March Seminar: Leveraging Your Localness

Join Local First Arizona's Executive Director, Kimber Lanning, for an informative session on how to maximize your "localness." New to the local movement? Or perhaps you're a seasoned pro? Whichever level your organization is at, come together with fellow members to discover, share and celebrate all of the innovative practices to support the local message from a business owner's standpoint.

Attendees will learn new strategies for attracting and retaining customers based on their local ownership. We will explore business collaborations, effective communication tactics, and competetive business strategies to get a leg up on the national competition. Whether you're big enough to have a sales team or running your business alone, you will learn how to more effectively postiion your business as an asset to the local economy worthy of support. The seminar will be held on March 28th, from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Phoenix Center for the Arts. 

This seminar is open to Local First members only and registration is non-refundable.  The cost to attend is $5 if paid in advance or $8 at the door.  Please click on the link below to RSVP. 

About Kimber Lanning:

Kimber Lanning is an entrepreneur and economic specialist who works to cultivate vibrant, sustainable communities and inspire a higher quality of life throughout Arizona. Lanning is actively involved in fostering cultural diversity, economic self-reliance, regional planning, and responsible growth in the greater Phoenix area. She is the founder and Executive Director of Local First Arizona, a non-profit organization dedicated to raising public awareness of the positive economic and environmental impacts of supporting locally owned businesses.