Office Depot Hosts Third "Web Cafe" Seminar Series Providing "What You Need to Know" for Small Business Owners on Tuesday, November 5th
Jean Chatzky, Editor At Large for Money Magazine and Financial Editor for NBC's Today Show Kicks Off Third "Web Cafe" As Guest Speaker
(EMAILWIRE.COM, November 04, 2002 ) Recognizing the valuable role of small business owners in America and their need for advice, counsel and knowledge, Office Depot, Inc. (NYSE: ODP), the world's largest seller of office products and services, hosts its third "Web Cafe", a free online seminar series that small business owners and their employees can log on to each week. Participants will learn from leading women visionaries what they need to know to successfully grow their businesses. Jean Chatzky, Editor at Large for Money Magazine and Financial Editor for NBC's Today Show will kick off Office Depot's third "Web Cafe" on Tuesday, November 5, 2002 beginning at 4:00 p.m. EST entitled "Secrets of Successful Women Investors."
According to the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), two-thirds of the jobs that are created today are in small businesses, and women entrepreneurs are an integral part of the continuing small business growth in America. In fact, the SBA estimates that, as of this year, there are 5.4 million women-owned businesses employing 9 million workers and generating $1.15 trillion in revenue in the U.S. Clearly, women and small business owners and entrepreneurs, in general, represent a significant force in America's marketplace.
Office Depot's "Web Cafe," a six-week online seminar series, now in its third week, offers business owners the opportunity to hear from visionary business leaders during 60-minute online Web casts hosted by Office Depot's Monica Luechtefeld, Executive Vice President of E-Commerce, on topics that they need to know about achieving business and financial success. Guest speakers will share their insight and vision and offer advice to business owners to help them discover how to grow and flourish in today's marketplace.
Commenting on Office Depot's "Web Cafe" online seminar series, Office Depot's Monica Luechtefeld said, "We are pleased to host our third 'Web Cafe' and delighted to have Jean Chatzky as our guest speaker. Small business owners and entrepreneurs are a unique group of people, and we are dedicated to providing the products, tools and knowledge they need to strengthen their businesses in today's competitive marketplace. Our 'Web Cafe' seminar series is designed to help them do just that--- and all in the comfort of their home or office."
"I'm thrilled to be working with Office Depot in delivering my message on financial strategies through their Web Cafe. It's terrific to use mediums like the Web to provide relevant information to a large number of people and I'm proud to be a part of Office Depot's Web Cafe online seminar series," said Jean Chatzky, Editor at Large for Money Magazine and Financial Editor for NBC's Today Show.
Ms. Chatzky will share with participants tips on smart investing and how to make it a habit in your business and lives every day. Highlights include:
You can't win the game if you don't play
Investing is not an activity in and of itself -- but a means to an end
Do your homework (then share what you've learned)
Put some of your own money at stake
Make investing (and smart management of your own money) a habit
All "Web Cafes" will take place on Tuesdays from 4:00-5:00 p.m. EST. Each seminar features a 30-40-minute presentation by the guest speaker followed by a live text-based interactive Question and Answer period.
Those interested should visit http://www.officedepot.com/promo/webcafe where participants will be prompted to click on Office Depot's Web cast button. While there is no pre-registration or fees for participating, participants will need to register in order to view the Web cast.
By following the same procedure as above, those unable to attend the live Web cast can access a Web cast replay of the online seminar, which will be available for viewing at 8:00 p.m. EST the same day of each scheduled "Web Cafe". All Web casts will be archived online through the end of the year by visiting the above link.
Previous Web Cafe speakers include Marilyn Carlson Nelson, United States White House Chairwoman of the National Women's Business Council and Chairwoman and CEO of Carlson Companies and Lurita Doan, President and CEO of New Technology Management, Inc.
