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Weekly Connections March 7 – 11, 2011
Friday, March 4th, 2011
Growing Your Small Business
If the challenges of growing your business are simply too much for you to handle and you have weak spots that could hurt your chances to succeed, then focus on these key areas of your business:
Planning: Evaluate your current business conditions and gain clarity about where you want the business to be in one (three/five) years.
Marketing:Analyze your customer base to find your best customers and develop a marketing message for them.
Finance: Understand the foundation for financial analysis of your business. Monitor your business revenue, cost of sales and expenses by analyzing profit and loss reports.
Management:Determine your personal strengths and weakness as the manager of your business.
The Business Growth Program is designed for existing small businesses. Participants in this program with benefit from peer-to peer advice, problem solving, planning and networking opportunities. SBDC
Advisors facilitate presentations and discussions on topics relevant to small business owners and managers. Between each session, advisors are available for individual consulting meetings (free of charge) to help you develop a plan to achieve your business goals.
Date: 3/30 – 6/8/2011
Time: 4 – 7 p.m.
Fee: *$395, Class limited to 10 Businesses up to two participants
per business.
* Register now and save $100
Biz Fair
Click here to register now
Start Up Financial Projection
Learn how to identify initial cost to open your business and
find funding for it.
Date: 3/8
Time: 9:00 a.m. – noon
Fee: $55, Class limited to 20 participants
Click here for a registration form
WebMentor Program
Computer with people
Have an expert Web Designer guide you through creating a professional website for your business.Program includes one-on-one sessions with a Web Developer.
Dates: 4/2 – 6/11/2011
Time: 9:00 – 11 a.m.
Fee: *$395, Class limited to 8 participants
*Save $100 if registered by March 18, 2011, Early registration fee: $295
Click here for more information
Upcoming Trainings:
Click here for a complete schedule for classes
3/15 QuickBooks Bootcamp 1
3/15 Access to Capital
3/15 Going into Business: Start Smart
3/17 Business Growth Roundup
3/18 Boosting your Business Using Social Media Marketing
Click here to downlaod a registration form
Tags: cost of sales, customer base, growing your small business, MHCC, profit and loss reports, quickbooks, revenue, SBDC, small business development center, Start Smart, Webmentor
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COAD – Community Organizations Active in Disaster
Tuesday, March 1st, 2011
If you are interested in the Sandy Area COAD (Community Organizations Active in Disaster), meetings are held on the 3rd Friday of each month at 1130 (brown bag lunch style) in the Sandy Fire Annex. We welcome you to attend (RSVPing is nice but not necessary).
Last Month’s meeting was the first as we transition into our focus of Mitigating and Preparing for Disasters as well as taking steps to create a Recovery Plan.
Mark Your calendars for upcoming events:
March 1st Webinar Getting Active in Emergency Preparedness. Topics of trainings include (but are not limited to): Business Continuity, Emergency Preparedness, Know Your Neighborhood, Community Emergency Response Team (CERT), Community Building, Re-Skilling, Leadership – you name it… We can tailor to your group’s schedule and interests.
March 19th from 1000 – 1200 at Hollyview Church.
We will be kicking off our Resource Questionnaire workshops. RSVP and we will work with Pastor Erb to make sure we have plenty of snacks and chairs.
These workshops are designed to determine what specific resources we have in our local area and to help inform churches, granges, civic/humanitarian organizations – of the opportunities to become more actively involved in disaster mitigation and resiliency efforts locally. We met with Boring Fire, Sandy Fire, City of Sandy and the City of Damascus to determine which facilities to prioritize (one of our goals is to determine facilities interested in serving as potential emergency shelters). We will be starting with Hollyview as Paster Erb is proactive and a willing guinea pig. Our other two main churches who have stepped forward to assist with Disaster preparedness (Good Shepherd and Damascus Community) have already become Red Cross Shelter sites.
April 9th from 0900-1200 at Cedar Ridge – Harvest of Services!
