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Go Global with New Media

Who wants to go to Vegas?

I'm going to be presenting "Go Global with New Media" at the Blog World Expo in Las Vegas with fellow blogger Des Walsh. Des is a business coach and an evangelist for blogging and new media in business and government. And, keeping with the global theme of our talk, Des is from Australia! (For my fellow Americans, that's the land mass at the bottom right of your world map.)

The thing is, Des and I aren't exactly sure what the hell we're going to talk about. We wanted to have some back and forth as we fleshed out some of our ideas, and then Des suggested we do this in a public forum. Basically, we started a blog for Go Global with New Media and we're looking for your input.

We've discussed what tools are available for businesses who want to go global. Certainly, the Internet has flattened the world to the point where even small businesses and solopreneurs can go global. Books like The World Is Flat by Thomas L. Friedman and The 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss speak to that.

VoIP and Skype have made international calls and video conferencing free or nearly free. Tools like Yugma let me share my desktop (and lets me take control of others' desktops) from half a world away. Then there's meta-verses like Second Life where people can meet, share ideas and even do business. Podcasts, blogs, MySpace, YouTube, LinkedIn...the list goes on.

So we're enlisting you: what does going global with new media mean to you? What do you want to learn about? How would you like the information presented? Stories from the trenches or the view from 20K feet?

If you have some thoughts, please visit us over at GoGlobalNewMedia.com and let your voice be heard. And who knows, maybe you'll even get some business out of it.

Rich Brooks
Vegas, Baby!

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