ADVISORY/Office Depot's Success Strategies for Businesswomen Conference Sells Out.Business Editors ADVISORY...for Feb. 22-24 (Sunday-Tuesday) DELRAY BEACH Delray Beach, resort city (1990 pop. 47,181), Palm Beach co., SE Fla., on the Atlantic coast; settled 1895, inc. 1911. Mostly residential, Delray Beach is also the trade center for a citrus-fruit and vegetable-growing region. , Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 18, 2004 To Support Ongoing Demand, Company Announces Free "Live" Webcast of Keynote Presentations Office Depot Office Depot (NYSE: ODP) is one of the world's leading suppliers of office products and services. The Company's selection of brand name office supplies includes business machines, computers, computer software and office furniture, while its business services encompass copying, (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :ODP ODP - Open Distributed Processing ) today announced that the company's fourth annual Success Strategies for Businesswomen Conference - Today's Challenge...Tomorrow's Triumph, taking place February 22-24, 2004 at the Boca Resort & Club in Boca Raton Boca Raton (bō`kə rətōn`), city (1990 pop. 61,492), Palm Beach co., SE Fla., on the Atlantic; inc. 1925. Boca Raton is a popular resort and retirement community that experienced significant industrial development in the 1970s and 80s. , Fla., has sold out. More than 1,000 small business owners, executives and entrepreneurs are expected to attend the keynote presentations, panel discussions, networking sessions and special events. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Jocelyn Carter-Miller, Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer for Office Depot, the response to this year's conference -- which features keynote presentations by Hillary Rodham Rodham is an English surname which may refer to a number of persons or places. People Family of Hillary Rodham Clinton
"We continue to receive a steady stream of requests from women who want to be involved with the event in some fashion," Carter-Miller said. "As a result of this interest -- and as a demonstration of Office Depot's ongoing commitment to provide businesswomen nationwide with the advice, counsel and knowledge they need to be successful -- the company will offer a free 'live' webcast of almost the entire conference."
The web cast will include the following presentations:
Sunday, February 22, 2004
-- 7:00 p.m. - 8:15 p.m. - Opening Keynote: The Honorable Hillary
Rodham Clinton, United States Senator and Former First Lady
Monday, February 23, 2004
-- 8:00 a.m. - 9:15 a.m. - General Session/Keynote: Dawn Hudson,
President, Pepsi-Cola North America
-- 9:15 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. - Business Session: How to Profit by
Managing the Lifestages of Your Business
-- 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. - Business Session: 101 Answers to
Getting and Sustaining Capital Growth
Tuesday, February 24, 2004
-- 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. - General Session/Keynote: Mary Matalin,
Former Assistant to President Bush and Counselor to Vice
President Cheney (tentative)
-- 10:45 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. - Business Session: Growing Your
Business by Building the Value of Your Customer Base
-- 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. - Business Session: CEO Success
Stories: Turning Challenges into Triumphs
-- 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. - Keynote: Iyanla Vanzant, CEO, Inner
Visions Worldwide Spiritual Life Maintenance Center
Participants will need to register in order to view the web cast, and may do so beginning Sunday, February 22. The web cast can be accessed by visiting http://www.officedepotsuccess.com. About the Conference The Office Depot Success Strategies for Businesswomen Conference: Today's Challenge...Tomorrow's Triumph is sponsored by Hewlett Packard, Xerox, Microsoft and BIC BIC See: Bank Investment Contract . It was created in 2001 to provide women in business with networking opportunities, while offering programs and seminars that help them manage their businesses more successfully. The conference also spotlights national professional women's organizations and honors top women in business with Office Depot Visionary Awards and Businesswomen of the Year Awards. About Office Depot With annual sales of more than $12 billion, no one sells more office supplies to more customers in more countries than Office Depot. Founded in 1986 and headquartered in Delray Beach, FL, the company conducts business in 23 countries and employs nearly 50,000 people worldwide. Office Depot is a leader in every distribution channel - from retail stores and contract delivery to catalogs and e-commerce. The company is the world's number two online retailer - generating $2.6B in sales for FY'03. In North America, Office Depot has 900 retail stores in addition to a national business-to-business delivery network supported by 22 delivery centers, more than 60 local sales offices and 13 regional call centers. The company's common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City. under the symbol ODP and is included in the S&P 500 Index. Additional press information can be found at: http://mediarelations.officedepot.com. |
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