Chamber Business Expo Oct. 20 Promises Full Day of Information and Celebration

Call the Chamber today to register to attend the Everett Area Chamber’s 2004 Chamber annual meeting luncheon Oct. 20, an integral part of the 2004 Everett Area Business Expo, Snohomish County’s premier business-to-business trade show.

The Expo, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Everett Events Center Conference Center, offers a showcase of business products and services and a full slate of free informational seminars. It is free and open to the public. The Expo is presented by Electronic Business Machines and is sponsored by Office Depot, NW Women's Business Center, Northsound 1380 Radio and Volvo Rents.

The Chamber annual meeting luncheon, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., features a report to members and a keynote presentation, “The Telecommunications Revolution,” by Verizon Group President Steven M. Banta. The annual meeting luncheon sponsors include: Community Transit, The Herald, McDonalds, North Sound 1380 Radio, Snohomish County PUD, and Oasys, Inc.

Expo workshops include:

• Relationship Selling: How to Develop Repeat and Referral Business, by business consultant and author Orv Owens, Ph.D
• Show Me The Money: Financing Your Small Business, presented by Tiffany McVeety, Northwest Women’s Business Center
• How Are You Managing Your Work Flow?, presented by Richard Schlosser, Electronic Business Machines
• Selling to the Government, by Lisa Henthorn, Procurement Technical Assistance Center
• Increasing Your Competitive Advantage: A Three-Step Process to Position Your Company to Increase Sales Revenue and Market Share, by Andrew Ballard, Marketing Solutions
• Working With The Print Media: Putting Ink To Work for Your Business, presented by John Wolcott, Snohomish County Business Journal, and Mike Benbow, The Herald
• Creating An Effective Advertising Plan: Learn a Six-Step Process For Developing An Advertising Plan That Includes Media and Messaging and Tracking, Andrew Ballard
  
  Luncheon is $35 for members pre-registered by Oct. 15, $45 for non-members or those who register after Oct. 15.
  
  “We believe participation in this event is so critical to our members’ success that we have extended early registration an additional day,” said Chamber President Louise Stanton-Masten.