GDS Publishing / GDS International / Next Generation (insert any industry), Routinely Breaks Federal Communication Laws to Con Corporate Execs on their Cell Phones into Attending their Bogus "Industry" Events New York, New York

 Everything the initial poster said is 100% true. This entire company is operated on lies and shady tatics. These individuals will do what ever it takes to siphon at least 20k out of you which is the "half package". Do not believe the rebuttals failed attempt to give credit to this company it is just a tatic to try and weaken the effectiveness of this rip off report because it is deterring customers who they potentially have on the hook and opt out after they read this. DO NOT BELIEVE GDS. Take your money outside and light it on fire and it will get better use. You have been warned.

It is unfortunate in this day in age, people can say bad things on the internet and not be held accountable, or show valid proof that anything wrong is occurring. AFTER READING MY COMMENTS, AND THE COMMENTS I AM RESPONDING TO, FIND A CUSTOMER / CLIENT WHO HAS SAID SOMETHING NEGATIVE. I BEG YOU. YOU WILL NOT FIND ONE. Now, this report, written in 2009, and is still affecting the reputation of a fantastic company today. As a former employee who worked there during the time this report was written, and years following, literally none of that ever happened. From the lies about attendees, the allegations of employees and their conduct, or the negligence towards sponsors. I am more than confident that this person was a disgruntled employee, who had a personal vendetta with upper management for issues non-related to the business. Their intent, in turn, was to sabatoge their reputation as individuals and as a company.

As I read this report, I'm actually laughing out loud at how ridiculous this all sounds. I mean, why would a company dedicate so much effort into scamming people, when that effort could be put into doing it the right way (which it is). The concept is unbelievable; face to face meetings with the decision makers of the best companies in the world, who have actual demands/needs for specific solutions. It's brilliant. And yes, there is a cost to meet with these companies. Do you think it is cheap to meet with AIG, NBC Universal, CITI, Nike, Ascena, etc.? I'm sorry to say, but a lot of the companies we worked with would never know who you were unless we put you in front of them. That's not a bad thing, because we know our clients needs, we tell YOU their needs, and then put you infront of them. Your sales guy couldn't do that in a year, and you're paying that sales guy more than what is required to attend a GDS event. I'm not say this to belittle, but the math makes sense. So Ask yourself, why would this company even need to scam people?

To visualise how the event works, watch this short 8 minute video:

http://www.gdsinternational.com/events/cio/us/summit-intelligence-report/

DELEGATES: Looking at this person's gripe, I'm checking NO on all of these comments. GDS doesn't pay "delegates" to attend, nor do they pretend to be interested. Is this person saying that the CMO/CIO/CISO/CEO of XYZ is playing along in some sceme too? How would that be possible? That would be pretty remarkable. These executives also don't pull out at the last minute and have substitues go. They pay GDS to find relevant providers for THEM, so they have skin in the game. Additionally, GDS gets great keynote speakers such as Robert Herjavec from Sharktank. Executives want to listen to people like this. It should be noted that this is an end-user driven platform, meaning, the DELEGATES come for THEIR company's needs. Meaning, they want relevant solution providers! See for yourself..

To see full video case studies and testimonials about partnering with GDS:

 http://www.gdsinternational.com/customer-experience

SPONSORS: We would reach out to companies based on direct referrals or through a specific focus area. We did a lot of due-dilligence to work with our clients, assess their needs, and then find relevant providers. Through pre-event marketing, data and investment priorities gleaned by our clients, and requests for our clients to meet with YOU, we mitigated risk to ensure two things: 1. Our clients are getting solutions to their most pressing IT/Marketing challenges. 2. YOU, the sponsor, are selling directly to executives/companies who WANT YOUR SOLUTION. Do the math, if you invest x into attending the event, out of 14 meetings, how many would you need to get an ROI? uhh hundreds of thousands. The investment is worth the result...just ask the customers or view this video: 

http://dbl084va71ren.cloudfront.net/videos/cmo_us/cmo_us5_Infocore.mp4

EMPLOYEES: More than half of this erroneous report is about the employees, which is very inaccurate. Even IF any of these allegations were true, that doesn't mean the event and customer outcomes are a reflection. In terms of firing people, many sales jobs are like that, but GDS has completely changed its training process to ensure retention in THEIR investment. None of the people are cons, this isn't wolf of wallstreet. Many of them provide links to their LinkedIn pages, Twitter accounts, etc., because they have nothing to hide. Yes, there are drinking events, no not at work or the building. If an employee wants to drink after work, that's their personal choice. It's NYC! People go out at night! but none of this means they are cons. This person is saying this to sway your opinion to make the company look bad, obviously. And again, what does that have to do with customer satisfaction?

The person who wrote this also said to go to youtube to find their 'con game.' I did that and found NOTHING.

SO, IF YOU MADE IT THIS FAR, I HOPE YOU LEARNED TWO THINGS:

1. GDS INTERNATIONAL is a reputable and legitamate organization who prides itself in delivery solutions for its clients and ROI for its sponsors. EVERYTHING IS REAL, FROM THE ATTENDEES, TO THE FORMAT.

2. THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A NEGATIVE REPORT WRITTEN BY A DELEGATE OR SPONSOR TO VALIDATE THESE CLAIMS. SO WHY BELIEVE SOMEONE YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW, WITH NO SUPPORTABLE FACTS OR INFORMATION??

The facts are in the multiple testimonials from GDS' clients & sponsors alike who finds GDS events to be the best in the business.

P.S.- DID YOU KNOW:

96.1% of all attendees were satisfied or very satisfied with the summit

90% of all attendee will be doing business with a solution provider they met at the summit

96& of all respondents would recommend our summit to their peers

88% of all attendees attend another event after their first

Find those testimonials and stats HERE:

http://www.gdsinternational.com/customer-experience