Seminars and Workshops
Women Business Owners of Manitoba: Creating a Mindset for Uncommon Success
Business Tax - What You Need to Know
Information and Communication Technologies Association of Manitoba (ICTAM) AGM
Business Success - Increase the Profitability of Your Business
Tech Tuesday: Point of Sale Systems - A POS-itive Business Tool
Introduction to Financial Management
Research and Exploration (Workshop 1)
Analysis and Evaluation (Workshop 2)
Marketing I (Workshop 3)
Dealing with Performance Problems and Ending an Employment Relationship
Marketing II (Workshop 4)
Operations Planning, Risk Analysis and Sales Forecasting (Workshop 5)
Financial Planning and Management (Workshop 6)
Bookkeeping Basics
Tech Tuesday: E-commerce Isn't Just for Amazon
Why Should I Buy From You? Positioning for Increased Sales
Public Relations: How to Get Started
Welcome to Business
Tech Tuesday: ERP
Accounting Software: Overview of Quick Books and Simply Accounting
Understanding Buyer Behaviour and Closing the Sale
Financial Analysis
Tech Tuesday: Let's Talk Mobile Media
Use Online Content, Conversation, and Persuasion to Build Your Business
Advertising for Small Business: What's Best for YOUR Business?
Welcome to Business
| Event Date | February 08, 2012 |
| Price | $49.00 |
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| Event Date | February 09, 2012 |
| Price | $30.00 |
| Designed specifically for self-employed individuals, this session covers a lot of ground in just two hours. You will learn which expenses are deductible and which are not; the taxation rules that apply to sole proprietors, partnerships and corporations; important considerations to evaluate when maki ... | |
| Event Date | February 16, 2012 |
| Price | $80.00 |
| Agenda 7:30 am – 8:00 am Member Registration & Networking 8:00 am – 8:15 am Welcome and President’s Address 8:15 am – 9:15 am Presentation, Anthony Lacavera, Founder, Wind Mobile 9:15 am – 9:45 am Business of the Annual General Meeting ... |
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| Event Date | February 16, 2012 |
| Price | $30.00 |
| The objective of this workshop is to increase the profitability of your business by examining existing philosophies and considering new strategies that focus on service/quality rather than price. The session covers pricing; break-even point; fixed vs. variable costs; reading, understanding and using ... | |
| Event Date | February 21, 2012 |
| Price | $25.00 |
| Point-of-sale, or POS systems have evolved dramatically in the last decade. Now sophisticated features that can support your business are available at increasingly reasonable investment levels. With the multitude of options available to retailers, it may be difficult to know where to start looking a ... | |
| Event Date | February 23, 2012 |
| Price | $30.00 |
| Understanding financial basics will help you gain and maintain control of your business. This session is the foundation for the Financial Management Series and looks at the sources and uses of funds within your business. You must be organized to track and document the movement of those funds. Learn ... | |
| Event Date | March 05, 2012 |
| Price | $30.00 |
| In this session you will explore and begin to refine your business concept. Various primary and secondary research tools and techniques will be discussed so that you can evaluate what research you need to obtain in order to have the necessary information to develop a realistic and effective plan. | |
| Event Date | March 06, 2012 |
| Price | $30.00 |
| Once you have conducted the research there needs to be an analysis of that information. In this session, you will learn how to evaluate and assess the information you have collected so that you have a strong foundation for the next stage which is developing the marketing and operational strategies. | |
| Event Date | March 07, 2012 |
| Price | $30.00 |
| This two-part session covers the strategic and tactical aspects of marketing your business. You will explore a number of marketing approaches and begin work on your own marketing plan. Emphasis will be placed on developing a pricing strategy for your product or service. | |
| Event Date | March 08, 2012 |
| Price | $30.00 |
| Dealing with employee performance issues can be challenging and time consuming. This session has been designed to help business owners develop processes to address employee performance problems. Participants will learn about ‘good, bad and ugly’ scenarios and how to avoid or prevent the latter two. ... | |
| Event Date | March 12, 2012 |
| Price | $30.00 |
| This two-part session covers the strategic and tactical aspects of marketing your business. You will explore a number of marketing approaches and begin work on your own marketing plan. Emphasis will be placed on developing a pricing strategy for your product or service. | |
| Event Date | March 13, 2012 |
| Price | $30.00 |
| In this session you will explore the operations plan with a focus on identifying effective processes and systems. You will also take into consideration the physical and human resources required to ensure the business is able to meet its sales and marketing objectives. Potential risks to your busines ... | |
