I will let the people at Ning give the best description of what they are: “Ning is the only online service where you can create, customize, and share your own Social Network for free in seconds.” It is like MySpace and Google or Yahoo Groups and You Tube all rolled into one.

“Ning is a platform for creating your own social networks. Our passion is putting new social networks in the hands of anyone with a good idea. With Ning, your social network can be anything and for anyone.

You start by choosing a combination of features (videos, blogs, photos, forums, etc.) from an ever-growing list of options. Then customize how it looks, decide if it’s public or private, add your brand logo if you have one, and enable the people on your network to create their own custom personal profile pages.”

Ning is truly innovative, which is why I love it. I have not explored it yet – I just saw it today – and intend to use it. What the people at Ning have done is create what they call a platform, or collection of technologies that keeps expanding and is unlimited to its members. I and other members can create what I define as a social network as I perceive and desire it.

I am excited about this opportunity. They do provide businesses the opportunity to create a branding of a social network. It will be interesting to see how this develops.

“CPSI offers processes, tools, networking, challenges, stimulation, concepts and solutions for unlocking your creative spirit and implementing new ideas. Whether you’re looking to increase creativity in your business, educational or personal life, we welcome you and invite you to join us in a celebration of applied imagination.

Unlike most professional and personal development conferences, CPSI brings together a wide diversity of backgrounds and geography, which enriches the variety of ideas that will lead to insight. You’ll rub elbows and learn with teachers, business executives, students, writers, doctors, philosophers, entrepreneurs, engineers, artists, researchers, managers, inventors, consultants, conflict mediators, HR professionals, healthcare professionals, community leaders, explorers, thinkers and dreamers. At CPSI, regardless of background we all recognize that creativity comes in many diverse packages and has endless application. So please come join us in a beautiful setting that encourages relaxation, learning, thinking and exploration!”

For more information about this outstanding conference, go to cpsiconference.com.