Supercharge Your Business at the Second Annual Ankeny Area Chamber Minority Owned Business Summit
Article written by Zoe Schmitz, Director of Events and Programming – Ankeny Area Chamber of Commerce
The Ankeny Area Chamber of Commerce and its Multicultural Taskforce committee want to invite you to join us at the Second Annual Minority Owned Business Summit presented by John Deere Des Moines Works on Thursday, August 29 from 8:00am to 3:30pm at the FFA Enrichment Center (1055 SW Prairie Trail Pkwy, Ankeny, IA 50023).
Ticket Pricing
$25 Members
$35 Non-Members
*Financial assistance is available, please contact info@ankeny.org.
Timeline of Events
Check in & Networking | 8:00am
Welcome | 8:30am
Breakout Session #1 | 9:15am
Breakout Session #2 | 10:10am
Lunch | 11:00am *Lunch is provided by G.G.’s Chicken & Waffles*
Breakout Session #3 | 12:00pm
Breakout Session #4 | 1:10pm
Keynote Speaker Marvin DeJear Jr. “Scaling New Heights: Strategies for Accelerating Business Growth” | 2:00pm
Closing & Networking | 3:00pm
***Pictured on the left, two of our Multicultural Taskforce Committee members are getting ready to serve lunch at last year’s summit. Pictured on the right is one of our breakout sessions on “Growth by Numbers”.
Our core theme this year is “Supercharging Growth & Opportunity Within Your Business” featuring breakout sessions tailored to providing small businesses with resources to implement within their business and networking with fellow entrepreneurs, industry leaders, and vendors. This full day event will consist of multiple breakout sessions on marketing, empowering your businesses finances, DEI in workspaces, the power of capital and surviving the challenges of small business ownership. Some of the sessions are designed to be more interactive and allow for real-time problem solving with the speakers. To learn more about out speakers please visit our events website – https://web.ankeny.org/events/Minority-Owned-Business-Summit-5998/details
Multicultural Taskforce committee member, Renee Potts, gave her thoughts on last year’s summit and what she is most looking forward to this year. “I really enjoyed the opportunity to connect with the minority businesses in our community. I feel it gave us a chance to see who they are and how the Ankeny Area Chamber can assist with their business needs. This year’s Summit will provide more of the “How To” supercharge their business, which people are looking for. Just knowing we are all striving to reach the same goal and having the Ankeny Area Chamber of Commerce provide opportunities for business in our community to connect, makes all the difference.”
Keynote speaker Dr. Marvin DeJear, Jr. with DeJear Corporation will be joining us at this year’s summit. Dr. Marvin DeJear, Jr. brings a wide range of expertise to integrated service delivery. He combines his unique blend of experience to manage a non-profit organization’s multi-faceted program, designed to create a more sustainable community. Following his keynote presentation there will be a Q&A for attendees to share their thoughts and questions.
Something new and exciting we have incorporated into this year’s summit is “Chamber Chat with Melisa”. The podcast will be broadcasting live with Amplified Studios throughout the event to hear the stories of our sponsors and guests. Registered attendees will be sent a link for the chance to secure a 15-minute spot on the podcast!
I encourage you to join us in fostering diversity and inclusion within our business communities and find the support you need to supercharge your business! If you have any questions about the Summit, please reach out to Zoe Schmitz at zschmitz@ankeny.org or (515) 964-0685.
Click HERE to register and take the next steps towards supercharging your business. See you at the Summit!