content distributors and enterprise customers

GUILFORD, CT May 19, 2008 – At the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) NetGain Conference in San Francisco today, Newstex, the Content on Demand® company, announced NewsTwits™, a new product that delivers Twitter content as a newsfeed to information providers and enterprise customers.

Twitter (www.twitter.com) is a social networking and multi-platform messaging service that allows users to broadcast short-form updates known as "tweets" (text-based posts up to 140 characters) to their online colleagues in real time. Messages sent via Twitter are displayed on the sender's profile page on the Twitter website and are instantly delivered to other users who have signed up to receive them.

Updates can be sent via cell phone SMS, instant messaging or third-party applications, such as Twitterrific, Twhirl and Facebook. Recipients get their updates via the Twitter website, instant messaging, SMS, RSS, email and, now, through the NewsTwits newsfeed from Newstex.

Like its Blogs on Demand™ service, Newstex licenses full-text Twitter content directly from Twitter users and then uses its proprietary NewsRouter® technology to aggregate and deliver to distributors and enterprises in real time. The NewsTwits newsfeed from Newstex easily integrates as a headline feed into countless enterprise-grade applications that people use daily.

For bloggers, content creators and other media professionals, NewsTwits is a syndication model that tremendously increases their profile. Media organizations, financial firms, and government agencies that already use Newstex’s Content on Demand service for millions of their users are finding that NewsTwits makes accessing Twitter-based content a snap. Already, hundreds of syndicated bloggers from Newstex’s Blogs on Demand network have signed up for NewsTwits.

“Blog content has become a ‘must-have’ for millions of researchers and enterprise professionals,” said Larry Schwartz, President of Newstex. “Recently, Newstex has added hundreds of top newspaper blogs to the thousands of full-text, premium blogs that we license and deliver. Now, we are thrilled to be first in licensing and distributing the best user-generated Twitter content via NewsTwits on an editorially-selected, full-text basis for enterprise use throughout the world.”

About Newstex
Newstex offers Content on Demand® and Blogs on Demand™, which includes tailored, real-time news and commentary from thousands of branded newswires, newspapers, magazines, financial and business sources, official government feeds and blogs. Newstex collects full-text digital news and commentary feeds, standardizes the content format, adds stock ticker symbols, indexes stories using PeopleTickering® and topical categories, and instantly delivers the result via easy-to-integrate XML or RSS newsfeeds. In 2007, Newstex was selected for the EContent 100 companies that matter most in the digital content industry, while Blogs on Demand was voted “Top New Technology” in Information Today’s People’s Choice Awards. For more information, please visit the Newstex site www.newstex.com and the Newstex blog www.newstexblog.com.

Share your Tweets at SIIA Netgain

Barry Graubart spends his day Tweeting all day long on Twitter and now he wants us all to LiveTwit at the SIIA NetGain Conference.  Have no idea what I'm talking about?  Read On...........

According to Wikipeida -

Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that allows users to send "updates" (or "tweets"; text-based posts, up to 140 characters long) to the Twitter website, via short message service (e.g. on a cell phone), instant messaging, or a third-party application such as Twitterrific or Facebook.

Updates are displayed on the user's profile page and instantly delivered to other users who have signed up to receive them. The sender can restrict delivery to those in his or her circle of friends (delivery to everyone is the default). Users can receive updates via the Twitter website, instant messaging, SMS, RSS, email or through an application. Several third parties offer posting and receiving updates via email.

or watch the video.....

Now that you know what Twitter is - read Barry's post about how NetGain attendees can LiveTwit:

LiveTwitting SIIA NetGain by Barry Graubart

For SIIA NetGain attendees who use Twitter, we’d encourage you to LiveTwitter the event.

LiveTwitting is a channel that allows us to post tweets during the conference. All of our tweets will be organized according to the appropriate panel.

Here are quick instructions on LiveTwitting:

First, from your Twitter account go to www.twitter.com/livetwitting and select follow (or, if you use a different Twitter client, just follow @livetwitting).

