OUTRAGEOUS MARKETING SYMPOSIUM & LAUNCH OF POWER PARTNERS

The Outrageous Marketing Symposium is a day-long event designed to engage non-profits, small and medium size enterprises and corporations in learning and thinking big about strategies to increase public awareness, market share, and their bottom line in a challenging economy.

The symposium will consist of workshops, a luncheon with international keynote speaker, James Amps, III and the PowerPartners Business Mixer which will bring influential business leaders together in an entertaining and stimulating environment. The high point of the evening will be the PowerPartners “Pitch Off” Elevator Pitch Competition. Six contestants will get two minutes to pitch a business idea to a panel of investors, procurement representatives, and loan officers. The person with the winning pitch will receive a cash prize.

Seminar Topics include:
 Marketing 101: Back to Basics
 Brand Development & Management
 Effective Marketing or Development/Fundraising Campaigns
 Doing Business with the Government
 Telling Your Story via Special Events
 In The News: Are You?
 Advertising On a Dime
 What’s Your ROI?

Luncheon featuring Keynote Speaker, James Amps III
Business Success: “Moving Your Business to Where You Want To Be”

POWERPARTNERS – Upscale business mixer, sponsor recognition, 10 featured exhibitors, hors d’ouevres, cash bar, door prizes, live music

WHO SHOULD ATTEND
 Entrepreneurs
 Non-profit Executive Directors and Development Directors
 Owners of Small – Medium Size Businesses
 Marketing/Community Relations Directors for Private and Public Corps.

SCHEDULE AT-A-GLANCE
 Not-for-Profit Organizations: Seminars 8:30 am—11:30 am
 Luncheon & Keynote Address 11:45 am - 1:15 pm
 SMEs & Corporations: Seminars 1:30 pm—4:30 pm
 “Pitch Off” – Elevator Pitch Competition 5:30 pm – 6:00 pm
 Power Partners Business Mixer 5:00 pm – 7:30 pm