IBJ’s Business Growth Strategies Event

Join us to make sure your business is equipped with the tools for success. EVENT DATE: APRIL 30 LOCATION: THE WESTIN, DOWNTOWN Registration: 7:15 - 7:45 Breakfast: 8 - 9 Breakout Sessions: 9:15 - 10:15 Breakout Sessions 10:30 - 11:30 Attendees choose 2 sessions: 9:15 & 10:30 All four sessions offered at each time $45 PER ATTENDEE Corporate tables available upon request

BREAKOUT SESSIONS & PRESENTERS BUILDING A PLATFORM FOR GROWTH Leading with and through others presented by MIKE EVANS, CHORUS ®, Inc. Discover how to grow your top and bottom-line with and through others during this interactive session based on the research of high performing leaders and teams. Maximizing your company's growth is significantly influenced by building a management team that channels its collective energy to reach your most important corporate goals. Explore how you measure up to top performing leaders and learn how to energize your team and go home with more energy at the end of the day. Leading this session is Mike Evans, the founder of CHORUS®, a strategic advisor to executive teams and boards throughout the U.S. and Canada. Mike is an experienced leader in creating platforms for growth by aligning leaders with their business strategy. THE CHANGING FACE OF PRIVATE EQUITY IN INDIANA Using private equity to build your business (and gain wealth) presented by TOM HIATT, Centerfield Capital Partners Thomas Hiatt is a Founding Partner of Centerfield Capital Partners, one of the largest private equity firms in Indiana. Centerfield Capital invests in profitable, private companies, typically with revenue between $10 and $50 million. Centerfield is usually a minority investor and provides subordinated debt and equity to help business owners finance acquisitions, grow organically or gain liquidity. Centerfield also helps management teams buy the companies where they work. Centerfield's investors include public pension funds, insurance companies, banks and university endowments. Tom has worked in private equity for more than twenty years, and has served as a director of a number of private and publicly held companies in health care, manufacturing, and business and financial services. He has twice served as President of the Venture Club of Indiana. THERE IS NO BOX Discovering the internal character needed to achieve ground breaking growth presented by TOM HEUER, Fifth Third Bank Tom Heuer is currently Corporate Vice President, Director of Executive Team Performance at Fifth Third Bank. He is responsible for maximizing the earnings potential of growth markets by transforming executive work groups into high performing leadership teams. Tom focuses his efforts on facilitating leadership seminars, working with senior team development, coaching high performers, and conducting strategic planning sessions. MORE IMPACT/LESS BUDGET Affordable new approaches that every small business should be thinking about adding to their traditional marketing presented by BEN CARLSON, Bradley and Montgomery Ben Carlson is the Chief Strategy Officer at Bradley and Montgomery, an independent Indianapolis-based ad agency. BaM works with national brands including JPMorgan Chase, Microsoft, MTV and VH1 on projects ranging from traditional advertising to online buzz campaigns. BaM's campaigns have been profiled in the Wall Street Journal, AdWeek and Fast Company and their airport-based campaign for Chase was named Best In Show at the 2007 Creative Media Awards.

MAYOR GREGORY A. BALLARD After four months on the job, Mayor Greg Ballard shares his perspective on the state of Indianapolis economy and prospects for private sector growth at a time when local governments across the country are grappling with revenue shortfalls. Click Here for individual registration | Click Here for corporate table registration | Click Here for printable registration PDF IBJ Daily hosted and delivered by Unsubscribe | Update Profile | Manage Subscriptions We respect your right to privacy - click here to view our policy. Copyright © IBJ Media Corp. 2007. All Rights Reserved. Privacy Policy Reproduction or use without permission of editorial or graphic content in any manner is strictly prohibited. Reprint orders: To request reprint permission contact IBJ's managing editor. Phone: 317-634-6200 - E-mail: managingeditor@ibj.com This email was sent by: IBJ Corporation 41 East Washington Street, Suite 200 Indianapolis, IN, 46204-3592, United States of America