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tuesday
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Tuesday, June 3rd
“Overview” 7:00 am–5 pm: REGISTRATION: Pick up packets and Special Event badges 9:00 am–5:30 pm: Pick out an MMSC souvenir so you can bring back fond Conference memories throughout the year at the CONFERENCE STORE. (Ballroom Foyer) 10:00 am–5:30 pm: Celebrity Author Book signings and sale of speaker CD’s, conference souvenirs, future conferences and other items: A rare opportunity to meet authors and speakers face-to-face and get personally autographed books at the CONFERENCE STORE (Ballroom Foyer). ____________________________________ Please note: Presentations are assigned a number so they can be easily located in the Conference program, and so you can order their corresponding audio and video tapes by number. ____________________________________6:45 am–7:45 am: REGISTRATION/TABLES OPEN 7:45 am–8:15 am: OPENING CEREMONIES 1) Opening Song by Former Miss Hawaii, actress with the Miss Saigon Broadway tour cast, songwriter/licensor for national TV, recording artist, actress, speaker, songwriter, publisher, model and entrepreneur Traci Toguchi. Join us for this “chicken skin” event as we celebrate. MC and National Toastmasters finalist David Adams gives the welcoming address “What’s a Manini?” and introduces conference Chief Manini Jim LeVine, Ph.D. and Vice Chief Tom Trenz (Kaua’i Ballroom).     David Adams Traci Toguchi Jim LeVine, Ph.D. Tom Trenz
8:15 am–9:00 am: OPENING KEYNOTE SPEAKER 2) “New Media Marketing” Opening Keynote Opening Keynote Speech: Debra Cole Micek –Coach Deb, affectionately called The Motivation MD by her raving fans, shares the international speaking stage with her husband traveling together from Australia to Singapore and around the world, showing small business owners how to leverage their time and resources using New Media Marketing (Kaua’i Ballroom).  Deborah Cole Micek
9:00 am–9:30 am: BREAK 9:30 am–10:15 am: CONCURRENT SESSIONS: 3) “Bankrupcy to Market Leadership – Tales from the Journey” Doug Harris, Founder and Chairman of Harris Hawaii – Hawaii’s 4th largest marketing group for clients like GO Airline, Burger King, Hilo Hattie, and KTA Super Stores, former Rock ‘n Roll band manager, Founder of New Zealand Surfing Magazine, Founder of Smartcomm-Hawaii’s promotion agency, ex-partner in McNeil Wilson, which is now Anthology - Hawaii’s largest marketing group-Anthology . . . shares some of the high notes and low points in his 25+ year career in international marketing and advertsing (Kaua’i Ballroom).  Doug Harris
4) “Capturing a Company’s DNA in a Brand”– If brand building experience counts for anything, then the 20+ years of experience that Waven Dean Fernandes had with Landor & Associates, the top national and international branding consultancy, Fitch, Liquid Agency, Nurun, and iXL Waterstone should put him at the head of the class. Fernandes has worked for a side spectrum of clients such as Hallmark, FedEx, Starbucks, Ocean Spray, Pottery Barn, Visa, Netscape, Sun Microsystems, and Apple before opening his own firm – Mana Strategic Brand Marketing & Design in Hilo, Hawaii (Honolulu Room).  Waven Dean Fernandes 5) “The Vision Thing” Bob Sigall – Hawaii Pacific University Professor and author describes and reflects upon the key characteristics that distinguish companies that last based on the findings of the research that he and his students did at HPU for his local best selling books “The Companies We Keep” (Kahuku Room).  Bob Sigall 6) “Community Marketing: How Being Helpful Attracts Customers ” PANEL - ,Liane Akana, Executive Director, Read to Me International and Lynne Meyer, Marketing Specialist at Pacific Light Net will discuss their organization's efforts to do community service --doing good, as a means of doing well and gaining recognition and credibility for their respective organizations (Oahu Room).   Liane Akana Lynne Meyer 7) “Why Partner” – PARTNERING PANEL – Small Business Association – Rodney Leong – Entrepreneur of many successful ventures and visionary, President of SOURCEFIT, Custom Offshore Staffing Solutions, Entrepreneur, Creative Director, Copywriter, and Commercial Film Producer Andy Schachtel, and Executive Director of United Cerebral Palsy Donna Fouts, Moderator . . will discuss the justifications and many interesting permutations and methods of partnering (Waialua Room).    Rodney Leong Andy Schachtel Donna Fouts 11:15 am–11:45 am: BREAK
