Vendor Session Descriptions
Thursday, January 24, 2008: 10:30am-11:15am
- Protect Your Small Business: Understanding Liability Risks
- Certification - How SBA 8(a) Certification can help Grow your Business
- Fashion Fit Formula “Fashion Meets Math” It’s Not What You Wear ... But How You Wear It. Avoiding "Closet Guilt" Forever!
Thursday, January 24, 2008: 11:30am-12:15pm
- Your Business is Washington DC's Business - Have your Voice Heard
- Identify and Attract the Right Candidates to Help your Company Grow/Succeed
- Business Makeover - Honing Skills on the Elevator Pitch, Interviewing and Image
Thursday, January 24, 2008: 2:00pm-2:45pm
- WBE Certification and Strategic Partnerships - Why Get Certified and How to Align Your Business to Work with Fortune 1000
- Search Engine Optimization – Get Found Online or Get Left Behind!
- Step Out of the Box and Check-in: Reframing the Diversity Dialogue
Thursday, January 24, 2008, 3:00pm-3:45pm
- Avoiding Employee Retaliation Claims
- Strengthen Employee Retention through a Benefits Strategy
- Women Preparing for the 21st Century, Peggy Hollander, Managing Partner, The Succession Group. AXA Advisors, LLC (Securities are offered through AXA Advisors, LLC. The Succession Group is not owned or operated by AXA Advisors, LLC or AXA Network)
Friday, January 25, 2008, 10:30am – 11:15am
- Women Business Certification - How to Use it to Market your Company
- Business Start-up -- How to Focus on Reality
- Women Investing in Women is Good Business
Thursday, January 24, 2008: 10:30am-11:15am
Protect Your Small Business: Understanding Liability Risks, Vincent C. Tizzio, President of AIG Small Business, Presentation room I
Vincent C. Tizzio, President of AIG Small Business, will discuss current issues including how employment relationships can give rise to litigation - and ways to help protect your company from this exposure.
Certification - How SBA 8(a) Certification can help Grow your Business, Ilene P. Rubio, Assistant District Director, 8(a) Business Development Division – U. S. Small Business Administration (SBA) – South Florida District Office, Presentation room II
Learn about the qualifying criteria for participation in the SBA 8(a) Program. Learn what information is required, and why this program can bring you and your company substantial benefits in obtaining contracts with the federal government.
Fashion Fit Formula “Fashion Meets Math” It’s Not What You Wear ... But How You Wear It. Avoiding "Closet Guilt" Forever!
Janet Wood, CEO & Kathy McFadden, President, Fashion Fit Formula. Presentation room III
The average woman wears only 30% of her wardrobe. Tweaking your clothing can change your wardrobe from average to amazing. See what happens when Fashion Meets Math.
Thursday, January 24, 2008: 11:30am-12:15pm
Your Business is Washington DC's Business - Have your Voice Heard, Barbara Kasoff, President, WIPP and Betty Spence, Founder & President, Equal Voice, Presentation room I
The United States ranks 67th in the world in women's representation in national office. A fundamental cause of this low number is Americans' ambivalence about women leaders. The leaders of WIPP and Equal Voice, organizations committed to challenging the stereotypes about women as leaders by educating voters about what they contribute and why this matters to the health, safety, and prosperity of our nation, will discuss why women business leaders need to get involved and how decisions in Washington D.C can affect your business.
Identify and Attract the Right Candidates to Help your Company Grow/Succeed, Mindy Hynes, Director of Sales, CareerBuilder.com, Presentation room II
An organization is only as strong as its employees. In this session, CareerBuilder.com discusses new strategies employers are leveraging to attract and retain top talent.
Business Makeover - Honing Skills on the Elevator Pitch, Interviewing and Image, Joy Baldridge, President, Baldridge Seminars International, Room III
Image is EVERYTHING! How you present yourself as a total package makes an impression. You have the power to influence the impressions you make by the way you act, dress and interact with others. In this content rich and highly interactive program you will learn how to enhance the impact you have on others and how to have more success with a lot less stress! Joy will share her techniques on interviewing skills, elevator pitch and how to dress for success. This session is not to be missed! It contains actionable shortcuts in creating a new and improved YOU!
Thursday, January 24, 2008: 2:00pm-2:45pm
WBE Certification and Strategic Partnerships - Why Get Certified and How to Align Your Business to Work with Fortune 1000, Janet Harris Lange, President, NWBOC and Pam McElvane, Publisher, Diversity MBA magazine, Presentation room I
Growing your business is essential to its economic survival. As your business moves from start-up to growth, learn how to prepare to do business with Fortune 500 or 1000 companies. This workshop will help you plan when to apply for woman business enterprise or minority business enterprise certification, the process and the benefits.
