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Terry and I just had way too much fun putting together the presentational promo announcement for our General Session on New Media.

Terry’s a talented voice actor and producer, and we’re planning one heckuva program for Friday morning of the conference.

Click HERE to take a listen!

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Still eight months out, but already starting to get pretty stoked about the upcoming VOICE2010 conference being held in LA by James Alburger and Penny Abshire.

Today, they released the slate of presenters, along with the schedule of the conference.  You’ll note that Terry Daniel and I are the General Session presenters Friday morning on the topic of Social Networking.

Click HERE to see the matrix of presenters and days/times.  You will not want to miss this event…the talent, resources, and networking possibilities will boost your VO career in ways you never imagined.

C ya there!

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James Alburger and Penny Abshire today threw open the doors of the next in their series of highly-succesful Voice Talent confabs.

VOICE 2010 will be held June 2-5 at the Century Plaza Hyatt Regency Hotel in Los Angeles…and YOU’RE invited.  In fact, YOU MUST COME!

If you’ve been to VOICE 2007 or 2008, you know how valuable is the experience of networking with your peers, and the advantage of rubbing shoulders with the presenters and professionals who gather at such events.

Why wasn’t there a VOICE 2009?  ‘Cause they’ve been working incredibly hard to make sure ‘2010′ is JUST THAT MUCH BETTER.  (these things are tough to organize!)

Yes, there’s the expense of the conference, not to mention the travel…but every soul who’s been to either of the previous events would tell you it’s well worth it…IF you can get them to come down from walking on air!

I know this blog sounds a bit “cheerleader-ish”, so bear with me…I’m gonna be there as a host, and I’d love to see you there!  Please consider it.  Click HERE to see all the details of how to register, and reserve your room.

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Would that I could be there…but I can’t.

Dan O’Day is described generally as a marketing genius/coupled with an incredibly savvy sense of broadcasting, voice-overs, and how the world works.  He holds his “Summit” every August in LA.

Some wonderful VO blogging friends of mine are there, and have been twittering and blogging (with pics) about the event.

Here are some links and twitter profiles to follow:

Bob Souer:
Blog:  http://www.bobsouer.com/blog
Twitter:  http://www.twitter.com/bobsouer

Bobbin Beam:
Blog:  http://blog.bobbinbeam.com

Blain Parker:
Twitter: http://twitter.com/blainparker

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This looks like one helluva party on water…I wish like heck I coulda pulled it off to be along for the ride.  Maybe YOU still can.

I’m re-printing all of Deb Munro’s latest e-mail with all the last-minute announcements of VoiceLympics, plus her ADHD schedule of upcoming coaching sessions, and more…below.

If I’m lucky, I may be able to catch up to the cruise wrap-up party in LA.

BTW, HERE is the official VoiceLympics website.

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The Comic Book Industry’s biggest convention of the year is coming up in about two weeks in San Diego, and there’s a significant VoiceActing presence.

It’s called Comic-Con.  HERE’s their website.

Legendary voice actors June Foray and Stan Freberg will be special guests.

Know how I tracked-down all this info?  On Voice Chasers — a site whose stated purpose is to be “…one of the leading online destinations for information related to voice acting.”

‘Might not be a bad idea to register (for free) on this site, and knock around with some of the established names there.

At any rate, click HERE to see more information on VoiceChasers about Comic-Con voiceacting focus…or you can sift through a rather busy and complicated Comic-Con website on your own if you’d like. 

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