11:45 am–12:30 pm: CONCURRENT SESSIONS: 8) “Creating DSWA” – Grace Keohohou – Cofounder of the Direct Sellers Women’s Alliance. Growing up among direct sellers and eventually becoming one, Grace appreciates the dedication it takes to achieve success. She wants more women to be able to leave the “job” that keeps them away from their family and home (Kaua’i Ballroom).  Grace Keohohou 9) CASE STUDY FORUM – Amakua Records President and Surf Child Owner/Designer Shawn Moseley (Moderator) describes how he has built both companies from his personal interests and mountains of resourcefulness ; Founder and President of FAMES, author of her new book "Million Dollar Attitude", Entrepreneur Joni Reddick Yundt -- author of "Million Dollar Attitude", motivational speaker, entrepreneur, and community Leader describes her tremendous Horatio Alger journey as described in her Million Dollar Attitude book, and Jennifer Valerio, President of eCoupons Hawaii and media maven describes how she was able to break into a business that had never been tried before on the web and grow it rapidly (Honolulu Room).    Shawn Moseley Johi Reddick-Yundt Jennifer Valerio 10) “How many and which networking organizations should I join?” NETWORKING PANEL – Joe Lopez, owner and operator of My Private Currency – a company that specializes in trade currency network marketing (not to be confused with barter); Joann Seery, Executive Director and co-owner of Business Networking International (BNI) Hawaii; and the Referral Institute; Mark Seery, co-owner of BNI Hawaii and the Referral Institute, and Rick Hamada - Moderator , Hawaii's premier talk show host celebrating over 15 years of broadcast in Hawaii, now hosting "The Rick Hamada Program, and a columnist for "MidWeek" reaching over 600,000 readers . . . discuss the pros and cons of joining networking organizations and answer some of the challenging questions it poses (Kahuku Room).    
Joe Lopez Joann Seery Mark Seery Rick Hamada
 Donna Fouts Victoria Suyat 12) “Get Clients Now” Principal of LifeQuest Hawaii, certified Life Coach, with 25+ years as an asset and risk manager and a specialist with estate creation and resolution Ken Ng shows us why and how “rainmaking” from prospecting to excellent customer service are entrepreneurs' most important skill (Waialua Room).  Ken Ng
12:30 pm-1:30 pm: LUNCHTIME 1:30 pm–2:15 pm: CONCURRENT SESSIONS: 13) “Your Business Deserves to be WORLD FAMOUS” - Entrepreneur, writer, and business branding coach David Tyreman guides you through the process of standing out from the crowd and engaging the market uniquely with audience participation, illuminating stories and “how-to” direction covering branding, marketing, defining your market, business development, and customer service (Kaua’i Room)  David Tyreman
14) “When You Find the Right Partner . . . not If” - Visionary entrepreneur, Rodney Leong shares the whys and hows of partnering. In this seminar, you will leave with more money than when you arrived, have a new vision of what you’re doing, and leave with a new partner to push your business to a higher level (Honolulu Room). Rodney Leong
15) “Organically Grown Community Marketing”, 2006 Weinberg Fellow, literacy advocate and Executive Director of Read to Me International, Liane Kam Akana describes how she and her organization has spread the word about (aka marketed) the benefits of her program -- reading aloud to children by significant others in children’s lives throughout the community and the nation (Kahuku Room). Liane Kam Akana
16) “Selecting the Right Media at the Right Time” – MEDIA MARKETING PANEL – Evan Leong -- SBA award winning radio producer, Telly Award winning TV producer, CEO of Greater Good Inc. and Bubble Tea Supply; and KUMU talk radio host John Nolan (former promoter with Tom Moffatt, former news reporter with ABC affiliate KITV, former executive sports producer for Fox affiliate KHON, former host producer with K-FVE, formerly with Oceanic Time Warner Cable and HPU; Doug Harris, Founder and Chairman of Harris Hawaii – Hawaii’s 4th largest marketing group for clients like GO Airline, Burger King, Hilo Hattie, and KTA Super Stores, former Rock ‘n Roll band manager, Founder of New Zealand Surfing Magazine, Founder of Smartcomm-Hawaii’s promotion agency, ex-partner in McNeil Wilson, which is now Anthology - Hawaii’s largest marketing group-Anthology . . . join forces in a lively discussion about the key elements of Media exposure for Maninis; and Rick Hamada - Moderator , Hawaii's premier talk show host celebrating over 15 years of broadcast in Hawaii, now hosting "The Rick Hamada Program, and a columnist for "MidWeek" reaching over 600,000 readers (Oahu Room).  
