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Registration is open for Women's Entrepreneurship Symposium

SPRINGFIELD, Mo., Jan. 19, 2012 - Registration is now open forDrury's Women's Entrepreneurship Symposium, (WES) on Feb. 4. To register, go to www.drury.edu/ejc/wes, e-mail: ejc@drury.edu, or call (417) 873-6357. The symposium runs from 8 a.m.-1:30 p.m. The $25 registration fee includes breakfast and lunch.

• Keynote speakers - Adrienne Kallweit, owner and founder, Seeking Sitters and Shannon Wilburn, co-founder and CEO, Just Between Friends. Both women founded companies in Tulsa, Okla.
• Be bold, present yourself - Kim Hartmayer, executive and personal coach, KimHartmayer.com.
• Impressing your banker - Kristy Chastain, business lender, Arvest Bank.
• Made in Springfield by women: Women in manufacturing panel - Christine Daues, owner, Granolove and Denise McIntosh, CEO, Integrated Containment Systems & Custom Powder Systems.
• Not your mother's Avon Lady: Explore direct sales - Janna Woods, executive director, Melaleuca and Lisa Cox, sterling manager, Silpada Designs.
• Don't sell yourself short: Pricing your goods or services - Dr. Kelley Still, executive director, Drury University Edward Jones Center for Entrepreneurship.
• How to sell to the government - Mary Love, procurement director, Missouri Procurement Technical Assistance Centers.
• Reality check: Are you ready to be self-employed? - Laura McCaskill, managing partner, The Medical Package, LLC

The conference begins at 8 a.m. in Reed Auditorium of the Trustee Science Center (TSC) on Drury's campus. The TSC is located at the corner of Drury Lane and Chestnut Expressway.

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