ADVISORY/Authoria and Wells Fargo Executives to Speak at Benefits Management Forum and Expo.

Business/High Tech Editors/Assignment Desks

ADVISORY...for Tuesday (Sept. 26)

WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 22, 2000

Presentation Discusses How Wells Fargo Responded to the Challenges

Resulting From Merger

    Who:     Vic Becker, Vice President, Human Resources of Authoria
             Connie Bodle, Project Manager, Wells Fargo

    What:    "Keeping Employees Informed in Times of Change," a
             discussion on how Wells Fargo's HR department used
             Authoria's employee communication application to keep
             employees informed following its merger with Norwest.

    When:    Tuesday, September 26, 2000, Session E: 2:15 p.m. to
             3:30 p.m.

    Where:   Benefits Management Forum and Expo, Chicago, Ill.
             September 24  27, 2000.  Registration information is
             available online at
             http://www.benefitnews.com/expo/index.cfm.

    Details: The merger between Norwest and Wells Fargo brought
             together 90,000 employees and two separate HR service
             centers. As a result, implementing an HR information
             delivery system and creating a central repository for
             employee information presented a challenge. Delivery of
             information is crucial during mergers to alleviating
             employee concerns and maintaining morale. Vic Becker,
             vice president of Human Resources at Authoria, and Connie
             Bodle, project manager of the Human Resource Service
             Center at Wells Fargo, will explore how Wells Fargo met
             the many challenges involved when two companies merge.

About Authoria, Inc.

Authoria, Inc. delivers the kind of personalized, high-touch support that employees need - when they need it and where they need it. Over 7 million people rely on Authoria's products through leading outsourcers such as Buck Consultants, Inc. and Exult and at Global 2000 industry leaders such as Anheuser-Busch, McDonalds Corporation, T. Rowe Price, Union Pacific and Wells Fargo.

Headquartered in Waltham, Mass., Authoria has been ranked by Inc. Magazine and Deloitte and Touche as one of America's fastest-growing private companies. For more information, visit the Company's Web site at www.authoria.com or call [phone].