About Office Depot
No one sells more office products to more customers in more countries through more channels than Office Depot. As the largest seller of office products around the world, the Company operates under the Office Depot®, Viking Office Products®, Viking Direct® and 4Sure.com® brand names. As of September 28, 2002, Office Depot operated 861 office supply superstores in the United States and Canada, in addition to a national business-to-business delivery network supported by 24 delivery centers, more than 60 local sales offices and 13 regional call centers. Furthermore, the Company sells products and services in 19 countries outside of the United States and Canada, including 32 office supply stores in France and 12 in Japan that are owned and operated by the Company; and 115 additional office supply stores under joint venture and licensing agreements operating under the Office Depot name in six foreign countries.
The Company operates an award-winning U.S. Office Depot brand Web site at www.officedepot.com where customers can access Office Depot's low competitive prices seven days a week, twenty-four hours a day, as well as a new Web site that targets the school supply market at www.school.com. The Company also operates eighteen additional Web sites, under the Office Depot and Viking Office Products names, in the U.S., Canada and ten international countries including: Austria, Australia, Belgium, France, Japan, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.
Office Depot's common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol ODP and is included in the S&P 500 Index.
Upcoming Featured speakers and topics include:
November 5, 2002 "Secrets of Successful Women Investors"
4:00-5:00 PM EST
Guest Speaker: Jean Chatzky, Editor at Large of Money Magazine and Financial Editor for NBC's Today Show.
Web Cafe Highlights: Learn from Ms. Chatzky why investing is not just an activity but also a means to an end. Tips on smart investing and making it a habit in your business and lives every day.
November 12, 2002 "Off-the-Wall Marketing" Creative Marketing Strategies
4:00-5:00 PM EST
Guest Speaker: Nancy Michaels, President of Impression Impact, which she founded in 1990. She is an accomplished author on Marketing as well as a frequent business speaker.
Web Café Highlights: How to design a promotional and effective kit rather than investing in costly collateral. Establishing a cost-effective direct mail campaign. Building a professional and effective web site that garners not just clicks but sales too.
November 19, 2002 "Organizing Your Desktop For Productivity"
4:00-5:00 PM EST
Guest Speaker: Stephanie Denton, President of the National Association of Professional Organizers, national syndicated newspaper columnist of "Getting Organized."
Web Café Highlights: Learn why it pays to organize your desktop and the leading factors that result in a disorganized desktop. Develop a follow-up system that allows you stay organized all year-round.
December 5, 2002 TO BE ANNOUNCED
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Produced for Office Depot
CONTACT:
Lauren Garvey
Office Depot
561-438-2895
lgarvey@officedepot.com
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According to the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), two-thirds of the jobs that are created today are in small businesses, and women entrepreneurs are an integral part of the continuing small business growth in America. In fact, the SBA estimates that, as of this year, there are 5.4 million women-owned businesses employing 9 million workers and generating $1.15 trillion in revenue in the U.S. Clearly, women and small business owners and entrepreneurs, in general, represent a significant force in America's marketplace.
Office Depot's "Web Cafe," a six-week online seminar series, now in its third week, offers business owners the opportunity to hear from visionary business leaders during 60-minute online Web casts hosted by Office Depot's Monica Luechtefeld, Executive Vice President of E-Commerce, on topics that they need to know about achieving business and financial success. Guest speakers will share their insight and vision and offer advice to business owners to help them discover how to grow and flourish in today's marketplace.
Commenting on Office Depot's "Web Cafe" online seminar series, Office Depot's Monica Luechtefeld said, "We are pleased to host our third 'Web Cafe' and delighted to have Jean Chatzky as our guest speaker. Small business owners and entrepreneurs are a unique group of people, and we are dedicated to providing the products, tools and knowledge they need to strengthen their businesses in today's competitive marketplace. Our 'Web Cafe' seminar series is designed to help them do just that--- and all in the comfort of their home or office."
"I'm thrilled to be working with Office Depot in delivering my message on financial strategies through their Web Cafe. It's terrific to use mediums like the Web to provide relevant information to a large number of people and I'm proud to be a part of Office Depot's Web Cafe online seminar series," said Jean Chatzky, Editor at Large for Money Magazine and Financial Editor for NBC's Today Show.
