Several PR opportunities are available at Enterprise Connect San Francisco to help maximize your company's exposure at the event. All of the following services are included at no charge for Enterprise Connect San Francisco exhibitors:

PR Strategy and Counsel

The Enterprise Connect San Francisco 2009 PR team is available to assist you with any questions or issues you may have regarding your PR outreach strategy before or during the event, including tips on contacting press and analysts, as well as PR advice based on industry events and topics at VoiceCon that will be of interest to your company. Contact Joylyn Tanner at .

Inclusion in Enterprise Connect San Francisco 2009 Preview Press Release

Enterprise Connect San Francisco 2009 offers an amazing audience to target for your company's new product or service announcement, and no other IP Telephony event brings the same impressive and accessible blend of press, analysts, exhibitors and attendees together. VoiceCon San Francisco 2009 attendees are influential IT professionals who come to see the spectrum of technologies, products and solutions in one place so they can make more informed purchasing decisions.

Thank you to all exhibitors who submitted a 50-word description of your new product or service announcement for inclusion in our October 26th press release detailing event announcements. The deadline to participate has now passed.

Access to the Enterprise Connect San Francisco 2009 Media List

Information on how to download the database of all pre-registered press, analysts and bloggers who will be attending VoiceCon San Francisco will be available beginning October 2 in the Exhibitor Resource Center. This database will be updated on a weekly basis and made available until the event, with the final press and analyst attendee list sent the week after the conclusion of VoiceCon San Francisco 2009. PR agencies, please note that the media list is only available through the Exhibitor Resource Center and you will have to get the username/pass code information from your client.

Media Center Meeting Space and Hours

Meeting Space for Press Briefings

Pre-reservation requests for meeting space has now closed. Reservations can now be made on a first-come, first-serve basis during the show.

Media Center Hours

Monday, November 2	8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Tuesday, November 3	7:30 am - 5:00 pm
Wednesday, November 4	7:30 am - 5:00 pm
Thursday, November 5	7:30 am - 12:30 pm

The Media Center is located in Room 113 and may only be used by registered exhibitors, representatives, press and analysts.

Exhibitor Press Collateral Area

Exhibitors can leave press kits in the Enterprise Connect San Francisco Media Center for press to access beginning the first day of the event, Monday, November 2.

Exhibitor PR / Marketing Outreach Opportunities

With numerous press and analysts in attendance at VoiceCon, we offer extra opportunities to help you maximize your outreach. Below is an overview of the options available via sponsorship investment:

• Online news distribution, Search Engine Optimization and microlist media distribution
• Online news distribution, Search Engine Optimization, custom microlist and online photo distribution
• Multimedia news release with online video distribution
• Electronic press kit

If you would like more information and are interested in discussing purchase options, contact Mike Leahy at or 630-986-1432. Please mention VoiceCon San Francisco as your event of interest.

Press Release Guidelines

VoiceCon owns its brands and content and must approve any third party use of its brands and content. If you plan to write a press release about your exhibitor announcement, sponsorship, or other activities around the event, please follow these guidelines:

• Event boilerplate should be included in the press release (see boilerplate below)
• The date and location of the event should be included in the first paragraph: VoiceCon San Francisco 2009 is happening November 2-5 at the Moscone North Convention Center
• If you would like to include a quote from VoiceCon's General Manager, Fred Knight, send your release and suggested quote for review and approval to PR Specialist, Joylyn Tanner at . Please allow 24-48 hours turnaround time.

VoiceCon Boilerplate

About VoiceCon®
Now in its 19th year, VoiceCon® is the leading conference and exhibition for enterprise IP Telephony, Converged Networks and Unified Communications in North America. VoiceCon® brings corporate communications decision makers together with the industry's vendors, analysts and consultants to focus on the issues central to enterprise networks and communications. As the momentum toward IP Telephony and convergence has grown, VoiceCon expanded to include two yearly shows in the United States: VoiceCon San Francisco, November 2-5, 2009 at the Moscone North Convention Center and VoiceCon Orlando, March 22-25, 2010 at the Gaylord Palms Hotel. VoiceCon's No Jitter, provides daily blogging and analysis of enterprise communications, and also serves the community with two weekly email newsletters -- VoiceCon eNews and VoiceCon UC eWeekly. For more information, visit http://www.voicecon.com/.

Guide to Engaging the Media

Develop an effective media relations strategy for the event using the Guide to Engaging the Media section of this guide, which provides recommendations for organizing media relations efforts at Enterprise Connect San Francisco .

Press Coverage

Read comments from the press during VoiceCon Orlando 2009 and VoiceCon San Francisco 2008 to get a better understanding of the feedback from past VoiceCon events.

Encourage Your Press/Analyst Contacts to Register

If you would like to encourage any of your regular press or analyst contacts to register for Enterprise Connect San Francisco 2009 2009, you can direct them to our media registration site.

VoiceCon Public Relations Contact

Joylyn Tanner
Telephone: (415) 947-6319
Email: