The following hotels are offering discounted rates for the 2008 Jim Blanchard Leadership Forum:

Columbus Marriott (706) 324-1800
Cutoff date: August 9, 2008

http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/csgmc-columbus-marriott/



Hilton Garden Inn (706) 660-1000
Cutoff date: August 18, 2008



http://www.hiltongardeninn.com/en/gi/hotels/index.jhtml?ctyhocn=CSGGHGI


Wyndham Garden Hotel (706) 507-1111
Cutoff date: August 8, 2008


http://www.wyndham.com/hotels/CSGWG/main.wnt


For additional accomodations and information please visit the Columbus Convention and Visitors Bureau at the link below:

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Tom Freidman's newest work 'Hot, Flat and Crowded' debuts to the world on September 8, 2008.

On September 9, 2008 amidst a $650,000 marketing campaign, he will join us here in Columbus, Georgia for the 2008 Jim Blanchard Leadership Forum! Friedman will be speaking on his new book as well as signing copies of 'Hot, Flat, and Crowded'.

In 2005, Thomas L. Friedman proved the world is flat. 3 years as a national bestseller MORE than 3 million copies sold and NOW, on September 8, 2008 Friedman delivers a rousing, essential call to action for our climate-challenged future in 'Hot, Flat, and Crowded'.

In 'Hot, Flat, and Crowded' Friedman shows us how:

• The convergence of global warming, the power of developing countries like India and China, and rapid population growth are driving a whole new set of global trends.
• Inventing the tools, systems, energy sources, and ethics that will allow the world to grow in cleaner, more sustaniable ways is the biggest new economic, intellectual, environmental, and geopolitical challenge of our lifetime.
• This challenge is actually an opportunity for America.
• We can either rise to a new level of innovation, leadership, and collaboration in meeting this challenge, or we will lose in a big way.
• Turning America into the World's greenest country is not charity or moral indulgence, but key to safegurading our national security, our economic interests, and our future.

SPECIAL LIMITED TIME OFFER:

Between June 23 and August 4, 2008 visit http://www.thomaslfriedman.com/ and sign up to recieve free audio downloads of 'The World is Flat' audiobooks as well as an exclusive preview audio excerpt of 'Hot, Flat and Crowded'.

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Monday, September 8, 2008

11:00 AM Doors Open

12:00 PM Lunch

1:00 PM Newt Gingrich
'21st Century Leadership: Moving from the World that Fails to the World that Works'

2:00 PM Book signing by Newt Gingrich

2:30 PM Jim Blanchard
'Vision'

3:00 PM General Russel Honore
'Creating a Culture of Preparedness'

4:00 PM Reception

6:00 PM A Taste of Uptown


Tuesday, September 9, 2008

7:30 AM Breakfast

8:30 AM Chief Justice Leah Ward Sears, Supreme Court of Georgia

10:00 AM Daniel Pink
'A Whole New Mind'

11:00 AM John Maxwell
'The 5 Levels of Leadership'

12:00 PM Lunch

1:00 PM Tom Friedman
'Hot, Flat, and Crowded'

2:00 PM Closing Remarks from Jim Blanchard
Book Signings by Tom Friedman, John Maxwell & Daniel Pink

** schedule times may be slightly adjusted to accommodate speakers**

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