Heard of TED? You'll love Mediabistro Circus. (I may be able to get you in, too :)

Mediabistro Circus is our premier 2-day event in NYC, June 2-3. The theme is Extraordinary Impact: Do more with less. In this crazy economy, we have lots of new opportunities and challenges. The goal of this event is to equip you to create those opportunities and meet those challenges. Everyone needs to attend, from editors and writers to sales, marketing, and PR people.

This isn't one of those sprawling "which panel should I go to now?" conferences. We've cut through the everyday onslaught of information to curate an event that brings you true innovators who you can really learn from. They've managed to make amazing things happen. That's the "Extraordinary Impact" part.

You'll meet Steve Duenes and Andrew DeVigal from The New York Times's groundbreaking online journalism team. Check out the recent feature on them in NYMag. (I love that they called them "renegade cybergeeks.")

You'll meet BusinessWeek.com EIC John Byrne, who has dragged his dubious staff into the twittersphere and welcomed readers into the newsroom, creating a "journalism of engagement" which should be a model for media people everywhere.

You'll meet Gina Bianchini, co-founder and CEO of Ning.com, who will take the talk about social media past the "get on Twitter" phase to show you why you need to have your own social network--and how to set it up.

You'll meet Keith Ferrazzi, who will show you exactly how to build a real-life network without being an annoying networker. His books Never Eat Alone and Who's Got Your Back? are about creating meaningful connections, and after his talk we'll break for lunch so you can take your new skills for a test drive.

And there are so many more! Best-seller Tim Ferriss (The 4-Hour Workweek), internet phenom Gary Vaynerchuk (Wine Library TV), and Wired editor Jeff Howe (Crowdsourcing)...

Some of these folks you may not have heard of -- yet -- but you'll have to trust me when I tell you that their thinking applies to you, your work and your life.

I really want to make the Circus affordable because I know how valuable it will be and I want you to be there. That's why I've set aside 20 2-day tickets for $245--that's 65% off the early-bird price. To get the friends-of-Laurel discount, just use the code LT245 when you enroll. But you gotta jump on it, because when they're gone, they're gone.

You can read the full Circus program, but the clock is ticking. Better to click here to sign up now.

Questions? Email me.

-- Laurel Touby