Small Business, Big Technology

Get on Board or Get Left Behind!

1:00 - 1:30 OPENING SPEAKER
Affordable, effective strategies to network and meet new clients - Marilyn Laverty, Small Business Development Center

1:30 - 2:30 MONEY
How to talk with your banker: What's on his or her mind? - Jeff Ollinger, Upper Arkansas Area Development Corporation

         -- OR --

1:30 - 2:30 MONEY
Finding money through grants - it IS out there!- Andrea Helaine, professional non-profit consultant & writer

2:30 - 2:45 BREAK/NETWORKING

2:45 - 3:45 Do-It-Yourself MARKETING
Ditch the hype and learn where Facebook, blogs and Twitter really fit into your marketing mix - Alex Telthorst, Blue Tail Consulting

3:45 - 5:00 The MESSAGE
How you can get more business with a consistent message across media - Stephanie Glaser, English teacher and professional writer.

5:00 - 7:00 PM Power Networking
The Grill, 715 Elm Street, 486-486-9930
Hors d'oeuvres included,
(Chicken, beef or vegetarian nachos, chips and salsa and chips and guacamole)
Cash bar, dinner on your own

Friday, March 23: Media

8:00 - -8:30 Continental Breakfast: muffins, juice, coffee, tea
or go throught the line in the Coronado Cafe on campus for just $5.35 + tax!

10:00 - 10:15 BREAK/NETWORKING

10:15 - 11:15 Video and Photography
The importance of using the right images in your marketing mix - Charles Helaine, professional photographer and videographer

11:15 - 12:15 Mobile Marketing
Why you need to make your website "mobile-friendly" now! -  Marco & Oguer Pienado, Imbue Developers

11:15 - 12:15 Graphics
You don't have to spend Madison Avenue dollars to get your message across -  Marco & Oguer Pienado, Imbue Developers

12:15 - 1:30 LUNCH/NETWORKING
Lunch Menu:
Spinach Artichoke soup
Garden salad with choice of two dressings
Petite Chicken Salad Sandwiches
Iced tea, water
Brownies

1:30 - 2:30 Broadband - the new "gig economy"
Why it matters to small business, what is being done and how you can help -  Wendell Pryor, Chaffee County Economic Development Corporation

2:30 - 2:45 BREAK/NETWORKING

2:45 - 3:45 Website
The most affordable way to get and maintain your own great website - Michael DiLillo, gigshowcase.com, assisted by Kate Conlin, freelance web designer

3:45 - 4:45 Tech Trends for Small Business
A jargon-free take on the technology trends driving small business evolution (Cloud computing, mobile productivity apps,  tablet computing, hosted services) -   Alex Telthorst, Blue Tail Consulting

4:45 - 5:00 Closing Speaker, Marilyn Laverty, SBDC

*Drawings for
Ski Cooper lift tickets (total of 4 to be given away)
Free website analysis by Alowetta Terrien of thin air Web and Media; two names will be drawn!

(You need not be present to win!)

How to register for the mini-conference:

Call Mary Laing at 719-486-4292
Tell her you need to register for this mini conference.

If registering for only one day, use syn number 66969, $39.50

If registering after March 15,
Use Syn number 66491 and Course Code BUS 901 LV04
Cost is $89 after March 15, 2012.

For more information, contact
Judy Green at 719-486-4258 or 719-221-9842
or email at jgreen@coloradomtn.edu

If you are coming from out of town, the following motels are offering special rates. Just ask for the
"CMC Special Rate" when you call!

The Alps Motel 719-486-1223 (clean, closest to CMC, and AAA -rated)

Columbine Inn and Suites 719-486-5650 (on the northeast side of town but only a 3-minute drive)

The Silver King 719-486-2610 (also on the northeast side of town, but only 3 minutes from campups)