Welcome to NEDMA’s Brave New Conference Blog
On behalf of the planning committee for NEDMA ‘06, It’s a Brave New World - including NEDMA VP and my fellow Conference Co-Chair, Craig Blake, along with NEDMA Managing Directors Beth Drysdale and Pat Lee - it gives me great pleasure to welcome you to our new conference blog.
I’m Bob Cargill, Co-Chair of NEDMA ‘06 and the humble moderator of this space.
Here is where you’ll be able to find all the news and information that’s fit to, well, blog about our speakers, sponsors, exhibitors and more. Over the course of the next few months, we plan to post regularly about NEDMA ‘06. We’ll preview the educational sessions that you’ll be attending at the conference - and introduce you to your instructors. We’ll give you an intimate, behind-the-scenes look at how NEDMA prepares for such a big event. And, most important of all, we’ll give you the opportunity to tell us how we’re doing every step of the way.
Yes, this is your conference. And this is your blog. As much as we’d like you to be a frequent visitor here (you can subscribe by entering your email address in the FeedBlitz box below), we also hope you’ll contribute to the conversation by giving us your honest feedback every now and then on everything conference-related. To do so, simply click on the comment link underneath the post of your choice and write to your heart’s content. It’s easy to do and will take just a few minutes of your time. By talking back to us in such a manner, you’ll be playing a significant role in helping us develop this blog into a community of like-minded direct marketers, people who not only enjoy what they do for a living, but who enjoy doing it with each other.
As written in the groundbreaking book, The Cluetrain Manifesto: The End of Business as Usual: “Through the Internet, people are discovering and inventing new ways to share relevant knowledge with blinding speed.”
Consider this blog one of those new ways.
The fact is, it’s a brave new world out there, fraught with both possibilities and peril. The least we can do is take it on together as brave new marketers.
One way or another, we hope you’ll join us!
Add comment January 19th, 2006
