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Jeff Scholes
Linkage, Inc.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Global Organizational Development Company Continues to Raise Conference Industry Bar with World-Class Speakers including Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Henry Kissinger and Larry Bossidy at the Linkage, Inc. HR Masters Symposium

BURLINGTON, MASS. (June 19, 2003) - Linkage, Inc. a global organizational development company that specializes in leadership development continues to raise the bar in the conference industry with the Linkage, Inc. HR Masters Symposium taking place this October 26-29 in Palm Desert, Calif. The Linkage program promises the same quality of content and seniorlevel executives as last year's acclaimed event with many exciting enhancements designed to drive innovation and collaboration within the best-of-the-best in the HR community.

"We helped to mold the HR conference space into what it is today. With over 15 years of benchmarked excellence, we take great pride in producing the highest quality programs and development experiences on the market, says Linkage, Inc. CEO, Phil Harkins. "Early registrations indicate our attendance is on the rise, a trend that appears to be unique to Linkageproduced events. We credit this trend to recent innovations in our conference design as evidenced at our June Organizational Development Summit in Chicago where attendance nearly doubled over last year to 800. "As a result, we are excited about the expected turnout of over 350 senior HR executives at the Linkage, Inc. HR Masters Symposium."

Over 3.5 days, an exclusive group of HR's senior executives and leading providers of HR products and services will join together for a world-class immersion program of keynotes, best practice presentations, peer working sessions, business meetings, and networking events. Together, they will learn from fellow leaders, discover what's innovative in their field, strategize, and create actionable plans for leveraging their organization's human capital asset. The Symposium includes:

• Brand new faculty of visionaries and thought-leaders representing an unprecedented keynote faculty including Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Henry Kissinger, Larry Bossidy, Pat Mitchell, Warren Bennis, Erin Gruwell, Roger Nierenberg, Marshall Goldsmith, Libby Sartain, C.K. Prahalad, Michael Abrashoff, and Boomer Esiason.
  
• Best-of-the-Best Award Winners: 15 hours, 15 award winners, and 5 tracks of best practice presentations from the best-of-the-best in HR. Learn from the top organizations recognized in 2002 and 2003 by Fortune, Workforce Optimas Awards, Training magazine's Top 100, Fast Company's Fast 25 Companies, and Business Ethics 100 Best.
  
• HR assemblies join HR executives with common responsibilities, interests, and organizational challenges with an expert facilitator to collaboratively drive solutions for HR and within their individual organizations.
  
• Unparalleled networking opportunities in a formal setting with our unique one-on-one business meeting model where executives can explore and investigate the innovations in the field that offer bottom line impact and true ROI.