Cleveland Park Library 
1st Floor Large Meeting Room 
3310 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 
(map) 

Strategies for Building Your Business
Speaker: Michael Smith, President, TeraTech, Inc.

Description: Do you want to grow your business in 2006? How will you attract new clients? Are you clear about where your business is heading? At this event we will cover marketing ideas for your business, including user group and conference participation. We will also look at how to measure success in marketing, how to make effective sales, and how to avoid common mistakes.

What alternatives do you have for organizing your business for growth, and what makes for an effective business plan? Once your business is growing, what traps can arise when hiring employees or subcontractors? Learn tips for avoiding expensive mistakes with human resource issues. And, finally, learn how to build a successful business where you'll enjoy working.

Speaker: Michael Smith, founder and president of TeraTech, Inc., has been programming for more than 25 years and has been coding in ColdFusion (CF) since version 1.5. He teaches classes in
ColdFusion and Fusebox and is a frequent speaker at national programming conferences throughout the United States. Prior to founding TeraTech, he worked at a big five United Kingdom computer consulting company. Michael has an MA and BA in
mathematics from Cambridge University in England.

Michael Smith runs the Maryland ColdFusion Users Group (MDCFUG) and has organized eight successful national ColdFusion events. He is also a contributor to Fusion Authority, ColdFusion Developer's Journal (CFDJ), and the Capital PC User Group Monitor. In addition, Michael is on the Board of Directors of and is a volunteer instructor for Byte Back, a nonprofit organization providing computer training for underemployed and unemployed innercity residents.

TeraTech, Inc., is a 16-year-old Rockville, MD, consulting company specializing in ColdFusion, SQL, and Visual Basic development. It also offers frequent seminars in ColdFusion and Fusebox. TeraTech is a Macromedia Consulting Partner and the winner--for two consecutive years--of the CFDJ award for best consulting company. In addition, TeraTech produces the annual CFUNITED conference and sponsors MDCFUG.

TeraTech's clients include federal agencies, associations, and businesses. TeraTech has developed sophisticated data-driven Web sites for the Federal Drug Administration, Social Security
Administration, and the World Bank. Typical services include system analysis and prototyping, database integration, system development, and integration testing. TeraTech staff members also have extensive experience in Oracle, ASP, HTML, Access, and
FoxPro.

Michael Smith may be reached via e-mail.

Agenda 

12:45 pm	Check-In
1:00 pm	Welcome & Announcements
1:15 pm	Strategies for Building Your Business
2:40 pm	Q&A
3:00 pm	Closing announcements
3:05 pm	Informal queries, conversation, networking

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Location: One-half block south of the Cineplex Odeon Uptown movie theatre on Connecticut Avenue, NW, Washington, DC. (There are many restaurants suitable for pre- or post-meeting gathering/networking/refreshment in the block north of the library.) 

Parking: Very small lot, off Macomb St., to left of library. 

Metrorail--Cleveland Park Station on the Red Line (on Connecticut Avenue, just 1.5 blocks north of meeting site) 

Speaker Michael Smith will be joining us November 19, 2005!

Several times a year a smaller group (usually about 8 to 15) goes to Nanny O'Brien's (directly across the street from the Cleveland Park Library at 3319 Connecticut Avenue, NW, 202-686-9189, open 2 pm Saturday to 2 am Sunday) or another local establishment for continued conversation, networking, and refreshment following the meeting. (Participants pay for their own beverages and  food.)  

Join us!