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Tri-State World Trade Network Events
2011 Events
October 20, 2011: "Excelerate Your
Business...Through Exports!"
With
exporting recognized as one of the fastest methods to grow revenue, the
Tri-State World Trade Network, along with the Southwest Indiana Small
Business Development Center (SBDC), invited two export specialists to
present the region's global business community with a strategic approach
to export development.
Participants learned why exporting matters
to Indiana and some key facts and statistics about how small and
mid-sized companies can be positively impacted by exports. The
presentation highlighted eight core steps to export development and gave
attendees information about regional, statewide and international
resources and organizations that exist to support your business' needs.
"...U.S. exports...have powered nearly half the nation's
economic expansion since the recession ended in 2009, their biggest role
since World War II."
(Wall Street Journal,
April 2-3, 2011)
Event Speakers:
(Click on the
link to view each speaker's presentation.)
 Andrew
Reinke
Foreign Targets, Inc.
Email:
fti@foreigntargets.com
Andy's PowerPoint Presentation
 Dusan
Marinkovic
U.S. Commercial Service
U.S. Department of
Commerce
Email:
dusan.marinkovic@mail.doc.gov
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April 19, 2011: "Achieving Cross
Cultural Effectiveness: Successful Strategies When Working Abroad"
On April 19, 2011, the Tri-State World Trade Network
organized a
cultural event for the region's global business community. We
brought together a panel of speakers to address the social and business
norms of conducting business in four countries: China, India, Japan and
Mexico. The presentation highlighted how to be prepared when working
in foreign countries and provided strategies to avoid obstacles that
other businesses have encountered.
Our panel of speakers
included representatives from Uniseal, Toyota Motor Manufacturing
Indiana, Whirlpool Corporation and the University of Evansville.
What did people have to say about the
event?
"This program exceeded my expectations!
It was wonderful!"
"I found the event to be extremely educational
and I look forward to more in the future."
"I travel abroad
regularly for work, and even I learned a lot from these speakers!"
"Our company has just begun doing business in Mexico, and I learned
that our approach to meetings has been all wrong. I now understand
how to go about establishing some key first steps."
Event
Speakers:
(Click on the links to view each speaker's
presentation.)
 Business
Etiquette in INDIA
Stephani Catt
Uniseal, Inc.
 Business
Etiquette in JAPAN
Todd McConnell
Toyota Motor Manufacturing Indiana
Business Etiquette in MEXICO
Gabriel
Paredes
Whirlpool Corporation
Business Etiquette in CHINA
Jie Wang
University of Evansville
Department of Foreign Languages
Visiting
Scholar in Chinese
Associate Professor at Zhejiang University
2010 Events
October 27, 2010:
"Winning the Intellectual Property Game in Foreign Markets: How to Use
International IP Rules to Your Advantage"
On October 27,
2010, the Tri-State World Trade Network (TSWTN) hosted a seminar
presented by local attorney Luz Aurora Lettiere.
During her seminar, Ms. Lettiere discussed five types of
intellectual property (trademarks, trade secrets, copyrights, patents
and industrial designs) and explained in detail the key differences
between intellectual property rights in the United States and three
foreign countries, namely, China, Brazil and Mexico.
Ms. Lettiere also emphasized the steps that any company wishing
to enter foreign markets would do well to thoroughly understand before
playing the international IP game.
Click
here
for the event flyer!
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