Would you like the opportunity to hear from 60 bright minds on digital influence but do so in a compact 60 minutes?

Today I received details from the publicist of an event that is been billed as the shortest marketing conference ever - 'The Influencer Project'.

This is FREE conference taking place on 6 July 2010 at 6pm (no details of the time zone so it's likely to be PST or ET).

The conference promises to offer:

-  How to discover and cultivate a tribe of like-minded individuals who support your work and increase your circle of influence

- What hasn't changed about business for over 300 years, that continues to make or break companies online

- One of the most common mistakes nearly every business makes that strips them of their power to connect more deeply with their constituents and prospects.

If you can not attend the event live You'll also receive, at no cost, a full MP3 recording and PDF transcript of the event.

Some of the speakers that are at the events incude some of my favourite people online including:

- Brian Clark
- Tony Hseih
- John Jantsch
- Justin Levy
- David Meerman Scott
- Michael Port
- Joe Pulizzi
- Robert Scoble.

Register to attend the FREE event here.

I am guessing this is a pre recorded session with a minute of tips from each speaker. That makes for a whole lot of podcast editing!

My only wish for the Influencer Project? That there were some non US/Canadian voices (I only recognised one of the speakers as being from the UK). Who would you have included if this 60 speakers in 60 minutes could have been from 60 nations?

Did you know that Tony Hseih CEO of Zappos the innovative online retailer has a new book called 'Delivering Happiness' which is being launched on Monday 7 June.

I just came across the book launch but was inspired to decide to host a 'book launch' party for the book in Ireland to co-incide with 123 other book launch parties across the globe.

You see the subtitle of the book is something I think we all strive for as leaders - 'a path to profits, passion and purpose'.

So are you free on Monday 7 June 2010 around 8pm? Would you like to get together for a meetup where we share views on what your ideas are for finding a path to profits, passion and purpose in your business and professional life?

I know it's a holiday weekend but perhaps a few of you might like to join me. I've yet to decide a location - it will be in Dublin - and it would be great if we could get a sponsor because on the evening I'll be suggesting that we make a small donation to be split equally between Livestrong (Lance Armstrong's non profit organisation whose goal it is to eliminate cancer across the globe) and the Irish Cancer Society. (Tony has announced a collaboration to help raise funds for LiveStrong.)

So are you interested in joining me for an hour on Monday evening? You never know you just might leave with some great ideas for how to attract more profit into your business and be inspired to live a life where you deliver happiness to your co-workers and colleagues?

Register below if you plan to join me or over at Plancast, or Meetup.com, at LinkedIn or my Facebook event.

If you are not in Ireland then you can find an event near you at the global list of Meetups for the Delivering Happiness book launch here.

UPDATE 5 JUNE: I will also have FREE copies of 'Delivering Happiness' for attendees of the event so be sure to register to attend so I can organise the books to be delivered to us - this is thanks to Zappos.com

UPDATE 7 JUNE: The venue for the meetup is confirmed as The Fitzwilliam Hotel, St Stephen's Green, Dublin from 8pm (in the bar on the ground floor at the back of the hotel - the hotel is just opposite the Luas)

Here's a video from Tony about 'Delivering Happiness' to get you in the mood.

Date: Friday 18th June
Time: 11.00am  - 5.00pm
Venue: Clontarf Castle, Clontarf, Dublin 3
Speakers: Marian Finucane; Dr. Ivan Misner; Rob Brown, Brian Moore
Fee: Members - €25.00, Non-Members - €75.00

Here is one social networking event I won't be missing this year - frankly to hear one person and one person alone speak. and yes it is in person not online!

The event is being hosted by Network Dublin and the speaker I am particularly interested in hearing is Ivan Misner of BNI.

He  is the Founder and Chairman of BNI, the world's largest business networking and referral organisation which was founded in 1985 and started in Ireland 10 years ago. The organisation has over 70 chapters in Ireland and approximately 5,500 chapters worldwide and last year alone, BNI generated over 5.5 million referrals resulting in over €1.65 billion euros worth of business for its members.

It's in my diary - will you be there?

I was not planning to attend the forthcoming Chris Howard event taking place in Dublin, exspecially as I am booked to attend BizCamp Dublin on Saturday.

But I changed my mind when I saw a reminder email for the event today.

I attended one of his events a few years ago - in fact his first ever Irish event. Chris practices NLP and will be talking about how we often hold ourselves back due to our mindset.

Be aware also that you can attend his event at no cost - but during the course of the weekend - or any of his events - he will offer you the opportunity to invest in his programmes - so leave your credit card at home if you don't want to be tempted. That's not to say his programmes are not worth investing in - it's just a tip in case you are someone who suffers from buyers remorse!

So if you want to attend here is the link to book your place - let me know if you plan to be there too.

Yes this is a my referral link so if you pay nothing to attend and you spend nothing when there I won't receive any financial reward.

I hope Chris gives us some tips to help us get out of the way of our own success. Though I must admit I will need some convincing as I am not someone who believes or has seen anyone else enjoy overnight success - especially without having to work for it!