Get Smart.Get Business Expo Today in Conway

Join us TODAY (Wednesday, October 7) for the Get Smart.Get Business Expo from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm at the Don Owen Sports Center.

Admission is free and there are several highlights.

1. Presenting sponsor Hewlett-Packard will have local senior leadership available and will be taking resumes.
2. PrimeCare Medical Clinic will have flu shots available for the first fifty people with a cost of $23, cash or check only.
3. There will be four informative sessions. The sessions are free and are open to you and your staff. We encourage you to attend one or more of the sessions, which are listed below.

9:30am
Offering Quality Customer Service
Dan Clanton – Dan Clanton & Associates, Inc.
In today’s customer-oriented business environment, people skills are critical for personal and organizational success. How you handle your customers can directly affect your individual goals as well as your team’s and company’s performance. This session will provide you with ways to enhance customer relationships and secure an overall competitive advantage.

10:30am
Changes in HR Law. Protect Yourself
Bruce Cross – Cross Gunter Witherspoon & Galchus PC
With a new President and Congress come new laws to regulate how businesses must operate. We have already seen significant ADA changes, new FMLA Regulations, and EEOC Guidance in other key areas. Employers can expect legislative action on a variety of workplace initiatives that will reshape the legal landscape. This session will prepare employers for the change through discussions of these recent, proposed, and expected legislative issues.

1:30pm
Get Smart.Go Green
David Avra – Conway Corporation
Would you like to reduce energy costs? Conway Corporation will share information on its free in-home Residential Energy Audit Program. Additionally, the Energy Smart Builder Program was developed to recognize the builders and homes that implement high-efficiency construction and equipment measures. Attend this session to learn ways you can save money and be more environmentally friendly.

2:30pm
Social Media Literacy Training
Bryan Jones – CJRW
Are you advertising your business today the same way you were two years ago? Do you know what your customers are saying about your business online? Learn to listen to and engage existing and potential customers. Don’t let your competition come to this seminar without you.

Major sponsors of Business Expo and Taste of Conway are Hewlett-Packard, Conway Corporation, Crafton Tull Sparks, Nabholz Construction, A&J Collision Repair Inc., Chesapeake Energy, Crain Automotive, CJRW, Cross Gunter Witherspoon & Galchus, Flake & Kelly Commercial, Log Cabin Democrat and Y107-My Country.

Please contact the Conway Area Chamber of Commerce at 327.7788 with any questions.