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Building Your Business Plan
7/26/2022 6:00 PM

Designed for anyone who has done their business research, most of their marketing plan, and understands some basic accounting and finance. It explains the purposes and value of a plan and uses a content template to help determine what goes into each section of this plan. FREE! A $35 value!

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Funding Your Business
7/28/2022 6:00 PM

For people who think they might need funding for their business. It is designed for start-ups and existing businesses with cash flow or capital issues. The seminar explains the various sources of funds, their lending criteria and how they differ.

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Access to Capital Workshop
8/9/2022 6:00 PM

Dr. Cassandra Bradford is the Lead Sr. Consultant at Genesis Preferred Solutions, a small business consulting and mentoring firm specializing in business growth, development, and strategic opportunity planning, which results in multi-million dollar contracts with Fortune 500 companies and municipalities.

As Founder of the Run Women’s Conference (now Run Entrepreneurial Conference), her passion is fueled by educating small business owners and teens (ages 12-17) of the monetary and realistic outcomes and its global impact on the U.S. economy.

Dr. Cassandra Bradford has been featured in hundreds of magazine articles, guest radio shows, National Podcasts, Good Morning Texas, and the infamous MegaFest with Bishop TD Jakes. Dr. Cass has authored nine books.

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The Best Face-to-Face Selling Techniques
8/8/2022 5:30 PM

Success in business usually involves discovering the best processes to use and repeating them consistently. This is especially true in sales. This webinar will lay out a ten steps that cover the sales process from beginning to end. If you adopt this process and implement it consistently, you will greatly increase your chances of success.

The steps we will discuss are:

• Become a product expert. 

• Develop sales scripts. 

• Become a client expert. 

• Set up a “meet and greet”. 

• Determine the needs and concerns of the client. 

• Offer solutions to the client.

• Overcome objections. 

• Close the sale.

• Ask for referrals.

• Follow up after the sale.

Cost: Free

Presenter: Hugh McLean

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Overcome Problems in Your Business
8/9/2022 6:00 PM

In business, we all have to deal with problems. Too often, we see a symptom and bandaid it. The problem does not go away, it just produces new symptoms. This free webinar is all about finding and fixing the underlying problem

This process is also excellent for anyone in an advisory role or consulting practice. If you can diagnose and fix the real problems the first time, you will be a hero.

Pre-registration is required for this event.

Cost is free.

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Tackle Quickbooks Online Basics (QB02)
8/10/2022 6:00 PM

Join us to learn how to enter basic transactions including creating invoices, making deposits, recording expenses, bills and checks. We will also talk about how to use bank feeds and set up rules to save you time; and walk through a standard process of how to reconcile your accounts. All this, plus tips and tricks within the software you may not be aware of.

 

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Skills for Supervising
7/7/2022 12:00 AM

What if you could equip your supervisors to do the work it takes to make your organization successful? Today, supervisors may struggle with productivity. Tomorrow, they may struggle with change. Effective performance demands a comprehensive skill set that adequately prepares supervisors for the key role they play in their organization’s success. Gaining a competitive advantage in a changing economy and marketplace is essential for survival. That's why your supervisors need effective skills to propel your organization to new heights.

Participants will learn valuable skills through the use of case studies, skills practice, self-assessments, group discussion, and action planning.

Participants will learn:

  • Managing Conflict and Performance Problems
  • Professional Communication and Effective Listening
  • Time Management
  • Coaching and Developing for Results
  • Effective Delegation
  • Inspiring Loyalty and Trust
  • Managing Change
  • Managing and Aligning Teams for Success

About Your Instructor

Debbie Featherston brings over 22 years of experience helping organizations design, implement and manage people development solutions.  As a Performance Consultant and Executive Coach, Debbie helps organizations build strong leaders, engage and retain high performers, and manage change initiatives.  Prior to founding Workplace Partners, Inc., Debbie was Vice President and Founder of JIST Works, Inc. where she designed and implemented systems and processes that provided a foundation to sustain fast growth for its national training and catalog sales.

Corporate and government customers that need to arrange billing, please contact Joanne at (386) 506-4224 or Joanne.Parker@DaytonaState.edu

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Accounting Fundamentals
8/17/2022 12:00 AM

Fee: $115.00
Dates: 8/17/2022 - 10/8/2022
Delivery Method: Online

This course is offered through our partners at ed2go.  These courses are fun, fast, convenient, easy to use, and led by an expert instructor.  Courses run for six weeks and you have 24/7 access to two lessons each week. Each lesson is accompanied by a short, multiple-choice quiz, and some lessons include hands-on assignments.

You will receive an e-mail with course access information upon completion of your enrollment.

Important: All online courses through the Center for Business & Industry are non-credit courses.  For college credit programs and courses please visit www.DaytonaState.edu.

Corporate and government customers that need to arrange billing, please contact Joanne at (386) 506-4224 or Joanne.Parker@DaytonaState.edu.

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Accounting Fundamentals
9/14/2022 12:00 AM

Fee: $115.00
Dates: 9/14/2022 - 11/5/2022
Delivery Method: Online

This course is offered through our partners at ed2go.  These courses are fun, fast, convenient, easy to use, and led by an expert instructor.  Courses run for six weeks and you have 24/7 access to two lessons each week. Each lesson is accompanied by a short, multiple-choice quiz, and some lessons include hands-on assignments.

You will receive an e-mail with course access information upon completion of your enrollment.

Important: All online courses through the Center for Business & Industry are non-credit courses.  For college credit programs and courses please visit www.DaytonaState.edu.

Corporate and government customers that need to arrange billing, please contact Joanne at (386) 506-4224 or Joanne.Parker@DaytonaState.edu.

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Accounting Fundamentals
11/16/2022

Fee: $115.00
Dates: 9/14/2022 - 11/5/2022
Delivery Method: Online

This course is offered through our partners at ed2go.  These courses are fun, fast, convenient, easy to use, and led by an expert instructor.  Courses run for six weeks and you have 24/7 access to two lessons each week. Each lesson is accompanied by a short, multiple-choice quiz, and some lessons include hands-on assignments.

You will receive an e-mail with course access information upon completion of your enrollment.

Important: All online courses through the Center for Business & Industry are non-credit courses.  For college credit programs and courses please visit www.DaytonaState.edu.

Corporate and government customers that need to arrange billing, please contact Joanne at (386) 506-4224 or Joanne.Parker@DaytonaState.edu.

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Achieving Top Search Engine Positions
8/17/2022 12:00 AM

Learn proven, step-by-step strategies to achieve higher positions with major search engines.

The vast majority of web traffic comes from search engines. That means the most important thing you can do to increase your website's traffic is to improve its search engine ranking. To do that, you have to understand both the art and science of search engine optimization (SEO).

In this course, you'll gain the knowledge you need to boost your website's visibility. By the end of the course, you'll have mastered proven, step-by-step SEO strategies that you can implement right away.

Requirements:

Hardware Requirements:

  • This course can be taken on either a PC or Mac.

Software Requirements:

  • PC: Windows 8 or later.
  • Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
  • Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox are preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
  • Adobe Acrobat Reader.
  • Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.

Other:

  • Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.

Instructional Material Requirements:

The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online.

If you want to increase website traffic, you must understand how to improve your search engine ranking. This course will give you the knowledge you need to boost website visibility with proven, step-by-step SEO strategies you can implement immediately.

 

History of Search Engines and Directories

SESR, SERP, PPC . . . do you know these terms? In this lesson, you'll learn important search engine terminology. The lesson will discuss the history of search engines and directories, and you'll learn about the differences between the two. Finally, you'll find out about current major players in the search industry.

Understanding How Search Engines Work

How do search engines decide which websites to include in search listings? In this lesson, you'll learn how search engines analyze websites and create results pages. You'll also learn how to search for sites that have linked to your website, and you'll discover some super-savvy search secrets!

Creating Killer Keyword Lists

You want your website to appear at the top of the SERPs, but which keywords will people search for to find your site? This lesson will discuss ways to find potential keywords. You'll begin your research with offline methods and then you'll use online methods to expand your list. You'll also learn how misspellings can actually help you!

Presubmission Analysis: Figuring Out Which Keywords Are the Right Ones

You've created a site-wide list of potential keywords, but which ones should you optimize for? In this lesson, you'll learn about the all-important presubmission analysis. You'll determine how often people have searched for certain keywords, and you'll figure out how many other websites are optimized for each of those words. Then, using one simple formula, you'll be able to optimize your site the way the pros do.

Important HTML Tags to Master

It's time to optimize your site! In this lesson, you'll learn about HTML tags that you must be intimately familiar with. The lesson will discuss why page titles and meta tags are important and how you can properly place and construct them. You'll also learn to include keywords in your header, paragraph text, and alt text.

Content Layout and Keyword Usage

In this lesson, you'll learn about HTML tags that you must be intimately familiar with. The lesson will explain why page titles and meta tags are important and how you can properly place and construct them. You'll also learn to include keywords in your header, paragraph text, and alt text. Then, you'll learn the secrets of creating quality content, legally and for free.

Web Hosting, URLs, and Mobile Optimization

Filenames and the technical details of how your website is hosted play a big part in successful search engine optimization. In this lesson, you'll learn how to register domain names that lend themselves to top search engine positions. Similarly, it'll discuss filenames and how they can help you. You'll discover the importance of mobile optimization and page speeds. Finally, you'll learn how to responsibly create optimized landing pages.

Spamming Tricks to Avoid

People often use deceptive techniques to get search engines to list their sites. This lesson examines many of these techniques and discusses why you shouldn't use them. You'll learn about keyword overuse, invisible text, improper comment tag use, and web page cloaking.

Submitting Your Site

You've optimized your web pages for top search engine placement, so now it's time to let the crawlers know that they exist. In this lesson, you'll learn how to submit your website to search engines! You'll learn how to manually submit your site to individual engines, explore multiple submission services, and create and submit XML sitemaps.

Track Your Progress With a Post-Submission Analysis

It's time to track your progress by completing a post-submission analysis. In this lesson, you'll examine the six steps of the SEO cycle. This lesson will discuss how to find your search engine rankings, and you'll delve into web server log files and referrer logs. You'll be introduced to Google Analytics, which can give you vital data—for free—about visitors to your site.

Powerful Online Promotion Techniques

This lesson will discuss powerful online promotion techniques. You'll learn how quality inbound links can help you and about lots of other ways to promote your site, including newsgroups, question-and-answer sites, email signatures, online advertising, and social media.

Effective Offline and Online Promotion Techniques

Believe it or not, promoting your website offline can make a huge difference in your search engine rankings. In this lesson, you'll learn the importance of affiliate programs and word-of-mouth visits. This lesson will discuss ways of monitoring your offline promotions and will talk about "link baiting" techniques that are ethical and that work.

 

What you will learn:

  • Discover how search engines crawl the web, rank websites, and find previously undiscovered sites
  • Learn which HTML tags are key to getting sites on a search engine's radar
  • Explore how to select keywords, why you should amass as many potential keyword choices as possible, and which keywords hold the most potential
  • Learn why you should complete a pre-submission analysis and how to do a post-submission analysis
  • Learn how to manage the SEO cycle to maximize results

How you will benefit:

  • Get better website rankings with knowledge you can implement immediately
  • Learn the ins and outs of SEO so you'll understand how and when to make improvements
  • Open the door to new opportunities in marketing and website development

About the Instructor:

Chris Minnick has overseen the development of hundreds of web and mobile projects for customers ranging from small businesses to Fortune 500 enterprises. In addition, he authored and co-authored books and articles on a wide range of Internet-related topics including JavaScript, HTML, CSS, mobile apps, e-commerce, web design, SEO, and security. His published books include "JavaScript for Kids", "Writing Computer Code", "Coding with JavaScript For Dummies", "Adventures in Coding", "Beginning HTML5 and CSS3 For Dummies", "Webkit For Dummies", "CIW eCommerce Certification Bible", and "XHTML".

 

Fee: $115.00
Delivery Method: Online

This course is offered through our partners at ed2go.  These courses are fun, fast, convenient, easy to use, and led by an expert instructor.  Courses run for six weeks and you have 24/7 access to two lessons each week. Each lesson is accompanied by a short, multiple-choice quiz, and some lessons include hands-on assignments.

You will receive an e-mail with course access information upon completion of your enrollment.

Important: All online courses through the Center for Business & Industry are non-credit courses.  For college credit programs and courses please visit www.DaytonaState.edu.

Corporate and government customers that need to arrange billing, please contact Joanne at (386) 506-4224 or Joanne.Parker@DaytonaState.edu.

Read more
Achieving Top Search Engine Positions
9/14/2022 12:00 AM

Learn proven, step-by-step strategies to achieve higher positions with major search engines.

The vast majority of web traffic comes from search engines. That means the most important thing you can do to increase your website's traffic is to improve its search engine ranking. To do that, you have to understand both the art and science of search engine optimization (SEO).

In this course, you'll gain the knowledge you need to boost your website's visibility. By the end of the course, you'll have mastered proven, step-by-step SEO strategies that you can implement right away.

Requirements:

Hardware Requirements:

  • This course can be taken on either a PC or Mac.

Software Requirements:

  • PC: Windows 8 or later.
  • Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
  • Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox are preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
  • Adobe Acrobat Reader.
  • Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.

Other:

  • Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.

Instructional Material Requirements:

The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online.

If you want to increase website traffic, you must understand how to improve your search engine ranking. This course will give you the knowledge you need to boost website visibility with proven, step-by-step SEO strategies you can implement immediately.

 

History of Search Engines and Directories

SESR, SERP, PPC . . . do you know these terms? In this lesson, you'll learn important search engine terminology. The lesson will discuss the history of search engines and directories, and you'll learn about the differences between the two. Finally, you'll find out about current major players in the search industry.

Understanding How Search Engines Work

How do search engines decide which websites to include in search listings? In this lesson, you'll learn how search engines analyze websites and create results pages. You'll also learn how to search for sites that have linked to your website, and you'll discover some super-savvy search secrets!

Creating Killer Keyword Lists

You want your website to appear at the top of the SERPs, but which keywords will people search for to find your site? This lesson will discuss ways to find potential keywords. You'll begin your research with offline methods and then you'll use online methods to expand your list. You'll also learn how misspellings can actually help you!

Presubmission Analysis: Figuring Out Which Keywords Are the Right Ones

You've created a site-wide list of potential keywords, but which ones should you optimize for? In this lesson, you'll learn about the all-important presubmission analysis. You'll determine how often people have searched for certain keywords, and you'll figure out how many other websites are optimized for each of those words. Then, using one simple formula, you'll be able to optimize your site the way the pros do.

Important HTML Tags to Master

It's time to optimize your site! In this lesson, you'll learn about HTML tags that you must be intimately familiar with. The lesson will discuss why page titles and meta tags are important and how you can properly place and construct them. You'll also learn to include keywords in your header, paragraph text, and alt text.

Content Layout and Keyword Usage

In this lesson, you'll learn about HTML tags that you must be intimately familiar with. The lesson will explain why page titles and meta tags are important and how you can properly place and construct them. You'll also learn to include keywords in your header, paragraph text, and alt text. Then, you'll learn the secrets of creating quality content, legally and for free.

Web Hosting, URLs, and Mobile Optimization

Filenames and the technical details of how your website is hosted play a big part in successful search engine optimization. In this lesson, you'll learn how to register domain names that lend themselves to top search engine positions. Similarly, it'll discuss filenames and how they can help you. You'll discover the importance of mobile optimization and page speeds. Finally, you'll learn how to responsibly create optimized landing pages.

Spamming Tricks to Avoid

People often use deceptive techniques to get search engines to list their sites. This lesson examines many of these techniques and discusses why you shouldn't use them. You'll learn about keyword overuse, invisible text, improper comment tag use, and web page cloaking.

Submitting Your Site

You've optimized your web pages for top search engine placement, so now it's time to let the crawlers know that they exist. In this lesson, you'll learn how to submit your website to search engines! You'll learn how to manually submit your site to individual engines, explore multiple submission services, and create and submit XML sitemaps.

Track Your Progress With a Post-Submission Analysis

It's time to track your progress by completing a post-submission analysis. In this lesson, you'll examine the six steps of the SEO cycle. This lesson will discuss how to find your search engine rankings, and you'll delve into web server log files and referrer logs. You'll be introduced to Google Analytics, which can give you vital data—for free—about visitors to your site.

Powerful Online Promotion Techniques

This lesson will discuss powerful online promotion techniques. You'll learn how quality inbound links can help you and about lots of other ways to promote your site, including newsgroups, question-and-answer sites, email signatures, online advertising, and social media.

Effective Offline and Online Promotion Techniques

Believe it or not, promoting your website offline can make a huge difference in your search engine rankings. In this lesson, you'll learn the importance of affiliate programs and word-of-mouth visits. This lesson will discuss ways of monitoring your offline promotions and will talk about "link baiting" techniques that are ethical and that work.

 

What you will learn:

  • Discover how search engines crawl the web, rank websites, and find previously undiscovered sites
  • Learn which HTML tags are key to getting sites on a search engine's radar
  • Explore how to select keywords, why you should amass as many potential keyword choices as possible, and which keywords hold the most potential
  • Learn why you should complete a pre-submission analysis and how to do a post-submission analysis
  • Learn how to manage the SEO cycle to maximize results

How you will benefit:

  • Get better website rankings with knowledge you can implement immediately
  • Learn the ins and outs of SEO so you'll understand how and when to make improvements
  • Open the door to new opportunities in marketing and website development

About the Instructor:

Chris Minnick has overseen the development of hundreds of web and mobile projects for customers ranging from small businesses to Fortune 500 enterprises. In addition, he authored and co-authored books and articles on a wide range of Internet-related topics including JavaScript, HTML, CSS, mobile apps, e-commerce, web design, SEO, and security. His published books include "JavaScript for Kids", "Writing Computer Code", "Coding with JavaScript For Dummies", "Adventures in Coding", "Beginning HTML5 and CSS3 For Dummies", "Webkit For Dummies", "CIW eCommerce Certification Bible", and "XHTML".

 

Fee: $115.00
Delivery Method: Online

This course is offered through our partners at ed2go.  These courses are fun, fast, convenient, easy to use, and led by an expert instructor.  Courses run for six weeks and you have 24/7 access to two lessons each week. Each lesson is accompanied by a short, multiple-choice quiz, and some lessons include hands-on assignments.

You will receive an e-mail with course access information upon completion of your enrollment.

Important: All online courses through the Center for Business & Industry are non-credit courses.  For college credit programs and courses please visit www.DaytonaState.edu.

Corporate and government customers that need to arrange billing, please contact Joanne at (386) 506-4224 or Joanne.Parker@DaytonaState.edu.

Read more
Achieving Top Search Engine Positions
10/12/2022 12:00 AM

Learn proven, step-by-step strategies to achieve higher positions with major search engines.

The vast majority of web traffic comes from search engines. That means the most important thing you can do to increase your website's traffic is to improve its search engine ranking. To do that, you have to understand both the art and science of search engine optimization (SEO).

In this course, you'll gain the knowledge you need to boost your website's visibility. By the end of the course, you'll have mastered proven, step-by-step SEO strategies that you can implement right away.

Requirements:

Hardware Requirements:

  • This course can be taken on either a PC or Mac.

Software Requirements:

  • PC: Windows 8 or later.
  • Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
  • Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox are preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
  • Adobe Acrobat Reader.
  • Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.

Other:

  • Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.

Instructional Material Requirements:

The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online.

If you want to increase website traffic, you must understand how to improve your search engine ranking. This course will give you the knowledge you need to boost website visibility with proven, step-by-step SEO strategies you can implement immediately.

 

History of Search Engines and Directories

SESR, SERP, PPC . . . do you know these terms? In this lesson, you'll learn important search engine terminology. The lesson will discuss the history of search engines and directories, and you'll learn about the differences between the two. Finally, you'll find out about current major players in the search industry.

Understanding How Search Engines Work

How do search engines decide which websites to include in search listings? In this lesson, you'll learn how search engines analyze websites and create results pages. You'll also learn how to search for sites that have linked to your website, and you'll discover some super-savvy search secrets!

Creating Killer Keyword Lists

You want your website to appear at the top of the SERPs, but which keywords will people search for to find your site? This lesson will discuss ways to find potential keywords. You'll begin your research with offline methods and then you'll use online methods to expand your list. You'll also learn how misspellings can actually help you!

Presubmission Analysis: Figuring Out Which Keywords Are the Right Ones

You've created a site-wide list of potential keywords, but which ones should you optimize for? In this lesson, you'll learn about the all-important presubmission analysis. You'll determine how often people have searched for certain keywords, and you'll figure out how many other websites are optimized for each of those words. Then, using one simple formula, you'll be able to optimize your site the way the pros do.

Important HTML Tags to Master

It's time to optimize your site! In this lesson, you'll learn about HTML tags that you must be intimately familiar with. The lesson will discuss why page titles and meta tags are important and how you can properly place and construct them. You'll also learn to include keywords in your header, paragraph text, and alt text.

Content Layout and Keyword Usage

In this lesson, you'll learn about HTML tags that you must be intimately familiar with. The lesson will explain why page titles and meta tags are important and how you can properly place and construct them. You'll also learn to include keywords in your header, paragraph text, and alt text. Then, you'll learn the secrets of creating quality content, legally and for free.

Web Hosting, URLs, and Mobile Optimization

Filenames and the technical details of how your website is hosted play a big part in successful search engine optimization. In this lesson, you'll learn how to register domain names that lend themselves to top search engine positions. Similarly, it'll discuss filenames and how they can help you. You'll discover the importance of mobile optimization and page speeds. Finally, you'll learn how to responsibly create optimized landing pages.

Spamming Tricks to Avoid

People often use deceptive techniques to get search engines to list their sites. This lesson examines many of these techniques and discusses why you shouldn't use them. You'll learn about keyword overuse, invisible text, improper comment tag use, and web page cloaking.

Submitting Your Site

You've optimized your web pages for top search engine placement, so now it's time to let the crawlers know that they exist. In this lesson, you'll learn how to submit your website to search engines! You'll learn how to manually submit your site to individual engines, explore multiple submission services, and create and submit XML sitemaps.

Track Your Progress With a Post-Submission Analysis

It's time to track your progress by completing a post-submission analysis. In this lesson, you'll examine the six steps of the SEO cycle. This lesson will discuss how to find your search engine rankings, and you'll delve into web server log files and referrer logs. You'll be introduced to Google Analytics, which can give you vital data—for free—about visitors to your site.

Powerful Online Promotion Techniques

This lesson will discuss powerful online promotion techniques. You'll learn how quality inbound links can help you and about lots of other ways to promote your site, including newsgroups, question-and-answer sites, email signatures, online advertising, and social media.

Effective Offline and Online Promotion Techniques

Believe it or not, promoting your website offline can make a huge difference in your search engine rankings. In this lesson, you'll learn the importance of affiliate programs and word-of-mouth visits. This lesson will discuss ways of monitoring your offline promotions and will talk about "link baiting" techniques that are ethical and that work.

 

What you will learn:

  • Discover how search engines crawl the web, rank websites, and find previously undiscovered sites
  • Learn which HTML tags are key to getting sites on a search engine's radar
  • Explore how to select keywords, why you should amass as many potential keyword choices as possible, and which keywords hold the most potential
  • Learn why you should complete a pre-submission analysis and how to do a post-submission analysis
  • Learn how to manage the SEO cycle to maximize results

How you will benefit:

  • Get better website rankings with knowledge you can implement immediately
  • Learn the ins and outs of SEO so you'll understand how and when to make improvements
  • Open the door to new opportunities in marketing and website development

About the Instructor:

Chris Minnick has overseen the development of hundreds of web and mobile projects for customers ranging from small businesses to Fortune 500 enterprises. In addition, he authored and co-authored books and articles on a wide range of Internet-related topics including JavaScript, HTML, CSS, mobile apps, e-commerce, web design, SEO, and security. His published books include "JavaScript for Kids", "Writing Computer Code", "Coding with JavaScript For Dummies", "Adventures in Coding", "Beginning HTML5 and CSS3 For Dummies", "Webkit For Dummies", "CIW eCommerce Certification Bible", and "XHTML".

 

Fee: $115.00
Delivery Method: Online

This course is offered through our partners at ed2go.  These courses are fun, fast, convenient, easy to use, and led by an expert instructor.  Courses run for six weeks and you have 24/7 access to two lessons each week. Each lesson is accompanied by a short, multiple-choice quiz, and some lessons include hands-on assignments.

You will receive an e-mail with course access information upon completion of your enrollment.

Important: All online courses through the Center for Business & Industry are non-credit courses.  For college credit programs and courses please visit www.DaytonaState.edu.

Corporate and government customers that need to arrange billing, please contact Joanne at (386) 506-4224 or Joanne.Parker@DaytonaState.edu.

Read more
Business and Marketing Writing
8/17/2022 12:00 AM

Write great marketing copy to improve your company's image and your chances of getting hired or promoted.

Are you a writer working in the business world? Or a marketing professional responsible for obtaining great marketing copy? Maybe you're just interested in a writing or marketing career. Whatever your background, this fun, introductory course will teach you to write or identify copy that achieves business and marketing goals. Improve your work, your knowledge, your company's image, and your chances of getting hired, promoted or applauded!

Using clear explanations, real-life examples, and an animated style, the course solidifies the relationship between business, marketing principles, and written communications. You will learn how business and marketing objectives affect writing choices. You'll get practical writing instruction in grammar, clarity, structure and more. You'll understand issues unique to this discipline, such as buzzwords, working with a team, and marketing ethics. This course will help you understand the power of writing and use it to present a solid, cohesive message to your target audience.

Requirements:

Hardware Requirements:

  • This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.

Software Requirements:

  • PC: Windows 8 or later.
  • Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
  • Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox are preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
  • Adobe Acrobat Reader.
  • Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.

Other:

  • Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.

Instructional Material Requirements:

The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online.

Expand your writing skills and learn to create copy that achieves business and marketing goals. This course will help you use the power of writing to present a solid, cohesive message to your target audience and improve your chances of getting hired or promoted.

 

The Role of Business and Marketing Writing

The first lesson starts off with a discussion about the purpose of marketing and the goals of writing, and then talks about the unique roles, responsibilities, and challenges of business and marketing writing. You'll learn exactly what business and marketing writers do as you begin exploring this exciting field.

The Ins and Outs of Image

Before you can write or recognize successful copy, you'll need to understand your corporate identity: who the company is and what the company offers. In this lesson, you'll delve into all the aspects of corporate image that writers and marketing professionals need to ponder before producing effective projects.

Writing Approaches and Strategies

Now that you understand image, what can you do with it? In this lesson, you'll analyze business and marketing goals—and the needs of your audience—to figure out the appropriate writing style for any project.

Media

It's a creative field, but certain projects require certain conventions. In this lesson, you'll see how a particular medium or project type can guide your writing style and approach, helping you save time and stay on target.

Putting It All Together: Writing Project

This lesson will gather up the information you explored in the previous four lessons and put it all together. It will illustrate how to apply everything you've learned so far as you develop an original writing project from start to finish.

Complete and Incomplete Sentences

Do you need to write in complete sentences? What is a complete sentence, anyway? This lesson will give you a brief refresher on sentence construction and then go over some guidelines for using fragments in business writing. You'll also learn to recognize and fix one of the most common errors in modern writing: the comma splice.

Word Choices

You can't write without words! In this lesson, you'll learn to make accurate word choices. The lesson will discuss the level of vocabulary appropriate for business writing and show you how to choose words that reinforce a project's theme. It'll also clarify some tricky word pairs and discuss word-choice problems whose usage can undermine the professionalism of your writing.

Internal Communication

In this lesson, you'll take a critical look at the inside of a company. First, you'll see how to develop "marketing" projects for audiences within a company. Then you'll explore the roles of the various specialists who contribute to a single marketing piece—bosses, clients, editors, junior writers, artists, and designers. You'll learn how to work with all of them to create smoother relationships and better projects.

Banishing the Bureaucracy

For even the most experienced writers, bureaucratic influences can creep in to reduce creativity and impede communication. In this lesson, you'll take a look at buzzwords and jargon, and then explore some ways to achieve maximum power and effectiveness by keeping your writing clear, concise, and active.

Editing, Proofreading and Evaluating

In this lesson, you'll explore the final steps. You'll learn to enhance and refine business and marketing projects during the editing and proofreading processes. You'll also learn to evaluate finished pieces and even test their effectiveness in the real world!

Putting It All Together: Editing Project

In this lesson, you'll once again be putting it all together, but this time as an editor. You'll apply everything you've learned so far in the course, editing a project from beginning to end.

Marketing Ethics

Marketing involves images, and it's easy to lose sight of the truth. In the final lesson of the course, you'll go over some important considerations that marketing professionals need to think about.

 

What you will learn:

  • Learn how to communicate marketing and business goals in your writing
  • Discover the best way to align written communication with a corporate identity
  • Examine methods for writing with purpose and developing a cohesive message for a target audience
  • Learn how grammatical and stylistic choices can augment business and marketing strategies

How you will benefit:

  • Learn to communicate effectively and express your values to a target audience
  • Gain confidence in your ability to reach and affect people with your writing
  • Open the door to new career opportunities as you gain invaluable skills in the fundamentals of business and marketing communication

About the Instructor:

Lisa Adams is a web development expert specializing in marketing, user experience, and e-commerce. In addition to building and maintaining hundreds of websites, Lisa has helped a wide variety of clients and students to create their own sites and modify existing ones to make them more attractive and user-friendly.

 

Fee: $115.00
Delivery Method: Online

This course is offered through our partners at ed2go.  These courses are fun, fast, convenient, easy to use, and led by an expert instructor.  Courses run for six weeks and you have 24/7 access to two lessons each week. Each lesson is accompanied by a short, multiple-choice quiz, and some lessons include hands-on assignments.

You will receive an e-mail with course access information upon completion of your enrollment.

Important: All online courses through the Center for Business & Industry are non-credit courses.  For college credit programs and courses please visit www.DaytonaState.edu.

Corporate and government customers that need to arrange billing, please contact Joanne at (386) 506-4224 or Joanne.Parker@DaytonaState.edu.

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Business and Marketing Writing
9/14/2022 12:00 AM

Write great marketing copy to improve your company's image and your chances of getting hired or promoted.

Are you a writer working in the business world? Or a marketing professional responsible for obtaining great marketing copy? Maybe you're just interested in a writing or marketing career. Whatever your background, this fun, introductory course will teach you to write or identify copy that achieves business and marketing goals. Improve your work, your knowledge, your company's image, and your chances of getting hired, promoted or applauded!

Using clear explanations, real-life examples, and an animated style, the course solidifies the relationship between business, marketing principles, and written communications. You will learn how business and marketing objectives affect writing choices. You'll get practical writing instruction in grammar, clarity, structure and more. You'll understand issues unique to this discipline, such as buzzwords, working with a team, and marketing ethics. This course will help you understand the power of writing and use it to present a solid, cohesive message to your target audience.

Requirements:

Hardware Requirements:

  • This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.

Software Requirements:

  • PC: Windows 8 or later.
  • Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
  • Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox are preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
  • Adobe Acrobat Reader.
  • Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.

Other:

  • Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.

Instructional Material Requirements:

The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online.

Expand your writing skills and learn to create copy that achieves business and marketing goals. This course will help you use the power of writing to present a solid, cohesive message to your target audience and improve your chances of getting hired or promoted.

 

The Role of Business and Marketing Writing

The first lesson starts off with a discussion about the purpose of marketing and the goals of writing, and then talks about the unique roles, responsibilities, and challenges of business and marketing writing. You'll learn exactly what business and marketing writers do as you begin exploring this exciting field.

The Ins and Outs of Image

Before you can write or recognize successful copy, you'll need to understand your corporate identity: who the company is and what the company offers. In this lesson, you'll delve into all the aspects of corporate image that writers and marketing professionals need to ponder before producing effective projects.

Writing Approaches and Strategies

Now that you understand image, what can you do with it? In this lesson, you'll analyze business and marketing goals—and the needs of your audience—to figure out the appropriate writing style for any project.

Media

It's a creative field, but certain projects require certain conventions. In this lesson, you'll see how a particular medium or project type can guide your writing style and approach, helping you save time and stay on target.

Putting It All Together: Writing Project

This lesson will gather up the information you explored in the previous four lessons and put it all together. It will illustrate how to apply everything you've learned so far as you develop an original writing project from start to finish.

Complete and Incomplete Sentences

Do you need to write in complete sentences? What is a complete sentence, anyway? This lesson will give you a brief refresher on sentence construction and then go over some guidelines for using fragments in business writing. You'll also learn to recognize and fix one of the most common errors in modern writing: the comma splice.

Word Choices

You can't write without words! In this lesson, you'll learn to make accurate word choices. The lesson will discuss the level of vocabulary appropriate for business writing and show you how to choose words that reinforce a project's theme. It'll also clarify some tricky word pairs and discuss word-choice problems whose usage can undermine the professionalism of your writing.

Internal Communication

In this lesson, you'll take a critical look at the inside of a company. First, you'll see how to develop "marketing" projects for audiences within a company. Then you'll explore the roles of the various specialists who contribute to a single marketing piece—bosses, clients, editors, junior writers, artists, and designers. You'll learn how to work with all of them to create smoother relationships and better projects.

Banishing the Bureaucracy

For even the most experienced writers, bureaucratic influences can creep in to reduce creativity and impede communication. In this lesson, you'll take a look at buzzwords and jargon, and then explore some ways to achieve maximum power and effectiveness by keeping your writing clear, concise, and active.

Editing, Proofreading and Evaluating

In this lesson, you'll explore the final steps. You'll learn to enhance and refine business and marketing projects during the editing and proofreading processes. You'll also learn to evaluate finished pieces and even test their effectiveness in the real world!

Putting It All Together: Editing Project

In this lesson, you'll once again be putting it all together, but this time as an editor. You'll apply everything you've learned so far in the course, editing a project from beginning to end.

Marketing Ethics

Marketing involves images, and it's easy to lose sight of the truth. In the final lesson of the course, you'll go over some important considerations that marketing professionals need to think about.

 

What you will learn:

  • Learn how to communicate marketing and business goals in your writing
  • Discover the best way to align written communication with a corporate identity
  • Examine methods for writing with purpose and developing a cohesive message for a target audience
  • Learn how grammatical and stylistic choices can augment business and marketing strategies

How you will benefit:

  • Learn to communicate effectively and express your values to a target audience
  • Gain confidence in your ability to reach and affect people with your writing
  • Open the door to new career opportunities as you gain invaluable skills in the fundamentals of business and marketing communication

About the Instructor:

Lisa Adams is a web development expert specializing in marketing, user experience, and e-commerce. In addition to building and maintaining hundreds of websites, Lisa has helped a wide variety of clients and students to create their own sites and modify existing ones to make them more attractive and user-friendly.

 

Fee: $115.00
Delivery Method: Online

This course is offered through our partners at ed2go.  These courses are fun, fast, convenient, easy to use, and led by an expert instructor.  Courses run for six weeks and you have 24/7 access to two lessons each week. Each lesson is accompanied by a short, multiple-choice quiz, and some lessons include hands-on assignments.

You will receive an e-mail with course access information upon completion of your enrollment.

Important: All online courses through the Center for Business & Industry are non-credit courses.  For college credit programs and courses please visit www.DaytonaState.edu.

Corporate and government customers that need to arrange billing, please contact Joanne at (386) 506-4224 or Joanne.Parker@DaytonaState.edu.

Read more
Business and Marketing Writing
10/12/2022 12:00 AM

Write great marketing copy to improve your company's image and your chances of getting hired or promoted.

Are you a writer working in the business world? Or a marketing professional responsible for obtaining great marketing copy? Maybe you're just interested in a writing or marketing career. Whatever your background, this fun, introductory course will teach you to write or identify copy that achieves business and marketing goals. Improve your work, your knowledge, your company's image, and your chances of getting hired, promoted or applauded!

Using clear explanations, real-life examples, and an animated style, the course solidifies the relationship between business, marketing principles, and written communications. You will learn how business and marketing objectives affect writing choices. You'll get practical writing instruction in grammar, clarity, structure and more. You'll understand issues unique to this discipline, such as buzzwords, working with a team, and marketing ethics. This course will help you understand the power of writing and use it to present a solid, cohesive message to your target audience.

Requirements:

Hardware Requirements:

  • This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.

Software Requirements:

  • PC: Windows 8 or later.
  • Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
  • Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox are preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
  • Adobe Acrobat Reader.
  • Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.

Other:

  • Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.

Instructional Material Requirements:

The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online.

Expand your writing skills and learn to create copy that achieves business and marketing goals. This course will help you use the power of writing to present a solid, cohesive message to your target audience and improve your chances of getting hired or promoted.

 

The Role of Business and Marketing Writing

The first lesson starts off with a discussion about the purpose of marketing and the goals of writing, and then talks about the unique roles, responsibilities, and challenges of business and marketing writing. You'll learn exactly what business and marketing writers do as you begin exploring this exciting field.

The Ins and Outs of Image

Before you can write or recognize successful copy, you'll need to understand your corporate identity: who the company is and what the company offers. In this lesson, you'll delve into all the aspects of corporate image that writers and marketing professionals need to ponder before producing effective projects.

Writing Approaches and Strategies

Now that you understand image, what can you do with it? In this lesson, you'll analyze business and marketing goals—and the needs of your audience—to figure out the appropriate writing style for any project.

Media

It's a creative field, but certain projects require certain conventions. In this lesson, you'll see how a particular medium or project type can guide your writing style and approach, helping you save time and stay on target.

Putting It All Together: Writing Project

This lesson will gather up the information you explored in the previous four lessons and put it all together. It will illustrate how to apply everything you've learned so far as you develop an original writing project from start to finish.

Complete and Incomplete Sentences

Do you need to write in complete sentences? What is a complete sentence, anyway? This lesson will give you a brief refresher on sentence construction and then go over some guidelines for using fragments in business writing. You'll also learn to recognize and fix one of the most common errors in modern writing: the comma splice.

Word Choices

You can't write without words! In this lesson, you'll learn to make accurate word choices. The lesson will discuss the level of vocabulary appropriate for business writing and show you how to choose words that reinforce a project's theme. It'll also clarify some tricky word pairs and discuss word-choice problems whose usage can undermine the professionalism of your writing.

Internal Communication

In this lesson, you'll take a critical look at the inside of a company. First, you'll see how to develop "marketing" projects for audiences within a company. Then you'll explore the roles of the various specialists who contribute to a single marketing piece—bosses, clients, editors, junior writers, artists, and designers. You'll learn how to work with all of them to create smoother relationships and better projects.

Banishing the Bureaucracy

For even the most experienced writers, bureaucratic influences can creep in to reduce creativity and impede communication. In this lesson, you'll take a look at buzzwords and jargon, and then explore some ways to achieve maximum power and effectiveness by keeping your writing clear, concise, and active.

Editing, Proofreading and Evaluating

In this lesson, you'll explore the final steps. You'll learn to enhance and refine business and marketing projects during the editing and proofreading processes. You'll also learn to evaluate finished pieces and even test their effectiveness in the real world!

Putting It All Together: Editing Project

In this lesson, you'll once again be putting it all together, but this time as an editor. You'll apply everything you've learned so far in the course, editing a project from beginning to end.

Marketing Ethics

Marketing involves images, and it's easy to lose sight of the truth. In the final lesson of the course, you'll go over some important considerations that marketing professionals need to think about.

 

What you will learn:

  • Learn how to communicate marketing and business goals in your writing
  • Discover the best way to align written communication with a corporate identity
  • Examine methods for writing with purpose and developing a cohesive message for a target audience
  • Learn how grammatical and stylistic choices can augment business and marketing strategies

How you will benefit:

  • Learn to communicate effectively and express your values to a target audience
  • Gain confidence in your ability to reach and affect people with your writing
  • Open the door to new career opportunities as you gain invaluable skills in the fundamentals of business and marketing communication

About the Instructor:

Lisa Adams is a web development expert specializing in marketing, user experience, and e-commerce. In addition to building and maintaining hundreds of websites, Lisa has helped a wide variety of clients and students to create their own sites and modify existing ones to make them more attractive and user-friendly.

 

Fee: $115.00
Delivery Method: Online

This course is offered through our partners at ed2go.  These courses are fun, fast, convenient, easy to use, and led by an expert instructor.  Courses run for six weeks and you have 24/7 access to two lessons each week. Each lesson is accompanied by a short, multiple-choice quiz, and some lessons include hands-on assignments.

You will receive an e-mail with course access information upon completion of your enrollment.

Important: All online courses through the Center for Business & Industry are non-credit courses.  For college credit programs and courses please visit www.DaytonaState.edu.

Corporate and government customers that need to arrange billing, please contact Joanne at (386) 506-4224 or Joanne.Parker@DaytonaState.edu.

Read more
Business and Marketing Writing
11/6/2022 12:00 AM

Write great marketing copy to improve your company's image and your chances of getting hired or promoted.

Are you a writer working in the business world? Or a marketing professional responsible for obtaining great marketing copy? Maybe you're just interested in a writing or marketing career. Whatever your background, this fun, introductory course will teach you to write or identify copy that achieves business and marketing goals. Improve your work, your knowledge, your company's image, and your chances of getting hired, promoted or applauded!

Using clear explanations, real-life examples, and an animated style, the course solidifies the relationship between business, marketing principles, and written communications. You will learn how business and marketing objectives affect writing choices. You'll get practical writing instruction in grammar, clarity, structure and more. You'll understand issues unique to this discipline, such as buzzwords, working with a team, and marketing ethics. This course will help you understand the power of writing and use it to present a solid, cohesive message to your target audience.

Requirements:

Hardware Requirements:

  • This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.

Software Requirements:

  • PC: Windows 8 or later.
  • Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
  • Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox are preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
  • Adobe Acrobat Reader.
  • Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.

Other:

  • Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.

Instructional Material Requirements:

The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online.

Expand your writing skills and learn to create copy that achieves business and marketing goals. This course will help you use the power of writing to present a solid, cohesive message to your target audience and improve your chances of getting hired or promoted.

 

The Role of Business and Marketing Writing

The first lesson starts off with a discussion about the purpose of marketing and the goals of writing, and then talks about the unique roles, responsibilities, and challenges of business and marketing writing. You'll learn exactly what business and marketing writers do as you begin exploring this exciting field.

The Ins and Outs of Image

Before you can write or recognize successful copy, you'll need to understand your corporate identity: who the company is and what the company offers. In this lesson, you'll delve into all the aspects of corporate image that writers and marketing professionals need to ponder before producing effective projects.

Writing Approaches and Strategies

Now that you understand image, what can you do with it? In this lesson, you'll analyze business and marketing goals—and the needs of your audience—to figure out the appropriate writing style for any project.

Media

It's a creative field, but certain projects require certain conventions. In this lesson, you'll see how a particular medium or project type can guide your writing style and approach, helping you save time and stay on target.

Putting It All Together: Writing Project

This lesson will gather up the information you explored in the previous four lessons and put it all together. It will illustrate how to apply everything you've learned so far as you develop an original writing project from start to finish.

Complete and Incomplete Sentences

Do you need to write in complete sentences? What is a complete sentence, anyway? This lesson will give you a brief refresher on sentence construction and then go over some guidelines for using fragments in business writing. You'll also learn to recognize and fix one of the most common errors in modern writing: the comma splice.

Word Choices

You can't write without words! In this lesson, you'll learn to make accurate word choices. The lesson will discuss the level of vocabulary appropriate for business writing and show you how to choose words that reinforce a project's theme. It'll also clarify some tricky word pairs and discuss word-choice problems whose usage can undermine the professionalism of your writing.

Internal Communication

In this lesson, you'll take a critical look at the inside of a company. First, you'll see how to develop "marketing" projects for audiences within a company. Then you'll explore the roles of the various specialists who contribute to a single marketing piece—bosses, clients, editors, junior writers, artists, and designers. You'll learn how to work with all of them to create smoother relationships and better projects.

Banishing the Bureaucracy

For even the most experienced writers, bureaucratic influences can creep in to reduce creativity and impede communication. In this lesson, you'll take a look at buzzwords and jargon, and then explore some ways to achieve maximum power and effectiveness by keeping your writing clear, concise, and active.

Editing, Proofreading and Evaluating

In this lesson, you'll explore the final steps. You'll learn to enhance and refine business and marketing projects during the editing and proofreading processes. You'll also learn to evaluate finished pieces and even test their effectiveness in the real world!

Putting It All Together: Editing Project

In this lesson, you'll once again be putting it all together, but this time as an editor. You'll apply everything you've learned so far in the course, editing a project from beginning to end.

Marketing Ethics

Marketing involves images, and it's easy to lose sight of the truth. In the final lesson of the course, you'll go over some important considerations that marketing professionals need to think about.

