Below are some of our recent news and company updates. Please send us your comments and questions, we want to have a conversation with you about webinars and digital media.
Albany, NY, May 14, 2013– 
The New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) recently launched the Professional Services Guide. This Guide is intended as a resource for NYSBA members, to help them find products and services that make better law firms.
--- “The New York State Bar Association is delighted to bring the new Professional Services Guide to our members. Our partnership with Webvent provides a dynamic platform for multimedia integration. Collecting all the relevant information in one place makes it easier and more efficient for users to evaluate and choose providers of legal support services,” --- says Barbara Beauchamp, Manager of Internet Services at New York State Bar Association.
The Professional Services Guide is built upon Webvent’s Adaptive Media Networktechnology. The Guide is enriched with relevant content and the real people behind the suppliers that make these companies stand out. Lawyers in the state of New York now have one place to shop and compare different suppliers – within a community that understands their needs.
For suppliers, a company profile in the Professional Service Guide places your business in front of law firms in the state of New York year round. It allows your organization to use thought leadership, social media and your existing Website content to reach new customers and accelerate the sales process.
About New York State Bar Association
For more than 135 years, the New York State Bar Associationhas shaped the development of the law, educated and informed the profession and the public, and responded to the demands of a changing society. Today, with a membership of more than 77,000 lawyers, representing every town, city and county in the state, the New York State Bar Association is the oldest and largest voluntary state bar organization in the nation.
Alexandria, VA, March 20, 2013– 
On Thursday, March 14th, best-selling author Daniel Pink and the American Society for Training & Development (ASTD) delivered the largest webcast in ASTD history.
Hosted on the Webvent for Webinars platform with full webinar professional service, Dan Pink signed up over 2,500 people with just under 1,000 attendees joining the live event; both numbers set new ASTD webcast records. In the webcast Daniel Pink explained why we're all in sales now -- no matter what our job title is or what our business card says. The presentation was recorded and is available here at no charge.
After the webcast, Dan Pink commented, "Webvent was a joy to work with on our ASTD webinar. They guided me through the process smoothly and ensured that everything worked well on game day. They did a masterful job of dealing with the logistics so I could devote my full attention to the presentation itself."
For more tools and tips, check out Dan's latest book, TO SELL IS HUMAN. Also, a big thank you to the webcast sponsor, Edutainment Media.
Daniel H. Pink is the author of five provocative books--including the long-running New York Times best sellers, A Whole New Mind and Drive. His latest book, To Sell Is Human, is a #2 New York Times best seller, a #1 Wall Street Journal best seller, and a #1 Washington Post best seller. Dan's books have been translated into 34 languages. He lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife and their three children.
ASTD (American Society for Training & Development) is the world's largest association dedicated to workplace learning and development professionals. ASTD's members come from more than 100 countries and connect locally in more than 120 U.S. chapters and with more than 20 international partners. Members work in thousands of organizations of all sizes, in government, as independent consultants, and suppliers.
Falls Church, VA, February 20, 2013 – 
AIHA – the American Industrial Hygiene Association presents the 2013 Synergist Webinar series – these are free, hour-long presentations on topics of importance to industrial hygiene and occupational health and safety professionals.
The first webinar is scheduled on April 17 at 2PM ET: What Every EH&S Manager Needs to Know About ... Fire Code Compliance What Every EH&S Manager Needs to Know About ... Fire Code Compliance, presented by Jeff Tarter, Principal at Integrated Engineering Services and Bryan Billings, Inventory Management Consultant at ChemSW. More webinars will be announced shortly.
The webinars are produced by Webvent Professional Services using Webvent’s webinar module for managing the event calendar, sponsors, presenters, invitations, registrations, web conferencing (using Cisco Webex), and archived material.
About AIHA
The American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA®) is one of the largest international associations serving the needs of occupational and environmental health and safety professionals practicing industrial hygiene in industry, government, labor, academic institutions, and independent organizations.
- More than 500 Solution Providers listed in MyForum Buyer’s Guide -
Chicago, IL, January 28, 2013
The Association Forum of Chicagoland today launched the MyForum Buyer’s Guide, a members-only online buyer’s guide with interactive elements.
Association professional members are looking for an online product that will allow them to connect with solution providers. The MyForum Buyer’s Guide is built upon Webvent’s Adaptive Media Network technology, that leverages the relevant content from each solution provider’s website, YouTube channel, Social media feeds, Blog –to gain added exposure to association professional members.
