WASHINGTON
– Small business owners looking for ways to grow
and develop their businesses are invited to take part in National Small
Business Week’s free networking and educational forums and dialogue with
leading business experts during National Small Business Week, May 20-22 in
Washington, D.C.
The
U.S. Small Business Administration and its private sector partners are holding
key business forums, and are encouraging small business owners and
entrepreneurs to sign up, register and spread the word to other small
businesses interested in attending.
The
free forums include a town hall with SBA Administrator Karen Mills on how small
businesses are good for the long-term health of any economy; a social media
forum on best practices for putting new media tools to work for small
businesses; and an exporting forum on how SBA can help businesses find
customers abroad. The schedule also includes sessions on federal
contracting, selling to large companies, and business matchmaking with major
corporations and government agencies.
The town hall and forum events will be webcast live to
allow business owners across the country to participate if they cannot attend
in person. While registration is required to attend forums and sessions in
person (onsite registration will be provided), the live online webcast will be
available free at www.NationalSmallBusinessWeek.com.
To register to attend, find more information on the live webcast, or for a
detailed schedule of events and speakers, visit the National Small Business Week website
at www.NationalSmallBusinessWeek.com.
All events will take place at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel
and Conference Center, 1330 Maryland Ave., SW, Washington, D.C. The
scheduled forums include:
·
Town Hall Meeting – Small Businesses Creating an Economy Built to Last
·
Exporting Forum – Taking Your Business Global
·
Social Media Forum – Join the Conversation (hosts will
take your questions in person and on Twitter using the hashtag #SBW2012)
·
Federal
Contracting Educational Sessions – Small businesses will learn how to
market themselves to the federal government and go after government contracting
opportunities
·
How Small
Businesses can win Big with Large Companies – Small businesses
will learn how to work with large companies to sell their products.
WHEN:
May 20, 2012 – Mandarin Oriental Hotel and Conference Center
3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
How Small Businesses can win Big with Large Companies with Holly Bohn, founder
and creative director of See Jane Work
