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Volume 2/Issue 5                                                              February/March 2009    
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Prairie Business Magazine
February 2009 

ND expands world markets

 With more than 90 percent of the world's consumers living outside the United States, many North Dakota companies are venturing beyond the nation's borders to grow their business. 
 
And federal export data shows they are successfully taking advantage of strong worldwide demand for North Dakota products and services.
 
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ExporTech
 
North Dakota companies are encouraged to take part in a pilot program designed to help businesses enter or expand into global markets. The ExporTech Program will help business leaders identify hurdles to international expansion and help them develop a customized international growth plan.
 
Upcoming Events
February 23: North Dakota Wind Conference, Bismarck, ND
 
March 10-11: Global Business Connections Conference, Ramada Plaza Suites, Fargo, ND
 
March 12: Post-conference Training, Ramada Plaza Suites, Fargo, ND
 
May 11-18: Trade Mission to South Africa
 
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Register Today - Global Business Connections

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If you haven't yet reserved your attendance at Global Business Connections 2009, register online today.
 
Global Business Connections, held March 10 & 11 at the Ramada Plaza Suites in Fargo, will bring together North Dakota's exporters and international business professionals from around the world.
 
Keynote speakers are Ted C. Fishman, author of the bestselling book China, Inc., and John D. Johnson, President and CEO of CHS Inc., a Fortune 200 company and one of the nation's leading energy, grains and foods companies.
 
Global Business Connections includes panel discussions with leading exporters and international business professionals, break-out seminars, networking events and an industry trade show. Gov. John Hoeven is scheduled to present North Dakota's most prestigious international business awards: the Exporter of the Year award and the International Business Resource award.
 
Click here to register online and to receive more information about Global Business Connections. 
 
To book your hotel stay at a special conference rate, contact the Ramada Plaza today at (701) 277.9000 or 1.800.2RAMADA.Mention the Global conference.
Free Training offered March 12

In conjunction with the Global Business Conference, the Trade Office is offering international business training seminars at no cost.
 
Choose to attend one of five training sessions to be held on Thursday March 12, 2009 from 9:00am to 10:30am at the Ramada Plaza Suites. 
 
The training sessions, presented by international business professionals, are:

  • Preparing your business to access growth capital
  • Export Finance: Getting Paid
  • Buying Value -Added Crops from North Dakota (will be held at Northern Crops Institute on NDSU Campus)
  • North Dakota Opportunities in South Africa - Trade Mission
  • Saving Money on your Federal Tax Return
  • Making and Saving Money with an International Lawyer

Click Here for more information about the training sessions and to register online.

Attend the North Dakota Wind Conference
February 23, 2009
9:30am-5:30pm
Radisson Hotel, Bismarck ND
 
Join key wind industry professionals, financiers, and developers at Fredrikson & Byron's North Dakota Wind Conference to learn how to develop and capture the financial benefits of a wind project.  The conference will feature an exceptional panel of presenters, including a keynote presentation by Shane Goettle, the Commissioner of the North Dakota Department of Commerce.
 
Click here for more information and to register
 
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Expolre Business opportunities in S. Africa

The North Dakota Trade Office and U.S. Commercial Service are pleased to bring you two trade specialists who assist U.S. companies with new opportunities and existing business interests in South Africa. Juliet Bender, director of the Pacific South Basin, International Trade Administration, and Chris Harris, founder and president of Fargo-based CH Trade,  will present "North Dakota Opportunities in South Africa."
 

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