Entreprenuers conference: time is running out!Three out of four businesses fail within the first five years of operation, and in today's roller-coaster economy, you'll need a smart survival strategy if you intend to hold on for the ride. Find that strategy May 17-20 at the Black Enterprise Entrepreneurs Conference & Deal Makers Expo hosted by General Motors. Featuring four days of business, motivational, and leadership seminars, this annual conference--the largest gathering of African American African American Multiculture A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa. See Race. business executives in the country--is designed to empower and profit emerging and established minority businesses. Make sure you attend "Vendor Opportunities: Innovative Procurement Strategies That Work," a session designed to teach you how to obtain supplier contracts with major corporations. At the Town Hall session, "Crisis in Black America: What's Happening to Our Young Black Men?" you'll hear from Michael Eric Dyson, noted author and social activist; Harry Edwards
Dr. Harry Edwards (born November 22, 1942 in East St. Louis, Missouri), is a Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of California, Berkeley and author of , a former University of California The University of California has a combined student body of more than 191,000 students, over 1,340,000 living alumni, and a combined systemwide and campus endowment of just over $7.3 billion (8th largest in the United States). professor and director of the Oakland Parks Department; Theodore Shaw, director-counsel and president of the NAACP NAACP in full National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Oldest and largest U.S. civil rights organization. It was founded in 1909 to secure political, educational, social, and economic equality for African Americans; W.E.B. Du Bois and Ida B. Legal Defense Fund; Antoine Garibaldi, president of Gannon University; and James Comer, a professor of child psychiatry child psychiatry Branch of medicine concerned with mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders of childhood. It arose as a separate field in the 1920s, largely because of the pioneering work of Anna Freud. at the Yale Child Study Center The Yale Child Study Center is a department at Yale University School of Medicine that brings together multiple disciplines to further the understanding of the problems of children and families. Hillary Clinton famously volunteered there while she was a student at Yale Law School. . Don't miss "The Brand Called You," where you'll learn how to identify and market your company's brand. Register for the conference today by visiting www.blackenterprise.com/beec or calling 800-543-6786. BLACK ENTERPRISE EVENTS is a division of Earl G. Graves Ltd. dedicated to the creation of products and services designed to meet your business needs. We can be contacted at B.E. Events, 130 Fifth Ave., New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , NY 10011-4399; fax: 212-886-9509; e-mail: BEevents@blackenterprise.com. The following is contact information to help you learn more about the programs and products of B.E. Events: blackenterprise.com Check out the latest features and links at the new and improved www.blackenterprise.com. Log on today to track your portfolio, find a new career using our online job search, and search franchises that fit your needs. BLACK ENTERPRISE/PEPSI GOLF & TENNIS CHALLENGE To learn more about the 13th annual Golf& Tennis Challenge, Aug. 31-Sept. 4, 2006, at La Costa Resort & Spa in Carlsbad, California. call 800-209-7229 or visit www.blackenterprise.com. |
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