10th Annual Strom Conference This Thursday

The 10th Annual Strom Conference with be held this Thursday, April 22, 2010, at the Days Hotel in Dickinson, North Dakota. The day will begin with a continental breakfast and registration at 8:00 am. An opening note will be presented by President Dr. Richard McCallum of Dickinson State University, Steve Glasser, Strom Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation Executive Director, and Jerome Strom, our Honored Guest. Jerome is the inspiration for the annual conference and is a major component to the Strom Center. We are very excited to have him present at the 10th Annual Strom Conferencce!

After a short break, inspirational speaker Bob Upgren, will be the first keynote speaker presenting “Most Artists Can’t Draw- Unmasking the New World of Work.” After Bob, there will be another short break, followed by the first breakout session. Each of the three breakout sessions will consist of three different topics. Attendees will be able to choose which presentation to attend (Please refer to the registration form for breakout session topics).

Lunch will be provided during the conference’s second keynote. Stacy Sturm and Nicole Morrison-Mathern of URL Radio will be presenting “From Floods to FedEx- We did it!” These two entrepreneurs possess a great success story in today’s society. Breakout sessions two and three will follow lunch. After the breakout sessions, Bob Upgren will close our day with the final keynote speech.

Schedule

8:00-9:00 a.m.
Registration & Booths Open

9:00-9:50
Welcome Note

9:50-10:00
Break

10:00-10:50
Keynote 1- Bob Upgren

10:50-11:00
Break

11:00-11:45
Breakout Session 1

12:00-1:00p.m.
Lunch & Keynote 2- Stacy Sturm & Nicole Morrison-Mathern

1:15-2:00
Breakout Session 2

2:15-3:00
Breakout Session 3

3:15-4:00
Keynote and Closing- Bob Upgren

4:15-5:30
Social at the Days Hotel

For more information or to register, please call the Strom Center at (701) 483-2756.

CDP/COCO and URL Radio

We formed this partnership to highlight our COCO members, HTC Communities, and Community Development Events. The contract runs from 4/1/10 to 4/1/11 and with 2 call-ins a week – one on Morning Show and one on Shake It Up with Molly and Martini on Wednesday nights, Facebook and Twitter mentions, and links from their website!

This radio station can be listened to anywhere where the internet can be accessed, just visit www.URLradio.net. They have been listened to in 49 states and 84 countries! You can even hear past shows as they have podcasts available on their website and podbean.com.

We are featuring owners Nicole Morrison-Mathern and Stacy Sturm at the 10th Annual Strom Conference “Insights 2010” on April 22 at the Days Hotel. We are excited that they will be our keynote luncheon speakers!

Either Julie or Amanda will be on at 9:00am MST on Monday Mornings and a representative from the nonprofit or the featured community will be on Wednesday Evening at 7:30pm. April 5 will be the kick-off show. Be sure to tune in early that day as they are starting at 8:30 MST with Stacy Sturm’s morning show.

Strom Conference

Yesterday was the 9th Annual Strom Conference. We had a great turnout of 244 people! Considering the DSU Student Center Ballroom will only hold 250, we felt this was an incredible turnout! The morning was kicked off by Steve Glasser, Executive Director of the Strom Center, followed by Dr. McCallum, President of Dickinson State University. Our first presenter was Barry Maher who spoke on “Filling the Glass.” Our lunch speaker was Joel Bleth of Solar Bee & North Dakota’s 2008 Entrepreneur of the Year. Our final speaker of the day was Gregg Vanourek who spoke on “Life Entrepreneurship.”Also, in the morning there was a business plan competition. There were 6 teams who competed. The winning business plan was submitted by BSC student, Molly Backhaus, who will be attending classes at DSU next fall. For more information on the conference, you can visit The Dickinson Press online.

Thank you to everyone who made the conference a success…your efforts are much appreciated!

Please keep an eye out for upcoming information regarding the 10th Annual Strom Conference next year!!

Kim Hayes
Talent Initiative Assistant
Strom Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Strom Conference 2009

The 9th Annual Strom Conference is scheduled for April 16, 2009.  The conference, held in the Dickinson State University Student Center Ballroom, will begin at 9:00 am and run until 4:30 pm.  This year’s Strom Conference will feature Barry Maher, Gregg Vanourek, & Joel Bleth.  The Marketing Plan Contest, scheduled to begin at 9:00 am, will be open for all 2008-2009 ND University Students.  The cost to attend the conference will be $25 if you register online (online registration will begin on March 23, 2009) or $30 at the door.  Dickinson State University students may attend this conference for free; however, it is still important to register.  For more information, please contact Lenny Johnson at (701) 483-2847.

Kim Hayes
Talent Initiative Assistant
Strom Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation