Agenda

May 1, 2012 by admin

7:00am – 8:00: Registration and Networking

8:00: Introduction to the Ohio Growth Summit

8:15: Welcome: Nancy Case, Dean, Community Education and Workforce Development, Columbus State Community College

 8:20 – 9:30: Opening Keynote: Paul Evans, WD Ballroom

Entrepreneur, author and speaker, Paul Evans, started his first business at the age of twenty. He sold his fitness center twenty-six months later and went on to business ventures in the real estate, restaurant, communication, IT and mergers and acquisition industries.
Paul has helped more than 10,000 entrepreneurs start their own business. He currently works with more than 100 companies worldwide to help them establish and grow their online profitability.

9:30 – 9:45: Break

9:45 – 12:00: Business Growth Workshops

  • Social Media Strategy and Placement (Early Stage Businesses; Beginner to intermediate knowledge), WD 409. Lead by the founder of 30 Lines, Mike Whaling this session will allow you to discover when, where and how to best position your message on the web to achieve maximum results and success.
  • Strengthening your organization & growing your business (Second stage Businesses; Intermediate to advanced knowledge) WD 404. Where are you in the growth cycle of your business? What do you need to focus on to take that next step to move from managing to leading, from surviving to succeeding? Join connector, facilitator, Biz advisor/builder, speaker, entrepreneur & CEO Keith Speers as he leads you on a journey of discovery that will enable you to reach and exceed your business goals.
  • Business Financing and Financing Matchmaking (Early Stage Businesses; Beginner to advanced knowledge) WD 407 / Gallery. Need money but aren’t sure how to get it? This session is for you?  David Rivers and Rick Coplin will lead an interactive session that will provide you with the know how and connections to seek and attain either bank or investment financing. The session will also allow you to sit down with people who are writing checks and really understand what they are looking for that will make them have to give you money.
  • Advanced Content Marketing Strategies (Marketing professionals and advanced social media practitioners) WD Ballroom. The content revolution is upon us. Since the early beginnings of business (when they were all small), business owners have known the power of story-telling and how it can play to the emotions of potential customers. However, today there are more tools and platforms to reach more and more people with your message. Are you ready to be part of the revolution? The Ohio Growth Summit has reached out and asked Content Marketing expert Nate Riggs to develop a track that will bring together the best and brightest to help you understand content marketing space and how to best tell your story and build your business or businesses you work with.

 

12:00pm  - 12:20: Lunch

12:30 – 1:15: Business Growth Breakout Sessions Wrap-up

1:15 – 1:30: Break

1:30 – 2:25: The “Hot Seat”, WD Ballroom.
Do you have one burning issue that if you could just get a few minutes with an expert to get the answer you could take your business to the next level? Here is your chance to get that answer. Four selected Ohio Growth Summit attendees will get 12 minutes, on the main stage to discuss their issue with an expert. At the conclusion the audience will vote for the best expert recommendation with the winning business getting a $50 Amazon Gift Card!

2:25 – 2:30: Keynote Introduction

2:30 – 3:30: Closing Keynote, Gini Dietrich, Founder/CEO of Arment Dietrich, WD Ballroom.
Gini Dietrich is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Arment Dietrich, Inc. — a firm that uses non-traditional marketing of the digital world. Gini is also the author of the new book Marketing in the Round, How to Develop an Integrated Marketing Campaign in a Digital Era.  The author of Spin Sucks, 2010 and 2011 Readers Choice Blog of the Year, a Top 42 Content Marketing Blog from Junta42, a top 10 social media blog from Social Media Examiner, and an AdAge Power 150 blog, Gini has delivered numerous keynotes, panel discussions, coaching sessions, and workshops across North America on the subject of using online technology in communication, marketing, sales, and HR.
One of the top-rated communication professionals on social media, Gini was recently named the number one PR person, according to Klout and TechCrunch, on the channels, and number one on Twitter, according to TweetLevel. She also can be found writing at Crain’s Chicago Business, AllBusiness, and Franchise Times.

3:30 – 4:00 Summit Closing Thoughts and Takeaways