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Clever Zebra and Kelly Services Team-Up for vBusiness Expo
Companies Offer Best Practices During First Public Virtual Business Conference
| Source: Kelly Services, Inc.
TROY, MI--(Marketwire - April 23, 2008) - Think the virtual world is just for branding and
marketing? Think again. Global companies are investing significant
resources in the virtual world to drive key business outcomes. Hosted by
Clever Zebra, the vBusiness Expo will be held on April 24 - 27, 2008 in
Second Life and will feature presentations from Kelly Services, Dell, IBM
and Forrester Research. The vBusiness Expo is free and open to the public
while spaces are available.
"The use of virtual worlds as a business operations tool is rapidly
changing the way business is done," said Dave Fenech, senior director of
eBusiness at Kelly Services. "As the virtual world continues to evolve,
benefits will quickly move beyond the marketing, branding and customer
relationship enhancements. Early adopters of virtual technology can secure
a lasting productivity advantage through enhanced collaboration, team
building and enterprise-wide innovation."
From collaboration and innovation to customer interface and problem
resolution, global companies are increasing productivity, improving
processes and creating new revenue opportunities through the use of virtual
worlds. The vBusiness Expo will emphasize the emerging real-world business
applications, and will share best practices for companies that are
investigating or seeking to leverage the virtual world in their business
practices.
"Companies that are reluctant to explore the immersive power of virtual
worlds are missing a considerable opportunity to create a clear
differentiator in the increasingly competitive marketplace," said Nick
Wilson, chief executive officer of Clever Zebra. "Whether the priority is
increasing productivity, innovation or team collaboration, companies are
well-advised to develop a virtual world strategy."
Given the current economic challenges and uncertainties, many companies
have discovered the use of the virtual world as an effective cost
containment strategy -- significantly reducing travel and meeting expenses
-- while helping their organizations to connect globally, to interface with
their customers, and to solve problems with an enterprise-wide approach.
To register click the link:
http://cleverzebra.com/vbusiness/expo/registration
About Kelly Services
Kelly Services, Inc. (NASDAQ : KELYA ) (NASDAQ : KELYB ) is a world leader in
human resources solutions headquartered in Troy, Michigan, offering
temporary staffing services, outsourcing, vendor on-site and full-time
placement. Kelly operates in 37 countries and territories. Kelly provides
employment to more than 750,000 employees annually, with skills including
office services, accounting, engineering, information technology, law,
science, marketing, creative services, light industrial, education, and
health care. Revenue in 2007 was $5.7 billion. Visit
www.kellyservices.com.
About Clever Zebra
Clever Zebra is a virtual worlds development company whose broad mission is
to promote business and education in virtual worlds by lowering the barrier
to entry. The company, whose employees have never met in real life, are
located in Denmark, the US and Canada and live and work in Second Life.
Clever Zebra make all of their virtual world constructions available for
free under the General Public License to anyone who wants to set up a
corporate presence in the virtual world.