There has been an overwhelmingly positive response from the enterprise developer community – they’ve shared over Twitter, LinkedIn, and face-to-face how much a dedicated RIM partnership holds value for their work. We’re committed to getting out there and pulling alongside businesses looking to extend their investments and levels of productivity using mobile applications for business. Check out our wrap-up video below for an overview of the event series:

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To see videos and a summary of a few of the specific events, check out the links below:

• Spain Welcomes the BlackBerry 10 Jam World Tour – Enterprise Edition
• BlackBerry 10 Jam World Tour – Enterprise Edition hits Washington D.C., we talk App Development and BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10
• Connecting with Business Developers at BlackBerry Jam – Enterprise Edition in Washington, D.C. [VIDEO]
• A Wider Perspective on Enterprise App Development and BlackBerry App World on BlackBerry 10 [VIDEO]

We have more enterprise developer focused events planned for the future. With the launch of BlackBerry 10 just around the corner, this is just the beginning. Did you attend one of the BlackBerry 10 Jam World Tour – Enterprise Edition events? Share your favorite aspect in the comments below.

The good news is that there are a ton of apps to help you accomplish tasks in each of those categories. We put our heads together and rounded up our “staff picks” for the top 10 BlackBerry® smartphone apps that you can use at networking events. This list is by no means exhaustive, so head over to the gold mine that is the BlackBerry App World™ storefront and start exploring! Mention any of your favorites not on the list in the comments below.

On to the list!

Concur – Expense and Travel Management
Track your expenses and mileage while on the road

Taxi fares, lunches, hotels… It’s important to keep track of your expenses while traveling and attending events. It’s also important to accomplish this in a way that helps make it easy, keeps it organized, is rapidly accessible, and super convenient. This pretty much sums up Concur, an app built to manage not only expenses, but also mileage.

Minute Saver
Save on roaming charges by tracking your minutes

On the note of keeping a handle on your expenses, the Minute Saver app for BlackBerry smartphones will notify you once your call has reached a certain time limit, which helps you to save on roaming charges. The app options allow you to customize the notifications to meet your needs, even differentiating between incoming and outgoing calls.

Poynt
Get familiar in a new city

In the evenings, you may find yourself looking for a place to grab a bite, see a movie, find some shopping place to dive into, or get some good deals in any of those categories. I still return to Poynt as my go-to tool for finding my way in a new city. If you rented a car for your trip to a conference, Poynt also offers fuel price information near your location for the US, Canada, and the United Kingdom.

Wikitude
Discover the world around you

This app allows you to discover your surroundings on the cutting edge of technology with augmented reality. Find events, articles, localized tweets, Wikipedia articles, and more. You can even create your own personalized virtual world, and contribute to what’s already available. This is a great way to find points of interest, BlackBerry® Messenger (BBM™) contacts, information about what you’re looking at, and a whole lot more. Many modern events even utilize Wikitude within the conference itself, so be sure to give it a try!

Dropbox
Keep important documents accessible

Before heading out to an event, I like to synchronize important documents that I may want to reference or share to a cloud storage account like Dropbox. This way, I have synchronized access while on the go, and I can also upload photos from my smartphone to the account. The best part? Downloading Dropbox for your BlackBerry smartphone provides you with 2GB of free storage!

Transit apps
Navigate transit routes like a pro

The above link will push you over to BlackBerry App World with the search term “Transit” already plugged in. There are transit-based apps for many major cities around the world, allowing you to get a handle on the routes and schedules for where you’re at. With one of these apps at your side, you can discover how to quickly and cheaply navigate a city, while timing it just right to help you never be late for an appointment.

Card2Contact
Convert business cards to BlackBerry smartphone contacts

This is a solution for converting business card contact information into a BlackBerry smartphone contact entry. Simply open this app, snap a picture of the business card, and the details are transcribed. Purchase credits to utilize the Manual Transcription Team that helps to verify the information. Check the BlackBerry App World download page for this app regularly; there are often great promotions available!

Evernote
Tag and bag all of the snippets and ideas that you come across

This is one of my all-time favorite apps and, in my opinion, a must-have for heading out into the world with your BlackBerry smartphone. I’m constantly finding interesting bits of information, whether it’s something that I see while browsing, or something I snap a picture of using my BlackBerry® Bold™ 9900 smartphone. Evernote keeps me sane by allowing me to tag, organize, and synchronize all of this information – allowing me to keep track of it all. The applications for this app extend far into both business and personal use cases.

