MRBES INFORMATION
Workshops
(Workshop times subject to change)| TIME | BUSINESS RELATED WORKSHOPS | |
| 9:00 - 10:30am | Show Me the Money! – How to Gain Business Capital | Tracking down sources of financial support for your company is an ongoing process. As your company grows, you will need to pursue varying funding amounts, from an array of sources. This panel of experts will show you where to find the money. |
| 9:00 - 10:30am | Where Are Your Next 1,000 Customers Coming From? | Business Decision (BD) enables small businesses to perform the same sophisticated business analysis used by America's top companies. BD provides powerful consumer market data that will enable you to identify new business opportunities. See the demonstration and use it for FREE. |
| 1:30 - 2:50pm | Generating a Little Buzz Leads to Big Biz: Beyond Guerilla Marketing For the Small Business Owner | Learn tips on how to brand your small business and generate "buzz" about your business for less, using inexpensive-yet very effective-marketing and tools such as social media marketing and public relations, from a panel of experienced media gurus. |
| 1:30 - 2:50pm | STIMULUS PACKAGE UPDATE: What opportunities are available to you? | Hear from representatives at the city and state level talk about what has already been allocated and the remaining business opportunities related to the $1.8 Billion Colorado Stimulus package. Panelists include representatives from RTD, DOLA, CDOT, NREL and COED & IT. |
| Non-Business Workshops | ||
| 9:00 - 10:30am | Beyond Today’s Plans and Promises, Towards Active Leadership for Tomorrow: Corporate Diversity & Leadership Forum | Leveraging Diversity and Inclusion for business excellence requires organizations to be fully engaged and implement long-term programs tied to accountability. Learn how leading organizations use diversity and inclusion as a transformational strategy. |
| 9:00 - 10:30am | Lose a Job, Gain a Business | The best time to branch out from your typical “9 to 5” and become an entrepreneur often occurs during an economic downturn. Unemployment or underemployment can be a tremendous opportunity in disguise. Find out how to use your skills and abilities to build the business that you didn’t know was inside of you all along! |
| 1:30 - 2:50pm | Go Green: Energy-Saving Tips to Benefit the Planet and Your Wallet | “Go Green” can apply to both preserving the planet Earth, as well as, the dollars in your wallet. Discover how more efficient energy-saving techniques at home and work can help you save money and protect our planet at the same time. |
| 1:30 - 2:50pm | Survive The Bear Market and Rescue Your Retirement | Can I afford to retire? How long will I have to keep working? Will I have to come out of my current retirement and reenter the workforce in order to pay my bills? – These are among the questions millions of Americans who are in or nearing retirement, find themselves asking everyday. Don't let the recession ruin your retirement plans! Learn more about rescuing your retirement investment portfolio, risk tolerance, how to overcome tumbling stocks and mutual funds, etc. |
| 3:00 - 4:00pm | Youth Apprentice Contest Presentations | Support your youth registrants by cheering them as they present their solutions to a problem that effects us all - the soaring high school dropout rate. |
| ON THE EXPO FLOOR | ||
| 9:00 - 9:30am & 3:30 - 4:00pm | Putting Your Best Self Forward: Career Survival Techniques | Tired of submitting your resume and not getting a call back for an interview? You may be the best fit for the job, yet can get overlooked based on how you are pitching yourself to recruiters. Learn how to standout among the sea of other jobseekers, by effectively marketing your skills and work experience. |
| 10:30 - 11:30am & 2:00 - 3:00pm | Take a look at yourself (from the employers perspective) | This presentation takes a very in-depth look at the job seeker from the employer side of things. The goal of the presentation is to highlight what job seekers do wrong, while motivating them to take a hard look at themselves and have them leave excited about what they can accomplish in the future. |
| One-on-One | ||
| Additional non-workshop sessions (for registrants only) | ||
| Requires advance timeslot reservation. | Business Counseling Sessions | Get sound business counsel during a 30-minute, one-on-one counseling session. Sessions aim to review the key elements of establishing a successful business such as reviewing business plans and more. Requires advance timeslot reservation.
What to Bring Attendees must bring items that include business plans; financials; profit, loss and balance sheet, current strategies, marketing materials, etc. |
| Requires advance timeslot reservation. | Career Counseling Sessions | Get sound career counseling during a 30-minute counseling session.
Sessions aim to review the tools needed to excel in the job hunt, including resume writing, winning interview techniques and more.
What to Bring Attendees must bring items that include resume, cover letter, etc. |
| Requires advance timeslot reservation. | Financial Counseling Sessions | Get sound financial counseling during a 30-minute, one-on-one counseling session. Sessions aim to review the tools needed to effectively manage finances, overcoming debt and more. What to Bring Attendees must bring a list of all assets and debts and retirement account statements. |
| Requires advance timeslot reservation. | Self Care Counseling Sessions | Is the current economic situation stressing you out? Get sound self care counseling during a 30-minute, one-on-one counseling session. Self care counseling sessions are offered every half hour, throughout the day. |
