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Social Media 101: How to Manage Your Online Life and Business By Tapping Into a Social Media Manager

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Date: July 1, 2009 @ 1 PM EDT

Twitter, Facebook, Blogging, Linked-In!  HELP!  There are thousands of social media sites popping up every day, and most business leaders are saying they are truly living in overwhelm about how to manage these sites, the things their employees say online,  their privacy and how to protect their products and services.  The answer?  A Social Media Manager.   While social media skills will eventually become a main part of our resumes, for the current time being, social media specialists are needed to help companies manage their online conversations and duties which are foreign to most marketers.  During this presentation, Bea Fields, Generation Y author and Chief Principal of Become a Blogging Maniac will provide you with both the profile and the guidelines needed to bring this very specialized individual to your team.

Bea Fields Biography:
Learn more about Bea Fields, her work, her websites and her blogs.  Click here to view Bea Fields biography.

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Free Webinar Wednesdays was created as a community building tool to bring professionals together to share pertinent business development information, provide subject matter experts with a platform to open a learning dialogue, and inspire small business owners to reach their professional goals.

Free Webinar Wednesdays is sponsored by Community Bank Consulting, Inc.,WSI Internet Consulting, and Matt Walker Coaching.

Managing Electronic Communications in the Digital Age - Are You Prepared?

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Date: Wednesday, June 24th @ 1:00 pm EDT

With e-mail being the second most popular activity on the Internet (surpassed only by "search"), the volume of electronic communication continues to grow. But many companies are underestimating the importance of how to manage the "back end" and what goes on behind the scenes with all the correspondence that is being created. Messages sit on users computers, or possibly on a corporate mail server, but has your organization adopted any sort of a retention or archival policy? What if you receive a subpoena for a message "thread" that took place three years ago between employees in your organization as part of a wrongful termination dispute? Have you explored all the potential risks that are associated with doing business in the "digital age"?

Questions Answered:

• Do you have a handle on the costs associated with email storage and storage?
  
• Does your organization prepared to support current e-mail archiving requirements?
• What's the most economical and efficient way to store and retrieve email messages for your organization?

Join us as we host industry-leading MX Logic as we explore industry best-practices on how to keep your organization protected and properly managing the volumes of electronic communication that are created in today's busy business environment. We'll discuss the importance of having a system in place to properly manage e-mail messages, how they should be archived and some of the legal requirements that you may want to be aware of "just in case" you need to be prepared in the future. With the increasing volume (and importance) of e-mail and electronic communication in today's business world, this is a session you cannot afford to miss

This presentation will also describe some key components of a successful archiving solution including:

• The importance of search functionality
• User interface
• Storage requirements
• Establishing appropriate retention periods
• Ongoing administration

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Keeping Your Customer Data Safe and Secure: The Importance of Data Encryption in Plain English

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Date: Wednesday, June 17th @ 1 PM EDT

Ever heard of the term "data leakage prevention"? Sounds a bit dirty, doesn't it? Well, if your business has ever had the unfortunate experience of a data breach, losing a valuable computer disk with customer information or finding out one of your employees had their laptop stolen, it's no laughing matter. DLP is about the process of making sure important customer information does not make it out of your organization (unless you want it to) and we all can think of instances when we've read about some other company in the news. Think about when TJX (TJ Max) or Heartland Payment Systems had their systems compromised, or even the Department of Veterans Affairs. Identity theft concerns and questions about an organizations security standards quickly come to mind.

In this session of Free Webinar Wednesdays, we'll feature Steve Lassig, Vice President and COO for Applied Security US, a global leader in encryption technology and security services to talk to us about the risks associated with being the custodian of our customers' data and how we should be taking steps to keep it safe and secure. Without going into the "technical" details of how to process a multi-layer encryption strategy, we'll discuss the topic in "plain English" and encourage questions from attendees as we all learn more about this important issue.

About Steve Lassig:
Steve Lassig is a seasoned information technology executive and entrepreneur with 24 years experience from fortune five hundred companies to small startups.  He co-founded Technology Professionals in 1996, which achieved recognition as number 89 on the Inc 500 list in 2001 and was recognized by Ernst and Young as a finalist for Entrepreneur of the Year.  Steve has founded and supported several startups and is currently the Vice President and COO of Applied Security US, an information security software and services firm, specializing in protecting their clients data.  Applied Security is a ten year old German based security firm who’s expertise in encryption, compliance, data privacy and software development has earned them over 80% market share of the German Healthcare market and a stellar list of loyal customers including BMW, SAP, Deutche Bank, Harley Davidson and John Deere.

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Twitter for Smart and Busy People

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Date: June 10, 2009 @ 1 PM EDT

Twitter, once the shiny new gadget that asked, “What are you doing?” has successfully moved into the mainstream as a powerhouse marketing and information channel. Nightline, Oprah and even the Army are using Twitter. Is there business value in using Twitter or is it just one more thing in a long line of social fads?

With overflowing inboxes, and schedules that require a team to manage, many business professionals have not rushed to add one more thing to their already way too busy days, especially one more thing that appears to have zero (or at best, a smidge of) business value.

Twitter is much more than a quirky social tool for the tech underground. Smart, busy people are using Twitter to go beyond corporate messaging to true engagement. Join us to talk to Trish Lambert, owner of 4R Marketing and Success in Sweatpants, and half of the Swimbert joint venture team, about how smart and busy people are using Twitter to develop and sustain relationships with customers, to monitor and position their brands, and to engage with customers, thought leaders, and the media.

Trish Lambert Biography:
Learn more about Trish Lambert, her work, her websites and her blogs.  Click here to view the biography of Trish Lambert.

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About Free Webinar Wednesdays:
Free Webinar Wednesdays was created as a community building tool to bring professionals together to share pertinent business development information, provide subject matter experts with a platform to open a learning dialogue, and inspire small business owners to reach their professional goals.

Free Webinar Wednesdays is sponsored by Community Bank Consulting, Inc.,WSI Internet Consulting, and Matt Walker Coaching.