The Louisiana Small Business Development Center and the American Small Business Development Center is hosting a new conference aimed at offering professional development training and retaining millennial employees.
The first Maximizing Millennial Minds Conference is set to take place Wednesday and Thursday at the DoubleTree by Hilton in New Orleans. Millennials, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, are now the U.S. workforce’s largest generation. Â
DeRon Talley, LSBDC communications specialist, spearheaded the conference, a news release says. Talley says the purpose of the conference is to enhance the SBDC workforce and identify ways to improve the consulting process for entrepreneurs, as well as provide a networking opportunity for millennials.
“We wanted to use this platform to explore, engage and elevate our network in a way that suits millennials’ style of doing things,” Talley says. “Millennials are coming into the workforce and are breaking all the rules, and you’ll see a lot of that at this conference with the use of technology, and mobile devices.”
The conference also will give millennials a chance to be vocal during a management session, enhance their marketing through social media and learn more about consulting.
