IzeaFest 2009 Live From Orlando

I'm sitting here in the middle of the room in Orlando's Sea World Ports of Call conference room listening to all the great speakers of IzeaFest. If you couldn't make it, don't worry, you can join in on the conference too.  Here's the live stream from IzeaFest: Free Webcam Chat at Ustream This live stream is only available between October 2, 2009 and October 3, 2009....

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Some of you already know, because secrets like this are hard to keep, but IzeaFest 2009 will be at Sea World Orlando!  And every attendee gets a free pass to Sea World on the Sunday of the event! The official announcement went live today.  Here is the video announcement from Ted himself. Order IzeaFest 09 Tickets Here! IzeaFest has a lineup of awesome speakers this year as well.  So don't miss out on meeting and hearin...

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