 

What you will learn:

  • Learn how to communicate marketing and business goals in your writing
  • Discover the best way to align written communication with a corporate identity
  • Examine methods for writing with purpose and developing a cohesive message for a target audience
  • Learn how grammatical and stylistic choices can augment business and marketing strategies

How you will benefit:

  • Learn to communicate effectively and express your values to a target audience
  • Gain confidence in your ability to reach and affect people with your writing
  • Open the door to new career opportunities as you gain invaluable skills in the fundamentals of business and marketing communication

About the Instructor:

Lisa Adams is a web development expert specializing in marketing, user experience, and e-commerce. In addition to building and maintaining hundreds of websites, Lisa has helped a wide variety of clients and students to create their own sites and modify existing ones to make them more attractive and user-friendly.

 

Fee: $115.00
Delivery Method: Online

This course is offered through our partners at ed2go.  These courses are fun, fast, convenient, easy to use, and led by an expert instructor.  Courses run for six weeks and you have 24/7 access to two lessons each week. Each lesson is accompanied by a short, multiple-choice quiz, and some lessons include hands-on assignments.

You will receive an e-mail with course access information upon completion of your enrollment.

Important: All online courses through the Center for Business & Industry are non-credit courses.  For college credit programs and courses please visit www.DaytonaState.edu.

Corporate and government customers that need to arrange billing, please contact Joanne at (386) 506-4224 or Joanne.Parker@DaytonaState.edu.

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Elevate Daytona Beach
8/25/2022 5:00 PM

Hope. The Power of Questions. Combatting Imposter Syndrome and Redefining Success. These are just a few of the topics to presented at this year’s Elevate Daytona Beach presented by AdventHealth, scheduled for Thursday, August 25, from 5:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the News-Journal Center on Beach Street downtown.

This year’s star-studded local speaker lineup includes:

  • Rachail Allen
  • Lynea Benjamin
  • JB Birney
  • Jaime Bracero
  • Michael Elliott
  • Danielle Garrett
  • Matt Graifer
  • Nina Guiglotto
  • Lorene King
  • Dr. Barry Tishler
  • Adrienne Toles-Williams
  • Kristine Totanes

Each featured speaker will make a five-minute presentation accompanied by a 20-slide PowerPoint that automatically advances every 15 seconds. The result is a show full of fast-paced speeches on a wide variety of topics. Created by the Daytona Regional Chamber’s Leadership Daytona Alumni Council, Elevate Daytona Beach is designed to promote innovation and leadership within our community.

Presented by AdventHealth.

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Access to Capital Workshop
8/23/2022 6:00 PM

Your Presenter:  Hennither Grant

Hennither Gant is a warm, engaging speaker who intertwines more than 15 years’ HR expertise with entertaining stories and insightful observations. Hennither Gannnt's Specialties include outplacement, HR for start-up businesses, cultural diversity, career planning, recruitment & retention, strategic planning, professional development training, performance management, succession planning, HR training for managers, mediation, and employee coaching.

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Access to Capital Workshop
8/16/2022 6:00 PM

Dr. Cassandra Bradford is the Lead Sr. Consultant at Genesis Preferred Solutions, a small business consulting and mentoring firm specializing in business growth, development, and strategic opportunity planning, which results in multi-million dollar contracts with Fortune 500 companies and municipalities.

As Founder of the Run Women’s Conference (now Run Entrepreneurial Conference), her passion is fueled by educating small business owners and teens (ages 12-17) of the monetary and realistic outcomes and its global impact on the U.S. economy.

Dr. Cassandra Bradford has been featured in hundreds of magazine articles, guest radio shows, National Podcasts, Good Morning Texas, and the infamous MegaFest with Bishop TD Jakes. Dr. Cass has authored nine books.

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Access to Capital Workshop
8/30/2022 6:00 PM

Your Presenter:  Reginald Grant

Reginald Gant is a proud husband, father of 5, and man of faith. As a leader of leaders and leader of men, Reginald has been working tirelessly, for nearly a decade, in educating, empowering, and equipping others on the topics of Wills and Estate Planning. Having seen so many individuals, families, and business owners nearly lose it all, without a Will, Reginald has worked to serve and protect hundreds of people with peace of mind and a plan in place for when life happens. As Founder of Serve4Men and the Serve4Men Virtual Community, Reginald has created several platforms to open up the dialogue for sensitive yet necessary conversations like these. he will be on Zoom with the AAEA and you on August 30th!

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Meet Shark Tank Winner Desiree Haller, CEO of Subsafe, Inc.
9/7/2022 5:30 PM

StartUp Grind Ormond Beach will host a Fireside Chat at 5:30 p.m. Sept. 7 at RiverGrille on the Tomoka, Ormond Beach.

Desiree Haller is CEO of SubSafe, Inc. Desiree and her husband, Adam, invented the first container for sub sandwiches back in 2018 and have since developed the product into an entire line of cooler accessories. They debuted their product on Shark Tank in 2019 where they did a deal with Mark Cuban and Charles Barkley. The products can now be found in over 1,000 retail locations nationwide. Desiree continues to take ideas from concept, to patent, to production, to market and looks forward to sharing some of her secrets with Start Up Grind.

startupgrind desiree haller
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Delivering Excellent Customer Service on Social Media
8/22/2022 12:00 PM

Social media has become a big part of our lives and many marketing strategies. You need to ensure you are meeting your customer's needs in these channels to ensure you are not harming your marketing efforts. You may feel like this is extremely time consuming and it sure can be if you are not utilizing the automation features to your benefit. Let's explore how you can attract and maintain happy customers through your customer experience.

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Tackle Quickbooks Online Basics (QB02)
8/23/2022 6:00 PM

Join us to learn how to enter basic transactions including creating invoices, making deposits, recording expenses, bills and checks. We will also talk about how to use bank feeds and set up rules to save you time; and walk through a standard process of how to reconcile your accounts. All this, plus tips and tricks within the software you may not be aware of.

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Cómo empezar a importar/exportar
8/23/2022 7:00 PM

Si planea hacer crecer su negocio importando/exportando internacionalmente, este seminario web lo ayudará a comenzar. Aprenderás sobre:

  • las regulaciones de exportación e importación del gobierno de los EE. UU.
  • transporte aéreo y marítimo
  • documentación entre vendedor y comprador
  • aclaración de las condiciones internacionales de venta
  • colecciones extranjeras.

La inscripción es gratuita pero es necesaria la inscripción previa.

Este seminario web se presentará en inglés una semana antes, así que consulte nuestra página de talleres si ese es su idioma preferido.

(This webinar will be presented in English a week in advance, check out the SCORE - Volusia/Flagler workshops page if that is your preferred language.)

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Solving For Underspending, Overspending, and Successfully Scaling Budget
8/24/2022 5:30 PM

It's tough to say which is worse: overspending or underspending. If you overspend, your client/boss will lose trust in the channel and see marketing as cost instead of investment. If you underspend, you can lose budget and more importantly opportunities for profit. In this data oriented action-item focused session we'll cover:

  • Troubleshooting overspending budgets by checking for hidden budget busters including settings, duplicate keywords, and tangential auctions.

  • Unshackling underspending budgets through structure audits including number of ad groups and targets, and bid to budget ratios.

  • Scaling successful campaigns without tanking them through gradual budget adjustments, as well as how to calculate investment to return projections based on profit vs revenue.   

This session is best suited to practitioners who need to manage stakeholder/client expectations as we well as those in charge of marketing dollars to understand why teams make the suggestions they make.

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Reach Customers Online with Google
8/25/2022 12:00 PM

Learn how customers find your business online and how to promote your business using Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Smart Campaigns in Google Ads.

In this session you will learn how to:

● Improve your website’s visibility in Google’s organic search results, on all devices

● Maximize SEO strategies that are most important in 2021

● Attract new prospects with low-cost advertising

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Building Your Business Plan
8/25/2022 6:00 PM

Designed for anyone who has done their business research, most of their marketing plan, and understands some basic accounting and finance. It explains the purposes and value of a plan and uses a content template to help determine what goes into each section of this plan.

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A Simple Recipe for Social Media Success
8/30/2022 7:00 PM

As a small business, social media is overwhelming and often feels like you’re just spinning your wheels. You have to figure out where to be, how to be engaging, and how to get results—all with a limited amount of time and resources. 

That’s why in this session we’ll provide a recipe for social media that saves time and gets results to grow your business. You’ll learn:

● How to get started in the pay-to-play world of social media

● How to choose the right social networks for your business

● A 15-minute social media plan

Pre-registration is required for this FREE event.

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Digital Ads - The Ultimate Tool to Grow Your Business
8/31/2022 6:00 PM

Social ads are by far one of the best and fastest ways to grow your business. But most do not know how to best run ads; even worse, many try unsuccessfully and become discouraged about ads altogether. But there are many industry secrets you may not be aware of when it comes to properly and effectively advertising online to scale your business- would you like to know what they are? In this fun and interactive course you’ll learn:

  • How to determine if you’re ready for for advertising
  • Insider ads secrets and best practices used by the pros
  • How to get the best return on investment (ROI) from your ads
  • Advantages of various ad platforms

And so much more!

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Internet Marketing Series 1 of 5 - Creating a Connected Brand
9/1/2022 5:30 PM

For many small businesses, marketing means having a social media page and maybe a website. To effectively market your business and its products or services, marketing needs to be much more than that. This series of 5 workshops are designed to develop an effective and unified marketing plan for your small business or nonprofit.

This series will be recorded and sent out to all registrants regardless if they attended.

Topics will include:

#1 - Creating a Connected Brand

#2 - Websites that Convert

#3 - Create 6 Months of Social Media in One day

#4 - How to Blog for SEO

#5 - Email Marketing for 2021

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How Do I Develop a Product or Service to Sell?
9/6/2022 5:30 PM

This seminar will cover generating new product ideas, building product concepts, and discuss methods of tailoring your product to the right target market. This will include:

• Generating product ideas and concepts

• Functions, tasks and pain points

• Creating insight statements

• Translating insights into product concepts

• Defining a successful product or service

• Defining the value proposition

• Testing the feasibility of a new product concept

• Launching a new product or service

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Eggs & Issues: Washington Updates with Congressman Waltz
9/8/2022 7:30 AM

Join the Daytona Regional Chamber of Commerce to meet with Congressman Mike Waltz for a special Washington update.

Taking place next week on Thursday, September 8 from 7:30 am - 9:00 a.m. at Daytona State College - Mori Hosseini Center (1200 W. International Speedway Blvd., Daytona Beach), Eggs and Issues is the premier event venue for discussion of public and legislative affairs in the Daytona Beach region. Join us to gather strategic information for your business and be part of important conversations that work to better our community.

General admission is available for $24. Future members admission is $40 regardless of the registration date.

Please make sure you are logged into your member portal to receive your member rate when registering for this event. This Eggs and Issues program is made possible in part by Halifax Health.

If you need assistance or have questions about registering for this event please contact Ken Phelps, IOM VP of Resource Development, (386) 523-3675 or ken@daytonachamber.com.

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Regional Business Connections Event
9/14/2022 8:00 AM

As a business owner, making connections with other business owners in order to grow your network is crucial. Making the time to represent your business, your purpose and yourself - in addition to learning about other businesses around you - is a great way to increase visibility in the Daytona Beach region.

All members of the Daytona Regional Chamber of Commerce are welcome to join fellow members and staff for the Open Regional Business Connections group. This RBC Group has no limitations on the amount of businesses per industry that can attend, and each meeting features a guest presenter.

The Open RBC Group will meet Wednesday, September 14 from 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. at the Daytona Regional Chamber office, located at 126 E. Orange Ave., Daytona Beach.

Advanced registration is recommended, and there is no fee to attend. Save your spot now to grow your network.

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Business Budgeting for Beginners
9/14/2022 12:00 AM

This course will introduce different strategies employed during the budgeting process, the techniques and tools commonly used to make budgeting forecasts, the components of a basic operating budget, and how businesses make certain decisions that may impact their budgeted amounts.

If the idea of creating a budget for your business, department, or project seems overwhelming, this course will alleviate all of those fears. Taught in an approachable and relatable format, this course walks you through the budgeting process so you can go from numbers averse to budgeting super-hero. The downloadable templates included in the course allow you to easily and quickly take what you learn and apply it to your job. The storytelling used throughout the course makes the topic more approachable and engaging so you can obtain the soft skills that will help you be successful implementing and tracking a budget in the real world. Finally, the course challenge is something that will pique your curiosity at the beginning of the course and provide motivation to complete the course and continue learning the material.

A company's budgeting process involves a lot more than just rows and columns of numbers on a spreadsheet. The reality is that budgeting is a sometimes organic and sometimes organized process. Most often, it's an equal mix of both in an attempt to add some level of certainty to an uncertain future. These processes are what we are going to explore in this course. You will be introduced to different strategies employed during the budgeting process, the techniques and tools that are commonly used to make budgeting forecasts, the components of a basic operating budget, and how businesses make certain decisions that may impact their budgeted amounts.

Requirements:

Hardware Requirements:

  • This course can be taken on either a PC or Mac.

Software Requirements:

  • PC: Windows 8 or later.
  • Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
  • Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
  • Adobe Acrobat Reader.
  • Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.

Other:

  • Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.

Instructional Material Requirements:

The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online.

In this comprehensive, beginner-friendly course, you will learn the elementary skills needed to be successful in the budgeting process and work gradually work your way up to creating a budget. You will also discover how to best evaluate the results of your budget and make decisions to help your business maximize its profits.

 

Predicting the Future

In our first lesson, you'll explore how budgeting at its core is a process of looking forward. It's about making informed predictions about the future. Next, you'll see how a company's vision can lead to setting goals for the company. These visions are often aspirational and state the path for where the company plans to go in the future. Then, we'll also start the conversation about the human side of budgeting.

Budget Strategies

In this lesson, you'll begin to look at various budgeting strategies, including strategic, capital, and operations budgeting techniques. The lesson will include some real-life examples of planning activities, and to further bring these concepts to life, you'll work with a fictional company, Curly's Pool Service and Supplies, by helping Curly formulate some plans and budgets!

It's All About Sales!

This lesson will focus all on sales, specifically the role that sales play in the budgeting process. We'll examine the best practices for compiling a sales forecast and how to increase the chances that the sales forecast will actually mimic real life. We'll also discover how to create an inventory that needs a budget to determine just how much inventory to purchase based on a sales forecast. Finally, we'll discuss how to formulate a labor requirements budget to accurately project just how much labor you may need to employ to meet the needs of the company, again based on the sales forecast.

Cost Behavior – Part 1

In this lesson, we are going to detour a bit from the actual preparation of a budget and dive into how certain types of costs behave. Understanding how costs increase or decrease relative to an activity is an essential part of learning how to accurately budget for costs in a business. So, in the upcoming chapters, you're going to discover how to distinguish between variable, fixed, and mixed costs. We will use these cost types to calculate the contribution margin for the business. Then, we will show you how to use contribution margin to make certain predictions and decisions in a business. Most notably, you'll see how to use contribution margin to calculate the all-important break-even point and margin of safety for a business.

Cost Behavior – Part 2

This lesson will be a continuation of the discussion about cost behavior. In the lesson, you'll explore how to evaluate a company's sales mix and how to calculate operating leverage using tools given throughout the course. Operating leverage is just another key component of cost analysis that will allow you to, once again, easily make projections about the future. We'll end the lesson with a discussion about how companies set prices for the products and services they offer. You can probably guess that this process is a bit more involved than just selecting a price out of thin air. It's actually an essential part of a company's overall budgeting process and should not be taken lightly.

Expense and Manufacturing Production Budgets

In this lesson, we'll examine the steps needed to build both a direct materials budget and a direct labor budget. We'll also examine how a manufacturing company budgets for manufacturing overhead. All of these components are key to developing an overall production budget for a business that manufactures a product. Finally, we will end this lesson by describing the components of a production budget.

Cash Is King!

In this lesson, we'll discuss how to prepare a complete cash budget for a business. You'll get the chance to take an even closer look at how a company might forecast cash collections from credit sales and cash payments on credit purchases for big-ticket items like inventory or other expensive capital projects. We'll even take a look at how some companies mitigate the risk of running out of cash by utilizing lines of credit and other sources of cash instead of just relying on cash generated from sales.

Capital Budgeting

In this lesson, you'll learn some of the basic methodologies that can be applied in many different capital budgeting scenarios. The lesson will begin with an explanation of a technique that does not include an evaluation of how time impacts the valuation of money. Then, you'll learn how the passage of time and its impact on the value of a dollar is incorporated into capital budgeting decisions. Since capital projects often span years, or even decades in some cases, the time value of money is key to improving accuracy in budgeting for capital projects. The lesson will finish up with a thorough review of, perhaps, the most common technique that is used in capital budgeting decisions: net present value.

Business Decision-Making – Part 1

In this lesson and the one that follows, we're going to explore how businesses use budgeted data in combination with a formalized decision-making process to improve their chances of making better decisions. For a business, a better decision is one that maximizes profit and aligns with the company's goals and values. We'll start with an examination of what types of budgeted information are relevant to making a decision and what types of information you can ignore. You'll see the differences between quantitative and qualitative information and how each can be used to improve decision-making. Then we'll finish up with an example including some specific steps you can use as a model for making better decisions.

Business Decision-Making – Part 2

In this lesson, you'll continue to practice with these same techniques by applying them to a few other common business decisions. You'll start by examining how a business uses budgeted information to make the choice to replace an existing asset with a new asset, such as replacing an old piece of manufacturing equipment with a brand-new one. Next, you'll explore how a business might use budgeted information when deciding whether to eliminate a product or service that it offers. We'll finish up the lesson by examining one of the most critical business decisions you'll ever need to make: how to allocate your most scarce resource to maximize profit in your business.

Bringing It All Together

In this lesson and the one that follows, we will focus on how best to evaluate the financial stability and performance of the business using budgeted information. We'll start by taking a close look at using the components of a company's operating budget to compile the pro forma balance sheet. Next, we'll examine the steps needed to prepare the pro forma income statement, again by using the information found in many of the other operating budget components. To finish up the lesson, we'll dive into some straightforward techniques that are useful to evaluate the balances found on the pro forma balance sheet and income statements.

Evaluation, Control, and Methods

In our last lesson, we'll spend more time on the budget evaluation process by examining how companies use variance analysis to evaluate differences between actual results and the budget. To keep things manageable, we'll stick to the basics here so that you're equipped with some tools to take with you when applying these techniques in a real company. As part of this process, we'll take a look at how budget variances are defined and interpreted. Then, we'll discuss some techniques like flexible budgeting to evaluate and isolate certain budget fluctuations in a way that provides clarity to a business owner or manager. We'll finish up the lesson with a brief discussion of the budgetary control process and the soft skills needed for this process.

 

What you will learn:

  • Learn about planning strategies and how they are used to keep a budget aligned with its vision
  • Obtain knowledge of cost behavior and how forecasts are used to ensure accuracy in future planning and budgeting
  • Develop various approaches to plan for general and administrative expenses
  • Gain tools and techniques used for a formal decision-making process
  • Master how best to evaluate the financial stability and performance of a business using budgeted information

How you will benefit:

  • Learning how businesses think about budgeting will help you to make informed predictions about the future with strategic planning
  • Become more valuable to your employer or business by accurately budgeting costs
  • Make better business decisions with the knowledge about how businesses use budgeted data in combination with a formalized decision-making process
  • Increase success in your career with the skills, techniques, and tool kit provided by this course

About the Instructor:

Scott Paxton is a Certified Public Accountant and holds master's degrees in business administration and accounting. His background includes experience as a public accountant, a manager in the banking industry, an entrepreneur and a college business instructor. Paxton has also spent much of his career helping small business owners successfully optimize their business operations, budgets and strategic plans.

 

 

Fee: $115.00
Delivery Method: Online

This course is offered through our partners at ed2go.  These courses are fun, fast, convenient, easy to use, and led by an expert instructor.  Courses run for six weeks and you have 24/7 access to two lessons each week. Each lesson is accompanied by a short, multiple-choice quiz, and some lessons include hands-on assignments.

You will receive an e-mail with course access information upon completion of your enrollment.

Important: All online courses through the Center for Business & Industry are non-credit courses.  For college credit programs and courses please visit www.DaytonaState.edu.

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Business Budgeting for Beginners
10/12/2022 12:00 AM

This course will introduce different strategies employed during the budgeting process, the techniques and tools commonly used to make budgeting forecasts, the components of a basic operating budget, and how businesses make certain decisions that may impact their budgeted amounts.

If the idea of creating a budget for your business, department, or project seems overwhelming, this course will alleviate all of those fears. Taught in an approachable and relatable format, this course walks you through the budgeting process so you can go from numbers averse to budgeting super-hero. The downloadable templates included in the course allow you to easily and quickly take what you learn and apply it to your job. The storytelling used throughout the course makes the topic more approachable and engaging so you can obtain the soft skills that will help you be successful implementing and tracking a budget in the real world. Finally, the course challenge is something that will pique your curiosity at the beginning of the course and provide motivation to complete the course and continue learning the material.

A company's budgeting process involves a lot more than just rows and columns of numbers on a spreadsheet. The reality is that budgeting is a sometimes organic and sometimes organized process. Most often, it's an equal mix of both in an attempt to add some level of certainty to an uncertain future. These processes are what we are going to explore in this course. You will be introduced to different strategies employed during the budgeting process, the techniques and tools that are commonly used to make budgeting forecasts, the components of a basic operating budget, and how businesses make certain decisions that may impact their budgeted amounts.

Requirements:

Hardware Requirements:

  • This course can be taken on either a PC or Mac.

Software Requirements:

  • PC: Windows 8 or later.
  • Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
  • Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
  • Adobe Acrobat Reader.
  • Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.

Other:

  • Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.

Instructional Material Requirements:

The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online.

In this comprehensive, beginner-friendly course, you will learn the elementary skills needed to be successful in the budgeting process and work gradually work your way up to creating a budget. You will also discover how to best evaluate the results of your budget and make decisions to help your business maximize its profits.

 

Predicting the Future

In our first lesson, you'll explore how budgeting at its core is a process of looking forward. It's about making informed predictions about the future. Next, you'll see how a company's vision can lead to setting goals for the company. These visions are often aspirational and state the path for where the company plans to go in the future. Then, we'll also start the conversation about the human side of budgeting.

Budget Strategies

In this lesson, you'll begin to look at various budgeting strategies, including strategic, capital, and operations budgeting techniques. The lesson will include some real-life examples of planning activities, and to further bring these concepts to life, you'll work with a fictional company, Curly's Pool Service and Supplies, by helping Curly formulate some plans and budgets!

It's All About Sales!

This lesson will focus all on sales, specifically the role that sales play in the budgeting process. We'll examine the best practices for compiling a sales forecast and how to increase the chances that the sales forecast will actually mimic real life. We'll also discover how to create an inventory that needs a budget to determine just how much inventory to purchase based on a sales forecast. Finally, we'll discuss how to formulate a labor requirements budget to accurately project just how much labor you may need to employ to meet the needs of the company, again based on the sales forecast.

Cost Behavior – Part 1

In this lesson, we are going to detour a bit from the actual preparation of a budget and dive into how certain types of costs behave. Understanding how costs increase or decrease relative to an activity is an essential part of learning how to accurately budget for costs in a business. So, in the upcoming chapters, you're going to discover how to distinguish between variable, fixed, and mixed costs. We will use these cost types to calculate the contribution margin for the business. Then, we will show you how to use contribution margin to make certain predictions and decisions in a business. Most notably, you'll see how to use contribution margin to calculate the all-important break-even point and margin of safety for a business.

Cost Behavior – Part 2

This lesson will be a continuation of the discussion about cost behavior. In the lesson, you'll explore how to evaluate a company's sales mix and how to calculate operating leverage using tools given throughout the course. Operating leverage is just another key component of cost analysis that will allow you to, once again, easily make projections about the future. We'll end the lesson with a discussion about how companies set prices for the products and services they offer. You can probably guess that this process is a bit more involved than just selecting a price out of thin air. It's actually an essential part of a company's overall budgeting process and should not be taken lightly.

Expense and Manufacturing Production Budgets

In this lesson, we'll examine the steps needed to build both a direct materials budget and a direct labor budget. We'll also examine how a manufacturing company budgets for manufacturing overhead. All of these components are key to developing an overall production budget for a business that manufactures a product. Finally, we will end this lesson by describing the components of a production budget.

Cash Is King!

In this lesson, we'll discuss how to prepare a complete cash budget for a business. You'll get the chance to take an even closer look at how a company might forecast cash collections from credit sales and cash payments on credit purchases for big-ticket items like inventory or other expensive capital projects. We'll even take a look at how some companies mitigate the risk of running out of cash by utilizing lines of credit and other sources of cash instead of just relying on cash generated from sales.

Capital Budgeting

In this lesson, you'll learn some of the basic methodologies that can be applied in many different capital budgeting scenarios. The lesson will begin with an explanation of a technique that does not include an evaluation of how time impacts the valuation of money. Then, you'll learn how the passage of time and its impact on the value of a dollar is incorporated into capital budgeting decisions. Since capital projects often span years, or even decades in some cases, the time value of money is key to improving accuracy in budgeting for capital projects. The lesson will finish up with a thorough review of, perhaps, the most common technique that is used in capital budgeting decisions: net present value.

Business Decision-Making – Part 1

In this lesson and the one that follows, we're going to explore how businesses use budgeted data in combination with a formalized decision-making process to improve their chances of making better decisions. For a business, a better decision is one that maximizes profit and aligns with the company's goals and values. We'll start with an examination of what types of budgeted information are relevant to making a decision and what types of information you can ignore. You'll see the differences between quantitative and qualitative information and how each can be used to improve decision-making. Then we'll finish up with an example including some specific steps you can use as a model for making better decisions.

Business Decision-Making – Part 2

In this lesson, you'll continue to practice with these same techniques by applying them to a few other common business decisions. You'll start by examining how a business uses budgeted information to make the choice to replace an existing asset with a new asset, such as replacing an old piece of manufacturing equipment with a brand-new one. Next, you'll explore how a business might use budgeted information when deciding whether to eliminate a product or service that it offers. We'll finish up the lesson by examining one of the most critical business decisions you'll ever need to make: how to allocate your most scarce resource to maximize profit in your business.

Bringing It All Together

In this lesson and the one that follows, we will focus on how best to evaluate the financial stability and performance of the business using budgeted information. We'll start by taking a close look at using the components of a company's operating budget to compile the pro forma balance sheet. Next, we'll examine the steps needed to prepare the pro forma income statement, again by using the information found in many of the other operating budget components. To finish up the lesson, we'll dive into some straightforward techniques that are useful to evaluate the balances found on the pro forma balance sheet and income statements.

Evaluation, Control, and Methods

In our last lesson, we'll spend more time on the budget evaluation process by examining how companies use variance analysis to evaluate differences between actual results and the budget. To keep things manageable, we'll stick to the basics here so that you're equipped with some tools to take with you when applying these techniques in a real company. As part of this process, we'll take a look at how budget variances are defined and interpreted. Then, we'll discuss some techniques like flexible budgeting to evaluate and isolate certain budget fluctuations in a way that provides clarity to a business owner or manager. We'll finish up the lesson with a brief discussion of the budgetary control process and the soft skills needed for this process.

 

What you will learn:

  • Learn about planning strategies and how they are used to keep a budget aligned with its vision
  • Obtain knowledge of cost behavior and how forecasts are used to ensure accuracy in future planning and budgeting
  • Develop various approaches to plan for general and administrative expenses
  • Gain tools and techniques used for a formal decision-making process
  • Master how best to evaluate the financial stability and performance of a business using budgeted information

How you will benefit:

  • Learning how businesses think about budgeting will help you to make informed predictions about the future with strategic planning
  • Become more valuable to your employer or business by accurately budgeting costs
  • Make better business decisions with the knowledge about how businesses use budgeted data in combination with a formalized decision-making process
  • Increase success in your career with the skills, techniques, and tool kit provided by this course

About the Instructor:

Scott Paxton is a Certified Public Accountant and holds master's degrees in business administration and accounting. His background includes experience as a public accountant, a manager in the banking industry, an entrepreneur and a college business instructor. Paxton has also spent much of his career helping small business owners successfully optimize their business operations, budgets and strategic plans.

 

 

Fee: $115.00
Delivery Method: Online

This course is offered through our partners at ed2go.  These courses are fun, fast, convenient, easy to use, and led by an expert instructor.  Courses run for six weeks and you have 24/7 access to two lessons each week. Each lesson is accompanied by a short, multiple-choice quiz, and some lessons include hands-on assignments.

You will receive an e-mail with course access information upon completion of your enrollment.

Important: All online courses through the Center for Business & Industry are non-credit courses.  For college credit programs and courses please visit www.DaytonaState.edu.

Read more
Business Budgeting for Beginners
11/16/2022 12:00 AM

This course will introduce different strategies employed during the budgeting process, the techniques and tools commonly used to make budgeting forecasts, the components of a basic operating budget, and how businesses make certain decisions that may impact their budgeted amounts.

If the idea of creating a budget for your business, department, or project seems overwhelming, this course will alleviate all of those fears. Taught in an approachable and relatable format, this course walks you through the budgeting process so you can go from numbers averse to budgeting super-hero. The downloadable templates included in the course allow you to easily and quickly take what you learn and apply it to your job. The storytelling used throughout the course makes the topic more approachable and engaging so you can obtain the soft skills that will help you be successful implementing and tracking a budget in the real world. Finally, the course challenge is something that will pique your curiosity at the beginning of the course and provide motivation to complete the course and continue learning the material.

A company's budgeting process involves a lot more than just rows and columns of numbers on a spreadsheet. The reality is that budgeting is a sometimes organic and sometimes organized process. Most often, it's an equal mix of both in an attempt to add some level of certainty to an uncertain future. These processes are what we are going to explore in this course. You will be introduced to different strategies employed during the budgeting process, the techniques and tools that are commonly used to make budgeting forecasts, the components of a basic operating budget, and how businesses make certain decisions that may impact their budgeted amounts.

Requirements:

Hardware Requirements:

  • This course can be taken on either a PC or Mac.

Software Requirements:

  • PC: Windows 8 or later.
  • Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
  • Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
  • Adobe Acrobat Reader.
  • Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.

Other:

  • Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.

Instructional Material Requirements:

The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online.

In this comprehensive, beginner-friendly course, you will learn the elementary skills needed to be successful in the budgeting process and work gradually work your way up to creating a budget. You will also discover how to best evaluate the results of your budget and make decisions to help your business maximize its profits.

 

Predicting the Future

In our first lesson, you'll explore how budgeting at its core is a process of looking forward. It's about making informed predictions about the future. Next, you'll see how a company's vision can lead to setting goals for the company. These visions are often aspirational and state the path for where the company plans to go in the future. Then, we'll also start the conversation about the human side of budgeting.

Budget Strategies

In this lesson, you'll begin to look at various budgeting strategies, including strategic, capital, and operations budgeting techniques. The lesson will include some real-life examples of planning activities, and to further bring these concepts to life, you'll work with a fictional company, Curly's Pool Service and Supplies, by helping Curly formulate some plans and budgets!

It's All About Sales!

This lesson will focus all on sales, specifically the role that sales play in the budgeting process. We'll examine the best practices for compiling a sales forecast and how to increase the chances that the sales forecast will actually mimic real life. We'll also discover how to create an inventory that needs a budget to determine just how much inventory to purchase based on a sales forecast. Finally, we'll discuss how to formulate a labor requirements budget to accurately project just how much labor you may need to employ to meet the needs of the company, again based on the sales forecast.

Cost Behavior – Part 1

In this lesson, we are going to detour a bit from the actual preparation of a budget and dive into how certain types of costs behave. Understanding how costs increase or decrease relative to an activity is an essential part of learning how to accurately budget for costs in a business. So, in the upcoming chapters, you're going to discover how to distinguish between variable, fixed, and mixed costs. We will use these cost types to calculate the contribution margin for the business. Then, we will show you how to use contribution margin to make certain predictions and decisions in a business. Most notably, you'll see how to use contribution margin to calculate the all-important break-even point and margin of safety for a business.

Cost Behavior – Part 2

This lesson will be a continuation of the discussion about cost behavior. In the lesson, you'll explore how to evaluate a company's sales mix and how to calculate operating leverage using tools given throughout the course. Operating leverage is just another key component of cost analysis that will allow you to, once again, easily make projections about the future. We'll end the lesson with a discussion about how companies set prices for the products and services they offer. You can probably guess that this process is a bit more involved than just selecting a price out of thin air. It's actually an essential part of a company's overall budgeting process and should not be taken lightly.

Expense and Manufacturing Production Budgets

In this lesson, we'll examine the steps needed to build both a direct materials budget and a direct labor budget. We'll also examine how a manufacturing company budgets for manufacturing overhead. All of these components are key to developing an overall production budget for a business that manufactures a product. Finally, we will end this lesson by describing the components of a production budget.

Cash Is King!

In this lesson, we'll discuss how to prepare a complete cash budget for a business. You'll get the chance to take an even closer look at how a company might forecast cash collections from credit sales and cash payments on credit purchases for big-ticket items like inventory or other expensive capital projects. We'll even take a look at how some companies mitigate the risk of running out of cash by utilizing lines of credit and other sources of cash instead of just relying on cash generated from sales.

Capital Budgeting

In this lesson, you'll learn some of the basic methodologies that can be applied in many different capital budgeting scenarios. The lesson will begin with an explanation of a technique that does not include an evaluation of how time impacts the valuation of money. Then, you'll learn how the passage of time and its impact on the value of a dollar is incorporated into capital budgeting decisions. Since capital projects often span years, or even decades in some cases, the time value of money is key to improving accuracy in budgeting for capital projects. The lesson will finish up with a thorough review of, perhaps, the most common technique that is used in capital budgeting decisions: net present value.

Business Decision-Making – Part 1

In this lesson and the one that follows, we're going to explore how businesses use budgeted data in combination with a formalized decision-making process to improve their chances of making better decisions. For a business, a better decision is one that maximizes profit and aligns with the company's goals and values. We'll start with an examination of what types of budgeted information are relevant to making a decision and what types of information you can ignore. You'll see the differences between quantitative and qualitative information and how each can be used to improve decision-making. Then we'll finish up with an example including some specific steps you can use as a model for making better decisions.

Business Decision-Making – Part 2

In this lesson, you'll continue to practice with these same techniques by applying them to a few other common business decisions. You'll start by examining how a business uses budgeted information to make the choice to replace an existing asset with a new asset, such as replacing an old piece of manufacturing equipment with a brand-new one. Next, you'll explore how a business might use budgeted information when deciding whether to eliminate a product or service that it offers. We'll finish up the lesson by examining one of the most critical business decisions you'll ever need to make: how to allocate your most scarce resource to maximize profit in your business.

Bringing It All Together

In this lesson and the one that follows, we will focus on how best to evaluate the financial stability and performance of the business using budgeted information. We'll start by taking a close look at using the components of a company's operating budget to compile the pro forma balance sheet. Next, we'll examine the steps needed to prepare the pro forma income statement, again by using the information found in many of the other operating budget components. To finish up the lesson, we'll dive into some straightforward techniques that are useful to evaluate the balances found on the pro forma balance sheet and income statements.

Evaluation, Control, and Methods

In our last lesson, we'll spend more time on the budget evaluation process by examining how companies use variance analysis to evaluate differences between actual results and the budget. To keep things manageable, we'll stick to the basics here so that you're equipped with some tools to take with you when applying these techniques in a real company. As part of this process, we'll take a look at how budget variances are defined and interpreted. Then, we'll discuss some techniques like flexible budgeting to evaluate and isolate certain budget fluctuations in a way that provides clarity to a business owner or manager. We'll finish up the lesson with a brief discussion of the budgetary control process and the soft skills needed for this process.

 

What you will learn:

  • Learn about planning strategies and how they are used to keep a budget aligned with its vision
  • Obtain knowledge of cost behavior and how forecasts are used to ensure accuracy in future planning and budgeting
  • Develop various approaches to plan for general and administrative expenses
  • Gain tools and techniques used for a formal decision-making process
  • Master how best to evaluate the financial stability and performance of a business using budgeted information

How you will benefit:

  • Learning how businesses think about budgeting will help you to make informed predictions about the future with strategic planning
  • Become more valuable to your employer or business by accurately budgeting costs
  • Make better business decisions with the knowledge about how businesses use budgeted data in combination with a formalized decision-making process
  • Increase success in your career with the skills, techniques, and tool kit provided by this course

About the Instructor:

Scott Paxton is a Certified Public Accountant and holds master's degrees in business administration and accounting. His background includes experience as a public accountant, a manager in the banking industry, an entrepreneur and a college business instructor. Paxton has also spent much of his career helping small business owners successfully optimize their business operations, budgets and strategic plans.

 

 

Fee: $115.00
Delivery Method: Online

This course is offered through our partners at ed2go.  These courses are fun, fast, convenient, easy to use, and led by an expert instructor.  Courses run for six weeks and you have 24/7 access to two lessons each week. Each lesson is accompanied by a short, multiple-choice quiz, and some lessons include hands-on assignments.

You will receive an e-mail with course access information upon completion of your enrollment.

Important: All online courses through the Center for Business & Industry are non-credit courses.  For college credit programs and courses please visit www.DaytonaState.edu.

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Internet Marketing Series 2 of 5 - Websites that Convert
9/8/2022 5:30 PM

For many small businesses, marketing means having a social media page and maybe a website. To effectively market your business and its products or services, marketing needs to be much more than that. This series of 5 workshops are designed to develop an effective and unified marketing plan for your small business or nonprofit.

This free series will be recorded and sent out to all registrants regardless if they attended.

Topics will include:

#1 - Creating a Connected Brand

#2 - Websites that Convert

#3 - Create 6 Months of Social Media in One day

#4 - How to Blog for SEO

#5 - Email Marketing for 2021

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Internet Marketing Series 3 of 5 - Create 6 Months of Social Media in One Day
9/15/2022 5:30 PM

For many small businesses, marketing means having a social media page and maybe a website. To effectively market your business and its products or services, marketing needs to be much more than that. This series of 5 workshops are designed to develop an effective and unified marketing plan for your small business or nonprofit.

This series will be recorded and sent out to all registrants regardless if they attended.

Topics will include:

#1 - Creating a Connected Brand

#2 - Websites that Convert

#3 - Create 6 Months of Social Media in One day

#4 - How to Blog for SEO

#5 - Email Marketing for 2021

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Internet Marketing Series 4 of 5 - How to Blog for SEO
9/22/2022 5:30 PM

For many small businesses, marketing means having a social media page and maybe a website. To effectively market your business and its products or services, marketing needs to be much more than that. This series of 5 workshops are designed to develop an effective and unified marketing plan for your small business or nonprofit.

This series will be recorded and sent out to all registrants regardless if they attended.

Topics will include:

#1 - Creating a Connected Brand

#2 - Websites that Convert

#3 - Create 6 Months of Social Media in One day

#4 - How to Blog for SEO

#5 - Email Marketing for 2021

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Internet Marketing Series 5 of 5 - Email Marketing for 2022
9/29/2022 5:30 PM

For many small businesses, marketing means having a social media page and maybe a website. To effectively market your business and its products or services, marketing needs to be much more than that. This series of 5 workshops are designed to develop an effective and unified marketing plan for your small business or nonprofit.

This series will be recorded and sent out to all registrants regardless if they attended.

Topics will include:

#1 - Creating a Connected Brand

#2 - Websites that Convert

#3 - Create 6 Months of Social Media in One day

#4 - How to Blog for SEO

#5 - Email Marketing for 2021

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Starting Your New Business
9/7/2022 6:00 PM

This workshop is designed to guide you through the steps necessary for starting a business.

It covers the different legal business entities, licenses needed, taxes and insurance. We explain what business plans are all about and show you how to collect business information and research. You will learn about capital funding and the lender's view of the borrower.

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Overview of SBA Programs and Services
9/8/2022 12:00 PM

This class covers the programs and services the Small Business Administration (SBA) has to offer to help you start and grow your business. Although the SBA is usually associated with loans, this overview will run through the SBA Loan Programs as well as other programs and services including Counseling, Export Assistance, Government Contracting, Surety Bonds, Disaster Assistance, and Advocacy Services.

Presenter:
Lonnie Koyama
Lead Economic Development Specialist
South Florida District Office
U.S. Small Business Administration

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Alcance a sus clientes en línea con Google
9/13/2022 5:00 PM

Aprende cómo encontrar tu negocio en línea con Google. Este taller explica cómo funciona el Buscador de Google y cómo puedes mejorar la visibilidad de tu página web a través de la optimización de motores de búsqueda (SEO). La sesión también presenta productos como Google Mi Negocio, Google Trends, Search Console, Google Analytics, Google Ads y más.

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Ponga su negocio en la búsqueda de Google y Maps
9/14/2022 5:00 PM

Aparecer cuando los clientes realizan búsquedas en línea es más importante que nunca. Asegúrese de que los clientes puedan encontrar información precisa y actualizada sobre su empresa local en la Búsqueda de Google y Google Maps, sin importar qué dispositivo utilizan. En este taller, aprenderá a crear y administrar un perfil comercial de Google de principio a fin.

En esta sesión, le mostraremos cómo:

  • Crea o reclama tu perfil comercial en Google

  • Administre la información de su empresa en la Búsqueda de Google y Maps

  • Utilice Perfil empresarial de Google para conectarse con clientes potenciales

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How to Set a Price for Your Product or Service
9/20/2022 5:30 PM

This workshop will cover five methods of product pricing with step-by-step instructions on how to implement them. 

The methods discussed will include:

- Value Added Pricing

- Cost Plus Pricing

- Modified Cost Plus Pricing

- Competitive Pricing

- Value Based Pricing

 

Viewers will also learn how to combine some of these methods to determine a specific price and sales volume while generating a profit amount that is specified as part of the process.

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Leadership- A Blueprint to Success
2/23/2023 7:00 PM
  • Is your (sending) reputation helping you or harming you?
  • Are your messages making it to the inbox? 
  • Or are they going to the junk folder?

 

Your sending reputation, or how email service providers judge your mail, can determine whether your messages are ever seen. If the emails that you send generate a lot of spam complaints, your sending reputation will deteriorate and future messages will be harder to get to the inbox. On the other hand, if recipients are engaged with your messages, your sending reputation will be stronger and your messages will be more likely to make it to the inbox. 

Join Constant Contact’s Top Trainer, Ken Countess, to learn how to improve your sender score and get your emails seen.

 

This event is FREE

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Franchises - An Easier Way to Owning a Business
9/28/2022 5:30 PM

Owning a franchise is one way to become an entrepreneur. A franchisor provides the planning, brand name and promotional support the franchisee needs to get started. Attend this workshop to see if a franchise is right for you. 

In the webinar we will answer the following questions:

  • Have you always wanted to be your own boss but didn't quite know how to get started?
  • Would you like to take control of your future and live a more flexible lifestyle?
  • Do you want to build equity and wealth for your future?

If you've answered "yes" to one or more of the above questions, this workshop may be right for you! Join for an interactive workshop, including:

  • Understand what it takes to be a franchise business owner
  • Learn about the advantages of becoming your own boss
  • How to find the right franchise

And many other topics!

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How Data Analytics Can Help Your Business
9/29/2022 7:00 PM

Data analytics is all about turning your raw business data into actionable knowledge. It has become a critical topic across the business world. No matter the size of your business or non-profit entity, understanding big data and business analytics is an increasingly important and desired skill. This free workshop will cover the basics of data analytics for those who do not specialize in this field, but want a baseline understanding of the industry, common tools and techniques, and some of its most practical applications.

Pre-registration is required for this free event.

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Regional Business Connections Event
10/12/2022 8:00 AM

As a business owner, making connections with other business owners in order to grow your network is crucial. Making the time to represent your business, your purpose and yourself - in addition to learning about other businesses around you - is a great way to increase visibility in the Daytona Beach region.

All members of the Daytona Regional Chamber of Commerce are welcome to join fellow members and staff for the Open Regional Business Connections group. This RBC Group has no limitations on the amount of businesses per industry that can attend, and each meeting features a guest presenter.

The Open RBC Group will meet Wednesday, September 14 from 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. at the Daytona Regional Chamber office, located at 126 E. Orange Ave., Daytona Beach.

Advanced registration is recommended, and there is no fee to attend. Save your spot now to grow your network.

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Regional Business Connections Event
11/9/2022 8:00 AM

As a business owner, making connections with other business owners in order to grow your network is crucial. Making the time to represent your business, your purpose and yourself - in addition to learning about other businesses around you - is a great way to increase visibility in the Daytona Beach region.

All members of the Daytona Regional Chamber of Commerce are welcome to join fellow members and staff for the Open Regional Business Connections group. This RBC Group has no limitations on the amount of businesses per industry that can attend, and each meeting features a guest presenter.

The Open RBC Group will meet Wednesday, September 14 from 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. at the Daytona Regional Chamber office, located at 126 E. Orange Ave., Daytona Beach.

Advanced registration is recommended, and there is no fee to attend. Save your spot now to grow your network.

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Regional Business Connections Event
12/14/2022 8:00 AM

As a business owner, making connections with other business owners in order to grow your network is crucial. Making the time to represent your business, your purpose and yourself - in addition to learning about other businesses around you - is a great way to increase visibility in the Daytona Beach region.

