Capital Region Marketers to Discuss How Streaming Media Can Help Your Business

ALBANY, NY (02/26/2009)(readMedia)-- The New York Capital Region Chapter of the American Marketing Association is pleased to present speaker Colin Baird, of FutureMedia Interactive. Baird will lead a breakfast roundtable program titled "The Web Grows Up: How Streaming Media Can Engage Consumers and Boost Brands," on Thursday, March 26, 2009 at Professor Java's on Wolf Road in Albany.

For the last 15 years, Baird has served as president of FutureMedia, a nationally known interactive studio that creates award-winning web presences and DVD projects. FutureMedia's designers and developers have produced dynamic online experiences for Toshiba, Fuji, GE Energy, GE Healthcare and the New York State Education Department, among others.

Admission is $15 for members and students, $20 for non-members. Payment is expected in cash or check at the door. Coffee and baked goods provided. Reserve your place online at www.nymarketing.org . Space is limited.

WHEN: Thursday, March 26, 2009 from 8:00 - 9:30 am

WHERE: Professor Java's

217 Wolf Road

Albany, New York 12205

WHAT: Speaker Colin Baird of FutureMedia Interactive will lead a breakfast roundtable program titled "The Web Grows Up: How Streaming Media Can Engage Consumers and Boost Brands."

About American Marketing Association

American Marketing Association (AMA) is the world's largest and most comprehensive professional society of marketers, consisting of nearly 50,000 worldwide members in 72 chapters throughout North America. Since 1992, the New York Capital Region Chapter of the American Marketing Association has been committed to recognizing and encouraging the best practices in the field of marketing and helping to elevate the profession. The chapter provides an opportunity to learn from and network with more than 400 marketing professionals in the Capital Region.

In addition to breakfast roundtable programs, the chapter holds the annual AMA Mark of Excellence Awards program; luncheons featuring nationally recognized speakers addressing a range of marketing topics; and other special programs to benefit marketing practitioners, educators, and students.