Immediately after the AMA's workshop on blogs, join us for a "Marketing Wonk" dinner. It's an open-invitation soiree for marketing professionals attending the workshop and for marketing pros in the Chicago area.

"Marketing Wonk" receptions are open-invitation, Dutch-treat dinners for marketing people to meet other marketers and talk about their favorite subject: marketing.

There's no agenda, no speakers, no presentations, (and for the sake of everyone's sanity, no selling)... just the chance for marketers to meet other marketers and share their hot marketing opinions.

The details:
* When: Friday, Feb. 18, 2005
* Where: The fourth-floor dining area of the Nordstrom building in the Shops of Northbridge, 520 N. Michigan. There are plenty of food choices in the food court. Buy a dinner at one of the court's restaurants and bring it over to the Wonk, which is right next to the Potbelly's.
* When: 5:30 p.m. until 7:30 p.m.
* Who's hosting: Ben McConnell and Jackie Huba, authors of "Creating Customer Evangelists" and the Church of the Customer blog
* Who'll be there: Confirmed marketing wonks so far include:
    -- Toby Bloomberg, proprietor of Bloomberg Marketing
    -- Henry Copeland, founder of Blogads
    -- Pat Goodrich, senior director of the American Marketing Association
    -- Bill Flitter, CMO of Pheedo 
    -- Dan Hess, SVP of comScore
    -- Dana VanDen Heuvel, founder of Blog Savant
    -- Clara Nelson of the American Marketing Association
    -- Wayne Pelletier, interactive creative director of 360i
    -- Andy Sernowitz, CEO of the Word of Mouth Marketing Association

* Cost: Free. Just pay for your own dinner at one of the nearby restaurants.
To see the confirmed attendee list as it's updated, go to http://customerevangelists.typepad.com/blog/2005/02/chicago_marketi.html. If you plan to attend, reply via the comment field at that URL or email Ben McConnell: ben@customerevangelists.com