Coming up on Nov. 29 is Small Business Saturday, an event founded by American Express to promote small businesses. Customers can register to get up to $30 back when they Shop Small by spending $10 or more at participating businesses. Your business can also participate in this event by becoming a part of the American Express Shop Small movement.
A little further out on the calendar is the Affiliate Management Days Conference from March 30 to April 1, 2015.
Finally, the call for nominations for the OPEN Forum: Government Contracting Awards is still open. This event from American Express is in honor of small businesses with great government contracting success stories. Nominations end Nov. 28, 2014.
To see a full list or to submit your own event, contest or award listing, visit the Small Business Events Calendar.
Featured Events, Contests and Awards
Small Business Government Contracting Awards
Nov. 28, 2014, Online
The small business Government Contracting Awards from American Express OPEN are now open for applications. The awards, now in their fifth year, recognize stand-out small business contractors in the following categories: Contractor of the Year; Woman Government Contractor of the Year; Teaming Government Contractor of the Year; and On-the-Rise Government Contractor of the Year.
Small Business Saturday
Nov. 29, 2014, Nationally
American Express founded Small Business Saturday in 2010 to help small businesses get more customers. Small Business Saturday is Nov. 29, the Saturday after Thanksgiving, and it has grown from a day to a powerful movement. Both shoppers and sellers can participate.
AM DAYS Affiliate Management Days Conference
March 30, 2015, San Francisco, CA
The Affiliate Management Days San Francisco 2015 conference is an event for marketing managers and those responsible for their company’s affiliate marketing strategy, management and operations. Whether you have an existing affiliate program or you’re creating a new initiative, AM Days provides insight into how others are successfully implementing and managing their affiliate programs.
More Events
- World Open Innovation Forum 2014
Nov. 26, 2014, Amsterdam, Netherlands - Construction SuperConference
Dec. 1, 2014, Las Vegas, Nev. - Communicating Employee Benefits
Dec. 2, 2014, New York, NY - ONLINE EDUCA BERLIN 2014 – Conference on Technology Supported Learning
Dec. 3, 2014, Berlin, Germany - HIPAA Audits in 2015 – What to Expect and How to Prepare
Dec. 3, 2014, Online - Holiday Networking & Celebration (White Plains, NY)
Dec. 3, 2014, White Plains, N.Y. - Talent Acquisition and Onboarding Conference
Dec. 4, 2014, New York, N.Y. - Connecting to Cash: A Candid Conversation about Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs
Dec. 4, 2014, Chicago, Ill. - Workplace Violence: Plans, Policies and Procedures for Healthcare
Dec. 4, 2014, Los Angeles, Calif. - Your HIPAA Compliance Plan and Cloud Storage Security: Is Your BAA Enough?
Dec. 4, 2014, Online - Stance Matters: Releasing Your Latent Potential as a Practitioner of Change
Dec. 5, 2014, Online - Writing High – Impact Executive Summaries
Dec. 5, 2014, Online - Changes under the HIPAA Omnibus Rule – What’s New
Dec. 9, 2014, Online - I Didn’t See Anything, Don’t / Won’t Talk to You – Getting To the Truth In Internal Investigations
Dec. 9, 2014, Online - FT Frontier Markets Summit
Dec. 10, 2014, New York, N.Y. - HR Change Management: The Strategy of Change
Dec. 10, 2014, Online - SOX : Internal Controls for Accounts Receivable
Dec. 10, 2014, Online - Forecasting with Excel’s Powerful Sensitivity Tools
Dec. 10, 2014, Online - Preventing Product Liability – Key Areas Manufactures Need to Control
Dec. 10, 2014, Online - How to Analyze Financial Statements
Dec. 10, 2014, Online
More Contests
- Win $100 AdvoWire Influencer Marketing Campaign Budgets
Nov. 26, 2014, Online - Web Form Design Awards by JotForm
Dec. 14, 2014, Online
This weekly listing of small business events, contests and awards is provided as a community service by Small Business Trends and SmallBizTechnology.
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Aira Bongco
Excited to see some holiday networking and celebrations. I guess it is the perfect time of the year for events like these.
I wasn’t that involved in Small Business Saturday last year. Want to change that this year. I believe it occurs in the UK in early December.