All members of the Daytona Regional Chamber of Commerce are welcome to join fellow members and staff for the Open Regional Business Connections group. This RBC Group has no limitations on the amount of businesses per industry that can attend, and each meeting features a guest presenter.

The Open RBC Group will meet Wednesday, September 14 from 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. at the Daytona Regional Chamber office, located at 126 E. Orange Ave., Daytona Beach.

Advanced registration is recommended, and there is no fee to attend. Save your spot now to grow your network.

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SEV Leadership Program 2022
9/15/2022 8:00 AM

TODOSEV Leadership is a program of the Southeast Volusia Chamber of Commerce designed for the community’s active leaders. The program equips graduates with the skills, knowledge, and contacts needed as they accept the challenge to become a more visible resource to the community. This eight-week journey is designed to develop high level leadership skills by introducing participants to community resources.

Participants will be engaged in challenging and motivating exercises to develop their leadership and professional skills through:

  • Interactive seminars

  • Dedicated leadership coursework from certified trainers

  • Meetings with key community leadership

  • Site Visits including AdventHealth, Marine Discovery Center, Boston Whaler, Bajio Sunglasses, & more!

The SEV Leadership Program is the opportunity to make an investment in yourself, your company, your community, and in your fellow classmates. Every session provides the chance to share your passion, your energy, and your unique skillset. You can be a driving force in building new friendships and discovering ways to collaborate so together everyone can achieve more. Allowing yourself to be immersed in every facet of the leadership experience brings you inspiration, empowerment and so much more.

 

Class is every Thursday starting September 15, 2022 from 8:00 am - 1:00 pm through November 3, 2022.

Opening Reception: Wednesday, September 14 from 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Graduation Ceremony: Thursday, November 10

Class size is limited to 20 participants.

Member Registration: $1,200
Non-Member Registration: $1,650
Non-Profit Registration: $900

Includes opening reception, the 8 week course, a graduation dinner, and a graduation gift.

If you need assistance or have questions about registering for this event, please contact Stephanie Ford at sford@sevchamber.com and (386) 428-2449.

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Economic Prosperity Hour
10/19/2022 7:45 AM

This event is designed as an informational meeting with Economic Prosperity updates from County and City elected officials, City staff, Ormond Mainstreet and a local residential and commercial real estate update. The event features a speaker related to Economic Development or Government Affairs.

Featured Speaker: Dr. Patrick Han, Medical Director, University of Florida Health, Department of Neurosurgery at Halifax Health Medical Center

 

Held 6 times a year, every other month.

Average attendance is 50 community leaders.

Members Advance online registration is $10, at the door $15, and Future Members is $25.

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Access To Capital: After the Honeymoon - Keeping the Financial Fire Alive in Your Business
9/6/2022 6:00 PM

The AAEA proudly presents nationally recognized industry leaders that bring small business training, coaching, and marketing services right to your computer or mobile device. These professionals are dedicated to educating and equipping minority-owned businesses to build assets and operate more efficiently in order to compete effectively within the marketplace. These once-a-week Zoom workshops are FREE to participants and sponsored by the AAEA and its partners.

 

Your Presenter:

JJ Conway, a Pastor, Physicist, and Financial Planner, was the first Black to serve as a physicist in the Air Force, despite being told by the Air Force, “Blacks can’t do physics.” She served for 23 years and founded and chaired the Nuclear Threats Community of Interest, one of our Nations’ top technical bodies comprised of 17 different agencies. Although science will always be her first love, JJ became a financial planner after returning from a 6-month military trip to discover her house sold, divorce papers, and over $845,000 debt to her name. Adapting to life as a military single mom, JJ learned how money worked and how to make it work for her quickly yet ethically. She now teaches others the same personal growth and financial management skills that allowed her to dump that debt and begin building wealth. She also mirrors these principles when working with businesses to improve processes, people, and profit. She will bring that enthusiasm and positive money management energy to the AAEA Access to Capital Workshop Series.

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Access To Capital: Building Black Dynasties: Breaking Down the Last Barrier to Black Wealth
9/13/2022 6:00 PM

The AAEA proudly presents nationally recognized industry leaders that bring small business training, coaching, and marketing services right to your computer or mobile device. These professionals are dedicated to educating and equipping minority-owned businesses to build assets and operate more efficiently in order to compete effectively within the marketplace. These once-a-week Zoom workshops are FREE to participants and sponsored by the AAEA and its partners.

 

Your Presenter:

Dr. LaTanya White is an expert in belonging, racial equity, and entrepreneurship. As a result of her leadership, impact, and contributions to the Education and Business Administration sectors, Dr. White was recognized by the U.S. Department of State as a Fulbright Specialist. She leverages her research and expertise on Black entrepreneurship and the racial wealth gap to help entrepreneurs and the inclusive organizations that support them create racial equity in their policies, practices, and programming. Dr. White is a 2x author, TEDx Speaker, and Founder of Concept Creative Group, a professional and management development training firm focused on empowering Black entrepreneurs, their families, and their communities.

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Access To Capital: The Importance of Bookkeeping
9/20/2022 6:00 PM

The AAEA proudly presents nationally recognized industry leaders that bring small business training, coaching, and marketing services right to your computer or mobile device. These professionals are dedicated to educating and equipping minority-owned businesses to build assets and operate more efficiently in order to compete effectively within the marketplace. These once-a-week Zoom workshops are FREE to participants and sponsored by the AAEA and its partners.

 

Your Presenter:

Kim Arne, founder and owner of BbK Services 556 in Lewisville, TX., is a graduate of Central State University, where she earned two degrees: BS in Accounting and BS in Computer Information Systems. Kim works with businesses and individuals covering a wide variety of industries, including healthcare, government, landscaping, law, manufacturing, retail, and real estate, to name a few! Kim has solutions for keeping books for a private enterprise, non-profit service, or individual. She takes pride in developing an efficient and informative view of her client’s finances so they can make the best decisions to reach their goals.

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Access To Capital: 3 Strategies to Increase Sales through Stories
9/27/2022 6:00 PM

The AAEA proudly presents nationally recognized industry leaders that bring small business training, coaching, and marketing services right to your computer or mobile device. These professionals are dedicated to educating and equipping minority-owned businesses to build assets and operate more efficiently in order to compete effectively within the marketplace. These once-a-week Zoom workshops are FREE to participants and sponsored by the AAEA and its partners.

 

Your Presenter:

Mothyna James-Brightful is described as "energetic, passionate, and inspirational" by audiences. Affectionately known as Sister Mothyna, during her 16-year professional speaking career, she has logged over 40,000 hours on stage. During this time, Mothyna has trained over 100,000 individuals.



In recognition of her works, she has appeared in publications such as The Daily Record, Ebony Magazine, Be What I Want to Be Magazine, and The Afro-American Newspapers. With four publications under her belt, she is the author of the Amazon Bestseller Engage Inspire Prevent: Strategies for Educating Teens on Sexual Violence and co-author of Speak Up: The Ultimate Guide to Dominate the Speaking Industry. For 17 years, Mothyna was the co-founder and Visionary Director of Heal a Woman to Heal a Nation, Inc. (HWHN). She committed to outrageously serving women leaders to authentically create massive personal and professional success. Sister Mothyna currently helps coaches, speakers, leaders, and entrepreneurs to elevate their public speaking skills as the CEO of Stage Ready Speakers. Don't miss this impactful zoom!

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AAEA & SBA Zoom Workshop: Financing your Company Fixed Asset with the SBA 504 Loan Program
9/12/2022 12:00 PM

The AAEA proudly presents nationally recognized industry leaders that bring small business training, coaching, and marketing services right to your computer or mobile device. These professionals are dedicated to educating and equipping minority-owned businesses to build assets and operate more efficiently in order to compete effectively within the marketplace. These Zoom workshops are FREE to participants and sponsored by the AAEA and its partners.

 

Your Presenters:

Annie Grogan, Lender Relations Specialist, SBA

Kristen Tackett, VP & Bus. Dev. Officer, Florida First Capital Finance Corporation



What is the SBA 504 Loan Program?

*Co-lender financing for growing and expanding small businesses designed to facilitate the acquisition of capital fixed assets, such as commercial real estate / or long-life machinery and equipment.

 

Participants in the 504 Loan Program can:

*Borrow up to $5 million

*Get up to 90% financing for their loan amount

*Get below-market, fixed interest rates with 10,20 or 25-year terms

*Use loan proceeds for debt refinancing

 

During this webinar, you will learn:

*How 504 Loans work and are structured

*Who is eligible and how to qualify for 504 loans

*All eligible use of proceeds

*All terms and conditions associated with the program

 

SBA's participation in this activity is not an endorsement of any sponsor, other person, or entity's views, opinions, products, or services. Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities will be made if requested at least (2) two weeks in advance. Contact Ana Grogan: ana.grogan@sba.gov

 

 

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Combine Facebook & Email Marketing for Maximum Results
9/27/2022 7:00 PM

If you're like most business owners, finding innovative, cost-effective ways to stay ahead of your competition is always on your mind.

You want to get maximum exposure out of your marketing efforts without breaking your budget.

Join us for an informative, fast-moving session on the Power of Email Marketing and Facebook Marketing, two of the best marketing tools available for small business and non-profits and relied upon by millions of organizations across the country.

You'll learn how to integrate email marketing with one of the most powerful social media tools - quickly and easily.

Our Presenter:

Ken Countess is Constant Contact's top trainer and an award-winning marketer, trainer, and presenter as well as an internationally accredited expert in Email and Social Media marketing. Don't miss this chance to hear Ken in action. Attendees at Ken's events always come away with ideas that they can implement immediately.

 

Pre-registration is required for this event. 

When registering, be sure to click the option that let's us provide the Sponsor (Ken) with your name and email, if you want him to contact you with additional information.

 

This event is FREE.

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Should I Own a Small Business?
9/21/2022 5:30 PM

This workshop will discuss the characteristics, backgrounds and mindsets of successful small business owners. This should allow you to see whether you have what it takes to succeed as an entrepreneur. We will also show you how to evaluate your skills to understand what areas you need to work on to increase your chances of success.

This workshop will cover the following topics:

What is entrepreneurship?

What is the entrepreneurial process?

Is entrepreneurship limited to certain age groups or gender?

Do I need a college degree in business to be successful?

What are the paths to owning a business?

How do successful entrepreneurs think?

What are the personal characteristics of successful entrepreneurs?

What are the chances my business will succeed?

How will I know if I have the skills needed to succeed?

 

Pre-registration is required for this free event.

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Should I Own a Small Business?
9/24/2022 9:30 AM

We will discuss the major reasons for assembling a plan, whether or not you need to obtain financing for your business. We will cover what should be in your plan and how to assemble the information you need using library and other resources.

This workshop will cover the following topics:

  • What is a business plan?
  • What are the main reasons for developing a business plan?
  • If I don't need to raise capital to start my business, do I still need a business plan?
  • If I do need to raise capital, what will lenders want in my business plan?
  • Where can I find a business plan template I can use to get started?
  • What are the main sections of a business plan?
  • Where can I get the information I will need in a business plan?

 

This webinar is FREE.

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Understanding Business Loan Proposals
9/29/2022 1:00 PM

Do you have a great idea for a business and the only thing standing in your way is the money to give it some legs? Or, you already own your own business but could use some extra capital to take things to the next level? You have come to the right place! In this presentation, you will learn the ins and outs of business loan proposals.

The following topics will be covered:

  • “5 C’s of Credit”: Character, Capacity, Capital, Collateral, and Conditions. In addition, 

  • How to obtain a loan for a start-up

  • How to obtain a loan for an existing business

  • How to obtain a loan to buy a business

Join us for this FREE webinar presentation and learn how to open the door to your business dream.

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Starting Your New Business
10/5/2022 6:00 PM

This workshop is designed to guide you through the steps necessary for starting a business.

It covers the different legal business entities, licenses needed, taxes and insurance. We explain what business plans are all about and show you how to collect business information and research. You will learn about capital funding and the lender's view of the borrower.

This workshop is free.

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SWOT Your Business
10/4/2022 7:00 PM

SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) analysis is fundamental in identifying the critical factors of your business and the foundation of developing your strategic plan for a successful future. This session will cover the key aspects of a SWOT analysis and how it fits into your business's strategic plan.

Attend this webinar to:

  • Learn what a SWOT analysis is and why it is so important
  • Understand when and where the SWOT analysis fits in the strategic planning process

  • Develop an understanding of how to do a SWOT analysis for your business

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Get Started with QuickBooks (QB01)
10/12/2022 6:00 PM

This basic QuickBooks Online class will show you why tracking your finances is important to being successful in your business. It will also teach you about the different types of QuickBooks subscriptions and help you determine the best one for you. Finally, we will review the set up options to help you get started right.

Part 1 of 3.

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Tax Boot Camp for Small Business Owners
10/19/2022 6:00 PM

This seminar is specifically developed for small business owners who have little to no experience or understanding of the role and impact of income taxes on their businesses. It is facilitated by experienced Tax Professionals and is designed to provide ideas and tax strategies that can be shared with one's tax advisor.

This seminar is free.

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HOW TO BUILD DYNAMIC WORKPLACE CULTURE
9/20/2022 8:30 AM

Join us

for the Ormond Beach Chamber of Commerce

BOSS Program: Business Owners Sharing Solutions.

BOSS is a bi-annual, educational platform for the business community and promotes professional development. Topic will change for each event.....

 

HOW TO BUILD DYNAMIC WORKPLACE CULTURE

The Character & Personality of Your Organization

 

Speaker Panel: 


Denise De La Chapelle, First Vice President, Branch Manager, Morgan Stanley 
Skip Lilly, Sale & Marketing, Vision HR
Jan Miller, Director of Hospice & Palliative Care, Halifax Health 
Tyler Williams, President & CEO, Stonewood Grill & Tavern and Houligans 

 

MODERATOR: Brent O'Quinn, President, O'Quinn Insurance 

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Coffee With a Leader - 3 easy tips to triple sales, profits & results
9/22/2022 8:00 AM
  • Morning Routine to conquer your day
  • Daily Activity that drives Results
  • Spheres of Influence and how to leverage relationships

Join our presenter, Cynthia Blackwell from Cynthia Blackwell Consulting as she shares tips for busy professionals to succeed.

Plan your work - Work your plan is the motto by which Cynthis lives her life, personally and professionally.  With an energy and enthusiasm level possessed by few, she sparks life into her work and a lot of laughter.  Cynthia is a trusted business consultant and coach, a respected philanthropist, and a coveted speaker.

 

Attendees leave her presentations excited and empowered with tools they can implement now!

This event is free.

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Employee Benefits What is available to you?
10/4/2022 7:45 AM

 

Employee Benefits What is available to you?

HR Division Meeting

 

When: October 4 - 7:45 am to 9 am

Hosted by: By Lite

Where: 1420 Hockney Ct, Port Orange, FL 32128

 

Come join us on October 4th for a speed dating approach to employee benefits! Each of the companies

represented will open the meeting with five minutes to describe what their companies do. Then our

very own Krista Graves will pepper them with pertinent questions that you need to know.

Our panelists

companies will be:

  • Bouchard Insurance
  • Foundation Risk Partners
  • Assured Partners
  • Vision HR
  • Murray Insurance
  • Hylant
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Candidate HobNob 2022
10/4/2022 4:00 PM

“Join the Daytona Regional Chamber of Commerce and the Volusia Young Professionals Group for Hobnob 2022. This event is an old-fashioned political rally that has plenty of good food, complimentary beer and wine, music, prizes, and live radio broadcasts. There will also be a "straw vote" on several key elections/issues that affect Volusia County. This event is open to the public!

 

Hobnob 2022 will be taking place on Tuesday, October 4 from 4:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. at ERAU - Henderson Welcome Center (600 S. Clyde Morris Blvd., Daytona Beach).

 

With 35+ candidates in attendance and over 130+ attendees - this is an event you don't want to miss.

 

Candidates can secure a table for $150. Registration is $20 for chamber members and the public.

 

For questions or sponsorship opportunities, please contact Shawn Richmond, Director of Advocacy, at 386.255.7174 or email shawn@daytonachamber.com

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Access To Capital: Opportunity is Knocking
10/11/2022 6:00 PM

The AAEA proudly presents nationally recognized industry leaders that bring small business training, coaching, and marketing services right to your computer or mobile device. These professionals are dedicated to educating and equipping minority-owned businesses to build assets and operate more efficiently in order to compete effectively within the marketplace. These once-a-week Zoom workshops are FREE to participants and sponsored by the AAEA and its partners.

 

Your Presenter:

 

Parker Van Hart

will present the

Opportunity is knocking, what are you waiting for? Taking that first leap can be terrifying. How do you know if it’s the right idea at the right time?

 

Parker Van Hart has launched companies in the Sales, Construction, and Restaurant industries. He now uses the knowledge gained over his long and varied career to guide others with a passion to follow their own entrepreneurial dreams. Van Hart's own Entrepreneurial Mindset has led to 30+ years of experience working in higher education, as a restaurateur, and creating and/or working for B2B and B2C sales organizations. He has grown small businesses, refined systems, and processes created strong brands, developed innovative marketing plans, and established customer-centric company cultures. On the Corporate Innovation side, he led the Customer Retention and Communications programs for the first digital cell phone company, PrimeCo PCS for the southeastern US in the early 1990s. Parker Van Hart currently leads the University of Florida's Gator Hatchery, a student business incubator, and lectures for both the Warrington College of Business and UF's Innovation Academy on Creativity and Innovation in Business.

 

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Volusia Business Resource Week - Meet the Pros - Day One - County and Cities
10/31/2022 12:00 PM

Volusia Business Resources Week takes place October 31 to November 4, 2022.

Each day will offer a virtual lunch time presentation from the business resource partners vested in the success of Volusia area businesses and entrepreneurs.  

The presenters will introduce the participants to each of their organizations and programs they offer to businesses at all stages of growth.

Monday, October 31 - County and City Economic Development Organizations
12:00 PM Welcome and brief overview of the VBR Initiative Brad Harris
12:03 PM About VBR Website Video - Katrina Friel
12:05 ‐ 12:09 PM Volusia County Economic Development (VCED) - Helga van Eckert
12:10 ‐ 12:14 PM Team Volusia Economic Development Corporation - Keith Norden
12:15 ‐ 12:19 PM CEO Business Alliance - Kent Sharples
12:20 ‐ 12:24 PM Daytona Beach Shores - Nancy Maddox
12:25 ‐ 12:29 PM DeLand - Nick Conte
12:29 ‐12:34 PM Ormond Beach - Brian Rademacher
12:34 ‐ 12:38 PM Next Steps ‐ Annual Survey Brad Harris
12:39 ‐ 12:45 PM Q&A
12:45 Thank you and Wrap up - VCED

Learn more HERE!

Volusia Business Resources Week Flyer - Day One

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Volusia Business Resource Week - Meet the Pros - Day Two - Cities
11/1/2022 12:00 PM

Volusia Business Resources Week takes place October 31 to November 4, 2022.

Each day will offer a virtual lunch time presentation from the business resource partners vested in the success of Volusia area businesses and entrepreneurs.  

The presenters will introduce the participants to each of their organizations and programs they offer to businesses at all stages of growth.

Tuesday, November 1 - City Economic Development Organizations
12:00 PM Welcome and brief overview of the VBR Initiative
12:03 PM About VBR Website Video
12:05 ‐ 12:09 PM Orange City - Becky Mendez
12:10 ‐ 12:14 PM Daytona Beach - Jeff Brown
12:15 ‐ 12:19 PM Holly Hill - John Cox
12:20 ‐ 12:24 PM Deltona - Terrilyn Bostwick
12:25 ‐ 12:29 PM Port Orange - Tim Burman
12:30 ‐ 12:34 PM Edgewater - Samantha Bergeron
12:35 ‐ 12:39 PM South Daytona - Patty Rippey
12:40 ‐ 12:44 PM DeBary - Rochelle Greiner
12:45 ‐ 12:55 PM New Smyrna Beach - Chris Edwards
12:55 Q&A

Learn more HERE!

Volusia Business Resources Week Flyer - Day Two
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Volusia Business Resource Week - Meet the Pros - Day Three - Incubators and Post-Secondary Education
11/2/2022 12:00 PM

Volusia Business Resources Week takes place October 31 to November 4, 2022.

Each day will offer a virtual lunch time presentation from the business resource partners vested in the success of Volusia area businesses and entrepreneurs.  

The presenters will introduce the participants to each of their organizations and programs they offer to businesses at all stages of growth.

Wednesday, November 2 Incubators and Post‐Secondary Education
12:00 PM Welcome and brief overview of the VBR Initiative
12:03 PM About VBR Website Video
12:05 ‐ 12:09 PM SBDC - Trecia Marchand
12:10 ‐ 12:14 PM Stetson PaCE - Bud Hanson
12:15 ‐ 12:19 PM UCF Incubator - Connie Garzon
12:20 ‐ 12:24 PM Daytona State College - Frank Mercer
12:25 ‐ 12:29 PM Embry-Riddle Micaplex - Stephanie Miller, PhD
12:30 ‐ 12:34 Bethune Cookman University - Rashanda Denson
12:35 PM ‐ 12:45 PM Q& A
12:55 Thank you and Wrap up - VCED

Learn more HERE!

Volusia Business Resources Week Flyer - Day Three
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Volusia Business Resource Week - Meet the Pros - Day Four - Chambers of Commerce
11/3/2022 12:00 PM

Volusia Business Resources Week takes place October 31 to November 4, 2022.

Each day will offer a virtual lunch time presentation from the business resource partners vested in the success of Volusia area businesses and entrepreneurs.  

The presenters will introduce the participants to each of their organizations and programs they offer to businesses at all stages of growth.

Thursday, November 3 Chambers of Commerce
12:00 PM Welcome and brief overview of the VBR Initiative
12:03 PM About VBR Website Video
12:05 ‐ 12:09 PM Holly Hill Chamber - Lura Willhite
12:10 ‐ 12:14 PM Port Orange and South Daytona Chamber - Debbie Connors
12:15 ‐ 12:19 PM Ormond Beach Chamber of Commerce - Debbie Cotton
12:20 ‐ 12:24 PM DeLand Chamber & Orange City Alliance - Janet Knauff
12:25 ‐ 12:29 PM Daytona Regional Chamber - Ken Phelps
12:30 ‐ 12:34 PM West Volusia Regional Chamber of Commerce - Sherry DeCrenza
12:35 ‐ 12:39 PM Urban Chamber - Kennedy Jacobs
12:40 to 12:44 PM Volusia Hispanic Chamber - Joe Hearn
12:45 ‐ 12:55 PM Q&A
12:55 Thank you and Wrap up - VCED

Learn more HERE!Volusia Business Resources Week Flyer - Day Foiur

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Volusia Business Resource Week - Meet the Pros - Day Five - Workforce, Mentors and Associations
11/4/2022 12:00 PM

Volusia Business Resources Week takes place October 31 to November 4, 2022.

Each day will offer a virtual lunch time presentation from the business resource partners vested in the success of Volusia area businesses and entrepreneurs.  

The presenters will introduce the participants to each of their organizations and programs they offer to businesses at all stages of growth.

Friday, November 4 Workforce, Mentors and Associaitons
12:00 PM Welcome and brief overview of the VBR Initiative
12:03 PM About VBR Website Video
12:05 ‐ 12:09 PM CareerSource - Robin King
12:10 ‐ 12:14 PM SEV Manufacturing - Bliss Jamison
12:15 ‐ 12:19 PM SCORE - Adrienne Barker
12:20 ‐ 12:24 PM AAEA - Leslie Giscombe
12:25 ‐ 12:29 PM VMA - Jessica Lovatt
12:30 ‐ 12:34 PM One Million Cups - Alex Szinegh
12:35 ‐ 12:39 PM West Volusia Advertising Authority - Georgia Turner
12:40 ‐ 12:44 PM Halifax Area Advertising Authority - Lori Campbell Baker
12:45 ‐ 12:55 PM New Smyrna Beach Visitors Bureau - Debbie Meihls
12:55 Q&A

Learn more HERE!

Volusia Business Resources Week Flyer - Day Five

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Tourism Partner Day
11/4/2022 8:00 AM

Due to the ongoing recovery by many of our CVB partners from the effects of Hurricane Ian, Tourism Partner Day has been rescheduled to November 4, 2022. The event will take place at the originally planned location, Daytona Beach International Airport, from 8:00-10:30 am. The theme of this year's breakfast and networking event is "Soaring Into 2023."

Tourism Partner Day will include a roll out of the destination's new "Beach On" campaign by the Zimmerman Agency, the Daytona Beach Area Convention and Visitors Bureau's new agency of record. Digital Edge will also be on hand to provide an overview of the CVB's meetings and conventions marketing efforts. In addition, CVB Partners in attendance will have the opportunity to sign up for free and paid co-op advertising opportunities.

Breakfast and networking will begin at 8:00 am. The program starts at 9:00 am.

 

There is no cost to attend this event, 

 

Click here to  RSVP your attendance.

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Win Customers with Your Website
10/13/2022 7:00 PM

How do you set your website up to win over customers? Your website has to attract and engage visitors, educate them about your products and services, and convert them into customers. Success begins with a plan!

This webinar, presented by Co-Founder of Cardsetter, Jessica Baldwin, will show you the key elements your website needs to succeed.

After the session, you’ll have a better understanding of:

  • The critical role your website plays in your online marketing strategy 
  • The features and tools you'll need to execute your plan
  • How to get everything working together to achieve your goals
  • How to set your website up to attract, engage, and convert your ideal customers

Attendees will receive a free website planning workbook.

Our Presenter:

Jessica Baldwin | Co-Founder | Cardsetter  

Jessica is the Co-Founder of Cardsetter, a new and easy-to-use website platform with custom design and setup included. Jessica has been helping small businesses launch successful websites for over seven years.

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Access To Capital: Disaster Recovery - Understanding the Insurance Process
10/18/2022 6:00 PM

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Charletta Spicer presents Disaster Recovery: Understanding the Insurance Process. Charletta is an Independent Consultant that specializes in building relationships. With over 30 years of corporate insurance experience & a track record of community advocacy, she is able to help both individuals & organizations build better-quality relationships. As a Speaker/Author/Coach, she provides workshops, training, and coaching to help clients improve their quality of life by cultivating interactions with the people that have the capacity to make or break their success in life. Her clients include individuals, corporations, churches, and nonprofits. She has appeared as a guest on international podcasts, speaking events, and Cable talk shows.

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Access to Capital - Fall Series Finale
10/25/2022 6:00 PM

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Rufus D. Stephens presents Now What? Mr. Stephens’ passion for public speaking has been longstanding, as he has lent his voice to eager ears for over twenty-five years. He has won numerous awards for his much-loved presentations.  In 2015, Mr. Stephens formed a motivational speaking business called “Raisin’ the Rufe Communications”.  His empowering presentations are always geared to energize the listener toward personal appreciation and active accomplishment.

Listed among his appreciative audiences are the DePaul Alumni Association, the Department of Energy, Kiwanis International, the Georgia House of Representatives, the National Hookup of Black Women, and Savannah State University.

Mr. Stephens is also a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Delta Eta Chapter.

"It is not as important when you bloom, as that you bloom!" - Rufus Stephens

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Accounting Fundamentals
12/14/2022

Gain a marketable new skill by learning the basics of double-entry bookkeeping, financial reporting, and more.

In this comprehensive course, you will learn the basics of double-entry bookkeeping, as well as how to analyze and record financial transactions. You will get hands-on experience with handling accounts receivable, accounts payable, payroll procedures, sales taxes, and various common banking activities.

Accounting Fundamentals covers all the bases, from writing checks to preparing an income statement and closing out accounts at the end of each fiscal period. Whether you're a sole proprietor looking to manage your business finances or you simply want to gain an understanding of accounting basics for career advancement or for personal use, this course will give you a solid foundation in financial matters.

 

Requirements:

Hardware Requirements:

  • This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.

Software Requirements:

  • PC: Windows 8 or later.
  • Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
  • Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox are preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
  • Adobe Acrobat Reader.
  • Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.

Other:

  • Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
  • A calculator and a printer.

Instructional Material Requirements:

The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online.

 

If you want to increase your financial awareness and gain a marketable skill, this course is for you. You will learn the double-entry bookkeeping, financial transactions, financial reporting, and more.

 

Account Classifications, Account Titles, T Accounts, and the Accounting Equation

Welcome to Accounting Fundamentals! In this first lesson, you will learn all about account classifications, debits, credits, and T accounts. You will learn the difference between a liability and an asset and find out how to determine an owner's equity.

General Ledger Accounts and the Balance Sheet

Here's where you will begin your hands-on accounting practice: You will start by creating an imaginary company for which you will be the accountant. You will learn how to analyze your company's transactions to determine which amounts go into which accounts, then you will create your company's own General Ledger forms and post a few transactions into those accounts.

Journalizing Transactions and Posting to the General Ledger

Now that you understand the functions of the General Ledger, you're ready to move on to the next phase of recording transactions: the Journal. In this lesson, you will learn how to enter transactions into an 11-column journal and then post or transfer those amounts into appropriate General Ledger accounts.

Journalizing and Posting Cash and Charge Purchases and Payments on Account

In this lesson, you will learn all about Accounts Payable--money that you owe your vendors and suppliers. You will practice journalizing cash purchases and purchases on account, and you will get hands-on practice transferring those purchases to their corresponding Accounts Payable Ledger accounts.

Journalizing and Posting Cash and Charge Sales and Cash Received on Account

In this lesson, you will learn about Accounts Receivable, which is another name for money owed to your company by its customers. You will learn how to journalize and post those sales on account, how to enter charge sales into the journal, and how to transfer the information into an Accounts Receivable Ledger.

Payroll and Various Deductions

It's payday! This lesson will teach you how to determine gross pay, deductions, and net pay. You will learn how to prepare a payroll, write payroll checks, and how to prepare and maintain accurate payroll records.

Banking Services and Reports

In this lesson, you will learn all about banks and banking services: You will learn the proper way to write checks, make out deposit tickets, and reconcile your company's checking account with the bank statement--skills you will find valuable in both your business and personal life!

Posting Journal Totals to the General Ledger and Schedule of Accounts Payable and Schedule of Accounts Receivable

This lesson will teach you how to prepare a Schedule of Accounts Payable and a Schedule of Accounts Receivable. These reports can be used to compare the amount of money your business owes its creditors with the amount of money your customers owe your business.

End-Of-Year Worksheet

In this lesson, you will prepare a worksheet showing the net income or net loss for the fiscal period. The worksheet will show all income and expenses for the fiscal period as well as the assets, liabilities, and owner's equity account balances.

End-Of-Year Financial Reports

In this lesson, you will learn how to prepare various reports that are vital to the well-being of your company. You will learn how these reports can be used to make sound financial decisions in the next fiscal period. You will discover how to put together an Owner's Equity Statement, an Income Statement, and a Distribution of Net Income.

Journalizing and Posting Adjusting Entries

In this lesson, you will prepare for the end of the fiscal period by adjusting your asset account balances to accurately reflect the assets remaining at the end of the year. You will also find out how to journalize and post adjusting and closing entries to bring your company's General Ledger up to date.

Journalizing and Posting Closing Entries and Preparing a Post Closing Trial Balance

In the final lesson, you will prepare a Post Closing Trial Balance report to ensure that all of your debits and credits in the General Ledger balance out in preparation for the new fiscal period.

 

What you will learn

  • Learn the basics of double-entry bookkeeping, as well as how to analyze and record financial transactions
  • Get hands-on experience with handing accounts receivable, accounts payable, payroll procedures, sales taxes, and various common banking activities
  • Learn about writing checks, preparing an income statement, and closing out accounts at the end of a fiscal period

How you will benefit

  • Learn everything you need to know to better manage your finances
  • Gain a solid understanding of accounting basics to be able to manage business finances or advance your career
  • Open the door to more career opportunities in the in-demand field of accounting and finance

 

Accounting Fundamentals
Fee: $115.00
Dates: 12/14/2022 - 2/4/2023
Delivery Method: Online

This course is offered through our partners at ed2go.  These courses are fun, fast, convenient, easy to use, and led by an expert instructor.  Courses run for six weeks and you have 24/7 access to two lessons each week. Each lesson is accompanied by a short, multiple-choice quiz, and some lessons include hands-on assignments.

You will receive an e-mail with course access information upon completion of your enrollment.

Important: All online courses through the Center for Business & Industry are non-credit courses.  For college credit programs and courses please visit www.DaytonaState.edu.

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Business Budgeting for Beginners
12/14/2022

This course will introduce different strategies employed during the budgeting process, the techniques and tools commonly used to make budgeting forecasts, the components of a basic operating budget, and how businesses make certain decisions that may impact their budgeted amounts.

 

If the idea of creating a budget for your business, department, or project seems overwhelming, this course will alleviate all of those fears. Taught in an approachable and relatable format, this course walks you through the budgeting process so you can go from numbers averse to budgeting super-hero. The downloadable templates included in the course allow you to easily and quickly take what you learn and apply it to your job. The storytelling used throughout the course makes the topic more approachable and engaging so you can obtain the soft skills that will help you be successful implementing and tracking a budget in the real world. Finally, the course challenge is something that will pique your curiosity at the beginning of the course and provide motivation to complete the course and continue learning the material.

A company's budgeting process involves a lot more than just rows and columns of numbers on a spreadsheet. The reality is that budgeting is a sometimes organic and sometimes organized process. Most often, it's an equal mix of both in an attempt to add some level of certainty to an uncertain future. These processes are what we are going to explore in this course. You will be introduced to different strategies employed during the budgeting process, the techniques and tools that are commonly used to make budgeting forecasts, the components of a basic operating budget, and how businesses make certain decisions that may impact their budgeted amounts.

 

Requirements:

Hardware Requirements:

  • This course can be taken on either a PC or Mac.

Software Requirements:

  • PC: Windows 8 or later.
  • Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
  • Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
  • Adobe Acrobat Reader.
  • Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.

Other:

  • Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.

Instructional Material Requirements:

The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online.

 

In this comprehensive, beginner-friendly course, you will learn the elementary skills needed to be successful in the budgeting process and work gradually work your way up to creating a budget. You will also discover how to best evaluate the results of your budget and make decisions to help your business maximize its profits.

 

Predicting the Future

In our first lesson, you'll explore how budgeting at its core is a process of looking forward. It's about making informed predictions about the future. Next, you'll see how a company's vision can lead to setting goals for the company. These visions are often aspirational and state the path for where the company plans to go in the future. Then, we'll also start the conversation about the human side of budgeting.

Budget Strategies

In this lesson, you'll begin to look at various budgeting strategies, including strategic, capital, and operations budgeting techniques. The lesson will include some real-life examples of planning activities, and to further bring these concepts to life, you'll work with a fictional company, Curly's Pool Service and Supplies, by helping Curly formulate some plans and budgets!

It's All About Sales!

This lesson will focus all on sales, specifically the role that sales play in the budgeting process. We'll examine the best practices for compiling a sales forecast and how to increase the chances that the sales forecast will actually mimic real life. We'll also discover how to create an inventory that needs a budget to determine just how much inventory to purchase based on a sales forecast. Finally, we'll discuss how to formulate a labor requirements budget to accurately project just how much labor you may need to employ to meet the needs of the company, again based on the sales forecast.

Cost Behavior – Part 1

In this lesson, we are going to detour a bit from the actual preparation of a budget and dive into how certain types of costs behave. Understanding how costs increase or decrease relative to an activity is an essential part of learning how to accurately budget for costs in a business. So, in the upcoming chapters, you're going to discover how to distinguish between variable, fixed, and mixed costs. We will use these cost types to calculate the contribution margin for the business. Then, we will show you how to use contribution margin to make certain predictions and decisions in a business. Most notably, you'll see how to use contribution margin to calculate the all-important break-even point and margin of safety for a business.

Cost Behavior – Part 2

This lesson will be a continuation of the discussion about cost behavior. In the lesson, you'll explore how to evaluate a company's sales mix and how to calculate operating leverage using tools given throughout the course. Operating leverage is just another key component of cost analysis that will allow you to, once again, easily make projections about the future. We'll end the lesson with a discussion about how companies set prices for the products and services they offer. You can probably guess that this process is a bit more involved than just selecting a price out of thin air. It's actually an essential part of a company's overall budgeting process and should not be taken lightly.

Expense and Manufacturing Production Budgets

In this lesson, we'll examine the steps needed to build both a direct materials budget and a direct labor budget. We'll also examine how a manufacturing company budgets for manufacturing overhead. All of these components are key to developing an overall production budget for a business that manufactures a product. Finally, we will end this lesson by describing the components of a production budget.

Cash Is King!

In this lesson, we'll discuss how to prepare a complete cash budget for a business. You'll get the chance to take an even closer look at how a company might forecast cash collections from credit sales and cash payments on credit purchases for big-ticket items like inventory or other expensive capital projects. We'll even take a look at how some companies mitigate the risk of running out of cash by utilizing lines of credit and other sources of cash instead of just relying on cash generated from sales.

Capital Budgeting

In this lesson, you'll learn some of the basic methodologies that can be applied in many different capital budgeting scenarios. The lesson will begin with an explanation of a technique that does not include an evaluation of how time impacts the valuation of money. Then, you'll learn how the passage of time and its impact on the value of a dollar is incorporated into capital budgeting decisions. Since capital projects often span years, or even decades in some cases, the time value of money is key to improving accuracy in budgeting for capital projects. The lesson will finish up with a thorough review of, perhaps, the most common technique that is used in capital budgeting decisions: net present value.

Business Decision-Making – Part 1

In this lesson and the one that follows, we're going to explore how businesses use budgeted data in combination with a formalized decision-making process to improve their chances of making better decisions. For a business, a better decision is one that maximizes profit and aligns with the company's goals and values. We'll start with an examination of what types of budgeted information are relevant to making a decision and what types of information you can ignore. You'll see the differences between quantitative and qualitative information and how each can be used to improve decision-making. Then we'll finish up with an example including some specific steps you can use as a model for making better decisions.

Business Decision-Making – Part 2

In this lesson, you'll continue to practice with these same techniques by applying them to a few other common business decisions. You'll start by examining how a business uses budgeted information to make the choice to replace an existing asset with a new asset, such as replacing an old piece of manufacturing equipment with a brand-new one. Next, you'll explore how a business might use budgeted information when deciding whether to eliminate a product or service that it offers. We'll finish up the lesson by examining one of the most critical business decisions you'll ever need to make: how to allocate your most scarce resource to maximize profit in your business.

Bringing It All Together

In this lesson and the one that follows, we will focus on how best to evaluate the financial stability and performance of the business using budgeted information. We'll start by taking a close look at using the components of a company's operating budget to compile the pro forma balance sheet. Next, we'll examine the steps needed to prepare the pro forma income statement, again by using the information found in many of the other operating budget components. To finish up the lesson, we'll dive into some straightforward techniques that are useful to evaluate the balances found on the pro forma balance sheet and income statements.

Evaluation, Control, and Methods

In our last lesson, we'll spend more time on the budget evaluation process by examining how companies use variance analysis to evaluate differences between actual results and the budget. To keep things manageable, we'll stick to the basics here so that you're equipped with some tools to take with you when applying these techniques in a real company. As part of this process, we'll take a look at how budget variances are defined and interpreted. Then, we'll discuss some techniques like flexible budgeting to evaluate and isolate certain budget fluctuations in a way that provides clarity to a business owner or manager. We'll finish up the lesson with a brief discussion of the budgetary control process and the soft skills needed for this process.

 

What you will learn

  • Learn about planning strategies and how they are used to keep a budget aligned with its vision
  • Obtain knowledge of cost behavior and how forecasts are used to ensure accuracy in future planning and budgeting
  • Develop various approaches to plan for general and administrative expenses
  • Gain tools and techniques used for a formal decision-making process
  • Master how best to evaluate the financial stability and performance of a business using budgeted information

How you will benefit

  • Learning how businesses think about budgeting will help you to make informed predictions about the future with strategic planning
  • Become more valuable to your employer or business by accurately budgeting costs
  • Make better business decisions with the knowledge about how businesses use budgeted data in combination with a formalized decision-making process
  • Increase success in your career with the skills, techniques, and tool kit provided by this course

 

Business Budgeting for Beginners
Fee: $115.00
Dates: 12/14/2022 - 2/4/2023
Delivery Method: Online

This course is offered through our partners at ed2go.  These courses are fun, fast, convenient, easy to use, and led by an expert instructor.  Courses run for six weeks and you have 24/7 access to two lessons each week. Each lesson is accompanied by a short, multiple-choice quiz, and some lessons include hands-on assignments.

You will receive an e-mail with course access information upon completion of your enrollment.

Important: All online courses through the Center for Business & Industry are non-credit courses.  For college credit programs and courses please visit www.DaytonaState.edu.

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Creating a Successful Business Plan
11/16/2022

Turn your business ideas into a solid plan for financing and long-term success. Committing your idea to paper in the form of a business plan not only increases your chances of obtaining financing, but also in keeping your business strategically focused. You will work through all the major components of writing a business plan and emerge with your first draft in hand. Most importantly, you will have completed the first—and most difficult—step on the path to small business success.

 

Requirements:

Hardware Requirements:

  • This course can be taken on either a PC or Mac.

Software Requirements:

  • PC: Windows 8 or later.
  • Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
  • Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox are preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
  • Microsoft Word or other word processing program (not included in enrollment).
  • Adobe Acrobat Reader.
  • Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.

Other:

  • Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.

Instructional Material Requirements:

The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online.

 

Turn your business ideas into a solid plan for financing and long-term success. This course will guide you through all the major components of writing a business plan and you'll emerge with your first draft in hand.

 

A Strategy for Success

In this first lesson, you will meet several leading entrepreneurs and determine if you have similar passions and skill sets. You will discover that business plans are not just for funding your dream, but for guiding it along the path to success (as you choose to define it).

Defining Your Business

Now, you will start to mold your business. You will develop a vision and a mission for your enterprise. You will define and refine your product or service, and you will uncover your niche. This is the fun part of the journey—your only limitation is your imagination.

The Role of the Customer

This lesson will focus on the customer. Successful companies focus not on the products and services that they offer, but on the customers that they serve—on many levels. You will learn to position your company to be customer-centric, and how to move that customer from satisfied to loyal (and perhaps even an advocate for your business).

Structuring Your Organization

In this lesson, you will structure your organization so it's in the best position to provide your product or service to your targeted customers. You will discover the role that change plays in your entrepreneurial evolution. Change is good—it shows that you're thinking.

The Marketing Plan

This lesson explores the plan within the plan—the marketing section of your business plan. You will also discover the features and benefits of your product or service, and you will begin the ongoing task of market research. This is where you can differentiate your product or service from that of your competition.

The Competition

This lesson will explore three separate areas of marketing. First, you will learn about your competitors so that you can better position yourself and discover just how solid your business ideas are. Then, you will address one of the most difficult issues of new business—pricing. Finally, you will become a SWOT agent—analyzing strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats.

Marketing in Action

In this lesson, you will join a panel of outstanding marketing, public relations, and graphics experts who are also entrepreneurs and believe in the power of networking. You will explore graphic design, logos, image, public relations, and guerrilla marketing, as well as marketing in action.

Operations and Manufacturing

This lesson tackles operations and manufacturing concerns.

Understanding the Finance Section (Part I)

This lesson takes a bird's eye view of the financial section of a business plan. You will also briefly explore the capital equipment list, the balance sheet, and break-even analysis.

Understanding the Finance Section (Part II)

In this lesson, you will discover three additional financial components of the plan. You will explore the projected income statement, cash flow, and historical financial records. Be sure to take some time to explore the Supplemental Links area (in this lesson and in all the others) for outstanding online resources.

Financing Your Business

This lesson continues the focus on money, but from a different perspective than in the previous two. You will focus on funding and financing opportunities, and by the end, you should have a better understanding of financing. You will also find out where to locate traditional, and not so traditional, sources of funding.

The Final Document

In the final lesson, you will end one journey while beginning another. First, you will write an outstanding executive summary. You will receive a few important document formatting tips, and you will learn what supporting documents you should add to your final business plan. You now hold all the keys to the doors along your entrepreneurial path. Journey well.

 

What you will learn

  • Develop a strategy for success, starting with a detailed business plan
  • Learn the role of the customer in your new business venture
  • Gain an understanding of marketing and all the pieces you will need to know to succeed
  • Understand the financial aspects of starting and running a business
  • Learn how and where to obtain financing

How you will benefit

  • Learn what you will need to know to get a successful start as an entrepreneur
  • Understand how to surround yourself with the right people and tools for success
  • Feel more confident as you step out on your own to achieve your dreams

 

Creating a Successful Business Plan
Fee: $115.00
Dates: 11/16/2022 - 1/7/2023
Delivery Method: Online

This course is offered through our partners at ed2go.  These courses are fun, fast, convenient, easy to use, and led by an expert instructor.  Courses run for six weeks and you have 24/7 access to two lessons each week. Each lesson is accompanied by a short, multiple-choice quiz, and some lessons include hands-on assignments.

