Contact
Debra MasonE-Magnify
dmason@setonhill.edu
724-830-4614
Where
Hilton Garden Inn Pittsburgh/Southpointe
1000 Corporate Drive
Canonsburg, PA 15317
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presented by
Business & Professional Women of Pennsylvania and Seton Hill University E-magnify
This event is open to all women who are interested in starting a business, whether or not they are military veterans.
Friday, November 9, 2012
8:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Hilton Garden Inn Pittsburgh/Southpointe
1000 Corporate Drive
Canonsburg, PA 15317
Hilton Garden Inn Pittsburgh/Southpointe
1000 Corporate Drive
Canonsburg, PA 15317
Women veterans are natural entrepreneurs who possess the training, experience, and leadership skills to start businesses that will create U.S. jobs.
Explore entrepreneurship as your next step, secure available business resources and tools, and meet other women veterans who are business owners.
Agenda
8:00 a.m. Registration, Continental Breakfast, Networking
8:30 a.m. Welcome and Opening Remarks: Jayne Huston, Director, Seton Hill University's E-Magnify
9:00 a.m. Morning Presentation: Mary Moorhouse, Director, Special Projects, BPW Foundation
9:40 a.m. Putting Your Best Foot Forward
Renee Starek (Director, CareerWorks, Seton Hill University) and Gina Jones (Instructor, Coordinator, Career Services and Internship Center, Penn State University, Fayette) will speak on the following: creating the prefect resume and career documents, reference lists, reference letters, transferable attributes, writing the resume, and networking (What is networking? Who should be in your network? What are the benefits to networking?).
11:00 a.m. Networking
11:10 a.m. Arming Up for Entrepreneurship
Debra L. Mason (Education and Training Manager, Seton Hill University E-Magnify) will speak on the following topics: personal vision, business concept, collecting the right data, product development, market research, and competition.
11:00 a.m. Networking
11:10 a.m. Arming Up for Entrepreneurship
Debra L. Mason (Education and Training Manager, Seton Hill University E-Magnify) will speak on the following topics: personal vision, business concept, collecting the right data, product development, market research, and competition.
12:00 p.m. Lunch
12:45 p.m. Panel Session: Clear and Present Strategies
A panel of women veteran business owners will speak about their experience in business. The participants will show how their military training, experience, and leadership increased their chances for success in business. Participants include the following:
A panel of women veteran business owners will speak about their experience in business. The participants will show how their military training, experience, and leadership increased their chances for success in business. Participants include the following:
- Panel Facilitator: Karan Waigand, Economic Development Specialist, U.S. Small Business Administration
- Katherine Daskivich: Prudential Financial
- Lisa Beard: Spring Valley Bakery
- LDCR Regina Koetters, USNR: Marty’s Market, Pittsburgh, PA
- CDR Lindsay Weaver
Registration fee: $50.00
Student registration: $35.00 (valid ID required)
