Print This Story  Email This Story  Save this Link View PR Newswire's RSS Feed  Blogs Discussing this News Release  Search Blogs that Mention this News Release  Click this link to view linked Bookmarking Services Click this link to view linked Blogging Services


Weber Shandwick Hosts Second Annual VOICEBOXX(TM) Executive Roundtable
 
Top Marketing and Communications Executives to Discuss Communications Strategies For Today's Reinvention Economy

NEW YORK, Oct. 14 /PRNewswire/ --

    WHAT:       The Second Annual VOICEBOXX(TM) Executive Roundtable will
                describe key trends in the ReInvention Economy and will
                discuss how the marketing and communications functions are
                evolving.  In these uncertain economic times, companies are
                increasingly leveraging communications to identify new revenue
                streams, harness human capital and ultimately, connect with
                key constituencies.

    PANELISTS:  Poppy Harlow, anchor of CNNMoney.com, will moderate the
                discussion.
                Featured panelists include:

                -- Anita Larsen, director of media relations, Unilever
                -- J. Christopher Preuss, vice president, communications,
                   General Motors Company
                -- David Steel, senior vice president and head of strategic
                   marketing for North America, Samsung
                -- James E. Whaley, vice president, corporate affairs &
                   marketing, Siemens Corporation
                -- Jack Leslie, chairman, Weber Shandwick

    WHEN:       October 20, 2009
                8:30 a.m. EST - Breakfast and Registration
                9 a.m. - 10 a.m.  EST - Panel Discussion

    WHERE:      Samsung Experience
                Time Warner Center, Third Floor
                Ten Columbus Circle
                New York, NY
                www.samsung.com/experience/ 212.823.9520

    RSVP:       Jennifer Risi at 212.445.8375 or jrisi@webershandwick.com

    MISC:       Attendees will "live-tweet" the event on www.twitter.com with
                the #VOICEBOXX (http://twitter.com/#search?q=voiceboxx)
                hashtag

                Launched in April 2007, VOICEBOXX is a proprietary suite of
                products focused on building a company's corporate reputation
                at global, national and regional speaking venues throughout
                the world.  A Weber Shandwick 2009 Global Five Star Events(TM)
                analysis reflected that CEOs and their executive benches are
                broadening their arsenal of communications tools to include
                the strategic use of high-level speaking opportunities and are
                migrating towards more intimate, peer-to-peer forums as their
                primary communications channel. Weber Shandwick works with
                some of today's top businesses to secure speaking
                opportunities on the "right" panel at the "right" conference
                next to the "right" executive around the globe.


SOURCE Weber Shandwick