Ms. Chatzky will share with participants tips on smart investing and how to make it a habit in your business and lives every day. Highlights include:
You can't win the game if you don't play
Investing is not an activity in and of itself -- but a means to an end
Do your homework (then share what you've learned)
Put some of your own money at stake
Make investing (and smart management of your own money) a habit
All "Web Cafes" will take place on Tuesdays from 4:00-5:00 p.m. EST. Each seminar features a 30-40-minute presentation by the guest speaker followed by a live text-based interactive Question and Answer period.
Those interested should visit http://www.officedepot.com/promo/webcafe where participants will be prompted to click on Office Depot's Web cast button. While there is no pre-registration or fees for participating, participants will need to register in order to view the Web cast.
By following the same procedure as above, those unable to attend the live Web cast can access a Web cast replay of the online seminar, which will be available for viewing at 8:00 p.m. EST the same day of each scheduled "Web Cafe". All Web casts will be archived online through the end of the year by visiting the above link.
Previous Web Cafe speakers include Marilyn Carlson Nelson, United States White House Chairwoman of the National Women's Business Council and Chairwoman and CEO of Carlson Companies and Lurita Doan, President and CEO of New Technology Management, Inc.
About Office Depot
No one sells more office products to more customers in more countries through more channels than Office Depot. As the largest seller of office products around the world, the Company operates under the Office Depot®, Viking Office Products®, Viking Direct® and 4Sure.com® brand names. As of September 28, 2002, Office Depot operated 861 office supply superstores in the United States and Canada, in addition to a national business-to-business delivery network supported by 24 delivery centers, more than 60 local sales offices and 13 regional call centers. Furthermore, the Company sells products and services in 19 countries outside of the United States and Canada, including 32 office supply stores in France and 12 in Japan that are owned and operated by the Company; and 115 additional office supply stores under joint venture and licensing agreements operating under the Office Depot name in six foreign countries.
The Company operates an award-winning U.S. Office Depot brand Web site at www.officedepot.com where customers can access Office Depot's low competitive prices seven days a week, twenty-four hours a day, as well as a new Web site that targets the school supply market at www.school.com. The Company also operates eighteen additional Web sites, under the Office Depot and Viking Office Products names, in the U.S., Canada and ten international countries including: Austria, Australia, Belgium, France, Japan, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.
Office Depot's common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol ODP and is included in the S&P 500 Index.
Upcoming Featured speakers and topics include:
November 5, 2002 "Secrets of Successful Women Investors"
4:00-5:00 PM EST
Guest Speaker: Jean Chatzky, Editor at Large of Money Magazine and Financial Editor for NBC's Today Show.
Web Cafe Highlights: Learn from Ms. Chatzky why investing is not just an activity but also a means to an end. Tips on smart investing and making it a habit in your business and lives every day.
November 12, 2002 "Off-the-Wall Marketing" Creative Marketing Strategies
4:00-5:00 PM EST
Guest Speaker: Nancy Michaels, President of Impression Impact, which she founded in 1990. She is an accomplished author on Marketing as well as a frequent business speaker.
Web Café Highlights: How to design a promotional and effective kit rather than investing in costly collateral. Establishing a cost-effective direct mail campaign. Building a professional and effective web site that garners not just clicks but sales too.
November 19, 2002 "Organizing Your Desktop For Productivity"
4:00-5:00 PM EST
Guest Speaker: Stephanie Denton, President of the National Association of Professional Organizers, national syndicated newspaper columnist of "Getting Organized."
Web Café Highlights: Learn why it pays to organize your desktop and the leading factors that result in a disorganized desktop. Develop a follow-up system that allows you stay organized all year-round.
December 5, 2002 TO BE ANNOUNCED
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Produced for Office Depot
CONTACT:
Lauren Garvey
Office Depot
561-438-2895
lgarvey@officedepot.com
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