Happy Friday everyone!

The Innovate!SoCal conference is just around the corner and exhibitor space is officially SOLD OUT!

Here’s a sneak-peek at the conference exhibitors:

• 3-D digital photo – Long Beach, CA
• April Kawaoka Designs – Long Beach, CA
• ArtfulMind.biz – Marina del Rey, CA
• Bator Training and Consulting – Orange, CA
• Ill-D Design – Long Beach, CA
• Intuit
• Supporting Strategies Santa Monica – Manhattan Beach, CA
• Tribal Creative – Los Alamitos, CA
• We Labs – Long Beach, CA
• TRA Consulting, Inc. – Long Beach, CA
• Celtic Bank – Panama City Beach, FL
• Memory Ventures
• REVOterial – Los Angeles, CA
• NPI Services, Inc. – Huntington Beach, CA
• Engine Fitness – West Hollywood, CA
• Scan Digital – Indiana
• Shark Wheel – Lake Forest, CA
• Adela Health Inc. – Burbank, CA
• Microsoft Store – Cerritos, CA
• VolchekShot.me – Long Beach, CA
• Green Payment Solutions – North Hollywood, CA
• Gems Forever – San Pedro, CA
• Valley Economic Development Center – Sherman Oaks, CA
• Computer Architechs International Group – Gardena, CA
• T-Mobile – Los Angeles, CA
• Port Tech – San Pedro, CA
• Icnjobs.com – Valencia, CA
• Young Living Essentials
• Left Coast Mobility Systems – Los Angeles, CA
• Port of Long Beach – Long Beach, CA
• Rolling Robots – Los Angeles, CA

Here’s some interesting background information about two of our featured speakers:

David J. Delgado:

An artist, designer, and educator at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. David studied anthropology at UCLA and advertising at the Arts Center College of Design. During the last six years, he has led NASA’s Imagine Mars Project, challenging students to work with scientists and engineers to imagine and design a community on Mars, then express their ideas through art. He’s currently a part of the Arts & STEM Collaborative for the 21st Century Learning, working to include art into science, technology, engineering, and math education.

Diana Kander:

Soviet Union refugee turned successful American entrepreneur and Senior Fellow at the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation-the world’s largest nonprofit-she is dedicated to entrepreneurship and education. She was educated at Georgetown and became an attorney before leaving a successful practice to launch her first company. She has advised startup founders and Fortune 500 executives on her methodology for launching customer-focused products and services. The first 100 registrants receive The New York Times best-seller, All in the Startup: Launching A New Idea When Everything is on the Line by Diana Kander, FREE!

I look forward to filling you in next Friday about how the conference went!

Have a great weekend!

-Michelle

Hello all!

We’ve been busy, busy preparing for a rather groundbreaking conference we have coming up on March 26 at the Pacific Ballroom.

The Innovate!SoCal innovation conference is only two weeks away! This conference focuses on building entrepreneurship in Southern California. We have some big-time speakers lined up such as David J. Delgado-Nasa, Diana Kander-New York Times best-selling author, Thom Ruhe-Director of Entrepreneurship of the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, Jeff Zlas-Intuit Unstructured Time Leader, and many more on the line-up to share their expertise on developing high-growth start-ups.

Stay tuned next week for a sneak preview of program and exhibition information!

Welcome to the brand new Coast to Coast Conferences and Events website!  We’re excited to announce the launch of our new name and site – just in time for our 20th year anniversary!

If you’re a seasoned visitor to www.ctcconferences.com you may have checked your URL twice when you landed on the page. Don’t adjust your dial – we have a new name and a whole new look!   Take a look around. You’ll notice new content, better navigation, more photos, and yes, a new name along with a whole new look and feel… all designed with you in mind.   Planning for the new name and website began over a year ago, gradually taking shape with the input of clients, focus groups, and the expertise and guidance of Goldman Sachs, Mindset Masters Marketing and Black Locust Design along the way.  We’re really pleased with the result, and hope you will be as well.

As you may have noticed, the new site now features a national look and feel, along with highlights from Long Beach, CA, where our company headquarters office is located. Our new site features improved navigation and content and demonstrates our vision to be your preferred partner on both a local and national level – no matter where in the U.S. you are located.  You can always count on us to jump through hoops to deliver outstanding customer service and partner with you to deliver perfect plans and flawless program execution – all intended to make you the “hero” of your next function.

If you were accustomed to the navigation on the old site, you’ll see a significant change – if you’ve bookmarked any pages on the site, they’ll be due for an update.  We’ll be adding more content in the coming weeks and months, and have exciting plans for the continued growth of the site. We envision this becoming a “destination site” for clients and visitors alike — the preferred stop for anyone interested in learning more about conference & event planning and how we can support you to making your next program a huge success.

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