WEST VIRGINIA RECORD

HUNTINGTON -- Huddleston Bolen and The State Journal have announced the 2010 Business4Breakfast business seminar schedule to be held in Huntington.

The Business4Breakfast seminars are designed to help professionals understand and navigate the breadth of opportunities and challenges in today's business world.

The 2010 seminars will touch on a variety of topics of interest to businesspeople, including sales and marketing, advertising, HR, and improving cash flow.

The schedule is:

* Jan. 27: Developing a Marketing Plan that will Impact the New Year

* March 24: Questions You've Always Wanted to Ask a Lawyer But Didn't Want to Pay For

* May 26: Effective Networking: On the Internet and In Person

* July 28: HR Mistakes (Almost) Every Business Makes

* Sept. 22: The Top 5 Things Businesses Can Do to Improve Cash Flow

* Nov. 17: Developing an Advertising and Promotions Budget for 2011

Business4Breakfast seminars are held from 7:45 a.m. to 8:45 a.m. at Huddleston Bolen's Huntington office, located at 611 Third Ave.

The free seminars are specifically designed to provide useful information to businesspeople. Guests may register at www.huddlestonbolen.com/events.

In the first seminar of 2010, scheduled for Jan. 27, Doug Korstanje, Director of Marketing at St. Mary's Medical Center, will offer insight into ways to develop an impactful marketing plan.

"We were overwhelmed by the interest expressed by the business community last year," said Tom Gilpin, chair of the firm's management committee. "We averaged over 40 attendees at the four seminars in 2009. The interest was so high that we agreed to increase the number of seminars from four to six in 2010," he added.

Huddleston Bolen is a leading regional law firm with more than 40 attorneys practicing in Huntington and Charleston in West Virginia and Ashland and Louisville in Kentucky. The firm, founded in 1871, represents clients in many practice groups, including banking and finance, health care, insurance, labor and employment, litigation, natural resources, real estate, transportation, and trusts and estates.

For more information about Huddleston Bolen, visit the firm's Web site at www.huddlestonbolen.com.