Online Registration
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Step 1 of 5: Select your Sessions
Please select one session for each time slot. By indicating which sessions you would prefer to attend, you will help us better determine the size of the room for each session.
If you sign up for one-on-one counseling, we will contact you with detailed instructions prior to the conference.
In this interactive workshop, you will learn and practice skills that will allow you to plan ahead and purposefully place yourself in situations where business can follow.
Strong interpersonal communication skills are a proven factor in creating long-term customer relations. This session will actively involve participants in the learning process by using personal assessment, interactive dialogue, and group discussion.
Hear from three local business women and learn tips on how to successfully manage the delicate relationship between a healthy balance between work, home and family.
Meet with child care certification experts and area child care professionals to discuss the process of becoming certified or licensed and the benefits this yields.
Record Keeping 101 will cover how to set up a record keeping system that will help you make appropriate business decisions and during tax season.
Learn what you can do today to prepare for the future, including a seven step process to successful succession and exit planning.
This session will provide you with the expertise you need to accomplish all of your business mailing and shipping goals.
Discuss the regulations of the food industry with other local food industry professionals.
This session will provide a step-by-step process for building a strong brand - and will bust some common myths and mispercpetions along the way.
Learn practical and engaging ways to mix web sites and social networking with traditional marketing media to effectively promote just about anything.
Learn how to develop a strategy that will ultimately position your business to survive or even thrive in an economic downturn.
Meet with other area professionals in this industry to discuss cooperative marketing and share best practices.
Discussion with representatives from SCORE, the Small Business Development Center and the Western Dairyland Business Center on how to put your best foot forward while avoiding common pitfalls in launching a small business.
Learn how three local businesses overcame adversity and grew to achieve success and recognition locally and beyond.
Learn why buying local not only makes sense for the sustainability of your business but for your entire community.
Meet with local artists to discuss the business of art - branding yourself, marketing your product and making the sale to support you and your family.
One-on-One Counseling: What to Expect
The One-on-One counseling at the Women's Business Conference is provided on a first-registered, first-served basis, and limited counseling slots are available.
Only one (1) counseling session per person will be permitted on the day of the Conference. This way we can provide individual, personalized counseling to as many Conference attendees as possible.
Counseling sessions are 60 minutes in length and are offered during each Conference session. Unlike our other sessions, if you are selected for a one-on-one counseling session, you must attend this session on the day of the Conference.
As these are relatively short sessions, we recommend you come prepared with as many specific questions as possible for your counselor. Some counselors may contact you before the Conference to prepare for your counseling session.
Sessions are generally held at small tables in the open spaces and hallways near the meeting rooms and exhibitor hall. Please attend the opening statment (before the Morning Keynote Address) or check with at the Registration desk for further information on where counselors will be located for the 2010 Conference.
