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Agenda:

8:00-9:00am – Registration & Coffee

9:00am-9:45am

Retirement program

The Maine Retirement Investment Trust (MERIT), is a new retirement savings program, created by the Maine Retirement Savings Board.

Presenter: Elizabeth Bordowitz, MERIT – Maine Retirement Investment Trust

9:45-10:00am – Break

10am-10:45am

Employee Retention

Presenter: Charles Galemmo, Hospitality Workforce Development

10:45-11:00am – Break

11:00am-11:45am

Welcome Center Marketing for our Region

Presenter:Connie Berry,  Maine Tourism Association

12 noon – 12:45 – Lunch

Building Essential Workforce Training Skills

Presentors: Chris Young, Compact & Kim Wilson-Roy, Dean of Workforce & Professional Solutions Eastern Maine Community College

Trade show in lobby  

12:45pm-1:00pm – Break

1:00pm-1:45pm

Social Media Best Practices

Presenter: Rob Labelle, Strategic Digital Marketing

1:45pm-2:00pm – Break

2:00pm-2:45pm

Writing a Business Plan 

Presenter: MaineStream Finance, James Macomber

2:45pm-3:00pm – Break

3:00pm-3:45pm 

Apprenticeship from the Maine Department of Labor

 Presenters:

Wendy Kostenbauder, Program Manager-Apprenticeship from the Maine Department of Labor

Deb Rountree, Executive Director of Rural Development Initiatives, Eastern Maine Community College and UMA

3:45pm-4:00pm – Break

4:00pm-4:45pm 

Tourism – What is the Maine Highlands and How Does it Help My Business in the Katahdin Region? 

Presenter: Maine Highlands- Angie Arno

Lunch is included and donated by COMPACT~

THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS:

Katahdin Sponsor:

Brookfield Renewable

Mt. Chase Sponsorship:

Katahdin Higher Education -UMA East Millinocket Center

Baxter Sponsor:

The Maine Highlands

Allagash Sponsors:

Dead River

Eastmill Federal Credit Union

FA Peabody

Ktaadn Resorts – Formerly New England Outdoor Center

Katahdin Federal Credit Union

Outer Reach Broadband

Ledge Falls Sponsor:

Piscataquis County Economic Development Council

Lunch Donor:

COMPACT

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