Channel:1 Launches CEO Conference Management and Measurement for 2007 Conferences
Wilton, CT, January 15,2007 — Building on the immensely successful memore handheld information portal (mhip), Channel:1 has released the robust Conference Event Organizer (CEO) solution. CEO offers all the features that made mhip an industry leading event management solution, while expanding the communication features, seamlessly integrating the handheld with RFID, and consolidating the solution into one integrated badge holder. Attendees now have a streamlined solution for their conference ID and CEO device, allowing easy access to social networking meeting plans, session feedback forms and polling questions, and the latest event information. Furthermore, attendees can now communicate with event exhibitors and request information from those they can’t visit in person.
“CEO brings the full power of the memore software in support of effective, successful marketing events. This solution provides attendees with every aspect of event information and gives event hosts instant access to critical information on their event’s performance. This conference management solution significantly expands the analytical measurement available to hosts, while providing attendees with a simple-to-use, consolidated event organizer,” said Channel:1 President, JR Sherman.
In 2006, Channel:1 successfully deployed its wireless handheld conference management solution to over 60,000 attendees at sales training conferences, user conferences and research summits worldwide. Clients gain measurable benefits in efficiency and event intelligence through real-time agenda updates and real-time session feedback and audience polling. Event attendees enjoy flexible access to the overall agenda, personal schedules, venue maps, and event email. The web-hosted architecture allows client event hosts to handle logistics on the fly and report feedback and polling results from large audiences instantly.

Channel:1 Partners with Enterprise Events Group and Provides Feedback, Measurement, and Lead Management for Leading
Business Intelligence Conference. Wilton, CT, December 1, 2006—Channel:1 Corporation partnered with Enterprise Events Group, a premier event management company, to provide attendee feedback and evaluation measurement for 2,500 attendees at one of the most comprehensive business intelligence events of the year. Channel:1 also provided lead management for 45 exhibitors in the conference’s partner showcase.
Rich Calcaterra, officer of EEG, noted that “to ensure a truly successful event, it is necessary to have the right partners dedicated to exceeding each client’s expectations. We are very pleased to have Channel:1 as a partner. Their dedication and hard work significantly contributed to the client’s successful event.”
Using Channel:1 services, EEG guaranteed the client access to session feedback responses while the event was in process. Channel:1 processed over 12,000 evaluations forms across the 4 day event. With a participation rate of well over 50%, the client had the flexibility to respond to audience feedback immediately, allowing them to optimize the meeting’s overall value perception and effectively plan for 2007.
Dane Risley, COO, Channel:1 Corporation, said “Our dedicated account team was committed to a streamlined deployment of our services in order to ensure that our client received the most feedback possible, with effective measurement during the event, as well as to providing their partners with sophisticated lead management.”

Channel:1 Successfully Delivers Session Feedback and Measurement in Dual-Deployment Method for over 12,000 Attendees at Fortune 100 Global Sales Meeting. Wilton, CT, September 1, 2006—Channel:1 Corporation delivered the mhip session feedback and measurement solution in an innovative dual-deployment method at a Fortune 100 client’s global sales meeting. Well over 12,000 sales force members attended the meeting where Channel:1 provided its web-hosted, real-time feedback measurement and reporting solution via both a loaned handheld device and via a web portal accessible by attendees’ personal web-enabled PDAs, smartphones, or laptops.
Channel:1 worked with its client to ensure the new meeting logistics operated seamlessly with the feedback evaluation and measurement solution. Rather than conducting meeting in the traditional multiple week format to accommodate the global regions, this event brought together the entire global sales team for one week in the same location. With a choice of access opportunities,the client’s sales force provided anonymous session and speaker feedback by completing surveys that were wirelessly accessible via loaned handheld devices, or their personal web-enabled PDAs / Smartphones or laptops. The feedback data was transmitted back to Channel:1’s secured data portal for immediate analysis and reporting.
“Our client made the bold decision to bring their entire sales force to one location for one week. Using the Channel:1 web-architected session feedback and real-time reporting solution allowed every attendee to access the same agenda information, provide instant feedback, and ensure that the executive message and experience met the needs of their global team. The Channel:1 solution flexibility perfectly matched this event’s logistical requirements.” said Dane Risley, COO, Channel:1 Corporation.

Channel:1 Deploys its mhip Wireless System and memore Lead Management System for 6,000 Business Partners at a Fortune
50 conference. Wilton, CT, March 22, 2006—Channel:1 successfully deployed mhip on approximately 5,500 GSM PDAs at the annual partner meeting of a Fortune 50 technology company. For the 4th year, the client’s attendees used mhip to access up-to-the-minute conference related information, logistics, agendas and maps. Attendees also used their mhip devices to communicate with other attendees, partners and conference sponsors. The client’s management team leveraged mhip's polling and measurement functionality this year, thereby receiving all conference evaluations, instant polls and attendee feedback in real-time. The client’s event team will review, along with the executive management, the cumulative results via mhip's Web Reporting Portal and using the information to improve the attendee experience throughout the conference and for the 2007 Conference.