The MyForum Buyer’s Guide is available through the Association Forum of Chicagoland website.
For solution providers: a company profile in MyForum Buyer’s Guide places your business in front of thousands of association professionals, with yearlong visibility. It allows your organization to use thought leadership, social media and your existing Website content to reach new customers and accelerate the sales process.
About the Association Forum of Chicagoland
The mission of the Association Forum of Chicagoland is to “advance the professional practice of association management.” Founded in 1916, the Association Forum serves 47,000 association professionals whose efforts serve more than 37 million members and generate $22 billion in global annual expenditures.
Boston, MA, January 24, 2013 –
Our development team has been improving the Webvent's platform with feedback from our recent customers. The following new features just went live:
1. You can choose from 3 types of 'Directory Listings'
Reston, VA, December 10, 2012–
The American Academy of Audiology today launched the first of its kind “Audiology Solutions Network”, where suppliers can share their products, expert personnel, content and media with the Audiology marketplace year-round.
The Audiology Solutions Network is built upon Webvent’s Adaptive Media Network technology, that leverages the relevant content from each supplier’s website, YouTube channel, Social media feeds, Blog – filtered by the keywords that are relevant to each individual user in the Audiology community. Audiologists now have one place to shop and compare different suppliers – within a community that understands their needs as only expert peers can.
The Audiology Solutions Network is available through the Quick Links on the American Academy of Audiology website or at www.audiologysolutionsnetwork.org/sites
For suppliers, a company profile in the Audiology Solutions Network places your business in front of audiologists worldwide, with yearlong visibility. It allows your organization to use thought leadership, social media and your existing Website content to reach new customers and accelerate the sales process.
About American Academy of Audiology
The American Academy of Audiology is the world's largest professional organization of, by, and for audiologists. The active membership of more than 11,000 is dedicated to providing quality-hearing care services through professional development, education, research, and increased public awareness of hearing and balance disorders.
Alexandria, VA, December 6, 2012–
On Tuesday, December 4th, The NeuroLeadership Institute and American Society for Training & Development delivered the first-ever Brain-Based Learning Virtual Summit - a full day virtual conference with five presentations from leading academic experts in brain-based learning, developed especially for corporate learning and development practitioners.
ASTD’s Juana Llorens, Community of Practice Manager L&D, moderated the presentations and stated, “The Brain-Based Learning Virtual Summit exceeded my wildest stretch goals – for attendance, participation, content, and performance of everyone involved in making this inaugural event a huge success. THANK YOU to all who attended and worked on the virtual summit – and look for more events like these from ASTD in the future!”
Hosted on the Webvent for Webinars platform, the virtual summit signed up 939 people, including 122 participants from 41 countries outside the United States. 521 attendees joined live throughout the day, coming and going based on their local schedules and sessions of interest. All of the sessions were recorded and are available for 90 days at www.astd.org/webcasts. Additional content from the presenters is available at www.neuroleadership.org/astd-virtual-summit.
David Rock, Co-Founder & Director of The Neuroleadership Group, kicked off the summit with the opening keynote session, followed by four academic thought leaders and a closing message from Tony Bingham, CEO of ASTD. Presentations included:
Dallas, TX, November 8, 2012 – The Job Search Solution launched in July 2012 as a custom Webvent community site, targeted toward people looking for jobs. Now, in addition to a series of tutorials, books and on-demand videos, job seekers have a free webinar series available to help them find a new job.
If you are looking for a job or soon may be, join Tony Beshara for a FREE 60-minute webinar on the Top 10 Reasons You Might Have Trouble Finding a Job (and how to combat them).
Mark your calendar: Thursday, November 15, 2012 8:00PM CST.
In this webinar you will learn how to deal with these questions:
Rockville, MD, November 1, 2012 –
The recently held annual Site Solutions Summit in Palm Beach, Florida was a high-energy gathering of 500 clinical trial professionals culminating with a big announcement -- the formation of the Society for Clinical Research Sites (SCRS). This new trade association is intended to provide a much-needed collective voice and a community for global investigative sites, which are anxious for a place at the table as the clinical trials industry works to improve operational efficiency.
The Site Solutions Summit Resource Guide Network, hosted on a Webvent Adaptive Media Network, provides the industry’s most dynamic supplier to audience marketplace and has been renamed to SCRS Resource Guide Network. Whether you are a Site, Sponsor, Contract Research Organization (CRO), or other clinical research business, you can continue to find the services you need to succeed there, right now.