| Event Date | March 14, 2012 |
| Price | $30.00 |
| In the final session of the series, you will learn how to apply the research and planning from the previous workshops to develop realistic financial projections for the business. Cash flow budgets, income statements and balance sheets will be reviewed and tools will be provided to support analysis o ... | |
| Event Date | March 15, 2012 |
| Price | $30.00 |
| It is important to understand how to develop a manual bookkeeping system that is straightforward and easy to manage. By the end of the session, you will have gained a basic understanding of accounting principles and how they relate to your business. | |
| Event Date | March 20, 2012 |
| Price | $25.00 |
| E-commerce isn’t just the buying and selling of products online, it is the entire online process of developing, marketing, selling, delivering, servicing and paying for products and services. With advances in online tools, businesses of all sizes are now able to participate in e-commerce. For a mini ... | |
| Event Date | March 22, 2012 |
| Price | $30.00 |
| The most fundamental aspect of selling is determining how to position your offering to the customer. In order to do this successfully, you must have a strategy to assess how your offering fits into the marketplace and to whom it will be most valuable. You must also be able to communicate that value ... | |
| Event Date | March 29, 2012 |
| Price | $30.00 |
| Sometimes the best business promotion doesn’t cost a cent. You can use public relations (PR) to create awareness of your business, build your “brand” and deliver your message to customers, with little or no financial investment. All it takes is a little ingenuity and planning. Learn about the variet ... | |
| Event Date | April 12, 2012 |
| Price | No Charge |
| Starting a business is an appealing idea for many women, but do you have what it takes to be a successful entrepreneur? This session helps you explore the advantages and challenges of being self-employed. It will also provide you with answers to frequently asked question including: How do I register ... | |
| Event Date | April 17, 2012 |
| Price | $25.00 |
| Pardon us, that’s not a result of eating lunch too quickly… we really did mean ERP or “Enterprise Resource Planning”. This session is about efficiency, lost opportunities and profitability. Do your systems transfer information from spreadsheet to database, database to word processor, word processor ... | |
| Event Date | April 19, 2012 |
| Price | $30.00 |
| Basic accounting principles will be used to demonstrate key activities in Quick Books and Simply Accounting software. By the end of the session, you will know how to complete basic transactions in accounting software with a general overview of payables, receivables and payroll functions. | |
| Event Date | April 26, 2012 |
| Price | $30.00 |
| This session covers two important topics: it doesn’t matter how you sell - what matters is how your customers buy. When you understand the practical applications of the psychology of buyer behaviour, you will customize your selling methods to the needs of the buyer and reduce sales time. The next st ... | |
| Event Date | May 10, 2012 |
| Price | $30.00 |
| You will learn financial analysis methods to read and understand your financial reports. Whether your statements are prepared by hand, electronically, or by an accounting professional, you need to know how to interpret the data. With correctly prepared financial statements you will be able to spot p ... | |
| Event Date | May 15, 2012 |
| Price | $25.00 |
| Mobile is an extremely HOT topic these days and for good reason. In 2010, there were 4.1 billion mobile phones worldwide. In 2011, that number grew to 5.2 billion and continues to grow exponentially. By 2014, mobile web users will overtake desktop web users and statistics show that mobile web search ... | |
| Event Date | May 24, 2012 |
| Price | $30.00 |
| Writing for the Web is a lot more than just writing. It’s about knowing how to create new and original content for your blog and website, tying it in with your social-media presence, and being familiar with the basic principles of persuasion and online marketing. Be prepared for an educational and e ... | |
| Event Date | May 31, 2012 |
| Price | $30.00 |
| One of the oldest clichés in advertising is John Wannamaker’s Rule which states that only 50% of advertising works, you just don’t know which 50%. As a business owner you will be presented with many types of media on which to spend your advertising dollars. In this session you will learn to differen ... | |
| Event Date | June 07, 2012 |
| Price | No Charge |
| Starting a business is an appealing idea for many women, but do you have what it takes to be a successful entrepreneur? This session helps you explore the advantages and challenges of being self-employed. It will also provide you with answers to frequently asked question including: How do I register ... | |
