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CRAVE business PRESENTS:

SHOP SYMPOSIUM 09 / take a day off to work "on" your business, not in it.

Calling all Seattle Entrepreneurs!

This is a must attend event if you want to grow your business.

CRAVEbusiness is a social and resource network for stylish innovators who own their own business or dream of starting one. Through one-on-one consulting, workshops, and red-carpet access to sage and savvy experts, CRAVEbusiness gives you a fresh take on designing your work life.

All registrants will have the opportunity to submit a profile of their business to have it reviewed by a panel of experts (click here to get started).

In Spring 2009, CRAVEbusiness’s SHOP Symposium series marks its third year of providing an inspirational, educational, one-day conference designed to support independent business owners. Attendees include retailers, spa and gym owners, travel agents, yoga teachers, creatives, self-employed service providers, and consultants of different stripes.

The only conference of its kind, SHOP Symposium/09 teaches practical skills, offers wise encouragement, and builds camaraderie. This is accomplished through expert speakers, panel discussions, breakout sessions and vendors whose services support the unique needs of business owners not affiliated with large corporations or chains. “Independent businesses keep the marketplace diverse and add character and soul to our communities,” comments CRAVEbusiness founder, Melody Biringer, herself a life-long entrepreneur and independent business owner. “Independent owners are particularly courageous. They need a community to support them, and this is the purpose of SHOP Symposium/09.”

TOPICS AND HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:

• Online and Offline Marketing Strategies That Work

• Talk Back Sessions

• PR and Digital PR

• Social Networking

• Live Think Tank- Registrants can enter to win a free business evaluation by a panel of business experts

seattle SPEAKERS INCLUDE: vancouver SPEAKERS INCLUDE: Portland SPEAKERS INCLUDE:

• Danielle LaPorte / White Hot Truth

• Lynn Baldwin-Rhoades / Marketing SHEbang

• Tracy Corley / TsuluWerks

• Hazel Grace Dircksen / Socialbees

• Gary Greenberg / Fisher Communications Seattle

• Michael Flynn / Compendium Inc.

• Danielle LaPorte / White Hot Truth

• Sarah Bancroft / Co-Founder & Editor in Chief VitaminDaily

• Judy Brooks / Blo Blow Dry Bar

• Jill Earthy / MomCafÉ

• Lorna Ketler and Barb Wilkins / Bodacious

• Stephen Jagger / Reachd

• Lisa Johnson / CEO Reach Group

• Mark Hayes / CEO/Founder Flowerbud.com

• Marlynn Schotland / Founder & CEO of Mamapraneurs, Inc.

• Kathi O’Neil/Founder, Portland Picks and Westover Media

• Curt Mudd/Founder, Emergent

• Jen Scott/Vice President, Maxwell PR

Pertinent Details

SEATTLE WA
When: Mon, March 23, 2009
Time: 8am-5:30pm
Where: Seattle Design Center
5701 6th Ave S #378
Seattle, WA 98108

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VANCOUVER BC
When: Mon, March 30, 2009
Time: 8am-5:30pm
Where: VanCity Theatre
1181 Seymour St
Vancouver, BC V6B 3M7

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PORTLAND OR
When: Mon, April 6, 2009
Time: 8am-5:30pm
Where: Portland Center for the Performing Arts – Brunish Hall
1111 SW Broadway
Portland OR 97205

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