SMALL BUSINESS : Expansion and Efficiency Will Be Topics at Conference

How to expand your business and operate more efficiently will be addressed at the second Los Angeles Times Small Business Strategies Conference on Sept. 24-25.

Friday’s sessions include “Exporting: How to Broaden Your Sales,” led by trade consultant Andrew Olson, and “Rejuvenating Your Business for Growth,” on what to do when your business has reached a plateau. Consultant Barri E. Carian will help business owners identify potential business partners in a session called “Seven Steps to Successful Partnering.”

How to rejuvenate family-owned businesses will be addressed Saturday morning by Marta Vago, founder of Family Business Advisory International. Also on Saturday, motivating employees will be the subject of a session titled “Finding and Keeping Qualified Employees.” Getting more done will be examined in a time-management session led by consultant Ann Reeves, and consultant Linda Ringer will lead business owners through a step-by-step session in “Breakthrough Thinking for Business Growth.”

These and other sessions are intended to provide businesses seeking to grow with the tools to help them accomplish their goals. More than 7,000 business owners are expected to attend the conference at the Los Angeles Convention Center.

The event features 56 sessions, eight of them in Spanish, plus three networking workshops, one-on-one free business advice with a team of business experts and more than 100 exhibitors.

Those registering before Sept. 12 will receive a free copy of “Business Make-Over,” a compilation of installments of the Times feature that provides business owners with personalized advice. More than 30 businesses are profiled in the book.

To register or for more information, call (800) 350-3211 or go to http://fonts.nohib.com/sbsc.