Agenda of Events
March 21, 2015
Moderator: Essie Sims, Jr. – Chairman of the ETCRP
| 8:00 – 8:30 AM | Registration – Foyer Entrance |
| 8:30 – 8:35 AM | Welcome – Towanda Anthony/ Economic Development & Land-Use Secretary – City of Tampa LDC |
| 8:35 – 8:40 AM | Encouragement – Honorable State Representative Edwin Narain |
| 8:40 – 8:45 AM | Occasion – Honorable Tampa City Councilman Frank Reddick |
| 8:45 – 8:50 AM | Mission and Vision – Carrol Josephs-Marshall, ETCRP Economic Development Chair |
| 8:55 – 9:05 AM | Program – Albert Lee – Tampa Bay Black Business Investment Corporation |
| 9:00 – 9:10 AM | Opening Remarks – “Transforming Business Through Technology” Honorable Hillsborough County Commissioner Lesley Miller, Jr. |
| 9:10 – 10:25 AM | Session 1 – Related Programs for Small Business – How to Utilize Human Resources, Marketing and Vision Reengineering Technology – Josh Ebert/ Corporate Vice President of Small Business – Brighthouse; Rick Ravens/ Small Business Partner Sales – Ceridian HCM; Sean Josephs/ Vice President – Blue Lynx Marketing; Leighton Kyler/ Vice President of Sales – Ariel Business Group |
| 10:25 – 10:45 AM | Networking Break – Foyer Area |
| 10:45 – 11:45 AM | Session 2 – Keynote Speeches: Banking and Finance – Electronic Banking with Technological Systems; Legal Conformity and Protection: Financing Your Business in Today’s Economy: Charles Young/ Managing Partner – Young and Sons Tax and Accounting; Stacey Jones/ Vice President of Treasury Management – Fifth Third Bank; Constance Daniels, Esq./ Managing Partner – Daniels Law |
| 11:45 – 1:00 PM | Luncheon, Presentation and Speeches – Small Business Development Overview and Converting Information Process or Concept Into Technology; Identify companies that take ideas and turn them into software, Gregory Celestan/ Celestar Holdings Corporation; Charles Long/ U.S. Small Business Administration |
| 1:00 – 1:30 PM | Testimonial – Keosha Poole/ Incubator Creation; Allen P. Sutton/ Crowd Funding |
| 1:30 – 3:00 PM | Session 3 – Break-Out Topics – Itemized List of Classes Below |
| 1:30 – 2:15 PM | Working With Government – Economic Development Through Inclusion: – Learn the Tampa-2 Playbook that improves your access to Business Opportunities and scoring with the City and Hillsborough County. Minority Business Certification; Gregory K. Hart/ Manager – City of Tampa Small & Minority Business Development; Rita Sauri/ Coordinator II – CCA Hillsborough County Economic Development |
| 1:30 – 2:15 PM | Marketing For Success – How to use Television, Radio and Social Media to boost your business. Jarrett Hill/ ABC Action News; Ebone Cruz/ WTMP Radio Personality; Chandra Lee/ Lee Integrations |
| 1:30 – 2:15 PM | Smart Start Your Business – How to Streamline Your Company and Encourage Growth; Jennifer Biles and Janette Blanco/ Consultants – Hillsborough County Entrepreneur Collaborative Center |
| 2:15 – 3:00 PM | Experience New Cloud Based Technology Designed to Streamline W/MBE/ SBE – Skip the Wait and Get Your Existing Business Fast-Tracked for WMBE/SBE Certification and Re-certification using new On-Line Application Process, Instructional seminar provided; Gregory K. Hart/ Manager – City of Tampa Small & Minority Business Development; Rita Sauri/ Coordinator II – CCA Hillsborough County Economic Development |
| 2:15 – 3:00 PM | Marketing For Success – How to use Television, Radio and Social Media to boost your business. Jarrett Hill/ ABC Action News; Ebone Cruz/ WTMP Radio Personality; Chandra Lee/ Lee Integrations |
| 2:15 – 3:00 PM | Smart Start Your Business – How to Streamline Your Company and Encourage Growth; Jennifer Biles and Janette Blanco/ Consultants – Hillsborough County Entrepreneur Collaborative Center |
| 3:00 – 3:15 PM | Presentation ETCRP – Towanda Anthony – ETCRP Economic Development and Land-Use Secretary – City of Tampa LDC, Darrell Starling and Deborah Lawson/ Executive Committee Members; Wrap-up – Challenge to take action, Evaluation Forms & Raffle. |
| 3:15 – 3:30 PM |
Special Thanks – Carrol Josephs-Marshall/ Chair – ETCRP Economic Development Sub-Committee Chair Closing Remarks – Edward Johnson/ Manager – City of Tampa Economic Development Department |