Nth Degree Forms Face-to-Face Consulting Services Group with

World Headquarters 1492 Kelton Drive Stone Mountain, Georgia 30083 Phone 404-296-5282/800-621-7233 Fax 404-508-2979 Nth Degree Forms Face-to-Face Consulting Services Group with Experienced Event Marketing Executive Industry Veteran to Focus on Strategic Planning and Measurement of Tradeshows and Corporate Events For more information: Elise Simons Nth Degree 404-296-5282 esimons@ndegree.com STONE MOUNTAIN, GA/ March 18, 2002/Businesswire/ -- Nth Degree Global, LLC, one of the largest privately-held, face-to-face marketing companies in the world, today announced that Walter Edward Jones has joined the company as Vice President, Consulting Services. Ed Jones was most recently president and chief executive officer of Constellation Communication Corp., an event marketing and business communications consulting and research firm. He has also held senior management positions with Caribiner International and Jack Morton Worldwide. Mr. Jones will oversee Nth Degree’s Consulting Services Group, which provides strategic planning and measurement for tradeshows, corporate event marketing, and internal communications programs. Nth Degree offers labor management, event management, trade show management, and marketing services worldwide to more than 3,000 domestic and multinational clients, and supports more than 14,000 proprietary events, trade shows, and event marketing programs annually. The company has twenty-three domestic offices, including all major convention cities, a presence in Germany, and strategic partnerships in Mexico, the United Kingdom, Australia, and Asia. Mr. Jones has nearly 30 years of experience in the face-to-face marketing industry helping companies achieve measurable event marketing results by designing effective research, communications, and measurement programs. Prior to founding Constellation Communications, Mr. Jones served as president and general manager of Right Source, a division of Jack Morton Worldwide. Mr. Jones also founded the market research and consulting firm Executive Education & Management, Inc., which provided consulting services to many of the world’s largest companies and which was acquired by Caribiner International. Mr. Jones has conducted large-scale event analysis and measurement for events such as Geneva Telecom and Gartner Group’s U.S., European and Australian Symposiums. He has also conducted executive level customer seminar projects for AT&T, Gartner Group, Harris Corporation, MCI, and Nortel, among others. - more - “Nth Degree is unique in that the company is one of the few organizations willing to dedicate significant resources to help clients design, measure, and improve their communications programs,” explained Ed Jones. “Using serious research, experience-based consulting, and effective measurement, I’m looking forward to helping Nth Degree’s clients achieve much greater results per dollar spent on corporate communications activity.” “Our clients are increasingly asking for strategically positioned programs designed for measurable results, so we’re extremely excited to have a consultant of Ed’s caliber and experience as part of the Nth Degree team,” commented Kevin Rowe, president of Nth Degree. “Ed’s extensive industry background, coupled with his experience in developing successful programs that deliver a measurable return on investment, will add a new dimension to Nth Degree’s efforts to support our clients’ diverse face-to-face marketing initiatives worldwide.” About Nth Degree Nth Degree, based in Stone Mountain, Georgia, is one of the largest privately-held, face-toface marketing companies in the world. The company offers labor management, event management, trade show management, and marketing services worldwide to more than 3,000 domestic and multinational clients, and supports more than 12,000 proprietary events, trade shows, and event marketing programs annually. Nth Degree has twenty-three domestic offices, including all major convention cities, one in Germany, and strategic partnerships in Mexico, the United Kingdom, Australia, and Asia. Additional information is available on Nth Degree (www.ndegree.com). ###