PeopleJam And Nightingale-Conant Corporation Announce Comprehensive Partnership: Online Personal Development Community to Offer Collection of Vid

LOS ANGELES (BusinessWire EON) September 19, 2007 -- Nightingale-Conant (http://www.nightingale.com), one of the world's largest suppliers of motivational CDs, MP3s, DVDs and books for more than 45 years, was co-founded in 1960 by Earl Nightingale, renowned radio announcer and voice of the radio program Our Changing World, and entrepreneur Lloyd Conant. Among Nightingale-Conant's leading roster of experts are Tony Robbins, Brian Tracy, Dale Carnegie, Dr. Wayne Dyer and Deepak Chopra. The company's recordings offer advice from business authors, motivational speakers and personal skill trainers in the areas of personal development, business strategy, wealth building, mind & body, spiritual growth and sales training.

"We are pleased to join forces with PeopleJam who shares our passionate vision for helping people realize their full potential and achieve their goals in life," said Chappell. "It is exciting to be working with such an innovative company that is committed to providing the best possible user experience for online consumers of personal development material."

Under the terms of the partnership, PeopleJam will offer its users and syndication partners a unique collection of video and audio clips produced from Nightingale-Conant DVDs and audio CDs. This is the first time that select components of Nightingale products that retail for hundreds of dollars or more will be offered at no charge in a form that drives inspiring personal discussions in an interactive environment. The level of engagement around Nightingale content on PeopleJam enables users to find out more about Nightingale's experts, to converse with peers online about the life topics covered within the products and to discuss the advice shared by the experts in terms of how it relates to the user's own life experiences. All of the Nightingale segments will be linked to an opportunity to purchase the full-length products for offline consumption.

Nightingale-Conant experts to be spotlighted in the online videos and audios include:

-- Brian Tracy, author/narrator of countless bestselling audiocassette programs, including: The Psychology of Achievement, Breaking the Success Barrier, and one of America's leading authorities on the development of human potential and personal effectiveness;

-- Dale Carnegie, who revolutionized the human relations movement and created the Dale Carnegie Course as a forum for overcoming worry and fear and developing human relations and leadership skills;

-- Dr. Wayne Dyer, a recognized leader in the self-development field, is a popular lecturer, psychotherapist, and bestselling author of numerous Nightingale-Conant audio programs; and

-- Deepak Chopra, hailed as the "pioneer in the medicine of the future," is nationally recognized in the holistic health field for popularizing Ayurveda, India's ancient system of natural healing and one of the fastest forms of alternative treatment in America, to help people take control of their lives and remain more robust and youthful as they age.

Other Nightingale-Conant experts include Tony Robbins, Jack Canfield (Chicken Soup for the Soul), Gary Null, Zig Ziglar, Les Brown and Jim Rohn.

About Nightingale-Conant

The Nightingale-Conant Corporation (http://www.nightingale.com) is the world's premier producer and publisher of personal development audio programs, resources and services. For nearly 50 years, their mission has been to connect growth-minded individuals with the tools and information they need to create a comprehensively successful life.

The products Nightingale-Conant offers cover a wide range of categories, including Motivation, Sales Training, Spiritual Growth, Health and Wellness, Debt Reduction, Financial Management, Wealth Building, Business Development, Entrepreneurship and more. The authors they publish are among the most highly esteemed, internationally-renowned experts in their fields, including Zig Ziglar, Jim Rohn, Brian Tracy, Gary Null, Robert Allen, and hundreds of others.

While audio programs remain the core element of their business, Nightingale-Conant has steadily expanded the scope of product offerings over the years. Today, in addition to audio, video, and multimedia programs by world-class authors, products and services also include personal coaching and mentoring programs, interactive online services, and email-based subscriptions.

The exceptional quality and extraordinary content of all Nightingale-Conant's products continue to set the industry standards for integrity, substance, and commitment to excellence.

About PeopleJam

PeopleJam (http://www.peoplejam.com/), based in Los Angeles, was founded by media executives Matt Edelman and Robert Tercek to tap the power of the Internet to link individuals sharing an interest in the pursuit of happiness, personal development and achieving a great life. PeopleJam is more than a social networking site. It is the next-generation social media experience and the first online community of its kind to offer an integrated suite of software features for personal development, including collaborative content creation tools, communications features and digital video. At PeopleJam, which is targeted to adults ages 25 to 50, visitors experience shared personal growth and innovative ways to get real results in their lives with the help of like-minded individuals who bond through discovery of shared values.

PeopleJam social media content categories include PeopleLive (health and fitness), PeopleLove (relationships), PeopleEarn (finance and careers), PeopleBelieve (inspiration and spirituality) and PeoplePlay (creativity and fun). Depending on their personal needs, each PeopleJam visitor can access social networking and interactive features to create a personal profile, set goals, blog about challenges they are currently facing, comment on someone else's stories, view and upload videos and read articles. Visitors also can start a dialogue with one of PeopleJam's resident experts or life coaches who consistently provide content for the site and are available for questions and intensive one-on-one sessions that help guide users through the most impactful issues in their lives.