The Small Business Administration will sponsor its first-ever Internet conferences for small businesses on February 20 and 22 hosted by Great Plains Software, Inc.

The one-hour online conference, titled "Jump Start Your Business Success," is designed to teach techniques on how to grow successfully and to serve as a question-and-answer forum.

Clifton Toulson Jr., SBA associate administrator of business and communications initiatives, said "It’s a cost-effective way to become informed on how to make businesses successful."

The conference will cover developing an effective growth management system, view demonstrations of business management software and how e-business techniques can be applied. They also will be able to participate in concurrent chat rooms in which SBA and Great Plains experts will answer questions.

If you would be interested in signing up for this free on-line conference, you can do so by going to Great Plains Software, Inc. and registering directly online.