Harvest of Services – this is our first year to attempt this type of event and we are hoping to gather not only service providers but citizens who are interested in utilizing these services. We are hoping to encourage all organizations who provide services to children, families and the elders of our community to come for a short time and ‘table’ with information about their programs. If you have any questions, please feel free to call (971-563-3051) and if you know of a service in the Sandy, Boring, Eagle Creek, Welches, Damascus Area – that would be interested in ‘getting the word out’ about what they do, or if they are looking for volunteers – OR looking for projects to support – this will be an excellent FREE opportunity to do so. We would love to hear from you about this event – and if you are interested in helping us organize it, just let us know!
May 14th! Shelter Training class will be held at Good Shepherd (flyer coming soon, this will be an all day class)!
June 19th at Mt Hood Community College
Moulage Class – learn how to create realistic injuries and help train emergency responders. We will also be hosting a ‘practical skills exercise’ for our Community Emergency Response Team folks – they will be practicing triage (on the newly moulaged ‘victims’) and other skill stations.
July 9th and 10th – Mountain Festival Safety Booth
The Fire Department will be doing a First Aid/Blood Pressure Check – Fire and Life Safety booth – with Trauma Intervention Programs during the Mt Festival. If your organization is doing something related to Disaster mitigation, preparedness, response or recovery – OR – related to Fire and/or Life Safety – we have room for you! All injury prevention partners are encouraged to participate – it is SUPER FUN.
September 11th – Boring Park Celebration AND the 10th Anniversary of 9/11 – which we will host a Community Breakfast Potluck
This event is still in the planning phase – but we would love your participation. The concept is to bring the community together (0730 – 0930) prior to the Boring Park Celebration, and have a breakfast potluck to remember the community spirit that occurred immediately following the horrific events of 9/11. To recognize that citizens helped one another down the stairs, comforted each other and that the country came together to support each other. This event will focus not on police and fire – but on the vast majority of first responders that day ‘citizens’. If you are interested in being part of the planning team for this event, let me know.
We had an excellent meeting last Friday and we are looking forward to seeing everyone on March 18th!
If you have any questions or would like to RSVP for any of the events please feel free to contact me.
Alice Busch, FPO / EMT B
Emergency Management/Public Education/Information
Sandy Fire District and Boring Fire District
503-668-2728 direct
503-663-4638 Boring Main / 503-668-8093 Sandy Main
503-237-4152 Pager / 971-563-3051 Cell
Tags: Boring Fire Department, COAD, Community Organizations Active in Disaster, Damascus, Eagle Creek, emergency preparedness, Sandy Fire Department, Training Classes, Welches, workshops
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SBDC Weekly Connections
Thursday, February 10th, 2011
Business Development Fair
The Small Business Development Center at MHCC and the City of Gresham are hosting the third annual Business Development Fair in East County.This event also includes business seminars and educational forums for business owners.
Date: 4/27
Time: 8 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Opportunities to support this event
Webinar: How to Buy a Franchise
Learn the important buying strategies to secure your financial future.
Date: 2/23
Time: 11:45 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.
Fee: No Charge
Registration Link
For more information Frannet
QuickBooks Bootcamp 1
Learn to navigate in QuickBooks, enter your sales, and pay your bills.
Date: 2/15 & 17
Time: 9:00 a.m. – noon or 1 – 4 p.m.
Fee: $129, Classes limited to 8 participants.
Access to Capital
Attend this seminar and get the answers to these questions;
* What is the current Access to Capital?
* What are some Sources of Capital?
* What Banks are Lending?
* What are Lenders really looking for?
* What are the steps to getting a Loan?
* Am I Bankable? What do I need to know?
* What if I’m Not Bankable? How can I get Bankable?
* What if I get Denied?
Date: 2/15
Time: noon – 1 p.m.
Fee: No Charge, class limited to 20 participants.
Going into Business: Start Smart
Get your start-up questions answered here!
Date: 2/15
Time: 6 – 9 p.m.
Fee: $55, class limited to 20 participants.
Boosting Your Business Using Social Media Marketing
Discover seven ways you can dominate your market by embracing social networking.
Date: 2/18
Time: 9 – 11:30 a.m.
Fee: $55, Class limited to 20 participants.
Building a Successful Website for Your Business
Learn the basics of creating and managing your website.
Date: 2/19
Time: 9 – 11:30 a.m.
