Exen and HQ Business Centers Team Up to Deliver First Virtual Roundtable; Prestigious Panel of Business and Technology Authorities Airs August 27 in Six Major Cities Simultaneously Via Videoconferencing.SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 21, 1997--Westcott Communications' Executive Education Network (EXEN EXEN Executive Education Network EXEN Executive Engineer ExEn Executive Energiser (job skill development program) ) launches the first-of-its-kind corporate learning program, The Virtual Roundtable, with HQ Business Centers, the world's largest single provider of executive suites. EXEN has joined with HQ's ISDN ISDN in full Integrated Services Digital Network Digital telecommunications network that operates over standard copper telephone wires or other media. videoconferencing network to air a prestigious panel of experts from the nation's leading technology companies, consulting and research firms, and academic institutions. Members of the business community in six major cities across the country will have the opportunity to partake in an interactive roundtable discussion with the panel. Produced in association with the Harvard Business School Publishing Harvard Business School Publishing is a not-for-profit, wholly owned subsidiary of Harvard Business School. It operates as an umbrella corporation to manage a group of publishing products associated with the School, including Harvard Business Review (management journal), Harvard , the first of a series of four programs will be broadcast simultaneously (on August 27 5-8 p.m. EST and 2-5 p.m. PST PST Paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia, see there ) at HQ Business Centers in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, San Francisco, Washington, D.C. and New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. . The four noted panelists include Moderator Jeffrey Rayport, Harvard School of Business; Barry Sullivan, VP of Electronic Commerce at EDS (Electronic Data Systems, Plano, TX, www.eds.com) Founded in 1962 by H. Ross Perot (independent candidate for the President of the U.S. in 1992), EDS is the largest outsourcing and data processing services organization in the country. ; Lily Kanter, Microsoft; John Hagel III, McKinsey & Company and author of Net Gain: Expanding Markets Through Virtual Communities. The topic includes "Who Will Win on the Web? Making the Internet Work for Business." The discussion will focus on overcoming barriers, risk assessment, effective business models and prevailing Internet practices and strategies. Russell G. Abell, president of HQ Network Systems Inc. (franchisor of HQ Business Centers), stated, "HQ's joint venture with Westcott Communications presents a major opportunity for our Centers to provide cost-effective distance learning to our clients and the business community at large." He added, "We are pleased to be part of such a dynamic corporate learning program featuring some of the top names in the business education and technology industries." Lyn Maize, EXEN's general manager, stated, "The Virtual Roundtable will enable both EXEN and HQ to offer quality, cost- effective management education for today's global workforce. HQ will provide our clients with the venue and videoconferencing technology in a wide range of locations nationally." A pioneer in the business center industry since 1967, HQ Business Centers has expanded to more than 175 locations in 18 countries throughout Europe, Asia, North and South America and Africa, offering flexible workspace solutions to entrepreneurial start-ups and Fortune 1000 companies. All HQ Business Centers are professionally staffed and well-equipped with advanced business technology and telecommunications systems in a Class A corporate setting. The Executive Education Network (EXEN) is a product of Westcott Communications, a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of K-III Communications. Westcott meets the education, information and training needs of millions of professionals by offering a wide variety of innovative programming directly to the workplace. Along with EXEN, other well known products include the Interactive Distance Training Network (IDTN IDTN Interactive Distance Training Network IDTN Integrated Digital Transport Network ), the CPA (Computer Press Association, Landing, NJ) An earlier membership organization founded in 1983 that promoted excellence in computer journalism. Its annual awards honored outstanding examples in print, broadcast and electronic media. The CPA disbanded in 2000. Report, the Accounting & Financial Television Network (AFTN AFTN Afternoon AFTN Aeronautical Fixed Telecommunication Network AFTN American Forces Thailand Network AFTN Away From The Numbers (website) AFTN Air Force Television Network ), and Bankers Training & Consulting Company (BTCC). -0-
The Virtual Roundtable to Air on August 27, September 8, 15 and 22
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CONTACT: HQ Business Centers Beverly Mann, 415/386-4806 or Westcott Communication Sharon Lakes, 972/417-4753 www.exen.com |
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