Released on: November 6, 2007, 7:08 am

Press Release Author: Jocelyn Sheppard/ AIIP

Industry: Internet & Online

Press Release Summary: The Association of Independent Information Professionals
(AIIP) announced today that Jaclyn Kostner, Ph.D. will present the keynote address
at the association\'s annual conference in 2008. The conference will be held Apr. 30
to May 5 in Pittsburgh, PA

Press Release Body: BATON ROUGE, LA October 18, 2007 - The Association of
Independent Information Professionals (AIIP) announced today that Jaclyn Kostner,
Ph.D. will present the keynote address at the association's annual conference in
2008. The conference-Apr. 30 to May 5 in Pittsburgh, PA-will feature the theme
"converge. connect. communicate." Attendance is open to association members and
non-members. For more information visit www.aiip.org/Conference/2008/index.html.
Kostner will focus her speech on helping AIIP members and others to grow their
businesses by using communication, collaboration and connection. Kostner is founder
and CEO of Bridge the Distance (www.distance.com), a Colorado-based firm that helps
clients improve communication in virtual settings. She is author of four books on
virtual communication, including her latest, "MEGApreneur: Breakthrough Practices of
the Next Generation Entrepreneur."

"Communication is about relationships," explains Kostner. "When relationships are
virtual, much of the interaction that builds relationships is missing or is filtered
away. If we want to be successful, we have to intentionally build significantly more
interaction designed to grow trust, rapport, and our connectedness-when people are
not face to face."

Kostner's address will discuss how entrepreneurs such as AIIP members can take their
businesses to the next level-including finding and retaining customers-in a world
where collaborators are not in the same building, the same state or even the same
country.

"We feel that Dr. Kostner's outstanding expertise will help our members-and other
entrepreneurs-succeed in this global economy," says Jocelyn Sheppard, Ph.D.,
conference coordinator and principal consultant of RedHouse Consulting Inc.,
www.redhouseconsulting.com.

In addition to the keynote, Kostner will be one of three general-session conference
presenters. Her session will offer a set of 10 tools business owners can use to
enhance communication and collaboration. Other presenters include: Raul
Valdes-Perez, Ph.D.,
CEO of Vivísimo, who will speak on "Entrepreneurship in the Information Age" and
David Farber, Ph.D., distinguished career professor at Pittsburgh's Carnegie Mellon
University, whose topic will be "Social Networking, Communications Technologies and
the Information Professional."

About AIIP

AIIP, www.aiip.org, is the industry association for independent information
professionals. Its membership consists of more than 500 business owners from
countries around the world whose firms provide information-related research and
consulting services across a wide variety of industries. Some of the vertical
industries AIIP members work in include scientific, medical, pharmaceutical,
regulatory, information technology, education, financial services, manufacturing,
non profits and life sciences.

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Web Site: http://www.aiip.org/Conference/2008/index.html

Contact Details: CONTACT:
Jocelyn Sheppard
RedHouse Consulting Inc.
www.redhouseconsulting.com
jocelyn@redhouseconsulting.com
(724) 413-1167 (phone)
(724) 223-8687 (fax)