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Today's new compound word is webinar, as in web-viewable seminar. Microsoft, in conjunction with Boston's Design Management Institute, is sponsoring a bunch of webinars called the Design Leadership Series.

The next one will be this Thursday by Steve McGrew, Creative Director of Philips Design. Topic: "Bridging the Gap From Product Design to Marketing Strategy." You will learn how to "develop strategic tools to enable clear design direction" and to "guide product design and maintain integrity and relevance through to the creation of effective marketing communication." You will also learn how to spend $175 on registering for a webinar. Because while "sponsored by" implies some sort of subsidy, all bets are off when the sponsor is Microsoft.

Interested? Sign up here.