ASU SBDC 2014 BETTER BUSINESS CONFERENCE
“Equipping Business Owners with Strategies to Survive and Thrive”

Thursday, September 25, 2014
8 am – 5 pm (Registration begins at 8:30am)
Doubletree Hotel
120 Madison Avenue, Montgomery, AL 36104
(Lunch will be provided)

REGISTRATION FEE – $10.00. ONLINE REGISTRATION REQUIRED. DEADLINE SEPTEMBER 24, 2014
Make checks payable to ASU SBDC, 915 S. Jackson Street, Montgomery, AL 36104. You can pay at the door.

Sign Up Online for this event at http://asbdc.ecenterdirect.com/ConferenceDetail.action?ID=7231

WORKSHOP TOPICS:
. Managing in Difficult Economic Conditions
. Powerful Marketing Strategies
. Getting the Loan – Improving Bankability: What You Need to Know from a Lender’s Perspective
. Alabama Small Business Initiative Loan Guarantee Program
. Minority and Women-Owned Business Certification Process
. Franchising 101
. Product to Market: Know How

LUNCHEON KEYNOTE SPEAKER:
David Martin, President
The Widget Development & Trading Company, LLC & Homestyles Food, Inc.
Stockbridge, Georgia

Workshop presenters include:
. Clarence Mann, Director, Office of Minority Business Enterprise (OMBE), Community Services Unit, Community & Economic Development Division, Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs
. Dana Moore, Executive Director, Southern Development Council, Inc.
. Jerry Bird, FranNet of Alabama / East Tennessee / & MS
. Dr. Edward Brown, Associate Professor of Management, College of Business Administration, Alabama State University
. Dr. Joyce McGriff, Assistant Professor Marketing, College of Business Administration, Alabama State University
. Frances Martin, Vice President, The Widget Development & Trading Company, LLC
. Neal Zeanah, Vice President, Trustmark National Bank – Tallassee Main Branch
. W. Howard Wills, JD, SSBCI Coordinator, Community and Economic Development, Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs
. and others

Also, join us after hours for the ASU SBDC Power Networking Reception on the Doubletree Outdoors Patio from 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm. Light refreshments will be served.

For more information, please contact:
Andrea Price at 334-229-4138 or by email at arprice@alasu.edu