NY Multicultural Business Expo

Mark Neuwirt, Founder and President of Expos Your Business

Mark is a trade show veteran having produced several highly successful B2B events to date. He is a member of the Queens, Brooklyn & Melville Chambers of Commerce as well as an active member of more than 10 prominent networking groups from Staten Island to Suffolk. He has formed strategic relationships with regional and local media companies who have committed to supporting the first annual NY Multicultural Business Expo. He recently entered into a reciprocal co-marketing arrangement with Event Management, the producer of the NY XPO for Business held at the Jacob Javits Center. Mark is a hands-on professional who designed Expos Your Business to be a state of the art marketing company focusing on face to face as well as virtual interaction between businesses and customers resulting in significant revenue growth.

Contact: mark@exposyourbusiness.com or 718-813-8173 or 516-813-6155

 Gayle Naftaly, Multicultural Marketing Coordinator

Gayle Naftaly  has been the owner and operator of access.office since 1998 providing marketing, public relations and is considered a premier alliance connector – one who identifies groups, individuals and opportunities to form powerful alliances that will positively affect her clients’ businesses going forward.  Partnering with gifted and talented professionals, business expanded in many directions.  
Currently Gayle is the NY Moxie Exchange Exec, launching Moxie NY in January 2012,  the Director of Communications for the Independent Business Women’s Circle, the Marketing Coordinator of Expos Your Business NY Multicultural Business Expo and the Asian American Cultural Festival, sits on the advisory business counsel of the Long Island Business Institute,  is a member of Powerful You! Women's Network, Adrian’s Network, NY Women in Communications and the Queens Chamber of Commerce. 

Contact: gayle@exposyourbusiness.com or  718-217-0009

Karen Bomzer, Public Relations and Advertising Coordinator

A copywriter and publicist, Karen is the communications director, sponsor liaison, journal editor and recent chairperson of the Asian-American Cultural Festivals of LI and the communications director of the Asian-American Cultural Circle of Unity. She serves as program and public relations director of the Independent Business Women's Circle (IBWC), public relations director of the Senior Umbrella Network of Brooklyn (SUN-B) and is a frequent contributor to the Great Neck Chamber of Commerce's S.I.G.N. Post magazine. Her company MINYA Concepts recently partnered with access.office to form East Meets West Multicultural Marketing. 

Contact: karenb@exposyourbusiness.com or 631-754-6640

John Hill, Expo Logistics Coordinator

The founder and president of John A. Hill & Associates, Inc. (H&A) John provides business facilitating, trade show coaching, management advisement, marketing assistance and sales program development and training to small and mid- sized companies who want to increase revenue and expand their business utilizing trade shows as the major component of their marketing program. H&A also works with foreign organizations that have products or service they seek to introduce into the United States market.

Contact:  info@johnahillandassociates.com or 516-473-7202

Salil Zaveri, Independent Insurance Agent/Consultant

Salil Zaveri has been an independent insurance agent for over 30 years providing unbiased advice on all facets of insurance.  As an independent he is able to find the most cost effective policies available from a wide variety of insurance companies and continually reevaluates them, keeping his clients apprised of new insurance regulations, potential tax advantages, and up to date coverage options. Salil is a community Red Cross volunteer, a frequent speaker for community and corporate groups and the founder of LI-based Business Resources Group.

Contact: salil@salilzaveri.com or 516-924-7999

Maria Morales-Prieto, president and CEO of The Hispanic Network (THN)

Maria Morales-Prieto is the founder, president and CEO of The Hispanic Network (THN), a public relations and marketing firm dedicated to bridging the Hispanic market and the world. Before founding THN, she was the executive director of the Long Island Hispanic Chamber of Commerce yet is best known for her work at Latin Long Island magazine where she served as managing editor. Under her direction, the chamber grew six times its size and the magazine doubled its subscription base and tripled its circulation. Maria has been published in many major publications, including Newsday and Long Island Business News, and was featured in the NY Times best-selling book about successful Latinas called La Vida Rica by Yrma Rico.

Contact: thehispanicnetwork@gmail.com or 718-708-6524

Naini Nakagawa, founder and president of Matchmyspirit.com 

Naini Nakagawa founder of  a networking website matchmyspirit.com is a relationship coach, motivational speaker meditation teacher. She often trains entrepreneurs on ' How To Network In New York On a Tight Budget '  Known for her generous style in coaching and helping people connect, her work has been recommended and praised in several media outlets including Fox Business and CNN IReport. 

Contact: naini@matchmyspirit.com or 646-420-9990

Patti Bloom founded Bloom Resource Group, Inc. to provide “Intelligent Solutions for Business Survival.”  Ms. Bloom brings more than 20 years of experience in education, business and nonprofits under one umbrella with a dynamic suite of services for business continuity and resiliency planning. Ms. Bloom expanded her expertise by earning certificates in business mediation and coaching. In the legal arena, her paralegal work lead to new precedent-setting case law in NYS. She is co-author of a chapter in “The Essential Coaching Book ~ Secrets to a Winning Life.” Recently, Ms. Bloom was a panelist at the Daily News Multicultural Small Business Conference and authored an article on Emergency Preparedness for the Daily News. Ms. Bloom currently serves on two professional Boards of Directors and participates with several other industry and nonprofit organizations.

