Emerson will be keynote speaker for business forum

U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson will deliver the keynote address at the Business & Not-for-Profit Forum from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 21 at the Drury Lodge in Cape Girardeau.

The forum is sponsored by the Regional Consortia of the Missouri Bootheel Healthy Start Project and is geared for leaders in business, government, not-for-profits, social services, and the faith and medical communities.

Topics will include how to develop a business model for marketing goods and services, Internet marketing, putting the 'fun' in fund raising and effective use of media

State Sen. Maida Coleman, a native of Sikeston, will also address the group. Coleman currently serves as the assistant minority leader in the Missouri Senate.

Other scheduled speakers include Mario Drummonds, executive director/CEO of the Northern Manhattan Perinatal Partnership Inc.; Jan Denton, Esq., a consultant with the National Healthy Start Association, and Dennis Trask, a recognized authority on resource development and fund-raising.

To register or for more information, call (888) 317-4949.