CFUnited has been a handful this year! Its because we have so much great stuff going on.

Help me welcome Cara Beverage and Tara Kossari our new interns!

Cara, a friend of mine, has been a big helper every year and she's decided to join the Stellr team for a little while.

Tara also comes from University of Maryland and she's my event planning intern who is really eager to make this event amazing.

So that's Liz, Nafisa, Cara, and Tara who will be hosting your experience this year. Don't under estimate what's to come.

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We have new information!

http://cfunited.com/2009/travel

Unfortunately we could not provide group rates for overflow hotels. However, we are providing a FREE shuttle to 3 nearby hotels! And we've included price ranges for your convenience.

Holiday Inn Carrodoc Hall (3.58 miles; 5-10 Minutes Away)
As low as $105 per night
1500 East Market Street
Leesburg , VA 20176

Hampton Inn (6.43 miles; 10-15 Minutes Away)
As low as $135.15 per night
46331 McCellan Way
Sterling, VA 20165

Comfort Suites (5.38 miles; 10 Minutes Away)
As low as $125.99 per night
80 Prosperity Ave
Leesburg, VA, US, 20175

View Map of Hotel Shuttle Route. Shuttles will run often. Exact times will be announced on July 17th.

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Thank you to all our Track Chairs and Co-Chairs.

These are the people who have volunteered their time to help me provide guidance for our speakers. Our objective is to make sure our tracks have the best and most accurate content possible.

AIR and UI Development -ROB RUSHER & JOSH ADAMS

Best Practices -SCOTT STROZ & SHLOMY GANTZ & SEAN CORFIELD

ColdFusion (advanced) -TERRY RYAN & RAY CAMDEN & CHAZ CHUMLEY

ColdFusion (basics) -TERRY RYAN & SCOTT STROZ & RAY CAMDEN

Configuration,Testing & Deployment -JOSHUA CYR & DOUG HUGHES

Databases -NATE NELSON & JEREMY KADLEC

Flex (advanced) -ANDREW POWELL

Flex (basics) -PETER BELL & BRIAK KOTEK

Frameworks -SEAN CORFIELD & ADAM HASKELL

Managing Projects -SHLOMY GANTZ

OO Development -CHAZ CHUMLEY & BRIAN KOTEK

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Do you have it all?

I brought in a celebrity to speak at CFUnited. I saw Janine Driver in DC in June and she's hilarious and has a ton of great tips for business professionals. She will show you how to climb the ladder in your career. She's trained many in the government and law enforcement agencies, now she's reaching to business professionals like us. (See the link to her recent TV show appearances below)

For all you "LIE TO ME" show fans: Janine Driver's mentor is Dr. Paul Ekman, the inspiration behind the new hit TV show.

Her topic is "The New Executive Presence"

Speaking Times:
Thu. 3:15PM-4:15PM
Fri. 9:00AM-10:00AM

Janine Driver, Body Language Contributor for NBC's The Today Show, has been dubbed the "Lyin' Tamer" and that's L-Y-I-N Tamer because...she knows when people are lying! Janine is a world-renowned body language expert, international speaker, author and life coach. She has been seen on the Big Idea with Donny Deutsch, CNN, the History Channel, ESPN, Fox News Live and many more. She is the author of The Masters of Success and will release her second book with Crown Publishing, "YOU SAY MORE THAN YOU THINK: A 7- Day Plan on How to Use the New Body Language to Get What You Want", February 2010. Janine's background is as fascinating as the subject matter she teaches. By day, she spent more than a decade as an award- winning Federal Law Enforcement Officer for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), training 30,000+ cops, lawyers and judges in the fine art of separating fact from fiction. By night, she thrilled audiences as a stand up comic who shared the stage with Chris Rock, Robin Williams and Ray Romano. Today, Janine teaches her recently de-classified body language strategies to thousands of businesses around the globe! Her motto: "If I can teach cops to get the bad guys to confess, then I can teach YOU to easily get the people in your life to say 'YES'!"


Watch videos of her recent appearances on TV

I decided to bring in something a little different to this conference. I hope everyone enjoy this rare experience.

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