Next, to turn on Live Twitting:

• d livetwitting ON NetGain # Session Title (a session will be created for each panel session)
• Simply send your tweets as usual
• When finished, end livetwitting by typing:
  • d livetwitting OFF
• More features can be found here

Please use the session titles below for each of the conference sessions (this will ensure that everyone’s comments are mapped to the same sessions):

Monday
Welcome Remarks:            welcome
Keynote - John Hagel:        Hagel
State of the Industry:        Industry
Previews (morning):          Previews1
Blurring Perspectives:        Blurring
Play With a Partner:          Partner
Software and Content on the Mobile:        Mobile
Previews (afternoon):        Previews2
Revelation or Revolution:   Social
Platforms – Will they Tilt?   Platforms

Tuesday:
Keynote – George Hu:            Hu
State of the Industry-Private Equity:        PE
Previews (morning):            Previews3
Enterprise Opportunities:     Enterprise
Keynote: Matthew Glotzbach: Glotzbach
Previews (afternoon):            Previews4
Keynote – Clay Shirky:            Shirky
State of the Industry-CEO:     CEO

Need help? Send me a tweet @graubart or @lfschwartz

Bloggers Rule(s?) – Minority know rights and responsibilities

by Marcia Taylor

In a recent YouGov survey, respondents showed lack of understanding and consensus about the laws regarding blogging and User Generated Content (UGC). It's interesting reading as over 77% of the bloggers surveyed are unclear on the legal liability issues. While the study was conducted in the UK, most of the issue raised regarding defamation and intellectual property are similar to laws in the US.

Duncan Calow, a digital media law specialist and partner within DLA Piper's Technology, Media and Commercial practice commented:"The combination of confusion and complacency about the relationship between the law and UGC puts users at risk as they come under increasing scrutiny online. Blogs and online forums may differ from traditional media in their style and purpose, but their content is still publicly consumed and they have the equivalent potential to cause damage and offence and infringe others′rights. Far from being immune from the law, UGC is in particular danger of falling foul of it."

I won't bore you with reciting more statistics. You can follow the story in The Guardian or The Telegraph. Basically, many users don't read the legal terms of use or guidelines on many websites and believe they aren't responsible for the posts or comments they make. The results were almost tied for bloggers in support of or opposed to a voluntary code of conduct.

Calow continued, "…It is clear, however, that many internet users would also benefit from, if not welcome, some clearer guidance about posting comment online. There is a big difference between censorship and protection – some have called for a code of conduct to provide guidance for bloggers and other users.  That won't change the law and many bloggers may still say they'll "publish and be damned" - but they ought to be damned sure what the law says before they do."

Comments are not redistributed by Newstex for a variety of reasons. Bloggers and those commenting on blogs should be aware that there could be implications for what they say. Even though we all enjoy utilizing new platforms of expression, it's still not a free press and none of us are really anonymous. Chose your words carefully, we want to continue reading and distributing what you have to say.

SIIA Previews West - Presenting Companies

SIIA Previews heads west to The SIIA Netgain Conference from May 18 - 20, 2008 at The Palace Hotel in San Francisco, CA.

This SIIA Previews is a little different from the previous two Previews, which were held as part of the SIIA Summit in New York and focused solely on content.  For the NetGain Previews we sought early stage companies in content and software. We had over 75 entries and after several rounds of judging and presentations choose the final 10 Presenting Companies. 

The Previews Steering Committee consisted of myself and Charles Terry, Brian Ville and the SIIA Staff - Ken Wasch, Ed Keating, David Thomas and the ever helpful Jennifer Hansen.

The Final Presenting Companies have gone through 3 rounds of presentations and coaching to arrive at the 5 minute presentation you will see at the Netgain Conference. Each presentation will be followed by a 5 minute Q&A.

I hope you will enjoy these 10 company presentations and encourage you to learn more about their companies during the conference as all 10 will be attending the NetGain conference and events.

They will present in the following order:

Monday, May 19 - 10:30 am - 11:00 am:
1. Verve Wireless, Inc.
2. TEMIS
3. SimpleFeed, Inc.

Monday, May 19 - 2:45 pm - 3:05 pm:
1. Clarizen
2. ReachForce

 

Tuesday, May 20 10:00 am - 10:30 am:
1. FTF Technologies, Inc.
2. Zuora, Inc.
3. SlideRocket

 

Tuesday, May 20, 1:10 pm - 1:30 PM:
1. Familybuilder
2. Spiceworks, Inc.

Previews Presenting Companies (Alpha Order):

Clarizen
www.clarizen.com
Clarizen, the on-demand project execution company, provides businesses of all sizes a collaborative web-based solution that takes project management beyond planning by enabling teams to manage the project execution phase. A combination of familiar user interface, that includes seamless email integration and a vanguard SaaS platform, ensures Clarizen users get widespread team adoption and collaboration, a combination unheard of with conventional project management solutions.

