In its third year, the Microsoft Small Business Summit brings together experts to provide free information to small businesses on a number of relevant, including productivity, financial management and marketing. This year’s summit runs March 24-27 (2008) and is available free online to anyone who registers.From their Website:

The Small Business Summit is produced by the Microsoft Small Business team. Our mission is to deliver products, tools, technologies and information to help you – the small business owner or manager – make educated decisions and gain a competitive edge in your market. Prior to working for Microsoft, many of us owned or worked for small businesses. We enjoy coming to work every day and using this experience to help small businesses.

The site also contains a schedule of sessions, so you can decide prior to the summit which sessions you wish to participate in. And one last carrot: the chance to win a $100,000 Total Technology Makeover (registration cutoff: February 15th). Simply register for the summit through their Website and then enter for a chance to win.