At this Business Forum/Panel Discussion with a moderator, hear tips and ideas on marketing strategy to help build brand name awareness and increase sales.

The event, free and open to the public, is meant to help business owners learn from others what strategies are the most successful to help win customers and build sales.

Submit your questions in advance for the moderator to ask members of the panel to comment on and share their experiences.

Come at 5:30 p.m., Wednesday to network and submit your questions. The panel discussion will begin at 5:45 and continue until 6:30. Networking will follow.

Mark Rosenbloom, assistant vice president at First County Bank and president of the Darien Chamber of Commerce, will moderate the discussion.

Panel members:

• Karen M. Kelly, senior vice president and chief marketing officer of First County Bank
• David Lewis, president and CEO of Operations Inc., a human resources outsourcing and consulting firm. He is also president and CEO of AllCountyJobs.com.
• Elaine Kirby McCleary, founder and owner of Kirby and Company.
• Michael LaScala, vice president of sales and marketing for TSP Inc., with divisions including TSP Distributors and The Dock Shop retail stores.