International Business Expert Leads Globalization Workshop at Upcoming Chicago Conference

International business expert Laurel Delaney will lead the globalization workshop entitled, “Building Bridges to the World: Global Opportunities and Challenges” at the Women Presidents’ Organization (WPO) 2006 Annual Conference. The invitation only conference will be held at the Ritz-Carlton in Chicago on April 27-29.

Chicago, IL (PRWEB) April 19, 2006 -- International business expert Laurel Delaney will lead the globalization workshop entitled, “Building Bridges to the World: Global Opportunities and Challenges” at the Women Presidents’ Organization (WPO) 2006 Annual Conference. The invitation only conference will be held at the Ritz-Carlton in Chicago on April 27-29.

“The Building Bridges to the World” workshop will focus on how globalization impacts business. The presenting panel is comprised of global business experts and successful women business owners who will provide tips on how to adapt businesses to foreign competition, how to be aware of opportunities in the global marketplace and how to deal with common pitfalls when going global.

"We are very excited that Laurel is leading the globalization workshop,” said Marsha Firestone, President of WPO. “Her work in the area of global business, especially as the recipient of SBA’s Exporter of the Year Award, will greatly benefit our attendees, who are increasingly looking overseas for opportunities.”

Delaney, CEO of Chicago-based GlobeTrade.com and WPO board member, offers management consulting and marketing solutions designed to help entrepreneurs and small businesses go global.

“An increasing number of women-owned businesses are taking an interest in globalization,” remarked Delaney. “The globalization workshop will transform how women business owners conduct their business across borders and I’m excited to work with the Women Presidents’ Organization and help lead the global revolution. In fact, in the future there will be two kinds of enterprises: those that go global and those that die. Let’s face it, if you have not gone global, you and your business just might be on the verge of extinction.”

Delaney’s “Building Bridges to the World” workshop can be accessed via the Web at: www.baskowonline.com/WPO/schedule.htm.

About Laurel Delaney
Laurel Delaney, is a renowned global entrepreneur and founder of Global TradeSource, Ltd and Laurel Delaney Company, a professional services firm that elevates the work of Laurel Delaney in entrepreneurship and specializes in global entrepreneurial development.

Delaney is also a contributing author in The Research Handbook for International Entrepreneurship (Edward Elgar Publishing, U.K.), a breakthrough guide on global entrepreneurship and is the Chicago chapter facilitator for the Women Presidents’ Organization.

Awarded the Small Business Administration’s “Illinois Exporter of the Year,” Delaney serves on the International Editorial Advisory Board of the “Journal of International Entrepreneurship,” on the advisory board of Women Entrepreneurs, Inc. and the International Board of Directors for the Women Presidents’ Organization.

About GlobeTrade.com
GlobeTrade.com is the online arm of 20-year old Chicago-based Global TradeSource, Ltd., a global marketing, consulting and business Web-content providing company. For more information, call 773-381-1700 or http://www.globetrade.com.

About Women Presidents’ Organization (WPO)
The Women Presidents’ Organization (WPO) connects top women entrepreneurs at the million and multi-million dollar level ($2 million in gross annual sales or $1 million for service-based business) -- locally and internationally -- with greater personal and professional success. In monthly meetings across the US and Canada, chapters composed of 20 accomplished women presidents -- from diverse industries and backgrounds -- invest time and energy in themselves and their businesses to drive their corporations to the next level. For more information, call 212-688-4114 or http://www.womenpresidentsorg.com.

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