Arkansas State-Wide Training Calendar
Programs
To register for any of the following programs, contact the ASBTDC Lead Center in Little Rock at 1-800-862-2040 or 501-683-7700. or click on the button to register online.
UA, Fayetteville SBTDC
To register for any of the following programs, contact the UA, Fayetteville SBTDC at (479) 575-5148 or click on the Register Now button to register online.
Seminar Highlights: Gas prices rising, consumer spending dropping, and the housing market floundering describes our current environment. Small business survival in these difficult economic times is becoming more challenging every day. Is YOUR business going to survive the recession? This is one workshop you can't afford to miss. Small business owners will learn about the basics of recessions and the effect on their markets. Learn how to read the warning signs for coming recessionary periods and what your business can do to survive, even grow and prosper, despite the current economic changes. Topics will include keeping your cash flow healthy, easy marketing techniques to use, and even how to go against the grain to thrive in a recession. REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED.
Speaker: SBTDC Rep
ASU Jonesboro SBTDC
To register for any of the following programs, contact the ASU Jonesboro SBTDC at (870) 972-3517 or click on the Register Now button to register online.
Seminar Highlights: The 2009 Tax Professionals Seminar will provide an excellent opportunity for tax preparers to get a general review of current tax regulations and an update of changes in existing tax laws. Participants will also receive the latest updates in electronic interactions. This half-day seminars will help tax professionals gear up for the 2009 filing season by receiving key messages from the Internal Revenue Service and Arkansas Department of Revenue.
Speaker: IRS Representative, TBA
Cosponsor: Arkansas Department of Fianance & Administration
HSU Arkadelphia SBTDC
To register for any of the following programs, contact the HSU Arkadelphia SBTDC at (870) 230-5184 or click on the Register Now button to register online.
Seminar Highlights: Constant Contact: Email marketing software that makes it easy to create professional email campaigns with no tech skills.
Speaker: Leah Hasley, HSU SBTDC Training Coordinator
Cosponsor: Southern Bancorp
UA-Monticello SBTDC
To register for any of the following programs, contact the UA-Monticello SBTDC at (870) 222-4900 or click on the Register Now button to register online.
Seminar Highlights: Starting a business? Purchasing or refinancing one? We'll walk you through the basics of getting a business loan, determining how much cash is needed, and how to manage that key to survival.
Speaker: Lindsay Henry, Training Coordinator
ASBTDC Lead Center
To register for any of the following programs, contact the ASBTDC Lead Center at 1-800-862-2040 or 501-683-7700 or click on the Register Now button to register online.
Seminar Highlights: The Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center presents "Inbox Impact: Constant Contact & Email Marketing." Email marketing doesn't cost much. It 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 you list, and how to use Constant Contact software to create professional-looking email campaigns in a snap. No technical expertise is needed.
Speaker: ASBTDC Communications Coordinator
UA, Fayetteville SBTDC
To register for any of the following programs, contact the UA, Fayetteville SBTDC at (479) 575-5148 or click on the Register Now button to register online.
Seminar Highlights: This seminar prepares participants for the intensive business planning process. Find out the major steps crucial to starting a business, identify key issues that affect your business success, and discuss start-up requirements as well as common pitfalls you will face as an entrepreneur.Registration is Required.
Speaker: ASBDC Rept
SAU Magnolia SBTDC
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: Looking for ways to recession-proof your existing business? Learn how your small business can survive ant thrive. Topics to be discussed: Guerrilla Marketing, Cash Flow Management, and Customer Satisfaction and Retention
Speaker: SAU ASBTDC Representatives
Cosponsor: BancorpSouth, Magnolia Alliance, and GTEDC
UA, Fayetteville SBTDC
To register for any of the following programs, contact the UA, Fayetteville SBTDC at (479) 575-5148 or click on the Register Now button to register online.
