Women Entrepreneurs Conference - February 18, 2010

2010 Women Entrepreneurs Conference

A full-day program designed to provide women entrepreneurs with essential steps to business success, including legal, tax/business planning, marketing, communications, human resources and social media strategies.

Thursday, February 18, 2010
8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Parkdale Plaza, A&B Conference Room on Atrium Level
1660 South Hwy 100, St Louis Park
Directions

SPACE IS LIMITED

Please RSVP to Jill Hardie at 800-401-6194 or via email at jhardie@mansfieldtanick.com.

• Program Agenda
• Speaker Bios

Program Agenda

Presenter Information

Keynote Speaker: Pamela Muldoon, Next Stage Business, LLC

Pamela Muldoon is a Relationship Marketing Strategist with Next Stage Business, a marketing, training & consulting firm that specializes in helping Independent Professionals, Salespeople, & Small Business Owners develop marketing plans that work! She brings a 3-Step process to building a marketing plan that is "simple, but not always easy."

Pamela Muldoon brings over 20 years of career experience that includes radio broadcasting, theatre, sales, marketing, training and speaking. As a Relationship Marketing Strategist, she helps people in business develop marketing that attracts their ideal clients, tracks results for a stronger ROI and brings fun back into the marketing process!

Pamela's Relationship Marketing philosophy is three-fold:

1. Develop More Targeted Relationships With Your Prospects
2. Build & Maintain Strong Relationships With Your Customers & Partners
3. Connect the Relationship of Your Offline & Online Marketing Strategies

Relationships are key to Pamela's personal & professional growth. She is a member of the Board of Directors for the TwinWest Chamber of Commerce, active with the MN Chapter of National Speakers Association and is also a Certified Social Media Consultant with the International Social Media Association.

Pamela is the host of Next Stage Business Radio Show airing Saturdays 1–3pm on KYCR-AM Business 1570 in the Twin Cities. www.nextstagebusinessradio.com

Pam Ricker, Ricker & Associates, Ltd.

Pam Ricker, the owner of Ricker and Associates, has been in public accounting since 1980. She obtained her CPA certification in 1992. She has always worked with firms specializing in small business accounting and income taxes. From 1996 through 2001 she had the position of corporate controller for a group of equipment and special events rental stores. The time spent as a controller is also valuable to assisting her clients as she was responsible for acquiring all financing, insurance quotes and handling all human resource functions in addition to the accounting needs. In 2009 Pam was a finalist for Twin West Chamber of Commerce Emerging Entrepreneur.

Jeffrey C. O'Brien, Mansfield Tanick & Cohen, P.A.

Jeffrey C. O'Brien is a partner with the Minneapolis law firm of Mansfield Tanick & Cohen, practicing in the areas of business transactions, real estate law and estate planning. He is licensed to practice in the States of Minnesota and Wisconsin. A primary emphasis of Jeff's practice is working with startup businesses and entrepreneurs through the Firm's INCubation Center® program which provides a comprehensive, relationship-based approach to launching and growing new ventures.

Jeff is on the Boards of Directors of the American Association of Microbusinesses, U.S.-China Business Connections and is a regular contributor to two radio shows—the Real Estate Radio Hour, on WCCO 830 AM, and Next Stage Business Radio, on Business 1570 AM. He is also the author of a blog, "The Business Man's Lawyer," http://blog.jeffreyobrienesq.com.

Gregory B. Perleberg, Mansfield Tanick & Cohen, P.A.

Gregory B. Perleberg is a Partner with Mansfield Tanick & Cohen, P.A. and a member of the firm's Business Law Group. Greg specializes in a wide spectrum of e-commerce, technology and intellectual property areas. In addition to his law firm experience, Greg spent over seven years at IBM, working closely with software developers, hardware designers and manufacturers, professional associations, marketing and sales teams, advertising agencies, as well as strategic business partners. He also worked for a major publishing company, focusing in the areas of electronic products development and distribution.

