Jan Silverman of the Conway Innovation Center will be speaking about how small businesses can easily use ecommerce platforms to sell products online at a time when their brick and mortar locations may be suffering from pandemic related issues.

John Kenny of the Georgetown Innovation Center will be speaking about how small businesses can increase their online presence by using Google’s Business platform. Online sales are not required to use this platform.

Topic: Does Your Business Need Ecommerce During COVID 19? Date: Oct 28, 2020 Time: 2:00 PM (EST)

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Jan Silverman has been the Executive Director of the Conway Innovation Center, a business incubator in downtown Conway, since 2015. In that capacity she has helped many small businesses and start ups find their way to success. She is a certified trainer in Business Model Canvas and Lean Startup. In addition to running the day-to-day operations of the Center and counseling business clients, Jan develops programming for the organization and writes grants. Prior to taking the reigns at the Innovation Center, she ran a successful human resources consulting firm in New England, The Silverman Consulting Group. Educated as an attorney, Jan began her career as labor counsel to the City of Worcester Massachusetts and served as its first human resources director from 1993 until 2004. She is certified as a diversity trainer by the state of Massachusetts and received numerous state awards for her work in human resources.

John Kenny, originally from the Bronx in New York City, but spent most of his career in Washington, D.C. as an attorney. He began his career working for a U.S Congressman and then clerked for a U.S. District Court Judge. The next 40 years of John's life was spent as a technology and telecommunications lawyer and businessman. Along the way, he is an author, adjunct professor at the Columbus School of Law and a grandfather to 8. His passion has been working with startup companies. The first was the company that would go on to become SPRINT. John was the first general counsel of the company. He was attracted to the 5th T after starting the D.C. Tech Council and then working with John Sanders to form a similar council for the Grand Strand. Currently, he runs the Georgetown Innovation Center, which has proudly helped more than 100 startups and young businesses grow and thrive.