About SCRS
The Society for Clinical Research Sites was founded in 2012 in response to the growing need for a trade organization to represent the voice of research sites within the clinical research enterprise. Christine Pierre, the founder of the Site Solutions Summit, was motivated, along with other research professionals, to provide sites with resources, mentorship, and new ideas through a membership organization dedicated to providing the sites both a voice and community.
Voorburg, The Netherlands, October 1, 2012
NOB – Dutch Education Worldwide launches a webinar series targeting administrative boards and educational staff of Dutch schools abroad. Built upon a Webvent standard community site, NOB sponsors free educational webinars to increase the quality of Dutch education abroad, and to exchange, collaborate, and learn from each other by sharing best practices between schools.
NOB invites NTC (“Dutch Language & Culture”) schools from all over the world to attend these webinars. NOB typically runs each webinar twice, at different times, to meet the schedules of its global audience. Anyone interested in hosting a webinar, or who has a suggestion for a topic, should contact Ingeborg Van Rooij.
About NOB
Thousands of Dutch children spend part of their childhood abroad. When they return to the Netherlands, they (re-)enter the Dutch education system at anywhere from primary school to university level. The Foundation for Dutch Education Worldwide (Stichting Nederlands Onderwijs in het Buitenland, or NOB) is a non-profit organization that has been facilitating their smooth transition into the Dutch education system since 1980. The Ministry of Education, Culture and Science has commissioned NOB to promote and support high standards of Dutch education for Dutch-speaking children around the world.
ASTD (American Society for Training & Development) is the world's largest association dedicated to workplace learning and development professionals.
Webvent produces over 80 webcasts a year for ASTD. Roughly half of these have over 200 attendees, with occasional audiences of up to 1000 people – all interested in expanding their knowledge of emerging learning technologies, making business decisions based on best practices, pursuing the Certified Professional in Learning and Performance (CPLP) credential, or simply expanding their professional network in learning and development.
“Producing webcasts for multiple departments or communities of practice can be challenging. Many people are involved in managing the relationship with the presenters, managing the events calendar, scheduling / hosting / moderating the webcasts, finding the right sponsors, etc. Webvent uniquely offers ASTD a central application from which they can manage these processes as a team”, says Rick Borry, President of Webvent, Inc.
“To ASTD the real value is not just that we don’t have to worry about producing these webcasts, it also drives traffic to our Buyers Guide and our Store, which has become much more valuable for our sponsors and audiences”, says Brandon Finlen, Director of Marketing ASTD.
ASTD proves that many topics currently delivered as white papers, reports, or books become much more interesting when strengthened by a webcast delivered by the writer. The huge number of attendees is clear evidence of that. Visit webcasts.astd.org to see the ASTD site on Webvent.
For more information about Webvent and how we can help streamline your webcast calendar, please visit www.webvent.tv and Contact Us.
Strategic partnership to include co-marketing of products and services
Hunt Valley, MD, August 9, 2012–
Network Media Partners, Inc and Webvent, Inc today announced a strategic partnership agreement for joint marketing and delivery of products and services to member-based associations, including existing customers of Network Media.
“Webvent’s Adaptive Media Network is an innovative, no-risk software and sales service that provides supplier-to-member media marketplaces for associations. It is an intuitive, well designed product, and an excellent value-add for our customers,” says Chip Boyce, President of Network Media. “One huge benefit from a sales perspective is that the sales team already working with prospects, advertisers, exhibitors and sponsors is able to sell this product vs. outsourcing the sale to a 3rd party.”
Nick Kuppers, Webvent Co-founder, adds, “Network Media’s customer base and reputation are very impressive, with the likes of Association Forum of Chicagoland and American Industrial Hygiene Association, to name a few. Our partnership with Network Media began in 2011 through a mutual customer (American Society for Training & Development), and we now extend it formally to offer the best of software and digital media sales and service to all kinds of professional and trade associations.” The first customers have already signed up, and these new supplier-to-audience marketplaces will be announced when they launch in December.
About Network Media Partners
Since 1982, Network Media Partners, Inc. (NMP) has worked with professional and trade associations of all shapes and sizes, nationally and locally, to grow their media and event offerings to their memberships and communities. NMP is based in Hunt Valley, Maryland. Visit NetworkMediaPartners.com to learn more.