Fee: $55, class limited to 20 participants.
Upcoming Trainings:
2/22 QuickBooks Bootcamp 2, Morning & Afternoon classes available
2/22 Small Business Legal Roundtable
2/22 Buying & Selling a Business
2/23 Webinar: How to Buy a Franchise
Tags: Access to Captial, Business classes, Business Development Fair, MHCC, Quick Books Boot Camp, SBDC, Webinars
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SBDC Weekly Connections
Friday, September 3rd, 2010
Weekly Connections
September 6 – 10, 2010
Webinar: Marketing & Promoting your Business
Learn how to identify and locate your target customers and define your marketing message.
Date: 9/7
Time: 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Fee: $45, Class limited to 20 participants.
Registration Link: https://cc.readytalk.com/r/h061esxzdp5u
Business Plan BootcampTM
Three hands-on sessions covering a basic structure for writing a business plan including financial projections and marketing.
Date: 9/8 & 9/15 & 9/22
Time: 9 a.m. – noon
Fee: $135, Class limited to 20 participants
Business Growth Program
This program offers professional training and business counseling to new and existing business. the program will cover planning, marketing, finance and management.
Date: 9/8 – 12/15
Time: 4 – 7 p.m.
Fee: $395 per business, two participants per business.
Lunch & Learn: Mercy Corps
Small businesses often need loans to start and grow. Mercy Corps has micro loans & matching grants for moderate to low income small business owners.
Date: 9/9
Time: noon – 1 p.m.
Fee: No Charge, class limited to 20 participants.
Building a Successful Web Site for
your Business
Learn the basics of creating and managing your Web site. Know the key elements of a user friendly Web site and how to direct customers to your site to promote your products and services.
Date: 9/10
Time: 9 – 11:30 a.m.
Fee: $45, class limited to 20 participants
Upcoming Trainings:
9/14 QuickBooks Bootcamp 1
9/16 Going into Business: Start Smart
9/21 QuickBooks Bootcamp 2
9/22 Webinar: Daily Operations Management Made Easy
9/25 Bookkeeping for Small Business
Registration:
Registration is required. For more information or to register, call 503-491-7658.
Tags: Business classes, promoting your business, small business loan, webinar, website for success
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Marketing and Promoting Your Business
Wednesday, September 1st, 2010
Marketing and Promoting Your Business
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Meeting Description:
This session will concentrate on defining your market message and using the various media to deliver your unique message to your targeted audience. We will discuss the pros, cons and costs of: print (newspaper, magazine, direct mail, yellow pages), electronic (TV and radio), interactive (Internet, e-mail, social media)
Webinar Fee: $45
Register today!
You will receive an e-mail confirming your registration with information on how to participate in both the phone and web portions of the Webinar.
Date & Time
Date: Tue, Sep 7, 2010
Time: 11:30 AM PDT
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Host(s): Mt. Hood Community College
Presenter Information
Jim Smith
Jim Smith has over thirty years of experience mentoring entrepreneurial start-ups and counseling small to mid-sized companies that are looking to expand or are under performing or under- capitalized. In 1993 he founded and remains the managing partner of YCHANGE International, a turnaround consultancy specializing in small to medium sized new businesses and existing companies looking to expand or needing a turnaround strategy.
Tags: business, marketing, Promoting, SBDC, webinar
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Free Webinar from Founder of Craigslist.org
Friday, May 21st, 2010
Craig from craigslist to keynote Virtual FOSE
Craig Newmark, the creator and founder of Craigslist.org
and recent Federal 100 winner of 2010, will address the Virtual FOSE audience on
Wednesday, July 21st at 2:00PM EST.
From the convenience of your computer, watch Craig’s LIVE presentation titled “Trust is the New Black – Distributed Networks of Trust.” PLUS, get your questions personally answered by Craig himself at his REAL-TIME Q&A session following the presentation.
Spaces are limited to this FREE Event!
Click here to REGISTER.
Tags: Business Class, class, craigslist, seminars, Virtual FOSE, webinar, workshop
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2011 Businesses of the Year
Read about the wonderful businesses that have been honored as 2011 Business of the Year recipients.