You will receive an e-mail with course access information upon completion of your enrollment.

Important: All online courses through the Center for Business & Industry are non-credit courses.  For college credit programs and courses please visit www.DaytonaState.edu.

Read more
Creating a Successful Business Plan
12/14/2022 12:00 AM

Turn your business ideas into a solid plan for financing and long-term success. Committing your idea to paper in the form of a business plan not only increases your chances of obtaining financing, but also in keeping your business strategically focused. You will work through all the major components of writing a business plan and emerge with your first draft in hand. Most importantly, you will have completed the first—and most difficult—step on the path to small business success.

 

Requirements:

Hardware Requirements:

  • This course can be taken on either a PC or Mac.

Software Requirements:

  • PC: Windows 8 or later.
  • Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
  • Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox are preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
  • Microsoft Word or other word processing program (not included in enrollment).
  • Adobe Acrobat Reader.
  • Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.

Other:

  • Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.

Instructional Material Requirements:

The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online.

 

Turn your business ideas into a solid plan for financing and long-term success. This course will guide you through all the major components of writing a business plan and you'll emerge with your first draft in hand.

 

A Strategy for Success

In this first lesson, you will meet several leading entrepreneurs and determine if you have similar passions and skill sets. You will discover that business plans are not just for funding your dream, but for guiding it along the path to success (as you choose to define it).

Defining Your Business

Now, you will start to mold your business. You will develop a vision and a mission for your enterprise. You will define and refine your product or service, and you will uncover your niche. This is the fun part of the journey—your only limitation is your imagination.

The Role of the Customer

This lesson will focus on the customer. Successful companies focus not on the products and services that they offer, but on the customers that they serve—on many levels. You will learn to position your company to be customer-centric, and how to move that customer from satisfied to loyal (and perhaps even an advocate for your business).

Structuring Your Organization

In this lesson, you will structure your organization so it's in the best position to provide your product or service to your targeted customers. You will discover the role that change plays in your entrepreneurial evolution. Change is good—it shows that you're thinking.

The Marketing Plan

This lesson explores the plan within the plan—the marketing section of your business plan. You will also discover the features and benefits of your product or service, and you will begin the ongoing task of market research. This is where you can differentiate your product or service from that of your competition.

The Competition

This lesson will explore three separate areas of marketing. First, you will learn about your competitors so that you can better position yourself and discover just how solid your business ideas are. Then, you will address one of the most difficult issues of new business—pricing. Finally, you will become a SWOT agent—analyzing strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats.

Marketing in Action

In this lesson, you will join a panel of outstanding marketing, public relations, and graphics experts who are also entrepreneurs and believe in the power of networking. You will explore graphic design, logos, image, public relations, and guerrilla marketing, as well as marketing in action.

Operations and Manufacturing

This lesson tackles operations and manufacturing concerns.

Understanding the Finance Section (Part I)

This lesson takes a bird's eye view of the financial section of a business plan. You will also briefly explore the capital equipment list, the balance sheet, and break-even analysis.

Understanding the Finance Section (Part II)

In this lesson, you will discover three additional financial components of the plan. You will explore the projected income statement, cash flow, and historical financial records. Be sure to take some time to explore the Supplemental Links area (in this lesson and in all the others) for outstanding online resources.

Financing Your Business

This lesson continues the focus on money, but from a different perspective than in the previous two. You will focus on funding and financing opportunities, and by the end, you should have a better understanding of financing. You will also find out where to locate traditional, and not so traditional, sources of funding.

The Final Document

In the final lesson, you will end one journey while beginning another. First, you will write an outstanding executive summary. You will receive a few important document formatting tips, and you will learn what supporting documents you should add to your final business plan. You now hold all the keys to the doors along your entrepreneurial path. Journey well.

 

What you will learn

  • Develop a strategy for success, starting with a detailed business plan
  • Learn the role of the customer in your new business venture
  • Gain an understanding of marketing and all the pieces you will need to know to succeed
  • Understand the financial aspects of starting and running a business
  • Learn how and where to obtain financing

How you will benefit

  • Learn what you will need to know to get a successful start as an entrepreneur
  • Understand how to surround yourself with the right people and tools for success
  • Feel more confident as you step out on your own to achieve your dreams

 

Creating a Successful Business Plan
Fee: $115.00
Dates: 12/14/2022 - 2/4/2023
Delivery Method: Online

This course is offered through our partners at ed2go.  These courses are fun, fast, convenient, easy to use, and led by an expert instructor.  Courses run for six weeks and you have 24/7 access to two lessons each week. Each lesson is accompanied by a short, multiple-choice quiz, and some lessons include hands-on assignments.

You will receive an e-mail with course access information upon completion of your enrollment.

Important: All online courses through the Center for Business & Industry are non-credit courses.  For college credit programs and courses please visit www.DaytonaState.edu.

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Accounting Fundamentals
11/16/2022

Accounting Fundamentals   

Gain a marketable new skill by learning the basics of double-entry bookkeeping, financial reporting, and more.

 

In this comprehensive course, you will learn the basics of double-entry bookkeeping, as well as how to analyze and record financial transactions. You will get hands-on experience with handling accounts receivable, accounts payable, payroll procedures, sales taxes, and various common banking activities.

Accounting Fundamentals covers all the bases, from writing checks to preparing an income statement and closing out accounts at the end of each fiscal period. Whether you're a sole proprietor looking to manage your business finances or you simply want to gain an understanding of accounting basics for career advancement or for personal use, this course will give you a solid foundation in financial matters.

 

Requirements:

Hardware Requirements:

  • This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.

Software Requirements:

  • PC: Windows 8 or later.
  • Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
  • Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox are preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
  • Adobe Acrobat Reader.
  • Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.

Other:

  • Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
  • A calculator and a printer.

Instructional Material Requirements:

The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online.

 

If you want to increase your financial awareness and gain a marketable skill, this course is for you. You will learn the double-entry bookkeeping, financial transactions, financial reporting, and more.

 

Account Classifications, Account Titles, T Accounts, and the Accounting Equation

Welcome to Accounting Fundamentals! In this first lesson, you will learn all about account classifications, debits, credits, and T accounts. You will learn the difference between a liability and an asset and find out how to determine an owner's equity.

General Ledger Accounts and the Balance Sheet

Here's where you will begin your hands-on accounting practice: You will start by creating an imaginary company for which you will be the accountant. You will learn how to analyze your company's transactions to determine which amounts go into which accounts, then you will create your company's own General Ledger forms and post a few transactions into those accounts.

Journalizing Transactions and Posting to the General Ledger

Now that you understand the functions of the General Ledger, you're ready to move on to the next phase of recording transactions: the Journal. In this lesson, you will learn how to enter transactions into an 11-column journal and then post or transfer those amounts into appropriate General Ledger accounts.

Journalizing and Posting Cash and Charge Purchases and Payments on Account

In this lesson, you will learn all about Accounts Payable--money that you owe your vendors and suppliers. You will practice journalizing cash purchases and purchases on account, and you will get hands-on practice transferring those purchases to their corresponding Accounts Payable Ledger accounts.

Journalizing and Posting Cash and Charge Sales and Cash Received on Account

In this lesson, you will learn about Accounts Receivable, which is another name for money owed to your company by its customers. You will learn how to journalize and post those sales on account, how to enter charge sales into the journal, and how to transfer the information into an Accounts Receivable Ledger.

Payroll and Various Deductions

It's payday! This lesson will teach you how to determine gross pay, deductions, and net pay. You will learn how to prepare a payroll, write payroll checks, and how to prepare and maintain accurate payroll records.

Banking Services and Reports

In this lesson, you will learn all about banks and banking services: You will learn the proper way to write checks, make out deposit tickets, and reconcile your company's checking account with the bank statement--skills you will find valuable in both your business and personal life!

Posting Journal Totals to the General Ledger and Schedule of Accounts Payable and Schedule of Accounts Receivable

This lesson will teach you how to prepare a Schedule of Accounts Payable and a Schedule of Accounts Receivable. These reports can be used to compare the amount of money your business owes its creditors with the amount of money your customers owe your business.

End-Of-Year Worksheet

In this lesson, you will prepare a worksheet showing the net income or net loss for the fiscal period. The worksheet will show all income and expenses for the fiscal period as well as the assets, liabilities, and owner's equity account balances.

End-Of-Year Financial Reports

In this lesson, you will learn how to prepare various reports that are vital to the well-being of your company. You will learn how these reports can be used to make sound financial decisions in the next fiscal period. You will discover how to put together an Owner's Equity Statement, an Income Statement, and a Distribution of Net Income.

Journalizing and Posting Adjusting Entries

In this lesson, you will prepare for the end of the fiscal period by adjusting your asset account balances to accurately reflect the assets remaining at the end of the year. You will also find out how to journalize and post adjusting and closing entries to bring your company's General Ledger up to date.

Journalizing and Posting Closing Entries and Preparing a Post Closing Trial Balance

In the final lesson, you will prepare a Post Closing Trial Balance report to ensure that all of your debits and credits in the General Ledger balance out in preparation for the new fiscal period.

 

What you will learn

  • Learn the basics of double-entry bookkeeping, as well as how to analyze and record financial transactions
  • Get hands-on experience with handing accounts receivable, accounts payable, payroll procedures, sales taxes, and various common banking activities
  • Learn about writing checks, preparing an income statement, and closing out accounts at the end of a fiscal period

How you will benefit

  • Learn everything you need to know to better manage your finances
  • Gain a solid understanding of accounting basics to be able to manage business finances or advance your career
  • Open the door to more career opportunities in the in-demand field of accounting and finance

 

Fee: $115.00
Dates: 11/16/2022 - 1/7/2023
Delivery Method: Online

This course is offered through our partners at ed2go.  These courses are fun, fast, convenient, easy to use, and led by an expert instructor.  Courses run for six weeks and you have 24/7 access to two lessons each week. Each lesson is accompanied by a short, multiple-choice quiz, and some lessons include hands-on assignments.

You will receive an e-mail with course access information upon completion of your enrollment.

Important: All online courses through the Center for Business & Industry are non-credit courses.  For college credit programs and courses please visit www.DaytonaState.edu.

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10th Annual Florida Veteran Paychecks for Patriots 2022
11/3/2022 10:00 AM
10th Annual Florida Veteran Paychecks for Patriots 2022 Flyer from CareerSource Flagler Volusia
 

Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3282

Elmer J Hawkins Banquet Hall

5810 S. Williamson Blvd.

Port Orange, FL 32128

 

10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Veterans & Eligible Spouses

10:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Open to All

 

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Reach Customers Online with Google
11/2/2022 12:00 PM

Learn how customers find your business online and how to promote your business using Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Smart Campaigns in Google Ads.

In this session attendees will learn how to:

● Improve your website’s visibility in Google’s organic search results, on all devices

● Maximize SEO strategies that are most important in 2021

● Attract new prospects with low-cost advertising

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30 Days of Content Marketing in 90 Minutes
11/2/2022 7:00 PM

Learn how to create effective marketing content quickly and use it across multiple marketing media as part of your marketing strategy. The objective is to make this a manageable part of your monthly operations.

Although essential in today's business world, many businesses flounder when it comes to keeping a fresh, relevant impression in their marketing campaigns. Managing and updating your marketing engagement with clients can seem overwhelming and stressful. Sign up for this free webinar to improve the effectiveness and the efficiency of your marketing.

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Digital Ads - The Ultimate Tool to Grow Your Business
11/2/2022 6:00 PM

Social ads are by far one of the best and fastest ways to grow your business. But most do not know how to best run ads; even worse, many try unsuccessfully and become discouraged about ads altogether. But, there are many industry secrets you may not be aware of when it comes to properly and effectively advertising online to scale your business - would you like to know what they are? In this fun and interactive course you’ll learn:

  • How to determine if you’re ready for for advertising
  • Insider ads secrets and best practices used by the pros
  • How to get the best return on investment (ROI) from your ads
  • Advantages of various ad platforms
  • And so much more!
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How to Set a Price for Your Product or Service
11/3/2022 5:30 PM

This workshop will cover five methods of product pricing with step-by-step instructions on how to implement them.

The methods discussed will include:

  • Value Added Pricing
  • Cost Plus Pricing
  • Modified Cost Plus Pricing
  • Competitive Pricing
  • Value Based Pricing

 

We will also discuss how to combine some of these methods to determine a specific price and sales volume while generating a profit amount that you specify as part of the process.

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Next Level Business – Proven Strategies to H.E.L.P. Grow Your Business
11/3/2022 8:00 AM

In this webinar attendees will learn:

1. Strategies to generate revenue NOW!
2. Networking strategies to build relationships to get more referrals.
3. Get a blueprint to create a “V.I.C.T.O.R.Y” Success Action Plan
4. Learn ways to design, implement, and evaluate a Strategic Business Plan to grow your business.

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Making Sense of Online Marketing: A Simple Checklist for Success
11/8/2022 6:00 PM

The idea of getting your business online can often feel scary and even confusing. With so many moving parts, figuring out what to do and how to do it presents a unique challenge for time-starved small business owners. Don’t worry, once you understand how it all works together you can stop wasting time and focus on the things that actually benefit your business.

If you’re just getting started with online marketing or not seeing the results you’ve hoped for...this session is for you. You’ll learn the foundational elements that will help you get the word out about your business and you won’t need a marketing degree to do it!

In this session attendees will learn:

● How people find you online

● How to set yourself up for success

● How to encourage new and repeat business

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How to Increase Profitability – Part 1 of 2
11/10/2022 5:30 PM

In Part One, the presenter will review how to define realistic profit goals and ways to manage expenses by covering the following topics:

  • Budgeting for Profitability - Entrepreneurs often budget by taking last year's sales and increasing it by a few percent, if they budget at all. This section will take the traditional Revenue - Expenses = Profit equation and turn it around to make sure you are budgeting for profit first.

  • Determining the Owner's Profit - Learn how to determine how much profit you should expect your business to generate and how to make sure it actually ends up in your pocket.

  • Examining Operational Expenses - Entrepreneurs often pay attention to sales and little else. They expect extra sales to result in extra profit, but too often this does not happen. This section examines all categories of operational expense with a goal of significant overhead reduction.

  • Examining Variable Expenses - We will perform a similar analysis of variable expenses to suggest ways to reduce them and increase gross profit. We will also look at the different impacts of operational versus variable expenses and why you should take steps to move expenses from one category into the other.
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How to Increase Profitability – Part 2 of 2
11/17/2022 5:30 PM

In Part Two, the presenter will review ways to increase revenue by covering the following topics:

  • Product Pricing - We will review different methods of product pricing and demonstrate how to determine the impact price changes will have on the number of units sold and gross profit.

  • Price Discounting Strategies - Entrepreneurs often resort to lowering prices when they can't figure out what else to do. We will review alternatives to price discounting first. We will then review nine price discounting strategies along with when to use them, if at all!

  • Product & Customer Profitability Analysis - The 80/20 rule states that 80% of your revenue and profit come from 20% of your customers. The same rule applies to products if you offer multiple products. This section will explain how to figure out which products and which customers are in the 20% and how to get more customers like them.

  • The Sales Funnel - The sales funnel tracks the various stages of a sale from identifying your target market through the closing of a sale. We will demonstrate all the stages, how to move prospects from one stage to the next and how to measure the number and value of prospects at each stage.

  • Tracking Metrics - This section will provide some Key Performance Indicators (or KPIs) you can use to track sales and profitability over time in order to make sure you are headed in the right direction.

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Tackle Quickbooks Online Basics (QB02)
11/10/2022 6:00 PM

Join to learn how to enter basic transactions including creating invoices, making deposits, recording expenses, bills and checks. We will also talk about how to use bank feeds and set up rules to save you time; and walk through a standard process of how to reconcile your accounts. All this, plus tips and tricks within the software you may not be aware of.

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Tax Boot Camp for Small Business Owners
11/12/2022 10:00 AM

This seminar is specifically developed for small business owners who have little to no experience or understanding of the role and impact of income taxes on their businesses. It is facilitated by experienced Tax Professionals and is designed to provide ideas and tax strategies that can be shared with one's tax advisor.

Read more
Franchises - An Easier Way to Owning a Business
11/15/2022 5:30 PM

Owning a franchise is one way to become an entrepreneur. A franchisor provides the planning, brand name and promotional support the franchisee needs to get started. Attend this workshop to see if a franchise is right for you. 

In the webinar, the presenter and panelists will answer the following questions:

  • Have you always wanted to be your own boss but didn't quite know how to get started?

  • Would you like to take control of your future and live a more flexible lifestyle

  • Do you want to build equity and wealth for your future?

If you've answered "yes" to one or more of the above questions, this workshop may be right for you!

Join us for an interactive workshop, including:

  • Understand what it takes to be a franchise business owner

  • Learn about the advantages of becoming your own boss

  • How to find the right franchise

And many other topics!

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Starting Your New Business
11/15/2022 6:00 PM

This workshop is designed to guide you through the steps necessary for starting a business.

It covers the different legal business entities, licenses needed, taxes and insurance. We explain what business plans are all about and show you how to collect business information and research. You will learn about capital funding and the lender's view of the borrower.

Read more
Funding Your Business
11/16/2022 6:00 PM

For people who think they might need funding for their business. It is designed for start-ups and existing businesses with cash flow or capital issues. The seminar explains the various sources of funds, their lending criteria and how they differ.

Read more
30 días de marketing de contenidos en 90 minutos
11/16/2022 7:00 PM

Aprenda a crear contenido de marketing efectivo rápidamente y utilícelo en múltiples medios de marketing como parte de su estrategia de marketing. El objetivo es hacer de esto una parte manejable de sus operaciones mensuales.

Aunque es esencial en el mundo empresarial actual, muchas empresas se tambalean cuando se trata de mantener una impresión fresca y relevante en sus campañas de marketing. Administrar y actualizar su compromiso de marketing con los clientes puede parecer abrumador y estresante. Regístrese en este seminario web gratuito para mejorar la eficacia y la eficiencia de su marketing.

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Protecting Your Brand With Trademarks and Service Marks
11/18/2022 2:30 PM

There are many different steps to consider when starting a new business. One step that is often overlooked but critically important is brand protection.

Join to learn more about how to protect your brand, whether you're just starting your entrepreneurial journey, or have been at it for a few years.

Key Takeaways:

  • The importance of strengthening and protecting your brand

  • What type of mark you should be registering for

  • What to consider if you have already been using your mark or if it is not yet in use

  • Why you should not wait to register your mark.
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Building Your Financial Plan
11/19/2022 9:30 AM

For people who have limited knowledge or understanding of basic accounting and finance. This seminar is intended to explain the methods and need for financial tracking, control and generating the financial projections necessary to develop your plan such as: cash flow, income statement, break evens and balance sheet.

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Protecting Your Brand With Trademarks and Service Marks
11/18/2022 2:30 PM

There are many different steps to consider when starting a new business. One step that is often overlooked but critically important is brand protection. Jubin of Dana legal Services has over 25 years of experience in the world of intellectual property.

Join us to learn more about how to protect your brand, whether you're just starting your entrepreneurial journey, or have been at it for a few years. He will provide guidance and resources for getting your mark registered and some tips and tricks to help you along the way.

 

Key Takeaways:

  • The importance of strengthening and protecting your brand
  • What type of mark you should be registering for
  • What to consider if you have already been using your mark or if it is not yet in use
  • Why you should not wait to register your mark.

This event is FREE

About our Presenter: Jubin Dana is a Registered Patent Attorney with over 25 years of experience. He is the owner and main shareholder of Dana Legal Services. He and his team provide legal counsel in all matters related to intellectual property, including obtaining patents through the US Patent Office, Patent Law, Intellectual Property Law, Trademark Law, Copyright Law, Startup Law, and Negotiation.

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Tax Boot Camp for Small Business Owners
11/12/2022 10:00 AM

This seminar is specifically developed for small business owners who have little to no experience or understanding of the role and impact of income taxes on their businesses. It is facilitated by experienced Tax Professionals and is designed to provide ideas and tax strategies that can be shared with one's tax advisor.

 

THIS EVENT IS FREE

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After Hours at Bluewater Marine
11/10/2022 5:30 PM

After Hours is a monthly networking event hosted by different local businesses.

Join us a Bluewater Marine for cocktails, live music, food, and the opportunity to meet with other business owners and community leaders.

Admission:

$10 - Members

$15 - Non-members

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Determining Product Profit Potential and Target Market
11/14/2022 5:30 PM

This workshop will cover methods of calculating the market potential and estimating the amount of sales and profit you can derive from it using databases available for free through the Jacksonville Public Library. This will include: 

• How to define consumer or business target markets.

• How to include psychographics in the definition.

• Calculating market potential sales and profitability.

 

This webinar is free.

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Starting Your New Business
11/15/2022 6:00 PM

This workshop is designed to guide you through the steps necessary for starting a business.

It covers the different legal business entities, licenses needed, taxes and insurance. We explain what business plans are all about and show you how to collect business information and research. You will learn about capital funding and the lender's view of the borrower.

 

This webinar is free

Read more
Franchises - An Easier Way to Owning a Business
11/15/2022 5:30 PM

Owning a franchise is one way to become an entrepreneur. A franchisor provides the planning, brand name and promotional support the franchisee needs to get started. Attend this workshop to see if a franchise is right for you.

 

You will have the opportunity to hear from local franchise owners live, including

> Presenter, Heidi Simos

> Panelist Craig Linsky

> Panelist Debra Koehler

> Panelist Sesn Rotolo

> Panelist Edward Hawkins

 

Find out why they decided to take the franchise route versus starting from scratch.  

 

In the webinar we will answer the following questions:

> Have you always wanted to be your own boss but didn't quite know how to get started?

> Would you like to take control of your future and live a more flexible lifestyle?

> Do you want to build equity and wealth for your future?

 

If you've answered "yes" to one or more of the above questions, this workshop may be right for you! Join us for an interactive workshop, including:

> Understand what it takes to be a franchise business owner

> Learn about the advantages of becoming your own boss

> How to find the right franchise

And many other topics

Before becoming a career transition coach, presenter Heidi Simos was a successful business woman, working in both the retail and education industries. Early in her career Heidi decided to purchase a learning center franchise and within 4 years, became an award-winning, multi-unit owner of 8 centers across Florida.

Today, Heidi's mission is to educate the 70% of the American population who have a strong desire to be self-sufficient, and coach them to determine if a franchise business is the right fit. Heidi is proud to say that she has helped many people, including several Veterans, achieve the dream of becoming their own boss!

 

This webinar is free.

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Funding Your Business
11/16/2022 6:00 PM

For people who think they might need funding for their business. It is designed for start-ups and existing businesses with cash flow or capital issues. The seminar explains the various sources of funds, their lending criteria and how they differ.

 

This webinar is free

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30 días de marketing de contenidos en 90 minutos
11/16/2022 7:00 PM

Aprenda a

 

crear contenido de marketing efectivo rápidamente

 

y utilícelo en múltiples medios de marketing como parte de su estrategia de marketing. El objetivo es hacer de esto una parte manejable de sus operaciones mensuales.

 

Aunque es esencial en el mundo empresarial actual, muchas empresas se tambalean cuando se trata de mantener una impresión fresca y relevante en sus campañas de marketing. Administrar y actualizar su compromiso de marketing con los clientes puede parecer abrumador y estresante. Regístrese en este seminario web gratuito para

 

mejorar la eficacia y la eficiencia de su marketing.

 

Nuestra presentadora

: Samantha Cruz ha sido propietaria de 4 pequeñas empresas desde 2002 y su pasión es ver a las mujeres empresarias crecer profesionalmente y volverse financieramente independientes. Samantha tiene una maestría en marketing empresarial y es mentora de SCORE.

 

COSTO: Gratis

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How to Increase Profitability – Part 1 of 2
11/10/2022 5:30 PM

In Part One, we will review how to define realistic profit goals and ways to manage expenses by covering the following topics:

 

Budgeting for Profitability - Entrepreneurs often budget by taking last year's sales and increasing it by a few percent, if they budget at all. This section will take the traditional Revenue - Expenses = Profit equation and turn it around to make sure you are budgeting for profit first.

Determining the Owner's Profit - Learn how to determine how much profit you should expect your business to generate and how to make sure it actually ends up in your pocket.

Examining Operational Expenses - Entrepreneurs often pay attention to sales and little else. They expect extra sales to result in extra profit, but too often this does not happen. This section examines all categories of operational expense with a goal of significant overhead reduction.

Examining Variable Expenses - We will perform a similar analysis of variable expenses to suggest ways to reduce them and increase gross profit. We will also look at the different impacts of operational versus variable expenses and why you should take steps to move expenses from one category into the other.

 

Presenter BIO: Craig Linsky is a SCORE mentor and Chairman of the Client Education Committee at SCORE in Jacksonville. Craig worked in the financial services industry for nearly thirty years. For the past ten years, he has designed and taught marketing and other business topics both domestically through SCORE and internationally through the Financial Services Volunteer Corp.

 

This webinar is FREE

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How to Increase Profitability – Part 2 of 2
11/17/2022 5:30 PM

n Part Two, we will review ways to increase revenue by covering the following topics:

Product Pricing - We will review different methods of product pricing and demonstrate how to determine the impact price changes will have on the number of units sold and gross profit.

Price Discounting Strategies - Entrepreneurs often resort to lowering prices when they can't figure out what else to do. We will review alternatives to price discounting first. We will then review nine price discounting strategies along with when to use them, if at all!

Product & Customer Profitability Analysis - The 80/20 rule states that 80% of your revenue and profit come from 20% of your customers. The same rule applies to products if you offer multiple products. This section will explain how to figure out which products and which customers are in the 20% and how to get more customers like them.

The Sales Funnel - The sales funnel tracks the various stages of a sale from identifying your target market through the closing of a sale. We will demonstrate all the stages, how to move prospects from one stage to the next and how to measure the number and value of prospects at each stage.

Tracking Metrics - This section will provide some Key Performance Indicators (or KPIs) you can use to track sales and profitability over time in order to make sure you are headed in the right direction.

Presenter BIO: Craig Linsky is a SCORE mentor and Chairman of the Client Education Committee at SCORE in Jacksonville. Craig worked in the financial services industry for nearly thirty years. For the past ten years, he has designed and taught marketing and other business topics both domestically through SCORE and internationally through the Financial Services Volunteer Corp.

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AAEA & SBA Zoom Workshop: Honoring Veteran-Owned Businesses and Veteran Entrepreneurs Making the Dream Real!
11/22/2022 12:00 PM

The AAEA proudly presents nationally recognized industry leaders that bring small business training, coaching, and marketing services right to your computer or mobile device. These professionals are dedicated to educating and equipping minority-owned businesses to build assets and operate more efficiently in order to compete effectively within the marketplace. These Zoom workshops are FREE to participants and sponsored by the AAEA and its partners.

 

Your Presenters:

Annie Grogan, Lender Relations Specialist, SBA

 

WHO SHOULD ATTEND: 

Current U.S. armed services veterans, transitioning veterans, reservist, national guard, and their spouses who own or want to own/start a business. 

  1. AFTER ATTENDING THIS WEBINAR YOU WILL KNOW/UNDERSTAND:
    • What technical resource centers are available for you and your spouse
    • Small business certification programs specific to Veterans
    • Access to capital programs targeted to Veterans
    • Surplus Federal Personal Property for Veteran-Owned Small Business Program
    • And much more...

 

SBA’s participation in this activity is not an endorsement of the views, opinions, products or services of any sponsor or other person or entity.  Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities will be made if requested at least (2) two weeks in advance. Contact Ana Grogan: ana.grogan@sba.gov

 

 

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Starting Your Own Cottage Food Business
12/1/2022 8:00 AM

Through this webinar participants will be able to:

  • Define a Cottage Food Operation and home-based business as it relates to cottage food operations
  • Identify the agency that regulates cottage food operations
  • Identify foods that fall under cottage food laws
  • Learn what items are necessary for labeling of cottage foods
  • Learn where and how cottage food items can be sold

THIS EVENT IS FREE

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Get New and Repeat Business on Autopilot
11/29/2022 7:00 PM

If you’re a small business or work with them regularly, you know they thrive on bringing in sales from new and existing customers. Wouldn’t it be great if you could bring in those sales more frequently without having to spend a lot of time doing so? We’ll show you some simple ways to use automation to repeatedly reach customers with email marketing.

In this session, you’ll learn how to:

  • Increase email signups with dynamic forms
  • Engage new subscribers with a simple two-part automated series
  • Use click segmentation and automation to send more timely and relevant emails

Workshop Presenter: Ken Countess is Constant Contact's top trainer and an award-winning marketer, trainer, and presenter as well as an internationally accredited expert in Email and Social Media marketing. Don't miss this chance to hear Ken in action. Attendees at Ken's events always come away with ideas that they can implement immediately.

 

THIS EVENT IS FREE

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Market Watch Business Summit presented by Bank of America - Organizational Excellence & Fiscal Growth
12/6/2022 7:30 AM

Get a sneak preview of the 2023 economy at the

 

5th Annual Market Watch Business Summit presented by Bank of America

, a joint program conducted by the

 

Daytona Regional Chamber of Commerce

 

and

 

Team Volusia Economic Development Corporation

The program will consist of two segments again this year. We'll begin with a preview of the local economic outlook through a panel discussion of local industry leaders. This year’s topics and presenters include:

  • ·

     

    Robin King, President & CEO of

     

    CareerSource Flagler Volusia, discussing workforce trends
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    Jason Parker, Vice President & General Manager at

     

    B. Braun, who will share perspectives on manufacturing and preserving supply chains in the wake of the pandemic
  • ·

     

    Mauricio Toro, CEO & Co-Founder,

     

    TECHFIT Digital Surgery, examining the local innovation and entrepreneurial environment

The second portion of the Market Watch Business Summit will provide a national and international economic forecast to pair the local information with influence factors on a more broad scale. John Manetta, a Managing Director and CIO Portfolio Management Team Lead for the Chief Investment Office (CIO) within Bank of America Corporation will provide this big picture perspective.

 

Breakfast sponsors include

 

NASCAR

 

and

 

AdventHealth.

Check-in and breakfast will begin at 7:30 a.m. and the program will start at 8:00 a.m.

Daytona Regional Chamber members and Team Volusia EDC investors receive advanced registration admission for $35 until December 2. Beginning December 3, general admission is available for $50.

Non-member/non-investor attendance is available for $75 regardless of registration date.

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Skills for Supervising
2/2/2023 8:00 AM

What if you could equip your supervisors to do the work it takes to make your organization successful? Today, supervisors may struggle with productivity. Tomorrow, they may struggle with change. Effective performance demands a comprehensive skill set that adequately prepares supervisors for the key role they play in their organization’s success. Gaining a competitive advantage in a changing economy and marketplace is essential for survival. That's why your supervisors need effective skills to propel your organization to new heights.

Participants will learn valuable skills through the use of case studies, skills practice, self-assessments, group discussion, and action planning.

Participants will learn:

  • Managing Conflict and Performance Problems
  • Professional Communication and Effective Listening
  • Time Management
  • Coaching and Developing for Results
  • Effective Delegation
  • Inspiring Loyalty and Trust
  • Managing Change
  • Managing and Aligning Teams for Success

Dates: Feb. 2, 9, 16, 23 (Thursdays)

Time: 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Location: Daytona State College, Bldg. 140, Rm. 207

1200 W. International Speedway Blvd.

Daytona Beach, FL

Fee:  $695

Register today!  To register go to www.theCBI.com.  Corporate and government customers that need to arrange billing, please contact Joanne at (386) 506-4224 or Joanne.Parker@DaytonaState.edu

About Your Instructor

Debbie Featherston brings over 22 years of experience helping organizations design, implement and manage people development solutions.  As a Performance Consultant and Executive Coach, Debbie helps organizations build strong leaders, engage and retain high performers, and manage change initiatives.  Prior to founding Workplace Partners, Inc., Debbie was Vice President and Founder of JIST Works, Inc. where she designed and implemented systems and processes that provided a foundation to sustain fast growth for its national training and catalog sales.

 

 

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Advanced Skills for Supervising
1/24/2023 8:00 AM

This program sharpens needed skills, builds confidence, and develops supervisors’ mindset to lead in today’s dynamic and ever-changing workplace. The tools and approaches employed focus both on leveraging different thinking, and different skills across different cultures, and on exploring creative ways for leaders to work with their teams to accomplish the customer’s mission. Focusing on developing agile, learning leaders yields positive organizational benefits.

 

Program Objectives

 

Gaining an understanding of oneself through exploring thinking and behavioral preferences, identifying natural strengths and potential blind spots, and relating these to leadership effectiveness.

Identifying areas for improvement and setting developmental goals.

Establishing a personal ‘leadership vision’.

Identifying the natural thinking approach in the change and innovation process.

Respecting, appreciating, and valuing the diversity in how we think and behave.

 

Program Elements

 

The Opening Session introduces the learning cohort to the learning journey, sets expectations, and encourages them to get acquainted with peers in different functional areas, different roles, and different experiences for the purpose of stretching and challenging their thinking.

Developing Self-Awareness involves the use of assessments, in thinking preferences, Emotional Intelligence (EQ), and conflict management.

Applying Adult Learning Principles rooted in self-discovery and experiential activities such as experiential team problem-solving experiences encourages collaboration amongst learners.  Participants keep a learning journal, develop SMART learning goals and an action plan.

 

Peer Coaching increases accountability, enhances learning transfer, and contributes to greater collaboration and improved leveraging of individual strengths. Peer coaching partners are expected to meet at least three times.

 

Learning Modules cover three areas of focus: Leading Self, Leading the Team, and Leading the Organization

 

Program Modules

 

Agile Leadership

Build Talent through Coaching

Enhance Emotional Intelligence (EQ) in Leadership

Communicating with Impact

Leadership Presence

Mastering Conflict for Leaders

Leading Change through Turbulent Times

Innovation, Creativity and Problem Solving for Leaders

Delegating for Optimal Performance

Encouraging the Heart

 

Program Facilitators

 

Debbie Featherston brings over 23 years of experience helping organizations design, implement and manage people development solutions.  As a Performance Consultant and Executive Coach, Debbie helps organizations build strong leaders, engage and retain high performers, and manage change initiatives.  Prior to founding Workplace Partners, Inc., Debbie was Vice President and Founder of JIST Works, Inc. where she designed and implemented systems and processes that provided a foundation to sustain fast growth for its national training and catalog sales.

 

Curtis Curry is President of Quality Learning International and has over 20 years of leadership experience working with global organizations in the human and organizational performance improvement field. His experience includes consulting with companies in the areas of organizational change and leadership, creating leadership development programs, providing one-on-one leadership coaching, designing and facilitating train-the-trainer projects, and developing and conducting multi-day leadership workshops. He has facilitated leadership development programs in the US, Europe, Asia, and Latin America.

 

Program Details

 

Days/Dates: Tues. and Wed., Jan. 24, 25, Feb. 7, 8, and 21

Time: 8AM – 5PM

Location: Daytona State College, 1200 W. International Speedway Blvd., 32114, Bldg. 140, Rm. 207

Fee: $1,195

 

Register now at www.TheCBI.com.  Registration deadline: January 9.

 

 

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BUSINESS AFTER HOURS AT DAVE & BUSTERS!
12/14/2022 4:30 PM

Held monthly on the second (2nd) Wednesday of each month from 4:30 to 6:30 PM. The event is hosted by a local Chamber business member with about 50-75 in attendance. This social relaxed event is meant for members to mix and mingle with each other and meet new and future members over drinks and appetizers. Members advance online registration is $10, at the door $15 and future members $25.

This month we will be at:

Dave & Busters

1507 Cornerstone Blvd.

Daytona Beach, FL  32114

 

Wear your ugliest Christmas sweater or most fun Christmas attire.

 

Call Casey at (386) 677-3454 for more information.

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Business After Hours: Riverfront Holiday Cheer presented by Barwick Banking Company
12/13/2022 4:30 PM

Business After Hours: Riverfront Holiday Cheer presented by Barwick Banking Company

Daytona Beach Riverfront Esplanade Park
355 N Beach Street
Daytona Beach, FL 32114

 

Join us for a holiday celebration unlike any other! Business After Hours: Riverfront Holiday Celebration will be hosted by the

 

Daytona Beach Riverfront Esplanade and presented by Barwick Banking Company. Make important business connections with like minded professionals while enjoying the incredible scenery along Beach St. in Downtown Daytona Beach. 

Connect with other professionals and grow your circle of influence! Join us for an extended celebration from 4:30pm to 7:30pm.  Daytona Regional Chamber members enjoy advance registration admission for $10, while registration on the day of the event is $15. Admission is $35 for future members regardless of registration date.

We are also hosting a holiday donation drive for both Volusia Recovery Alliance and the Early Learning Coalition of Flagler & Volusia! Donation items that have been requested are new, unwrapped toys and/or $5-10 gift cards (grocery stores, gas stations, general, etc).

Interested in hosting a Business After Hours?  Daytona Regional Chamber members contact Nicole Bosley, Program Manager, at 386-523-3672 or nbosley@daytonachamber.com.

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Minority & Small Business Procurement Boot Camp
1/31/2023 8:30 AM
Minority and Small Business Procurement Bootcamp flyer. Details in the description.

Join Enterprise Florida for an all day, in-person workshop designed to educate minority and small businesses regarding procurement readiness. The morning session will include experts in procurement sharing their best practices. The afternoon session will provide opportunities regarding how to do business with over 20 organizations.

As small and minority businesses prepare to learn from and emerge stronger in the post-pandemic world, business owners must reimagine new and innovative ways to manage marketing and selling their products and services. The procurement boot camp will provide your business the resources needed to pivot and start selling your products and services to government agencies and large corporation.

Minority and Small Business Procurement Bootcamp flyer. Details in the description.
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Hands-on-Business Model Canvas
1/6/2023 9:00 AM

Learn what lenders are looking for through this three-day workshop at the Volusa County Business Incubator Powered by the University of Central Florida Incubation Program (UCFBIP)

If you are interested in validating your business idea before approaching lenders, and would like to have a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) to pitch to investors, join the team at the Volusia Incubator to:

1.  Learn how to build the foundation of your startup.

2.  Develop an investor pitch.

3.  Understand and validate your market.

The workshop sessions are held on January 6, 13, and 20, 2023. 

Each session builds on the previous session.

At the end of the workshop, attendees will have the following documents to add to their funding readiness toolkit:

  • Business Model Canvas Bootcamp = Business Model Poster
  • Business Plan Workshop = Business Plan document ready for bankers
  • Investor Pitch Workshop = PowerPoint ready for investors

 

Your Coach:  Connie Garzon, M.B.A

Connie is a former banker and has helped hundreds of business owners to get loans from banks and investors.

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SBA Lending 101
1/5/2023 12:00 PM

What is an SBA Loan? An SBA loan is a government small business loan that can help cover startup costs, working capital needs, expansions, real estate purchases and more.

The U.S. Small Business Administration helps small businesses get funding by setting guidelines for loans and reducing lender risk. These SBA-backed loans make it easier for small businesses to get the funding they need.

In this webinar, you will discover:

  • Benefits of an SBA loan

  • Loan Qualifications

  • Different types of Loans

  • Documentation Requirements

In addition, you will be walked through some examples of loan transactions and receive key insider tips.

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Should I Own a Small Business?
1/7/2023 9:30 AM

This workshop will discuss the characteristics, backgrounds and mindsets of successful small business owners. This should allow you to see whether you have what it takes to succeed as an entrepreneur. This workshop will also show viewers how to evaluate their skills to understand what areas they need to work on to increase their chances of success.

This workshop will cover the following topics:

- What is entrepreneurship?

- What is the entrepreneurial process?

- Is entrepreneurship limited to certain age groups or gender?

- Do I need a college degree in business to be successful?

- What are the paths to owning a business?

- How do successful entrepreneurs think?

- What are the personal characteristics of successful entrepreneurs?

- What are the chances my business will succeed?

- How will I know if I have the skills needed to succeed?

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Getting Certified as a Woman-Owned, Minority-Owned or Veteran-Owned Business
12/29/2022 1:00 PM

You've viewed the Supplier Diversity & Certifications course modules and have learned or confirmed that your business classifies as a diverse supplier.  You are interested in learning more, getting questions answered, seeking new opportunities to grow your business and/or potentially pursuing certification for your business.

This live Q&A, facilitated by a certified SCORE mentor and subject matter expert, will dedicate the full duration of time to answering your specific questions about Supplier Diversity & Certifications, supplementing content from the course modules you viewed and enriching your learning experience.

Before attending, it is recommended that you:

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Starting Your New Business
1/11/2023 6:00 PM

This workshop is designed to guide you through the steps necessary for starting a business.

It covers the different legal business entities, licenses needed, taxes and insurance. We explain what business plans are all about and show you how to collect business information and research. You will learn about capital funding and the lender's view of the borrower.

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Marketing Your Business
1/14/2023 9:30 AM

For people who want to obtain trial by customers and growth for their business, whether it is a product, service or both. It explains various marketing strategies and contains many practical marketing tips. It will help you define your mission, analyze your situation, conduct research, identify your target market, and develop your marketing mix.

 

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The Best Start Up Strategies For Starting A Small Business
1/17/2023 1:00 PM

How can you start a business the right way and ensure you have the best chance to succeed? Every entrepreneur or small business owner has asked themselves this same question at some point in their business journey.

Many factors determine a business's success, but the two most significant factors are good planning and thoughtful strategy.

In this webinar, the host will share their best tips on starting your business the right way.

You will learn:

  • What problem is your business solving
  • Who is the ideal customer for your business
  • How to determine your price
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Daytona Beach Shores Better Life Business Expo
1/21/2023 10:00 AM

The Better Life Business Expo is a business trade show and networking event presented by the City of Daytona Beach Shores and the Port Orange South Daytona Chamber of Commerce.

 

The public is invited to come browse this FREE event.

 

Businesses are invited to sign up for a table to meet and network with the public and other businesses. Participating vendors are encouraged to provide demonstrations, samples and handouts.

 

Local businesses, restaurants, products and services may reserve booth space to participate by registering for this event.

Indoor vendors will be provided an 8-ft table and 2 chairs; cost is $50.

Outdoor vendors will be provided a tent, 8-ft table and 2 chairs; cost is $75.

Tablecloths will be provided or you may bring your own.

NOTE: Electricity will be limited. No cooking (warmers for food samples will be allowed).

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2023 SEV Chamber Business Expo
2/4/2023 10:00 AM

Join the Southeast Volusia Chamber of Commerce for the 13th Annual SEV Chamber Business Expo and Home Show.

This annual event, which is open to the public, draws thousands of people from all over with fun things to do for the whole family!

This year STRIKE A POSE at your favorite booth and share on social media. It's all about your "Selfies"!

 

Due to the popularity of the event over the last 12 years, the 2023 Business Expo and Home Show will now feature vendors lined along Canal Street, as well as inside the Brannon Center, in order to better showcase their products and services.

Those interested in becoming a vendor at the event can find more information here: https://bit.ly/3YULdt5

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How To Start A Business Using A Free SCORE Mentor
1/10/2023 1:00 PM

Starting a small business is not easy, especially when you don't have business experience. At SCORE, we have free business mentors who can help you build and run your business.

In this webinar, you will hear real stories from SCORE Mentors and the clients that they helped.

You'll hear about:

  • How a Mentor can help you start and grow your business
  • How to find the right mentor using SCORE's extensive, nationwide network of business experts
  • How SCORE mentorship plays out in the real world of starting and growing a business
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Gearing Up for 2023: Goal Setting that Brings Results
1/3/2023 5:30 PM

Discover how to effectively set and achieve your 2023 goals.

Position yourself to achieve your goals like a top goal achiever.

In this interactive seminar, you will learn:

  • 3 Most Important Components of Goal Setting
  • Setting Goals to Achieve Results
  • How to Validate Your Goals (So you don't waste time) to move beyond setting a SMART goal for achievement consistency
  • Obstacles to Goal Achievement
  • You should find these techniques helpful in your personal life as well as your business. Make this the year you grow with consistency and achieve your goals. 
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Government Contracting: Overview
1/4/2023 9:00 AM

Federal, State, and Local Government procurement is the largest target market in the world. The question is usually not “Does the government buy what you are selling?”...it is more “Can you be competitive enough and relentless enough to position your business to win government contracts?”

If you think you can be competitive, then government contracting may be a good growth opportunity for your business.

The “Government Contracting: Overview” seminar, presented by the Florida PTAC at UCF in partnership with the Florida SBDC at UCF, is designed for established small business owners with some commercial momentum that are curious about government contracting, as well as business owners that may already be involved in government contracting.

This workshop will present government contracting in three components:

  1. Positioning for Government Contracting
  2. Developing Reactive Business Development Strategies
  3. Developing Proactive Business Development Strategies

Specifically, we will discuss registration requirements, social-economic certification opportunities, market research tools, Florida PTAC’s “Bid-Match” system, and what we refer to as the initial “Marketing Tool Kit” for government contractors.

