September 8, 2010
(2nd Wednesday of each month) |
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Building
Your Business - Are You Ready?
8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
An introductory seminar for potential business owners that
provides information to help your business be among the 20
percent that survive and thrive. Topics discussed will include
business start-up costs, financing, marketing, and other key
issues for developing a successful business plan.
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Farmville-Prince Edward Community Library
1303 West 3rd Street
Farmville, VA 23901
Free
**Seating is limited to 16 participants
so please register early by calling
434-395-2086 or email baldwinjr2@longwood.edu |
Kimberly W. Ray,
Business Analyst,
Longwood Small Business Development Center |
September 15, 2010
(3rd Wednesday of each month) |
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Basic
Bookkeeping for Small Business
8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Emphasizes the importance of financial management and record
keeping, basic concepts for setting up and using a manual bookkeeping
system, and analysis of financial reports based on the principles.
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Farmville-Prince Edward Community Library
1303 West 3rd Street
Farmville, VA 23901
A prepaid fee of $10 is required to cover materials.
**Seating is limited to 16 participants
so please register early by calling
434-395-2086 or email baldwinjr2@longwood.edu |
Kimberly W. Ray,
Business Analyst,
Longwood Small Business Development Center |
| September 16, 2010 |
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Labor and Employment Law
9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Ray Kroniser, Lead Labor Law Representative from the Richmond Regional Office, will give a presentation on “Labor and Employment Law”. The topics of Mr. Kroniser’s presentation cover the application of the Commonwealth of Virginia’s Payment of Wage Law and how employers can avoid mistakes in employee compensation.
Most recently, Mr. Kroniser delivered this presentation to the Greater Danville Chapter of the Society for Human Resource Management, Danville, Virginia.
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Farmville-Prince Edward Community Library
Free
Please register for this seminar by calling (434) 395-2086 or by emailing baldwinjr2@longwood.edu
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Ray Kroniser, Lead Labor Law Representative from the Richmond Regional Office |
September
22, 2010
(4th Wednesday of each month-may require a second
session)
Please Bring a Simple Calculator |
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Basic
Payroll for Small Business
8:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Covers managing a payroll starting with the initial setup,
calculating employee and employer deductions, determining net
pay, and reporting and record-keeping requirements to prepare
paychecks.
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Longwood
Small Business Development Center
515 North Main Street
Farmville, VA 23901
Free
**Seating is limited to 8 participants
so please register early by calling
434-395-2086 or email baldwinjr2@longwood.edu |
Kimberly W. Ray,
Business Analyst,
Longwood Small Business Development Center |
| October
20, 2010 |
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Shhhhhh... It's a Secret
8:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Sheri McGuire of Longwood’s SBDC program and Dr. John Gaskins of Longwood University’s College of Business will discuss secret shopper programs, how they work, and the fundamentals behind the research. Co-Sponsored by
Powhatan Economic Development
Powhatan Chamber of Commerce
Longwood University
Retail Merchant’s Association
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County
Seat Restaurant
Powhatan,VA
Free
To Register Call: Laura Henderson at
the Powhatan County Office of Economic Development
804.598.5605
Or e-mail lhenderson@powhatanva.gov |
Dr. John Gaskins,
Marketing Researcher and Professor for Longwood
University
& Sheri McGuire,
Longwood’s Small Business Development Center |
| November 4, 2010 |
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Social Media Marketing
2:00 p.m.
Virginia Tourism is collaborating with Virginia Cooperative Extension, & Longwood Small Business Development Center and the Farmville Area Chamber of Commerce to train small business entrepreneurs & existing local businesses on how to effectively use social media and self-list on Google Maps and Virginia Tourism web directories to boost business profitability. This FREE hands-on training will provide the opportunity to participants to place themselves on the web in the following ways:
• Setting up a Google Maps Business Listing
• Setting up listings at www.Virginia.org
• Setting up Facebook & Twitter pages
• Setting up a Blogspot webpage
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Farmville-Prince Edward Community Library
1303 West Third Street
Free
REGISTER BY October 28, 2010 at (434) 395-2086 or baldwinjr2@longwood.edu
Sponsored by:
Virginia Tech
Virginia Cooperative Extention
Virginia State University
Longwood SBDC
Farmville Area Chamber of Commerce
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Theresa J. Nartea, Marketing & Agribusiness Specialist, Virginia Cooperative Extension
Sandra F. Tanner, Tourism Development Specialist, Virginia Tourism Corporation
Mark Klingman, Computer Literacy Expert, Virginia State University Small Farm Outreach |