Expanding Your Business Through Exporting

Join us for this informative workshop and learn about:

 ·         Why Export? – The benefits of exporting

·         Are you export-ready?

·         Determining best markets and developing your export plan

·         Steps to get started in exporting and finding customers

·         Resources for exporting – online, national, and local

·         The U.S. Commercial Service

   Facilitators:

Stephanie Heckel is a Senior International Trade Specialist for the U.S. & Foreign Commercial Service of the U.S. Department of Commerce, and provides one-on-one international trade consulting to firms in the Piedmont Triad area of North Carolina. Her office services Davidson, Forsyth, Caswell, Guilford, Montgomery, Randolph, Rockingham, Stokes, Alamance, and Davie Counties.

Debbie Strader is the Director of the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Export Assistance Center in Greensboro, North Carolina.  She has over 25 years experience helping North Carolina companies increase sales to international markets.