Community Corner
2012 Ocean State Small Business Expo
DiscoverYou Events, along with Jay White of Uncle Jay’s Networking, announces the 4th annual Ocean State Small Business Expo on Wednesday, October 3, 2012 from 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Warwick, R.I. The day-long event will have a “Business-to-Business” theme and feature over 100 exhibitors throughout the Crowne Plaza’s outdoor Garden Pavilion tent. The Expo will also include five educational breakout sessions led by area experts on various business topics, and a two-hour open networking event for attendees and guests. Educational breakout sessions begin at 12:00 p.m., each running for 50 minutes both inside the hotel and in the pavilion tent; and the open networking session is scheduled from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. with food provided by the Crowne Plaza. Admission is free with a business card. Featured speakers for the Ocean State Small Business Expo 2012 include Betty Galligan, APR, president/founder of Newberry Public Relations and Marketing (East Providence, RI), Corissa St. Laurent, regional development director for Constant Contact, New England, and Gil Lantini, founder of the Rhode Island Small Business Journal. For more information, visit OceanStateSmallBusinessExpo.com or contact Susan Lataille at DiscoverYou Events, (401) 769-1325 x 11 or susan@discoveryouevents.com.