ItsMe! – share your contact info with NFC
A simple tap and you’re connected

The use cases for NFC technology are plentiful at networking events. With this new app, you choose a contact entry that represents your information, then launch the app, and simply tap your NFC-enabled BlackBerry smartphone with another NFC-enabled BlackBerry smartphone to allow an individual to accept your contact information into their address book. It’s clean, it’s simple, and it’s fast.

Tungle.me for BlackBerry
Schedule appointments across organizations, calendar systems, and time zones

Tungle.me helps you to share your calendar and send meeting invitations without the mess of phone calls, emails, and double bookings. Your Tungle.me account can synchronize with popular online calendar systems including BlackBerry, Microsoft Outlook, Google Calendar, Apple iCal, Entourage for Mac, Lotus Notes, Yahoo! and Windows Live. My favorite feature of this app is how it allows you to connect with others from different organizations even though you may not be using the same platform.

BONUS: 5 Useful BlackBerry shortcuts to use at events
More on the Inside BlackBerry Help Blog!

1. Press and hold the “Q” button on your keyboard to toggle between your current sound profile and vibrate. Great for quickly silencing your phone while attending a meeting or having a coffee with a colleague.
2. Looking for information in a specific email or from a particular contact? While in the Messages app, press the “S” key on your keyboard to open up the search dialogue.
3. Trying to move fast? When selecting a menu item after pressing the Menu key, you can simply begin typing the first letter of the menu item that you want, and quickly jump to its location.
4. When typing in a message or BBM chat, enter the word (without quotes) “mypin” or “mynumber”; they’ll automatically be swapped for what they describe!
5. Made a few more BBM friends at the conference? Organize them into groups, and then use the spacebar to navigate between them in the BBM app.

What are your favorite apps, shortcuts, or techniques to utilize mobile technology at conferences or networking events? Share yours in the comments below.

The BlackBerry® Innovation Forum (North American edition) is almost here! Join us for a half-day session at a U.S. or Canadian city near you where you can learn about best practices that will make managing mobile devices in your business faster, easier and more organized.

At the Innovation Forums you will learn about:

• How Research In Motion® is continuing to evolve the way that BlackBerry smartphones and tablets are managed in the enterprise
• How to help improve employee satisfaction and productivity by allowing the use of personal and business apps
• Updates on the much anticipated new features coming to the BlackBerry® PlayBook™ tablet – expect a few surprises!
• How the BlackBerry ecosystem is continuing to expand and what it means to you

Why should you attend?

The BlackBerry Innovation Forums (U.S. and Canada) are designed to meet the needs of BlackBerry users from all areas of your organization. If you are an IT Manager or Director, Wireless Specialist, Service Manager, BlackBerry® Enterprise Solution or Messaging Admin, Mobility Engineer, or Line of Business Manager looking to improve mobility in your departments, this is an event that you won’t want to miss.

Location and Dates

• NEW JERSEY – November 2
• BOSTON – November 3
• ATLANTA – November 4
• HOUSTON – November 8
• LOS ANGELES – November 9
• CHICAGO – November 10
• CHARLOTTE – November 15
• WASHINGTON – November 16
• TORONTO – November 21
• OTTAWA – November 22

To learn more and to register, visit www.blackberryinnovation.com. We hope that you can join us!

Over the past several months, we’ve had the pleasure of sponsoring the 2011 Top 100 SMB Influencers program, during which we held our very first interview on Twitter® (#BBSMBchat). The turnout was great and we very much enjoyed interacting with the SMB community, as well as seeing all of your great answers to our open questions.

Given that the nomination and voting periods have closed, the top 100 SMB Influencers have recently been announced! To view the list of winners, check out the Top 100 Influencer program web site. To honor these winners, celebrate all participants, and to network with members of the SMB community, there will be a gala event at the New York Institute of Technology Auditorium on Broadway in New York City on September 13th, 2011.

The awards ceremony will be sponsored by Research In Motion® Limited, and we’ll be there in attendance to congratulate the winners in person and connect further with the SMB community. The event is open to the public, although tickets are limited. Should you attend, you’ll have the chance to:

• Meet SMB Influencer nominees and judges
• Network with other small business owners and entrepreneurs
• Meet reporters and bloggers who cover the world of small business
• Participate in the star-studded award ceremony
• Have the chance to take home high value prizes such as a BlackBerry® PlayBook™ tablet and other goodies from the Top 100 SMB Influencers team
• Learn about leveraging mobile technology and maximizing your marketing and advertising strategies from experts at RIM and Infusionsoft
• Meet the Small Business Trends and Smallbiztechnology.com team members, who have organized this campaign and event

To purchase tickets for the awards ceremony, visit the Small Business Influencer 2011 Awards event web site. We hope to see you there, and if not, we’ll be sharing the highlights on the Inside BlackBerry® for Business Blog after the event!