9th National Booker T. Washington Economic Development
Summit
Tuskegee
University Kellogg Conference Center
Tuskegee, Alabama
October 6-8,
2004
"Entrepreneurship and Business Development:
Making a Difference in
Minority Communities"
This conference continues to revisit the historical
and philosophical perspectives of Booker T. Washington
and thus focuses on
entrepreneurship and business development as means
for African Americans and
other minorities to enjoy economic and political
parity. It targets
individuals, organizations, and institutions for
empowerment through
knowledge acquisition and networking for entrepreneurship
as key ingredients
to whole-community approach to economic development.
Conference
participants from community-based organizations,
universities, government,
and the private sector will convene in order to
partner and to examine
strategies for wealth creation, endowment management,
and small business
growth and development for individual entrepreneurs,
historically black
colleges and universities (HBCUs), non-profits,
and agencies that work with
African American and other minority groups.
This year, the Summit will
focus on programs, initiatives, and legislation
that promote expansion of
more gross receipts and profits for firms and small
businesses. It will
also emphasize acquisition and better management
of endowment assets for
HBCUs and community-based organizations. It is all about wealth creation
and economic independence in our communities through
entrepreneurship and
business development.
TOPICS TO BE COVERED
* Endowment
Asset Management
* Building
Gifting Strategies
* Minority
Business Development Agency's
(MBDA's) Strategic Growth Initiative
* MBDA's Equity
Access Program
* Developing
Local/Student Chapters for the National Business League (NBL)
* Kids Investing
* Youth Entrepreneurship
* Personal
Wealth Creation
* Doing Business
with the Federal Government
* Grantsmanship
for
Faith-Based Institutions
* Information
Technology for Small Businesses
* Record Keeping
and Financial Management for Small
Businesses
REGISTRATION
Please use the registration links on the top right
to register online.
OR send in the following information: your name,
organization/affiliation, address, phone and fax
numbers, and email address
to Economic Summit Registration, Morrison-Mayberry
Hall, Tuskegee
University, Tuskegee, AL 36088, by September 6,
2004. Add $20 after that
for late registration.
The registration fee is $250 for government and
corporate representatives, $150 for other professionals,
and $100 for
retirees and students. Fee
covers conference materials, program meals, and
post conference newsletter/proceedings. Exhibit and vendor displays are
$750 for corporations and federal agencies, and
$250 for all others
(includes program registration for one). Make checks
payable to TU/Economic
Summit. Tuskegee
University's federal ID# is 63-0288878.
PARTICIPATION
Half-page proposal to make presentations and/or
lead
workshops/seminars are encouraged. Send in your requests/suggestions by
August 6, 2004, to Economic Summit Coordinator Ntam
Baharanyi,
Morrison-Mayberry Hall, Tuskegee University, Tuskegee,
AL 36088, or e-mail
to baharany@tuskegee.edu.
CONTACT US
For more information, call Vanese
Singleton 334-724-4441.
www.tuskegee.edu/btwsummit
Media should contact
Denise L. Berkhalter of Office of Marketing and
Communications at
334-724-4553.
