Events

1st Annual Utah Small Business Summit

2012-09-09T19:56:08Z

October 17, 2012

WE APOLOGIZE BUT THIS EVENT IS NOW FULL AND WE ARE NO LONGER ABLE TO TAKE REGISTRATIONS. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE ADDED TO OUR WAIT LIST, PLEASE EMAIL CHANDRA AT cwalker@slchamber.com.

Overview

The Utah Small Business Coalition is proud to host the 1^st Annual Small Business Summit. This conference is specifically geared to small business owners and managers. The conference will feature inspiring and informative keynote speakers and numerous breakout sessions aimed to help small businesses improve their bottom line.

Event Details

Date: October 17, 2012
Time: 7:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Location: Radisson Hotel Downtown Salt Lake City (215 West South Temple)
Cost: $30
Website: www.utahsmallbiz.com/events

The Utah Small Business Coalition is proud to host the 1st Annual Small Business Summit. This conference is specifically geared to small business owners and managers. The conference will feature inspiring and informative keynote speakers and numerous breakout sessions aimed to help small businesses improve their bottom line.

Conference Schedule:
(Click here to learn more about our speakers and presentations )

7:30 am    Registration Opens/ Continental Breakfast
7:30 am    Optional Event- Meet the Candidates Forum (see below)
8:15 am    Welcome
8:30 am Keynote: Successful Business Through Successful Relationships, Larry Chatterton, Chatterton Inc.
9:30 am    Breakout Session #1 (5 training sessions offered)
10:45 am Breakout Session #2 (5 training sessions offered)
11:45 am Break
12:15 pm Luncheon Keynote: Branding & Marketing for Small Business, Mike Brian, Penna Powers Brian Haynes
1:45 pm    Breakout Session #3 (5 training sessions offered)
3:00 pm    Breakout Session #4 (5 training sessions offered)
4:00 pm    Closing Networking Reception, Sponsored by Utah's Own
5:00 pm    Conference Concludes

Breakout sessions (subject to change):
click here for more detail and information about the conference presentations

Small Business Resources Panel
Technology for Small Business- Using technology to make your business more efficient and profitable
How to Use Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter for Business
Promoting Your Business: Press Releases, Blogging and Social Media
Too Small to Fail- Strategic HR Concepts for Every Company
Small Business Best Practices and Succes Stories
International Trade and Exporting
Small Business Lending and Funding
10,000 Small Business Information Session
Driving Sales to Your Business
Email Marketing

Optional, No Cost Event:

Join the Vest Pocket Business Coalition for a pre-conference Meet the Candidates Forum with Salt Lake County Mayoral candidates, Ben McAdams and Mark Crockett. Come hear the candidates discuss their views on local business, campaign goals, and the state of the county.
This event is free of charge and starts promptly at 7:30 am at the Radisson (room to be announced).

Additional Small Business Opportunity:

EXPAND YOUR SALES THROUGH GOVERNMENT CONTRACTING
Register for the Governor’s Office of Economic Development Procurement Symposium
Tuesday October 23rd @ SouthTowne Expo Center from 7:15 AM to 3:00 PM with 50 – 60 Prime Contractors / Government. Learn more at www.business.utah.gov/PTAC To obtain a $5 discount by registering for both conferences, click here

Conference Sponsors

Major Sponsors




Supporting Sponsors

Inkind Sponsors

Sponsorship Levels:

Conference Major Sponsorship (4)	$10,000
Opening Session Sponsorship (1)	$5,000
Luncheon Session Sponsorship (1)	$5,000
Breakout Session Sponsorships (10)	$2,500
Supporting Sponsorships (5) Luncheon Table Sponsors	$2,500 $1,000
Exhibit Hall Booths (10)	$300
Individual Conference Tickets	$30

Sponsorship Features

Conference Major Sponsors $10,000 per sponsor

Twenty tickets to the conference
Mention in press releases and PSAs
Prominent recognition in all promotional materials and USBC website
Priority seating during the lunch
Verbal acknowledgement of sponsorship throughout the event
Opportunity at either the opening or luncheon session for five minute presentation
Logo acknowledgement in the program
Easel with sponsor logo throughout the conference
Exhibit table in the Exhibit Hall

Opening and Luncheon Keynote Session Sponsors $5,000 per session

Ten tickets to the conference
Mention in press releases and PSAs
Keynote sponsorship identification in all promotional materials and USBC website
Priority seating during the lunch
Verbal acknowledgement of sponsorship at event
Three minute welcome during the session
Printed acknowledgement in the program

Exhibit table in the Exhibit Hall

Breakout Session Sponsor $2,500

Ten tickets to the conference
Mention in press releases and PSAs
Keynote sponsorship identification in all promotional materials and USBC website
Verbal acknowledgement of sponsorship at event
Priority seating during the lunch
Sponsor recognition in program with Track description
Three minute welcome in track room and speaker introduction
Easel with sponsor logo at track room entrance

Placement of brochures
Printed acknowledgement in the program

Supporting Sponsor $2,500

Ten tickets to the conference
Mention in press releases and PSAs
Sponsorship identification in all promotional materials and USBC website
Priority seating during the luncheon
Priority seating during the lunch
Printed acknowledgement in the program
Easel with sponsor identification at exhibit hall entrances
Exhibit table in the Exhibit Hall

Luncheon Table Sponsor $1,000

Ten tickets to the conference
Priority seating behind sponsors
Printed acknowledgement in the program

Exhibitor Table $300

Two tickets to the conference
Listing on exhibitor hall easels
Skirted table, two chairs

Please be set up by 7:45 a.m. Take down NO EARLIER than 1:45 p.m.