Seminar Highlights: Looking for protection of business assets such as intellectual property, a business name or logo? This seminar is for inventors, entrepreneurs, and business owners who want to learn how to protect a logo, invention, name or artistic creation. The session is taught by a patent attorney and will give participants an overview of patent, trademark, and copyright law, processes and available resources. Registration is REQUIRED
Speaker: Representatives of Keisling, Pieper and Scott, PLC
SAU Magnolia SBTDC
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: As the Cheshire Cat said to Alice, If you don't know where you are going, any road will take you there. So, it is with marketing your business. Creating a marketing plan keeps you on a path toward a goal and fives you a way to measure your progress. This seminar will give you common sense ideas on creating and actually using you marketing plan to guide your business.
Speaker: Felicia Boone Bozeman, SAU SBTDC Training Coordinator
Cosponsor: BancorpSouth and GTEDC
UA-Monticello SBTDC
To register for any of the following programs, contact the UA-Monticello SBTDC at (870) 222-4900 or click on the Register Now button to register online.
Seminar Highlights: This session on processing transactions includes purchasing, inventory, accounts receivable, accounts payable, reports, reconciliations, and fixing common errors. Attend 2 QuickBooks sessions for $80, 3 for $115. Senior Citizen discount available. Each session entitles participant to a half hour of free technical support from Betty Ann Beckham, computer specialist. Pre-registration is required to avoid class cancellation.
Speaker: Betty Ann Beckham, Beckham Squared LLC
Seminar Highlights: Are you a business owner or considering opening a business? As a minority, there are various programs and opportunities available to help you succeed. Join us to learn about these opportunities and hear from the professionals who provide these services. Students attend for free.
Speaker: Lindsay Henry, ASBTDC Training Coordinator
ASBTDC Lead Center
To register for any of the following programs, contact the ASBTDC Lead Center at 1-800-862-2040 or 501-683-7700 or click on the Register Now button to register online.
Seminar Highlights: The Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center presents "Big Marketing Ideas for a Small Budget." Many business owners consider marketing to be just advertising and selling. They don't consider additional techniques available to them. In this presentation, the speaker shares approaches that are not only practical and low cost, but also effective for any size business.
Speaker: ASBTDC Representative
Cosponsor: University of Arkansas Community College at Morrilton
UA, Fayetteville SBTDC
To register for any of the following programs, contact the UA, Fayetteville SBTDC at (479) 575-5148 or click on the Register Now button to register online.
Seminar Highlights: No matter how large or small, all businesses should have a written plan. A business plan helps to define concepts, evaluate the competition, analyze markets, determine risks and estimate financial potential. Business plans are required to obtain a small business loan. This in-depth seminar discusses the business planning process in detail. Participants will learn about the importance of planning and the elements that go into a good plan. For new entrepreneurs, Starting a Business in Arkansas is recommended as a first step
Speaker: ASBTDC Representative
ASU Jonesboro SBTDC
To register for any of the following programs, contact the ASU Jonesboro SBTDC at (870) 972-3517 or click on the Register Now button to register online.
Seminar Highlights: You don't have to have thousands of dollars in your advertising account to get the word out about your business! In this seminar, start-up and existing business owners will learn guerrilla marketing techniques that will cost them very little to nothing to market their products or services. Big-business marketing doesn't have to be expensive if you use creative and unconventional means.
Speaker: Herb Lawrence, SBTDC Center Director
Cosponsor: EAPDD; Jonesboro Regional Chamber of Commerce
Seminar Highlights: You don't have to have thousands of dollars in your advertising account to get the word out about your business! In this seminar, start-up and existing business owners will learn guerrilla marketing techniques that will cost them very little to nothing to market their products or services. Big-business marketing doesn't have to be expensive if you use creative and unconventional means.
Speaker: Herb Lawrence, SBTDC Center Director
Cosponsor: EAPDD; Jonesboro Regional Chamber of Commerce
SAU Magnolia SBTDC
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: 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: SAU SBTDC Representatives
Cosponsor: El Dorado Chamber, SCORE, and GTEDC
UA-Monticello SBTDC
To register for any of the following programs, contact the UA-Monticello SBTDC at (870) 222-4900 or click on the Register Now button to register online.