Greg's clients include software and hardware companies, food and beverage manufacturers, technology consultants and developers, healthcare organizations, start-up businesses, filmmakers, publishers and individual artists (e.g., musicians and writers). He also provides general counsel services to a broad array of businesses.

Because of his diverse experience, Greg is able to offer clients significant market insight and understanding of the business needs and pressures of both large and small companies. Greg is graduate of the Minnesota High Tech Association's Ace Leadership Program, an initiative for next generation technology leaders.

Greg is very active in the arts and entertainment community in the Twin Cities.

Deborah Boardley, Boardley Consulting Group, LLC

Deborah Boardley is the President of Boardley Consulting Group, LLC., which she founded in 2007. Boardley Consulting Group is an innovative communications consulting firm specializing in coaching business executives and companies looking to strategically fine tune their verbal and non-verbal communication skills in order to position themselves as a leader in their industry. Along with a degree in Communications, Deborah has been working with Financial Service and Sales representatives for over 10 years. From working for a hearse and limousine dealership to working as the Operations Manager for a major life insurance carrier, Deborah has always enjoyed being in sales in one form or another. She loves getting people excited about what they are doing and giving them the tools they need to be confident, effective communicators.

Denise Y. Tataryn, Mansfield Tanick & Cohen, P.A.

Denise Yegge Tataryn is a shareholder of Mansfield Tanick & Cohen. She joined the firm in 1987. Previously, Ms. Tataryn served as judicial clerk to the Honorable Pamela Alexander in the Hennepin County District Court. In 1991, she took a senior attorney position with the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, a federal governmental agency, in Washington, D.C. where she stayed for six years. In 1999 she returned to Mansfield Tanick & Cohen. She serves as Chair of the Firm's Disability Practice Group, which has successfully represented hundreds of disabled clients seeking disability benefits. Ms. Tataryn has devoted most of her legal career to the practice of ERISA and Employment law litigation. Ms. Tataryn is a frequent speaker on both subjects.

Ms. Tataryn graduated from Hamline University School of Law in 1986. She is an honors graduate from Minnesota State University, Mankato, with a degree in Business Administration. She has served at each level of the legal career ladder, starting out as a legal assistant, then as paralegal and law clerk before practicing as a licensed attorney. Ms. Tataryn and her husband, Andrew, have two children, Taras and Aleksa.

Julie McDonald, iVision Human Resources

As a small business owner, Julie understands how business runs and the cumulative effect of many moving components to the bottom line. Clients value her ability to guide them towards solutions which make good business sense. Julie's effective leadership style empowers her clients to succeed. She possesses a solid record from HR Generalist to HR Director; balancing the duties required of her clients. Her strengths are in strategic HR direction, performance management, orientation, benefits, discipline/separation, employee relations, and compliance. Clients appreciate her ability to align HR strategy to their business strategy while also delivering tactical solutions.

Julie has a keen sense for researching and implementing best practices at all employee levels within a variety of corporate cultures. A few of the industries she's contributed to include technology consulting services, advertising/marketing and medical device.

763.300.2237
www.ivisionhr.com

Caroline Melberg, Small Business Mavericks

Caroline has over 20 years of marketing experience, working with companies such as AT&T Wireless and Cingular, where she held numerous senior level marketing positions.

She is the co-founder and CEO of Small Business Mavericks where she specializes in creating search engine optimized Websites that Work. She is a sought-after speaker and award-winning author who has been featured in The Wall Street Journal and numerous other national publications as an expert on Social Media.

As a Social Media Strategist, she creates strategic, customized, Social Media Road Maps that drive increased sales for her clients. Affectionately known as a "Marketing Geek," Caroline specializes in de-mystifying online marketing and social media, and explaining them in easy-to-understand terms.

Caroline believes marketing is not communication, but a conversation - and she would love to hear from you at 952-473-1007, via e-mail at: caroline@melberg.com or on the web at www.SmallBusinessMavericks.com!