We are excited to have SimuLearn on board as a demo company.  SimuLearn has a product call Virtual Leader which helps create more productive individuals and teams through improved use of their interpersonal skills and their ability to focus on corporate objectives.  With an 80% completion rate (very high for an e-learning module), users were found to be 22% more productive.  Virtual Leader, in addition to working with the corporate arena, has also been adopted by top business schools around the country (Yale, Penn State, and Tulane Universities to name a few).

Come and meet Ken Kupersmith, President, at the Business Smart Tools Conference, May 15, in Stamford, CT.

And did I mention that the first demo company invited was Vivapop.  Elizabeth Tarbell is the founder of this unique online community, family and small business calendar.  Based in Greenwich, Connecticut, Vivapop has content from just about every organization in town which can be popped into the user’s personal calendar which can be shared with friends and family, can be downloaded into Outlook, and has mobile access (changes and updates via cell) .  On top of that, Vivapop is now providing calendar capability to local organizations like the Greenwich Family YMCA and Allegra Dance Studio where they can load their calendars for the world to see so members can manage their schedules in an easy fashion (all schedule changes are made real-time!). 

Come and meet Elizabeth at the Business Smart Tools Conference, May 15, Stamford Marriott!

Happy to say that our second invite for the demo area has gone out to Confabb.

Summary of Confabb, The Conference Community

Confabb combines an aggregate database of major conferences, conventions, and trade shows sorted by industry with social networking tools designed to empower conference attendees to improve their overall experience.

Built into the site is a reputation management system to be used by conference attendees, speakers, organizers and administrators allowing people to plan for and attend conferences, and critique and review those they have attended and want to share with colleagues. No other resource contains such a comprehensive listing of events or as robust a tool set for maximizing the conference experience via the live Web.

Check them out, bookmark and sign up, or better yet, come to the Conference in May and get to know them one on one!

If is weren’t for blogs and lists that ranked 2.0/new tech advancements and services, the demo area for this conference would suffer.  Check out this list is from Bob Stumpel in Amersterdam. 

We weed through hundreds of lists and urls in order to find the demo companies that we believe truly provide a service for any business and have a fighting chance for the staying alive for the long term.

Stay tuned for more!

Today was a good day for the Business Smart Tools Conference!  It began with a great call with Greg Verdino.  The call was great because he always has something to say, something good to add and he does it in a very understated kind way!  Greg is not only on the advisory board of this BST Conference, but he will be speaking this year too.  He has a lot to say about trends (check out his blog) and a lot of contacts and great ideas.  Thanks Greg for speaking this year.  We all look forward to seeing you!

Stay tuned for more…this was a big day…I am just waiting for confirmation on all of the other good news!

So pleased to announce that Marketwire has just come on board the Business Smart Tools Conference as a second year sponsor. Welcome and see you in May!