Seminar Highlights: Want to start a small home business or expand your current marketing and sales potential? Do you have extra inventory to sell? Learn the most effective ways to list your products, how to use alternative payment systems like PayPal, and how to avoid being ripped off. Comprehensive workbook included.
Speaker: ASBTDC Representative
ASBTDC Lead Center
To register for any of the following programs, contact the ASBTDC Lead Center at 1-800-862-2040 or 501-683-7700 or click on the Register Now button to register online.
Seminar Highlights: Notaries verify signatures on legal and business documents to deter fraud and ensure the proper execution of these documents. The Arkansas Secretary of State Charlie Daniel Office will walk participants through the notary public application process, talk about the issues facing notaries today and outline best practices and procedures from current and future notaries public.
Speaker: Jarrod Johnson, SOS Representative
Cosponsor: Secretary of State Charlie Daniels' Office
Seminar Highlights: Notaries verify signatures on legal and business documents to deter fraud and ensure the proper execution of these documents. The Arkansas Secretary of State Charlie Daniel Office will walk participants through the notary public application process, talk about the issues facing notaries today and outline best practices and procedures from current and future notaries public.
Speaker: Jarrod Johnson, SOS Representative
Cosponsor: Secretary of State Charlie Daniels' Office
Seminar Highlights: The Arkansas 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 your competition, determine risks, and estimate your costs. This seminar will explain and illustrate the business plan format.
Speaker: ASBTDC Representative, SCORE Representative, and Metropolitan National Bank
Cosponsor: Metropolitan National Bank & SCORE
SAU Magnolia SBTDC
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: Many business owners consider marketing to be just advertising and selling. They don't consider additional techniques that are available to them. In this presentation, the speaker shares approaches that are not only practical and inexpensive but also effective for any size business.
Speaker: Felicia Bozeman, SAU SBTDC Training Coordinator
Cosponsor: CABS
UA-Monticello SBTDC
To register for any of the following programs, contact the UA-Monticello SBTDC at (870) 222-4900 or click on the Register Now button to register online.
Seminar Highlights: Problem solving, and using QuickBooks payroll features to track employee time, issue paychecks, and produce payroll reports and payments. Take all 3 sessions for $115. Senior Citizen discount available. Pre-registration is required to avoid class cancellation.
Speaker: Betty Ann Beckham, Beckham Squared LLC
HSU Arkadelphia SBTDC
To register for any of the following programs, contact the HSU Arkadelphia SBTDC at (870) 230-5184 or click on the Register Now button to register online.
Seminar Highlights: More than 1,000,000 people in the U.S. sell on eBay as their Primary or Secondary Source of Income! And you can, too. Learn about registering with eBay & PayPal, digital photo taking, researching the market, creating a proper listing, shipping, completing the sale and tons of great hints & tricks. Don't waste your time and money struggling to learn the ropes". Get started fast "The Right Way" from an eBay Expert! Pay only $95; $85 (Srs.); $155 couples (1 book)
Speaker: Darlene Farmer, Learning eBay From A Pro
Cosponsor: The Greater Hot Springs Chamber of Commerce and eBay
Seminar Highlights: The Arkansas Secretary of State Charlie Daniel's Office will walk participants through the notary public application process, talk about the issues facing notaries today and outlinebest practices and procedures for current and future notaries public.
Speaker: Roy M. Peterson, Rebecca Barfield and Steve Hollowell, Secretary of State Charlie Daniel's Office
Cosponsor: Regions, Arkansas Secretary of State Charlie Daniel's Office and HSU SBTDC
ASBTDC Lead Center
To register for any of the following programs, contact the ASBTDC Lead Center at 1-800-862-2040 or 501-683-7700 or click on the Register Now button to register online.
Seminar Highlights: The Arkansas 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 the success of your business, and discusses start-up requirements and common pitfalls that you will face as an entrepreneur. Free New Business Guide and Feasibility Workbook!
