Viva Las Micro-Empresas!
Developing Latino Microentrepreneurs

October 16-17, 2007

San Diego, CA
Town and Country Resort and Convention Center

Latinos are starting small businesses faster than any other group in California. To help our members assist the successful start up and growth of Latino entrepreneurs, CAMEO has teamed up with the Association for Enterprise Opportunity (AEO) to offer the Regional Training Institute Viva Las Micro-Empresas!

In Viva Las Micro-Empresas!, you'll learn:

• Fundamentals of Effective Microloan Programs
• Best Practices - Client Screening and Business Assessment
• Working with Immigrant Microentrepreneurs: A Discussion of Trends, Challenges and Innovations
• Entrepreneur Training for Immigrants: An ESL Approach
• Changing Legal Climates and Successful Entrepreneurship in the Latino Community
• Tax Refunds and Microbusinesses: Expanding Family and Community Wealth Building in the Borderlands
• Online Lending and Credit Scoring
• Expanding Your Market Through Relationship Based Lending
• Outreach and Cultural Diversity
• Fundraising for Immigrant Programs

Who Should Attend:

• Bilingual practitioners in Microenterprise Development Organizations who want professional skills
• Senior executives and program managers interested in adding new programs and reaching new markets
• Community leaders who want effective Microenterprise Development in their regions

Just Confirmed - Plenary - Roberto Suro, University of Southern California

Roberto Suro is a professor of journalism at the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School for Communication and a noted researcher and commentator on the Hispanic population and immigration matters. In addition to his appointment at USC, Suro is affiliated with the Institution and the Migration Policy Institute.

Prior to moving to Los Angeles in August 2007, Suro had served as director of the Pew Hispanic Center, a Washington-based research organization which he founded in 2001 with support from the Pew Charitable Trusts. At the Center Suro supervised the production of more than 100 publications that offered non-partisan information on the rapid growth of the Latino population and its implications for the nation as a whole.

A former journalist, Suro has more than 30 years of experience writing on Hispanic issues and immigration. He is author of Strangers Among Us: Latino Lives in a Changing America, (Vintage) as well as numerous reports, articles and other publications regarding the growth of the Latino population. During his career in journalism Suro worked for TIME Magazine, The New York Times, The Washington Post and other publications. He worked extensively in Washington, did tours as a domestic correspondent in Chicago and Houston and was posted as a foreign correspondent in Latin America, Europe and the Middle East.

When: October 16-17, 2007. The training will begin at approximately 8:00am on October 16th and end around 4:30pm. CAMEO's Annual Members' Meeting will be held after the training on October 16th followed with a small fiesta including a live band. The training will begin again at 8:00am on October 17th and conclude around 2:00pm.

Where: This event will be held at the Town and Country Resort and Convention Center. CAMEO has a set of rooms blocked for training participants at a reduced price of $110 for single or double occupancy on Monday-Wednesday nights. To make a reservation, call the hotel reservation desk at (800) 77-ATLAS and mention CAMEO to receive your discount. The room block will be released on October 2nd, however the discount will still be honored if rooms are available. If you have any problems making reservations, please contact CAMEO at 415.348.6214.

Cost:
Early Registration (by September 24th)
$175 for CAMEO and AEO Members
$195 for non-members
$75 for the third registration and above from each organization

Late Registration (after September 24th)
$195 for CAMEO and AEO Members
$215 for non-members
$85 for the third registration and above from each organization

Schedule of Events

October 16, 2007

8:00am-9:00am	Registration/Continental Breakfast
9:00am-10:30am	Breakfast Plenary
10:45am-12:45pm	Breakout 1
12:45pm-2:15pm	Plenary Lunch
2:30pm-4:30pm	Breakout 2
5:00pm-6:30pm	CAMEO Annual Meeting
6:30pm-8:00pm	Reception

October 17, 2007

8:00am-9:00am	Registration/Continental Breakfast
9:00am-10:30am	Roundtable Sessions
10:45am-12:45pm	Breakout 3
1:00pm-2:00pm	Plenary Lunch/Next Steps

CAMEO's Annual Members' Meeting and Salsa Reception: This year, the CAMEO Annual Members' Meeting will be held Wednesday, October 16th at 5pm. There is no charge for this meeting. All members and non-members are invited to attend and stay for refreshments and Salsa dancing! Stay tuned for further details.

Resort Contact Information
Town and Country Resort and Convention Center
500 Hotel Circle North
San Diego, CA 92108
Tel: 619.291.7131
Fax: 619.291.3584
www.towncountry.com

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