For business owners, managers and entrepreneurs: A day of presentations on all the topics of importance to your business.
The Shenandoah Valley Small Business Development Center announces
The BIG Small Business Event of 2012
Location: Blue Ridge Community College Plecker Center
AGENDA
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7:30-8:00am Registration & Networking
8:00-8:15am Welcome and Opening Remarks
8:15-9:30am Key Note Speaker: Al Lautenslager - "Guerrilla Marketing in 30 Days"
9:30-9:45am Morning Break / Visit the Displays
9:45-11:00am Concurrent Sessions
ZERO to Big – Navigating a Predictable Path to Success. Bill Eastman, Applied Knowledge Labs
Understanding Your Website Effectiveness. William Roy, Immerge Technologies
Windows, Signs & Visual Displays: Stewards of Your Brand. Marc Willson, Virginia SBDC Network
10:00-12:00 Drop-in Social Media Help Center open
11:05am -12:20pm Concurrent Sessions
Conversation with Keynote Speaker, Al Lautenslager
Google to Great: Using Google to Advance Your Small Business, Ray Sidney-Smith
What is My Business Worth? Richard Halterman
12:25-1:10 Lunch
1:00-3:00 Drop-in Social Media Help Center open
1:15-2:30pm Concurrent Sessions
Social Media Marketing Made Simple, Cassandra Stith
Good Design Equals Trust, Jaye Brumfield
Beginning to Export, Diane Jones & Bill Houck
2:30-2:45 Afternoon Break / Visit the Displays
2:45-4:00 PM Concurrent Sessions
Making Sense of Your Dollars & Cents, Betty Hoge
When Running Ads is More Fun Than Racing a Ferrari, Timothy Johnson
Business as Communities, Justin Van Kleeck
4:00-4:30 PM Networking; Visit the Sponsor Displays.
Go. Act. Profit.
Registration is only $45 for the full day, including meals!
Event Sponsors
Virginia Small Business Development Center Network
U.S. Small Business Administration
Clear Channel Media & Entertainment
96.9 WSIG/95.5 The Zone
Blue Ridge Community College
James Madison University, College of Business
Sysco
The News Leader
Union First Market Bank
Immerge / McClung Companies
Business Finance Group, Inc.
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Harrisonburg-Rockingham Chamber of Commerce
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