Women's Workshop

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 6, 2008
Contact: (417) 625-3128
www.mssutraining.com

 

 

JOPLIN, MO (SNS) – A Women’s Leadership Conference will be held from 1:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m., Tuesday, June 24 in Cornell Auditorium, Plaster Hall Room 201 at Missouri Southern State University.

 

This conference provides information for entrepreneurs, managers or those just starting careers on ways women can better market themselves and their companies in uncertain economic times.  A difficult economic landscape requires more creativity, imagination and resourcefulness. 

 

Speakers will help those attending learn how to target new segments of customers, create new promotions, and provide a better level of customer service. 

 

Women need to be able to analyze the primary opportunities and challenges facing them in business.  The conference will help them cultivate strong workplace communication techniques that produce superior results.  It will help them make “lemonade out of lemons.”

 

Considering the ideas of co-workers leads one to creative and effective approaches to solving problems and getting work done. 

 

The cost for the workshop is $10.
 
To register call (417) 625-3128 or e-mail www.mssutraining.com.

 

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AGENDA
 
1:00 – 1:30 p.m.        
Registration / Networking Game
 
1:30 – 1:50 p.m.        
Welcome
Lisa Robinson and Karen Bradshaw
Consultants, MSSU Small Business Development Center

 

Elaine Joines
Southwest Missouri Bank

 

Janice Bowman
Women’s Business Ownership Representative,
Small Business Administration

 

1:50 – 3:10 p.m.        
Panel Member Presentations and Topics
           
1:50 – 2:10 p.m.
Bre LaFerla –“Innovative Promotions”
Marketing Director, Michael R. LaFerla, Orthodontist
 
2:10 – 2:30 p.m.
Chris Yaudas – “Identifying Target Markets”
Member Relations Coordinator, Joplin Area Chamber of Commerce
 
2:30 – 2:50 p.m.
Rhonda Justice Neal – “Effective Customer Service Techniques”
Owner, Girlfriends II
 
2:50 – 3:10 p.m.
Michelle Ducre – “Business Networking for Women”
Executive Director, Community Health Clinic of Joplin
 
3:10 – 3:30 p.m.        
Networking and Refreshment Break
 
3:30 – 4:25 p.m.        
Panel Question and Answer Session
Moderator: Peggy Fuller
Southwest Missouri Bank
 
4:25 – 4:30 p.m.        
Closing Remarks/Door Prizes

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