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Management Workshops are held at The Spokane Regional Business Center (SRBC), 801 W. Riverside Avenue, Suite 444, Spokane, WA 99201, unless noted otherwise.
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How To Start a New Business Step-by-step consideration of legal, tax, insurance, accounting, business planning and funding topics which need to be addressed to successfully start a business. Are you really ready?
Cost: $40 per person with advance registration; $50 at the door. Veterans attend FREE! |
Feb. 1, 2012, or March 7, 2012 Registration: 8:00 am Class: 8:30am -12:30pm Location: SRBC
SAVE $35 - Pre-Register for 4 of the Workshops for Only $125! February, or March 2012 |
How To Write a Business Plan Discover why successful businesses operate with a plan. Learn how to write a comprehensive business plan. Get assistance of a SCORE counselor to review and help you refine your plan.
Cost: $40 with advance registration, $50 at the door. |
Feb. 8, or March 14, 2012. Registration: 8:00 am Class: 8:30am -12:30pm Location: SRBC
SAVE $35 - Pre-Register for 4 of the Workshops for Only $125! February, or March 2012 |
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Small Business Marketing and Sales Gain insights into how to identify your prospective customers, attract them to your business and and sell your products.
Cost: $40 per person with advance registration; $50 at the door. |
Wed. February 15, 2012 or March 21, 2012 Registration: 8:00am Class: 8:30am -12:30pm Location: SRBC
SAVE $35 - Pre-Register for 4 of the Workshops for Only $125! Starting January 2012, February, or March 2012 |
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Financial Record Keeping Know how and why you need to keep good business records and how to understand and use your financial statements as business management tools.
Cost: $40 with advance registration, $50 at the door. |
Wed. January 25, 2012, Feb. 22, or March 28, 2012 Registration: 8:00 am Class: 8:30am -12:30pm Location: SRBC
SAVE $35 - Pre-Register for 4 of the Workshops for Only $125! Starting January 2012, February, or March 2012 |
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Understanding Business Valuation Knowing the value of your business is important to most business owners. This presentation will give you an understanding of how businesses are valued, how SBA financing works, and share with you the five strategies of highly successful business owners. |
Registration: 8:00 am Class: 8:30am -12:30pm Location: SRBC |
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"Like" SCORE Spokane's Facebook page for an opportunity to get $5 off on one of these great workshops!
Additional Workshops Dates & Locations offered periodically: (some to be scheduled) |
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Protecting Your Intellectual Property
What is intellectual property? Why is it so important? How do you protect it? How can you make money from it? This workshop will discuss trade secrets, copyrights, trademarks, and patents, and how they affect your small business. |
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Cash Flow Management Take the mystery out of the accounting process. Learn how to use balance sheets, income statements, to improve cash flow. Develop your cash management plan -- control expenses, cost of sales, accounts receivable, and inventory, and more.
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All-Day Starting a Business Workshop Registration: 7:45 to 8:00 AM, Workshop from 8:00 AM to 4:15 PM
| Social Networking/Web Marketing 101 Get an overview of social media and how it can be used to promote your business. The presenters will show several types of social media sites and resources, including: LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, LaunchpadINW, NetworkIN CDA, YouTube, and various blogging platforms.
In addition, you'll learn the 4 phases of marketing your business on the Internet: Determining whether people will buy your product or service, the three strategies of attracting visitors to your website, the single most important factor when designing your website, and maximizing your profit on the Internet
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Twitter 101 includes: What is Twitter? - Why do I need Twitter for my business? - How do I find people? - How do I use it with Facebook, LinkedIn, Launchpad, etc. - What do I say? - How do I find the time? FREE |
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For evening or offsite workshops, payment must be received no later than the day prior to the workshop.
To receive the discounted price for workshop series, full payment of $125 must be made no later than the day of the first workshop. Dates can be flexible as to when taken, as long as the date is reserved.
Payment can be made online, by credit card on the phone, mailing a check or money order, or in person at the SCORE office.
Visa and MasterCard accepted, unless otherwise noted.
To register or pre-pay: call 353-2821; Mon--Fri from 9am--4pm or register from this website. | |
SCORE offers low-cost business training workshops and seminars for both start-up and in-business entrepreneurs. Workshops and seminars are open to all adults over the age of 13. Training topics range from: writing a business plan, record keeping basics, principles of marketing, and understanding business financials depending on the current needs of our business community. Workshops also offer an opportunity to interact with other local small business owners.
Many workshop presenters are practicing professionals including accountants, lawyers, Internet and technology experts, bankers and business managers from diverse businesses and industries. Other facilitators are SCORE counselors who have years of industry and business experience.
To register, contact SCORE Spokane Chapter 180 at 509.353.2821. or click on the dates you wish to attend and register online.
On paid workshops, your place is not confirmed until payment is received. To secure a seat at a workshop, register online by clicking the date of the workshop or the series. You will be taken to a secure server. You can also fill out the completed form and mail it along with your check, to our office.
SCORE Spokane Chapter 180 801 W. Riverside Avenue, Suite 444 Spokane, WA 99201
Please note: Our space is limited, so it is important to register PRIOR to the workshop if you want to be guaranteed a space!
The charge for late registration has is $10. If you register at the door, it will cost you $10 more. This is necessary for planning purposes. Our current location has less space than we had on the 2nd floor. Thank you for your understanding.
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