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Business Plan Writing Made Easier
1/12/2023 10:00 AM

Your business needs a roadmap for every stage of its growth.

We’ll remove the mystery of how to create a business plan, the information that should be included, and how to use it as a tool to keep your company on track for long term growth.

 

Please note: Certain device’s Operating Systems (e.g. Windows S mode), browsers, programs/features, applications, firewalls, etc. may exist that restrict you from accessing this GoToWebinar session and its features. If you run into such technical difficulties please do any of the following:

  1. Use Microsoft Edge
  2. Restart your device
  3. Disable Microsoft S Mode
  4. Configure your device’s firewall to allow GoTo Webinar to run
  5. Use a different device
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Government Contracting: Overview
2/1/2023 9:00 AM

Federal, State, and Local Government procurement is the largest target market in the world. The question is usually not “Does the government buy what you are selling?”...it is more “Can you be competitive enough and relentless enough to position your business to win government contracts?”

If you think you can be competitive, then government contracting may be a good growth opportunity for your business.

The “Government Contracting Overview” seminar, presented by the Florida PTAC at UCF in partnership with the Florida SBDC at UCF, is designed for established small business owners with some commercial momentum that are curious about government contracting, as well as business owners that may already be involved in government contracting.

This workshop will present government contracting in three components:

  1. Positioning for Government Contracting
  2. Developing Reactive Business Development Strategies
  3. Developing Proactive Business Development Strategies

Specifically, we will discuss registration requirements, social-economic certification opportunities, market research tools, Florida PTAC’s “Bid-Match” system, and what we refer to as the initial “Marketing Tool Kit” for government contractors.

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Building Your Financial Plan
1/19/2023 6:00 PM

For people who have limited knowledge or understanding of basic accounting and finance. This seminar is intended to explain the methods and need for financial tracking, control and generating the financial projections necessary to develop your plan such as: cash flow, income statement, break evens and balance sheet.

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Understanding Business Loan Proposals
2/2/2023 12:00 PM

Do you have a great idea for a business and the only thing standing in your way is the money to give it some legs? Or, you already own your own business but could use some extra capital to take things to the next level? You have come to the right place! In this presentation, you will learn the ins and outs of business loan proposals. 

The following topics will be covered:

  • “5 C’s of Credit”: Character, Capacity, Capital, Collateral, and Conditions. In addition, 

  • How to obtain a loan for a start-up

  • How to obtain a loan for an existing business

  • How to obtain a loan to buy a business

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How to Protect Your Intellectual Property
2/27/2023 5:30 PM

Intellectual property rights can cover a wide array of legal protections entrepreneurs may need to protect their unique products and services, their branding their company’s reputation and other intellectual assets.

This webinar will cover the following topics:

• Intellectual Property – Definition and Common Mistakes

• Trademark Registration and Rights

• Types of Patents and the Application Process

• Copyright Ownership and Protection

• Domain Name Selection and Registration

• Types of Trade Secrets and Their Protection

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Leadership Development for Manufacturing
1/24/2023 9:00 AM
FloridaMakes Network Leadership Development for Manufacturing class flyer. Details in description.
FloridaMakes Network Leadership Development for Manufacturing class flyer. Details in description.

 

A highly interactive, three-part leadership series for accelerating personal, business, and team potential.

Starts: Jan 24, 2023 09:00 AM (ET)

Ends: Feb 21, 2023 12:00 PM (ET)

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Access To Capital 2023 Series - Opportunity Recognition; Creativity; Leverage, Risk, and Guerilla Action
1/10/2023 6:00 PM

The AAEA proudly presents nationally recognized industry leaders that bring small business training, coaching, and marketing services right to your computer or mobile device. These professionals are dedicated to educating and equipping minority-owned businesses to build assets and operate more efficiently in order to compete effectively within the marketplace. These once-a-week Zoom workshops are FREE to participants and sponsored by the AAEA and its partners.

 

Your Presenter: 

Jamie Kraft, MBA, Director, Entrepreneurship and Innovation Center

WARRINGTON COLLEGE OF BUSINESS

UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA

 

Jamie Kraft presents Opportunity Recognition, Creativity, Leverage, Risk, and Guerilla Action. Mr. Jamie Kraft is the Director of the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Center at the University of Florida. Jamie spent several years at Deloitte Consulting, a management consultant focusing on economic performance evaluation, competitive assessment, and strategic development for clients in the manufacturing and consumer products industries before joining the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Center. He graduated from the University of Arizona with a degree in Microbiology and from the University of Florida as a Matherly Scholar with an MBA specializing in Finance, Operations Management, and Business Strategy. Before starting with the Center, Jamie spent one year in Paris studying French. He has been with the Center for 20 years and is currently the Center’s Director. He has been the instructor for courses covering the topics of the entrepreneurial mindset, business planning, technology commercialization, small business consulting, customer discovery, entrepreneurial leadership, and creativity. He has managed, led, and participated in student programs in Silicon Valley, Hungary, Ireland, Chile, Cuba, South Africa, and Haiti.

 

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Access To Capital 2023 Series - Business Model Development and Testing; Selling Your Ideas
1/17/2023 6:00 PM

The AAEA proudly presents nationally recognized industry leaders that bring small business training, coaching, and marketing services right to your computer or mobile device. These professionals are dedicated to educating and equipping minority-owned businesses to build assets and operate more efficiently in order to compete effectively within the marketplace. These once-a-week Zoom workshops are FREE to participants and sponsored by the AAEA and its partners.

 

Your Presenter: 

Jamie Kraft, MBA, Director, Entrepreneurship and Innovation Center

WARRINGTON COLLEGE OF BUSINESS

UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA

 

 

Jamie Kraft presents

Business Model Development and Testing; Selling Your Ideas.le 

Mr. Jamie Kraft is the Director of the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Center at the University of Florida. Jamie spent several years at Deloitte Consulting where he was a management consultant focusing on economic performance evaluation, competitive assessment, and strategic development for clients in the manufacturing and consumer products industries prior to joining the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Center. He graduated from the University of Arizona with a degree in Microbiology and from the University of Florida as a Matherly Scholar with an MBA specializing in Finance, Operations Management, and Business Strategy. Before starting with the Center, Jamie also spent one year in Paris studying the French language. He has been with the Center for 20 years and is currently the Center’s Director. He has served as the instructor for courses covering the topics of the entrepreneurial mindset, business planning, technology commercialization, small business consulting, customer discovery, entrepreneurial leadership, and creativity, and has managed, led, and participated in student programs in Silicon Valley, Hungary, Ireland, Chile, Cuba, South Africa, and Haiti.

 

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Eggs and Issues: Jim Judge, Director of Emergency Services Department: Volusia County
1/13/2023 7:30 AM

Start the New Year in the know at Eggs & Issues on Friday, January 13, with a special update from Jim Judge, Director of Volusia County's Emergency Services Department. Judge has more than 45 years of experience in public safety and served as the County's Emergency Management Director from 2013 to 2021.  Returning as Interim Director after a brief retirement, Judge played a critical role during Hurricane Ian and Nicole and worked with State and Federal governments to provide relief to Volusia County citizens.

Appointed as Director of Volusia County's reconfigured Emergency Services Department in December, Judge will be delivering a much-needed update on where our community stands after hurricanes and the plans for the county to deal with future storms.

Eggs and Issues is the premier event venue for discussion of public and legislative affairs in the Daytona Beach region. Join us to gather strategic information for your business and be part of important conversations that work to better our community.

For Daytona Regional Chamber members, Advance Registration is available for $20 through Friday, January 6.  Beginning Saturday, January 7, General Admission may be purchased for $24. Remember, you must log into your member portal to access the discounted member pricing.

For future members, registration is $40 regardless of registration date.

For more information on the program topic, contact Shawn Richmond, Director of Advocacy, at 386.255.7174.

For assistance with registration, please contact Nicole Bosley, Program Manager, at 386.523.3672.

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Business After Hours: The Gallery at Port Orange
1/1/2023 5:00 PM

Come enjoy a relaxed networking experience by joining us for the first Business After Hours event for 2023. Let’s get together and make connections that’ll enhance our personal and professional circles of influence.

This month’s host are our member and friends

 

at

 

The Gallery at Port Orange.

The Gallery at Port Orange is the newest premier senior living community in the heart of Port Orange, nestled away in a beautiful, peaceful setting that opened in the spring of 2022. This event will be held on Tuesday, January 17, 2023, from 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

This event is open to both Members and Non-Members. Chamber Members are offered a discounted rate of $10 until Tuesday, January 10. Starting January 11, Members can still register at the rate of $15. Non-Members can register at any time at the rate of $35, regardless of registration date.

Interested in hosting a Business After Hours? Daytona Regional Chamber members contact Nicole Bosley, Program Manager, at 386-523-3672 or nbosley@daytonachamber.com.

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Accounting Fundamentals
1/18/2023 12:00 AM

Gain a marketable new skill by learning the basics of double-entry bookkeeping, financial reporting, and more.

In this comprehensive course, you will learn the basics of double-entry bookkeeping, as well as how to analyze and record financial transactions. You will get hands-on experience with handling accounts receivable, accounts payable, payroll procedures, sales taxes, and various common banking activities.

Accounting Fundamentals covers all the bases, from writing checks to preparing an income statement and closing out accounts at the end of each fiscal period. Whether you're a sole proprietor looking to manage your business finances or you simply want to gain an understanding of accounting basics for career advancement or for personal use, this course will give you a solid foundation in financial matters.

 

Requirements:

Hardware Requirements:

  • This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.

Software Requirements:

  • PC: Windows 8 or later.
  • Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
  • Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox are preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
  • Adobe Acrobat Reader.
  • Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.

Other:

  • Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
  • A calculator and a printer.

Instructional Material Requirements:

The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online.

 

Account Classifications, Account Titles, T Accounts, and the Accounting Equation

Welcome to Accounting Fundamentals! In this first lesson, you will learn all about account classifications, debits, credits, and T accounts. You will learn the difference between a liability and an asset and find out how to determine an owner's equity.

General Ledger Accounts and the Balance Sheet

Here's where you will begin your hands-on accounting practice: You will start by creating an imaginary company for which you will be the accountant. You will learn how to analyze your company's transactions to determine which amounts go into which accounts, then you will create your company's own General Ledger forms and post a few transactions into those accounts.

Journalizing Transactions and Posting to the General Ledger

Now that you understand the functions of the General Ledger, you're ready to move on to the next phase of recording transactions: the Journal. In this lesson, you will learn how to enter transactions into an 11-column journal and then post or transfer those amounts into appropriate General Ledger accounts.

Journalizing and Posting Cash and Charge Purchases and Payments on Account

In this lesson, you will learn all about Accounts Payable--money that you owe your vendors and suppliers. You will practice journalizing cash purchases and purchases on account, and you will get hands-on practice transferring those purchases to their corresponding Accounts Payable Ledger accounts.

Journalizing and Posting Cash and Charge Sales and Cash Received on Account

In this lesson, you will learn about Accounts Receivable, which is another name for money owed to your company by its customers. You will learn how to journalize and post those sales on account, how to enter charge sales into the journal, and how to transfer the information into an Accounts Receivable Ledger.

Payroll and Various Deductions

It's payday! This lesson will teach you how to determine gross pay, deductions, and net pay. You will learn how to prepare a payroll, write payroll checks, and how to prepare and maintain accurate payroll records.

Banking Services and Reports

In this lesson, you will learn all about banks and banking services: You will learn the proper way to write checks, make out deposit tickets, and reconcile your company's checking account with the bank statement--skills you will find valuable in both your business and personal life!

Posting Journal Totals to the General Ledger and Schedule of Accounts Payable and Schedule of Accounts Receivable

This lesson will teach you how to prepare a Schedule of Accounts Payable and a Schedule of Accounts Receivable. These reports can be used to compare the amount of money your business owes its creditors with the amount of money your customers owe your business.

End-Of-Year Worksheet

In this lesson, you will prepare a worksheet showing the net income or net loss for the fiscal period. The worksheet will show all income and expenses for the fiscal period as well as the assets, liabilities, and owner's equity account balances.

End-Of-Year Financial Reports

In this lesson, you will learn how to prepare various reports that are vital to the well-being of your company. You will learn how these reports can be used to make sound financial decisions in the next fiscal period. You will discover how to put together an Owner's Equity Statement, an Income Statement, and a Distribution of Net Income.

Journalizing and Posting Adjusting Entries

In this lesson, you will prepare for the end of the fiscal period by adjusting your asset account balances to accurately reflect the assets remaining at the end of the year. You will also find out how to journalize and post adjusting and closing entries to bring your company's General Ledger up to date.

Journalizing and Posting Closing Entries and Preparing a Post Closing Trial Balance

In the final lesson, you will prepare a Post Closing Trial Balance report to ensure that all of your debits and credits in the General Ledger balance out in preparation for the new fiscal period.

 

What you will learn

  • Learn the basics of double-entry bookkeeping, as well as how to analyze and record financial transactions
  • Get hands-on experience with handing accounts receivable, accounts payable, payroll procedures, sales taxes, and various common banking activities
  • Learn about writing checks, preparing an income statement, and closing out accounts at the end of a fiscal period

How you will benefit

  • Learn everything you need to know to better manage your finances
  • Gain a solid understanding of accounting basics to be able to manage business finances or advance your career
  • Open the door to more career opportunities in the in-demand field of accounting and finance


Fee: $115.00
Dates: 1/18/2023 - 3/11/2023
Delivery Method: Online

This course is offered through our partners at ed2go.  These courses are fun, fast, convenient, easy to use, and led by an expert instructor.  Courses run for six weeks and you have 24/7 access to two lessons each week. Each lesson is accompanied by a short, multiple-choice quiz, and some lessons include hands-on assignments.

You will receive an e-mail with course access information upon completion of your enrollment.

Important: All online courses through the Center for Business & Industry are non-credit courses.  For college credit programs and courses please visit www.DaytonaState.edu.

Read more
Accounting Fundamentals
2/15/2023 12:00 AM

Gain a marketable new skill by learning the basics of double-entry bookkeeping, financial reporting, and more.

 

In this comprehensive course, you will learn the basics of double-entry bookkeeping, as well as how to analyze and record financial transactions. You will get hands-on experience with handling accounts receivable, accounts payable, payroll procedures, sales taxes, and various common banking activities.

Accounting Fundamentals covers all the bases, from writing checks to preparing an income statement and closing out accounts at the end of each fiscal period. Whether you're a sole proprietor looking to manage your business finances or you simply want to gain an understanding of accounting basics for career advancement or for personal use, this course will give you a solid foundation in financial matters.

 

Requirements:

Hardware Requirements:

  • This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.

Software Requirements:

  • PC: Windows 8 or later.
  • Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
  • Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox are preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
  • Adobe Acrobat Reader.
  • Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.

Other:

  • Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
  • A calculator and a printer.

Instructional Material Requirements:

The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online.

 

Account Classifications, Account Titles, T Accounts, and the Accounting Equation

Welcome to Accounting Fundamentals! In this first lesson, you will learn all about account classifications, debits, credits, and T accounts. You will learn the difference between a liability and an asset and find out how to determine an owner's equity.

General Ledger Accounts and the Balance Sheet

Here's where you will begin your hands-on accounting practice: You will start by creating an imaginary company for which you will be the accountant. You will learn how to analyze your company's transactions to determine which amounts go into which accounts, then you will create your company's own General Ledger forms and post a few transactions into those accounts.

Journalizing Transactions and Posting to the General Ledger

Now that you understand the functions of the General Ledger, you're ready to move on to the next phase of recording transactions: the Journal. In this lesson, you will learn how to enter transactions into an 11-column journal and then post or transfer those amounts into appropriate General Ledger accounts.

Journalizing and Posting Cash and Charge Purchases and Payments on Account

In this lesson, you will learn all about Accounts Payable--money that you owe your vendors and suppliers. You will practice journalizing cash purchases and purchases on account, and you will get hands-on practice transferring those purchases to their corresponding Accounts Payable Ledger accounts.

Journalizing and Posting Cash and Charge Sales and Cash Received on Account

In this lesson, you will learn about Accounts Receivable, which is another name for money owed to your company by its customers. You will learn how to journalize and post those sales on account, how to enter charge sales into the journal, and how to transfer the information into an Accounts Receivable Ledger.

Payroll and Various Deductions

It's payday! This lesson will teach you how to determine gross pay, deductions, and net pay. You will learn how to prepare a payroll, write payroll checks, and how to prepare and maintain accurate payroll records.

Banking Services and Reports

In this lesson, you will learn all about banks and banking services: You will learn the proper way to write checks, make out deposit tickets, and reconcile your company's checking account with the bank statement--skills you will find valuable in both your business and personal life!

Posting Journal Totals to the General Ledger and Schedule of Accounts Payable and Schedule of Accounts Receivable

This lesson will teach you how to prepare a Schedule of Accounts Payable and a Schedule of Accounts Receivable. These reports can be used to compare the amount of money your business owes its creditors with the amount of money your customers owe your business.

End-Of-Year Worksheet

In this lesson, you will prepare a worksheet showing the net income or net loss for the fiscal period. The worksheet will show all income and expenses for the fiscal period as well as the assets, liabilities, and owner's equity account balances.

End-Of-Year Financial Reports

In this lesson, you will learn how to prepare various reports that are vital to the well-being of your company. You will learn how these reports can be used to make sound financial decisions in the next fiscal period. You will discover how to put together an Owner's Equity Statement, an Income Statement, and a Distribution of Net Income.

Journalizing and Posting Adjusting Entries

In this lesson, you will prepare for the end of the fiscal period by adjusting your asset account balances to accurately reflect the assets remaining at the end of the year. You will also find out how to journalize and post adjusting and closing entries to bring your company's General Ledger up to date.

Journalizing and Posting Closing Entries and Preparing a Post Closing Trial Balance

In the final lesson, you will prepare a Post Closing Trial Balance report to ensure that all of your debits and credits in the General Ledger balance out in preparation for the new fiscal period.

 

What you will learn

  • Learn the basics of double-entry bookkeeping, as well as how to analyze and record financial transactions
  • Get hands-on experience with handing accounts receivable, accounts payable, payroll procedures, sales taxes, and various common banking activities
  • Learn about writing checks, preparing an income statement, and closing out accounts at the end of a fiscal period

How you will benefit

  • Learn everything you need to know to better manage your finances
  • Gain a solid understanding of accounting basics to be able to manage business finances or advance your career
  • Open the door to more career opportunities in the in-demand field of accounting and finance

 

Fee: $115.00
Dates: 2/15/2023 - 4/8/2023
Delivery Method: Online

This course is offered through our partners at ed2go.  These courses are fun, fast, convenient, easy to use, and led by an expert instructor.  Courses run for six weeks and you have 24/7 access to two lessons each week. Each lesson is accompanied by a short, multiple-choice quiz, and some lessons include hands-on assignments.

You will receive an e-mail with course access information upon completion of your enrollment.

Important: All online courses through the Center for Business & Industry are non-credit courses.  For college credit programs and courses please visit www.DaytonaState.edu.

Read more
Accounting Fundamentals
3/15/2023 12:00 AM

Gain a marketable new skill by learning the basics of double-entry bookkeeping, financial reporting, and more.

 

In this comprehensive course, you will learn the basics of double-entry bookkeeping, as well as how to analyze and record financial transactions. You will get hands-on experience with handling accounts receivable, accounts payable, payroll procedures, sales taxes, and various common banking activities.

Accounting Fundamentals covers all the bases, from writing checks to preparing an income statement and closing out accounts at the end of each fiscal period. Whether you're a sole proprietor looking to manage your business finances or you simply want to gain an understanding of accounting basics for career advancement or for personal use, this course will give you a solid foundation in financial matters.

 

Requirements:

Hardware Requirements:

  • This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.

Software Requirements:

  • PC: Windows 8 or later.
  • Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
  • Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox are preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
  • Adobe Acrobat Reader.
  • Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.

Other:

  • Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
  • A calculator and a printer.

Instructional Material Requirements:

The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online.

 

Account Classifications, Account Titles, T Accounts, and the Accounting Equation

Welcome to Accounting Fundamentals! In this first lesson, you will learn all about account classifications, debits, credits, and T accounts. You will learn the difference between a liability and an asset and find out how to determine an owner's equity.

General Ledger Accounts and the Balance Sheet

Here's where you will begin your hands-on accounting practice: You will start by creating an imaginary company for which you will be the accountant. You will learn how to analyze your company's transactions to determine which amounts go into which accounts, then you will create your company's own General Ledger forms and post a few transactions into those accounts.

Journalizing Transactions and Posting to the General Ledger

Now that you understand the functions of the General Ledger, you're ready to move on to the next phase of recording transactions: the Journal. In this lesson, you will learn how to enter transactions into an 11-column journal and then post or transfer those amounts into appropriate General Ledger accounts.

Journalizing and Posting Cash and Charge Purchases and Payments on Account

In this lesson, you will learn all about Accounts Payable--money that you owe your vendors and suppliers. You will practice journalizing cash purchases and purchases on account, and you will get hands-on practice transferring those purchases to their corresponding Accounts Payable Ledger accounts.

Journalizing and Posting Cash and Charge Sales and Cash Received on Account

In this lesson, you will learn about Accounts Receivable, which is another name for money owed to your company by its customers. You will learn how to journalize and post those sales on account, how to enter charge sales into the journal, and how to transfer the information into an Accounts Receivable Ledger.

Payroll and Various Deductions

It's payday! This lesson will teach you how to determine gross pay, deductions, and net pay. You will learn how to prepare a payroll, write payroll checks, and how to prepare and maintain accurate payroll records.

Banking Services and Reports

In this lesson, you will learn all about banks and banking services: You will learn the proper way to write checks, make out deposit tickets, and reconcile your company's checking account with the bank statement--skills you will find valuable in both your business and personal life!

Posting Journal Totals to the General Ledger and Schedule of Accounts Payable and Schedule of Accounts Receivable

This lesson will teach you how to prepare a Schedule of Accounts Payable and a Schedule of Accounts Receivable. These reports can be used to compare the amount of money your business owes its creditors with the amount of money your customers owe your business.

End-Of-Year Worksheet

In this lesson, you will prepare a worksheet showing the net income or net loss for the fiscal period. The worksheet will show all income and expenses for the fiscal period as well as the assets, liabilities, and owner's equity account balances.

End-Of-Year Financial Reports

In this lesson, you will learn how to prepare various reports that are vital to the well-being of your company. You will learn how these reports can be used to make sound financial decisions in the next fiscal period. You will discover how to put together an Owner's Equity Statement, an Income Statement, and a Distribution of Net Income.

Journalizing and Posting Adjusting Entries

In this lesson, you will prepare for the end of the fiscal period by adjusting your asset account balances to accurately reflect the assets remaining at the end of the year. You will also find out how to journalize and post adjusting and closing entries to bring your company's General Ledger up to date.

Journalizing and Posting Closing Entries and Preparing a Post Closing Trial Balance

In the final lesson, you will prepare a Post Closing Trial Balance report to ensure that all of your debits and credits in the General Ledger balance out in preparation for the new fiscal period.

 

What you will learn

  • Learn the basics of double-entry bookkeeping, as well as how to analyze and record financial transactions
  • Get hands-on experience with handing accounts receivable, accounts payable, payroll procedures, sales taxes, and various common banking activities
  • Learn about writing checks, preparing an income statement, and closing out accounts at the end of a fiscal period

How you will benefit

  • Learn everything you need to know to better manage your finances
  • Gain a solid understanding of accounting basics to be able to manage business finances or advance your career
  • Open the door to more career opportunities in the in-demand field of accounting and finance

 

Fee: $115.00
Dates: 3/15/2023 - 5/6/2023
Delivery Method: Online

This course is offered through our partners at ed2go.  These courses are fun, fast, convenient, easy to use, and led by an expert instructor.  Courses run for six weeks and you have 24/7 access to two lessons each week. Each lesson is accompanied by a short, multiple-choice quiz, and some lessons include hands-on assignments.

You will receive an e-mail with course access information upon completion of your enrollment.

Important: All online courses through the Center for Business & Industry are non-credit courses.  For college credit programs and courses please visit www.DaytonaState.edu.

Read more
Accounting Fundamentals
4/12/2023

Gain a marketable new skill by learning the basics of double-entry bookkeeping, financial reporting, and more.

 

In this comprehensive course, you will learn the basics of double-entry bookkeeping, as well as how to analyze and record financial transactions. You will get hands-on experience with handling accounts receivable, accounts payable, payroll procedures, sales taxes, and various common banking activities.

Accounting Fundamentals covers all the bases, from writing checks to preparing an income statement and closing out accounts at the end of each fiscal period. Whether you're a sole proprietor looking to manage your business finances or you simply want to gain an understanding of accounting basics for career advancement or for personal use, this course will give you a solid foundation in financial matters.

 

Requirements:

Hardware Requirements:

  • This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.

Software Requirements:

  • PC: Windows 8 or later.
  • Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
  • Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox are preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
  • Adobe Acrobat Reader.
  • Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.

Other:

  • Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
  • A calculator and a printer.

Instructional Material Requirements:

The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online.

 

Account Classifications, Account Titles, T Accounts, and the Accounting Equation

Welcome to Accounting Fundamentals! In this first lesson, you will learn all about account classifications, debits, credits, and T accounts. You will learn the difference between a liability and an asset and find out how to determine an owner's equity.

General Ledger Accounts and the Balance Sheet

Here's where you will begin your hands-on accounting practice: You will start by creating an imaginary company for which you will be the accountant. You will learn how to analyze your company's transactions to determine which amounts go into which accounts, then you will create your company's own General Ledger forms and post a few transactions into those accounts.

Journalizing Transactions and Posting to the General Ledger

Now that you understand the functions of the General Ledger, you're ready to move on to the next phase of recording transactions: the Journal. In this lesson, you will learn how to enter transactions into an 11-column journal and then post or transfer those amounts into appropriate General Ledger accounts.

Journalizing and Posting Cash and Charge Purchases and Payments on Account

In this lesson, you will learn all about Accounts Payable--money that you owe your vendors and suppliers. You will practice journalizing cash purchases and purchases on account, and you will get hands-on practice transferring those purchases to their corresponding Accounts Payable Ledger accounts.

Journalizing and Posting Cash and Charge Sales and Cash Received on Account

In this lesson, you will learn about Accounts Receivable, which is another name for money owed to your company by its customers. You will learn how to journalize and post those sales on account, how to enter charge sales into the journal, and how to transfer the information into an Accounts Receivable Ledger.

Payroll and Various Deductions

It's payday! This lesson will teach you how to determine gross pay, deductions, and net pay. You will learn how to prepare a payroll, write payroll checks, and how to prepare and maintain accurate payroll records.

Banking Services and Reports

In this lesson, you will learn all about banks and banking services: You will learn the proper way to write checks, make out deposit tickets, and reconcile your company's checking account with the bank statement--skills you will find valuable in both your business and personal life!

Posting Journal Totals to the General Ledger and Schedule of Accounts Payable and Schedule of Accounts Receivable

This lesson will teach you how to prepare a Schedule of Accounts Payable and a Schedule of Accounts Receivable. These reports can be used to compare the amount of money your business owes its creditors with the amount of money your customers owe your business.

End-Of-Year Worksheet

In this lesson, you will prepare a worksheet showing the net income or net loss for the fiscal period. The worksheet will show all income and expenses for the fiscal period as well as the assets, liabilities, and owner's equity account balances.

End-Of-Year Financial Reports

In this lesson, you will learn how to prepare various reports that are vital to the well-being of your company. You will learn how these reports can be used to make sound financial decisions in the next fiscal period. You will discover how to put together an Owner's Equity Statement, an Income Statement, and a Distribution of Net Income.

Journalizing and Posting Adjusting Entries

In this lesson, you will prepare for the end of the fiscal period by adjusting your asset account balances to accurately reflect the assets remaining at the end of the year. You will also find out how to journalize and post adjusting and closing entries to bring your company's General Ledger up to date.

Journalizing and Posting Closing Entries and Preparing a Post Closing Trial Balance

In the final lesson, you will prepare a Post Closing Trial Balance report to ensure that all of your debits and credits in the General Ledger balance out in preparation for the new fiscal period.

 

What you will learn

  • Learn the basics of double-entry bookkeeping, as well as how to analyze and record financial transactions
  • Get hands-on experience with handing accounts receivable, accounts payable, payroll procedures, sales taxes, and various common banking activities
  • Learn about writing checks, preparing an income statement, and closing out accounts at the end of a fiscal period

How you will benefit

  • Learn everything you need to know to better manage your finances
  • Gain a solid understanding of accounting basics to be able to manage business finances or advance your career
  • Open the door to more career opportunities in the in-demand field of accounting and finance

 

Fee: $115.00
Dates: 4/12/2023 - 6/3/2023
Delivery Method: Online

This course is offered through our partners at ed2go.  These courses are fun, fast, convenient, easy to use, and led by an expert instructor.  Courses run for six weeks and you have 24/7 access to two lessons each week. Each lesson is accompanied by a short, multiple-choice quiz, and some lessons include hands-on assignments.

You will receive an e-mail with course access information upon completion of your enrollment.

Important: All online courses through the Center for Business & Industry are non-credit courses.  For college credit programs and courses please visit www.DaytonaState.edu.

Read more
Business Budgeting for Beginners
1/18/2023

This course will introduce different strategies employed during the budgeting process, the techniques and tools commonly used to make budgeting forecasts, the components of a basic operating budget, and how businesses make certain decisions that may impact their budgeted amounts.

 

If the idea of creating a budget for your business, department, or project seems overwhelming, this course will alleviate all of those fears. Taught in an approachable and relatable format, this course walks you through the budgeting process so you can go from numbers averse to budgeting super-hero. The downloadable templates included in the course allow you to easily and quickly take what you learn and apply it to your job. The storytelling used throughout the course makes the topic more approachable and engaging so you can obtain the soft skills that will help you be successful implementing and tracking a budget in the real world. Finally, the course challenge is something that will pique your curiosity at the beginning of the course and provide motivation to complete the course and continue learning the material.

A company's budgeting process involves a lot more than just rows and columns of numbers on a spreadsheet. The reality is that budgeting is a sometimes organic and sometimes organized process. Most often, it's an equal mix of both in an attempt to add some level of certainty to an uncertain future. These processes are what we are going to explore in this course. You will be introduced to different strategies employed during the budgeting process, the techniques and tools that are commonly used to make budgeting forecasts, the components of a basic operating budget, and how businesses make certain decisions that may impact their budgeted amounts.

 

Requirements:

Hardware Requirements:

  • This course can be taken on either a PC or Mac.

Software Requirements:

  • PC: Windows 8 or later.
  • Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
  • Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
  • Adobe Acrobat Reader.
  • Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.

Other:

  • Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.

Instructional Material Requirements:

The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online.

 

In this comprehensive, beginner-friendly course, you will learn the elementary skills needed to be successful in the budgeting process and work gradually work your way up to creating a budget. You will also discover how to best evaluate the results of your budget and make decisions to help your business maximize its profits.

 

Predicting the Future

In our first lesson, you'll explore how budgeting at its core is a process of looking forward. It's about making informed predictions about the future. Next, you'll see how a company's vision can lead to setting goals for the company. These visions are often aspirational and state the path for where the company plans to go in the future. Then, we'll also start the conversation about the human side of budgeting.

Budget Strategies

In this lesson, you'll begin to look at various budgeting strategies, including strategic, capital, and operations budgeting techniques. The lesson will include some real-life examples of planning activities, and to further bring these concepts to life, you'll work with a fictional company, Curly's Pool Service and Supplies, by helping Curly formulate some plans and budgets!

It's All About Sales!

This lesson will focus all on sales, specifically the role that sales play in the budgeting process. We'll examine the best practices for compiling a sales forecast and how to increase the chances that the sales forecast will actually mimic real life. We'll also discover how to create an inventory that needs a budget to determine just how much inventory to purchase based on a sales forecast. Finally, we'll discuss how to formulate a labor requirements budget to accurately project just how much labor you may need to employ to meet the needs of the company, again based on the sales forecast.

Cost Behavior – Part 1

In this lesson, we are going to detour a bit from the actual preparation of a budget and dive into how certain types of costs behave. Understanding how costs increase or decrease relative to an activity is an essential part of learning how to accurately budget for costs in a business. So, in the upcoming chapters, you're going to discover how to distinguish between variable, fixed, and mixed costs. We will use these cost types to calculate the contribution margin for the business. Then, we will show you how to use contribution margin to make certain predictions and decisions in a business. Most notably, you'll see how to use contribution margin to calculate the all-important break-even point and margin of safety for a business.

Cost Behavior – Part 2

This lesson will be a continuation of the discussion about cost behavior. In the lesson, you'll explore how to evaluate a company's sales mix and how to calculate operating leverage using tools given throughout the course. Operating leverage is just another key component of cost analysis that will allow you to, once again, easily make projections about the future. We'll end the lesson with a discussion about how companies set prices for the products and services they offer. You can probably guess that this process is a bit more involved than just selecting a price out of thin air. It's actually an essential part of a company's overall budgeting process and should not be taken lightly.

Expense and Manufacturing Production Budgets

In this lesson, we'll examine the steps needed to build both a direct materials budget and a direct labor budget. We'll also examine how a manufacturing company budgets for manufacturing overhead. All of these components are key to developing an overall production budget for a business that manufactures a product. Finally, we will end this lesson by describing the components of a production budget.

Cash Is King!

In this lesson, we'll discuss how to prepare a complete cash budget for a business. You'll get the chance to take an even closer look at how a company might forecast cash collections from credit sales and cash payments on credit purchases for big-ticket items like inventory or other expensive capital projects. We'll even take a look at how some companies mitigate the risk of running out of cash by utilizing lines of credit and other sources of cash instead of just relying on cash generated from sales.

Capital Budgeting

In this lesson, you'll learn some of the basic methodologies that can be applied in many different capital budgeting scenarios. The lesson will begin with an explanation of a technique that does not include an evaluation of how time impacts the valuation of money. Then, you'll learn how the passage of time and its impact on the value of a dollar is incorporated into capital budgeting decisions. Since capital projects often span years, or even decades in some cases, the time value of money is key to improving accuracy in budgeting for capital projects. The lesson will finish up with a thorough review of, perhaps, the most common technique that is used in capital budgeting decisions: net present value.

Business Decision-Making – Part 1

In this lesson and the one that follows, we're going to explore how businesses use budgeted data in combination with a formalized decision-making process to improve their chances of making better decisions. For a business, a better decision is one that maximizes profit and aligns with the company's goals and values. We'll start with an examination of what types of budgeted information are relevant to making a decision and what types of information you can ignore. You'll see the differences between quantitative and qualitative information and how each can be used to improve decision-making. Then we'll finish up with an example including some specific steps you can use as a model for making better decisions.

Business Decision-Making – Part 2

In this lesson, you'll continue to practice with these same techniques by applying them to a few other common business decisions. You'll start by examining how a business uses budgeted information to make the choice to replace an existing asset with a new asset, such as replacing an old piece of manufacturing equipment with a brand-new one. Next, you'll explore how a business might use budgeted information when deciding whether to eliminate a product or service that it offers. We'll finish up the lesson by examining one of the most critical business decisions you'll ever need to make: how to allocate your most scarce resource to maximize profit in your business.

Bringing It All Together

In this lesson and the one that follows, we will focus on how best to evaluate the financial stability and performance of the business using budgeted information. We'll start by taking a close look at using the components of a company's operating budget to compile the pro forma balance sheet. Next, we'll examine the steps needed to prepare the pro forma income statement, again by using the information found in many of the other operating budget components. To finish up the lesson, we'll dive into some straightforward techniques that are useful to evaluate the balances found on the pro forma balance sheet and income statements.

Evaluation, Control, and Methods

In our last lesson, we'll spend more time on the budget evaluation process by examining how companies use variance analysis to evaluate differences between actual results and the budget. To keep things manageable, we'll stick to the basics here so that you're equipped with some tools to take with you when applying these techniques in a real company. As part of this process, we'll take a look at how budget variances are defined and interpreted. Then, we'll discuss some techniques like flexible budgeting to evaluate and isolate certain budget fluctuations in a way that provides clarity to a business owner or manager. We'll finish up the lesson with a brief discussion of the budgetary control process and the soft skills needed for this process.

 

What you will learn

  • Learn about planning strategies and how they are used to keep a budget aligned with its vision
  • Obtain knowledge of cost behavior and how forecasts are used to ensure accuracy in future planning and budgeting
  • Develop various approaches to plan for general and administrative expenses
  • Gain tools and techniques used for a formal decision-making process
  • Master how best to evaluate the financial stability and performance of a business using budgeted information

How you will benefit

  • Learning how businesses think about budgeting will help you to make informed predictions about the future with strategic planning
  • Become more valuable to your employer or business by accurately budgeting costs
  • Make better business decisions with the knowledge about how businesses use budgeted data in combination with a formalized decision-making process
  • Increase success in your career with the skills, techniques, and tool kit provided by this course


Fee: $115.00
Dates: 1/18/2023 - 3/11/2023
Delivery Method: Online

This course is offered through our partners at ed2go.  These courses are fun, fast, convenient, easy to use, and led by an expert instructor.  Courses run for six weeks and you have 24/7 access to two lessons each week. Each lesson is accompanied by a short, multiple-choice quiz, and some lessons include hands-on assignments.

You will receive an e-mail with course access information upon completion of your enrollment.

Important: All online courses through the Center for Business & Industry are non-credit courses.  For college credit programs and courses please visit www.DaytonaState.edu.

Read more
Business Budgeting for Beginners
2/15/2023

This course will introduce different strategies employed during the budgeting process, the techniques and tools commonly used to make budgeting forecasts, the components of a basic operating budget, and how businesses make certain decisions that may impact their budgeted amounts.

 

If the idea of creating a budget for your business, department, or project seems overwhelming, this course will alleviate all of those fears. Taught in an approachable and relatable format, this course walks you through the budgeting process so you can go from numbers averse to budgeting super-hero. The downloadable templates included in the course allow you to easily and quickly take what you learn and apply it to your job. The storytelling used throughout the course makes the topic more approachable and engaging so you can obtain the soft skills that will help you be successful implementing and tracking a budget in the real world. Finally, the course challenge is something that will pique your curiosity at the beginning of the course and provide motivation to complete the course and continue learning the material.

A company's budgeting process involves a lot more than just rows and columns of numbers on a spreadsheet. The reality is that budgeting is a sometimes organic and sometimes organized process. Most often, it's an equal mix of both in an attempt to add some level of certainty to an uncertain future. These processes are what we are going to explore in this course. You will be introduced to different strategies employed during the budgeting process, the techniques and tools that are commonly used to make budgeting forecasts, the components of a basic operating budget, and how businesses make certain decisions that may impact their budgeted amounts.

 

Requirements:

Hardware Requirements:

  • This course can be taken on either a PC or Mac.

Software Requirements:

  • PC: Windows 8 or later.
  • Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
  • Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
  • Adobe Acrobat Reader.
  • Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.

Other:

  • Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.

Instructional Material Requirements:

The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online.

 

In this comprehensive, beginner-friendly course, you will learn the elementary skills needed to be successful in the budgeting process and work gradually work your way up to creating a budget. You will also discover how to best evaluate the results of your budget and make decisions to help your business maximize its profits.

 

Predicting the Future

In our first lesson, you'll explore how budgeting at its core is a process of looking forward. It's about making informed predictions about the future. Next, you'll see how a company's vision can lead to setting goals for the company. These visions are often aspirational and state the path for where the company plans to go in the future. Then, we'll also start the conversation about the human side of budgeting.

Budget Strategies

In this lesson, you'll begin to look at various budgeting strategies, including strategic, capital, and operations budgeting techniques. The lesson will include some real-life examples of planning activities, and to further bring these concepts to life, you'll work with a fictional company, Curly's Pool Service and Supplies, by helping Curly formulate some plans and budgets!

It's All About Sales!

This lesson will focus all on sales, specifically the role that sales play in the budgeting process. We'll examine the best practices for compiling a sales forecast and how to increase the chances that the sales forecast will actually mimic real life. We'll also discover how to create an inventory that needs a budget to determine just how much inventory to purchase based on a sales forecast. Finally, we'll discuss how to formulate a labor requirements budget to accurately project just how much labor you may need to employ to meet the needs of the company, again based on the sales forecast.

Cost Behavior – Part 1

In this lesson, we are going to detour a bit from the actual preparation of a budget and dive into how certain types of costs behave. Understanding how costs increase or decrease relative to an activity is an essential part of learning how to accurately budget for costs in a business. So, in the upcoming chapters, you're going to discover how to distinguish between variable, fixed, and mixed costs. We will use these cost types to calculate the contribution margin for the business. Then, we will show you how to use contribution margin to make certain predictions and decisions in a business. Most notably, you'll see how to use contribution margin to calculate the all-important break-even point and margin of safety for a business.

Cost Behavior – Part 2

This lesson will be a continuation of the discussion about cost behavior. In the lesson, you'll explore how to evaluate a company's sales mix and how to calculate operating leverage using tools given throughout the course. Operating leverage is just another key component of cost analysis that will allow you to, once again, easily make projections about the future. We'll end the lesson with a discussion about how companies set prices for the products and services they offer. You can probably guess that this process is a bit more involved than just selecting a price out of thin air. It's actually an essential part of a company's overall budgeting process and should not be taken lightly.

Expense and Manufacturing Production Budgets

In this lesson, we'll examine the steps needed to build both a direct materials budget and a direct labor budget. We'll also examine how a manufacturing company budgets for manufacturing overhead. All of these components are key to developing an overall production budget for a business that manufactures a product. Finally, we will end this lesson by describing the components of a production budget.

Cash Is King!

In this lesson, we'll discuss how to prepare a complete cash budget for a business. You'll get the chance to take an even closer look at how a company might forecast cash collections from credit sales and cash payments on credit purchases for big-ticket items like inventory or other expensive capital projects. We'll even take a look at how some companies mitigate the risk of running out of cash by utilizing lines of credit and other sources of cash instead of just relying on cash generated from sales.

Capital Budgeting

In this lesson, you'll learn some of the basic methodologies that can be applied in many different capital budgeting scenarios. The lesson will begin with an explanation of a technique that does not include an evaluation of how time impacts the valuation of money. Then, you'll learn how the passage of time and its impact on the value of a dollar is incorporated into capital budgeting decisions. Since capital projects often span years, or even decades in some cases, the time value of money is key to improving accuracy in budgeting for capital projects. The lesson will finish up with a thorough review of, perhaps, the most common technique that is used in capital budgeting decisions: net present value.

Business Decision-Making – Part 1

In this lesson and the one that follows, we're going to explore how businesses use budgeted data in combination with a formalized decision-making process to improve their chances of making better decisions. For a business, a better decision is one that maximizes profit and aligns with the company's goals and values. We'll start with an examination of what types of budgeted information are relevant to making a decision and what types of information you can ignore. You'll see the differences between quantitative and qualitative information and how each can be used to improve decision-making. Then we'll finish up with an example including some specific steps you can use as a model for making better decisions.

Business Decision-Making – Part 2

In this lesson, you'll continue to practice with these same techniques by applying them to a few other common business decisions. You'll start by examining how a business uses budgeted information to make the choice to replace an existing asset with a new asset, such as replacing an old piece of manufacturing equipment with a brand-new one. Next, you'll explore how a business might use budgeted information when deciding whether to eliminate a product or service that it offers. We'll finish up the lesson by examining one of the most critical business decisions you'll ever need to make: how to allocate your most scarce resource to maximize profit in your business.

Bringing It All Together

In this lesson and the one that follows, we will focus on how best to evaluate the financial stability and performance of the business using budgeted information. We'll start by taking a close look at using the components of a company's operating budget to compile the pro forma balance sheet. Next, we'll examine the steps needed to prepare the pro forma income statement, again by using the information found in many of the other operating budget components. To finish up the lesson, we'll dive into some straightforward techniques that are useful to evaluate the balances found on the pro forma balance sheet and income statements.

Evaluation, Control, and Methods

In our last lesson, we'll spend more time on the budget evaluation process by examining how companies use variance analysis to evaluate differences between actual results and the budget. To keep things manageable, we'll stick to the basics here so that you're equipped with some tools to take with you when applying these techniques in a real company. As part of this process, we'll take a look at how budget variances are defined and interpreted. Then, we'll discuss some techniques like flexible budgeting to evaluate and isolate certain budget fluctuations in a way that provides clarity to a business owner or manager. We'll finish up the lesson with a brief discussion of the budgetary control process and the soft skills needed for this process.

