AES Broadcast 09/23/2009                     Broadcast # 2009044 
  
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Successful Small Business Export Strategies Seminar Series 
  
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Eight-city "Exports Live" Seminar Series Brings Together Small Businesses 
Thrive During Tough Economy 
  
A half day interactive seminar series has been created by six federal 
agencies to demonstrate how local businesses can successfully leverage 
government export assistance to expand sales of U.S. goods and services 
in foreign markets and increase their bottom lines. The first seminar 
will kick off at New York City's Marriott Marquis hotel on October 5, 2009. 
  
It will be followed by similar sessions in other cities nationwide: 
  
   Boston: October 6, 2009 
   Miami: October 26, 2009 
   Houston: October 27, 2009 
   Detroit: November 9, 2009 
   Chicago: November 10, 2009 
   Los Angeles: November 16, 2009 
   Seattle: November 17, 2009 
  
The eight-city "Exports Live!: Real Deals, Real Profits" seminar series 
will review strategies and partnerships used by local small and medium 
sized businesses that have already discovered how to increase 
profitability through exporting. 
  
Leading these seminars will be the Chairman and President of the Export- 
Import Bank, Fred Hochberg. 
  
The following senior government officials will be present at some of the 
"Exports Live" events: Secretary of Commerce, Gary Locke; U.S. Trade 
Ambassador, Ron Kirk; Small Business Administration Administrator, 
Karen Mills; U.S. Trade and Development's acting director, Leocadia Zak; 
and Overseas Private Investment Corporation's acting President, Dr. 
Lawrence Spinelli. 
  
For more information and to register for the nearest "Exports Live!" 
seminar, visit: www.export.gov/exports_live or call toll-free 
(888) 966-2009. Please note that space  is limited.