Sponsors

Allegra Print & Imaging offers the quality of a full-service commercial printer with the convenience and efficiency you need. Working side-by-side with you from start to finish, we provide total solutions to all of your projects. From planning and design through production and beyond, we proudly feature: single-color to multi-color printing; high-speed and digital copying; digital color copying; creative services, typesetting and pre-press; specialized thermography; direct mail services, including variable data; promotional products and company stores; corporate apparel and uniforms; recognition, awards and corporate gifting; secure online ordering, proof reviews and file uploads; and the Allegra Print & Imaging FootPRINT Fund for Non-Profit Friends.

The Arkansas Broadcasters Association was established in 1949 as the trade association representing radio and television stations in Arkansas. With more than 200 radio and television members and about 50 associate members, the association serves, promotes and protects the interests of broadcasters in the state through legislative efforts, education and member services. In addition, the association provides a number of scholarships and internships for students majoring in broadcasting.

The Arkansas Press Association was founded in 1873 to serve Arkansas and its weekly and daily newspapers. APA serves the public by helping protect basic freedoms of press, speech, public access to government and the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). The non-profit APA has two affiliates, Arkansas Press Services and Arkansas Newspaper Foundation.

APS offers several important services to the public, most notably connecting regional and statewide newspapers with the newspapers of Arkansas from an advertising standpoint with a unique turnkey service. The Foundation provides funds for scholarships, educational programs and the Arkansas Newspaper Museum.

Business Wire, a wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway, is the global market leader in commercial news distribution. Thousands of member companies and organizations depend on Business Wire to transmit their full-text news releases, regulatory filings, photos and other multimedia content to journalists, financial professionals, investor services, regulatory authorities and the general public worldwide.

Cranford Johnson Robinson Woods, one of the Southwest's largest full-service marketing and communications firms, offers its clients the full range of advertising, public relations and promotional support. CJRW's services include print, broadcast and outdoor advertising, publication design and production, new media and digital capabilities, consumer and trade communications, media planning and buying, consumer event coordination, turn-key interactive services, large-scale event management, strategic planning and public policy consultancy. CJRW has offices in Little Rock, Dallas and Northwest Arkansas (Springdale). The agency also owns Jones Productions, one of the region's leading film and video commercial production facilities.  The agency has more than 100 employees and an estimated $80+ million in capitalized billings. Serving clients from coast to coast and around the world, the agency, which was founded in 1961, is known for maintaining long relationships with clients -- several times the industry average, keeping some clients successful and satisfied for more than 40 years.

The Little Rock Convention and Visitors Bureau is a full-service bureau, with more than 120 full-time professionals on-hand to provide support in planning meetings, conventions or trips to the city, including information on hotels, dining, attractions, transportation and much more.

Established in 1972, Mangan Holcomb Partners is a full-service marketing, advertising and public relations agency providing clients with integrated marketing communications strategies using Power Ideas™. Representing clients throughout the South, the agency specializes in the agriculture, healthcare, education, financial, telecommunications, tourism and transportation industries. Mangan Holcomb Partners is a member of the American Association of Advertising Agencies. For more information, visit www.manganholcomb.com.

Marketwire is a full-service partner to public relations and marketing communications professionals seeking premier news distribution, media management, multimedia and monitoring solutions. The only fully integrated North America-based global newswire, Marketwire offers innovative products and services that help communication professionals maximize their effectiveness while ensuring accuracy and best practices.

Paschall Strategic Communications works with companies, associations, NGOs and individuals to identify specific communication goals and execute campaigns to achieve those goals. Our strategic direction enables our clients to shape public policy, build brand/name awareness and establish productive relationships with the media and targeted audiences. Paschall Strategic Communications' services include public affairs (issues management, grassroots advocacy, governmental affairs), public relations, multimedia advertising, video production and political consulting

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Every day at Rockfish Interactive, we leverage cutting-edge technology and award-winning design to deliver innovative products and services for our clients, our company and our global community. Our commitment to excellence and innovation will ensure the highest degree of execution in translating your ideas into performance-driven solutions. Key services include Web sites, Web applications, custom software, e-commerce, Intranet/Extranet, multimedia display systems, kiosks, Web-based training and search engine marketing and optimization.

Soundscapes is an audio production company with 25 years of experience producing sound for all types of electronic marketing media, creating award-winning radio, podcasts, music and more for clients all across the United States.  Soundscapes draws its voice talent from professional voice artists and actors nationwide, serving clients with ISDN technology that allows recording and producing to occur from coast to coast. Many of the world’s top music libraries fill our servers with every musical style you can imagine, and if you image something different, Soundscapes will create it for you with its custom music department. All this takes place in four world-class recording studios designed by renowned studio designer Russ Berger. Visit www.soundscapes.com to hear our work and get free downloadable wisdom on producing successful podcasts and radio campaigns.

Southwest Airlines was incorporated in Texas and commenced customer service on June 18, 1971, with three Boeing 737 aircraft serving three Texas cities -- Houston, Dallas and San Antonio. Today, Southwest operates more than 500 Boeing 737 aircraft among 64 cities. Southwest topped the monthly domestic originating passenger rankings for the first time in May 2003. Year-end results for 2006 marked Southwest's 34th consecutive year of profitability. Southwest became a major airline in 1989, when it exceeded the billion-dollar revenue mark. Southwest is the United States' most successful low-fare, high frequency, point-to-point carrier. Southwest operates more than 3,400 flights a day coast to coast, making it the largest U.S. carrier based on domestic departures.

Stone Ward is a company of people who help good clients who offer good products and services succeed. One part ad agency. One part technologists. One part connectors of brands and people – en masse or one-to-one.

We do this for companies who share our business philosophy of building good, defined by us as lasting trust built between brands and their customers and between the agency and our clients. A belief in the potential of every person, every client and every idea. A commitment to give something back. And a willingness to be measured against the highest standards of excellence, every day. For more information, please contact Blake Rutherford, director of public communications, at 501-604-6108

VMS provides senior corporate executives, chief marketing officers, corporate communications professionals, marketing teams and their advertising, marketing and public relations agencies with Integrated Media Intelligence Solutions that inform strategies for success while helping protect against competitive threats.  VMS delivers best-of-breed content with extraordinarily focused, actionable analysis that lets you reduce risks, reveal opportunities and create advantage.

Our solutions are built upon the richest, broadest, deepest content in the industry. We monitor and capture more media and advertising content across more markets than any other company. And we are the only media monitoring service to cover all 210 designated market areas (DMA®s) in the United States. We provide the most reliable, accurate and actionable analysis based on this content. We combine the most advanced advertising and media monitoring technologies with expert human analysis to deliver more value and relevance. And we do this across all key media in today's integrated mix - broadcast, Internet, radio, print and out-of-home. For more information, please contact Joan Kilanowski, executive director, at 501-375-3405 or 972-644-9696.

Webster University is an independent, comprehensive international university with undergraduate and graduate programs in various disciplines, including communications, the liberal arts, the fine and performing arts, teacher education and business. Webster University is accredited by The Higher Learning Commission and is a member of the North Central Association.