2012 Business Expo
PRESENTED BY

Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce


GOLD SPONSORS
Accent Imaging Adopt a Highway
ambius Byron Office Space Solutions, LLC
CEI Glover Printing
Joseph C. Woodard Millenium Print Group  

 

SILVER PRINT SPONSORS

A3 IT Solutions

ARC/Imaging Technologies Services, Inc.


SILVER SPONSORS

CenturyLink

Diversified Information Technologies, Inc.

Fifth Third Bank

Sibson Consulting

SunTrust Bank


AWARDS SPONSOR

5Star Awards, Inc.


MEDIA SPONSOR

Curtis Media Group


PRE-SHOW WORKSHOP SPONSOR

Studio Displays, Inc.

 

INTERNET SPONSOR

WRAL.com

 

E-TICKET SPONSOR.

Diamonds Direct Crabtree

 

 

 

 

 

 


REGISTER TO ATTEND

Visit hundreds of businesses at the sales and marketing event of the year! Compare the latest and greatest products and services and find what you need to enhance your company's business practices and customer service.

Click here to register for your free Diamonds Direct e-ticket.

Use your Diamonds Direct e-ticket for admission to the Business Expo and automatically be entered in a drawing for a $500 Diamonds Direct gift certificate.

Rules and Regulations

 

INFORMATIONAL SEMINARS

Register for these exciting show-day seminars!

Get off the Entrepreneurial Treadmill: Run Your Business, Don't Let it Run You
10:30 a.m. – Noon
$20 Chamber member/$30 non-Chamber member

A panel of successful entrepreneurs will discuss how they got their start, the biggest challenges they faced, the mistakes they made, and the lessons they learned. Find out the one piece of advice they would give you.

Panelists:

Leah Brown
Leah Brown

A10 Clinical Solutions, Inc.
Chas Scarantino
Chas Scarantino
Magnus Health
Jennifer Dunleavy
Jennifer Dunleavy
Accuro
Giles Shih
Giles Shih
BioResource International


Moderator:
 
James Vann
James Vann
Vann & Sheridan Attorneys at Law

 


REGISTER HERE

Registration is required; Space is limited.

Click here for panelists' bios.


 

Social Media: Turning Engagement into Conversion
1 – 2:30 p.m.
$20 Chamber member/$30 non-Chamber member

Panelists will explain how they use social media to "promote" their businesses—and more importantly, how it's working. Learn what metrics and tools they use, and find out how they see social media evolving over the coming months.

Panelists:

Emma Battle

Emma Battle
Red Hat, Inc.

Kathy Hughes Langfield

Kathy Hughes Langfield
Atlantic Creative

Mike Stenke

Mike Stenke*
Klausie's Pizza

Moderator:

John Lane
John Lane
Centerline Digital




REGISTER HERE

Registration is required; Space is limited.

Click here for panelists' bios.

*Photo of Mike Stenke courtesy of D.L. Anderson for The Independent Weekly


 

From Start-up to Success
3 – 4:30 p.m.
FREE

Hear Start-up Alley winners pitch their ideas to a panel of experts at this high-energy, fast-paced seminar. Panelists will offer feedback and advice in their respective areas.

For a list of Start-up Alley winners, click here.

Panelists:

Rich Kramarik

 



Rich Kramarik

IMAF-RTP, TACF

Mital Patel

 



Mital Patel

Triangle Business Law

Joe Procopio

Joe Procopio
StatSheet/
Automated Insights

Bill Warner

Bill Warner
IMAF-RTP, REDii

Richard White

Richard White
Uservoice.com

 


Moderator:

Mary Ann Baldwin
Mary-Ann Baldwin
Raleigh City Council

 


REGISTER HERE

Registration is required; Space is limited.

Click here for panelists' bios.


LENOVO WAREHOUSE SALE

Lenovo, a global leader in the PC market, will hold a special warehouse sale offering major deals and discounts. In the market for a personal computer or new equipment? Then you don't want to miss this opportunity. It's a one-stop shop for your computing needs—at exceptional bargain prices.

Please note: Credit card payments for Lenovo products are welcome. No cash or checks will be accepted.