March 10, 2006: Small Business
Management Series Registration Deadline Approaching
OSWEGO, NY-- The Center
for Business and Community Development (CBCD) at SUNY Oswego will
host “Growth Through Effective Leadership,” an Allstate
Business Management Series beginning Tuesday, March 21. The series
will convene weekly, each Tuesday, until April 18. All sessions
will be held from 6-9 p.m. in Rich Hall, room 118-A, on the SUNY
Oswego campus. Registration deadline for the series is Tuesday,
March 14. A registration fee of $250 will be collected prior to
the first session.
The series is a collaborative effort between
the CBCD and experienced professionals from diverse backgrounds,
and is geared toward entrepreneurs who have been in business for
at least two years and are interested in growing their business.
Session topics will include personal and professional skill building,
team building, leadership visioning and practice, ethical leadership
and financial and economic literacy.
As part of the series, Fred Thomas, vice
president and senior portfolio manager at HSBC Bank and owner of
Grace Capital Management, will present a workshop on economic issues
for small businesses on April 18 from 6 to 7:30 p.m.
Thomas has also served as portfolio manager
for The Ayco Company, a subsidiary of Goldman Sachs, where his duties
included managing over 2,600 clients’ bond portfolios and
over 500 clients’ equity portfolios. While working at Abel/Noser
Corporation in the eighties, Mr. Thomas was first exposed to what
he considered to be overwhelming evidence which supports the investment
approach he uses today that melds value investing with growth investing.
After spending six years selling this investment philosophy to investment
advisors, he became the director of research for Addison Capital
Management. During his tenure at Addison Capital Management, Addison
Capital Shares, a mutual fund then managed by Addison Capital Management
went from being a three-star fund to being a five-star fund.
Other series presenters will include William
Hoosty, president of WRH Consulting Group; Peter Connell, training
and human resource development consultant; Kelly Sullivan, founder
of The Center for System Thinking and Innovation; Marcene Sonneborn,
business development and management consultant; Alex Grimshaw, CEO
of PPS International; and Larry Perras, small business development
advisor with the Small Business Development Center at the CBCD.
The series schedule is as follows:
Tuesday, March 21:
- Managerial Attitude: William Hoosty,
6-7 p.m.;
- Team Development and Management: William
Hoosty, 7-8 p.m.; and
- Communication Style: Peter Connell, 8-9
p.m.
Tuesday, March 28:
- Business Visioning: Kelly Sullivan, 6-7
p.m.; and
- Strategic Planning: Marcene Sonneborn,
7-9 p.m.
Tuesday, April 4:
- Ethics Workshop: Alex Grimshaw, 6-9 p.m.
Tuesday,
April 11:
- Entrepreneurial Spirit: Larry Perras,
6-7 p.m.;
- Leadership Practice: business panel,
7-8:30 p.m.; and
- Trade Associations: speaker to be determined,
8:30-9 p.m.
Tuesday, April 18:
- Survey of Economic Issues: Fred Thomas,
6-7:30 p.m.; and
- Guest Speaker: Allstate representative,
7:30-9 p.m.
Founded in 1952,
The Allstate Foundation is an independent charitable organization
funded by contributions from subsidiaries of the Allstate Corporation.
The Foundation invests millions of dollars annually in U.S. programs
aligned with three focus areas: safe and vital communities, economic
empowerment, and tolerance, inclusion and diversity.
The CBCD enhances
and promotes sustainable economic vitality through job creation
and training, economic growth, and community development.
For more information
or to register for the series, call the CBCD at (315) 312-3492.
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