In a Xtalks Web Conference on Wednesday, May 9, 2007, 1:00 - 3:00pm EST, Rob Hull, Founder, CFO and Vice President, Client Services, Adaptive Planning, Inc. will walk you through real company, real world success stories! http://xtalks.com/bfr.ashx

Real World Success Stories from Midsized Companies and Nonprofit Organizations

The budgeting, forecasting, and reporting process presents a formidable challenge to most organizations, regardless of size or industry. Yet it is also a crucial element of financial management, and a huge contributor to an organization's overall success or failure.

The good news is that budgeting, forecasting, and reporting have never been easier! Learn how leading midsized companies and nonprofit organizations such as AAA, Healthways, the VIF Program, and more have been able to move beyond Excel by applying best practices and leveraging new technologies - with remarkable ease, and at very low cost.

Tune in to this web cast and Rob Hull will walk you through real company, real world success stories! At the end of one hour you will know how to:

- Decrease the time spent manipulating spreadsheets and cut months off your budgeting process
- Support fund accounting in your planning and financial statements
- Eliminate errors due to broken links and formulas
- Enhance collaboration with, and ownership by, managers in different departments and regions
- Enable timely analysis of changing business conditions and what-if scenarios
- Implement an easy to try, easy to implement, easy to use, AFFORDABLE solution!

Register for free: http://xtalks.com/bfr.ashx

The web conference is sponsored by:

Adaptive Planning

Adaptive Planning is the leading provider of collaborative business performance management (BPM) solutions. Adaptive Planning makes it easy for nonprofit organizations, midsize companies, and departments of larger corporations to move beyond spreadsheets and improve performance by automating their budgeting, forecasting, reporting, and analysis. Adaptive Planning provides extraordinary flexibility and value, with on-demand and on-premises solutions, open source and commercial licensing terms, and pricing--including a free version of the product--that delivers a total cost of ownership that is a fraction of the cost of traditional BPM and business intelligence software. Adaptive Planning is headquartered in Mountain View, Calif. and can be reached by telephone at 650-528-7500 or via email at e-mail protected from spam bots.
Website: http://www.adaptiveplanning.com/.

About Xtalks

Xtalks brings industry experts to executives' desktops around the world in a web-based information network that provides insight into breaking business issues through interactive digital web conferences. Xtalks web conferences allow anyone with interest in a particular topic to participate in a web meeting by synchronizing their desktop computer and phone alongside industry experts. Xtalks is part of The Honeycomb Worldwide Group of Companies.

Honeycomb Worldwide creates peer-to-peer business-oriented social networking communities, connecting senior level executives by delivering content through new and established media channels. www.honeycombworldwide.com

For more information on this conference or Xtalks in general, or to enquire about speaking opportunities or sponsoring future events, visit www.xtalks.com or contact Karen Anderson, Chief Marketing Officer, at 312-977-1166.

Register: http://xtalks.com/bfr.ashx