 

What you will learn

  • Learn about planning strategies and how they are used to keep a budget aligned with its vision
  • Obtain knowledge of cost behavior and how forecasts are used to ensure accuracy in future planning and budgeting
  • Develop various approaches to plan for general and administrative expenses
  • Gain tools and techniques used for a formal decision-making process
  • Master how best to evaluate the financial stability and performance of a business using budgeted information

How you will benefit

  • Learning how businesses think about budgeting will help you to make informed predictions about the future with strategic planning
  • Become more valuable to your employer or business by accurately budgeting costs
  • Make better business decisions with the knowledge about how businesses use budgeted data in combination with a formalized decision-making process
  • Increase success in your career with the skills, techniques, and tool kit provided by this course

 

Fee: $115.00
Dates: 2/15/2023 - 4/8/2023
Delivery Method: Online

This course is offered through our partners at ed2go.  These courses are fun, fast, convenient, easy to use, and led by an expert instructor.  Courses run for six weeks and you have 24/7 access to two lessons each week. Each lesson is accompanied by a short, multiple-choice quiz, and some lessons include hands-on assignments.

You will receive an e-mail with course access information upon completion of your enrollment.

Important: All online courses through the Center for Business & Industry are non-credit courses.  For college credit programs and courses please visit www.DaytonaState.edu.

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Business Budgeting for Beginners
3/15/2023

This course will introduce different strategies employed during the budgeting process, the techniques and tools commonly used to make budgeting forecasts, the components of a basic operating budget, and how businesses make certain decisions that may impact their budgeted amounts.

 

If the idea of creating a budget for your business, department, or project seems overwhelming, this course will alleviate all of those fears. Taught in an approachable and relatable format, this course walks you through the budgeting process so you can go from numbers averse to budgeting super-hero. The downloadable templates included in the course allow you to easily and quickly take what you learn and apply it to your job. The storytelling used throughout the course makes the topic more approachable and engaging so you can obtain the soft skills that will help you be successful implementing and tracking a budget in the real world. Finally, the course challenge is something that will pique your curiosity at the beginning of the course and provide motivation to complete the course and continue learning the material.

A company's budgeting process involves a lot more than just rows and columns of numbers on a spreadsheet. The reality is that budgeting is a sometimes organic and sometimes organized process. Most often, it's an equal mix of both in an attempt to add some level of certainty to an uncertain future. These processes are what we are going to explore in this course. You will be introduced to different strategies employed during the budgeting process, the techniques and tools that are commonly used to make budgeting forecasts, the components of a basic operating budget, and how businesses make certain decisions that may impact their budgeted amounts.

 

Requirements:

Hardware Requirements:

  • This course can be taken on either a PC or Mac.

Software Requirements:

  • PC: Windows 8 or later.
  • Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
  • Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
  • Adobe Acrobat Reader.
  • Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.

Other:

  • Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.

Instructional Material Requirements:

The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online.

 

In this comprehensive, beginner-friendly course, you will learn the elementary skills needed to be successful in the budgeting process and work gradually work your way up to creating a budget. You will also discover how to best evaluate the results of your budget and make decisions to help your business maximize its profits.

 

Predicting the Future

In our first lesson, you'll explore how budgeting at its core is a process of looking forward. It's about making informed predictions about the future. Next, you'll see how a company's vision can lead to setting goals for the company. These visions are often aspirational and state the path for where the company plans to go in the future. Then, we'll also start the conversation about the human side of budgeting.

Budget Strategies

In this lesson, you'll begin to look at various budgeting strategies, including strategic, capital, and operations budgeting techniques. The lesson will include some real-life examples of planning activities, and to further bring these concepts to life, you'll work with a fictional company, Curly's Pool Service and Supplies, by helping Curly formulate some plans and budgets!

It's All About Sales!

This lesson will focus all on sales, specifically the role that sales play in the budgeting process. We'll examine the best practices for compiling a sales forecast and how to increase the chances that the sales forecast will actually mimic real life. We'll also discover how to create an inventory that needs a budget to determine just how much inventory to purchase based on a sales forecast. Finally, we'll discuss how to formulate a labor requirements budget to accurately project just how much labor you may need to employ to meet the needs of the company, again based on the sales forecast.

Cost Behavior – Part 1

In this lesson, we are going to detour a bit from the actual preparation of a budget and dive into how certain types of costs behave. Understanding how costs increase or decrease relative to an activity is an essential part of learning how to accurately budget for costs in a business. So, in the upcoming chapters, you're going to discover how to distinguish between variable, fixed, and mixed costs. We will use these cost types to calculate the contribution margin for the business. Then, we will show you how to use contribution margin to make certain predictions and decisions in a business. Most notably, you'll see how to use contribution margin to calculate the all-important break-even point and margin of safety for a business.

Cost Behavior – Part 2

This lesson will be a continuation of the discussion about cost behavior. In the lesson, you'll explore how to evaluate a company's sales mix and how to calculate operating leverage using tools given throughout the course. Operating leverage is just another key component of cost analysis that will allow you to, once again, easily make projections about the future. We'll end the lesson with a discussion about how companies set prices for the products and services they offer. You can probably guess that this process is a bit more involved than just selecting a price out of thin air. It's actually an essential part of a company's overall budgeting process and should not be taken lightly.

Expense and Manufacturing Production Budgets

In this lesson, we'll examine the steps needed to build both a direct materials budget and a direct labor budget. We'll also examine how a manufacturing company budgets for manufacturing overhead. All of these components are key to developing an overall production budget for a business that manufactures a product. Finally, we will end this lesson by describing the components of a production budget.

Cash Is King!

In this lesson, we'll discuss how to prepare a complete cash budget for a business. You'll get the chance to take an even closer look at how a company might forecast cash collections from credit sales and cash payments on credit purchases for big-ticket items like inventory or other expensive capital projects. We'll even take a look at how some companies mitigate the risk of running out of cash by utilizing lines of credit and other sources of cash instead of just relying on cash generated from sales.

Capital Budgeting

In this lesson, you'll learn some of the basic methodologies that can be applied in many different capital budgeting scenarios. The lesson will begin with an explanation of a technique that does not include an evaluation of how time impacts the valuation of money. Then, you'll learn how the passage of time and its impact on the value of a dollar is incorporated into capital budgeting decisions. Since capital projects often span years, or even decades in some cases, the time value of money is key to improving accuracy in budgeting for capital projects. The lesson will finish up with a thorough review of, perhaps, the most common technique that is used in capital budgeting decisions: net present value.

Business Decision-Making – Part 1

In this lesson and the one that follows, we're going to explore how businesses use budgeted data in combination with a formalized decision-making process to improve their chances of making better decisions. For a business, a better decision is one that maximizes profit and aligns with the company's goals and values. We'll start with an examination of what types of budgeted information are relevant to making a decision and what types of information you can ignore. You'll see the differences between quantitative and qualitative information and how each can be used to improve decision-making. Then we'll finish up with an example including some specific steps you can use as a model for making better decisions.

Business Decision-Making – Part 2

In this lesson, you'll continue to practice with these same techniques by applying them to a few other common business decisions. You'll start by examining how a business uses budgeted information to make the choice to replace an existing asset with a new asset, such as replacing an old piece of manufacturing equipment with a brand-new one. Next, you'll explore how a business might use budgeted information when deciding whether to eliminate a product or service that it offers. We'll finish up the lesson by examining one of the most critical business decisions you'll ever need to make: how to allocate your most scarce resource to maximize profit in your business.

Bringing It All Together

In this lesson and the one that follows, we will focus on how best to evaluate the financial stability and performance of the business using budgeted information. We'll start by taking a close look at using the components of a company's operating budget to compile the pro forma balance sheet. Next, we'll examine the steps needed to prepare the pro forma income statement, again by using the information found in many of the other operating budget components. To finish up the lesson, we'll dive into some straightforward techniques that are useful to evaluate the balances found on the pro forma balance sheet and income statements.

Evaluation, Control, and Methods

In our last lesson, we'll spend more time on the budget evaluation process by examining how companies use variance analysis to evaluate differences between actual results and the budget. To keep things manageable, we'll stick to the basics here so that you're equipped with some tools to take with you when applying these techniques in a real company. As part of this process, we'll take a look at how budget variances are defined and interpreted. Then, we'll discuss some techniques like flexible budgeting to evaluate and isolate certain budget fluctuations in a way that provides clarity to a business owner or manager. We'll finish up the lesson with a brief discussion of the budgetary control process and the soft skills needed for this process.

 

What you will learn

  • Learn about planning strategies and how they are used to keep a budget aligned with its vision
  • Obtain knowledge of cost behavior and how forecasts are used to ensure accuracy in future planning and budgeting
  • Develop various approaches to plan for general and administrative expenses
  • Gain tools and techniques used for a formal decision-making process
  • Master how best to evaluate the financial stability and performance of a business using budgeted information

How you will benefit

  • Learning how businesses think about budgeting will help you to make informed predictions about the future with strategic planning
  • Become more valuable to your employer or business by accurately budgeting costs
  • Make better business decisions with the knowledge about how businesses use budgeted data in combination with a formalized decision-making process
  • Increase success in your career with the skills, techniques, and tool kit provided by this course

 

Fee: $115.00
Dates: 3/15/2023 - 5/6/2023
Delivery Method: Online

This course is offered through our partners at ed2go.  These courses are fun, fast, convenient, easy to use, and led by an expert instructor.  Courses run for six weeks and you have 24/7 access to two lessons each week. Each lesson is accompanied by a short, multiple-choice quiz, and some lessons include hands-on assignments.

You will receive an e-mail with course access information upon completion of your enrollment.

Important: All online courses through the Center for Business & Industry are non-credit courses.  For college credit programs and courses please visit www.DaytonaState.edu.

Read more
Business Budgeting for Beginners
4/12/2023

This course will introduce different strategies employed during the budgeting process, the techniques and tools commonly used to make budgeting forecasts, the components of a basic operating budget, and how businesses make certain decisions that may impact their budgeted amounts.

 

If the idea of creating a budget for your business, department, or project seems overwhelming, this course will alleviate all of those fears. Taught in an approachable and relatable format, this course walks you through the budgeting process so you can go from numbers averse to budgeting super-hero. The downloadable templates included in the course allow you to easily and quickly take what you learn and apply it to your job. The storytelling used throughout the course makes the topic more approachable and engaging so you can obtain the soft skills that will help you be successful implementing and tracking a budget in the real world. Finally, the course challenge is something that will pique your curiosity at the beginning of the course and provide motivation to complete the course and continue learning the material.

A company's budgeting process involves a lot more than just rows and columns of numbers on a spreadsheet. The reality is that budgeting is a sometimes organic and sometimes organized process. Most often, it's an equal mix of both in an attempt to add some level of certainty to an uncertain future. These processes are what we are going to explore in this course. You will be introduced to different strategies employed during the budgeting process, the techniques and tools that are commonly used to make budgeting forecasts, the components of a basic operating budget, and how businesses make certain decisions that may impact their budgeted amounts.

 

Requirements:

Hardware Requirements:

  • This course can be taken on either a PC or Mac.

Software Requirements:

  • PC: Windows 8 or later.
  • Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
  • Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
  • Adobe Acrobat Reader.
  • Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.

Other:

  • Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.

Instructional Material Requirements:

The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online.

 

In this comprehensive, beginner-friendly course, you will learn the elementary skills needed to be successful in the budgeting process and work gradually work your way up to creating a budget. You will also discover how to best evaluate the results of your budget and make decisions to help your business maximize its profits.

 

Predicting the Future

In our first lesson, you'll explore how budgeting at its core is a process of looking forward. It's about making informed predictions about the future. Next, you'll see how a company's vision can lead to setting goals for the company. These visions are often aspirational and state the path for where the company plans to go in the future. Then, we'll also start the conversation about the human side of budgeting.

Budget Strategies

In this lesson, you'll begin to look at various budgeting strategies, including strategic, capital, and operations budgeting techniques. The lesson will include some real-life examples of planning activities, and to further bring these concepts to life, you'll work with a fictional company, Curly's Pool Service and Supplies, by helping Curly formulate some plans and budgets!

It's All About Sales!

This lesson will focus all on sales, specifically the role that sales play in the budgeting process. We'll examine the best practices for compiling a sales forecast and how to increase the chances that the sales forecast will actually mimic real life. We'll also discover how to create an inventory that needs a budget to determine just how much inventory to purchase based on a sales forecast. Finally, we'll discuss how to formulate a labor requirements budget to accurately project just how much labor you may need to employ to meet the needs of the company, again based on the sales forecast.

Cost Behavior – Part 1

In this lesson, we are going to detour a bit from the actual preparation of a budget and dive into how certain types of costs behave. Understanding how costs increase or decrease relative to an activity is an essential part of learning how to accurately budget for costs in a business. So, in the upcoming chapters, you're going to discover how to distinguish between variable, fixed, and mixed costs. We will use these cost types to calculate the contribution margin for the business. Then, we will show you how to use contribution margin to make certain predictions and decisions in a business. Most notably, you'll see how to use contribution margin to calculate the all-important break-even point and margin of safety for a business.

Cost Behavior – Part 2

This lesson will be a continuation of the discussion about cost behavior. In the lesson, you'll explore how to evaluate a company's sales mix and how to calculate operating leverage using tools given throughout the course. Operating leverage is just another key component of cost analysis that will allow you to, once again, easily make projections about the future. We'll end the lesson with a discussion about how companies set prices for the products and services they offer. You can probably guess that this process is a bit more involved than just selecting a price out of thin air. It's actually an essential part of a company's overall budgeting process and should not be taken lightly.

Expense and Manufacturing Production Budgets

In this lesson, we'll examine the steps needed to build both a direct materials budget and a direct labor budget. We'll also examine how a manufacturing company budgets for manufacturing overhead. All of these components are key to developing an overall production budget for a business that manufactures a product. Finally, we will end this lesson by describing the components of a production budget.

Cash Is King!

In this lesson, we'll discuss how to prepare a complete cash budget for a business. You'll get the chance to take an even closer look at how a company might forecast cash collections from credit sales and cash payments on credit purchases for big-ticket items like inventory or other expensive capital projects. We'll even take a look at how some companies mitigate the risk of running out of cash by utilizing lines of credit and other sources of cash instead of just relying on cash generated from sales.

Capital Budgeting

In this lesson, you'll learn some of the basic methodologies that can be applied in many different capital budgeting scenarios. The lesson will begin with an explanation of a technique that does not include an evaluation of how time impacts the valuation of money. Then, you'll learn how the passage of time and its impact on the value of a dollar is incorporated into capital budgeting decisions. Since capital projects often span years, or even decades in some cases, the time value of money is key to improving accuracy in budgeting for capital projects. The lesson will finish up with a thorough review of, perhaps, the most common technique that is used in capital budgeting decisions: net present value.

Business Decision-Making – Part 1

In this lesson and the one that follows, we're going to explore how businesses use budgeted data in combination with a formalized decision-making process to improve their chances of making better decisions. For a business, a better decision is one that maximizes profit and aligns with the company's goals and values. We'll start with an examination of what types of budgeted information are relevant to making a decision and what types of information you can ignore. You'll see the differences between quantitative and qualitative information and how each can be used to improve decision-making. Then we'll finish up with an example including some specific steps you can use as a model for making better decisions.

Business Decision-Making – Part 2

In this lesson, you'll continue to practice with these same techniques by applying them to a few other common business decisions. You'll start by examining how a business uses budgeted information to make the choice to replace an existing asset with a new asset, such as replacing an old piece of manufacturing equipment with a brand-new one. Next, you'll explore how a business might use budgeted information when deciding whether to eliminate a product or service that it offers. We'll finish up the lesson by examining one of the most critical business decisions you'll ever need to make: how to allocate your most scarce resource to maximize profit in your business.

Bringing It All Together

In this lesson and the one that follows, we will focus on how best to evaluate the financial stability and performance of the business using budgeted information. We'll start by taking a close look at using the components of a company's operating budget to compile the pro forma balance sheet. Next, we'll examine the steps needed to prepare the pro forma income statement, again by using the information found in many of the other operating budget components. To finish up the lesson, we'll dive into some straightforward techniques that are useful to evaluate the balances found on the pro forma balance sheet and income statements.

Evaluation, Control, and Methods

In our last lesson, we'll spend more time on the budget evaluation process by examining how companies use variance analysis to evaluate differences between actual results and the budget. To keep things manageable, we'll stick to the basics here so that you're equipped with some tools to take with you when applying these techniques in a real company. As part of this process, we'll take a look at how budget variances are defined and interpreted. Then, we'll discuss some techniques like flexible budgeting to evaluate and isolate certain budget fluctuations in a way that provides clarity to a business owner or manager. We'll finish up the lesson with a brief discussion of the budgetary control process and the soft skills needed for this process.

 

What you will learn

  • Learn about planning strategies and how they are used to keep a budget aligned with its vision
  • Obtain knowledge of cost behavior and how forecasts are used to ensure accuracy in future planning and budgeting
  • Develop various approaches to plan for general and administrative expenses
  • Gain tools and techniques used for a formal decision-making process
  • Master how best to evaluate the financial stability and performance of a business using budgeted information

How you will benefit

  • Learning how businesses think about budgeting will help you to make informed predictions about the future with strategic planning
  • Become more valuable to your employer or business by accurately budgeting costs
  • Make better business decisions with the knowledge about how businesses use budgeted data in combination with a formalized decision-making process
  • Increase success in your career with the skills, techniques, and tool kit provided by this course

 

Fee: $115.00
Dates: 4/12/2023 - 6/3/2023
Delivery Method: Online

This course is offered through our partners at ed2go.  These courses are fun, fast, convenient, easy to use, and led by an expert instructor.  Courses run for six weeks and you have 24/7 access to two lessons each week. Each lesson is accompanied by a short, multiple-choice quiz, and some lessons include hands-on assignments.

You will receive an e-mail with course access information upon completion of your enrollment.

Important: All online courses through the Center for Business & Industry are non-credit courses.  For college credit programs and courses please visit www.DaytonaState.edu.

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Creating a Successful Business Plan
1/18/2023

Turn your business ideas into a solid plan for financing and long-term success.

 

Turn your business ideas into a solid plan for financing and long-term success. Committing your idea to paper in the form of a business plan not only increases your chances of obtaining financing, but also in keeping your business strategically focused. You will work through all the major components of writing a business plan and emerge with your first draft in hand. Most importantly, you will have completed the first—and most difficult—step on the path to small business success.

 

Requirements:

Hardware Requirements:

  • This course can be taken on either a PC or Mac.

Software Requirements:

  • PC: Windows 8 or later.
  • Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
  • Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox are preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
  • Microsoft Word or other word processing program (not included in enrollment).
  • Adobe Acrobat Reader.
  • Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.

Other:

  • Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.

Instructional Material Requirements:

The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online.

 

A Strategy for Success

In this first lesson, you will meet several leading entrepreneurs and determine if you have similar passions and skill sets. You will discover that business plans are not just for funding your dream, but for guiding it along the path to success (as you choose to define it).

Defining Your Business

Now, you will start to mold your business. You will develop a vision and a mission for your enterprise. You will define and refine your product or service, and you will uncover your niche. This is the fun part of the journey—your only limitation is your imagination.

The Role of the Customer

This lesson will focus on the customer. Successful companies focus not on the products and services that they offer, but on the customers that they serve—on many levels. You will learn to position your company to be customer-centric, and how to move that customer from satisfied to loyal (and perhaps even an advocate for your business).

Structuring Your Organization

In this lesson, you will structure your organization so it's in the best position to provide your product or service to your targeted customers. You will discover the role that change plays in your entrepreneurial evolution. Change is good—it shows that you're thinking.

The Marketing Plan

This lesson explores the plan within the plan—the marketing section of your business plan. You will also discover the features and benefits of your product or service, and you will begin the ongoing task of market research. This is where you can differentiate your product or service from that of your competition.

The Competition

This lesson will explore three separate areas of marketing. First, you will learn about your competitors so that you can better position yourself and discover just how solid your business ideas are. Then, you will address one of the most difficult issues of new business—pricing. Finally, you will become a SWOT agent—analyzing strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats.

Marketing in Action

In this lesson, you will join a panel of outstanding marketing, public relations, and graphics experts who are also entrepreneurs and believe in the power of networking. You will explore graphic design, logos, image, public relations, and guerrilla marketing, as well as marketing in action.

Operations and Manufacturing

This lesson tackles operations and manufacturing concerns.

Understanding the Finance Section (Part I)

This lesson takes a bird's eye view of the financial section of a business plan. You will also briefly explore the capital equipment list, the balance sheet, and break-even analysis.

Understanding the Finance Section (Part II)

In this lesson, you will discover three additional financial components of the plan. You will explore the projected income statement, cash flow, and historical financial records. Be sure to take some time to explore the Supplemental Links area (in this lesson and in all the others) for outstanding online resources.

Financing Your Business

This lesson continues the focus on money, but from a different perspective than in the previous two. You will focus on funding and financing opportunities, and by the end, you should have a better understanding of financing. You will also find out where to locate traditional, and not so traditional, sources of funding.

The Final Document

In the final lesson, you will end one journey while beginning another. First, you will write an outstanding executive summary. You will receive a few important document formatting tips, and you will learn what supporting documents you should add to your final business plan. You now hold all the keys to the doors along your entrepreneurial path. Journey well.

 

What you will learn

  • Develop a strategy for success, starting with a detailed business plan
  • Learn the role of the customer in your new business venture
  • Gain an understanding of marketing and all the pieces you will need to know to succeed
  • Understand the financial aspects of starting and running a business
  • Learn how and where to obtain financing

How you will benefit

  • Learn what you will need to know to get a successful start as an entrepreneur
  • Understand how to surround yourself with the right people and tools for success
  • Feel more confident as you step out on your own to achieve your dreams

 

Fee: $115.00
Dates: 1/18/2023 - 3/11/2023
Delivery Method: Online

This course is offered through our partners at ed2go.  These courses are fun, fast, convenient, easy to use, and led by an expert instructor.  Courses run for six weeks and you have 24/7 access to two lessons each week. Each lesson is accompanied by a short, multiple-choice quiz, and some lessons include hands-on assignments.

You will receive an e-mail with course access information upon completion of your enrollment.

Important: All online courses through the Center for Business & Industry are non-credit courses.  For college credit programs and courses please visit www.DaytonaState.edu.

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Creating a Successful Business Plan
2/15/2023 12:00 AM

Turn your business ideas into a solid plan for financing and long-term success.

 

Turn your business ideas into a solid plan for financing and long-term success. Committing your idea to paper in the form of a business plan not only increases your chances of obtaining financing, but also in keeping your business strategically focused. You will work through all the major components of writing a business plan and emerge with your first draft in hand. Most importantly, you will have completed the first—and most difficult—step on the path to small business success.

 

Requirements:

Hardware Requirements:

  • This course can be taken on either a PC or Mac.

Software Requirements:

  • PC: Windows 8 or later.
  • Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
  • Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox are preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
  • Microsoft Word or other word processing program (not included in enrollment).
  • Adobe Acrobat Reader.
  • Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.

Other:

  • Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.

Instructional Material Requirements:

The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online.

 

A Strategy for Success

In this first lesson, you will meet several leading entrepreneurs and determine if you have similar passions and skill sets. You will discover that business plans are not just for funding your dream, but for guiding it along the path to success (as you choose to define it).

Defining Your Business

Now, you will start to mold your business. You will develop a vision and a mission for your enterprise. You will define and refine your product or service, and you will uncover your niche. This is the fun part of the journey—your only limitation is your imagination.

The Role of the Customer

This lesson will focus on the customer. Successful companies focus not on the products and services that they offer, but on the customers that they serve—on many levels. You will learn to position your company to be customer-centric, and how to move that customer from satisfied to loyal (and perhaps even an advocate for your business).

Structuring Your Organization

In this lesson, you will structure your organization so it's in the best position to provide your product or service to your targeted customers. You will discover the role that change plays in your entrepreneurial evolution. Change is good—it shows that you're thinking.

The Marketing Plan

This lesson explores the plan within the plan—the marketing section of your business plan. You will also discover the features and benefits of your product or service, and you will begin the ongoing task of market research. This is where you can differentiate your product or service from that of your competition.

The Competition

This lesson will explore three separate areas of marketing. First, you will learn about your competitors so that you can better position yourself and discover just how solid your business ideas are. Then, you will address one of the most difficult issues of new business—pricing. Finally, you will become a SWOT agent—analyzing strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats.

Marketing in Action

In this lesson, you will join a panel of outstanding marketing, public relations, and graphics experts who are also entrepreneurs and believe in the power of networking. You will explore graphic design, logos, image, public relations, and guerrilla marketing, as well as marketing in action.

Operations and Manufacturing

This lesson tackles operations and manufacturing concerns.

Understanding the Finance Section (Part I)

This lesson takes a bird's eye view of the financial section of a business plan. You will also briefly explore the capital equipment list, the balance sheet, and break-even analysis.

Understanding the Finance Section (Part II)

In this lesson, you will discover three additional financial components of the plan. You will explore the projected income statement, cash flow, and historical financial records. Be sure to take some time to explore the Supplemental Links area (in this lesson and in all the others) for outstanding online resources.

Financing Your Business

This lesson continues the focus on money, but from a different perspective than in the previous two. You will focus on funding and financing opportunities, and by the end, you should have a better understanding of financing. You will also find out where to locate traditional, and not so traditional, sources of funding.

The Final Document

In the final lesson, you will end one journey while beginning another. First, you will write an outstanding executive summary. You will receive a few important document formatting tips, and you will learn what supporting documents you should add to your final business plan. You now hold all the keys to the doors along your entrepreneurial path. Journey well.

 

What you will learn

  • Develop a strategy for success, starting with a detailed business plan
  • Learn the role of the customer in your new business venture
  • Gain an understanding of marketing and all the pieces you will need to know to succeed
  • Understand the financial aspects of starting and running a business
  • Learn how and where to obtain financing

How you will benefit

  • Learn what you will need to know to get a successful start as an entrepreneur
  • Understand how to surround yourself with the right people and tools for success
  • Feel more confident as you step out on your own to achieve your dreams

 

Fee: $115.00
Dates: 2/15/2023 - 4/8/2023
Delivery Method: Online

This course is offered through our partners at ed2go.  These courses are fun, fast, convenient, easy to use, and led by an expert instructor.  Courses run for six weeks and you have 24/7 access to two lessons each week. Each lesson is accompanied by a short, multiple-choice quiz, and some lessons include hands-on assignments.

You will receive an e-mail with course access information upon completion of your enrollment.

Important: All online courses through the Center for Business & Industry are non-credit courses.  For college credit programs and courses please visit www.DaytonaState.edu.

Read more
Creating a Successful Business Plan
3/15/2023

Turn your business ideas into a solid plan for financing and long-term success.

 

Turn your business ideas into a solid plan for financing and long-term success. Committing your idea to paper in the form of a business plan not only increases your chances of obtaining financing, but also in keeping your business strategically focused. You will work through all the major components of writing a business plan and emerge with your first draft in hand. Most importantly, you will have completed the first—and most difficult—step on the path to small business success.

 

Requirements:

Hardware Requirements:

  • This course can be taken on either a PC or Mac.

Software Requirements:

  • PC: Windows 8 or later.
  • Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
  • Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox are preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
  • Microsoft Word or other word processing program (not included in enrollment).
  • Adobe Acrobat Reader.
  • Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.

Other:

  • Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.

Instructional Material Requirements:

The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online.

 

A Strategy for Success

In this first lesson, you will meet several leading entrepreneurs and determine if you have similar passions and skill sets. You will discover that business plans are not just for funding your dream, but for guiding it along the path to success (as you choose to define it).

Defining Your Business

Now, you will start to mold your business. You will develop a vision and a mission for your enterprise. You will define and refine your product or service, and you will uncover your niche. This is the fun part of the journey—your only limitation is your imagination.

The Role of the Customer

This lesson will focus on the customer. Successful companies focus not on the products and services that they offer, but on the customers that they serve—on many levels. You will learn to position your company to be customer-centric, and how to move that customer from satisfied to loyal (and perhaps even an advocate for your business).

Structuring Your Organization

In this lesson, you will structure your organization so it's in the best position to provide your product or service to your targeted customers. You will discover the role that change plays in your entrepreneurial evolution. Change is good—it shows that you're thinking.

The Marketing Plan

This lesson explores the plan within the plan—the marketing section of your business plan. You will also discover the features and benefits of your product or service, and you will begin the ongoing task of market research. This is where you can differentiate your product or service from that of your competition.

The Competition

This lesson will explore three separate areas of marketing. First, you will learn about your competitors so that you can better position yourself and discover just how solid your business ideas are. Then, you will address one of the most difficult issues of new business—pricing. Finally, you will become a SWOT agent—analyzing strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats.

Marketing in Action

In this lesson, you will join a panel of outstanding marketing, public relations, and graphics experts who are also entrepreneurs and believe in the power of networking. You will explore graphic design, logos, image, public relations, and guerrilla marketing, as well as marketing in action.

Operations and Manufacturing

This lesson tackles operations and manufacturing concerns.

Understanding the Finance Section (Part I)

This lesson takes a bird's eye view of the financial section of a business plan. You will also briefly explore the capital equipment list, the balance sheet, and break-even analysis.

Understanding the Finance Section (Part II)

In this lesson, you will discover three additional financial components of the plan. You will explore the projected income statement, cash flow, and historical financial records. Be sure to take some time to explore the Supplemental Links area (in this lesson and in all the others) for outstanding online resources.

Financing Your Business

This lesson continues the focus on money, but from a different perspective than in the previous two. You will focus on funding and financing opportunities, and by the end, you should have a better understanding of financing. You will also find out where to locate traditional, and not so traditional, sources of funding.

The Final Document

In the final lesson, you will end one journey while beginning another. First, you will write an outstanding executive summary. You will receive a few important document formatting tips, and you will learn what supporting documents you should add to your final business plan. You now hold all the keys to the doors along your entrepreneurial path. Journey well.

 

What you will learn

  • Develop a strategy for success, starting with a detailed business plan
  • Learn the role of the customer in your new business venture
  • Gain an understanding of marketing and all the pieces you will need to know to succeed
  • Understand the financial aspects of starting and running a business
  • Learn how and where to obtain financing

How you will benefit

  • Learn what you will need to know to get a successful start as an entrepreneur
  • Understand how to surround yourself with the right people and tools for success
  • Feel more confident as you step out on your own to achieve your dreams

 

Fee: $115.00
Dates: 3/15/2023 - 5/6/2023
Delivery Method: Online

This course is offered through our partners at ed2go.  These courses are fun, fast, convenient, easy to use, and led by an expert instructor.  Courses run for six weeks and you have 24/7 access to two lessons each week. Each lesson is accompanied by a short, multiple-choice quiz, and some lessons include hands-on assignments.

You will receive an e-mail with course access information upon completion of your enrollment.

Important: All online courses through the Center for Business & Industry are non-credit courses.  For college credit programs and courses please visit www.DaytonaState.edu.

Read more
Creating a Successful Business Plan
4/12/2023

Turn your business ideas into a solid plan for financing and long-term success.

 

Turn your business ideas into a solid plan for financing and long-term success. Committing your idea to paper in the form of a business plan not only increases your chances of obtaining financing, but also in keeping your business strategically focused. You will work through all the major components of writing a business plan and emerge with your first draft in hand. Most importantly, you will have completed the first—and most difficult—step on the path to small business success.

 

Requirements:

Hardware Requirements:

  • This course can be taken on either a PC or Mac.

Software Requirements:

  • PC: Windows 8 or later.
  • Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
  • Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox are preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
  • Microsoft Word or other word processing program (not included in enrollment).
  • Adobe Acrobat Reader.
  • Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.

Other:

  • Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.

Instructional Material Requirements:

The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online.

 

A Strategy for Success

In this first lesson, you will meet several leading entrepreneurs and determine if you have similar passions and skill sets. You will discover that business plans are not just for funding your dream, but for guiding it along the path to success (as you choose to define it).

Defining Your Business

Now, you will start to mold your business. You will develop a vision and a mission for your enterprise. You will define and refine your product or service, and you will uncover your niche. This is the fun part of the journey—your only limitation is your imagination.

The Role of the Customer

This lesson will focus on the customer. Successful companies focus not on the products and services that they offer, but on the customers that they serve—on many levels. You will learn to position your company to be customer-centric, and how to move that customer from satisfied to loyal (and perhaps even an advocate for your business).

Structuring Your Organization

In this lesson, you will structure your organization so it's in the best position to provide your product or service to your targeted customers. You will discover the role that change plays in your entrepreneurial evolution. Change is good—it shows that you're thinking.

The Marketing Plan

This lesson explores the plan within the plan—the marketing section of your business plan. You will also discover the features and benefits of your product or service, and you will begin the ongoing task of market research. This is where you can differentiate your product or service from that of your competition.

The Competition

This lesson will explore three separate areas of marketing. First, you will learn about your competitors so that you can better position yourself and discover just how solid your business ideas are. Then, you will address one of the most difficult issues of new business—pricing. Finally, you will become a SWOT agent—analyzing strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats.

Marketing in Action

In this lesson, you will join a panel of outstanding marketing, public relations, and graphics experts who are also entrepreneurs and believe in the power of networking. You will explore graphic design, logos, image, public relations, and guerrilla marketing, as well as marketing in action.

Operations and Manufacturing

This lesson tackles operations and manufacturing concerns.

Understanding the Finance Section (Part I)

This lesson takes a bird's eye view of the financial section of a business plan. You will also briefly explore the capital equipment list, the balance sheet, and break-even analysis.

Understanding the Finance Section (Part II)

In this lesson, you will discover three additional financial components of the plan. You will explore the projected income statement, cash flow, and historical financial records. Be sure to take some time to explore the Supplemental Links area (in this lesson and in all the others) for outstanding online resources.

Financing Your Business

This lesson continues the focus on money, but from a different perspective than in the previous two. You will focus on funding and financing opportunities, and by the end, you should have a better understanding of financing. You will also find out where to locate traditional, and not so traditional, sources of funding.

The Final Document

In the final lesson, you will end one journey while beginning another. First, you will write an outstanding executive summary. You will receive a few important document formatting tips, and you will learn what supporting documents you should add to your final business plan. You now hold all the keys to the doors along your entrepreneurial path. Journey well.

 

What you will learn

  • Develop a strategy for success, starting with a detailed business plan
  • Learn the role of the customer in your new business venture
  • Gain an understanding of marketing and all the pieces you will need to know to succeed
  • Understand the financial aspects of starting and running a business
  • Learn how and where to obtain financing

How you will benefit

  • Learn what you will need to know to get a successful start as an entrepreneur
  • Understand how to surround yourself with the right people and tools for success
  • Feel more confident as you step out on your own to achieve your dreams

 

Fee: $115.00
Dates: 4/12/2023 - 6/3/2023
Delivery Method: Online

This course is offered through our partners at ed2go.  These courses are fun, fast, convenient, easy to use, and led by an expert instructor.  Courses run for six weeks and you have 24/7 access to two lessons each week. Each lesson is accompanied by a short, multiple-choice quiz, and some lessons include hands-on assignments.

You will receive an e-mail with course access information upon completion of your enrollment.

Important: All online courses through the Center for Business & Industry are non-credit courses.  For college credit programs and courses please visit www.DaytonaState.edu.

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Website Planning 101
1/18/2023 7:00 PM

An effective website is a crucial tool in today's business world. Whether you're building it yourself, working with a pro, or looking to revamp your existing site, getting organized is the key to your website's success!

  • Define your audience.

  • Set your website's goals.

  • Determine key functionality and features.

  • Plan your website content.

  • Get your accounts and logins in order.

After this webinar, you'll have a comprehensive plan in place for your business's website. Attendees may also request the free workbook upon completion of the webinar.

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Should You Get Certified as a Woman-owned, Veteran-owned or Minority-owned Business?
1/19/2023 1:00 PM

Join this webinar if you are interested in learning about getting certified as a minority-owned, veteran-owned and woman-owned business. We'll review frequently asked questions on this topic and you'll have the chance to get your questions answered. This session is perfect if you're seeking new opportunities to grow your business and/or potentially pursuing certification for your business.

This live Q&A, facilitated by a certified SCORE mentor and expert on this topic, will dedicate the entire duration of time to answering your specific questions about Supplier Diversity & Certifications.

Before attending, it is recommended that you:

Live attendees will receive free business resources and a link to this webinar recording.

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THE BUSINESS PLAN - What is it and Why DO I Need One?
1/23/2023 5:30 PM

The webinar will discuss the major reasons for assembling a plan, whether or not you need to obtain financing for your business. We will cover what should be in your plan and how to assemble the information you need using the library and other resources.

This workshop will cover the following topics:

  • What is a business plan?
  • What are the main reasons for developing a business plan?
  • If I don't need to raise capital to start my business, do I still need a business plan?
  • If I do need to raise capital, what will lenders want in my business plan?
  • Where can I find a business plan template I can use to get started?
  • What are the main sections of a business plan?
  • Where can I get the information I will need in a business plan?

This webinar is free.

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BRIDGEx - New Year, New Image - Business Development & Community Awareness
1/25/2023 9:00 AM

 

BRIDGEx events are trainings, meetings, seminars, or panels that cover a wide range of topics curated for the small business community. Deliverables will include, but are not limited to,

Brand,

ROI,

Innovation,

Diversity,

Goals and

Entrepreneurship.

This session will feature a discussion around your business and personal brand. Hear from photographers within the Daytona Regional Chamber of Commerce on the importance of maintaining your brand image and why this is paramount to building credibility and loyalty among potential and current customers. Having professional headshots shows professionalism and personality and should be considered not only for you, but for your staff as well. This event will feature a panel and be an interactive session featuring ideas for your business and how to start off the new year with your best image forward.

This meeting is open to active members with the Daytona Regional Chamber of Commerce only. Advanced registration is required. 

For questions about this event, please contact Samantha Crouch, Vice President of Small Business Development, at 386.523.3678 or by email at samantha@daytonachamber.com.

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103rd Annual Meeting presented by Halifax Health
2/7/2023 6:00 PM

Join us for the premier business event of the year! The 103rd Annual Meeting presented by Halifax Health will take place on

 

Tuesday, February 7, 2023 at the Hilton Daytona Beach Oceanfront Resort beginning at 6:00 p.m. This signature event will serve as the official business meeting kicking off the Chamber's 103rd year serving the business community. 

Our feature presentation is Senator Ben Sasse, who will be interviewed in a fireside chat format by Florida Lt. Governor Jeannette Nunez. Following the presentation, we will be awarding our recipients:

J. Hyatt Brown Enterprise Award recipient: Volusia County Emergency Management

Glenn Ritchey Leadership Award recipient: Randy Dye

 

Daytona Regional Chamber Members receive discounted admission of $150 per person. Non-Member admission is $200 per person. Registration will close Monday, February 6th at 11:59pm.

 

Drink Wristbands are available for purchase at $75 per person, providing you access to Open Bar during the reception. For those without wristbands, cash bar will be available. Bars will be closed during the program.

For group admission or sponsorship information, contact Ken Phelps, Vice President of Resource Development, at ken@daytonachamber.com or 386.523.3675.

For individual admission assistance, contact Nicole Bosley, Program Manager, at

nbosley@daytonachamber.com or 386.523.3672.

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WRITE YOUR ARTIST STATEMENT USING MIND MAPPING
1/23/2023 10:30 AM

In this two-hour workshop taught by M. Kathleen Warren, artists will explore writing an artist statement about their work using a more visual approach: mind mapping. Mind mapping is especially useful to capture thoughts, see relationships, discover new perceptions, even to begin organizing ideas and words before the artist starts to write sentences. We’ll discuss topics to include in your artist statement such as descriptions and techniques then add more abstract ideas like the artist’s creative process, story of the work, and personal insights. The techniques in this workshop are “analog” that is, using paper and pen rather than computer or software, and this holistic approach tends to generate “flow” for those who are more visual. Each student should bring a photograph or image of one of their art pieces or of a short series of pieces for the statement. Those who want to use color in their mind maps should also bring colored pens.

 

About the Instructor

Throughout her life, M. Kathleen Warren has been drawn to stories, both to the narratives within the lives of others and to unfolding visual stories in her art. She started photography in a traditional darkroom, including formal instruction and degree, and over the years she learned to use the tools of light, composition, and photo-manipulation to share her view of the world around her. In recent years, Kathleen has moved towards alternative process printing and using encaustic wax methods to combine elements into hand-crafted pieces with layers, textures, and words to expand her story-making. Kathleen has long had a love for teaching; after she retired from teaching biological sciences at the college level, she has moved into teaching art and photography-based classes. Her passion is to help students get the results they desire rather than to simply impart skills. Kathleen enjoys sharing her artwork and the narratives of her art, and she is currently represented at two Volusia County art galleries. She competes at various local and regional art shows where she has received numerous awards including best of show, and her work has been published internationally.

Fees/Admission

$20.00 - OMAM Member Price $23.00 - Non-Member Price

 

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WOMEN2WOMEN LUNCHEON
3/24/2023 11:30 AM
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Women2Women Luncheon    


Please join us for our next Women2Women Luncheon which is created to bring business women in our community together to meet and network with others.  This event features a Keynote speaker that inspire you by learning how to balance career and family.  We will also feature our Who's Who networking game, please remember to bring plenty of business Cards to share. 

 

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BUSINESS AFTER HOURS EXPO at DESTINATION DAYTONA
4/12/2023 4:00 PM

Join the Ormond Beach Chamber of Commerce for the Business After Hours Expo @ Teddy Morse's Daytona Harley Davidson! Everyone is invited out to network with fellow Chamber members and guests. 

 

The event is designed to give your businesses exposure in the community and to bring Chamber members together to make new business contacts. 

 

Cost is $150. per vendor. (Non-Member $250. Per vendor) As a participating business, this fee will help to cover the cost of the refreshments, including food and beverages for guests, entertainment, as well as any cost incurred from the venue. We also request that you provide at least 1 raffle item to be raffled away during the evening’s event.  
 
Your Company Provides

  • You provide 1 table, 2 chairs & 10 x 10 tent if needed.

  • 1 raffle item. (Business card drawing at your booth and chamber passport drawing)

  • Promotional material for 200 + attendees.

  • $150 per business   $250. Non-Member  (Must be paid prior to event to Ormond Beach Chamber of Commerce).

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Access To Capital 2023: The Pitch
1/24/2023 6:00 PM

The AAEA proudly presents nationally recognized industry leaders that bring small business training, coaching, and marketing services right to your computer or mobile device. These professionals are dedicated to educating and equipping minority-owned businesses to build assets and operate more efficiently in order to compete effectively within the marketplace. These once-a-week Zoom workshops are FREE to participants and sponsored by the AAEA and its partners.

 

Your Presenter:  Jamie Kraft, MBA, Director, Entrepreneurship and Innovation Center WARRINGTON COLLEGE OF BUSINESS UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA

Jamie Kraft presents "The Pitch." Mr. Jamie Kraft is the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Center Director at the University of Florida. Jamie spent several years at Deloitte Consulting, a management consultant focusing on economic performance evaluation, competitive assessment, and strategic development for clients in the manufacturing and consumer products industries before joining the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Center. He graduated from the University of Arizona with a degree in Microbiology and from the University of Florida as a Matherly Scholar with an MBA in Finance, Operations Management, and Business Strategy. Before starting with the Center, Jamie also spent one year studying French in Paris. He has been with the Center for 20 years and is currently the Center’s Director. He has taught courses covering entrepreneurial mindset, business planning, technology commercialization, small business consulting, customer discovery, entrepreneurial leadership, and creativity. He has managed, led, and participated in student programs in Silicon Valley, Hungary, Ireland, Chile, Cuba, South Africa, and Haiti.

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AAEA Black History Month: Generational Wealth with Douglas Eze, CFF
2/21/2023 6:00 PM

The AAEA proudly presents nationally recognized industry leaders that bring small business training, coaching, and marketing services right to your computer or mobile device. These professionals are dedicated to educating and equipping minority-owned businesses to build assets and operate more efficiently in order to compete effectively within the marketplace. These once-a-week Zoom workshops are FREE to participants and sponsored by the AAEA and its partners.

 

Your Presenter: Douglas Eze, CFF, is Largo Financial Services Inc. CEO, Wealth Strategist, Founder of the The Eze Foundation and author is teaching the nation how to build generational wealth.

Douglas Eze established Largo Financial Services Inc. in 2000 with a vision to provide individuals and small business owners with the education and guidance needed to achieve financial freedom. As a wealth strategist and award-winning insurance producer, he believes in helping his clients find money in places they may be throwing it away unknowingly and unnecessarily. Mr. Eze has been featured on nationally syndicated media outlets, including CBS Radio Network, NPR, SiriusXM’s Urban View, WHUR, Clear Channel Radio Network and The Bev Smith Show. He has been awarded the ACE Award through American Classic Agency for four consecutive years. National Life Group has recognized him as a Chairman’s Club Qualifier and Diamond Club member, a significant recognition reserved for the company’s top insurance representatives throughout the nation. Douglas is a distinguished member of the exclusive Million Dollar Roundtable, an organization of notable financial representatives. He was awarded the 2013 EPNET Male Entrepreneur of the Year in addition to being nominated among the Top 100 Financial Advisors of 2013 by the International Financial Leadership Association (IFLA). As a leading business figure, Douglas has also been featured in Profile Magazine and Power Broker Magazine as one of the Top 25 Top Wealth Builders and Financial Professionals in the Tampa Bay Area.

