"Business Blogging in Japan"
Nobuhiro Seki, Executive Vice President and General Manager, Japan
Six Apart, Ltd. http://www.sixapart.com

Blogging has passed the craze stage and is reaching maturity, bringing
with it real market opportunities. Nob Seki has been with Six Apart in
Japan since 2003 and if anyone knows the blogging market in Japan it's
Nob. The presentation will cover
- The current status of blogging in Japan - who, how and why
- Business blogging. How blogging is being used to help businesses both
in Japan and worldwide
- The future of blogging in Japan

For anyone who knows that blogging is more than a cool word to throw
around at a cocktail party, or wants to explore the business
opportunities in the field of blogging, this will be an enticing
presentation. There will be ample time for Q&A.

Nob Seki's experience and qualifications include a MBA from Carnegie
Mellon University, a long career at the prestigious Nikkei BP and since
2003 key player at Six Apart, one of the leading companies in the world
of blogging their products Movable Type and Typepad. In Japan Six Apart,
lead by Nob, has quickly grown to a team of 20 staff providing blogging
solutions for some of the leading ISPs as well as business clients. An
interview with Nob commenting on the Japanese blogging market will be
featured in an upcoming book
http://radio.weblogs.com/0001011/2005/05/28.html#a10237 by world famous
bloggers Robert Schobel http://scoble.weblogs.com/ and Shel Israel
http://seems2shel.typepad.com/.

DATE: Wednesday 13 July

TIME: Doors open 19.00 'til late, Presentation starts 19:30

VENUE: http://www.thepinkcow.com

COST: No Charge for entry! Bar and food pay as you go
RedHook beer on special for the night!
Registration NOT required. Just turn up

Future events for 2005 will be on the 2nd Wednesday of the month:
10 Aug - Quentin O'Mahony, AMT Group, Senior Management Trainer
- Emotional Intelligence
... then 14 Sep, 12 Oct, 9 Nov, 14 Dec

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conceived by Pink Cow owner Traci Consoli to bring together people
building their own business. COMspiracy reflects the association with
the IT and COMputer industry has has the mission to 'bring together
people building IT businesses'. Comspiracy events are
presenter/networking events normally held on the 2nd Wednesday of every
month.

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Organizers:
Andrew Shuttleworth (www.andrewshuttleworth.com)
Tabemo Dining Club www.tabemo.com
20%+ discounts on top Tokyo restaurants using your PC or phone
The Pink Cow
www.thepinkcow.com - cool place, yummy food!

Supporting organizations:
-> International Computer Association, Thur. Jun. 15 - www.icajapan.jp
Recent Trends in the IT Job Market - Essential Insights for IT Career
Management. A Round-Table Discussion with Industry Specialists from
Microsoft, Goldman Sachs & Hartford Life.

-> Investor & Executive Networking Meeting,
www.jci-inc.com

-> Entrepreneur Association of Tokyo
www.ea-tokyo.com

-> http://japan.ecademy.com - Connecting Business People

-> NetTokyo - www.nettokyo.jp