EMBARQ Supports Small Business Owners With Free Webinar Series

The Way Forward Webinar Series Presents

The Five Faces of Genius: Creativity and Small Business Breakthrough

OVERLAND PARK, Kan., May 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- EMBARQ is pleased to
present the second webinar in "The Way Forward" webinar series for small
business owners. Throughout the free series, participants have received
valuable advice from industry leaders on how to help their small businesses
survive and even thrive in today's economy. To register and learn more about
the series, please visit http://embarq.streamlogics.com/embarq/.

The second webinar in the series, "The Five Faces of Genius: Creativity and
Small Business Breakthrough," will be held May 20 at 2 p.m. Eastern time and
will be led by Annette Moser-Wellman, one of the world's leading experts on
innovation. Moser-Wellman is the author of "The Five Faces of Genius: Creative
Thinking Styles to Succeed at Work" and is founder and president of FireMark -
an innovation consultancy that works with some of the world's leading
companies to create breakthrough ideas.

During the presentation, Moser-Wellman will discuss how different thinking
styles of genius and creativity lead to small business breakthroughs.
Participants will learn how creativity is key to small business growth, the
skills needed to innovate every day and how optimizing imagination leads to
success.

"What makes small business great is the ability change with market
conditions," said Moser-Wellman. "Only those who have 'creativity at their
heart and innovation in their bones' will adapt at the pace the future
demands."

Moser-Wellman has developed a profiling tool to assist managers in
understanding their personal creative style and has taught thousands of
business managers worldwide her model of creative thinking and how to apply it
in the development of new products and services. Her clients include the
Coca-Cola Company, the Starbucks Coffee Company, Kraft Foods, Georgia-Pacific,
the Ford Motor Company and many more.

In addition to the upcoming presentation, "The Five Faces of Genius:
Creativity and Small Business Breakthrough," the first webinar of the series,
"The Innovation Zone: Achieving Small Business Success in Today's Economy,"
led by Thomas Koulopoulos and conducted on April 29, 2009, is available to be
viewed on demand at http://embarq.streamlogics.com/EMBARQ/. The June 2009
webinar topic will be announced shortly.

To register and learn more about The Way Forward webinar series, please visit
http://embarq.streamlogics.com/embarq/.

About EMBARQ
Embarq Corporation (NYSE: EQ), headquartered in Overland Park, Kan., offers a
complete suite of communications services. The company has approximately
18,000 employees and operates in 18 states. EMBARQ is included in the S&P 500
and is in the Fortune 500(R) list of America's largest corporations.

For consumers, EMBARQ offers an innovative portfolio of services that includes
reliable Local and Long Distance Home Phone services, High-Speed Internet,
Wireless and Satellite TV from DISH Network(R) -- all on one monthly bill.

For businesses, EMBARQ has a comprehensive range of flexible and integrated
services designed to help businesses of all sizes be more productive and
communicate with their customers. This service portfolio includes Local Voice
and Data services, Long Distance, Business-Class High-Speed Internet,
Wireless, Satellite TV from DIRECTV(R), enhanced Data Network services, Voice
and Data communication equipment and Managed Network services.

For more information, visit embarq.com.

SOURCE EMBARQ

Stephanie Meisse of EMBARQ, +1-419-755-8433, stephanie.n.meisse@embarq.com