September 28, 2001
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Before and After:
Sept 29 - Sept 28 - July 20
 

SME Morning Workshop & Luncheon



Location: Metropolitan Ballroom, 5418 Wayzata Blvd. Minneapolis
Directions: www.damicocatering.com

7:00 - 9:30 AMSME Members Only Roundtable
9:00 - 10:00 AM Morning Workshop Registration/Networking
10:00 - 11:30 AM Morning Workshop
11:30 - 12:00 PM Luncheon Registration
12:00 - 1:30 PM Luncheon Program

SME Members Only Roundtable
The Prospecting Seminar: How to Become Indispensable to Customers
Facilitated by Don Johnson, managing partner, Don L. Johnson Enterprises

Morning Workshop
The Future of Marketing on the Internet

Leo Steidel, vp of software and Charlie Carroll, project manager - The Weidt Group

The same technical trends that brought about the internet will drive the future of marketing. The change has just begun:

  • Customers will be more empowered than ever
  • The noise will get louder
  • Information access will increase pricing pressure
  • True economics of e-commerce will emerge

The good news? Technology will enable extremely effective ways to deliver your message. If you succeed, you will be able to deliver the right message at the right time, to the right audience.

The companies that overcome the hurdles will be hugely rewarded!

Come learn about the technical forces at work, how they will affect your customer relationships, and what the changes mean to your business.

Leo Steidel is vp of software at the Weidt Group, and has been leading technical software product development teams for more than twenty years. He holds several patents in the area of person/machine interface design.

Charlie Carroll is a project manager at the Weidt Group. He has led numerous high tech product development efforts, including the award winning imagesetter used to create the movie "Toy Story."

 

Luncheon Presentation
Success Factors - Reflections on a Career in Business
Michael W. Wright, chairman & ceo of SUPERVALU Inc. and SME's 2001 sales executive of the year

Mr. Wright will be awarded SME's coveted Sales Executive of the Year Award and will detail his career successes at SUPERVALU Inc.

Michael Wright practiced law for 13 years with the firm of Dorsey & Whitney, Minneapolis before joining SUPERVALU Inc. as a senior vice president in 1977. He was elected president and chief operating officer in 1978 and became chief executive officer in June 1981. He assumed the additional responsibilities of chairman of the board in October 1982.

A native Minnesotan, Mike graduated from the University of Minnesota College of Liberal Arts in 1961 with a B.A. degree. While attending the University, Mike was captain of the Gopher football team and was an academic all-American. He then entered the University of Minnesota Law School, playing professional football in Canada under Bud Grant at the same time. After two professional football seasons, a Grey Cup Championship and All-Star honors, he retired from football and graduated with honors and the order of the coif in 1963.

In addition to his position on the board of directors of SUPERVALU Inc., he is the immediate past chairman and current member of the board of Food Marketing Institute (FMI), a former chairman and current member of the board of directors of Food Distributors International (formerly NAWGA), serves on the boards of Independent Grocers Alliance (IGA) and CIES, The Food Business Forum. He is a member of the Board of Cargill, Inc., Wells Fargo & Company, and S.C. Johnson & Son.

He serves as a Trustee Emeritus of the University of Minnesota Foundation, and is on the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota Law School Board of Visitors. He also serves on the St. Thomas Academy Board of Trustees. He is a 1999 recipient of the Horatio Alger Award. Mike is a past chairman of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank and of the Minnesota Business Partnership
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