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WOW Fridays - The Fifth Third Empowerment Mobile
1/27/2023 9:00 AM

Introducing our Work on Wisdom - WOW Fridays - at the Volusia County Business Incubator launched in January 2023.

 

The goal of the WOW Fridays is to educate and inspire many entrepreneurs and business owners on topics relevant to their businesses' growth. Topics include:

1. Business Modeling 

2. Business Plan Development 

3. Web 3 and Crypto

4. How to Present to Investors and Bankers 

5. Social Media - Talks with the best influencers in town

6. Been there, done that! Talks from serial entrepreneurs. 

7. Learn from local Military Entrepreneurs how they started their businesses  

 

 

EmpowerU and the eBus are L.I.F.E. programs designed for small businesses. The mission of the eBus is to take quality financial services directly to people and empower them to take control of their financial future.

· 40-foot mobile with PC stations, an office area, and presentation capabilities

· Programming strategies include but are not limited to Housing, Workforce Development, and Small Business – you tell us what your clientele would most benefit from and we’ll tailor the event to you

· Face-to-face interaction with bank staff in a non-traditional environment

· Partnership events with neighborhoods and community-based organizations to bring financial empowerment to residents.

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WOW Fridays - Business Plan Development - Bootcamp
2/3/2023 9:30 AM

Introducing our Work on Wisdom - WOW Fridays - at the Volusia County Business Incubator launched in January 2023.

 

The goal of the WOW Fridays is to educate and inspire many entrepreneurs and business owners on topics relevant to their businesses' growth. Topics include:

1. Business Modeling 

2. Business Plan Development 

3. Web 3 and Crypto

4. How to Present to Investors and Bankers 

5. Social Media - Talks with the best influencers in town

6. Been there, done that! Talks from serial entrepreneurs. 

7. Learn from local Military Entrepreneurs how they started their businesses  

 

Business Plan Development Series (Three Fridays - February 3, 17, 24, 2023) - 9:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Creating a short business plan offers several benefits to entrepreneurs and business owners as follows:

• The process of thinking and writing the plan provides clarity for the business.

• If capital is needed from outside sources, investors want to see a plan that demonstrates a solid understanding and vision for the business.

• The plan will help prioritize tasks that are most important.

• With growth, the plan will offer a common understanding of the vision to new leaders.

A simple business plan for a start-up service company can be completed rather quickly. Keeping in mind who the intended audience is, write simply.

The plan needs to be understandable, readable, and realistic. We are here to guide you through the process.

Instructor: Connie Garzon M.B.A - C.B.A - Director/Site Manager UCF Business Incubation Program - Volusia County

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WOW Fridays - Introduction to Web3 and Digital Assets series
3/17/2023 10:00 AM

Introducing our Work on Wisdom - WOW Fridays - at the Volusia County Business Incubator launched in January 2023.

 

The goal of the WOW Fridays is to educate and inspire many entrepreneurs and business owners on topics relevant to their businesses' growth. Topics include:

1. Business Modeling 

2. Business Plan Development 

3. Web 3 and Crypto

4. How to Present to Investors and Bankers 

5. Social Media - Talks with the best influencers in town

6. Been there, done that! Talks from serial entrepreneurs. 

7. Learn from local Military Entrepreneurs how they started their businesses  

 

The Introduction to Web3 and Digital Assets series in March 2023 will provide an introduction to the following topics 

 

- Accepting digital assets for your business, blockchain, 

- Decentralized Finance [DeFi], 

- NFT Marketplaces, 

- The Metaverse, and Web3 Wallets. 

  

Guest Speaker: Alex Enser

 

Alexander Enser is the Founder and CEO of My Crypto Advisor, a Web3 consultancy and education company helping learners navigate digital assets and the next generation of the internet.  

 

Alex is a Web3 evangelist since 2013 with an M.A. in Psychology and Professional Certificates in Blockchain Fundamentals from Berkeley and the Digital Assets Council of Financial Professionals. Enser is quoted in the Wall Street Journal, and U.S. Sun, and made appearances on ESPN 1520 radio and National Freelance Business Week. 

 

Enser is passionate about helping small businesses and underserved communities adopt Web3 so they are not left behind during this technological revolution.

 

Certified Instructor: Connie Garzon, M.B.A. C.B.A. 

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WOW Fridays - Fundamental of Raising Angel Venture Capital and Crowdfunding Funds
4/14/2023 9:00 AM
Work on Wisdom - WOW Fridays at the Volusia Business Incubator. The WOW Fridays is an initiative to help business owners and entrepreneurs to work on their business. Starting on Friday January 6, 2023 and every Friday, from 9:00 a.m. The Volusia Business Incubator is open to the public. Where: 601 Innovation Way, Daytona Beach, FL 32114. Meet your Host: Connie Garzon, M.B.A. Connie is a former banker and has helped hundreds of business owners to start and scale big time companies. For more info, visit www.volusiatechhub.com or email connie.garzon@ucf.edu.

Introducing Work on Wisdom - WOW Fridays - at the Volusia County Business Incubator. Launched in January 2023.

The goal of the WOW Fridays is to educate and inspire many entrepreneurs and business owners on topics relevant to their businesses' growth. Topics include:

1. Business Modeling 

2. Business Plan Development 

3. Web 3 and Crypto

4. How to Present to Investors and Bankers 

5. Social Media - Talks with the best influencers in town

6. Been there, done that! Talks from serial entrepreneurs. 

7. Learn from local Military Entrepreneurs how they started their businesses  

"In business, bootstrappers typically rely on savings, early cash flow, and penny-pinching to fund startup companies, rather than seeking external funding in the form of loans or investments. When bootstrapping companies founders try to line up customers and suppliers early while taking little or no capital" - Bloomberg BusinessWeek.

This Bootcamp will help you to understand everything about how to fund your business seeking external funding from bankers and investors.

Certified Trainer by NBIA: Connie Garzon - M.B.A. - C.B.A 

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WOW Fridays - Social Media - Q/A to Local Influencers
5/12/2023 9:00 AM

Introducing our Work on Wisdom - WOW Fridays - at the Volusia County Business Incubator launched in January 2023.

 

The goal of the WOW Fridays is to educate and inspire many entrepreneurs and business owners on topics relevant to their businesses' growth. Topics include:

1. Business Modeling 

2. Business Plan Development 

3. Web 3 and Crypto

4. How to Present to Investors and Bankers 

5. Social Media - Talks with the best influencers in town

6. Been there, done that! Talks from serial entrepreneurs. 

7. Learn from local Military Entrepreneurs how they started their businesses  

 

Hello Social Media Influencer :)  

Let's learn from each other.

 

This Social Media talk with local influencers will help you to understand how to sell on social media platforms, and how to create content to grow the number of followers. In addition, we will learn more about the algorithms which is a pain in the neck lol.  

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WOW Fridays - Entrepreneurs Talks
5/19/2023 9:00 AM

Introducing our Work on Wisdom - WOW Fridays - at the Volusia County Business Incubator launched in January 2023.

 

The goal of the WOW Fridays is to educate and inspire many entrepreneurs and business owners on topics relevant to their businesses' growth. Topics include:

1. Business Modeling 

2. Business Plan Development 

3. Web 3 and Crypto

4. How to Present to Investors and Bankers 

5. Social Media - Talks with the best influencers in town

6. Been there, done that! Talks from serial entrepreneurs. 

7. Learn from local Military Entrepreneurs how they started their businesses  

 

This Friday we will open the doors to any local entrepreneur or business owner who want to talk about their ventures 

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WOW Fridays - Military Entrepreneur Talks
5/26/2023 10:00 AM

Introducing our Work on Wisdom - WOW Fridays - at the Volusia County Business Incubator launched in January 2023.

 

The goal of the WOW Fridays is to educate and inspire many entrepreneurs and business owners on topics relevant to their businesses' growth. Topics include:

1. Business Modeling 

2. Business Plan Development 

3. Web 3 and Crypto

4. How to Present to Investors and Bankers 

5. Social Media - Talks with the best influencers in town

6. Been there, done that! Talks from serial entrepreneurs. 

7. Learn from local Military Entrepreneurs how they started their businesses  

 

What a great way to celebrate Memorial Day week by listening to our local Military entrepreneurs. 

Learn how local Veterans have applied the military discipline to start and scale a business. 

Format: Panel Discussion 

Guest Speakers: 

RJ Casey

Rafael Camano

Ricardo Garcia 

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Power of Inclusion Event Series: Managing a Multigenerational Workplace
2/6/2023 12:00 PM

Join us for the Power of Inclusion Event Series: Managing a Multigenerational Workplace. Guest presenter Dr. Maria Dowling, PsyD, MBA, MS with MD Consulting Company will discuss navigating generational differences in the workplace.

One of the challenges employers face today is managing a multi-generational workforce. Did you know that for the first time in history, there are five generations in the workplace? They are the Silent Generation/Traditionalist, Boomers, Generation X, Millenials, and Generation Z. This workshop will discuss strategies on creating an effective workplace for multiple generations to thrive simultaneously. Learn how the different generations communicate and engage and discuss the biases assocaited with various individuals in the workplace.

This quarterly forum or workshop will focus on being comfortable with the uncomfortable. Conversations will include everything from unconscious bias to implementing a programing guide for celebrating diverse holidays throughout the year. Exclusive to Daytona Regional Chamber members, this is an opportunity to not only come and learn, but to also teach or educate fellow business owners. 

For event questions, pleease contact Samantha Crouch, Vice President of Small Business Development, 386.523.3678 or at samantha@daytonachamber.com. 

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Launch Your Venture
2/27/2022 12:00 AM

 

Do you have a ground-breaking business idea? Have you developed a concept that would revolutionize aviation, aerospace or engineering? Do you have what it takes to be the next Student-to-CEO? Bring your business idea to life with Launch Your Venture and win up to $10,000 in prizes!

 

We’re looking for university student-led startups with revolutionary ideas that will change the future of the aviation, aerospace and engineering industries. Successful projects will feature scalable transformative technologies led by strong management teams capable of launching disruptive innovation.

Eligible teams will have at least one full-time student, undergraduate or graduate, at an accredited university in Florida, enrolled during the academic year of the competition. The student must have a major role in the venture (founder, equity holder, C-level management) and will deliver the final pitch if selected as a finalist.

Six finalists will present their pitches online to a judging panel representing investors, industry and the military. Each competitor will receive seven minutes to pitch and a five-minute Q&A with the judges. Winners will be announced at the end of the event.

 

2023 Launch Your Venture Key Dates

  • Feb. 27, 2023:  First-round applications due
  • March 3, 2023:  Advancing teams notification
  • March 13, 2023:  Second-round applications due
  • March 20, 2023:  Finalists notification
  • March 31, 2023:  Final in-person round

 

Prizes

  • First Place: $10,000
  • Second Place: $5,000
  • Third Place: $3,000
  • Plus In-Kind Prizes

 

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Funding Your Business
1/31/2023 6:00 PM

For people who think they might need funding for their business. It is designed for start-ups and existing businesses with cash flow or capital issues. The seminar explains the various sources of funds, their lending criteria, and how they differ.

 

This is a FREE webinar.

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Cultivating Innovation - The "Q" Breakfast
2/17/2023 7:30 AM

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JOIN US FOR THE "Q" BREAKFAST!

Join Volusia County Economic Development for the "Q" Breakfast on Cultivating Innovation with our Innovation Expert Panel:

 

  • Stephanie Miller, Ph.D., Executive Director, Technology Transfer and Research Park, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
  • Lou Paris, Serial Entrepreneur, Konkeros
  • Connie Garzon, Site Manager, Volusia County Business Incubator powered by the University of Central Florida

Helga van Eckert, director of Volusia County Economic Development, will provide an update on the 4th quarter 2022 economic data that includes building permit activity, labor statistics and employment trends by industry.

This is an excellent opportunity to interact with elected officials, community partners and stakeholders, and to learn more about the state of Volusia County's economy.

Thank you to our sponsor The University of Central Florida.

February 17, 2023

7:30 - 9:00 a.m.

Check-in begins at 7:30 a.m.

Program begins at 8:00 a.m.

Daytona Beach International Airport

Dennis McGee Room (Across from TSA security)

 

700 Catalina Drive, Daytona Beach, FL 32114

Park in Short-Term Parking. Parking passes will be provided

THIS IS A LIMITED SEATING EVENT. REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED.

We recommend using Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge to register.

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Starting Your New Business
2/11/2023 9:30 AM

This workshop is designed to guide you through the steps necessary for starting a business.

It covers the different legal business entities, licenses needed, taxes, and insurance. We explain what business plans are all about and show you how to collect business information and research. You will learn about capital funding and the lender's view of the borrower.

 

THIS EVENT IS FREE

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Franchises - An Easier Way to Owning a Business
2/15/2023 5:30 PM

Owning a franchise is one way to become an entrepreneur. A franchisor provides the planning, brand name, and promotional support the franchisee needs to get started. Attend this workshop to see if a franchise is right for you.

 

Have you always wanted to be your own boss but didn't quite know how to get started?

Would you like to take control of your future and live a more flexible lifestyle?

Do you want to build equity and wealth for your future?

 

If you've answered "yes" to one or more of the above questions, this workshop may be right for you! Join us for an interactive workshop, including:

> Understand what it takes to be a franchise business owner

> Learn about the advantages of becoming your own boss

> How to find the right franchise

And many other topics

 

Plus, hear from local franchise owners LIVE and find out why they decided to take the franchise route versus starting from scratch.  

 

Pre-registration is required for this free event.

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AAEA Black History Month: SBA Lunch & Learn
2/28/2023 12:00 PM

The AAEA proudly presents nationally recognized industry leaders that bring small business training, coaching, and marketing services right to your computer or mobile device. These professionals are dedicated to educating and equipping minority-owned businesses to build assets and operate more efficiently in order to compete effectively within the marketplace. These once-a-week Zoom workshops are FREE to participants and sponsored by the AAEA and its partners.

 

Your Presenter: Thaddeus Hammond, Supervisory Business Opportunity Specialist at U.S. Small Business Administration


Thaddeus is the Supervisory Business Opportunity Specialist (SBOS) for the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA) North Florida District Office (NFDO)/Manager-Business Development. Mr. Hammond has over 29 years of government contracting experience and has supported the SBA’s Flagship Program-The 8(a) Business Development (BD) Program as a Business Opportunity Specialist (BOS) in the Washington Metropolitan Area and North Florida District Offices. He also served as the Lead BOS for the Louisiana District Office. Mr. Hammond provides business development assistance which includes specialized business training, counseling, marketing assistance and high-level executive development in the areas of procurement, marketing, finance, capture management, and surety bonding. Thaddeus collaborates with federal and rural economic development agencies; resource partners; partner agencies; local chambers of commerce; local & regional government entities; local economic development organizations; HBCUs, business associations; small businesses; educational institutions; local, state, and federal procurement and small business personnel, as well as prime contractor representatives and civic/community organizations on a number of initiatives.
Prior to his work with the SBA, Mr. Hammond spent 16 years as a Sr. Business Development Manager for a Department of Defense (DoD) contractor whose clients included DoD, Federal,and State & Local government contracting agencies, and Large Prime Contractors.


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BOSS - How to Enhance Your Social Media Presence
2/28/2023 9:00 AM

Join us

 

for the Ormond Beach Chamber of Commerce

 

BOSS Program: Business Owners Sharing Solutions.

 

BOSS is a bi-annual, educational platform for the business community and promotes professional development. Topic will change for each event.....

 

Topic - How to Enhance Your Social Media Presence

 

The Ormond Beach Chamber of Commerce provides the BOSS event as an educational platform for the business community and promotes professional development. 

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Manufacturing & Technology Job Fair
3/22/2023 3:00 PM

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Starting Your New Business
3/8/2023 7:00 PM

Learn how stories can be the most effective way to convince your customer to buy. Not only is this a great way to build rapport with your customers but it can help them understand and internalize your messages. Everyone in your business "sells" at some point; this training will help them do it well.

 

Pre-registration is required for this free event.

 

This event is FREE

 

Our Presenter: Steve Epner

Steve teaches Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Saint Louis University, and after selling his business, became the Entrepreneur in Residence for Boeing. He is a serial entrepreneur and mentor. Attendees will get a free electronic copy of Steve’s book: “Simplify Everything; Get your team from do do to done done with one surefire process.”

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Access To Capital 2023 Series - Introduction into Credit
3/7/2023 6:00 PM

The AAEA proudly presents nationally recognized industry leaders that bring small business training, coaching, and marketing services right to your computer or mobile device. These professionals are dedicated to educating and equipping minority-owned businesses to build assets and operate more efficiently in order to compete effectively within the marketplace. These once-a-week Zoom workshops are FREE to participants and sponsored by the AAEA and its partners.

Opening a business and understanding credit helps get you to the table. Join us as the AAEA and Matt Rogers dive into an Introduction to Credit.

Your Presenter: Matt Roder, SVP and Chief Credit Officer First Community Bank of Central Alabama

Matt Roger has been in banking for twenty-six years and is a graduate of Auburn University, Alabama Banking School and The Graduate School of Banking at LSU. He currently serves as SVP and Chief Credit Officer of First Community Bank of Central Alabama in Wetumpka. Matt is very active in civic and community organizations and supporting entrepreneurs.

 

 

 

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Access To Capital 2023 Series -Understanding Entrepreneurs, Ecosystems, and Resources in Your Community
3/14/2023 6:00 PM

The AAEA proudly presents nationally recognized industry leaders that bring small business training, coaching, and marketing services right to your computer or mobile device. These professionals are dedicated to educating and equipping minority-owned businesses to build assets and operate more efficiently in order to compete effectively within the marketplace. These once-a-week Zoom workshops are FREE to participants and sponsored by the AAEA and its partners.

Opening a business and understanding credit helps get you to the table. Join us as the AAEA and Matt Rogers dive into an Introduction to Credit.

Your Presenter:

David Mixson, Associate Director, Government and Economic Development Institute, Auburn University

 

David Mixson currently serves as Associate Director for the Government & Economic Development Institute, at Auburn University. He also serves as Auburn’s Economic Development Administration University Center Director, a role he has held since 2006. Over his 25-year career in university economic development, Mr. Mixson has assisted communities, cities, associations, non-profits, and small businesses with challenges requiring creative thinking and innovation. He has won numerous grants totaling over $2.7 million assisting communities and businesses over the last 13 years.  Mr. Mixson holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Auburn University with a major in business management.  He completed a Master of Business Administration degree from Auburn University and is a member of the Beta Gamma Sigma Business Honor Society, and the Economic Development Association of Alabama.  He is a graduate of the University of Oklahoma’s Economic Development Institute and the Auburn University Intensive Economic Development Training Course and has taught the Economic Development and Competition course in Auburn University’s Political Science Department. He is an Innovation Engineering Black Belt through the Eureka Ranch International and is trained in the Business Model Canvas and Lean Startup methodologies. He has served as the NASA Southeast Regional Technology Transfer Center state affiliate, manager of the Alabama Manufacturer of the Year Award, and on the Board of the Educational Association of University Centers.

 

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Access To Capital 2023 Series -Growing Your Online Presence
3/21/2023 6:00 PM

The AAEA proudly presents nationally recognized industry leaders that bring small business training, coaching, and marketing services right to your computer or mobile device. These professionals are dedicated to educating and equipping minority-owned businesses to build assets and operate more efficiently in order to compete effectively within the marketplace. These once-a-week Zoom workshops are FREE to participants and sponsored by the AAEA and its partners.

Opening a business and understanding credit helps get you to the table. Join us as the AAEA and Matt Rogers dive into an Introduction to Credit.

Your Presenter:

Joshua Sahib, Managing Director of the Lowder Center for Family Business and Entrepreneurship, Harbert College of Business at Auburn University

 

Many businesses struggle with getting noticed online. During this session, we will showcase a variety of free tools and low-cost resources that can help businesses build their brand, website, and expand their online presence. Participants should leave with actionable tips they can immediately implement whether they need more consistent branding, a dedicated website, or improved search rankings.

 

Joshua Sahib is a serial entrepreneur. Over the years, he’s led a video production business, brewery software company, artificial intelligence startup and has won both local and statewide business competitions. He has also worked in higher education for nearly a decade in a wide variety of roles. 

 

Joshua holds a bachelor’s degree in Management Information Systems and two master’s degrees from The University of Alabama. For a few years, he served as Assistant Director for

the Alabama Entrepreneurship Institute where he provided coaching and other support services to a wide variety of entrepreneurs. In 2021 he joined Auburn University as the Managing Director of the Lowder Center for Family Business and Entrepreneurship where he hosts entrepreneurial events and guides early-stage startups.

 

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Access To Capital 2023 Series -Strategic Planning for Small Businesses
3/28/2023 6:00 PM

The AAEA proudly presents nationally recognized industry leaders that bring small business training, coaching, and marketing services right to your computer or mobile device. These professionals are dedicated to educating and equipping minority-owned businesses to build assets and operate more efficiently in order to compete effectively within the marketplace. These once-a-week Zoom workshops are FREE to participants and sponsored by the AAEA and its partners.

Opening a business and understanding credit helps get you to the table. Join us as the AAEA and Matt Rogers dive into an Introduction to Credit.

Your Presenter:

J

Dr. LaKami Baker, PhD, Associate Professor in the Department of Management and holds the Russell Foundation Professorship in Entrepreneurial Studies in the Harbert College of Business at Auburn University.

 

Dr. LaKami Baker, PhD, recently served as the Interim Executive Director of the Government & Economic Development Institute (GEDI) in University Outreach. Before GEDI, she served as the Managing Director of the Lowder Center for Family Business

and Entrepreneurship, where she assisted students, faculty, and community entrepreneurs in developing their business ideas, refining their business models, and preparing for investment presentations. During her four-year tenure, the start-up teams she

worked with won or raised over $1M in external funding and earned over $930K in revenue.

 

Baker earned her Ph.D. in Management and Organization Studies from the University of Texas

at San Antonio and holds an MS in Technology Commercialization from the University of Texas

at Austin and a BS in Electrical Engineering from Prairie View A&M University. Dr. Baker

teaches strategic management at the undergraduate and graduate levels and technology

commercialization at the MBA and executive levels. Her academic research has appeared in top journals such as the Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Business Research, The

Leadership Quarterly, and Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, and currently serves as the

Treasurer of the Southern Management Association.

Baker currently serves as the principal or co-principal investigator on six grants totaling over $1.825M to provide technical assistance and entrepreneurial training to small business owners and aspiring entrepreneurs. Dr. Baker is certified to provide training, coaching, and mentoring on the lean startup methodologies, value proposition design, and creating and developing sustainable business models by the International Business Innovation Association (InBIA) and

earned her Entrepreneurship Center Management (ECM) Certificate from InBIA. The ECM Certificate is the premier industry credential for the staff of incubators, accelerators, coworking spaces, small business development centers, and other entrepreneurship programs.

 

Prior to her academic work, Baker spent 11 years at 3M Corporation and held a variety of

positions centered on engineering and product management. She served as the leader of the

Electrical Supplies Business Unit, which had over $60 million in global revenue.

 

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Funding Your Non-Profit
3/8/2023 7:00 PM

You will learn about:

  • Legal Status
  • How to lay a comprehensive Financial Foundation
  • How to build an Outreach Strategy
  • How to identify sources of funding that you are comfortable with
  • How to identify people who support your vision
  • Traditional Fundraisers

And Much More!

This webinar is FREE

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Using Reference Solutions to Grow Your Small Business
3/6/2023 5:30 PM

Learn to identify the people or businesses that meet your target market! With your library card, gain FREE access to Reference Solutions, a powerful online tool with real-time access to accurate, in-depth information on U.S. businesses and U.S. residents. Reference Solutions is a set of databases that allows you to download records of your target market prospects for free.

 

In this session, you will learn how to:

 

  • Access Reference Solutions from home for free with your library card,
  • Identify new sales prospects,
  • Create customized business & consumer marketing lists,
  • Identify key business contacts,
  • Locate home-based businesses,
  • Find businesses with web addresses,
  • Define delivery routes,
  • Gather competitive business intelligence,
  • Identify major industry groups,
  • and much, much more!

 

Our Presenter: Bill Carlson

Bill is the Customer Success Manager with Data Axle Library Division. He has been with Data Axle since April of 2008. His responsibilities include ensuring that all who have access to Reference Solutions understand how to use the database effectively. Bill’s presentations are always lively and entertaining. Prior to joining Data Axle, Bill managed a team of more than 20 salespeople at a publicly-traded company, where he stressed the value of providing world-class customer service.

 

This webinar is FREE

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How to set a price for Your Product or Service
3/16/2023 5:30 PM

This workshop will cover five methods of product pricing with step-by-step instructions on how to implement them. 

The Methods discussed will include:

 

  • Value Added Pricing
  • Cost Plus Pricing
  • Modified Cost Plus Pricing
  • Competitive Pricing
  • Value Based Pricing

 

This event is FREE

 

Our Presenter: Bill Carlson

Craig is a SCORE mentor and Chairman of the Client Education Committee at SCORE in Jacksonville. Craig worked in the financial services industry for nearly thirty years. For the past ten years, he has designed and taught marketing and other business topics both domestically through SCORE and internationally through the Financial Services Volunteer Corp

 

 

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Small Business Networking Fair
4/4/2023 10:00 AM

You are invited to join the NASA Office of Small Business Programs (OSBP) at Kennedy Space Center (KSC) for their first face-to-face outreach event since 2020!!  The KSC Small Business Networking Fair will be held at the Debus Conference Facility, located at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. This event will feature open networking with approximately 30 KSC Prime Contractors and government exhibitors. 

We are so excited for the opportunity to finally meet in person!!  Please bring your business cards and capability statements or marketing materials to share with exhibitors and fellow attendees.

Please Note:

Your Eventbrite ticket will be required for entry into the KSC Visitor Complex.  Please print your ticket and bring it with you to the event.

A parking permit will also be provided to all attendees prior to the event.  Please print.  You will need to show the permit to the parking attendant at the Toll Plaza.

 

Questions about this event?  Contact NASA OSBP-KSC at ksc-smallbusiness@mail.nasa.gov

 

*PLEASE NOTE:  If you have already registered for this event, thank you for supporting NASA OSBP and KSC Small Business.  To confirm event registrations, sign in to your Eventbrite account and click on the dropdown next to your name in the upper right corner, then select Tickets. (ALL duplicate registrations will be deleted.)

 

Unsubscribe:  To be removed from the KSC Small Business Event Notification database, please send a separate e-mail to ksc-smallbusiness@mail.nasa.gov and type UNSUBSCRIBE in the subject.

Please remember to print your ticket in Eventbrite once you complete your registration.  You will not be able to enter the Visitor Complex without a ticket.  

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Coffee and Connections
3/17/2023 8:30 AM

Join Daytona Beach Area CVB staff members and other local tourism industry professionals for Coffee and Connections on March 17 from 8:30-9:30 am at the Residence Inn Daytona Beach Speedway/Airport, 1725 Richard Petty Blvd., Daytona Beach. 

Slated to take place every third Friday of each month, Coffee and Connections is an informal gathering that serves as a great networking opportunity for members of the area's hospitality and tourism industry. 

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How To Get Found On The Internet
3/14/2023 12:00 PM

Being found on the internet is the first step to getting customers. There is a simple process that will increase your visibility on Google. Learn how to maximize your website so customers find your business and before your competition.

In this session you will learn how to::

  • Improve your website’s visibility in Google’s organic search results, on all devices
  • Maximize SEO strategies that are most important in 2023 to drive traffic to your site
  • Avoid the missteps that suppress your website on Google

 

This event is FREE

 

 

Our Presenter:  Maureen Edwards

Maureen is an award-winning branding, marketing, and business strategist as well as a 2x award-winning inventor. She is the founder of 8 Simple Steps, her sixth company she has built from conception to commercialization. Her mission is to take the hard out of starting, building, and scaling for small business owners by eliminating the complexity, fear, and common mistakes that derail success and sustainability. She is a frequent keynote speaker, podcast and TV guest, national instructor for small business organizations, and lead instructor at universities and colleges. Her motto is "you don't need to know everything in business, only what works."

 

 

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2023 West Volusia Economic Forum
4/5/2023 11:30 AM

The West Volusia Regional Chamber of Commerce will host the 2023 West Volusia Economic Forum from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. April 5. The first portion of the program will feature economic development directors from the cities of DeBary, DeLand, Deltona and Orange City. The second portion will feature Volusia County Economic Director Helga van Eckert, the CEO Business Alliance and Team Volusia Economic Development Corp., along with Florida Chamber of Commerce Chief Economist Dr. Ben Tabatabaei. The program will provide city and county representatives the opportunity to discuss challenges and opportunities facing the West Volusia region and the county as a whole. 

Registration is required to attend.

 

West Volusia Economic Forum
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Becoming A QuickBooks Power User (QB03)
3/15/2023 6:00 PM

Join us for this QuickBooks online class to learn about the basic reports and how to create them for your company. We will also discuss the Receipts functions within the product, and some additional apps that can bring even more power to your product. Learn how to set up your budget as well as common errors and how to correct them.

A Q&A session follows to answer any specific questions you may have.

 

This event is FREE

 

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Becoming A QuickBooks Power User (QB03)
3/15/2023 8:00 AM

 

Networking is a common form of prospecting for entrepreneurs and sales professionals. However, very few people understand how to connect beyond passing and collecting business cards.

 

  • Learn why networking is still the best way to prospect for clients.
  • Learn the show up, be up, follow up formula to make connections that turn contacts into contracts.
  • Learn the techniques to get more referrals for your business.

 

This event is FREE

Our Presenter: Toni Harris Taylor

Toni is the award-winning franchise owner of Network in Action Global Partners. NIA Global Partners is an international community of business owners who come together to mastermind to grow their business, bring each other warm referrals, and be a supportive community for one another. Toni lives by the mantra, of being DRASTIC! In her business Drastic Results Marketing and Sales Coaching, she helps her clients learn the strategies to get known, get connected and get paid to make six figures and beyond. Toni is an 8x author and most recently her collaboration project, Viral Networking for Drastic Results™ achieved Amazon International Bestselling status in Sales and Marketing categories. Toni is a TV Talk Show Host, Philanthropist and has won several awards for her work including, NIA’s first Rookie of the Year (2019), Brand Ambassador (2021), and the 2022 Power Networker of the Year from Dr. George C. Fraser proving Toni knows networking!

 

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Ask an Attorney: Legal Steps for Selling a Business
3/16/2023 10:00 AM

This webinar is geared towards small service based businesses with 20 employees or less.

 

This event is FREE

Our Presenter:  Laurie M. Lee, Business Attorney and Owner of The Legal Department for Service Professionals, P.A. 

 

 Laurie opened her own law firm in 2015 after recognizing the community’s need for experienced and quality legal counsel for small businesses. Her goal was to share knowledge and create long-term relationships with small business owners as their trusted advisor. Since then, Laurie and her team at the Legal Department have served over 300 small businesses in Florida. Laurie started out her career as a history teacher before attending law school and gaining her Juris Doctor degree from the University of Florida in 2003. After working in other firms for many years as a successful attorney, she realized that she had a soft spot in her heart for the real backbone of our economy: small businesses. Laurie has achieved the AV Preeminent Peer Rated by Martindale-Hubbell ® (highest possible rating) and is rated on AVVO® as Superb: 10 out of 10. She was honored as the 2021 Women Business Owner of the Year from the JAX Chamber Professional Women’s Council, the 2019 SBA North Florida Woman Owned Business of the Year, and the 2018 Regional Volunteer of the Year Award from America’s Small Business Development Center. Laurie is involved in her professional community as the Chairman of the Fourth Judicial Circuit Attorney Grievance Review Committee, a member of the Jacksonville Bar Association, past Chairman of the Jacksonville Bar Corporate & Business Law Committee, past vice-Chairman of the Jacksonville Bar Transactional Section and a member of the Florida Business Law Section.

 In the business community, Laurie serves on the board of the North Florida Women Business Owners organization and serves as the Chairman of the Advisory Council for the Small Business Development Center at UNF. Laurie gives back to the business community by offering legal workshops and webinars. She has conducted classes for Score, the SBDC, the City of Jacksonville JSEB Program, and most recently, she created a new course offering for the Jacksonville Women’s Business Center called “Legal Matters”. 

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1 Million Cups Presentation
3/15/2023 9:00 AM

One million cups presenter today is

Appreciated Asset

Business Consulting firm providing marketing, sales, operations, management and finance solutions to businesses local to the Charleston, SC area and nationwide.

 

Registration is not required for this event.

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Lunch with Leaders: Lou Paris
3/22/2023 11:00 AM

Join us for Lunch with Leaders, featuring Lou Paris, Serial Entrepreneur.

 

Lou Paris is a highly accomplished entrepreneur and academic. Lou previously served as the Director of the Prince Entrepreneurship Program at Stetson University. He has a wealth of expertise in entrepreneurship, providing training to residents of Volusia and Flagler counties through Startup Quest TM. He has founded successful businesses such a Mamuto LLC, HotelEnglishOnline.org, and MeVoy.com. Lou has achieved great success in his ventures, securing funding, and launching new products.

 

The Lunch with Leaders series provides an opportunity in a small group setting for a small business to have conversations with an experienced individual in the community. Lunch will feature introductions, connections, and conversations pertinent to small business owners in a post-pandemic world. 

 

Thank you to our Sponsor, TD Bank.

This opportunity is only available to active members of the Daytona Regional Chamber of Commerce. Seating is extremely limited and tickets are $30, which include a hot lunch provided by Stonewood Grill & Tavern.

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Joint Business After Hours with the Urban Chamber of Commerce
3/21/2023 5:00 PM

The Urban Chamber of Commerce and the Daytona Regional Chamber of Commerce will come together for a joint Business After Hours on Tuesday, March 21st

 

from 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. at the City of Daytona Beach's

 

Yvonne Scarlett-Golden Cultural & Educational Center

 

for some fun and unique networking while making important business connections with like-minded professionals outside of the workplace. Bring plenty of business cards, as we will have a drawing for door prizes.

This event is open to both Members and Non-Members of either Chamber. Chamber Members are offered a discounted rate of $10 until Tuesday, March 14th. Starting Wednesday, March 15th, Members can still register at the rate of $15. Non-Members can register at any time at the rate of $35, regardless of registration date.

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FitUSA Job Fair
3/18/2023 10:00 AM

FitUSA Manufacturing, a veteran-owned manufacturer of high-end custom athletic and performance wear, professional sports jerseys, uniforms, and custom products is hosting a job fair from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. on Mar. 18 at its’ new Deland location at 801 E. International Speedway Blvd.

The company is hiring industrial sewists, fabric cutters, packers and quality control technicians. If you know of someone seeking employment, share the EmployFlorida.com job posting or tell them to stop by the job fair this weekend. There will be on-site testing for sewist job seekers plus a food truck and bounce house for families to enjoy.

No registration for this event, just show up with your best foot forward OR apply HERE

FitUSA Job Fair Flyer

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Veterans Business Summit
5/11/2023 1:00 PM

The Veterans Business Summit, an initiative of the Veterans Entrepreneurship Initiative (VEI), provides the military veteran business community with a platform to educate, empower and support early-stage, veteran-led companies with innovative products and services. The summit will run from 1 to 7:30 p.m. May 11 at the GuideWell Innovation Center, Lake Nona, Orlando.

 

Get more details on the program

VEI Summit Hightlights

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Bookkeeping Basics for Small Businesses Owners
3/21/2023 1:00 PM

For small business owners, bookkeeping can be a daunting task. However, understanding bookkeeping basics is crucial for making informed financial decisions, paying taxes and ensuring your business's long-term success.

In this webinar, an expert presenter will cover everything you need to know about bookkeeping basics for small business owners.

You will learn:

  • Why bookkeeping is so important

  • How to set up a bookkeeping system that works for your business

  • Understanding and tracking income and expenses

  • How bookkeeping can make tax season easier

  • Tips for streamlining your bookkeeping process

Live attendees will receive free business resources and a link to this webinar recording.

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Building Your Business Plan
3/21/2023 6:00 PM

Designed for anyone who has done their business research, most of their marketing plan, and understands some basic accounting and finance. It explains the purposes and value of a plan and uses a content template to help determine what goes into each section of this plan.

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Comenzando su Nuevo Negocio
3/21/2023 7:00 PM

Aprenda cómo iniciar un negocio de la manera correcta. De saber si está presentando como propietario único o corporación. Para registrar su negocio en su estado y cómo hacerlo todo gratis o a bajo costo.

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5 Ways to Create a Website People Want to Stay and Buy On
3/23/2023 12:00 PM

5 Ways to Create a Website People Want to Stay and Buy On

 

It takes less than 15 seconds to capture someone's attention on your website or they are gone, and some for good. Discover the top ways to design a user-friendly, stunning website that keeps people scrolling, reading, and buying. And if you do not have a website, this is the perfect place to pick up the best practices for you to start the right way.

This workshop will cover how to:

  1. Construct a template and design customers will respond to 

  2. Incorporate the "must-haves" to keep customers visiting and coming back

  3. Avoid website mistakes that lose customers forever 

  4. Create a secure site customers trust 

  5. Implement a mobile responsive site to increase sales

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How to Manage Your Business with KPIs (Key Performance Indicators)
3/27/2023 5:30 PM

Using financial statements to manage a business is a good place to start, but Key Performance Indicators(or KPIs)go to the next level. They provide more detailed insights of where your business is succeeding and failing.

We will discuss the concept of leading KPIs which can give you an earlier read on the direction of your business than the typical financial statements.

This workshop will cover what KPIs are available, how to calculate them, and how to select the right ones for you given your type of business.

 

We will cover multiple KPIs in each of the following categories:

  • Profitability
  • Financial Liquidity
  • Revenue
  • Sale Process
  • Sales Effectiveness
  • Customer Service, Retention, and Satisfaction
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Our Presenter: Craig Linsky

Craig is a SCORE mentor and Chairman of the Client Education Committee at SCORE in Jacksonville. Craig worked in the financial services industry for nearly thirty years. For the past ten years, he has designed and taught marketing and other business topics both domestically through SCORE and internationally through the Financial Services Volunteer Corp

 

This event is FREE

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Launch Your Venture
3/31/2023 1:30 PM
 

 

 

Finalists have been chosen – come see them pitch!

Join us the afternoon of March 31st starting at 1:30pm to watch six finalists pitch live, in-person at the MicaPlex in the Embry-Riddle Research Park. They’ve been through two rounds of judging to make it to the finals, so come cheer them on as they pitch their aviation, aerospace, and engineering-based ventures!

 

Finalists: Acreage Farms, ERAU

               AudiSee, University of Miami

               Limitless Aeronautics, ERAU

               Lectra Type, University of Tampa

               Pet HealthCare Innovations, Florida Atlantic University

               Project eFlight, ERAU

 

Prizes:  $10,000 first place

             $ 5,000 second place

             $ 3,000 third place

             + in-kind prizes

 

Winners will be announced and big, giant checks handed out at 5pm!

HappE Hour following LYV 2023

Immediately following the announcement of the winners, we’ll be holding our monthly HappE Hour from 5-7pm. Join us to congratulate all of the final teams, meet entrepreneurial students, members of the local startup support community, and mingle with Research Park companies’ teams.

 

Affirmative RSVP’s are appreciated for but not required. RSVP here.

 

erau.edu/launchyourventure

ERAU Micaplex Launch Your Venture Logo
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Children's Business Fair
3/25/2023 9:00 AM

Daytona Children's Business Fair Logo

Observe the opportunity for children to launch their very own startup business!

 

Kids develop a brand, create a product or service, build a marketing strategy, and then open for customers at our one-day marketplace. 

 

Presented by:  Riverfront Esplanade, the Acton Academy and the generous support of donors and volunteers

 

Due to the success of our first years event, we will host up to 40 booths at the 2nd annual event at the Riverfront Esplanade located at 355 N. Beach St. on March 25th 2023 from 9 am – 2 pm.

 

This event is sponsored by the Riverfront Esplanade, the Acton Academy and the generous support of our donors and volunteers.  We all believe that principled entrepreneurs are heroes and role models for the next generation.

 

Whether an entrepreneur is famous like Elon Musk or Oprah Winfrey or they are one of the thousands of unsung business owners across this country, these are the people who make sacrifices to innovate, create jobs and serve their communities.

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Destination Master Plan and 2022 Visitor Profile Study - New Smyrna Beach Area Visitor' Bureau
5/9/2023 8:00 AM

The Destination Master Plan's goal is to enhance the impact of the visitor economy while ensuring the long-term health of the destination and quality of life for our residents while acknowledging and incorporating the great work and plans already underway across Southeast Volusia County.

Keynote Speaker:  Sean Snaith, Ph.D., Director of the UCF Insitute for Economic Forecasting

Dr. Snaith is a nationally recognized economist in the field of business an economic forecasting.  He is a member of several economic organizations and national economic forecasting panels, including The Wall Street Journal's Economic Forecasting Survey, the Associated Press' Economy Survey, Bloomberg and Reuters.  Dr. Snaith has built a national reputation for his unique ability to explain complex subject matter, such as the economics of a master plan in an understandable and interesting way.

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How to Increase Profitability – Part 1 of 2
3/23/2023 5:30 PM

Part 1 of the 'How to Increase Profitability' series.

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In Part One, the presenter will review how to define realistic profit goals and ways to manage expenses by covering the following topics:

- Budgeting for Profitability: Entrepreneurs often budget by taking last year's sales and increasing it by a few percent, if they budget at all. This section will take the traditional Revenue - Expenses = Profit equation and turn it around to make sure you are budgeting for profit first.

- Determining the Owner's Profit: Learn how to determine how much profit you should expect your business to generate and how to make sure it actually ends up in your pocket.

- Examining Operational Expenses: Entrepreneurs often pay attention to sales and little else. They expect extra sales to result in extra profit, but too often this does not happen. This section examines all categories of operational expense with a goal of significant overhead reduction.

- Examining Variable Expenses: The presenter will perform a similar analysis of variable expenses to suggest ways to reduce them and increase gross profit. They will also look at the different impacts of operational versus variable expenses and why you should take steps to move expenses from one category into the other.

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How to Increase Profitability – Part 2 of 2
3/30/2023 5:30 PM

Part 2 of the 'How to Increase Profitability' series.

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In Part Two, the presenter will review ways to increase revenue by covering the following topics:

- Product Pricing: The presenter will review different methods of product pricing and demonstrate how to determine the impact price changes will have on the number of units sold and gross profit.

- Price Discounting Strategies: Entrepreneurs often resort to lowering prices when they can't figure out what else to do. The presenter will review alternatives to price discounting first, then review nine price discounting strategies along with when to use them, if at all!

- Product & Customer Profitability Analysis: The 80/20 rule states that 80% of your revenue and profit come from 20% of your customers. The same rule applies to products if you offer multiple products. This section will explain how to figure out which products and which customers are in the 20% and how to get more customers like them.

- The Sales Funnel: The sales funnel tracks the various stages of a sale from identifying your target market through the closing of a sale. The presenter will demonstrate all the stages, how to move prospects from one stage to the next and how to measure the number and value of prospects at each stage.

- Tracking Metrics: This section will provide some Key Performance Indicators (or KPIs) you can use to track sales and profitability over time in order to make sure you are headed in the right direction.

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Funding Your Business
3/28/2023 6:00 PM

For people who think they might need funding for their business. It is designed for start-ups and existing businesses with cash flow or capital issues. The seminar explains the various sources of funds, their lending criteria and how they differ.

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Insights Into Action With Google Analytics
3/30/2023 12:00 PM

The secret sauce to marketing success is managing your analytics. Learn simple ways to reach, acquire, and retain more customers on your website with a simple tool that acts as a roadmap to achieve your business goals. 

Learn how to:

●  Set goals for your website

●  Set up Google Analytics and connect it to your website

●  Understand what types of reports are available in Google Analytics and the metrics that make the most impact for success

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Understanding Business Loan Proposals
4/6/2023 12:00 PM

Do you have a great idea for a business and the only thing standing in your way is the money to give it some legs? Or, you already own your own business but could use some extra capital to take things to the next level? You have come to the right place! In this presentation, you will learn the ins and outs of business loan proposals. 

The following topics will be covered:

  • “5 C’s of Credit”: Character, Capacity, Capital, Collateral, and Conditions. In addition, 

  • How to obtain a loan for a start-up

  • How to obtain a loan for an existing business

  • How to obtain a loan to buy a business

Join this FREE webinar presentation and learn how to open the door to your business dream.

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Starting Your New Business
4/8/2023 9:30 PM

This workshop is designed to guide you through the steps necessary for starting a business.

It covers the different legal business entities, licenses needed, taxes and insurance. We explain what business plans are all about and show you how to collect business information and research. You will learn about capital funding and the lender's view of the borrower.

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Government Contracting: Overview
4/5/2023 9:00 AM

Federal, State, and Local Government procurement is the largest target market in the world.

The question is usually not “Does the government buy what you are selling?”...it is more “Can you be competitive enough and relentless enough to position your business to win government contracts?”. If you think you can be competitive, then government contracting may be a good growth opportunity for your business.