Evan Leong John Nolan Doug Harris Rick Hamada 17) “So you think websites can’t be simple and great? Think Again” WEBSITE PANEL - Vice President of Sales at Empowered Internet Solutions – Hawaii’s fastest growing web design firm, and Manini Marketing Go to Grow Vice Chair Tom Trenz; web marketing analytics and website productivity expert and President of Aloha Media Group Chris Hamby; and Columnist for Entrepreneur Magazine and Honolulu Star Bulletin, Life Coach for the award winning reality TV show Dream Makeover Hawaii Deborah Cole Micek, aka Coach Deb, aka the Motivation MD . . . look at what’s ideal in current websites and how they are all looking to reach this elusive ideal (Waialua Room).  Tom Trenz Chris Hamby Deborah Cole Micek 2:15 pm-2:45 pm: BREAK 2:45 pm–3:30 pm: CONCURRENT SESSIONS:
18) “Prospecting with Personality” – Motivational speaker extraordinaire, Real Estate Sales coach, and Real Estate Company manager and Chairman of John Sherman Presents, John Sherman, describes his system of prospecting using his knowledge and experience of personality types that accelerates success. He has consolidated his years of research and practice with this into a program that is easy, focused, and that provides immediate results (Honolulu Room).  John Sherman
20) “Strategic Web Design” ; web marketing analytics and website productivity expert and President of Aloha Media Group Chris Hamby addresses how to organize and focus your website to achieve your organization’s strategic plans using all the power of the internet’s best options (Oahu Room).  Chris Hamby 21) “How are you growing your business?” MASTER MIND PANEL - Columnist for Entrepreneur Magazine and Honolulu Star Bulletin, Life Coach for the award winning reality TV show Dream Makeover Hawaii Deborah Cole Micek, aka Coach Deb, aka the Motivation MD; Former Miss Hawaii, actress with the Miss Saigon Broadway tour cast, songwriter/licensor for national TV, recording artist, actress, speaker, songwriter, publisher, model and entrepreneur Traci Toguchi; and Best Selling Author of “The Companies We Keep” 1 and 2, Marketing Professor at Hawaii Pacific University (HPU) and marketing consultant for over 30 years Bob Sigall . . . combine to discuss why and how you should form a master mind group to guide your company (Waialua Room). Deborah Cole Micek Traci Toguchi Bob Sigall
3:30 pm–6:30 pm: RECEPTION |
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WHAT YOU'LL GET |
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Conference Attendee Vendor $299 Guest Vendor $424 Vendor Table Form HERE  MANINI MARKETING 320 Ward Avenue, Suite 207 Honolulu, Hawaii 96814 (808) 545-3463 info@maninimarketing.com |
WHO SHOULD ATTEND? • SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS AND KEY MANAGERS with less than 20 employees • SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS seeking "survivor training" • MANINI ENTREPRENEUERS looking to learn about Hawaii's unique business culture • MANINI ENTREPRENEUERS starting a new business in the exciting growth stages • REGIONAL MANAGERS for mainland firms with a Manini footprint in Hawaii • DISTRICT MANAGERS seeking "street" business training rarely available • NON-PROFIT Maninis looking for think-different-out-of-the-box techniques • NETWORK ORGANIZATION recruiting representatives looking for new members • DIRECT NETWORK marketing sales representatives |
