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Register Today for the African American Business Summit 2005

Featured Speakers and Panelists from the world of business and entertainment are gathered to give information and inspiration to grow your small and medium sized business over four days -- at a low price you cannot afford to ignore.

Los Angeles, CA, June 08, 2005 --(PR.com)-- African American Business Summit 2005, June 23-26, 2005, Westin Mission Hills Resort and Spa, Rancho Mirage (Palm Springs), California

REGISTER NOW AT: www.AABS2005.com

WHO:
Presented By: Wells Fargo
Hosted By: Turning Point Magazine, The TPC Foundation, Inc., The African American Chamber of Commerce Palm Springs

WHEN:
The African American Business Summit 2005 will be held June 23-26th, 2005

WHERE:
The Westin Mission Hills Resort, 71-333 Dinah Shore Drive, Rancho Mirage (Palm Springs), California 92270

WHAT:
Themed BUSINESS REDEFINED - An Extraordinary Experience for Exceptional Business People, AABS 2005 provides serious how-to business-building instruction in an environment that restores balance and creativity.

WHY:
BUSINESS REDEFINED is a totally new direction for the Annual African American Business Summit. As a destination conference, we are removing attendees from the daily grind and enveloping them in an atmosphere that ensures full participation in four days of workshops and sessions, while providing ample time for networking and indulgencies!

AABS 2005 Chairpersons are Morris L. and Jaci Wilson Reid, a dynamic husband and wife team known for their successful fusion of the business, political and philanthropic worlds.

FEATURED LIST OF KEYNOTES, SPEAKERS, PANELISTS & PERFORMERS (Partial):

Kwame Jackson (NBC’s “The Apprentice”) Iyanla Vanzant (NBC’s “Starting Over and Motivational Speaker), Dennis Kimbro (Speaker/Author “What Makes the Great-Great, Strategies for Extraordinary Achievement”) Judge Mablean Ephriam (TV’s “Divorce Court”), Anthony Asadullah Samad (Political Urban Issues Forum, International Author and Professor), Dr. Ben Chavis (President, Hip Hop Summit), Lisa Nichols (Editor, Chicken Soup for the African American Soul), Maria Dowd, (African American Women on Tour), Gene Wade ( Platform Learning) Dante Lee (Young Media Entrepreneur/Diversity City Media President), Nelson Davis (Producer, Making It! Television Program), Jo Muse (Muse Communications Group), Roderick Wright (Consultant, Nielsen Media Research), Roberta Sheilds (Ludacris Foundation), Howard Hewett (pop and gospel recording artist)

... Over 50 sensational speakers, and much more!

Scheduled Event Highlights:
(Subject to change without notice)

TPC Foundation Golf Tournament

The Turning Point Magazine/Wells Fargo Living History Makers $5,000 Entrepreneur Award

Anthony Asadullah Samad’s Urban Issues Forum

“Developing Gold from the Urban Landscape ” Panel Discussion

“Who's Measuring Us and Why?” TV Media Measurement Panel Discussion

“Women's Work" has Changed - Tapping Into the $500 Billion Women's Market” Panel Discussion

“Success Blockers” Seminar and Workshop

“You're Young, You've Got a Billion Dollar Idea! Now What?” Panel Discussion

“The Business of Being in Business and Being in Love” Panel Discussion

“Doing Well by Doing Good - Setting Up and Getting Funding for Your Foundation” Panel Discussion

“Technology You DON'T Know Can Crash the Business You DO Know!”

“Making Your Business More "Bankable" Presentation

“The "Right" Board Can Take Your Business to New Heights” Panel Discussion

Business Exchange and Expo

TPC Foundation’s Smart Start Youth Financial Literacy Program

Business: The New ‘Bling Bling’ of the Hip-Hop Generation

Wave of Praise Gospel Brunch

“Cash Flow” Game After Hours … and so much more!

Reservations/More Information:
www.aabs2005.com

Partners (Partial List)
Partners include: ampm Convenience Stores, Fox Entertainment Group, Union Bank, Focal Point Media, Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Warm Spirit, Toyota, Curtis Moring Insurance, Boeing, Pepie Designs, Nike, Accubuilt, The California Endowment.

National Magazine of the African American Business Summit 2005
Rolling Out Magazine

Official Newspaper of the African American Business Summit 2005
The Los Angeles Sentinel

Palm Springs/Coachella Valley Newspaper of the African American Business Summit 2005
Press Enterprise

AABS 2005 Media Partners:
KPSE - UPN 13 Palm Springs, African American Golfer's Digest, Save the Date Media Group, LLC, BlackNews.com, BlackApolis Media Group, Urban Insider/UrbanInsider.com, Urban Leadership Magazine, News 23 -the - Edge Cable/Satellite Networks, The Los Angeles Wave Newspapers, BMORENEWS, Diversity City Media, InterServe Networks - Jim Neusom, Ebony Cactus Magazine, iZania, The Network Journal, The Columbus Times Newspaper serving Georgia and Alabama, NCM - Promoting Ethnic Media Nationwide, Black Star News, Comcast Cable/CNN Local Edition, Soul of America, Women's Calendar/Women's Radio Networks, Talk Black Radio, Jericho Broadcasting, Emerging Minds/Emergingminds.org, Roland Holmes, PhD - "The Voice of Jazz", The Houston Sun, Inland Empire Community Events, infoatbayarea.com/muybueno.com, Inglewood Today Magazine, The (Sacramento) Observer Media Group, SoulValues.com, Black Wiz Biz, The Valder BeeBe Show, The LA Watts Times, Black Voice News, Sisters In Business, Black Meetings & Tourism, Ask Deanna!, The Griot, Black Star News, Personal Wealth Journal, The Wright Place TV Show, Virtually Black.com, Onyx Woman Magazine, USC - Small Business Development Office, Recycling Black Dollars, The Dr. Maxine Radio Show.

Contact:
Adrienne Lamm
323-299-6000, Ext. 107
ts7895@aol.com

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