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The Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce's Business Growth Series provides an opportunity to learn about the factors that influence successful small businesses, both now and in the future. This "Ask the Expert" series of hands-on, interactive workshops provides affordable training for small business owners, CEOs and senior-level staff. Participants will be able to network with other business leaders in small group settings, learn from experts in various fields, and walk away with user-friendly tools, handouts and techniques to implement immediately. These sessions are geared for all small businesses in various stages of growth, and will provide the opportunity to share and learn from others in the community. The 2008-2009 Business Growth Series launched in late September and will take place bimonthly throughout the year. See below for dates and registration information. Wednesday, January 7 Wednesday, March 4 Thursday, May 14 PRESENTER GUIDELINES Twice a year, the Chamber invites interested members to submit an application for consideration as a presenter in the Business Growth Series. A committee will review all applications and select six for presentation during the 2008-2009 program year. Each workshop will be a two-hour format. DEADLINES AND CRITERIA PRESENTERS Only Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce members in good standing may apply. A workshop may be presented by more than one person, but only one application and one main contact per topic should be submitted on the application. Additional presenters will be recognized in promotion of the workshop to Chamber members. AUDIENCE The growth series will be promoted to all Nashville Area Chamber members via our standard methods of communication, such as Monday Morning Report, online event calendar, ROI newsletter and targeted broadcast e-mails. We anticipate 30 to 50 attendees per session. PRESENTATIONS These presentations are not "infomercials" and should not in any way promote the individual presenters or their particular companies. Rather, these are intended to offer affordable educational training as a resource for business growth and development. The content should focus on key learning principles such as best practices or lessons learned. Presentations should be interactive and hands-on to promote discussion, ideas and participant engagement throughout the presentation. If you are chosen as a presenter, the Chamber reserves the right to work with you on your presentation title and description for marketing purposes. Each presentation will be structured as a two-hour morning session. PRESENTATION HANDOUTS Handouts are the responsibility of the presenter, and presenters are highly encouraged to provide detailed handouts of all information covered in the session. If you are chosen as a presenter, please submit all your handouts to the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce for approval one week prior to presentation date. AUDIO/VISUAL The following standard items will be included in the classroom: small group seating for all attendees, podium with microphone, projector, screen, wireless microphone and materials table. Presenters are expected to arrive 45 minutes prior to the workshop and bring their presentation pre-loaded on a laptop with appropriate connectors (extension cords, data connector, etc.). APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS Marissa Benchea, director of small business programs Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce 211 Commerce Street, Suite 100 Nashville, TN 37201 Phone: 615-743-3114 Fax: 615-256-9335 E-mail: mbenchea@nashvillechamber.com |
