2012 Women Entrepreneurs Conference 

Please join us for this full-day program designed to provide women entrepreneurs with essential steps to business success, including legal, marketing and social media strategies.

Program Agenda

 8:00-8:30 Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:30-9:00 Welcome Earl Cohen and KrisAnn Norby-Jahner, Mansfield Tanick & Cohen, P.A.

9:00-9:50 Raising the Bar and Taking the Lead: Strategies for Women Entrepreneurs Buffie Blesi, AdviCoach

9:50-10:05 Break

10:05-10:55 Why the Heck Do I Need a Business Attorney? Daniel S. Schleck, Mansfield Tanick & Cohen, P.A.

10:55-11:45 Intellectual Property for Business Owners Sten Hakanson, Mansfield Tanick & Cohen, P.A.

11:45-12:00 Break

12:00-12:50 Lunch/Keynote Speaker Minnesota Secretary of State Mark Ritchie

12:50-1:00 Wendy Blomseth - Business Journal, Break

1:00-1:50 What Business Owners Need to Know About Employment Laws Denise Y. Tataryn,  Mansfield Tanick & Cohen, P.A., and KrisAnn Norby-Jahner,  Mansfield Tanick & Cohen, P.A.

1:50-2:00 Break

2:00-3:00 Small Business Marketing Trends for 2012: What is This Year’s “Slingshot”? Pamela Muldoon, Next Stage Media Group, Moderator, with Kim Opitz, Rribbitz Creative Communications, LLC; Teicko Huber, Focus2Grow; and Liz Tunheim, SpyderTrap Online Marketing

3:00-3:20 Recent Developments in Employment Law Teresa Ayling, Mansfield Tanick & Cohen, P.A.

3:20-3:30 Presentation of the Firm’s 2012 Woman Entrepreneur Award

3:30-3:40 Closing Remarks KrisAnn Norby-Jahner, Mansfield Tanick & Cohen, P.A

4:00 Networking Reception

 

Cost: $10.00 (Cash, Check, Visa/MasterCard accepted). Please RSVP on or before February 21, 2012, to Renee Strandjord at 612-339-4295 or rstrandjord@mansfieldtanick.com