The “Government Contracting Overview” seminar, presented by the APEX Accelerators at UCF in partnership with the Florida SBDC at UCF, is designed for established small business owners with some commercial momentum that are curious about government contracting, as well as business owners that may already be involved in government contracting. This workshop will present government contracting in three components:

  • Positioning for Government Contracting
  • Developing Reactive Business Development Strategies
  • Developing Proactive Business Development Strategies

Specifically, the webinar will discuss registration requirements, social-economic certification opportunities, market research tools, Florida PTAC’s “Bid-Match” system, and what we refer to as the initial “Marketing Tool Kit” for government contractors.

Join this great learning opportunity!

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Patents & Trademarks - Intellectual Property
3/28/2023 10:00 AM

A two-hour webinar reviewing the different types of intellectual property that exists in the United States. Topics include patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret, confidentiality/non-disclosure agreement, and general techniques for marketing new ideas. Come learn how you can protect your ideas, symbols, names, images, designs, and creativity.

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Government Contracting: Overview
5/3/2023 9:00 AM

Federal, State, and Local Government procurement is the largest target market in the world.

The question is usually not “Does the government buy what you are selling?”...it is more “Can you be competitive enough and relentless enough to position your business to win government contracts?”. If you think you can be competitive, then government contracting may be a good growth opportunity for your business.

The “Government Contracting Overview” seminar, presented by the APEX Accelerators at UCF in partnership with the Florida SBDC at UCF, is designed for established small business owners with some commercial momentum that are curious about government contracting, as well as business owners that may already be involved in government contracting. This workshop will present government contracting in three components:

  • Positioning for Government Contracting
  • Developing Reactive Business Development Strategies
  • Developing Proactive Business Development Strategies

Specifically, the webinar will discuss registration requirements, social-economic certification opportunities, market research tools, Florida PTAC’s “Bid-Match” system, and what we refer to as the initial “Marketing Tool Kit” for government contractors.

Join this great learning opportunity!

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Government Contracting: Overview
6/7/2023 9:00 AM

Federal, State, and Local Government procurement is the largest target market in the world.

The question is usually not “Does the government buy what you are selling?”...it is more “Can you be competitive enough and relentless enough to position your business to win government contracts?”. If you think you can be competitive, then government contracting may be a good growth opportunity for your business.

The “Government Contracting Overview” seminar, presented by the APEX Accelerators at UCF in partnership with the Florida SBDC at UCF, is designed for established small business owners with some commercial momentum that are curious about government contracting, as well as business owners that may already be involved in government contracting. This workshop will present government contracting in three components:

  • Positioning for Government Contracting
  • Developing Reactive Business Development Strategies
  • Developing Proactive Business Development Strategies

Specifically, the webinar will discuss registration requirements, social-economic certification opportunities, market research tools, Florida PTAC’s “Bid-Match” system, and what we refer to as the initial “Marketing Tool Kit” for government contractors.

Join this great learning opportunity!

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Government Contracting: Overview
7/5/2023 9:00 AM

Federal, State, and Local Government procurement is the largest target market in the world.

The question is usually not “Does the government buy what you are selling?”...it is more “Can you be competitive enough and relentless enough to position your business to win government contracts?”. If you think you can be competitive, then government contracting may be a good growth opportunity for your business.

The “Government Contracting Overview” seminar, presented by the APEX Accelerators at UCF in partnership with the Florida SBDC at UCF, is designed for established small business owners with some commercial momentum that are curious about government contracting, as well as business owners that may already be involved in government contracting. This workshop will present government contracting in three components:

  • Positioning for Government Contracting
  • Developing Reactive Business Development Strategies
  • Developing Proactive Business Development Strategies

Specifically, the webinar will discuss registration requirements, social-economic certification opportunities, market research tools, Florida PTAC’s “Bid-Match” system, and what we refer to as the initial “Marketing Tool Kit” for government contractors.

Join this great learning opportunity!

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West Volusia State of the Region 2023
4/27/2023 5:00 PM

DeLand & Greater West Volusia Chamber of Commerce presents the 11th Annual West Volusia State of the Region. Mayoral Addresses followed by moderated Q&A Session. Thursday, April 27, 2023 from 5:00pm to 7:00pm at The Wayne G. Sanborn Center, 815 S. Alabama Ave., DeLand. Reserve your seat: www.DeLandChamber.org.

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City of Deltona Job Fair
4/13/2023 1:00 PM
City of Deltona Job Fair. Employer Registration. The City of Deltona Job Fair will be held on April 13, 2023 from 1-5 PM at the Center at Deltona. Interested in setting a booth for our Job Fair? Fill out our registration form at deltonafl.gov. Event setup and details will be sent via email after registration. Scan the QR Code to complete the Employer Registration Form. More information email deltonasocial@deltonafl.gov. The Center at Deltona located at 1640 Dr. M.L.K. Blvd., Deltona, FL 32725.
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WOW Fridays - Fundamental of Raising Angel Venture Capital and Crowdfunding Funds
4/21/2023 9:00 AM
Work on Wisdom - WOW Fridays at the Volusia Business Incubator. The WOW Fridays is an initiative to help business owners and entrepreneurs to work on their business. Starting on Friday January 6, 2023 and every Friday, from 9:00 a.m. The Volusia Business Incubator is open to the public. Where: 601 Innovation Way, Daytona Beach, FL 32114. Meet your Host: Connie Garzon, M.B.A. Connie is a former banker and has helped hundreds of business owners to start and scale big time companies. For more info, visit www.volusiatechhub.com or email connie.garzon@ucf.edu.
 

Introducing Work on Wisdom - WOW Fridays - at the Volusia County Business Incubator. Launched in January 2023.

The goal of the WOW Fridays is to educate and inspire many entrepreneurs and business owners on topics relevant to their businesses' growth. Topics include:

1. Business Modeling 

2. Business Plan Development 

3. Web 3 and Crypto

4. How to Present to Investors and Bankers 

5. Social Media - Talks with the best influencers in town

6. Been there, done that! Talks from serial entrepreneurs. 

7. Learn from local Military Entrepreneurs how they started their businesses

"In business, bootstrappers typically rely on savings, early cash flow, and penny-pinching to fund startup companies, rather than seeking external funding in the form of loans or investments. When bootstrapping companies founders try to line up customers and suppliers early while taking little or no capital" - Bloomberg BusinessWeek.

This Bootcamp will help you to understand everything about how to fund your business seeking external funding from bankers and investors.

Certified Trainer by NBIA: Connie Garzon - M.B.A. - C.B.A

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WOW Fridays - Fundamental of Raising Angel Venture Capital and Crowdfunding Funds
4/28/2023 9:00 AM
Work on Wisdom - WOW Fridays at the Volusia Business Incubator. The WOW Fridays is an initiative to help business owners and entrepreneurs to work on their business. Starting on Friday January 6, 2023 and every Friday, from 9:00 a.m. The Volusia Business Incubator is open to the public. Where: 601 Innovation Way, Daytona Beach, FL 32114. Meet your Host: Connie Garzon, M.B.A. Connie is a former banker and has helped hundreds of business owners to start and scale big time companies. For more info, visit www.volusiatechhub.com or email connie.garzon@ucf.edu.
 

Introducing Work on Wisdom - WOW Fridays - at the Volusia County Business Incubator. Launched in January 2023.

The goal of the WOW Fridays is to educate and inspire many entrepreneurs and business owners on topics relevant to their businesses' growth. Topics include:

1. Business Modeling 

2. Business Plan Development 

3. Web 3 and Crypto

4. How to Present to Investors and Bankers 

5. Social Media - Talks with the best influencers in town

6. Been there, done that! Talks from serial entrepreneurs. 

7. Learn from local Military Entrepreneurs how they started their businesses  

"In business, bootstrappers typically rely on savings, early cash flow, and penny-pinching to fund startup companies, rather than seeking external funding in the form of loans or investments. When bootstrapping companies founders try to line up customers and suppliers early while taking little or no capital" - Bloomberg BusinessWeek.

This Bootcamp will help you to understand everything about how to fund your business seeking external funding from bankers and investors.

Certified Trainer by NBIA: Connie Garzon - M.B.A. - C.B.A

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Growth, Sustainability, & Economic Vitality Summit
4/28/2023 9:00 AM

Volusia Business Resources Economic Vitality Summit

Break Out Sessions Include:

GROWTH  

  • What industries are projected to grow in our region?
  • How will regional growth affect my business?
  • Do I have access to funding or grants that would assist my growth and sustainability efforts?

 

SUSTAINABILITY 

  • What are some sustainable practices for managing growth in my business?
  • How can I be more “green” in my business?
  • Creating a sustainability plan

 

ECONOMIC VITALITY 

  • How can small business compete in a global market?
  • Are there innovative ways we can promote doing business LOCAL?
  • What are ways I can contribute to the overall economic vitality of our region?

 

RESOURCES 

  • City Economic Development Managers – Individual City resources available
  • Volusia County Economic Development / Volusia Business Resources – County resources available

 

LUNCH AND KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Mary Tappouni, Breaking Ground Contracting “Invest in Our Planet, Grow Your Business”

 

Q&A Panel Discussion: Regional Population & Housing Growth

  • Duke Energy
  • Cobb Cole Attorneys at Law
  • West Volusia Association of Realtors

Volusia Business Resources Chamber Key Note Speaker

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West Volusia Home Show
4/29/2023 9:00 AM

Volusia Business Resources West volusia Home Show

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Excel Basic
4/12/2023 8:30 AM

This course provides you with a foundation for Excel knowledge and skills. You will learn how to perform calculations with functions and formulas, modify worksheets, format worksheets, print and manage workbooks.

Register now, courses fill quickly!

To register and pay online, go to www.TheCBI.com.

For live assistance: Please contact us at (386) 506-4224 or Joanne.Parker@DaytonaState.edu.

 

Two Campus LIVE! Course Locations:

Daytona Beach Campus, Building 140, Room 204

Flagler/Palm Coast Campus, Building 3, Room 217

Fee: $155

 

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Excel Intermediate
5/3/2023 8:30 AM

This course builds upon the foundational knowledge presented in the Basic course. You will work with specialized functions, create and analyze lists, and visualize data with charts and PivotTables/PivotCharts.

Register now, courses fill quickly!

To register and pay online, go to www.TheCBI.com.

For live assistance: Please contact us at (386) 506-4224 or Joanne.Parker@DaytonaState.edu.

 

Two Campus LIVE! Course Locations:

Daytona Beach Campus, Building 140, Room 204

Flagler/Palm Coast Campus, Building 3, Room 217

Fee: $155

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Excel Advanced
5/8/2023 8:30 AM

This course builds upon the foundational and intermediate knowledge presented in the Basic and Intermediate courses. You will work with multiple worksheets and workbooks, use Lookup functions, apply formula auditing, share and protect workbooks, automate workbook functionality, and forecast data.

Register now, courses fill quickly!

To register and pay online, go to www.TheCBI.com.

For live assistance: Please contact us at (386) 506-4224 or Joanne.Parker@DaytonaState.edu.

 

Two Campus LIVE! Course Locations:

Daytona Beach Campus, Building 140, Room 204

Flagler/Palm Coast Campus, Building 3, Room 217

Fee: $155

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PowerPoint Basics
5/4/2023 8:30 AM

This course provides the foundational understanding of PowerPoint that is necessary to create and develop engaging multimedia presentations.  You will develop a presentation, perform advanced text editing operations, add graphical elements, format graphical elements, and prepare to deliver your presentation.

Register now, courses fill quickly!

To register and pay online, go to www.TheCBI.com.

For live assistance: Please contact us at (386) 506-4224 or Joanne.Parker@DaytonaState.edu.

 

Two Campus LIVE! Course Locations:

Daytona Beach Campus, Building 140, Room 204

Flagler/Palm Coast Campus, Building 3, Room 217

Fee: $155

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Access To Capital Workshop 2023: Banking with Confidence
4/4/2023 6:00 PM

The AAEA proudly presents nationally recognized industry leaders that bring small business training, coaching, and marketing services right to your computer or mobile device. These professionals are dedicated to educating and equipping minority-owned businesses to build assets and operate more efficiently in order to compete effectively within the marketplace. These once-a-week Zoom workshops are FREE to participants and sponsored by the AAEA and its partners.

 

Description: There is much information in the media about banking and the industry's temperature. Knowledge is the first step to keeping a level head and clearly understanding what is happening with the banks that work closely with our communities. For the next 4 weeks, the AAEA will host partner banks to discuss current programs, growth opportunities for small businesses, and community resources they have. April 4th, 2023, First Community Bank of Central Alabama will have SVP and Retail Banking Manager, Janna Roberts, sharing their platforms and offering her experience.

 

Your Presenter:  Janna Roberts, SVP and Retail Banking Manager at First Community Bank of Central Alabama

Janna Roberts has been in banking for 31 years. Janna has been a community bank for 31 years, working with consumer and commercial customers. She works one-on-one with individuals, businesses, and municipalities to tailor banking accounts customized for their individual needs. Janna strongly advocates for the communities she serves and works diligently with others who live and work within those communities. She serves as SVP and Retail Banking Manager of First Community Bank of Central Alabama in Wetumpka. Janna, her husband, and two very active children are residents in Wetumpka, AL, and are involved in the community.

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Access To Capital Workshop 2023: Banking with Confidence
4/11/2023 6:00 PM

The AAEA proudly presents nationally recognized industry leaders that bring small business training, coaching, and marketing services right to your computer or mobile device. These professionals are dedicated to educating and equipping minority-owned businesses to build assets and operate more efficiently in order to compete effectively within the marketplace. These once-a-week Zoom workshops are FREE to participants and sponsored by the AAEA and its partners.

 

Description: There is much information in the media about banking and the industry's temperature. Knowledge is the first step to keeping a level head and clearly understanding what is happening with the banks that work closely with our communities. For the next 4 weeks, the AAEA will host partner banks to discuss current programs, growth opportunities for small businesses, and community resources they have. April 11th, 2023, Valley Bank will have AJ Stephens, Vice President of Business Development Officer and Community Lending with Valley Bank, presenting. Their specialized minority programs and discuss their growth.

 

Your Presenter: AJ Stephens,  Vice President Business Development Officer and Community Lending with Valley Bank, Alabama Platforms

AJ Stephens was born and raised in Birmingham, AL. He is a 2014 Minor High School graduate and received his Bachelor's Degree of Arts in Communication Studies from the University of Alabama at Birmingham in 2018. AJ's career started in Communications, where he was the Marketing/Multimedia Tech for the UAB School of Optometry. While in that role, he felt empty and wanted to do something where he felt like he would be living out his purpose and able to add value to people daily. This led him to the banking industry, where he started on the ground level as a part-time teller in 2020. In 2021 he was promoted to Assistant Branch Manager at Robertson Banking Company as the first Assistant Branch Manager in the company's history and the youngest Manager. After a short tenure in that role, he was recruited to become the Small Business Development Officer at Sabre Finance. He provided small business loans and technical assistance, covering the Auburn/Opelika AL metro areas and West GA. He now serves as the Vice President and BusinessDevelopment Officer for Community Lending at Valley Bank. In this role, he covers the state of Alabama providing various loan products for minority and women-owned small businesses, teaches financial literacy, and establishes relationships/partnerships for the bank. With his passion for serving others through economic empowerment, he launched #MoneyMonday and #FinanceFriday, giving where he gives out Financial Advice on his social media accounts @theajsfinance. You can always find AJ active in the community throughout the state of AL, where he spends most of his free time volunteering with various organizations or teaching financial literacy workshops. He's a member of the Rotaract Club of Birmingham and a former ex-officio board of directors member of the United Way of Central Alabama. He also sits on the junior board for Girls Inc. of Central Alabama.

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America’s Seed Fund Startup Expo 2023
5/15/2023 2:00 PM

Kicking off America’s Seed Fund Week, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) will host its 2nd annual Startup Expo – showcasing innovative ventures that define the cutting edge of technologies critical for our nation’s economic prosperity, global competitiveness, and national security:

 

America’s Seed Fund Startup Expo 2023

Monday, May 15th

2:30 - 5:00 PM EDT

Virtual Event

 

About the Expo

At Startup Expo 2023, qualified startups will showcase their technology developed through America’s Seed Fund, after having been selected during the competition period from April 5 to 16, 2023. This year’s competition is open to innovative startups focused in 14 critical technology areas including biotechnology, quantum science, artificial intelligence (AI), space technology, renewable energy and hypersonics.

 

14 Critical Technology Areas

  1. Biotechnology

  2. Quantum Science

  3. Future Generation (FutureG) Wireless Technology

  4. Advanced Materials

  5. Trusted AI and Autonomy

  6. Integrated Network Systems-of Systems

  7. Microelectronics

  8. Space Technology

  9. Renewable Energy Generation and Storage

  10. Advanced Computing and Software

  11. Human-Machine Interfaces

  12. Directed Energy

  13. Hypersonics

  14. Integrated Sensing and Cyber

 

About America's Seed Fund

Also known as “America’s Seed Fund”, the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs’ mission is to support scientific excellence and technological innovation through the investment of federal research funds in critical American priorities to build a strong national economy. These programs represent the nation’s largest source of early-stage research and development funding for small businesses. SBA coordinates the programs, collaborating with 11 federal agencies, who collectively supported more than $4 billion a year in federal research and development funding.

Through these highly competitive grant programs domestic small businesses with the potential for commercialization are encouraged to engage in federal Research and Development (R&D); these programs are an important resource for a wide range of researchers, innovators, inventors, entrepreneurs, and startups working on big ideas. The program’s goals are to:

  • Stimulate technological innovation;

  • Meet federal research and development needs;

  • Foster and encourage participation in innovation and entrepreneurship by women and socially or economically disadvantaged persons; and

  • Increase private-sector commercialization of innovations derived from Federal research and development funding

About the Host

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Office of Investment and Innovation (OII) leads programs that provide the high-growth small business community with access to two things: financial capital and R&D funds to develop commercially viable innovations. Our work is underpinned by public-private partnerships that help small businesses on their trajectory from idea to IPO.

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County of Volusia "Veterans Stand Down" event and "Hiring Our Heroes" Job Fair
6/9/2023 10:00 AM
Connecting Veterans with different resources within our community. Join us. 10 am to 4pm Friday, June 9, 2023. Hester Building at the Volusia County Fairgrounds 3100 E. New York Ave., DeLand, FL 32724. VA Benefit information, hair cuts, career resources, education resources, clothing giveaways, healthcare information, homeless veteran resources, explore additional benefit resources. For more information, call (386) 740-5102, email veteransinfo@volusia.org, or visit volusia.org/veterans. Additional details in description.
 

The County of Volusia Division of Veterans Services is hosting a "Veterans STAND DOWN" event on Friday, June 9, 2023, from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm at the Volusia County Agricultural Center (Hester Building) - 3100 E. New York Ave., DeLand, FL. This event is designed to connect veterans with resources within the Community.

In conjunction with the "STAND DOWN" event, the County of Volusia Division of Human Resources is hosting a "Hiring Our Heroes" job fair. Various Departments/Divisions from the County with open positions will be onsite.

For more information on the "Hiring Our Heroes" job fair, please call (386) 736-5951; for more information on the "STAND DOWN" event, please call (386) 254-4646.

 

This advertisement is designed to allow veterans that will be attending the County of Volusia "Veterans Stand Down" event and the "Hiring Our Heroes" job fair the opportunity to have an application on file.

Applications will be shared with various County Departments and Divisions for review and eligibility determination for specific available positions.

Please make sure to complete the application in its entirety, incomplete applications will be deemed ineligible. Please be sure to complete the supplemental questions to assist us in aligning your skills and experience with the appropriate job.

It is also important that you upload a copy of your DD-214 (Member 4 copy) to your application as an attachment.

 

All veterans are welcome!

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S.E. Volusia Manufacturing & Technology Coalition Student Career & Job Fair
5/10/2023 2:00 PM
Manufacturing & Technology Student Career & Job Fair . Parents and students are encouraged to come and discover career pathways, dual enrollment and certification programs, and job opportunities in Southeast Volusia. 2:00pm to 4:00pm Wednesday, May 10, 2023 at New Smyrna Beach High School Cafeteria 1015 10th Street, New Smyrna Beach, FL 32168. Click or scan QR Code to register your business or visit https://fs8.formsite.com/zgraph/t9q2hrkmxs/index. Presented by Southeast Volusia Manufacturing & Technology Coalition (SEVMTC) in partnership with CareerSource Flagler Volusia, City of New Smyrna Beach, City of Edgewater & City of Oak Hill. For more information, contact your city's Economic Development Department or SEVMTC at (386) 566-4966. NSB (386) 279-2497. Edgewater (386) 410-3578. Oak Hill (386) 345-3522.
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Veteran Small Business Certification (VetCert) Program by SBA
4/18/2023 4:00 PM
SBA Veterans Government Contracting
 

You Are Invited to the NFDO’s Veteran Small Business Certification (VetCert) Webinar!!

The SBA Veteran Small Business Certification Program allows small service-disabled veteran-owned businesses (SDVOSBs) the opportunity to compete for federal sole-source and set-aside contracts across the federal government. Certified veteran-owned small businesses (VOSBs) may also compete for sole-source and set-aside contracts from the Department of Veteran Affairs (VA).

 

Answer these questions:

  • Is your business majority-owned, managed and controlled by a Veteran or Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned company?
  • Are you a U.S. Citizen?
  • Would you like access to the over $650 Billion the government spends annually
  • How about access to the over $25 Billion that was spent on Service-Disabled Veteran Owned (SDVO) small businesses during 2021?

 

The workshop is free, but reservations are required. 

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Human Capital Management for Small Businesses
5/5/2023 9:00 AM
WOW Friday's Cinco De Mayo Human Capital Management for Small Businesses. Presenters Holden Tibbs, Connie Garzon, and Trin Schloot. Breakfast with a Mexican flavor. 9:00am to 12:00pm May 5 at the Volusia County Business Incubator 601 Innovation Way, Daytona Beach, FL 32114. RSVP on Eventbrite. Additional details in description.

 

Join the Cinco De Mayo learning session in which you'll learn about how small businesses can stay competitive these days. How you choose to manage your back office, administrative burden can pull your focus away from reaching your goals - or closer to achieving them. ADP's innovative solutions are designed to help you meet your most challenging cash flow, talent, and compliance needs and help you focus more on what you're good at - growing your business.

Breakfast with a Mexican flavor is provided and sponsored by ADP!

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Doing Business in Europe Series: Poland and Lithuania
4/25/2023 11:00 AM

Overview

Each session will cover the status of the market, key target sectors, new procedures or guidelines, and developing trends. Speakers include American government officials and industry experts.

Objectives

Participate in the Doing Business in Europe Series in order to gain knowledge and contact for succeeding in the European Marketplace.

Event Information

  • With bilateral trade topping $14.9 billion, Poland offers multiple sector opportunities for U.S. exports: Safety & Security, IT/Cybersecurity, Infrastructure.
  • U.S. exports to Lithuania grew by nearly 100% from 2021 to 2022, with total trade of $5.6 billion. Growth sectors: Advanced Mfrg, Life sciences, ICT & Services.
  • Agenda: • Opening Remarks • Poland Market Overview: Safety & Security, IT, Infrastructure • Lithuania Market Overview: Adv Mfrg, Life Sciences, ICT/Services
  • For questions, contact: Europe Team Member, Richard.Swanson@trade.gov or 949.283.1024

Please read the following information carefully:

  • The U.S. Commercial Service requires event registrants to accept specific Terms and Conditions and review Product Standards before payment can be collected.
  • Please read the Privacy Act Notice.
  • Date: Tuesday, April 25th 2023 Time: 11:00am ET Cost: $30 per participant.
  • You will receive 3 emails. First email is your registration receipt. Second eMail contains participation information. Reminder eMail 24-hrs in advance.
  • Participation is via your computer and telephone. You must dial into the telephone and log into the webinar to experience the webinar.
  • Please use Google Chrome when logging into the webinar.
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National Small Business Week 2-day Virtual Summit
5/2/2023 10:30 AM
SBA National Small Business Week Virtual Summit May 2-3, 2023.
 
 

Join the U.S. Small Business Administration May 2 – May 3, 2023, for the National Small Business Week Virtual Summit hosted by the U.S. Small Business Administration and SCORE.

Attend this free, virtual summit to learn new business strategies, meet other business owners and chat with industry experts! This 2-day, action-packed event will include educational sessions, online business resources, and expert speakers.

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SBA Federal Certifications Available to Veteran-Owned Small Businesses
4/25/2023 10:00 AM

Before you can start to conduct business with the federal government your business must obtain the proper certifications so you make maximum use of regulatory preferences under the Federal Acquisition Regulation.

Small business certifications are like professional certifications; they document a special capability or status that will help you compete in the marketplace. Unlike permits and licenses, you do not need to obtain certifications to legally operate.

However, in order to take advantage of business opportunities at the federal level, such as government contracts, you may need to obtain some certifications. Federal, state and local governments offer businesses opportunities to sell billions of dollars’ worth of products and services.

Many government agencies require that some percentage of the procurements be set aside for small businesses. Certifying your business can definitely help you successfully compete for government contracts. The seminar will discuss the eligibility and places to register as well as free assistance available to help you complete the process.

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Building Your Business Plan
4/27/2023 6:00 PM

Designed for anyone who has done their business research, most of their marketing plan, and understands some basic accounting and finance. It explains the purposes and value of a plan and uses a content template to help determine what goes into each section of this plan.

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Government Contracting: Overview
5/3/2023 9:00 AM

Federal, State, and Local Government procurement is the largest target market in the world.

The question is usually not “Does the government buy what you are selling?”...it is more “Can you be competitive enough and relentless enough to position your business to win government contracts?”. If you think you can be competitive, then government contracting may be a good growth opportunity for your business.

The “Government Contracting Overview” seminar, presented by the APEX Accelerators at UCF in partnership with the Florida SBDC at UCF, is designed for established small business owners with some commercial momentum that are curious about government contracting, as well as business owners that may already be involved in government contracting. This workshop will present government contracting in three components:

  • Positioning for Government Contracting
  • Developing Reactive Business Development Strategies
  • Developing Proactive Business Development Strategies

Specifically, the workshop will discuss registration requirements, social-economic certification opportunities, market research tools, Florida PTAC’s “Bid-Match” system, and what is referred to as the initial “Marketing Tool Kit” for government contractors.

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SBA Lending 101
5/4/2023 12:00 PM

What is an SBA Loan? An SBA loan is a government small business loan that can help cover startup costs, working capital needs, expansions, real estate purchases and more. The U.S. Small Business Administration helps small businesses get funding by setting guidelines for loans and reducing lender risk. These SBA-backed loans make it easier for small businesses to get the funding they need.

In this webinar you will discover:

Benefits of an SBA loan
Loan Qualifications
Different types of Loans
Documentation Requirements

In addition, you will be walked through some examples of loan transactions and receive key insider tips.

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Understanding Business Loan Proposals
6/1/2023 12:00 PM

Do you have a great idea for a business and the only thing standing in your way is the money to give it some legs? Or, you already own your own business but could use some extra capital to take things to the next level? You have come to the right place! In this presentation, you will learn the ins and outs of business loan proposals.

The following topics will be covered:

“5 C’s of Credit”: Character, Capacity, Capital, Collateral, and Conditions. In addition,
How to obtain a loan for a start-up
How to obtain a loan for an existing business
How to obtain a loan to buy a business

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How to Get Started in Importing/Exporting
5/24/2023 7:00 PM

If you plan to grow your business by importing/exporting internationally, this webinar will help you get started. You will learn about:

  • the export and import regulations of the US Government
  • air and ocean transportation
  • documentation between seller and buyer
  • clarification of international terms of sale
  • foreign collections
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Volusia County Chamber Alliance 2023 Mega Mixer
6/8/2023 4:00 PM
Save the Date Mega Mixer June 8, 2023 Presented by Volusia County Chamber Alliance. Volusia County Chamber Alliance includes Daytona Regional Chamber, DeLand & Greater West Volusia Chamber, Holly Hill Chamber, Ormond Beach Chamber, Port Orange South Daytona Chamber, Southeast Volusia Chamber, and West Volusia Regional Chamber. June 8, 2023 from 4:00pm to 7:00pm at Embry Riddle Aeronautical Center Mori Hosseini Student Union 610 Aerospace Blvd., Daytona Beach.
 
Mark your calendars for the annual Volusia County Chamber Alliance MEGA MIXER on Thursday, June 8th at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University – Mori Hosseini Student Union Center. Hosted by the Volusia County Chamber Alliance, the MEGA MIXER is an exhibition of local businesses showcasing and demonstrating their products and services to the public. All seven Volusia County Chambers of Commerce in the Alliance welcome members, and the public to join for a business expo and networking mixer from 4:00-7:00 PM.
 

This event is free to attend and is open to the public. No membership is needed to attend as an attendee.

All Exhibitors and Sponsors must be a member of at least one Chamber of Commerce in Volusia County. Visit the Volusia County Chamber Alliance website to register your business.

For more information, contact your local Chamber of Commerce:

  • Daytona Regional Chamber of Commerce
    (386) 255-0981
  • Holly Hill Chamber of Commerce
    (386) 255-7311
  • Port Orange South Daytona Chamber of Commerce
    (386) 761-1601
  • DeLand & Greater West Volusia Chamber of Commerce
    (386) 734-4331
  • Ormond Beach Chamber of Commerce
    (386) 677-3454
  • Southeast Volusia Chamber of Commerce
    (386) 428-2449
  • West Volusia Regional Chamber of Commerce
    (386) 218-0540
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BRIDGEx: What's Your Story?
4/26/2023 3:00 PM

What’s Your Story?: Story telling is one of the world’s oldest forms of communication. It engages audiences, becomes memorable and repeatable, and is scientifically proven to engage parts of the brain that facts, features and benefits do not. Whether you’re explaining your community’s business opportunity to a potential investor, delivering a keynote address, or simply want to craft an elevator pitch, a well told story sticks for years - long after the PowerPoint has faded. And even though we’ve all told and listened to stories from a very young age, we still don’t always know what makes a good story. During this workshop you’ll understand why stories work, their ideal structure, and more importantly, how to craft your own story about what your business has to offer.

This workshop will be facilitated by Bud Hanson, Executive Director for Professional and Corporate Education at Stetson University, School of Business. Bud is a seasoned executive with 25+ years of branding, sales, marketing and management experience. During his corporate tenure, Bud has managed highly effective sales teams, built half a billion-dollar brands, started two of his own consulting agencies, and worked with, and for, many brands, agencies, and businesses to help them achieve their goals. In his current role he manages and leads Stetson's professional education program aimed at helping non-degree seeking working adults learn, close skill gaps, and prepare for new opportunities. In addition, he teaches graduate marketing classes in the Stetson MBA program, has grown up in the area, and currently lives in Ormond Beach.

BRIDGEx events are trainings, meetings, seminars, or panels that cover a wide range of topics curated for the small business community. Deliverables will include, but are not limited to, Brand, ROI, Innovation, Diversity, Goals and Entrepreneurship.

For questions about this event, please contact Samantha Crouch, Vice President of Small Business Development, Daytona Regional Chamber of Commerce, at 386.523.3678 or by email at samantha@daytonachamber.com.

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AAEA Access to Capital Workshop Series: Say Yes! to the Address: Real Estate with Confidence
5/2/2023 6:00 PM
African American Entrepreneurs Association (AAEA) Access to Capital Workshop Series. May 2nd Say Yes! to the Address Real Estate with Confidence. May 9th Lunch and Learn Start Up Cost Using SBA Tools and More! May 16th HR From the Start Your Most Important Asset. May 23rd Smart Bookkeeping From Startup and Beyond.
 
Say Yes! to the Address: Real Estate with Confidence
 

Looking at going into a commercial real estate space? Do you understand annual price per square foot? CAMs? Annually increasing rents? Build outs vs white box space? Not sure what any of that means? This is the Zoom for you. Technically speaking, even if you do know those terms, unless you are recently versed in the industry or hold a CCIM designation, you need to attend the May 2nd Zoom with our guest speaker, James B. Kynes, Jr. Broker of Rushman Moore Real Estate Group.

May 2, 2023, from 6-7:30 pm, Million Dollar Club Member, 10x Growth Mastermind Certified, StartMe Goizueta School of Business Emory University Mentor and Business Broker James B. Kynes, Jr. will set the stage for what you should take into consideration when choosing your commercial real estate location.

Speaker: James B. Kynes, Jr. Broker, Rushman Moore Real Estate Group

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AAEA Access to Capital Workshop Series: Lunch & Learn - Business Start up Costs: Using SBA Tools and More!
5/9/2023 12:00 PM
African American Entrepreneurs Association (AAEA) Access to Capital Workshop Series. May 2nd Say Yes! to the Address Real Estate with Confidence. May 9th Lunch and Learn Start Up Cost Using SBA Tools and More! May 16th HR From the Start Your Most Important Asset. May 23rd Smart Bookkeeping From Startup and Beyond.
 
Lunch & Learn Business Start up Costs: Using SBA Tools and More!
 

The key to a successful business is preparation. Before your business opens its doors, you’ll have bills to pay. Understanding your expenses will help you launch successfully.

Calculating startup costs helps you:

  • Estimate profits
  • Conduct a break-even analysis
  • Secure loans
  • Attract investors
  • Save money with tax deductions

Join us as we explore the Startup Cost worksheets, tools and more to make sure you have a solid plan for success!

Speaker: SBA Birmingham Alabama

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AAEA Access to Capital Workshop Series: HR from the Start: Your Most Valuable Asset
5/16/2023 12:00 PM
African American Entrepreneurs Association (AAEA) Access to Capital Workshop Series. May 2nd Say Yes! to the Address Real Estate with Confidence. May 9th Lunch and Learn Start Up Cost Using SBA Tools and More! May 16th HR From the Start Your Most Important Asset. May 23rd Smart Bookkeeping From Startup and Beyond.
 
HR from the Start: Your Most Valuable Asset
 

As the Founder & CEO of Career Image Solutions (CIS), Hennither works passionately to serve small businesses and keep them in compliance and out of the courtroom. As a full-serve HR Consulting firm, she educates business owners on hiring the right way, maintaining staff, and more. Hennither B. Gant is a warm, engaging speaker who intertwines more than 15 years HR expertise with entertaining stories and insightful observations. Hennither Gant's Specialties include outplacement, HR for start-up businesses, cultural diversity, career planning, recruitment & retention, strategic planning, professional development training, performance management, succession planning, HR training for managers, mediation, and employee coaching.

Speaker: Hennither Gant, Chief HR officer at CareerImage Solutions, HR | Hiring Strategist | Workforce Development Trainer

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AAEA Access to Capital Workshop Series: Smart Bookkeeping: From Startup and Beyond
5/23/2023 12:00 PM
African American Entrepreneurs Association (AAEA) Access to Capital Workshop Series. May 2nd Say Yes! to the Address Real Estate with Confidence. May 9th Lunch and Learn Start Up Cost Using SBA Tools and More! May 16th HR From the Start Your Most Important Asset. May 23rd Smart Bookkeeping From Startup and Beyond.
 
Smart Bookkeeping: From Startup and Beyond
 

Kim Arney is the founder and owner of BbK Services 556 in Lewisville, TX. She is a graduate of Central State University where she earned two degrees: BS in Accounting and BS in Computer Information Systems.

Kim’s clients comprise businesses and individuals covering a wide variety of industries including healthcare, government, landscaping, law, manufacturing, retail, and real estate to name a few!

Whether keeping books for private enterprise, non-profit service, or an individual, Kim takes pride in developing an efficient and informative view into her client’s finances so they can make the best decisions to reach their goals.

Speaker: Kim Arney, President/CEO BbK Services 556, Financial Educator & Speaker

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KSC Virtual Outreach - How to do Business with ARES Corporation
8/1/2023 10:30 AM
Kennedy Space Center Office of Small Business Programs Virtual Outreach logo. Additional details in description.
 

Join to continue the virtual outreach series focused on NASA KSC Prime Contractors. This hour-long webinar is hosted by the Office of Small Business Programs - Kennedy Space Center. How To Do Business with...ARES Corporation.  The ARES Small Business team will discuss best practices to navigate ARES’ supplier process.

Log-in information will be provided after registration, within the Eventbrite confirmation.

Questions about this event? Contact NASA OSBP-KSC at ksc-smallbusiness@mail.nasa.gov

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Determining Product Profit Potential and Target Market
6/5/2023 5:30 PM

Once you have defined a product or service, you still need to determine its sales and profit potential. This workshop will cover how to define and size your target market, and will demonstrate methods of calculating the market potential and estimating the amount of sales and profit you can derive from it using databases available for free through the Jacksonville Public Library.

This will include:

  • How to define consumer or business target markets.

  • How to include psychographics in the definition.

  • Calculating market potential sales and profitability.

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Price our Product for Profit Right From the Start
6/8/2023 12:00 PM

Whether you produce a product or provide a service, staying in business requires that your pricing strategy will generate enough revenue, ensure profitability, and pay you what you are worth. If this isn’t happening now, this event will have you walk away with a clear strategy that allows you to price your product to have a business that can thrive and survive.

Discover...

  • The formula to determine your price to make money, keep money, and get paid what you’re worth

  • How to identify the pricing strategy that is right for your business

  • How to avoid the pitfalls that sabotage making money

  • How to implement simple tactics that increase profit margins & drive more revenue

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Should You Buy a Franchise or Start Your Own Business?
6/8/2023 1:00 PM

Are you looking to become a business owner but don’t know if you should buy a franchise or start your own business? Join SCORE as they break down the pros and cons of buying a franchise vs. starting your own business.

In this webinar, the presenter will explain the key factors to consider when investing in a franchise and how that compares to starting your own independent business. By the end of this webinar, attendees will have the confidence and knowledge to make an informed decision.

Attendees will learn:

  • The Pros and Cons of starting your own business

  • The Pros and Cons of franchise ownership

  • How to find the right franchise for you

Live attendees will receive free business resources and a link to the webinar recording.

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How to Use YouTube to Grow Your Business
6/14/2023 10:00 AM

Join SCORE and learn how to tap into the power of YouTube. Get best practices for creating a YouTube Channel and compelling video content that promotes your products and services and drives engagement with your brand.

In this session, the presenter will explore:

● Understanding different video formats

● How to setup a YouTube channel

● Making good creative, and how to target and measure the results

This is a presentation for people who already have a YouTube channel for their business, as well as people who are curious about creating one.

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Habits and YOU! How to Leverage Your Habits to Drive Incredible Success
6/7/2023 5:30 PM

How do your habits drive your sales?

Could your habits be helping or hurting you?

Join SCORE for this webinar and learn healthy habits to help you succeed!

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Becoming a Quickbooks Power User (QB03)
6/7/2023 6:00 PM

Join SCORE for this QuickBooks online class to learn about the basic reports and how to create them for your company. The presenter will also discuss the Receipts functions within the product, and some additional apps that can bring even more power to your product. Learn how to set up your budget as well as common errors and how to correct. A Q&A session follows to answer any specific questions you may have.

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Using Reference Solutions to Grow Your Small Business
6/12/2023 5:30 PM

Learn to identify the people or businesses that meet your target market! With your library card, gain FREE access to Reference Solutions, a powerful online tool with real-time access to accurate, in-depth information on U.S. businesses and U.S. residents.

Reference Solutions is a set of databases that allows you to download records of your target market prospects for free.

In this session, you will learn how to:

  • Access Reference Solutions from home for free with your library card,

  • Identify new sales prospects,

  • Create customized business & consumer marketing lists,

  • Identify key business contacts,

  • Locate home-based businesses,

  • Find businesses with web addresses,

  • Define delivery routes,

  • Gather competitive business intelligence,

  • Identify major industry groups,

  • and much, much more!

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Graphic Design 101 Canva
6/13/2023 7:00 PM

Entrepreneurs get a crash course on how to effectively use Canva for graphic design projects.

Participants will also learn how to create eye-catching graphics using neuromarketing concepts.

This event is free.

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Create Your Own Website: 3 Pages You Need to Publish with Confidence
6/7/2023 9:30 AM

Your website is the digital face of your business. We’ll show you how to create a professional and functional website with the essential pages and a shopping cart for online sales. Publishing your website can feel like a daunting task. Even with a template that takes care of the look and feel of your website, you still need to create the content for your pages. It’s easy once you know where to focus. You can publish your website quickly with just the essential pages you need to get yourself online.

Join us for this presentation where we’ll show you the best practices including:

  • 4 questions your homepage must answer before you hit ‘publish’

  • The real purpose of your about page

  • How to make it easy for visitors to find and contact you

  • Tips for using images

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Starting Your New Business
6/14/2023 6:00 PM

This workshop is designed to guide you through the steps necessary for starting a business. It covers the different legal business entities, licenses needed, taxes and insurance. We explain what business plans are all about and show you how to collect business information and research. You will learn about capital funding and the lender's view of the borrower.

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AAEA Access to Capital: SBA Lunch and Learn - Disaster Management
6/6/2023 12:00 PM

Disasters can take many forms and the financial cost of rebuilding after a disaster can be overwhelming. If you’re prepared for emergencies, you’ll be in a better position to recover and continue operations should a disaster strike.

Join the AAEA as they team up with the SBA for a look at opportunities to prepare and options to recover Tuesday, June 6th, for the AAEA Access to Capital: SBA Lunch & Learn focused on Disaster Management.

Topic: Disaster Management

Speaker: Tom Todt, IOM, District Director

Alabama District Office, U.S. Small Business Administration

 

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AAEA Access to Capital: Manage Your Web Presence with Confidence
6/13/2023 6:00 PM

The wide world of the WEB can be overwhelming to most.  With so many platform options, terms like SEO, SEM, and GeoFencing, as well as learning how to determine what to pay for and what can be done on your own, frankly can freeze most startups from taking action. Chenzo has worked with small and large-scale businesses and will bring some tools to help you navigate the early stages of launching into the web. Yes, even a novice can manage the web with confidence.

Speaker: Chenzo Does Web

CHENZO is an "internetter" —   and does all things related to the web, web development, digital marketing content creation, training, and SEO. He also has a long-form conversational webcast and uses that platform to highlight champions, movers and shakers, and all-around good people doing good work. CHENZO is a long-time resident of Flagler Beach, has a big heart, and a very cool spirit, is a captivating storyteller, and thrives on human connection and lifting others up. This man can move mountains.

 

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AAEA Access to Capital Workshop: Launch your Business with Customer-Focused Marketing
6/20/2023 6:00 PM

Grow With Google provides free digital resources to small businesses and entrepreneurs starting or growing their businesses. These tools cover topics from branding to finance while also allowing local business community members to communicate with each other and entrepreneurs elsewhere. Alabama Digital Coach, Gilberto Herrera, will join the AAEA in a conversation to look at how to launch your business with Customer-Focused Marketing using Google resources.  The time is right to Grow with Google! Come learn how.

Speaker: Gilberto Herrera, Grow with Google Digital Coach, Business Growth Consultant, Professional Speaker, and Brand Marketing Coach, Helping Businesses Scale by empowering their Leadership Teams through Direct Branding and Marketing

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AAEA Access to Capital Workshop: Strategies for Raising Capital
6/27/2023 6:00 PM

To make money it does take money, but where to find that money, well that can be the issue. On the 27th we will take a look at the opportunities to find capital when your company is a startup, resources you can look into and tips to be successful in pulling the funding you need to take your idea to the next level. Join the AAEA and BBIF's Duane Lewis as we talk about raising capital.

Speaker: Duane Lewis, Chief Operating Officer, BBIF

Duane Lewis is BBIF’s, Chief Operating Officer. He leads internal operations and provides strategic leadership to ensure BBIF executes its business plan and fulfills its mission to provide flexible, affordable, and responsible financing, management consulting, and technical assistance for black, minority, and underserved businesses. Duane has held the position of Chief Financial Officer for a private contracting company, where he oversaw all financial operations and developed strategies for managing the organization’s finances and minimizing financial risk. He has extensive experience in credit analysis, working with a wide variety of loan products, and structuring B&I and Commercial Real Estate lending transactions, including New Markets Tax Credits Financing. Duane served as a member of the Board of the City of Orlando’s Minority Enterprise Business Assistance Program and the City of Kissimmee’s Black Business Council. Mr. Lewis is certified by the National Development Council as an Economic Development Professional. Duane has a Bachelor of Commerce with honors in Business Administration and Economics from the University of Windsor.

 

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Grow with SEO!
6/13/2023 6:00 PM

Have you ever wondered how to get to your business at the top of a Google search? And without paid ads? Well, Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is the way. SEO is a great way to help grow your business, and it's becoming more and more essential. But how does SEO work? What do I need to do?

If you have these and other questions, “Grow with SEO” is for you.

In this fun and interactive session, you'll learn:

  • SEO Essentials

  • How to best use SEO for more traffic to your business

  • Pro SEO secrets

  • Do’s and don’ts of good SEO

  • And much more…

 

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