Familybuilder

www.familybuilder.com

Familybuilder is a NYC based software company focused on building genealogy applications for social networks. The Familybuilder flagship product, Family Tree, is the leading genealogy application on Facebook today. More information on Familybuilder can be found via the Company's website http://www.familybuilder.com.

 

FTF Technologies, Inc.
www.firsttofile.com
FTF Technologies, Inc. is committed to providing company’s and law firms with cutting-edge patent document management systems that protect and preserve their valuable intellectual property assets. Our lineup of powerful products including E2E™, EFR™, and IP Dealroom™ are developed by patent experts and designed to meet the needs of the patent department. Our senior management experts are from the IP, patent, trademark and technology sectors. We understand your business. With extensive IP experience and an unparalleled IT team, our clients know they can count on professionalism and an intimate knowledge of the industry.

ReachForce

www.reachforce.com

ReachForce, Inc. is a worldwide provider of data and Software-as-a-Service solutions that enable B2B companies to target marketing and sales initiatives at the right person in the right company, every time. ReachForce's revolutionary approach increases lead generation effectiveness and accelerates sales cycles. ReachForce customers have experienced increased results by 20 to 30 times for every dollar spent on marketing and sales initiatives – maximizing the value of CRM and marketing automation investments.

 
SimpleFeed, Inc.

www.simplefeed.com

SimpleFeed is the leading provider of RSS publishing and analytics solutions for major corporations. With SimpleFeed, companies can create, manage and measure feeds that look like their marketing materials, rather than just a line of text. The result is a persistent marketing communication channel that respects the time and privacy of customers while providing marketers more attention, more credibility and the ability to measure the results of their communication programs. SimpleFeed customers include Sears, Procter & Gamble, EMC and Intuit.

 
SlideRocket

www.sliderocket.com

SlideRocket is a next gen, hosted, rich internet application that provides everything needed to create stunning presentations, manage and share libraries of assets, and deliver presentations in person or remotely.

 
Spiceworks, Inc.

www.spiceworks.com

Spiceworks is the industry's first ad-supported business software provider. In just over a year, Spiceworks has assembled an audience of 300,000 SMB IT managers that use its free network management software in exchange for viewing ads in-context to the IT manager’s task at hand.

 
TEMIS

www.temis.com

TEMIS is a leading provider in text analytics and text mining solutions for the Publishing industry. TEMIS addresses the unstructured multilingual data management needs of content providers using concepts and meaning extraction, automatic classification and relationships representation. TEMIS offers solutions to process biomedical literature, patent documents, users generated-content or web information and extract domain-specific business information such as STM, Legal, Engineering, etc. TEMIS Luxid® is the new reference technology for content enrichment in the Publishing & Media industry.

 

 
Verve Wireless, Inc.

www.vervewireless.com

Verve Wireless is the leading mobile technology provider for the local media marketplace. The company's mobile content distribution and advertising network is powering over 4,500 advertising supported mobile sites of local properties in 2,000 plus towns and cities across the US and Canada. To date, Verve has signed technology licensing agreements with most of the leading US-based local media companies including: The Associated Press, McClatchy, Media General, Journal Communications, Freedom Communications, Lee Enterprises, MediaSpan Group, New York Times and many others. These companies own and operate more than 4,000 local properties. Over the next 12 months, we will be rolling out with mobile solutions for all of these properties. Verve has also secured "On-Deck" content distribution deals with Verizon Wireless and AT&T Mobility representing close to 60% of the US mobile subscriber base. Lastly, the Verve Network, having launched this past September, is now one of the fastest growing mobile advertising networks with close to 250,000 monthly visitors and 2.5 million page views placing it in the Top 20 per Nielsen Mobile.

 

Zuora, Inc.

www.zuora.com

Founded in 2007 by SaaS industry veterans from Salesforce.com and WebEx, Zuora has created an on demand platform designed to simplify the way online subscription services are purchased, billed, and provisioned. Zuora, Inc is backed by Benchmark Capital and located in Redwood City, California.

 

BSEC Day 2

Unfortunately my cold, that started before I left the east coast, has moved into my chest producing a bad cough and I've lost my voice.  Interesting I learned last night about a company called Inn-House Doctor from the hotel concierge.  Inn-House Doctor is a match maker between hotel guests and local doctors.  Within 1 hour I had a Doctor and Nurse at my hotel door. Pretty impressive.

Photos are up on Flick from BSEC08. View them here.

John Blossom posted on Content Nation a great post on the Andrew Keen keynote.

More to come later as I feel better......

