StarCite Launches Project-based Labor Solutions;
Partners with i-Meet for Resource Pool of Talent

Community Provides Experienced Base of Professionals Worldwide; Clients Benefit with On-Demand Staffing and Support

Philadelphia, PA (USA) August 18, 2011 – i-Meet.com, the professional and social network for people who plan meetings and events, announced today a strategic partnership with StarCite (www.starcite.com) that introduces a new turn-key project-based labor solution that will deliver highly-credentialed registration build-out specialists on an “as-needed” basis for their worldwide clients.

Project-based labor has experienced a strong spike in demand given the uptick in the number of meetings planned, and the need to control costs in this volatile economic environment.  Clients like the idea of gaining access to highly experienced independent professionals who can meet their needs, while keeping costs limited to specific projects. The StarCite – i-Meet partnership is envisioned to help companies better manage their meetings and events with access to the right talent when it’s needed, and at a predictable price that flexes in and out based on demand.

“With the number of events growing at most of our major clients, finding on-demand, project-based talent is an emerging challenge,” said Betty McNulty, SVP Global Account Management & Customer Operations for StarCite.  “This agreement will help ensure that our clientswill always have the capacity and the talent available for their meetings and events.  Our partnership with i-Meet gives us access to experienced, independent meeting professionals globally, and combined with our own unique qualifying process, we’re in a position to really help with cost-effective labor solutions.”

StarCite has always offered professional services around its platform capabilities.  With a highly qualified and fully vetted resource pool of independent professionals now available to its clients, StarCite has improved its solutions set by filling one of the top needs for planning departments – access to on-demand resources.  As part of its value proposition, it rigorously screens independent professionals specifically for client assignments, taking into consideration industry requirements, meeting types and required registration site content and management.  Its newly created pool of web registration build out specialists is globally dispersed, experienced and ready to engage almost immediately.

i-Meet’s Skills Marketplace is a service that finds and qualifies independent meeting industry professionals worldwide, providing a process to help them market and secure these project-based opportunities.

“It’s great to see meetings on the rise again, and the demand for talent following that trend,” said John Pino, Founder and CEO of i-Meet.  “Our partnership with StarCite is a natural progression of creating value and solid solutions for corporations, especially those engaged with Strategic Meetings Management (SMM) initiatives, who need a variable labor approach.  We’re thrilled to be a part of the innovative solutions that StarCite is offering, and happy that our global community of members will benefit from the opportunities.”

About I-MeetCreated by the Founder of StarCite, www.i-Meet.com is focused on building the industry's most relevant worldwide online community for the meeting and event industry. With 55,000 members from over 150 countries around the world to date, i-Meet brings social networking, web 2.0 tools, work flow and relationship opportunities, and industry intelligence to its members and suppliers. Learn more about i-Meet at www.i-Meet.com and follow i-Meet on Twitter @I_Meet.

Media Contacts:Chip Stockman
I-Meet
cstockman@i-Meet.com
610.999.2186