Four NEW workshops to help you USE THE WEB to grow your business plus SNEAK PREVIEW of April programs.
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March 5 - Walter Manninen "Writing a Business Plan"
March 12 - Antoinette G. Giugliano, Esq. – “Patents, Copyrights, Trademarks and Trade Secrets”
March 19 - Francis Pelletier "Public Speaking Skills"
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SNEAK PREVIEW
April Programs
April 10 - Employees and Subcontractors: Recruit Retain and Comply - Employment law issues are a challenge for small businesses—but the more you know the more you can protect your company. Click here for details.
April 24 - Mid-size Company program: Managing a Mid Size Company for Growth and Profit - It’s not easy letting go of the day to day operation of your business but you have to do it to succeed. This workshop explores ways to make it easier. Click here for details.
All workshops held at The Enterprise Center
at Salem State College
121 Loring Ave. Salem, MA 01970
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Of related interest....
Board members sought for ILCNSCA
(Independent Living Center of the North Shore and Cape Ann), located in Lynn MA.
ILCNSCA is one of eleven state-funded organizations in Massachusetts with the job of being a one-stop center for information that can help the disabled. They provide information to both individuals with disabilities and other organizations, such as Councils for the Aged or those supporting the blind. As with most state supported organizations, funding restrictions can hamper their efforts to do more, even doing more with less. So setting the ILCNSCA vision for their area of responsibility (now twenty five towns) and being creative about the means of realizing that vision are jobs for the board members.
Federal law requires each ILC to have board members with disabilities be a minimum 51 percent of the board total and the by-laws call for one third of the board to be replaced each year! This organization has set out three strategic objectives for the next three years: 1.) Update the Strategic Plan; 2.) Put costs onto specific objectives in the Plan; and 3.) Create brand recognition. The significance of the last objective came out in April 2007 when the home town newspaper, the Salem News, did a full page write up on an ILC, never mentioning the one in Salem. The ILCNSCA is well recognized by their referring organizations and by the other organizations they support, but has little recognition by the public at large. So they are looking for board member candidates for this year or next who can help with strategic planning, costing, or marketing.
Interested parties please email Bob French, rdexfr@msn.com
More information about ILCNSCA
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All sessions are held at the Enterprise Center
121 Loring Avenue Salem, MA 01970
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Ten Ways to Improve Your Website
Thursday, March 6 – 8:30 to 10:30am
Breathing new life into your existing business website is simple, essential and economical.
Learn web design trends and quick and simple things you can do today to draw business
to your website. Speaker is Leighton O'Connor, Founder, blueSWIRLS.com.
Cosponsored by the Small Business Development Center. Register for this FREE workshop!
Profitable Marketing on the Web
Tuesday, March 11 – 8:30 to 10:30am
Learn how search engine marketing, web design and programming must be done in
unison to be effective. Speaker is John McDougall, President, McDougall
Interactive, LLC. Cosponsored by the Small Business Development Center.
Register for this FREE workshop!
Best NEW Ways to Reach Customers
Thursday, March 20 – 8:30 to 10:30am
Text Messaging, Online Commercials, YouTube, Facebook, Blogs and More
Register for this FREE workshop!
Starting a Business on Ebay - SPECIAL HALF DAY WORKSHOP
Tuesday, March 25 - 9:00am to Noon
The world of online sales has exploded in the past decade! These days, anyone
can make items or services available through a wide variety of means.
Whether you use Ebay as a business tool or a hobby this workshop
covers the basic concepts of eBay selling. It will cover
auctions, fixed price sales
and eBay stores, as well as pricing, inventory and listing
management software and services.
The speaker is Chris Damianakos of The Soiree Group .
Cosponsored by the Small Business Development Center.
Admission to this event is $25
Register for this workshop!
Employees & Subcontractors: Recruit, Retain and Comply
April 10 — 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
Some of the most challenging issues facing small business owners involve
their most important assets — people! Developing and retaining a loyal,
productive team while complying with employment laws is a critical management task.
This workshop will help your Massachusetts business better manage employee
and contractor issues, and assist you in avoiding legal issues.
Speaker: Laurie LaBrie, Integrated Staffing, Inc. Presented by the Small Business Development Center.
Register for this FREE workshop!
Managing A Mid-Size Company For Growth And Profit
April 24 — 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
Do you have what it takes to be a good manager? Do you have the team
in place to grow your business? This workshop — aimed at mid-size company
leaders — focuses on key management skills needed as companies add employees.
From the basics of good delegation to organizational development, strategic
management planning, and recruiting good talent, this workshop will help you plan
for a very profitable future. Led by Marc Chinoy, author of multiple books relate
to Planning and Management and experienced in assisting mid-size and large companies
to expand and compete effectively, this workshop is your opportunity to learn from the best.
Co-sponsored by the Small Business Development Center.
Register for this FREE workshop!
