CEA has released consumer electronics sales and forecasts 2003-2008. For engineers to entrepreneurs, it covers sales, forecasts, consumer research and economic trends. The nonmembers can purchase the study from $999.
Meanwhile Midem, Digital Music Forum East (Feb 26-27), Digital Hollywood (Oct 27-30), Billboard, Sandbox Summit members to phone companies are all convinced along with the banks that you will soon be able to show pictures, talk about bank accounts, watch videos, and collaborate with others as well as songwrite all on the go.
Words like "target", "platform" have migrated into the news. Web 2.0 has terrific resources and convenience for those who want to use it. CES has speaker docks from Vestalife's Butterfly to Sennheiser's MX-W1 stereo sound high end ear phones for wireless users who need integrated charging capacity to multi-country adaptors.
It's an international gear show starting today in Anaheim and a smaller, hand held world for video cameras to your music library. (HD radio is proprietary to iBiquity Digital Corp and working with NPR)
Got to www.ebrain.org to find it. Watch from innovation from storage to ram, to strings to peripherals in Anaheim. It will be great to see how these new speeds, stands, creativity, and functions impact players, sound engineering, and recording.
From Toshiba's doublezip backpack tradeshow press bag to e-bags, the jury is in on what is needed in order to review press kits or get in and out of a cab.
To use the Monorail and survive or to get through the screeners, we all need to pack well, light, and easily and have lots of pockets in case a screener or a friend needs something on route.
From pockets to pouches, from handles to straps, the medium is canvas bags, totes, and cool colors, options for payment abound and whether from Eagle Creek, Case Logic or Victorinox Swiss Army, luggage is now accessorized for the mobile, virtual and even "mommy-ed" .
Disney, Jansport, Kenneth Cole et all are giving you the mobile edge re: chic, suede skin or licensed. Emerging designers are creating "smishable" handbags to "schleppers" and its now possible to have ipod covers to glasses cases that match.
From the Business Coaching PEG to the Educators PEG, from the Humor PEG to Health and Wellness , Motivational Leaders, Sales Experts, special interest speakers were in San Diego at the Marriott and loving it.
From the impact of the original Cigar PEG, to ongoing special interest collaborations, the Professional Experts, Diversity/International Speakers, Seminar Workshop Leaders, Writers/Publishers, Consultants/Facilitators, Youth, and Leadership groups were meeting and celebrating the essential operations of the speaking business from Aldonna Ambler's coaching on sponsorship, to getting your act together, to using video and Web tools to getting your topic out there and whether at Golf or at Philanthropy making a difference through contribution.
Dan Poynter, Mitchell Davis, Joe Heap, E-Speakers, News Council, PR/PR and Sue Morter blew minds and reminded people to bring change to a tangible level for bookings, auditions, interviews, and agencies.
Randy Gage, Dan Burrus, Joe Vitale, and Dr. Gina Barreca had the attendees in reaction, concentration, in meditation and back out into giggles and guffaws. NSA Foundation had a dinner with Tonic Sol-FA and Joe "Mr. Fire" went over ZERO LIMITS co-authored with Hew Len and THE ATTRACTOR FACTOR where an ELVIS MERMAID was used to explain how to make something of nothing.
Convention attendance to Speaker Hall of Fame awards- the programs reflected Cavett Robert's methods of growing the industry and making meaningful contributions through the practice of the speaking profession.
To see who won or to flock together in February in San Francisco at the Technology Summit, check out Mr. M. Le Blanc's activities and mini conferences for 2008, go to www.NSAspeaker.org and set up connections for another great conference. lots of new options, and substance as well as spirit in your presentations and your fees.
Aspen Institute has long been acclaimed for its research and diligence. It has just published a sound approach briefing on the lessons they learned in the field regarding low income workers.
November 2007, they published a collaborative study on access and acquiring better jobs. Cross the board, employers need workers prepared for a new economy which is more strategized and specialized in its output and processes.
Competency and special industry-based skills are what are required. This is leading to a new training pipeline for California's Community Colleges and these kinds of programs lead to higher incomes, more consistent work, and higher quality sector oriented jobs which please everyone.
It changes the market because when workers and employers succeed like the Culinary Training in Las Vegas, these workers are "tomorrows workers". Skill building is like teaching someone to fish- they retain the skills and become contributors to the regional and local economy. To order the report, go to the website of the Aspen Institute's Workforce Strategies Initiative.
Instructional technology outreach is covering Outlook to Moodle and bringing teachers up to date.
From de li cious to Powerpoint and from privacy to newsletters, the programs are bringing teachers to Web 2.0 and giving them tools.
Making Podomatic digital posts and working with fonts, instructors spend a week capturing, creating, and studying how to communicate, email, or publish ideas, parent notes, and leave the old world of black and white typed print.
