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Coffee Fest has been serving the specialty coffee and gourmet tea industries since 1992. Viewed by most as the best show in America and around the world specifically for all those involved with retailing coffee. Coffee Fest continues to evolve and stay at the forefront of emerging trends.

If it looks like coffee, smells like coffee, goes well with coffee or is coffee you will find it at Coffee Fest. Everything under the sun that would be found in an upscale coffee shop on either side of the counter, including the counter would be found on the exhibition floor at Coffee Fest. The best coffee retail education, training and workshops are found at Coffee Fest. Click on a show above for more specific information about a specific upcoming show.

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As the world economy continues to slowly pull itself out of the recession, compensation and benefits experts, HR professionals, and work-life specialists are once again looking for new ways to help their organizations recover.  And the key to success is finding ideas that attract, motivate and retain the best talent.  Well, we know just the place to find those ideas!

WorldatWork (www.worldatwork.org) is a not-for-profit organization providing education, conferences and research focused on global human resources issues including compensation, benefits, work-life and integrated total rewards to attract, motivate and retain a talented workforce. Founded in 1955, WorldatWork has nearly 30,000 members in more than 100 countries. Its affiliate organization, WorldatWork Society of Certified Professionals®, is the certifying body for the prestigious Certified Compensation Professional® (CCP®), Certified Benefits Professional® (CBP), Global Remuneration Professional (GRP®), Work-Life Certified Professional™ (WLCP®), Certified Sales Compensation Professional™ (CSCP™), and Certified Executive Compensation Professional™ (CECP™). WorldatWork has offices in Scottsdale, Arizona, and Washington, D.C.

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COPAA’s mission is to be a national voice for special education rights and to promote excellence in advocacy. Our primary goal is to secure high quality educational services for children with disabilities.

COPAA is premised on the belief that the key to effective educational programs for children with disabilities is collaboration -as equals- by parents and educators. This is the premise of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and Section 504 of the 1973 Rehabilitation Act, the federal statutes that guarantee children with disabilities a free, appropriate public education.

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For more than a quarter of a century, the SCAA has inspired specialty coffee professionals in their quest to learn, grow and collaborate for the betterment of the specialty coffee industry.

We offer our members every opportunity for success through education, training, resources and business services. This focus has enabled the association to grow into the world’s largest coffee trade association, with members representing more than 40 countries and every segment of the specialty coffee industry, from growers to roasters and retailers.

The SCAA has also been at the forefront of developing and promoting specialty coffee and is committed to meeting the challenges of a rapidly changing industry by setting and maintaining standards, expanding our professional certification programs, conducting industry-specific research, and providing even more opportunities to connect, exchange, and work together so our industry continues to thrive.

Even in challenging times, the SCAA remains focused on what we love . . . coffee. It is at the heart of what we do, and the knowledge that it brings great pleasure to millions of people, gives us the incentive to continue to work with our members to improve the livelihood of those involved in coffee around the world.

Together with our members, we will ensure coffee, and the people involved in coffee, may reach its fullest potential.

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Dateline—-March 24, 2011  San Francisco Hilton Union Square

The Craft Brewers Conference 2011 has convened in The City, San Francisco.  The CBC (http://www.craftbrewersconference.com/) kicked off this Thursday morning with the opening General Session.  A full house crowded every square inch of the Hilton SF Grand Ballroom.  Dan McGonagle from Media One AV (http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/djdarkstardan) said, “I have worked this property (http://www.hiltonsanfranciscohotel.com) so many times and I have never seen the ballroom so packed with people.”  The ballroom was indeed filled to capacity and the fun was just beginning.  Later in the General Session, Sierra Nevada Brewing Company (http://www.sierranevada.com/) distributed their 30th Anniversary beer, the XXX, to all of the members in attendance.  The XXX was contained in Champagne style bottles and those bottles started popping at 1030 in the morning, that would foretell the rest of the conference as awesome craft brew from many craft breweries from around North America shared their flavors with the CBC conference attendees during the next three days of the event.

All Star Media is a proud exhibitor and sponsor of the conference and all of the conference recordings are available for download on our web site, here is the link (http://www.allstartapes.com/conferences/conference_1509.shtml).  All Star Media is the leading conference recording company in the USA providing recording services for conferences and events in San Diego and throughout the United States of America.   All Star Media (http://www.allstartapes.com) is available to help provide recordings for your conference or event, contact David Lee Joy, CEO of All Star Media (david@allstartapes.com) for more information.

Over 3,000 attendees were present for the 2011 CBC San Francisco and many of the fine craft brewers were in attendance.  Greg Koch from Stone Brewery (http://www.stonebrew.com/), located in All Star Media’s hometown of San Diego, visited the All Star Media sales booth.  Greg Koch is opening a brewery in Europe soon, the first American Craft Brewer to open a brewery in Europe.  Quite a feat, I said to Greg, “That is a big risk for you,” and he said, “Any business venture is a risk.”  I admire Greg Koch’s ambition and confidence to open an American Craft Brewery in Europe and I am confident that he will be successful in his venture.

Other Craft Brew companies exhibiting and sampling their beers at the 2011 CBC included, Dog Fish Head (http://www.dogfish.com/), Sam Adams (http://www.samueladams.com), Deschutes Brewing (http://www.deschutesbrewery.com), Lazy Magnolia Brewing Company from Brett Favre’s hometown of Kiln, MS (http://www.lazymagnolia.com), San Francisco’s very own Dave McLean from the Magnolia Gastropub & Brewery (www.magnoliapub.com), San Diego local Garry Pitman from Manzanita Brewing Company (www.manzanitabrewing.com) and many other small craft breweries.  I was impressed with the number of new craft brewers at the 2011 CBC and that number continues to grow.  Right now, the Craft Brew segment of the Beer industry sales encompasses about six (6%) percent of the overall beer sales market.  The Craft Brew segment of beer sales continues to rise and it will only become stronger in the future.  I have much respect for any individual who takes on the challenge of starting a new business, and the craft brewers have a lot of optimism going forward, such a great event and the growth of the CBC has been phenomenal.  On to new heights.  Cheers.  dj

PHOTOS COURTESTY OF:   Derek Lubich, Owner of Reel Media Video and Photography Productions (http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/profile.php?id=1849591222)