Social Media in Wealth Management Leadership Forum

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Organizer

Business Development Institute (BDI), founded in New York City by Steve Etzler in 2001 and managed by Maria Feola, produces conferences and educational programs for marketing, communications and media professionals. Over 10,000 attendees have participated in our programs. We specialize in how technology and the internet impacts marketing, communications and media. Our programs educate while providing valuable networking opportunities to our attendees. The quality of our speakers, program topics, 1/2 day format, network, and value are what differentiates BDI from its competitors. Follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/bdionline.

Sponsors

Actiance, formerly, FaceTime Communications enables the safe and productive use of Unified Communications and Web 2.0 - including social networks, blogs and instant messaging, Ranked number one by IDC for five consecutive years, and visionary by Gartner, Actiance's award-winning solutions are used by ten of the top ten US banks, and worldwide for the security, management and compliance of real-time communications. Actiance supports or has strategic partnerships with all leading public and IM network and unified communications providers, including AOL, Google, Microsoft, Yahoo!, Skype, IBM and Cisco. Actiance is headquartered in Belmont, California. For more information visit http://www.actiance.com or call 888-349-FACE. The Actiance blog, at http://blog.actiance.com, offers thoughts and opinions about the changing nature of Internet communications.

Corporate Insight provides competitive intelligence and user experience research to the nation’s leading financial institutions. For two decades, the firm has tracked technological developments in the financial services industry, identifying best practices in online banking and investing, online insurance, mobile finance, active trading platforms, social media and other emerging areas. The firm helps its clients – including 70% of the financial services firms in the Fortune 500 – to stay on top of industry trends and improve their competitive position. Further information on Corporate Insight is available at www.corporateinsight.com/about-us.

Empathica provides Customer Experience Management programs to more than 200 of the world’s leading brands, ranging from retail banking to multi-unit retailers and restaurants. Its rich analysis of survey data using state-of-the-art surveying and dashboard reporting software allows for performance-improvement solutions, evidence-based marketing insights, and customer experience management consulting. Annually, Empathica’s 30 million customer surveys in 25 languages reach more than 70,000 locations. A privately-held organization, Empathica is headquartered in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, has an office in Birmingham, England, and U.S. executive consultants in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Atlanta, and Bozeman, Montana. For more information about deriving actionable insights that enhance a brand’s operational excellence, visit Empathica at www.empathica.com.

The Wall Street Journal Digital Network is the Web's largest publisher of original business news and financial information. Led by two of the most respected Internet brands, WSJ.com and MarketWatch, The Wall Street Journal Digital Network offers editorial coverage and innovative advertising solutions that are second to none. For advertisers, a partnership with The Wall Street Journal Digital Network means access to one of the most coveted audiences in the marketplace. The combination of WSJ.com, MarketWatch and other Dow Jones topical sites yields over 34 million users each month, including influential business and financial decision makers, top opinion leaders and the affluent set.

Venue Sponsor

Founded in 1831, New York University (NYU) is now one of the largest private universities in the United States. The University, which is composed of 14 schools, colleges, and divisions, occupies five major centers in Manhattan and branch campuses and research programs in other parts of the US and study abroad programs in more than 25 countries. NYU is also one of the largest employers in NYC, with over 16,000 employees and has grown enrollment from a student body of 158 to 50,000-plus. Of the more than 3,000 colleges and universities in America, New York University is one of only 60 member institutions of the distinguished Association of American Universities.The School of Continuing and Professional Studies (SCPS) has for 70-plus years provided professional and continuing education programs to three generations of working adult students in the New York City region. The hallmark of these programs is to provide learning that is immediately relevant to student’s jobs and career growth. These programs span more than 125 fields, 14 industry-focused Master’s degrees, nine-Bachelor degrees, and six Associate degree programs specifically designed for working adults. Today, students come from every state in the union and from 133 foreign countries. The faculty, which initially consisted of fourteen professors and lecturers (among them artist and inventor Samuel F. B. Morse), now totals over 3,100 full-time members and 2,500-plus adjunct faculty. For more information please go to the NYU of SCPS websites www.nyu.edu or www.scps.nyu.edu.

Hotel Sponsor

Hotel 373 is the official hotel of BDI's events.

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Hotel 373 Fifth Avenue is a deluxe boutique hotel in the heart of Midtown Manhattan. The hotel is one of three Manhattan hotels that front the famed Fifth Avenue. The hotel is located across the street from the Empire State Building. We are in the midst of Manhattan's corporate corridor and adjacent to the Seventh Avenue Garment and Fashion Industry. The hotel is few blocks from Penn Station, Amtrak, Madison Square Garden and Macys - Herald Square. World class Fifth Avenue shopping is at our doorstep. Our 70 rooms boast a modern and functional design. The hotel features complimentary high-speed wireless internet access and guest room windows that open. We have a Starbucks in our Lobby for guest’s convenience.

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