News of the day - Charlie Terry, President of MarketResearch.com is leaving the company after almost two years. Charlie and I share a common bond, horses.  Both our daughters ride horses and we share our war stories at every conference.  I'm sure Charlie will land somewhere very exciting shortly - stay tuned!

Chris Willis of Footnote.com presented on Russell Perkins panel "Reinvented Contents, or How Data Never Looked So Good." Footnote allows users to upload historic data.  They used the Vietnam Wall in Washington, DC as an example where you can click on any name on "the wall" and learn more about that person.  Visual interactive database. Very cool implementation - check it out http://go.footnote.com/thewall
Next he showed how a user uploaded their father's letter from vietnam and attached it to that name on the wall. Pretty neat stuff.

BSEC08 - Day 1 Continue

Social Media and Business - John Blossom Moderator
ECnext - Pam Springer provided an overview of Manta
Jigsaw - Jim Fowler gave an overview of Jigsaw, my favorite line was when Jim said they are "focused on getting cash flow positive right
NearTime - Joel Bush  standing in for Reid Conrad walked us through NearTIme using O'Reily.com as an example.

Each presenter tried very hard to not do to much of a product demo but make general statements.  I would have preferred detailed product pitches to really learn more about what each product does.  I was left wondering how the products worked and what their business models are.

During Q&A - John asked each panelist to ask the audience and/or the panel a question.  Nice switch up for the audience.

The Reasonsed Sceptic on O'Reilly Factor tonight

We just learned that Chuck Neul, who blogs as "The Reasoned Sceptic" has been asked to appear on Bill O'Reilly's  - The O'Reilly Factor tonight (Monday, April 14, 2008) at 8pm ET on the Fox network.

Chuck has been blogging about GE and their CEO for months and attracted the attention of the O'Reilly show.  Chuck's traffic is not large and he is also distributed through Newstex's Blogs On Demand product, but O'Reilly's team noticed Chuck through a Newstex distributor and then contacted him about appearing on the show!

So tune in tonight to watch Chuck and visit his blog "The Reasoned Sceptic".

BSEC - Day 1 Monday Morning

Day 1 of the BSEC 9th annual conference has kicked off at the Camel Back Inn in Scottsdale, AZ.  Temperature today is expected to hit 98!

John Blossom via Twitter announced the first two chapters of his new book "Content Nation" - John is asking everyone to read, contribute and enjoy. The book will be published by John Wiley & Sons later this year, but will also live online. 

Y.S. Chi, Vice Chair, Elsevier - Keynote "Taking on our new identity"
"Blogs have gained some traction", "Blogs can Spread news faster and quicker"
Could not have said it better myself, but I would argue that blogs gained traction 2 years ago and the large companies are just starting to notice.

He's now moving into social media including facebook and speaking about social media groups and then how Elsevier is utilizing this technology.

The future - Content based publishing.  People will pay for content based experience. Tagging, links, other metadata increase the content experience.  This is very similar to what we do with our blogs - we make the blog content experience better by adding metadata, stock tickers, and normalization. "Tiered levels of pricing for the content Experience".  Big news YS is a Dead Head!  He shows an example of diversified revenue using the Grateful Dead as an example.

Final Thoughts:

• Increasing number of "publishers"
• The incumbents are adapting and adopting
• Going forward: content based experience

Lots of quotes from Mae West, Henry Kissinger and others.
QA - Content has to come to you, personalization of content.

Nice talk about the changes in publishing and how they relate to what Elsevier is doing.

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Web 2.0 Buzzwords or Busienss?
Moderator - Ed Keating SIIA
Alacra - Steve Goldstein
Berkshire Publishing - Karen Christensen
Generate - William O'Conor
BLR - Kathy Greenler-Sexton

General discussion based on SIIA research on web 2.0 Technologies.

Buying & Selling eContent Conference

I'll be attending the 9th annual Buying & Selling eContent at the beautiful Camelback Inn, in Scottsdale, Arizona from Monday April 14 - 15, 2008. 

We are also pleased to announce that the Information Today's group blogs have joined the Newstex Blogs On Demand product. Newstex will be syndicating four blogs from Information Today:

1. Information Today Editor's Blog
2. Library Stuff by Stephen M. Cohen
3. ONLINE Insider by Marydee Ojala
4. Intelligent Agent by Robert Berkman

2008 SIIA Previews Goes West - Date Extended!

The deadline for new company submissions for the SIIA Previews - West has been extended until April 7, 2008.  Read here for more details..