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Michelle Van Otten, Founder & CEO of Profit Ventures Headlined DiversityBusiness.com 16th Annual National Summit

 


Southport, CT / --DiversityBusiness.com latest event, the sixteenth annual “National Summit” brought together people from all over the United States. Once again, the diversity and entrepreneurship world came together under one roof, to network, to learn from one another, to exchange ideas, approaches and strategies, and, in the case of some, to be formally recognized for their hard work and commitment to multicultural markets in the United States.

Participants took full advantage of the keynote and panel presentations -as well as the social and networking aspects of the summit. Produced for business owners and the corporations, government agencies and academic institutions that utilize their services, the DiversityBusiness.com summit offered a solid platform for the kind of interactivity, exchange and networking that is usually missing from daily business life, due to physical distance, busy work schedules and other factors.

Perhaps the most valuable take-away for summit attendees were the keynote presentations that touch upon topics which include: entrepreneurship, marketing and branding, technology, social media, disability, and diversity. 


Michelle Van Otten, Founder & CEO of Profit Ventures kicked off the afternoon on the topic: leadership and branding. Through her experience in marketing/branding and leading diverse teams all over the world; she shared with the audience value of human capital and 5 key reasons why losing leadership hurts organizations.


During her presentation, Michelle touched upon key points which include: how organizations can deal with multigenerational workforce, elevate human capital and encourage leadership, and lead with their brands.

She concluded by reinforcing the point of how it is imperative for organizations to see people for who they are and that is as innovators, contributors and team players. Also, incorporate right support system in order to bring out the very best talent.

Other keynote presenters from the event include: Gene Waddy, Founder & CEO of DIVERSANT ; Tiffany Pham, Founder & CEO of MOGUL;  Aisha Bowe, Co-Founder & CEO of STEMBoard; Bill Evans, President of Current Staffing Solutions, LLC and Ben-Saba Hasan, SVP Chief Culture, Diversity & Inclusion Officer at Walmart.

The day rounded out with a chief diversity officer panel forum discussion  represented by brands : Time Warner Cable, MetLife, Metropolitan Transportation Authority, MasterCard and NYC Department of Information Technology. Jennifer Brown, Founder and CEO of Jennifer Brown Consulting served as moderator.

Companies formally honored at the summit were the winners of the Div50 and the Div500 listings, which honor, respectively, the Fortune 500 companies and government agencies most dedicated to supporting diversity and the nation's top diversity-owned businesses.

"We're looking forward to another dynamic, successful year of multicultural business," said Kenton Clarke, CEO of DiversityBusiness.com. "The U.S. is so vast, and business moves so fasts, that were it not for events such as this one, the key underpinning of lasting, rewarding business relationships-face-to-face contact-would slowly fade into the background. Each year we see new faces, and they bring fresh ideas, new perspectives, strategies and of course new technologies and processes.

Sponsors
Major Sponsors for the event included: Wal-Mart, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, U.S. Postal Service, Colgate Palmolive,Time Warner, Hilton, and Apple.

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Source: DiversityBusiness.com

About DiversityBusiness.com
Launched in 1999, DiversityBusiness is the largest organization of privately owned businesses throughout the United States that provide goods and services to Fortune 1000 companies, government agencies, and colleges and universities. DiversityBusiness provides research and data collection services for diversity including the "Top 50 Organizations for Multicultural Business Opportunities", "Top 500 Diversity Owned Companies in America ", and others. Its research has been recognized and published by Forbes Magazine, Business Week and thousands of other print and internet publications. The site has gained national recognition and has won numerous awards for its content and design. DiversityBusiness reaches more diverse suppliers and communicates more information to them on a more frequent basis then all other organizations combined. Our magazine reaches over 300,000 readers, a monthly e-newsletter that reaches 2.4 million, and website visitors of 1.2 million a month. It is a leading provider of Supplier Diversity management tools and has the most widely distributed Diversity magazine in the United States.DiversityBusiness.com is produced by Computer Consulting Associates International Inc. (CCAii.com) of Southport , CT. Founded in 1980.













 
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