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CTIA 2010 Recap

The Industry Insider vs. Consumer Perspectives

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Think you heard it all by reading the blogs? There is a lot more going on behind the scenes. Get the inside scoop on CTIA 2010 from Tech and Consumer guru Andy Abramson, CEO, Comunicano and television personality & tech enthusiast Sam "The Cooking Guy" Zien. The panelists will share their perspectives of CTIA 2010 representing both the Industry Insider and the Consumer view. Andy will take us behind the scenes and give his view on the hottest new products and trends. Sam will share his unique and enjoyable perspective on reactions from both himself and the crowd at the show. This event promises to be both informative and entertaining, a can't miss event.

Meet The Panelists:

Andy Abramson
Founder and CEO, Comunicano, Inc.

Andy is an IP communications guru, electronic gadget maven, world traveler and blogger extraordinaire.   Comunicano is a totally virtual asymmetrical communications, public relations and marketing strategy consultancy based in Del Mar, Calif. Andy has built Comunicano from a one-man operation to a full-service consultancy with dozens of technology clients in VoIP, wireless and telephone-related applications spanning the globe from Sydney to San Francisco, with many points in Israel, Europe, the U.S. and Canada in between.

Andy has built his business on the basis of his own desire to be free of the constraints of an office. His entire staff of more than 20 veteran marketing & PR freelancers works from home offices in 7 states on schedules that accommodate their individual needs and/or lifestyles. Hours are built around the work that needs to get done for clients.   

Andy himself loves to travel, has a passion for wine and food and met his wife because of his blogging; he is the foremost blogger/authority on VoIP telephony, and the Industry Standard named Andy among its 25 most influential bloggers. He is also an accomplished Web broadcaster as co-host of the daily “World Technology Roundup,” and he has been named a “Marketing Star” by MarketingCrossing.com.

Sam Zien
Sam The Cooking Guy
In the words of Sam "The Cooking Guy" Zien:
"I quit my biotech job in July of 2001 to try to get a travel show, with me as the host on the air. The fact that I had zero travel or even television experience didn’t seem to matter. I felt I could be at least as good as the lousy people on TV - and maybe even better. But a month before a trip to shoot demo footage in Tokyo and Hong Kong, September 11th hit – and that changed everything. I decided to stick with TV, but switched from travel to cooking. OK, still no experience but did it really matter at this point? So I shot a demo and a couple months later ended up with a twice-weekly 2-minute cooking segment on a local morning news program. Sweet. Not paid, but still sweet."

"The segments caught on grew into a 30-minute show appropriately named Sam the Cooking Guy - an irreverent mix of humor and easy-to-replicate recipes that have won 11 Emmy awards. Then Discovery Health came along and I ended up producing ‘Just Cook This! with Sam the Cooking Guy’ for them which featured my same offbeat style with more easy-to-prepare, great-tasting recipes that also happen to be healthy. It’s true - healthy doesn’t have to taste like crap. I’m still known for my ‘big in taste and small in effort’ philosophy, and have proven that as a frequent guest on The Today Show (the NY Times called me a regular). In fact, my 2nd visit there with Kathie Lee Gifford has now been watched almost 600,000 times on YouTube. Crazy, I know. My first cookbook, ‘Just a Bunch of Recipes’ was released in March of 2008 by John Wiley & Sons. Book two will be out April of 2010, and book three February of 2011."

"But most recently I’ve found myself back in the tech field, sort of. As a consultant for Qualcomm, I have written and hosted a number of videos that are designed to help make the information around their technology a little more personable."

DATE:
Thursday, April 1st, 2010

TIME:
5:30PM Registration/ Networking/ Refreshments
6:00PM Program Begins
7:30PM Program Ends

LOCATION:

12531 High Bluff Drive, Suite 100
San Diego CA 92130

COST:
Pre-Registration: (Please Pre-Register by Noon 3/31/10)
$10.00 - CommNexus Sponsor
$20.00 - Non-Sponsor
FREE - Mentor Sponsor

At the Door:
$20.00 - CommNexus Sponsor
$30.00 - Non-Sponsor
FREE - Mentor Sponsor

Students, Military & Press: FREE

Questions? Contact Bailey Cunning at bcunning@commnexus.org

Date:

Thursday, April 01, 2010
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