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Events Listing

Event Name Date/Time
Mayor's Small Business Awards Recognition Breakfast
Location: 100 Saint Anselm Drive Manchester New Hampshire

The Mayor's Small Business Awards Breakfast will recognize Manchester businesses in three categories: growth, innovation and community service. The Growth Award recognizes a small business that has shown growth in sales, market share, employment, exports or other similar factors. The Innovation Award recognizes innovation in a diverse range of areas including products, services, business practices, marketing campaigns, design, construction or energy savings.

The Community Service Award recognizes a small business for their contribution to the City's social, artistic and cultural life through support of non-profit social services, arts and cultural programs and organizations, participation on civic and/or non-profit boards, committees, commissions support for community events, philanthropy, and implementation of socially responsible business practices.

May 24th
7:30am to 9:00am
CMAA - Building Commissioning - The New Standard
Location: 8757 Rio San Diego Drive San Diego California 92108

Cost: $55/person CMAA Members - $85/person Non-Members. Self parking: $6/car

8:00am Registration & Continental Breakfast

8:30-10:30am Seminar

Building Commissioning - The New Standard

Why Owner's Are Requiring It and

How CM's can Manage the Process, Incorporate Best

Practices, and Enhance Owner Benefits

Join us to learn about:

Owners requiring building commissioning and capital program applications

Determining when MEP systems are substantially complete

Typical MEP critical path delays

Managing the Commissioning Agent (CxA)

Scheduling commissioning and acceptance activities

Best Practices for MEP system check-out

Seminar Instructors from 3QC

Jim Ogden, LEED Fellow, Principal of Sustainability

James Becker, PE, Principal of Commissioning

Panel Members

San Diego Community College District

Dave Umstot, P.E., Vice Chancellor - Facilities Management

Sweetwater Union High School District

Tom Calhoun, CCM, LEED AP, Chief Facilities Executive

As building MEP systems become more sophisticated and control driven,

determining their substantial completion becomes more difficult. Savvy owners are requiring

commissioning of these systems to ensure project requirements are met and

building systems are operating at optimal design and energy

performance. This seminar will focus on how the CM can use the commissioning agent

and the commissioning process to validate substantial completion of the MEP systems

as well as identify systems acceptance requirements early to take the guess work out of building acceptance.

May 24th
8:00am to 10:30am
QuickBooks for Small Business Introduction
Location: 1480 Nashville Pike Gallatin Tennessee 37066

QuickBooks for Small Business Introduction workshop of Volunteer State Community College's Tennessee Small Business Development Center.

May 24th
9:00am to 12:00pm
Financial Statements 1: What They Are
Location: 9645 Granite Ridge Drive San Diego California 92123

Registration Fee: $49 Early / $59 after (5/22/13)

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 1: What They Are

Financial statements are vital to understanding, managing and planning your business, yet few outside of the finance and accounting professions understand how financial statements work. While not every financially astute small business owner succeeds, ignorance of accounting fundamentals only makes business management more difficult.

Designed for the accounting novice, this class develops the fundamental framework necessary for understanding the primary financial statements used by small business managers. Topics include:

  • Fundamental Accounting Principles
  • Income Statement (P&L)
  • Balance Sheet
  • Analysis

If time permits, students' specific business questions will be addressed at the end of the class.

This workshop is the first of two programs on this topic.

May 24th
9:00am to 12:00pm
Pay-Per-Click
Location: 705 Palomar Airport Road Carlsbad California 92011

Registration Fee: $49 EArly / $59 after 5/22/13

Pay-Per-Click

In this advanced Inetrnet marketing program, you will learn how to create a pay-per-click (PPC) search engine marketing program to drive your business.

This information-packed session will answer the following questions:

  • PPC vs search engine optimization - what's the difference and what's best for me?
  • Does it make sense for me to do both?
  • What are my PPC campaign setup options? Which should I worry about most?
  • What are themost common PPC pitfalls and how can I avoid them?
  • How does PPC search engine marketing compare to other marketing options from a cost per lead perspective?

Here are just some of the topics we will discuss:

  • Google AdWords account setup
  • Developing your keyword basket
  • Writing great PPC ads
  • Creating landing pages
  • Bidding for maximum results
  • PPC on a shoestring budget
  • The five keys to successful PPC programs
  • PPC pitfalls and how to avoid them

May 24th
9:00am to 12:00pm
Business Planning (An Intro)
Location: 1402 Corinth Street Suite 1520 Dallas Texas 75215

Business Planning (An Intro)

This session will explore planning for success.

Learn the components, and how to start today!

May 24th
1:00pm to 4:00pm
Social Media / Internet Marketing
Location: 2 International Plaza Dr Suite 500 Nashville Tennessee 37217

Social media is recognized for giving businesses the ability to communicate directly with consumers on their level. It has provided an open arena where people are free to exchange ideas on companies, brands and products. Where people used to talk about a brand over the phone or in person, this now happens in a platform where the brand can actually now be part of that conversation. This workshop will present how small businesses can leverage social media through different opportunities that are available with specific social media platforms, best practices and the available tools. This course will go into detail about setting up the different platforms, creating goals, online strategy, and how you can measure your ROI. Attendees will get an in-depth understanding how to setup the platforms as well as how to manage their accounts.

May 25th
9:00am to 12:00pm
Creating a Basic Actionable Marketing Plan
Location: 10437 Innovation Drive Room 121 Wauwatosa Wisconsin 53214

The development of a comprehensive Marketing Plan will help you focus on the only two sources of business revenue: Selling more to existing customers or attracting new customers. Which is best for you?

The workshop listed above is now open for registration. The workshops listed below will open for registration approximately 30 days before their schedule date.

The cost for the first person to register is $35.00 and for each additional person it is $20.00.

May 25th
9:00am to 12:00pm
Accounting for the Defense Contract Audit Agency - An Introduction
Location: 3390 Harbor Blvd. Costa Mesa California 92626

Cost: $35 if register online by 05/24, $45 at the door, Pre-registration Recommended, Accounting for the Defense Contract Audit Agency - An Introduction: The U.S. Department of Defense is the largest Federal Contract Awarding Agency. Whether you are currently doing business with the DOD or want to be a government contractor, passing the DCAA audits is paramount. Contractors are placed under intense strain in passing their DCAA audits. In some cases, this comes down to solvency and resource reduction if the DCAA audit is not passed. In this Introductory Workshop, we will highlight on Compliant Chart of Accounts, QuickBooks Setup, Labor Distribution, How To Handle Payroll, Timecard Compliance, Comp Time, Unallowable Costs, Direct and Indirect Cost, Job Cost Ledger / General Ledger, Structure Specific Indirect Rate Pools, and much more!

May 25th
9:00am to 12:00pm
Social Media Marketing Made Simple & Facebook For Business Hands-On Bootcamp
Location: 200 Civic Center Saddleback Room Mission Viejo California 92691

Cost: FREE for session one, $139 for session two, Pre-registration Required, Social Media Marketing Made Simple followed by Optional Facebook for Business Hands-On Bootcamp: There is no fee to attend session 1. In this introductory session, we cover strategies and best practices to get the most out of your social media activities. This BootCamp will focus on using Facebook Pages for businesses and non-profits and help you understand how to build a stronger presence on Facebook. We will dive into best practices, time saving tips, Timeline layout, apps, and strategies for building "Likes." Bring your lapto

May 25th
9:00am to 2:30pm

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