We’re gearing up for the big MicroCredit New Hampshire event of the season - a full day of workshops for the smallest of small businesses in the state. I had the pleasure of dropping in on the MicroCredit-NH offices last week to deliver our contribution to the swag bags, and told their fabulous Marketing & Communications Manager Tara Dolphin I’d pass the word about the event along to you.

If you’re going to be in the Concord, NH area on Saturday, May 12th, check this out - they just opened registrations to the general business public. Now’s your chance to get in on a great learning opportunity, detailed below:

Concord, NH, May 1, 2007 – Are you self-employed and seeking fresh marketing, business development and technology strategies to further develop your business?  MicroCredit-NH has organized a statewide event dedicated to business development and networking for New Hampshire’s small business owners. 

“Entrepreneurial Exchange 2007: Reach the Peak” will be held in Concord on Saturday, May 12th from 8:30 AM to 3:30 PM.  The event will take place at the Grappone Conference Center at the Courtyard Marriott on 70 Constitution Avenue.  Entrepreneurial Exchange 2007 is sponsored by PSNH, the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, Laconia Savings Bank and First Colebrook Bank.

The Entrepreneurial Exchange will offer participants a choice of four morning workshops to attend. These include: Effective Sales Techniques, covering sales and listening strategies to build rapport with prospects and clients to increase business; Business Development, which will provide participants tools for brainstorming including 50 ways to boost business productivity, visibility and profits; Technology Panel, with three speakers discussing the latest opportunities technology provides to small business owners, including search engine optimization, blogging, and search engine marketing; and Marketing, which will focus on the power and significance of a strong branding strategy.

The event’s featured workshop presenters include: Judy Carlough, Sandler Sales Training; Steve Forkey, WebAction Group; Christine Halvorson, Halvorson New Media; Debby Hoffman, Positive Results Seminars; Susan O’Neil, @Web Site Publicity; Thom Pollard, Eyes Open Productions; Kevin Skarritt, Acorn Creative; and Lani Voivod, Epiphanies, Inc.

In addition to the morning workshop tracks, the event will include two hours of facilitated and open networking time and afternoon roundtable discussions facilitated by the workshop presenters.  These discussions will cover a variety of business issues and challenges facing the small business owner.
 
“The Entrepreneurial Exchange is MicroCredit-NH’s premier event of 2007,” explained Rob Riley, Director of MicroCredit-NH. “Our mission is to increase the income and economic stability of New Hampshire’s small businesses, and this event will offer strategies for participants to achieve increased profits through business skill development and networking opportunities.  We encourage the self-employed from all corners of the state to join us for this unique day of training and celebration of entrepreneurship.”

Pre-registration is required, as space is limited.  The registration fee is $40, which includes lunch.   To register and for more information, visit http://www.microcreditnh.org/ for a live online registration link, or call MicroCredit-NH at 1-800-769-3482. Information about the Entrepreneurial Exchange sponsors is available online at: http://www.psnh.com/; http://www.bos.frb.org/; http://www.laconiasavings.com/; and http://www.firstcolebrookbank.com/.

To accomplish its mission of increasing the income and economic stability of microbusinesses and the self-employed, MicroCredit-NH provides statewide business development programming, loan capital up to $15,000, and expanded marketing and networking opportunities.  MicroCredit-NH delivers its services through local Business Groups that are comprised of self-employed individuals and small business owners.  Since program inception, MicroCredit-NH has loaned more than $800,000 to New Hampshire’s entrepreneurs. 

MicroCredit-NH is a program of the New Hampshire Community Loan Fund, Inc., a statewide non-profit charitable organization headquartered in Concord.  MicroCredit-NH is generously supported by Citizens Bank, NH Community Development Finance Authority, the Community Development Block Grant Program, among others, and is endorsed by all New Hampshire County Commissions.

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