Small Business Owners Score Touchdowns at MCbiz’s Successful NFL Playbook Small Business Workshop on Multicultural Marketing
The Playbook series is a professional development opportunity for small, minority, and women business owners, designed to empower participants with a comprehensive playbook that delivers value at each stage of a company’s development. Each workshop offers solid business advice from local and national industry experts and networking opportunities that translate into results for small businesses.
Maricopa County’s MCbiz conducted a “Huddle-Up” Networking session with entertainment, breakfast and prizes to begin the second of four planed workshops via the NFL’s Super Bowl Playbook Small Business Workshop Series on December 13, 2007, which preceded informative presentations given by the following small business owners/enterprises:
Supervisor Mary Rose Wilcox/Maricopa County, Kymber Umaña – Sprint Communications/Multicultural Marketing Manager, Liz Topete-Stonefield – Topete-Stonefield, Inc/President/CEO, Brenda M. Thomson – LearnLaw LLC/Director, Manny Molina – Molina Media Group/CEO, Matt Molina – Latino Future Magazine/Publisher, and Lisa Urias-Urias Communications/President/CEO.
In addition to the outstanding information provided, several workshop attendees scored touchdowns with major prizes: Four Levano Computers, Sprint Blackberry with a one-year service agreement included, Sprint Broadband Card, and additional prizes were donated by Marysela Bonillas’ Marketing Consulting Solutions Firm, Liz Topete-Stonefield/Topete-Stonefield, Inc. (International Multicultural Marketing, Advertising, and Public Relations Agency), National Association of Women Business Owners Phoenix Metro Chapter, BidSource-Greater Phoenix Chamber of Commerce, and the Grand Canyon Minority Supplier Development Council.
MCbiz was selected as one of the local business development partners to produce the event, and was assisted by an alliance: Arizona Department of Commerce, BidSource – Greater Phoenix Chamber of Commerce, Elite Service Disabled Veteran Owned Business Network – Arizona Chapter, Grand Canyon Minority Supplier Development Council, Greater Phoenix Black Chamber of Commerce, Indo-American Chamber of Commerce, National Association of Women Business Owners – Phoenix Metro Chapter, National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development, Philippine American Chamber of Commerce of Arizona, Southwest Valley Chamber of Commerce, and United Latino Business Coalition.
There are two more workshops to be held on January 9th (Creating, Promoting, and Protecting Your Online Brand) and January 24th (Communication, Technology, and Innovation). One can RSVP at www.superbowlbiz.com. Other small business owners have a chance to win more prizes, including tickets to the upcoming Super Bowl game on February 3, 2007 at Glendale’s University of Phoenix Football Stadium.