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The Cloud Communications Alliance in Clearwater
The Cloud Communications Alliance is meeting in Clearwater, FL. < br/> Larry Lisser from EMBRASE presenting at the CCA meeting in Clearwater FL. Joe Marion, President of the CCA, welcoming everyone this morning....
Rule 1: Respect the Audience
I might be hyper-sensitive when it comes to sessions - or I have sat through too many at this point in my life. Or maybe both.Rule 1 when presenting: Respect the Audience!Respect their time, their Attention (which is a precious...
Retirement Planning for TDM
XO rolled out in purple for the Channel Partners Expo in Orlando. The Rocks lounge at the Peabody has been rocking with the telecom folks drinking and talking and talking till the wee hours of the night - then up...
Enchanting Keynote at Parallels Summit 2012
Guy Kawasaki was the keynote yesterday morning for the Parallels Summit 2012 in Orlando. (Vodka bar was open at 8:20 AM!) Guy talked about the key points from his book,Enchantment .One is You Must be Likable. Richard Branson of...
Why Attend ITEXPO?
So at most ITEXPO's, we try to put together a dinner where we invite everyone to come have dinner and meet someone new. (It is a dutch treat sometimes, but TMC's Anthony Graffeo picked up the tab Monday night.) Great...
Why I Am Skipping Connections
Next week I will be in Austin for ITEXPO from Sunday till Thursday. It starts the fall conference caravan. There are so many conferences in October it is crazy: TelcoTV, COMPTEL, WISPA, FISPA, MUMS, Broadsoft Connections, Metaswitch User Forum, STC...
3 Weatherman and an Agent
At the CPExpo last night I was a panelist for the CPZ, an experiment in doing a talk show at the expo. It was 100 invitees, an open bar and 5 panelists in front of the camera - Khali Henderson,...
3 Reasons that Video Conferencing is Better than Travel
I write this from an hour delayed American Air flight to Chicago. I started my 75 day travel schedule last week and sitting on this plane makes me wish I could afford NetJets! The screaming kids in the aisle next...
3 Reasons VAR's Should be in Austin
Maybe you didn’t go to ASCII Summit or Everything Channel, then Austin is the place for you as a VAR. There are at least three reasons VAR’s should be in Austin:1) MSP World where value-added resellers can hear about how...
Where Can You Find Me?
Last week was a whirlwind, Tampa to Los Angeles to Ontario ($125 cab ride???) to New Orleans to Orlando to Tampa. ITEXPO, StartupCamp and CVX Expo were great. Over 200 booths at the show. ITEXPO gave away a Mustang convertible and...
More Trade Show Tips
Here are some more links to some helpful tips for your trade show schedule. First up, HOW TO: 10 Tips on Presenting at Conferences. Let me summarize: PowerPoint is NOT to be read to the audience and remember the 10-20-30...
GROWCO Tidbits
So I was at INC magazine's GROWCO conference this week. I wasn't too thrilled with the majority of the content - speakers were off-topic or just blowhards. But here are a bunch of ideas:"Fear is necessary," said George Foreman. It...
TEDx Tampa Bay: Happiness is the Key
I was at TEDx Tampa Bay yesterday. (It's a local franchise under the TED umbrella. Charles Armstrong of SparkLabs is Tampa Bay's Steve Jobs - wait till you see the Tour Wrist. He stated in his talk, "The limits of what's possible is...
iEXPO
With all the iHype about the new Apple iPad - and all the disappointment with the new gadget - and all the jokes and subsequent lawsuit about the name - I think it might be time to rename ITEXPO, TMC's...
The Social Media Panel Wrap Up
In a follow up to the Social media panel write up, here are the slides (and a few extra thoughts from yours truly)Blogging, LinkedIn, forums, wikis, Facebook, Twitter, Google Wave, YouTube, podcast, etc. Each is a tool for your communication.Each...
Visit Me at ITEXPO at a Discount
The curriculum for ITEXPO East has been assembled, and I am so enthusiastic about what you'll take away from this conference. It's simply a great program focused on today's most powerful communications technology! SPECIAL RATE FOR YOU AS A READER OF...
Unsubscribe and Permission
Seth Godin wrote Permission Marketing in 1999. Ten years later, most media companies don't understand the concept still. As Seth explains in the book and in his blog numerous times, when I give you my email address, it is a...
Leveraging CDNs to Maximize Network Efficiency
At IT EXPO WEST I will be moderating a panel on Leveraging Content Delivery Networks (CDNs) to Maximize Network Efficiency. Our panelists will be Zeugma Systems, Voxeo and Voxel dot Net.While we hear discussions all the time about CDN, not...
Working Channel Partners in Vegas
When you attend the Channel Partners Expo in Vegas, you have to bring your A game. (Rich Tehrani who is doing Channel Partners and CompTel is in a whole other league!) There are meetings from morning till evening. Parties and...
The Road Ahead: Telecom Agent Keynote
I was lucky enough to be chosen to give the keynote for TMC's Telecom Agent Day at the Internet Telephony East Expo in Miami Beach on Feb. 3. The Road Ahead: So you want to know what tomorrow has in...
Double Dip in LA
The IT Expo in LA is Sept. 16-18. If you are going (and why wouldn't you?) there is an opportunity for you to stay the weekend and see the Wimbledon of Beach Volleyball as the AVP Pro Beach Volleyball tournament...
