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GrowSmartBiz Conference
Tuesday, September 29, 2009, 7AM-5:05PM
http://tinyurl.com/gsbiz
Renaissance Hotel
999 Ninth Street, NW
Washington, DC
Check-in starts at 7AM with a hot breakfast served outside
the Grand Ballroom.
We are excited to announce a special guest speaker: Senator
Mark Warner will share lessons learned from an entrepreneur
turned state legislator.
Agenda:
Check-In and Breakfast (7:0AM-8:30AM)
Morning Session (8:30AM-12:50PM):
- Welcome Note, Roy Dunbar, Chairman and CEO of Network
Solutions
- Keynote, Chris Anderson, Editor-in-Chief of _Wired_
Magazine
- Small Business Success Index, Dr. P. K. Kannan, UMD Smith
School of Business, and Gina Woodall, Rockbridge associates
- Adding Personality to your Business, Rohit Bhargava
- Panel: Marketing and Innovation
- Search Engine Marketing, Randy Windsor
- Panel: Raising Capital and Effective Finance Strategies
- Becoming an Entrepreneurial Leader, Rieva Lesonsky
Lunch 12:50PM-2:10PM
Afternoon Session (2:10PM-5:05PM):
- Brand Building 101, Anthony Pappas
- Panel: Staying Ahead in the Current Economy
- Keynote, Senator Mark Warner
- Effective Use of the _Washington Business Journal_, Alex
Orfinger
- Killer Business Cards, Steve Fisher
- Panel: Integrating Traditional and Social Media
- Closing Remarks
Attendees will also have the chance to:
- Win great door prizes, including a Web site redesign from
Network Solutions, a six-hour brand review from the Pappas
Group, and a wine tour from Reston Limo.
- Visit our "SmartBiz Answer Booth" for information on
Business Contracts, Public Relations, Social Media, Web
Technology and CRM Tools.
- Discuss their small business needs with our sponsors
including _Washington Business Journal_, Palo Alto
Software(R), Paychex(R), Rapid Advance(R), Constant
Contact(R), Pappas Group(R), Wasp Barcode Technologies(R),
SalesGenie(R), .BIZ, Comcast Spotlight(R), Comcast Business
Class(R), and Steptoe and Johnson LLP.
Directions and Transportation Information
The Renaissance Hotel is Metro-accessible:
Gallery Place-Chinatown stop (only four blocks walking
distance to hotel)
Parking is available at the hotel for $29.
Renaissance Washington, DC, Hotel
999 Ninth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001
Phone: 202-898-9000
To register for $99, use code GSBReader
For more information about speakers and panelists, and swag,
and more, and to register, visit--
http://tinyurl.com/gsbiz
--The GrowSmartBiz Conference Team, Network Solutions
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