Meet two of our key speakers for the 2009 Small Business Conference:  Pushing Past Status Quo.  We are sure you will find them energizing and motivating.  These two speakers make this confernce dynamic and exciting!  One of the key features is a 45 minute question and answer session with Michael Blanck!  Michael’s presentation will conclude with a question and answer session where you will be given the opportunity to ask him specific questions regarding your business.  Don’t miss this opportunity!

Michael Blank

Michael is the founder of Brand Ranch, Montana’s only true brand and marketing consultancy. His organization has helped many business CEOs/Owners in the region understand and see how branding and marketing can make their brands and businesses more successful and profitable.Michael Blanck’s 25 years of corporate, agency, and consulting experience began with a marketing degree from Xavier University. He later added an Executive Studies Program from Vanderbilt University’s prestigious Owens Business School. His professional experience includes working with McDonalds Corporation, the Coca-Cola Company, Harley Davidson, and M&M Mars. He has also worked in branding and marketing for some of the largest advertising agencies in the world: Young & Rubicon, Ogilvy & Mather, and Martin Williams.   t

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Michael believes that the same branding and marketing thinking, processes, and methodologies are transferrable whether you are a small business or a multi-national.  The fundamentals are the same: you must focus and clearly understand your consumer and their wants/needs within the category; you must be able to differentiate your product or service from the competition; and you must remain relevant to the rapidly changing consumer and marketplace.

Dr. Elaine Doll-Dunn

To meet Dr. Elaine Doll-Dunn is to come face-to-face with your inner strength.  Elaine has the ability to help you see yourself in a whole new light, providing you with an energy that is unmatched!  A few of Elaine’s many accomplishments, just within the last 20 years include: climbing Devil’s Tower at age 52, placing second in a body building contest that was not age grouped at age 54, beating cancer at age 56, running 26.2 marathons in the year 2000, running from the Atlantic to the Pacific - 60 miles across Panama to celebrate her 60th birthday, winning Mrs. South Dakota at age 61, publishing 3 books, winning the Spirit of Dakota Award and founding the Leading Ladies Marathon. Sound hard to believe?  Elaine has accomplished more in her most recent 20 years of life than many accomplish in a lifetime.  So how did she do it?  She does it with passion, courage, and drive.  Hear her story and you will be inspired to reach your own personal destiny!