Toledo Tech Events

Al Stroucken, Executive Chairman/CEO/President of Owens-Illinois, Inc. will be the keynote for this executive lecture series which is open to students, faculty, and the business community. As chairman and CEO since December 2006, Stroucken has initiated and successfully led Owens-Illinois through dramatic change. O-I has significantly strengthened its financial stability and as a result, increased earnings nearly fourfold and reduced debt by $2.2 billion. O-I is the world’s largest glass container manufacturer and preferred partner for many of the world’s leading food and beverage brands. This series is hosted by the Dean's Office, College of Business.

Already have a full time or part time business endeavor? This session will assist you in creating an operational or strategic plan for your business. Attendees will have the opportunity to: 1) Explore tools to keep your business on track 2) Design a one page plan to reach your goals for your business 3) Learn next steps to expand this plan for possible use in accessing additional capital 4) Meet and network with entrepreneur like-minded from our community.

CoMilan will host the Milan Small Business Convention featuring two tracks. One for already established businesses and one for start-ups. Learn from experts. They will share their experiences, best practices, and latest trends.

More to come on the presenters and topics. After the first half is finished we will break for dinner. This is a great opportunity to meet with other entrepreneurs at local restaurants. Meet back at 6:30 for the business idea pitch competition.

Do you have a business idea? Pitch your idea to local entrepreneurs and investors in hopes to win the 2017 Golden Laptop Trophy and over $5000 in services to launch your idea.

Would you like feedback? Is your idea not fully fleshed out? That's ok! Bring your notepad and receive valuable feedback from local entrepreneurs and investors on how to make your idea a possibility.

Looking for entertaining thought provoking talk? See what the movers and shakers in town are working on.

Interested in pitching? Register using the RSVP link above.

Good Afternoon,

I am grateful to all of you who signed up for this talk. Our guest speaker, Michael Temple had something come up and will be unable to speak Thursday evening (tonight). We are planning to reschedule later this year.

In his stead, we will hold a problem solving event for anyone seeking help with websites. Whether you need help with your website design, plugin recommendation, or font selection. Whatever it may be, we are here for you. If you're not having a problem, please come out and share what you are working on. Who knows, you may help someone too.

Next month, join WP Toledo for new talks. We're welcoming Jessica Setter for a talk on User Experience Design and Accessibility. It's brand new and we think it is going to be fantastic! In November we're welcoming Michael Temple again to give us the customer talk. In December,we're joining all of Toledo's Tech community for their annual year end party. It is not to be missed.

Sincerely,

Greg Miller

P.S. WP Toledo is looking for great talk ideas. If you have something you'd like to see, please reach out. Laptops and other mobile tech are welcome. Smiles, name tags and water will be provided.

Finding new clients to keep your freelance business in the black is probably one of the biggest concerns and issues that causes the most stress for freelancers. Come to this WordPress Meetup to learn strategies to find and nurture leads, turn them into well-paying customers, and keep them for life.

Our guest, Michael Temple is the owner of Temple Development Corporation with over 20 years of experience in the digital marketing industry.