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Learn from industry experts on social media, branding, data protection, client management, IT solutions, communicating your business plan and more. Be among the first to preview Microsoft's Win7 and Office 2010. Build your network with hundreds of small business reps at the Chamber's largest professional development gathering of the year!

Don't miss social media innovators Chris Brogan and Julien Smith as they share insight into their New York Times bestseller, Trust Agents: Using the Web to Build Influence, Improve Reputation, and Earn Trust. The first 125 attendees will receive a copy of Trust Agents!

Presenting speakers also include Fred Studer, General Manager of Microsoft Information Worker Products. As general manager, Studer oversees the US subsidiaries of Office, Project, Visio, SharePoint, Office Live, Outlook, Exchange, and others.

For session & presentation times, please download the complete schedule here.

• Monica Guzman, Seattle P-I (moderator)
• Shauna Causey, Comcast (WA State) Communications & P.R.
• Chris Pirillo, LockerGnome
• Ethan Yarbrough, Allyis

• Tracy Corley, Tracy A. Corley & Associates (moderator)
• Lance Becker, Responza
• Cori Ready, The Adventure School
• Martin Rincon, Martini Media

• Travis Daniel, Dale Carnegie Training (moderator)
• Bill Detlor, Costco
• Jabez LeBret, Jabez Productions

• Lorraine Howell, Media Skills Training (moderator)
• Brad Benner, X-BAR
• Derek Johnson, Tatango / Derek Media
• Dr. Skip Rowland, Urban Enterprise Center

• Emmy Jordan, Seattle Chamber (moderator)
• Steve Cooper, Minuteman Press
• Travis Hagens, Verizon Wireless
• Jessica Efta, Microsoft
• Mike McCarty, Comcast
• Kathy Parks, FedEx

BREAKOUT SESSIONS: START UP OR REV UP (INNOVATIVE IDEAS & SOLUTIONS)
Cost Effective IT Solutions

• Skip Chilcott, Microsoft
• Grant Thompson, MG Technology Group
• Jamison West, JWCS

• Min Song, Workforce Development Council (moderator)
• Mark Costello, Small Business Administration
• Eric Schinfeld, Puget Sound Regional Council

• Glenn Gregory, Obsidian Investment Advisors (moderator)
• Denise Marinacci, FlauntInc
• Barbara Overstreet, General Microsystems

• Dale Jordan, BDA (moderator)
• Jon Bach, Puget Systems
• Seaton Daly, Law Offices of Seaton M. Daly
• Dan Griffin, JW Secure, Inc.

• Elizabeth Bowman, Innovatively Organized
  
• Shane Hazard, AFLAC
  
• Tyler Alfred, Barclay Dean

This is a special event. Due to guarantees for venue and catering, refunds and credits are not allowed for registration cancellations under any circumstances. Substitutions are welcome.

This program is open to all. For information on Chamber membership click here.

*Registration fee covers breakfast and lunch with presenting speakers, morning and afternoon breakout sessions, and the afternoon reception.

THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS


DRIVING DIRECTIONS

Microsoft Conference Center
Microsoft Campus, Building #33
16070 NE 36th Way, Redmond 98052

From I-5 in Seattle
Take Exit #168B, onto SR-520 East.
Follow SR-520 about 10 miles across the Lake Washington floating bridge, through Bellevue and past I-405
Take the 40th Street Exit and turn RIGHT (East) onto NE 40th St.
Turn RIGHT (South) onto 159th Ave. NE.
Bear LEFT (South) onto NE 36th Way.
You will see Executive Briefing Center - Round the corner to the left and arrive at the Conference Center.

From I-405 in Bellevue
Exit onto SR-520 East, toward Redmond.
Go about three miles to the 40th Street Exit.
Turn RIGHT (East) onto NE 40th St.
Turn RIGHT (South) onto 159th Ave. NE
Bear LEFT (South) onto NE 36th Way.
You will see Executive Briefing Center - Round the corner to the left and arrive at the Conference Center.

Parking:
Available under Building #33 and in the parking garage to north of Building #33. A parking pass is required and can be obtained at the Conference Center from the Registration/Information Desk.

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