Hey New Tech-ees! As I've mentioned, Boulder Digital Works does Idea Studios typically every Wednesday (5PM-7PM). Details are below. On March 3, Dave Kingsbury from Crispin Porter + Bogusky will be speaking. Dave spends his time at CP+B in the Cultural and Business Insights Group. As a 'Senior Cog', Kingsbury?s role is what many agencies would typically call a ?Planner?, whose focus is strategy. On clients spanning CP+B's world class brand portfolio (Microsoft, Burger King and VW, to name a few) the Cogs get behind the business and into the hearts and minds of the consumers, the category, the landscape and competition, and translate that into strategy. For 7 years prior to CP+B Kingsbury was a Principal at Radar Communications, a qualitative market research consultancy that CP+B acquired in May of 2007. Radar worked with leading brands like Intel, HP, GM, J & J and many others to develop better and more meaningful ways to connect with customers. You don't want to miss him, he's phenomenal!

Hey Robert & crew - just when the ideas & conversations begin to flow, these meet-ups end. Let's start identifying a single location and encouraging participants to go have a beer and socialize. Locations will cut us a discount if we know how many attendees they can entice. Someone has to go first. For the upcoming Denver Meetup, how about here: http://www.brooklynsrestaurants.com/

Every Wednesday, Boulder Digital Works puts on "Idea Studio." This is an interactive presentation in which different leaders and entrepreneurs come in each week from advertising, design, product, innovation, web, etc. agencies and speak to the public (and all of us at BDW) about what they do, how they got there, and how to think creatively. For some, the digital world is intimidating. For others it's a piece of cake. Regardless of your knowledge you'll always get something out of it. It's a great networking opportunity and BDW is so lucky to have these creative minds share their ideas and insights with us. Like I said it's every Wednesday, typically from 5PM-7PM at Boulder Digital Works in downtown Boulder near Pearl Street. (www.boulderdigitalworks.com)

This Wednesday February 24, 5PM-7PM Tim Shisler (http://timshisler.squarespace.com/)

Hi all!

The American Free Enterprise. Dream Big. campaign recently launched the I am Free Enterprise Video Contest (www.freeenterprise.com/video) and I thought it would be a fantastic fit to the members of your group looking to promote their business and get capital.

We are awarding $100,000 in cash prizes for the most original, creative, and compelling videos on free enterprise. It?s easy to enter ? just shoot a 3-minute video explaining what free enterprise means to you and submit it to the contest by April 9, 2010 at 6pm EDT.

Free enterprise is all about taking risks and pursuing a dream, and this is a great opportunity for your entrepreneurial members to get public and media attention and win money for their businesses.

Here is a link to a flyer for the contest to make it easier to distribute to students or attach to a bulletin: http://bit.ly/9iMu1t. Also check out our Web site for more details: www.freeenterprise.com/video.

I am co-presenting at a webinar that would be of interest to SaaS-based businesses. Here's a description of the event if you want to join...

Former Microsoft Marketer of the Year, Dave Chase, will co-present with the popular tech marketing blogger and lead generation guru Matt Heinz.

Learn what the SaaS industry's most successful sales & marketing teams have done to build record demand and sales conversion.

In this Webinar, you will learn:
- Which marketing channels are working, and which aren't
- Compelling offers that generate leads AND closed sales
- How companies are generating sales-ready leads from the social Web
- How to get started with nurture marketing today (without new tools or content)
- Specific case studies from some of the SaaS industry's most successful marketing & sales campaigns

You'll walk away with specific, actionable strategies and tactics to put to work for your business immediately.

Register at https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/985341763