Search Engine Optimization – Get Found Online or Get Left Behind! Hallie Middlebrooks, Director of Business Development, Network Solutions, Presentation room II
Learn what your competition doesn’t want you to know – the secrets of search engine optimization. Come join us and learn best practice search engine optimization strategies to grow your business, including:
- How to get increased traffic to your Web site
- The best way to get qualified customers actively searching for the products and services you offer
- Factors that affect your search engine rankings
- The impact of search technology on your bottom line
Step Out of the Box and Check-in: Reframing the Diversity Dialogue, Swee Wong, Co-Founder, Relationomics Inc. and Samia Bahsoun, Kelley Kosow (Moderator), Presentation room III
Gender, Race, Nationality, Age Range... How many times have you been asked to define yourself by "checking a box?" Putting yourself in any box only limits who you are. It focuses on your outer characteristics instead of your inner qualities and what sets you apart instead of what unites you with your co-workers. Simply put, when the emphasis is placed upon our differences, it causes separation.
In this seminar, we invite you to set aside the boxes, check-in with your totality, and create the foundation for a high performance culture, aligned inside and out. It's time to feel the connection and re-frame the diversity dialogue! Inclusion starts from within!
Thursday, January 24, 2008, 3:00pm-3:45pm
Avoiding Employee Retaliation Claims, Jennifer Kay, Partner, Tribler Orpett & Meyer P.C., Presentation room I
Most employers are quite familiar with the basic prohibitions against discrimination and harassment in the workplace but far fewer understand the important role employee retaliation claims now play in the legal landscape. Retaliation is the "hidden" claim that in many cases triggers jury verdicts even when the underlying allegations are rejected.
Since employer education is the key to avoiding these costly claims, Jennifer Kay will present the fundamentals of retaliation in employment, explaining the origins of retaliation in statutes and judge-made law and providing specific workplace practices employers may adopt to protect themselves from expensive and time-consuming lawsuits. The recommended practices will also provide an effective tool for the employer's defense, should litigation occur.
Strengthen Employee Retention through a Benefits Strategy, Sherry Baker, Vice President of Sales for Aetna Small Group, Aetna, Presentation room II
Many small business owners want to offer health benefits but think they can’t afford it. Health benefits are a key factor for many employees when deciding to stay with an employer. You can offer an attractive benefits package, retain good employees and maintain your bottom-line. You just have to know how to take advantage of your options. There are a lot of options - which is the right one for your company? Learn how to better attract and retain employees through a benefits strategy that is suited for your specific business.
Women Preparing for the 21st Century, Peggy Hollander, Managing Partner, The Succession Group. AXA Advisors, LLC (Securities are offered through AXA Advisors, LLC. The Succession Group is not owned or operated by AXA Advisors, LLC or AXA Network). Presentation room III
“You can not escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today” Abraham Lincoln
Are you ready for the 21st Century? Will you out live your retirement funds? Please join AXA for this educational workshop that is designed to help you develop your financial plan for the 21st century.
Friday, January 25, 2008, 10:30am – 11:15am
Women Business Certification - How to Use it to Market your Company, Nancy Allen, President & CEO, Women's Business Development Center/WBENC, Presentation room I
The session will present information on certification: how to get certified; the benefits of certification; and how to use certification to market your business. There will be a panel discussion with women business owners who are certified. They will discuss how they have marketed the certification to help build successful businesses. One panelist will focus on how she targets her services to other certified women business owners. A second panelist will talk about using the certification to develop business with corporations. Time will be allotted for questions and answers at the end of the presentation.
Business Start-up -- How to Focus on Reality, Jack Hardy, SCORE, Presentation room II
Thinking about starting your own business? Learn from an expert that has started businesses and helped countless entrepreneurs to start their own business. No matter what business or industry, there are key elements you need to do to be a successful entrepreneur and you will learn them during this session.
Women Investing in Women is Good Business, Barbara Boxer, PDM Bridge, LLC and Women Angels, LLC, Presentation room III
This session will explore why women should invest in women-owned businesses and emerging growth companies. It is important for women to invest in start ups and fuel the continued expansion of new companies in the U.S. Women will control 60% of the U.S. wealth by 2010 - this session will help you to invest and grow your wealth.