Individual Conference Tickets $30

For information on the table sponsorships, exhibitor tables, or individual tickets, please contact Ryan Evans at 801.328.5063 or revans@slchamber.com

Utah Small Business Coalition Partners:

Salt Lake Chamber
Local First Utah
Salt Lake County
Zions Bank Business Resource Center
Utah's Own
Downtown Alliance
World Trade Center Utah
Utah Microenterprise Loan Fund
Utah Supplier Development Council

Vest Pocket Business Coalition
U.S. Small Business Administration
Miller Business Resource Center
Women's Business Center
Entrepreneur Launchpad
SCORE
National Association of Women Business Owners

Governor's Office of Economic Development
Westminster College
Salt Lake City Economic Development Division
Utah State Chamber
Department of Workforce Services
International Rescue Committee

2012 10th Annual Rural Business Conference

2012-04-09T19:46:11Z

Date: April 12, 2012
Time: 7:30 am - 2:00 pm
Location: Richfield, UT
Cost: $10

Register Here

Please join us for the 10^th Annual Rural Business Conference. As in previous years, this conference will focus on challenges and opportunities of small business growth and economic development in Utah’s rural communities.

In addition to advice on business growth, financing, social media, technology, and international trade, the program will also feature a panel of rural business owners with best practices and positive information about why Utah is leading the nation out of the economic downturn.

Keynote Presentations:

Alan Hall
Founder of Grow America

Alan Hall is also a founder and managing director of Mercato Partners, a top performing growth equity venture capital fund. Its focus is to invest in high growth technology companies that need additional funding and expertise in marketing and sales. Current portfolio companies include: Skullcandy, Fusion-io, Control4, Cymphonix, Mediconnect, CradlePoint and Stance.

Full Bio Below

Pete Codella
Operator of Codella Marketing, Founder of NewsCactus

Pete Codella, Accredited in public relations, operates Codella Marketing, created the NewsCactus online newsroom software, and co-hosts the Online PR Podcast. He excels where technology meets the practice of public relations.

Pete is co-author of Integrated Marketing in the Digital World. He has developed and taught public relations and social media courses for UNLV, UCI and the University of Utah. He’s a veteran award-winning, strategic business communicator.

Full Bio Below

Breakout Sessions:

- How to use Facebook and LinkedIn for Business

- Small Business Lending and Funding

- Resources for Business Growth Panel

- International Trade and Exporting

- Email Marketing

- Rural Business Success Stories

- Diversifying Farm Income

- Marketing & Sales- Drive Business to your Door

(Presenters are being finalized and breakout topics are subject to change slightly)

Conference Agenda:

7:30     Continental Breakfast
8:00     Welcome & Introductory Remarks
8:15     Utah on the Move- a story of what's right in Utah
8:45     Keynote- Alan Hall, Grow America
9:45     Break
10:00   Breakout Sessions #1 (4 different sessions)
11:00   Breakout Sessions #2 (4 different sessions)
12:15   Lunch
12:45   Keynote- Pete Codella
2:00     Conference Concludes

Location

Sevier Valley Center

800 West 200 South

Richfield, UT 84701

Click for Directions

Cost:

$10- Includes registration, event materials, continental breakfast and lunch

Register Here

Conference Presented By:

Funded in part through a grant award with the U.S. Small Business Administration

Full Keynote Bios:

Alan Hall

Grow America founder Alan E. Hall has a personal mission to create jobs and lift local economies. Grow America, a national company emerging from Utah, aligns the partners, mentors and capital that entrepreneurs need to create and grow tomorrow’s successful companies.

Alan Hall is also a founder and managing director of Mercato Partners, a top performing growth equity venture capital fund. Its focus is to invest in high growth technology companies that need additional funding and expertise in marketing and sales. Current portfolio companies include: Skullcandy, Fusion-io, Control4, Cymphonix, Mediconnect, CradlePoint and Stance.

Mr. Hall is also the founder, chairman and former CEO of MarketStar Corporation, a global outsourced marketing and sales company with a focus on assisting high technology companies increase sales through the small to medium business sectors. The company employs several thousand employees and generates billions of dollars in sales for its marquee clientele, including Hewlett-Packard, Cisco, Sony, Intel, Verizon and Research In Motion (RIM). MarketStar is owned by Omnicom Group (OMC).

Alan Hall is the chairman of the Utah Technology Council, the chairman of Weber State University’s board of trustees and the chairman of the University’s capital campaign committee, a member of the advisory board of Wells Fargo Bank, and a trustee of the Intermountain Healthcare Foundation.

He is an Ernst and Young and Mountain West Capital Network Entrepreneur of the Year recipient.

Mr. Hall is an author and newspaper columnist and frequent public speaker.

He and his wife Jeanne are the chairman and president of the Hall Foundation. The mission of the foundation is that “there be no poor among us.” Alan and Jeanne Hall are the parents of six married children and fifteen grandchildren.

Pete Codella

Pete is Accredited in public relations. He operates Codella Marketing, created the NewsCactus online newsroom software, and co-hosts the Online PR Podcast.

Pete is a sought-after consultant and presenter who leads workshops and webinars on all things related to social media and public relations.

He has served as president of local chapters of the Public Relations Society of America, International Association of Business Communicators, and the Social Media Club. With PRSA he has been a member of the executive committee for the Independent Practitioners Alliance, served as a western district board member and assembly delegate. This year he is an International Assembly Delegate-At-Large for PRSA.

A former singing gondolier at The Venetian in Las Vegas, Pete’s 2009 song, Crazy Little Thing the Web, is a top search result for “social media song.” Pete holds a B.A. from Brigham Young University and is a member of the University of Utah Executive MBA Class of 2013. He blogs at PeteCodella.com and can be found on Twitter @codella.