Speaker: SCORE Representative & Metropolitan National Bank Representative
Cosponsor: Metropolitan National Bank & SCORE
UA, Fayetteville SBTDC
To register for any of the following programs, contact the UA, Fayetteville SBTDC at (479) 575-5148 or click on the Register Now button to register online.
Seminar Highlights: The U.S. Small Business Administration loan program has helped thousands of small companies get started, expand, and prosper. This seminar will discuss what an SBA loan is, eligibility requirements, and how to apply for an SBA loan. Those seeking to finance new business start-ups or business purchases and those seeking to expand their existing business are encouraged to attend. Registration is Required.
Speaker: Pat Walker, U.S. Small Business Administration
ASU Jonesboro SBTDC
To register for any of the following programs, contact the ASU Jonesboro SBTDC at (870) 972-3517 or click on the Register Now button to register online.
Seminar Highlights: You don't have to have thousands of dollars in your advertising account to get the word out about your business! In this seminar, start-up and existing business owners will learn guerrilla marketing techniques that will cost them very little to nothing to market their products or services. Big-business marketing doesn't have to be expensive if you use creative and unconventional means.
Speaker: Herb Lawrence, ASU SBTDC Center Director
Cosponsor: Batesville Area Chamber of Commerce; UACCB
Seminar Highlights: You don't have to have thousands of dollars in your advertising account to get the word out about your business! In this seminar, start-up and existing business owners will learn guerrilla marketing techniques that will cost them very little to nothing to market their products or services. Big-business marketing doesn't have to be expensive if you use creative and unconventional means.
Speaker: Herb Lawrence, ASU SBTDC Center Director
Cosponsor: Batesville Area Chamber of Commerce; UACCB
UA-Monticello SBTDC
To register for any of the following programs, contact the UA-Monticello SBTDC at (870) 222-4900 or click on the Register Now button to register online.
Seminar Highlights: The rules of IRS compliance can be overwhelming. You'll learn about requirements for starting a business, legal organization, tax forms, employer taxes, filing dates, employees vs independent contractors, home-based business deductions, tax credits, and helpful websites.
Speaker: Kevin White, CPA
ASBTDC Lead Center
To register for any of the following programs, contact the ASBTDC Lead Center at 1-800-862-2040 or 501-683-7700 or click on the Register Now button to register online.
Seminar Highlights: The Arkansas 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 your competition, determine risks, and estimate your costs. This seminar will explain and illustrate the business plan format.
Speaker: ASBTDC Representative, SCORE Representative, and Metropolitan National Bank
Cosponsor: Metropolitan National Bank & SCORE
ASU Jonesboro SBTDC
To register for any of the following programs, contact the ASU Jonesboro SBTDC at (870) 972-3517 or click on the Register Now button to register online.
Seminar Highlights: The "Starting A Business In Arkansas" workshop is recommended to anyone considering starting a business. Find out the major steps crucial to starting a business, identify key issues that affect your business success, and discuss start-up requirements as well as common pitfalls you may face as an entrepreneur. Learn what to do before you open the doors in order to be successful!
Speaker: Herb Lawrence, SBTDC Center Director
Cosponsor: Jonesboro Regional Chamber of Commerce; EAPDD
SAU Magnolia SBTDC
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: 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 discussed start-up requirements and common pitfalls you will face as an entrepreneur.
Speaker: SAU ASBTDC Representative
Cosponsor: UACCH
HSU Arkadelphia SBTDC
To register for any of the following programs, contact the HSU Arkadelphia SBTDC at (870) 230-5184 or click on the Register Now button to register online.
Seminar Highlights: This seminar prepares participants for the intensive business planning process, identitifes major steps crucial to starting a business, iscusses key issues that affect your business success, and discusses start-up requirements and common pitfalls you will face as an entrepreneur. (Veterans Attend FREE!)
Speaker: Leah Hasley, Training Coordinator
