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From: Costagliola, Paul
Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 11:46 AM
To: dnour@nourgroup.com
Subject: Good thoughts

Although I do not know you well, I would like to wish the best to you and others that you know that are currently affected by what is occurring in Iran.

Kind regards,

Paul

Paul Costagliola

Sales Manager

Universal Orlando Meetings and Events

I’m working on a client engagement in Istanbul, Turkey and while wrapping up final edits on the upcoming Social Networking Best Practices Booklet on Facebook with colleagues Michelle Cullison and Nhat Pham, I thought I’d check the site for a handful of loose ends, when Viola: Facebook in Turkish!

The platform is smart enough to see physically where I’m logging in from, but not intelligent enough to know that I’m an “English” user and to always show me my info based on my preferences.

I guess we’ll wait on that feature when they hit 300 million users.

By the way, if you want to know how to use Facebook in a multitude of languages, check out my upcoming Facebook Best Practices Booklet & DVD in July…

For 30 years, the current “Islamic Republic” clerics have been raping and pillaging this once great land – of its natural resources, of its inherent wealth, of its people’s dignity, pride, and basic human rights.

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We are not providing monetary incentives to our guest speakers.  However, we are willing to work out alternative arrangements, such as allowing you to sell your book at one or a combination of the following locations: in the session, at registration, or at an exhibit table.  We expect the attendance of the entire event to be about 250.   As mentioned, you may attend the full event free of charge, which will grant you exposure to top leaders of major corporations.

If you’ve ever heard me speak, read any of my articles or books, attended any of my training, or know anyone who knows me, you know that I often talk about value-based relationships.  Yet, I still recieve emails like the one above where somehow this is seen as value?!  My team and I have researched 400 social networking applications in 22 distinct categories.  Why would I give that away for free?  And the last time I checked, “exposure” doesn’t pay the bills.  I’m amazed of how many people out there want something for nothing!  This is a for-profit organization with thousands of paying members, so the fact that they’re not willing to pay for a professional speaker is interesting!  See the blog post on “Can You Do That Speech For Less?”

From: Deborah Buks
Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2009 2:42 PM
Subject: Thanks for a good webinar