Date: February 02, 2006
Time: 8:30am to 1:30pm
Presented By: Karen Martinsen Fleming
Location:
The Capitol Plaza, Montpelier, Vermont
Description:
Do family and locally owned business have a distinct advantage when it comes to marketing their family name or history? In the age of big-box stores and endless franchises, is it still possible to be heard above the din of endless competition? When your family is your brand, and your family is as local as they come, you have an advantage the others only dream of and attempt to position themselves for. This forum will lead you through the essentials of building your brand and capitalizing on your unique businesses strengths. Leverage your position as a true local company to build your business value.
Participants will take away from this forum:
Karen Martinsen Fleming has over 20 years of strategy, marketing, product development and research experience with leading traditional and non-traditional organizations. Karen’s career includes such notable companies as Procter & Gamble, Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc. She has also worked as a growth strategy consultant at CDI (now part of Mercer Consulting). As Vice President of Marketing at Stonyfield Farm and Seventh Generation, she developed and launched the two most successful product lines in the company’s histories. Karen earned her undergraduate degree from Dartmouth College, and her MBA degree from the Harvard Business School.
Non-credit workshops and courses only
Employees working in the industries of: manufacturing, healthcare, informational technology, telecommunications, and environmental engineering may be eligible for up to a 50% discount on courses. This grant is offered through a partnership with the Vermont Training Program and the Department of Economic Development. For more details call 888-222-3413 or 802-656-4033.
Notice to Trainees
WHY WE NEED YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER
Act 192 of the 2008 Vermont Legislature requires employers and other training providers receiving support from the state to provide the social security number of each individual participating in the training to the department of state government supporting the training. The social security number will be used to gather wage information from the Department of Labor's files after you complete training, in order to evaluate the training program.
The Departments of Labor and Economic Development must provide information on the employment outcomes of training programs to the Legislature. Your information will be combined with information of other trainees to ensure your privacy and the privacy of your employer. The law requires the departments to keep your information confidential.
