To register for any of the following programs, contact the SAU Magnolia SBTDC at (870) 235-5033 or click on the Register Now button to register online.
Seminar Highlights: The Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center at Southern Arkansas University presents "The Power of Email Marketing." Email marketing doesn't cost much, doesn't take a lot of time, and it's effective. A perfect fit for small businesses! Target the customer you want to reach and get results with email marketing. Learn how to get your email opened, how to grow your list, and how to use Constant Contact software to create professional-looking email campaigns in a snap. No technical expertise is needed.
Speaker: Felicia Boone-Bozeman, SAU SBTDC Center Director
Seminar Highlights: The SAU Small Business and Technology Development Center presents "Exceptional Customer Service". Any business can provide basic customer service, but not every business owner wants or has the knowledge to get to the next level - exceeding your customers' expectations. In this program you will learn what it takes for employees to work as a team to deliver service that will keep your customers coming back again and again.
Speaker: Felicia Bozeman, SAU ASBTDC Center Director
Co-sponsor: Little River Chamber of Commerce and CCCUA/SBAE
Seminar Highlights: The SAU Small Business and Technology Development Center presents "Keeping Your Books with QuickBooks". This seminar introduces this popular accounting software program to small business owners with little or no experience using the software. Topics will include: setting up a new company, chart of accounts overview, working with lists, and how to view transaction records and find information in your company file.
Speaker: Paul Bax, Quickbooks ProAdvisor
Co-sponsor: CABS
Seminar Highlights: The SAU Small Business and Technology Development Center presents "Keeping Your Books with QuickBooks". This session offers instruction in recording transactions and maintaining your company's accounting information using QuickBooks. Topics include purchases, inventory, accounts receivable, accounts payable, classes and reports. Instruction will be provided on fixing common errors and preparing reconciliations.
Speaker: Paul Bax, Quickbooks ProAdvisor
Co-sponsor: CABS
Seminar Highlights: The SAU Small Business and Technology Development Center presents "Starting a Business in Arkansas". This seminar prepares you for the intensive business planning process, identifies major steps crucial to starting a business, discusses key issues that affect your business success, and discusses start-up requirements and common pitfalls you will face as an entrepreneur.
Speaker: Felicia Boone-Bozeman, SAU ASBTDC Center Director
Co-sponsor: UACCH
Seminar Highlights: The Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center presents "Ideas To Assets: A Practical Guide to Patents, Copyrights & Trademarks." This workshop provides legal fundamentals for the acquisition of patents, copyrights and trademark rights. It will also provide the basics of how to protect those intellectual property rights and how to avoid (or react to) other's claims of infringement. **Approved for 3 hours of CLE**
Speaker: Joe D. Calhoun, Registered Patent Attorney; Rashauna A. Norment, Registered Patent Attorney
Seminar Highlights: The SAU Small Business and Technology Development Center presents "Starting a Business in Arkansas". This seminar prepares you for the intensive business planning process, identifies major steps crucial to starting a business, discusses key issues that affect your business success, and discusses start-up requirements and common pitfalls you will face as an entrepreneur.
Speaker: Felicia Boone-Bozeman, SAU ASBTDC Center Director
Co-sponsor: CABS
Seminar Highlights: The SAU Small Business and Technology Development Center presents "Small Business Money Management". Cash planning is often the key to business survival. Learn the concepts of short- and long-term cash budgeting. Do you know your cash needs for next year, next month, tomorrow? Do you know where to find money to expand or start a small business? Don't gamble with your business money. Learn to take control of your cash planning now!
Speaker: SAU ASBTDC Representative
Co-sponsor: UACCH
Seminar Highlights: The SAU Small Business and Technology Development Center presents "How to Write a Business Plan". No matter how large or small, all businesses must have a business plan! A business plan will help you define your concept, evaluate the competition, determine risks, and estimate your costs. This seminar will explain and illustrate the business plan format.
Speaker: SAU ASBTDC Representative
Co-sponsor: CABS
Seminar Highlights: No matter how large or small, all businesses must have a business plan! A business plan will help you define your concept, evaluate the competition, determine risks, and estimate your costs. This seminar will explain and illustrate the business plan format.
Speaker: SAU ASBTDC Representative
Co-sponsor: UACCH
Seminar Highlights: The second session of this course will expound on the same topics taught in the first session. Learn basic Mandarin Chinese words and phrases common for business use, as well as etiquette techniques for conducting business with Chinese speaking clients.
Speaker: Lihua Ogden, B.A. in English Education and native Chinese
Co-sponsor: El Dorado Chamber of Commerce and South Arkansas Community College
Seminar Highlights: The Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center at Southern Arkansas University presents "The Power of Email Marketing." Email marketing doesn't cost much, doesn't take a lot of time, and it's effective. A perfect fit for small businesses! Target the customer you want to reach and get results with email marketing. Learn how to get your email opened, how to grow your list, and how to use Constant Contact software to create professional-looking email campaigns in a snap. No technical expertise is needed.
Speaker: SAU ASBTDC Representative
Co-sponsor: Little River Chamber of Commerce and CCCUA/SBAE