Contact: bloomresourcegroup@gmail.com or 631-786-9222 

Stella Shieh graduated from Taiwan’s Chinese Culture University, majoring in dance & music where she was the recipient of two awards, “The Flying Phoenix” and the “Greatest Choreographer.” As she became recognized for her artistic interpretation of Chinese traditional dance, she was selected to lead a prominent dance troupe to perform in Japan and teach movement classes in the Philippines.

After immigrating to the US she continued dancing, settling in NY and remaining active in the dance community. Currently she is a choreographer and teacher of modern and Chinese folk dance on Long Island. Her passion for the artists of her native Taiwan prompted her to become an artistic facilitator, helping to bring an array of Taiwanese performers to the tri-state area for concerts, lectures and demonstrations.  She is also the founder and president of Zen Appétit, an Asian event planning service for private parties and businesses. Stella helped organize the first Asian American Cultural Festival of Long Island now in its 6^th year and chaired both the 2007 and 2008 events. Currently she is Artistic Director of the festivals. Stella is chair of the Asian-American Cultural Circle of Unity; Special Events/Hospitality Director for the Independent Business Women Circle, and an active member of the Suffolk County Minority Business Development group. 

Allison Gordon Mastropieri is owner and president of the computer technology company, Active Nature LLC. Founded in 1997, Active Nature provides web development; mobile application development; computer repair, maintenance and networking for small businesses. Her past experience includes book and music publishing and entertainment. Allison created and maintains the website BaysideQueens.com and is on the Board of Directors for The Center for the Women of New York.

Prafulba Vaghela, Director of Community Outreach

Prafulba Vaghela is the founder and director of "YACS", The Young Adult for Community Service. The goal of "YACS" is to provide higher education for students and assist to make their lives better so that they can come back to Long Island as young adults. She worked in the travel industry as well as the banking industry. Prafulba is presently in the Leadership Huntington 2012 class; she is also on the membership committee of the Huntington chamber of Commerce; volunteers for Island Harvest; volunteers for EMS services and is currently working to bring the NIH (the National Institute of Health) research to Long Island.

FEATURING:
DAYMOND JOHN
star of ABC's hit TV show
SHARK TANK

 Speak With the Poise, Passion, & Persuasive Power of a Broadway Actor- 60 Minute Presentation

Maria Guida will share acting techniques that you can apply immediately, to inspire your listeners and make a dynamic impression when you speak for business.

We all play roles when we speak for business. Speakers lose both credibility and sales when their physical/vocal behaviors fail to project the intended message. My clients say that my coaching approach is "powerful" and "creative", and "makes a real difference". Providing actor's performance techniques that have worked for decades (as well as more traditional approaches), I help business speakers act the part and persuade listeners to buy ideas, products, and services.

PANEL

Get Certified to do Business With the Government:

• Basics to government contracting
• How to register with various government agencies
• Where to find procurement opportunities
• Identifying and targeting government buyers that will purchase your Services & products
• Types of Marketing materials that should be provided to buyers
• Relationship building and much more!

 Learn About the Many Resources Available to Small Business 

Moderator: Roslyn D. Goldmacher, Esq.- President/CEO Long Island Development Corp.

Panel:

• Walter Oden-Branch Manager US SBA regarding SBA 7A, 504 loans, SBDC technical assistance
• Barry Greenspan-Economic Development Specialist Empire State Development- regarding NYS assistance including Excelsior Program, tax credits, labor department, NYS Targeted Loan Fund
• Domenic Abatiello- Director Economic Development Natl Grid/Con Ed-regarding energy efficiency programs, rebates, grants from utilities
• Robert Larson, CDC of LI- regarding micro loans 

Social Media for Event Promotion -30 Minute Presentation

Blogging for Business -30 Minute Presentation

AdWords 101 -30 Minute Presentation

Google Products for Office Productivity -30 Minute Presentation

We are proud to announce that IBM is now a sponsor of the NY Multicultural Business Expo. As an added incentive to sponsor, exhibit and attend the expo, IBM will be issuing a FREE trial version including training of 
Lotus Live, their integrated work environment. 
The first 250 people to register to attend or exhibit will be eligible.* 
All other attendees will receive a 60 day trial license

The training alone for this product is valued at $600. 

*Must be present on March 15 to claim your FREE trial license 

What is LotusLive? 

LotusLive is a series of online office tools from IBM to help businesses collaborate simply and effectively in a security rich environment. 
Everything your office needs for collaboration 

LotusLive offers professional grade e-mail, networking and collaboration tools and online meetings - all designed to let you work seamlessly with people inside and outside of your organization. You can meet online, share files, chat, manage projects, network with potential clients and send and receive e-mail anywhere, anytime. Whether you work remotely, manage remote teams or just need one simple place to bring colleagues together, LotusLive delivers collaboration solutions, all in a securely designed environment.
One size does not fit all 

LotusLive knows one size does not fit all. Like your business, your needs are unique. You can choose to sign up for the LotusLive collaboration suite of services, combining all of our collaboration services in one specially priced package or choose from our list of award-winning e-mail, networking or online meeting services. 

The services include the all-in-one LotusLive collaboration suite; LotusLive Engage and LotusLive Connections for suites of collaboration tools; LotusLive Meetings and LotusLive Events for Web meetings; and LotusLive Notes and LotusLive iNotes for messaging. 

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