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Keynote address with Doan Winkel, AI-Driven Educator, EdTech Entrepreneur, Creative Innovator

Become Friends With AI and Do More of What You Enjoy

This new world of AI is overwhelming. What can you do? How do you start? What's "right" and "wrong"? In this fun keynote, learn what you can do and how to start being more efficient, and therefore more effective. No matter who you are—whether a business owner, aspiring entrepreneur, college or high school student, or faculty member—you’ll find this keynote incredibly useful.

Doan Winkel

Entrepreneurs Uncensored

A panel of four successful entrepreneurs will candidly share their personal experiences, challenges, and lessons learned on their journeys to success. This session provides an unfiltered look into the world of entrepreneurship. 

Casey Lang

Casey Lang

Julie Harding

Julie Harding


Larry Sloter

Larry Sloter

Larry Triplet

Larry Triplett

 


Resource Showcase: Quick Pitch and Q & A

Fourteen representatives from thirteen organizations will deliver 5-minute pitches to showcase the services they offer to entrepreneurs. At the end of the presentations, there will be a Q & A session where attendees can ask questions and gain deeper insights into the available resources.

 

Organizations and Their Representative

Athens Ohio Investment Alliance (AOIA)

Kathryn Cooper
Executive Committee At-Large Member

Balanced Financial

Olivia Irwin
Owner


Future Plans

Michelle Carte
Southeast Ohio Regional Director

Marietta Area Chamber of Commerce

Kelsy Eaton
President and CEO

Marietta Community Foundation

Britani Merritt
Donor & Program Services Director


MOV Chamber of Commerce

Jill Parsons
President and CEO

Southeast Ohio Port Authority

Jesse Roush
Executive Director


TechGrowth Ohio

Jessica Kopelwitz
Associate Director

Theisen Brock LPA

Kristopher Justice
Partner


Women’s Business Center for Central Appalachia

Chris Smalley
Director of Lending

Wood County Economic Development

Lindsey Piersol
Executive Director


Pricing

  • Free to high school and Marietta College students, faculty, and staff
  • Others
    • Before October 1, 2024: $50
    • October 1, 2024 and later: $65
       

What is the Big Workshop?


The BIG Workshop is an annual event that takes place on the campus of Marietta College. Marietta College’s Entrepreneurship Program organizes and delivers the workshop in collaboration with various community and business partners. Our vision is to build a network of entrepreneurs who generate economic, social, and environmental values in their communities and around the globe. Our mission is to connect aspiring entrepreneurs and business owners with each other and with resource providers and experts to create a network that solves business problems, identifies viable entrepreneurial ideas, and puts them into action.

Dr. Khorassani describes the Big Workshop in the video below.


Who is the BIG Workshop for?

If your goal is to

  1. BUILD a new business;
  2. find INNOVATIVE solutions for your business-related problems, or;
  3. GROW your business;

The BIG workshop is for you.

To present at the Workshop, email entr@marietta.edu or contact Dr. Jacqueline Khorassani at 740.376.4621.