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SME Morning Workshop & Luncheon

**NOTE: Location change for this months program

Location: DOUBLETREE PARK PLAZA  1500 Park Place Blvd., Minneapolis, MN 55416 (394 & 100)

Morning Workshop
No Morning Workshop this Month

Luncheon Presentation
SELLING TO BIG MINNESOTA COMPANIES: GETTING IN
Panel Discussion

Morning Workshop

No Morning Workshop this Month.

Luncheon Presentation
SELLING TO BIG MINNESOTA COMPANIES: GETTING IN
Panel Discussion

Hoping to get your foot in the door - to market your product, service or even yourself and not sure of the best way in? Join us for a panel discussion on selling yourself and your offerings to big Minnesota companies.  Moderated by Susie Jones of WCCO Radio, our panel discussion includes representatives from Kemps, Target, General Mills and University of Minnesota. Please join us!

Panel
Kat Dalager, Manager of Creative Buying, Target Corporation, guides her team in sourcing, negotiating and contracting creative services. She has worked at agencies including Campbell Mithun and Carmichael Lynch in Minneapolis and at The Martin Agency in Richmond, VA.

Catherine Peloquin has 10 years of communications and public relations experience and is currently Associate Director of Communications at the University of Minnesota's Carlson School of Management overseeing internal and external communications. Previously, she worked at St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Weber Shandwick and five years in television news.

John Loehr has 12 years of combined marketing and sales experience in the CPG and financial services industries. He is currently a Marketing Manager at Kemps overseeing the Frozen Novelty business. Past experience includes roles at US Bank, 3M and Land O'Lakes.

Janine Heffelfinger, Director, joined General Mills 10 years ago to “have a couple of years of corporate experience before retirement.” Janine has transformed the packaging department into brand design, a sophisticated design and print quality management organization.

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