Astound's Live Web Conference Features Fred Hoar ``Shine & Shadow in Silicon Valley: PR, the Dividing Line to the Bottom Line".SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 5, 1999-- Astound a·stound tr.v. a·stound·ed, a·stound·ing, a·stounds To astonish and bewilder. See Synonyms at surprise. [From Middle English astoned, past participle of astonen, Conference Center 2.0 Presents Its Upcoming Dynamic Speaker Event at Web Site (www.astound.com) Friday, October 8th at 1:30 PM (PDT PDT abbr. Pacific Daylight Time PDT Pacific Daylight Time PDT n abbr (US) (= Pacific Daylight Time) → hora de verano del Pacífico PDT ) and 4:30PM (EDT EDT abbr. Eastern Daylight Time EDT Eastern Daylight Time EDT n abbr (US) (= Eastern Daylight Time) → hora de verano de Nueva York EDT ) Opportunities abound and competition increases enormously, as technology companies shoot up at a bullet rate in Silicon Valley. How do these companies rise above the noise level and gain market share? Frederick M. Hoar, public relations veteran and chairman of Miller/Shandwick Technologies will share his insight and experience regarding the rise and fall of companies in Silicon Valley on Friday, October 8, 1999 at 1:30 p.m., at a live Web conference hosted by Astound. With over 35 years of experience in public affairs, financial relations and marketing, he has not only participated in the rapidly growing changes within Silicon Valley, but he has himself initiated significant changes. Fred will speak on public relations strategies that address the explosive growth and competitive heat affecting technology companies in Silicon Valley. He will emphasize how companies can shine, not be shadowed, with powerful marketing tools that benefit the company's bottom line. He will take viewers through the program planning processes that has assisted companies such as Apple Computer, Fairchild, Genentech, Raychem and RCA See RCA connector and video/TV history. . Further, he will explain the key role that public relations plays in the development of the high-tech industry in Silicon Valley as illustrated by such Miller/Shandwick clients as Hewlett Packard, Microsoft, and Symantec. He will also stress the benefits of public relations for start-ups and established, highly publicized organizations, and their use of public relations as a reputation development and management tool. Fred's seminar is the third in a series of free live speaker conferences, sponsored by Astound Conference Center. Attendees can access the seminar directly from their desktops through the Astound Web site. For registration information, refer to www.astound.com. Attendance is on a first-come, first-serve basis. About Frederick Hoar He has been the vice president of communication for Apple Computer, Fairchild, Genentech, and RCA. He is currently the chairman of Miller/Shandwick Technologies, Inc., based in Redwood Shores, California Redwood Shores is an upscale and desirable [1] waterfront neighborhood on the San Francisco Peninsula in California. It is located on the eastern edge of Belmont, but is actually part of incorporated Redwood City. . He is a frequent speaker on marketing, communications and technology, and has addressed such groups as the Conference Board, the Churchill Club, the Business Hall of Fame, Technologic Partners, Dataquest, the Semiconductor Industry Association, the AEA, Robertson Stephens, Lehman Brothers and the Association for Corporate Growth. One of the founders of The Band of Angels, a group of individual investors helping innovative and aspiring entrepreneurs get off the ground. Fred is also trustee of Golden Gate University and a member of the advisory board of the Santa Clara University School of Business and the San Jose Business Journal. About Astound Conference Center ACC See adaptive cruise control. is unique in enabling synchronous, moderated delivery of information (Web conferences), group collaboration (application sharing) as well as asynchronous Refers to events that are not synchronized, or coordinated, in time. The following are considered asynchronous operations. The interval between transmitting A and B is not the same as between B and C. The ability to initiate a transmission at either end. , self-paced access with testing, scoring and tracking (on-line learning). For business users this means that they can leverage their skill-sets and content for all their business communication needs. All transmissions are conducted through standard Internet protocols (HTTP HTTP in full HyperText Transfer Protocol Standard application-level protocol used for exchanging files on the World Wide Web. HTTP runs on top of the TCP/IP protocol. ) ensuring firewall transparency. The use of dynamic HTML and intelligent pre-loading technologies deliver compelling experiences even over dial-up connections. Further, with ACC's integrated streaming audio and video with support for RealNetworks' Real Player G2(R) (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : RNWK RNWK Real Networks (stock symbol) ) and Microsoft's Windows Media Player Digital jukebox software for Windows from Microsoft that plays a variety of audio, video and streaming formats including MP3, WMA, CD audio and MIDI. Starting with Version 6.2 in 1999, the Windows Media Rights Manager was added for securing copyrighted content. (R) (NASDAQ: MFST MFST Mobile Field Surgical Team MFST Mobile Forward Surgical Team (USAF) MFST Microbiologically Food Safety Tested MFST Mobile Freight Search Team (UK) ), users can broadcast live audio with their presentation just by dialing into Astound's real-time encoding service. ACC also allows presenters to register the attendees, conduct pre and post surveys generate automatic e-mail notifications and access detailed reporting on who attended, how long they were there and their registration and survey results. These capabilities are critical for large seminars. The Astound Conference Center is available in three configurations: a leased conference center, a one-time event venue, and as an on site solution for high volume applications. The service is free for meetings with three users or less. About Astound Founded in 1996, Astound is a leading provider of award-winning multimedia presentation software and enterprise communication solutions. The company has corporate headquarters in Mississauga, Canada, with U.S.-based offices in Los Altos, California Los Altos (IPA: [lɔs ɑltos]) is a city at the southern end of the San Francisco Peninsula, in the San Francisco Bay Area. The city is in Santa Clara County, California, United States. . For more information, visit the company's Web site at http: www.astound.com. Astound is a trademark of Astound, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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