Attend Virtual Edge Summit Free (a $595 value)

Virtual Events & Meetings Meet Up Group will meet at Virtual Edge Summit 2009. The group is a community for professionals involved in producing virtual events and virtual meetings and managing virtual communities. The Meet Up will allow attendees to get a full conference registration pass for FREE.

Virtual Edge Summit Invites You--
to set your strategy for success in the virtual marketing and event world

Marketers are turning to virtual marketing activities to augment lead generation and customer relationship programs at lower costs. And we have assembled an A-list of speakers and an information-packed program for marketing professionals at Virtual Edge Summit and we'd like to invite you. This unique event addresses the growing need to create and execute a strategy that involves deploying virtual marketing events that save costs, expand your reach and achieve your marketing goals.

The summit will be held May 28-29 at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Silicon Valley (and virtually) and will include an A-list of speakers from leading corporations and consultancies that are employing virtual event and marketing technologies and creating the best practices for the industry.

Qualified professionals can register to attend in-person or virtually for free at www.DiscoverFree.com

What you'll learn:

• the best ‘Virtual Venues’ for business events and meetings
• the ‘Best Practices’ for holding virtual events
• the ‘Best Technologies’ (easiest to use, compelling user experience)
• how to decide if you should take an event or meeting virtual or mixed
• what will it costs are and how to generate revenue
• how to measure ROIs from virtual events & meetings
• how you can use virtual events to ‘extend-not-replace’ my existing events
…and more

Companies leading the industry with virtual event and meeting execution will share their success stories and strategies, including IBM, Ziff Davis, SAP, Cisco, UBM, George P. Johnson, Microsoft, Sun as well as the innovators in virtual event technology and platforms such as InXpo, ON24, Linden Lab, iCongo, Digitell and Stream57.
The summit is designed for any marketing or event professional charged with generating new leads, new business, developing customer relationships or achieving internal and external meeting goals with lower costs and minimal travel.

Whether you are new to virtual meetings and virtual events or one of the veterans, at Virtual Edge Summit you’ll learn the latest best-practices and techniques, review case studies and profiles of successful virtual events, and delve into related topics of community building and integrating social media marketing.

View the agenda at www.virtualedgesummit.com or call VirtualEdge.org at (925)600-1001 for more information.