Business Summit Agenda 2023
Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:00 a.m. -8:45 a.m. | Main Lobby
Welcome
8:45 a.m. -9:10 a.m. | Atrium
- Scott Brown, Shippensburg Chamber President
- Torren Ecker, Pennsylvania State Representative
- Kathy Coy, Mayor, Shippensburg
- Charles E. Patterson, President, Shippensburg University
- Don Nori, Director, Charles H. Diller Jr. Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership and Innovation
Opening Session
South Central Regional Labor Market Overview and Key Trends
9:10 a.m. -9:55 a.m. - Atrium
- Keynote Speaker: Hillary Lyle, Director of Strategic Initiatives, SCPa Works
Transition & visit exhibitors
9:55 a.m.-10:15 a.m. | Spinnaker Hall
Breakout Session 1
10:15 a.m. -11:00 a.m.
| TITLE | SPEAKER | LOCATION |
| Creating an Internship Program | Alix Rouby, Director of Internships & Experiential Learning and EMPLOYER Bert Wendeln, President/CEO, The CarlisleGroup |
Windjammer B, 2nd Floor |
| Building & Leveraging Your Personal Brand |
Victoria Kerr, Senior Director of the Career Center |
Windjammer A, 2nd Floor |
| Video and Stream Advertising: When You Have Exhausted Your Social Media | Steve Crowley, Advertising Sales and Marketing Executive, Effectv | Schooner B, 2nd Floor |
| Money Matters: An Introduction to Nonprofit Fundraising and Grantseeking |
Lawrence (Larry) Green, Principal, LG Fundfinder Consulting, LLC |
Schooner A, 2nd Floor |
Transition & visit exhibitors
11:00 a.m. -11:30 a.m. | Spinnaker Hall
Breakout Session 2
11:30 a.m. -12:15 p.m.
| TITLE | SPEAKER | LOCATION |
| Innovative Thinking to Build Your Business – Session 1 * Attendees should plan to attend Session 2 to gain the most from this session. |
Tracy Montoro, Director of Workforce Development Pat Carlisle, President, The de Bono Group, LLC |
Windjammer B, 2nd Floor |
| Rebuilding Confidence within your small business | Krissy Cressler, Owner, Glow Getter Studio and Shippensburg Downtown Coordinator | Windjammer A, 2nd Floor |
| PANEL: Expanding Your Reach through eCommerce Sites: How to Move Your Inventory through Online Channels |
Robin Burtner, Director, Shippensburg University Small Business Development Center |
Schooner B, 2nd Floor |
| Why a Business Plan Matters in Nonprofit Fundraising |
Debra Thompson, Founder & President, Strategy Solutions |
Schooner A, 2nd Floor |
Lunch
12:15 p.m. - 12:35 | Main Lobby
Lunch Keynote
You Were Made to THRIVE: 7 Strategies to Move You from Crisis to THRIVING
12:35 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. | Atrium
- Keynote Speaker - Lori Wriston, CEO ValorExcel
Transition & visit exhibitors
1:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. | Spinnaker Hall
Breakout Session 3
1:45 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
| TITLE | SPEAKER | LOCATION |
| Innovative Thinking to Build Your Business Session 2* |
Tracy Montoro, Director of Workforce Development Pat Carlisle, President, The de Bono Group, LLC |
Windjammer B, 2nd Floor |
|
Relevant Grants for Local Businesses Grants for Small Businesses |
Mary Kuna, Executive Director, Cumberland County Housing and Redevelopment Authorities Katie Gray, Workforce Development Manager, Cumberland Area Economic Development Corporation |
Windjammer A, 2nd Floor |
| Owned, Earned, and Paid – | Adam Powell, Associate Dean of the John L. Grove College of Business, Shippensburg University | Schooner B, 2nd Floor |
| The Competitive Advantage of Company Culture |
Chad Kimmel, Associate Professor of Sociology, Shippensburg University, and Business Owner, Grand Illusion Hard Cider |
Schooner A, 2nd Floor |
Networking Mixer with Shippensburg University students
2:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. | Main Lobby
Adjourn
4:00 p.m.
*The Innovative Thinking workshop is held over two breakout sessions.
**Attendees will be invited to join the Shippensburg University Minds@Work Conference: Celebrating Student Research, Scholarship, and Creativity
3:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. in the Ceddia Union Building