Wide Angle Thinking 2019!
Effective and Inclusive Planning for the New Year!!
In honor of Black History and Minority Owned Business Month join NAWBO Columbus and Iris Cooper, co-founder of Glory Foods for a motivational conversation about her entrepreneurial journey and how to use "Wide Angle Thinking" to effectively plan for the year 2019.
About the speaker:
Dr. Iris Ann Cooper’s career includes leadership positions in financial services, economic development, community service, communication, government, entrepreneurship, and education.
She is the owner of “JustAskIris!” an entrepreneurial coaching firm, specializing in food enterprises and products. Iris is a founder of Glory Foods, Inc., a multi-million dollar food marketing company and has launched several successful enterprises during her career. 
She is recognized nationally as a business strategy and branding expert, having coached many startups to sustainability. Iris is the former Director of the Ohio Division of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, where Iris led the state from 29th worst place for small businesses in 2007 to the ninth best in the nation, and 1st in the Midwest in four years. She currently works with nonprofits and for- profit organizations desiring market research, strategy development, and workforce development training. Iris recently received the Amos Lynch Legacy Award from Champions of Diversity and the Sharon Burkes Soar Award from Franklin County Children’s Services for her advocacy work in Central Ohio.
Iris is a published author, featured writer, and keynote speaker on a variety of topics, and an adjunct marketing professor at Franklin University and Columbus State Community College. Her contributions to entrepreneurship are now included in the History Makers Collection at the Smithsonian Institute. She is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., the National Coalition of 100 Black Women-Central Ohio Chapter, CDC Headstart Inc. , and the Indiana University Alumni Association. Iris holds a BA in Journalism and an MBA in Marketing from Indiana University. Her DBA is from Walden University in Entrepreneurship and her doctoral study was focused on small business mortality and entitled “The First Four Years: A Small Business Sustainability Study.”
TICKETS
$45.00 Member + First Time Guest
$100.00 Member Exhibit Table (includes 1 lunch ticket)
$25.00 Member
$40.00 Guest
$25.00 Corporate Partner Ticket
$250.00 Guest Exhibit Table (includes 1 lunch ticket)
$100.00 Corporate Partner Exhibit Table (includes 1 ticket)