Women In Business Conference July 14  At Quinnipiac University

HAMDEN — The third annual Successful Women in Business Conference, “Moving Ahead with Confidence,” will take place from 8 am to 5 pm on Saturday, July 14, at Quinnipiac University.

Each year, more than 400 businesswomen, entrepreneurs, and artisans throughout Connecticut participate in this event to help women to grow, advance, and prosper in business. The workshops offered provide a combination of business, financial, and professional growth programs to effect change in the attendees’ business and personal lives.

 The conference is for women who are business owners, working in the corporate world, and nontraditional businesswomen. The conference also is for women in career transition.

“The conference provides a solid combination of business and professional information in workshops presented by key industry professionals,” said Deborah J. Polydys, owner and founder of Strategic Management Resources LLC of Southington and chairwoman of the event.

This year, workshops will be offered on five tracks: “It’s All About You”; “Building the Company/The Business”; “Financing Your Way to Success”; “Leveraging the Online World”; and “Alternative Business Strategies and Markets.”

Emmy Award-winning broadcast journalist Diane Smith will kick off the event with an address entitled “Positively Speaking.” Rita Losee, PhD, a national speaker and founder of “Total Success!” the resource for less stress, more zest, and greater success, will follow Ms Smith with a presentation on “Survivor: Winning Your Business with ESP (Entrepreneurial Staying Power).” Nancy Aborn-Patton, the former WFSB-TV, Channel 3, reporter who is now president of Patton Communications, will moderate.

Corporate sponsors for the event are NCT Financial, Sovereign Bank, Morgan Stanley, Pitney Bowes, Hudson National Bank, and Eastern Bag and Paper Co.  Program sponsors are the Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management Institute at Quinnipiac University; the Connecticut Small Business Development Center (UConn); the Greater New Haven Chamber of Commerce; Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE); and the US Small Business Administration (SBA).

Tickets are $79 per person. To register, call Latisha Fuller at the Greater New Haven Chamber of Commerce at 203-787-6735.