UPCOMING

July 14, National Harbor, Maryland

Lily Brislen will speak and offer a workshop on developing effective public education campaigns at S.P. Richards Company Advantage Business Conference (conference registration required).

August 15, Columbus, Ohio
Lily Brislen will offer a presentation and workshop on developing effective public education campaigns at "Small Towns, Big Futures," the biennial conference of the Ohio Rural Community Assistance Program.

See our presentations page for background, keynote topics, and links to sample agendas.

Recent Events 

May 12, Malibu, California
Jeff Milchen led a workshop for the City of Malibu to aid development of public education campaign. 

May 14, Sutton, West Virginia
Lily Brislen will led a training on programs to help local independent businesses thrive for the Sutton County Community Development Corporation. 

May 15, Modesto, California
Jeff Milchen led a training for the forthcoming Modesto Independent Business Alliance.

April 4, Fayetteville, Arkansas
The Fayetteville Independent Business Alliance hosted a presentation and workshop.

March 29-April 1, 2012 Louisville, Kentucky
Go Local Grow Local, Building Community Prosperity from Within. AMIBA's international conference will feature Localization Movement leaders like Stacy Mitchell of the Institute for Local Self Reliance; AMIBA co-founder Jeff Milchen, Laury Hammel, co-founder of BALLE; Andrew Thomas, author of The Distribution Trap, AMIBA board members and speakers Betsy Burton, Carla Jimenez and Franzi Charen. Details here.

March 12, Manhattan, Montana
AMIBA co-founder Jeff Milchen spoke on developing an effective buy local initiative for the Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce.

February 9, Farmington, New Mexico
Jeff Milchen presented and facilitated an organizing workshop for San Juan Local First starting at 8AM at the Civic Center. Call Susan Steinhoff, 505-330-8290, for details.

February 7, El Paso, Texas
Jeff Milchen presented and facilitated an organizing workshop for Homegrown El Paso at the El Paso Community Foundation, 333 N. Oregon.  Morning event--call Nancy Ontiveros, 915.240-8804, for details.

January 31 - February 1, Las Vegas, Nevada
Jeff Milchen will led two sessions on how independent businesses owners can thrive through collaborative efforts at the International Market Centers show.

February 3, El Centro, California
Jeff Milchen presented and facilitated an organizing workshop for Imperial Valley Independent Business Alliance. Call Paul McManus, 760.352.3383, for details.

October 28-29, New Albany, Indiana
Jeff Milchen spoke and facilitated a morning workshop for the recent AMIBA affiliate New Albany First (Indiana). News coverage here and here.

October 27, Louisville, Kentucky
Jeff Milchen spoke on "Myths v. Facts on Job Creation," hosted by the Louisville Independent Business Alliance.

October 24, Cumberland, Rhode Island
Jeff Milchen was the featured speaker for the Blackstone Valley Independent Business Alliance.

October 21, Portsmouth, New Hampshire
The New England Local Business Forum's semi-annual meeting was attended by nearly 40 people representing 16 local business alliances.

October 20, Middletown, Virginia
Stacy Mitchell was a keynote speaker on "Thinking Local" for the Lord Fairfax Small Business Development Center.

October 13, Bozeman, Montana
Jeff Milchen spoke at the Montana Downtown Conference.

 September 30, Pineville, West Virginia
Lily Brislen facilitated a training on supporting local independent business for the Wyoming County Economic Development Authority.