---Business Exchange: Tour for Success-Atlanta, August 24----

The Global Diversity Group’s National Business Conference, “Tour For Success” will be held in Atlanta, GA on August 24, 2004 at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis. The conference offers a range of activities from free workshops to business networking events, as well as the Legacy Awards Luncheon (12:30 pm, send email to info@unityfirst.com for discount tickets) with keynote Willie Gary, that will honor Herman J. Russell and The H.J. Russell & Company, one of the largest minority-owned enterprises in the U.S. The conference will also host a “Success Stories” Session ( 6 pm) and Economic Empowerment Networking Reception (6:30, send email to info@unityfirst.com for discount tickets) with Dominique Wilkins and many of the event’s speakers. FYI – Businesses in the Atlanta area and beyond are encouraged to attend. To register for the free workshops, receive discount tickets to the luncheon or networking reception, send your contact information to: info@unityfirst.com or call 800-286-3659. If you attend the conference, stop by the UnityFirst.com booth or join us after lunch (2-2:30 pm) to meet the authors and get the newly released book: “The Practice of Power: Finding Success in a Diverse World,” a most powerful and reality based book that moves you from inspiration to action by sharing the unwritten, but much-talked about, rules for your success here in the U.S. and beyond by authors Janine and Tom Fondon, with contributors such as MBC Network’s Willie Gary, Global Diversity Group CEO Melodie Cunningham, motivator Jewel Diamond Taylor, author and activist Dick Gregory and others. The conference will also feature a business and sponsor vendor showcase featuring many of the event sponsors such as Volvo Cars of North America, Delta Airlines, Citibank, Foxwoods Resort Casino and Office Depot. Some of the strategic partners include: Georgia Black Chamber of Commerce, UnityFirst.com, Atlanta Business League, State of Georgia Governor’s Small Business Center, Clark Atlanta University, Black Enterprise, WSB-TV 2 Atlanta, Professional Business and Financial Network, Overtime Magazine, U.S. Department of Commerce Minority Business Development Center, Cox Radio Group Atlanta-97.1 JAMZ and The Atlanta Black Agenda Resource Center. The Tour for Success event is FREE to attend and begins at 8 a.m. with registration. Also, as part of the event, there will be free interactive workshops for mature as well as start-up small businesses, including: "Winning at the Contract Game,” “Marketing Your Way To Success”, “How To Develop A Competitive Edge.”