Hear Vic Conant Speak At Walsh College on May 8

Some kids grow up hearing rock-and-roll legends. Vic Conant grew up hearing motivation industry legends - Napoleon Hill, Dale Carnegie, Norman Vincent Peale, and Earl Nightingale.

“When Dad played Earl Nightingale's recordings you listened, no matter what you were doing!” Vic recounts.

All that listening paid off. Today, Conant is a nationally recognized motivational speaker --and is chairman of the $40-million Nightingale Conant Corp.

On Thursday, May 8, Conant will be at the Walsh College Novi campus to give the keynote address at “Makeover Magic: Marketing, Money, Manpower, and Management Tricks to Transform your Business.”

It’s the Second Annual Small Business Conference and Extreme Small Business Makeover, an educational forum for small and family businesses to find ways to survive and thrive in Michigan’s current economy.

The event runs from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., at 41500 Gardenbrook Road, and is presented by presented by the College’s Business Leadership Institute and the City of Novi.
Highlights include:
Revealing Results of the Extreme Small Business Makeover for three companies selected at the 2007 Small Business Conference. Makeovers included assessments, advice, and assistance in making changes needed for sustainability and growth.
Owners of Sanit-Air, a Troy-based air-quality business; Wolverine Carbide Die of Troy; and Atlas Wholesale Foods of Detroit will take part in a panel discussion about what they learned and the most significant changes made to their businesses. Read about the three makeover companies.
Mesmerizing Mini-Sessions by the Makeover Magicians. Presenters, highly respected experts in their fields, include local professionals as well as Walsh College faculty.
Re-Markable Exhibitors. Twenty vendors will exhibit products and programs serving small business.
Mind-Blowing Novi Business Boulevard. Fifteen Novi businesses will be on hand for a “Taste of Novi”.
Microsoft demonstrations of new technology.
Marvelous Lunch and late afternoon Networking Reception.

Tickets are $50 until April 15, and can be purchased online. Price includes a continental breakfast, lunch and reception.
More information is available at the 2008 Small Business Conference site or by calling Jan Hubbard, 248-823-1392.

Derderian, Kann, Seyferth & Salucci PC; Foster Swift Attorneys and Hennessey Capital are the event’s main sponsors.

Founded in 1922, Walsh College is Michigan’s largest graduate business school. The College offers upper-division undergraduate and graduate business and technology degree and certificate programs to 4,600 students at campuses in Troy, Novi, and Clinton Township, as well as online.