TGIF workshop offer tips to use technology to boost business

Not sure how to use technology to drive attention and audience to your product or business?

Charles Manning, president and chief executive officer of  Sandpoint-based, Playxpert, will help local business leaders and owners do just that as well as optimize their business processes and differentiate themselves in the larger market.

The program will be held Friday from noon-1:30 p.m. at Holiday Inn Express & Suites, 477326 Highway 95 in Ponderay. Check-in is from 11:30 am.-noon.

The workshop will cover:

• What social media means to you as a business owner

• How to gain more exposure

• Understanding your customer better

• Using data to drive decisions to support your business

• Gaining 5 simple steps to optimize your business technology.

Since 2007, Manning has been the CEO of Playxpert, an innovative platform for gamers to multi-task through a universal overlay system and an open widget framework. After founding Playxpert and MetaXpert, Manning participated as the executive chairman for MetaXpert from 2007 until 2009 and has taken a more active role since October 2009 to enhance customer delivery and drive more strategic initiatives for the consulting business.

Prior to Playxpert, Manning was the vice president of product management at Managed Objects. Managed Objects was the industry leader in Business Service Management and was later acquired by Novell.

Under Manning’s product leadership, the Managed Objects platform was used by global 2000 companies like Morgan Stanley, Deutsche Bank, Fidelity and others. Manning came to Managed Objects when it acquired M-Code Software, an Application Performance Management (APM) company founded by Manning in 1998.

The program is part of the TGIF Workshop series presented by Bonner Business Center. The series provides business owners and professionals with affordable, 90 minute workshops.  The series is hosted by the Business Development Committee and sponsored by Horizon Credit Union, Holiday Inn Express & Suites, and Aaging Better In-Home Care.

Information: Greater Sandpoint Chamber of Commerce, www.sandpdointchamber.org or 263-2161