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Business Development Council

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Introduction

The Business Development Council consists of individuals responsible for business growth within the organizations that MACNY serves. Professionals from sales, marketing, product development, research & development, business development and strategic planning share concepts and ideas on best practices in developing business opportunities for their respective companies. The Council’s tag line is simply "Growth!" Where, what, why, and how to find growth is the basis for the seminars provided to Council members.

Founded in 2003, the Business Development Council provides seminars presented by local and nationally known experts.

The MACNY Calendar has a listing of the Business Development Council's upcoming programming. Sign up for an event today.

Please click here for the 2010-2011 Agenda for the Business Development Council

Recent Events

Programs recently held by the Business Development Council include:

• New Formula for Success: Search+Social Media+Online Branding: Using social media tools to grow your business - presented by Sean Branagan, Communigration
• Doing Business Locally: Tap in to local resources to grow your business - presented by Karen Dejarnette, Empire State Development; Dennis Donahue, NYSDOL; and David Freund, Selflock Screw Products 
• Networking for Business Growth: Discover new and proven networking tools to help grow your business - presented by Strategic Communications and Dale Carnegie Training 
• New Growth Strategies: Hear how local businesses are succesful during difficult economic times - presented by Stephen Chabot, Inficon; Bill Buck, Schneider Packaging Equipment; and Joe Hartnett, C&S Companies
• Growing with Green: Hear how your business can grow with a focus on green and sustainable products and services - presented by Pat Penfield, Syracuse University; and Lisa Cleckner, Syracuse Center of Excellence 
• Technology for Business Growth: Hear how technology can improve and grow your business - presented by Kevin Lair, Craig Watters, Gino Duca and Don Carr, Syracuse University (iBox)

The Council has set membership fees at $60 annually for individuals or $120 for a companywide membership (as many members from the company may attend events as interested). Membership covers admission to all seminars, but does not include meal costs when seminars include a meal. Other MACNY members can participate in Business Development Council events for $20 per event.

Start Growth! in your business today! Sign up for the Business Development Council  

Business Development Council Executive Committee

Like all MACNY Councils, an Executive Committee manages the Business Development Council. The Executive Committee sets the Council's agenda and manages its budget.

The current Executive Committee Members are:

• Executive Committee Chairperson: Bill Buck, Schneider Packaging Equip Co, Inc.
• David Freund, President, Selflock Screw Products Co., Inc. 
• Joe Hartnett, Business Development Manager, C & S Companies
• Bill Buck, Marketing & Applications Project Engineer, Schneider Packaging Equipment Co., Inc.
• John Bellardini, Partner, JC Jones & Associates, LLC
• Mike Berry, Account Manager, JM Murray Center
• Bruce Hamm, Onondaga Community College
• Paul Laurie, Hummel's Office Plus
• Nancy Corgel, Sr Program Administrator, Syracuse University
• Jeffrey Carr, VP Sales, Ottovonmo Productions
• Nate Desimone, Partner Development and Education, Contemporary Personnel Staffing
• Jamie Pishotti, Marketing Director, Dannible & McKee
• Tim Shaughnessy, Director Sales and Marketing, Knowlton Technologies
• Staff Liaison: Steve Maloney, Directory of Training & Workforce Development – MACNY 
 

Why join the Business Development Council?

To exemplify its tag line, Growth!, this council strives to provide a forum for learning the best practices in Business Development to benefit all of the businesses in MACNY.

• Educational seminars focused on new ideas to improve business expansion, sales and marketing
• Panel discussions where you not only hear the latest information, but also interact with presenters to get your questions answered
• By networking with other council members find someone who can solve one of your problems or gain business opportunities by solving someone else’s
• Take advantage of local expertise, discover best practices and gain from the lessons learned during implementation

Who Should Join?

• Sales and marketing professionals
• Business development managers
• Individuals planning or implementing new product or service launch, looking for new markets, implementing new programs
• Executives looking for best practices to help grow their business