Welcome to Opportunity 2012
We have Sold Out of our Free Passes. Event Entrance is now $40 for the full day. Only accepting walk-ins the day of the event. Thank you.
When was the last time “13” was your lucky number?
Join us at the Hilton McLean Tysons Corner on Friday, April 13th.
From the desk of Cheree Warrick, Event Co-Chair
As a fellow business owner, I have dreams and aspirations of growing a multi-million dollar company in the next few years. Like you, I don’t have the time or money to waste on networking events or conferences that don’t produce measurable results and create new relationships for my business.
When it came time to create programming for the ViennaTysons’s Regional Chamber of Commerce’s 2012 Annual Conference and Trade Show, I remembered the old saying, “Luck happens when resource meets opportunity.” The Annual Conference Team put our heads together to offer attendees both resources and opportunities for their businesses.
So come to the conference. The luck part will happen as you take advantage of these resources and opportunities. You’ll have a great day, and with a little effort luck will linger with you long after April 13.
The ViennaTysons Regional Chamber of Commerce is proud to present Opportunity 2012 – the only Business2Business Annual Conference and Trade Show specifically targeted towards small to medium size companies in the Vienna & Tysons corridor of Northern Virginia.
Top Reasons You Should Attend:
1. Get motivated! Learn how to jumpstart your business from the man who helped Al Mullaly save Ford Motor Company – Keynote Presenter Willie Jolley
SUCCESS magazine has hailed Willie Jolley as the “Comeback King”! Willie helped Ford Motor Company stabilize its workforce, improve performance, sell cars, avoid bankruptcy, refuse government bailout money, and celebrate their first billion-dollar quarter in 2009. His speaking motivated 35,000 Ford Motor employees to live their own dreams by accepting a buy-out plan. The internal communications campaign he helped design reinforced Ford’s “Bold Moves” media campaign.
As business professionals, we’ve all had setbacks. Sometimes we need an outside voice to get us excited again with ready-to-use strategies to create greater profits for our companies. Keynote presenter Willie Jolley helps both micro-businesses and large corporations overcome internal and external challenges. He will be at Opportunity 2012 to offer Tysons business owners – us – advice about how to triumph over the current economy as true winners – not only in terms of profits but also in terms of happiness and lifestyle. Willie offers information we can take back to the office and implement immediately.
2. Grab hot sales leads through the OppBoard™ – the Chamber’s Conference Attendee Classified Bulletin Board
If you were a website designer going to a conference of over 400 attendees, how would you identify all the business owners who were interested in updating their websites?
The OppBoard™ is the answer! Here’s how it works: before the conference, attendees give us their name, contact information, and brief descriptions of what they offer and their greatest business need. Their “needs” and “offers” are posted prominently on the OppBoard™ along with their photos.
When you attend Opp 2012 on April 13, you can review this classified bulletin board, match photos with attendees, and locate your perfect prospects that very day. The OppBoard™ was wildly successful last year. Imagine – making just one connection through the OppBoard™ could be worth thousands of dollars to you and your company this year.
3. Meet with our exhibitors to increase your sphere of influence and create new professional relationships
Getting known and connecting with others in a friendly, pro-business event is the name of the game. By networking with Opp12 exhibitors, you can find out what’s new and discover new product/service offerings.
What does your business currently need? Many of our exhibitors will be offering great deals, special offers, and free gifts on the day of the event. Who knows? You might find just the thing to make your business easier, faster, more efficient—and more profitable. At Opp 2012 you’ll meet friendly local companies who can provide great services and products at fair prices.
4. Have breakfast with some of the area’s “secret” millionaires
Dine with our panel of successful, local entrepreneurs. These company leaders don’t regularly take the stage and discuss their businesses. In fact, many of the panelists are part of the Washington Business Journal Book of Lists and have obtained other significant honors, but you may have never networked with them before. Come to Opp12. Have breakfast with these millionaires and learn about their successes, challenges, and future plans for their businesses.
5. Become a smarter, more productive and wildly profitable business person through knowledge gained at our Breakout Sessions with Economist Extraordinaire Dr. Stephen Fuller, Smart CEO Columnist Ian Altman, and Bloggers Shashi Bellamkonda, Jen Consalvo, Wendy Moe, Souny West and moderator Susan Wade
Be smarter in front of clients. Obtain a competitive advantage. Discover new markets to penetrate. These are only a few of the many great reasons you should come hear our breakout session speakers discuss the economy, business profit growth, productivity, and social networking.
6. Facing critical business issues? Our roundtable discussions can help you find the way. Topics include “Hiring and Motivating Employees,” “Time Management,” and “Using Your Business Model to Strengthen Your Business and Achieve a Competitive Advantage.”
Our roundtable discussions, called Success Circles, are just what the doctor ordered for your business. Sometimes having a discussion with a small group of savvy entrepreneurs is exactly what you need to get unstuck. You can select from any of the 9 topics most vital to your success. (See the “Success Circles” page for the full topic listing).
7. Receive FREE Internet Publicity. Lots of it. You can do it. We can help.
Need a Google boost? Opp12’s Social Media Center, managed by VidBizPro – the Video Business Professionals – will offer any business owner, sales professional, or business development manager the opportunity to have a professionally filmed and edited interview showcasing their industry knowledge posted to YouTube. You’ll be interviewed by a professional reporter. Companies pay over $700 for video packages but you get it as part of your Conference Package. (Limited supply: first-come, first-served the day of the event.)
And how cool would it be to have Blogger.com and Twitter giving your company a Google boost on the big day? With your paid conference registration, you’ll be invited to submit a specific tweet and blog about you and your business. Then, on lucky April 13, our Social Media Center experts will tweet and blog your stuff to the world!
Are you part of a sales organization? Send all of your sales team members and each of them can be publicized. If you send 10 sales professionals, your company can receive 10 videos, 10 Tweets AND 10 blogs. Now … that’s a Google Super Boost!
8. Receive a FREE PR headshot and improve your public image
Jeremy Rusnock of Rusnock Photography will offer conference attendees free professional headshots. Professional headshots cost $300 in Jeremy’s studio, but you get it as part of your Conference Package. (Limited supply: first-come, first-served the day of the event.)
Event Entrance is $40 – To register for this conference, CLICK HERE
