SWFBT’s Elevated Event: “Connecting At The Top”
What is this event’s purpose?
To create an environment for connection, conversation, and camaraderie, a “safe social space” to share stories one-to-one and show support for fellow Southwest Florida business owners and CEOs, at a time when this type of synergy is needed more than ever.
Whether leading a company of one or one hundred, this is a business event where you can “talk strictly business-to-business” with other Southwest Florida business owners facing the same challenges as you, seeking opportunities to grow our businesses in a place like nowhere else in the world, the place we all call home: Southwest Florida.
Now in our 19th year of publication, Southwest Florida Business Today’s mission is to provide the best business-to-business marketplace where owners and executives operating in Southwest Florida buy and sell goods and services via the exchange of news, advertising, and information.
We are now moving our mission to include in-person connections. The first-ever SWFBT B2B event will be on Wednesday, June 24th, from 4:30-7:30 p.m., at Spanish Wells Country Club in Bonita Springs. This inaugural event will be promoted in all five proprietary and organically developed distribution channels of SWFBT: print, website, email, direct mail, and social media.
This event is not intended for multi-level marketing or sales pitches. Join me for a relaxed yet elevated evening of local business leader strategic connection, where the only focus is to provide an evening fostering fellowship and engagement amongst local business owners and leaders.
Why should you sponsor this event?
You receive premier exposure to influential local business decision-makers and leaders; showcase your company in all five SWFBT media, reaching 50,000+ local business owners and professionals via a targeted marketing campaign; engage with business influencers and leaders in Southwest Florida; position your brand as both a connector and a leader of local business, now and in the future.
We seek a limited number of sponsors for this first-of-its-kind event for a limited time; first-come, first-served. Opportunities and benefits to you and your company can be found by clicking here, including laser-targeted exposure via our extensive print marketing coverage, digital outreach, and live event branding--all to our local business community, a highly engaged audience.
Why should you support this event?
I know you’re more than busy: I’m one of you. Carve some time out of your relentless schedule to take a deep breath and step away from the hectic day-to-day, to connect and come together, for the benefit of each other and our entire local business community—leading our local business community by your example, today and into the future. Event tickets are affordably priced at $50 each. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to a local non-profit business support organization.
Be a brand leader. Be a business community leader. Be a Southwest Florida business community agent of connection and collaboration.
I invite you to join me.
Karen P. Moore
Founder/Owner/Publisher Since 2007
2022-26 Lee County Horizon Council
Business Resources Committee Chair
Creator of the radio show, “Moore About Business”
on WGCU, the local NPR/PBS Affiliate
Fill out the form below to register or become a sponsor
This event is limited to CEOs, business leaders, business owners, and other executives. Sponsors should have a B2B element to their business. Please fill out the form below to begin the registration or sponsorship process.
The deadline to register as an attendee is June 17th, 2026.