Central Oregon Business Expo Thursday, April 25, 2013 Business Expo Hours 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Business After Hours 4:00p.m.- 5:00 p.m.  Deschutes County Fair & Expo Center 3800 SW Airport Way Redmond, OR  Always Free to Attend Reserve Your Booth Today! Click for Application (PDF)                                                            Columbia State Bank and the Redmond Chamber of Commerce & CVB are proud to announce the 15th Annual Central Oregon Business Expo at the Deschutes County Fair and Expo Center, Thursday, April 25, 2013. The Expo offers business owners and executives a full day of networking and an expert speaker program designed to grow your business. This year’s luncheon keynote speaker, brought to you by Jones & Roth CPAs and Business Advisors is Becky Johnson, Vice President of OSU-Cascades. “We are very excited to have Becky Johnson speaking at this year’s Business Expo on OSU-Cascades and its efforts on creating a four-year university for Central Oregon,” states Chamber Executive Director, Eric Sande.  The benefits of a four-year university will elevate the economic opportunities for the region.  This luncheon presentation will take place from 11:45 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.  The luncheon cost is $16.00 per person and RSVP’s are required.  The luncheon kicks-off a full day of informative presentations by local experts.                                                        New to this year’s Central Oregon Business Expo is The Junior Achievement Finance Park. The Finance Park will be hosted at the Deschutes County Fair and Expo in the North Sister alongside this year’s Business Expo. JA Finance Park was created to provide a relevant, high-impact personal financial literacy program for middle and high school students across Oregon and SW Washington. The program space is a transportable structure similar to a high-end trade show exhibit, designed as a mini-city with “businesses” that correlate to 16 personal budget lines. JA Finance Park provides a critical resource to help schools and communities ensure that young people have the opportunity to develop sound financial skills for life. It also enables students to recognize the value of education and how dropping out might limit their future horizons.         BUSINESS EXPO LUNCHEON  Kick-off Luncheon 11:45 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Becky Johnson, Vice President for OSU-Cascade   What will a 4-year university mean for business in Central Oregon? As OSU-Cascades expands to a 4-year university serving Central Oregon, local businesses will feel the impact.  From spending by students and staff to workforce and business development, the economy of Central Oregon will grow and diversify.  Learn about existing and new programs at OSU-Cascades, and give feedback on the educational needs that you see for our region.  Call today to reserve your spot! 541-923-5191 $16.00 per person   The Central Oregon Business Expo will have FREEE workshops this year by top notch professionals.     1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. “Navigating Your Way through an Ever- Advancing World of Technology” Presented By Nate Wyeth, Development & Marketing Director, Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Oregon Technology can be overwhelming, there’s no doubt about it: Facebook? Twitter? Websites? Blogs? Email Marketing? And the list goes on. It’s hard to know which platform is the best for your business. During this workshop, attendees will learn about which what options are available to businesses, and how to take advantage of cost-effective marketing techniques that will allow your business to grow their customer base through better communication and visibility. 2:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. “Email Marketing - Making It Work For You” Presented By Lisa Creamer, Business Development Specialist from Emma   Fackbook, Twitter, Pinterest, email marketing - in today’s society the communication options are endless - why can't we all be friends? With all the interest in social media, does email marketing still make sense? Yes!    We'll discuss the difference between social and email marketing, how to grow your contact list, how to engage and delight audience, how to increase your open rate and how to understand and utilize response data to increase your ROI. Whether you're new to email marketing or experienced pro you should leave the workshop with a host of best practice tips which you can immediately implement in your next email campaign.       3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. “Combining traditional marketing tactics with the digital practices of today's technology”  Presented By Nate Wyeth, Development & Marketing Director, Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Oregon   With more and more “new school” marketing tactics popping up every day, it’s hard to not lose sight of the traditional practices that have proven successful for your business in the past. Attendees will learn about crafting a plan for businesses that generates new leads and engages customers on a more digital level without adding to what might already be a full plate in the marketing department.  To RSVP for the luncheon or any of the FREE workshops, please contact Karen Sande at the Chamber office at 541-923-5191 or email karen@visitredmondoregon.com

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