Citizen Potawatomi Community Development Corporation

Empowerment Workshop
2022-11-17 09:00 - 15:00, 2022-11-16 09:00 - 15:30 (America/Chicago) | ONLINE
Empowerment Workshop 19 OY2
Provide operational and leadership strategies to build capacity, foster growth and expansion of existing business owners, and create a pipeline of future Native entrepreneurs and artists to ensure sustainability of such business development .

LEARN THE BASICS OF GOOGLE ADS
2022-11-15 14:00 - 15:00 (America/Chicago) | ONLINE
Topic: Marketing and Sales

Join us In-Person for our NE Chapter Luncheon, Tuesday, November 15th, 11:30 am – 1:00 pm!
2022-11-15 11:30 - 13:00 (America/Chicago) | Grand Gateway Economic Development Association, 333 S. Oak St.,, Big Cabin, OK, 74332, United States
Join us In-Person for our NE Chapter Luncheon, Tuesday, November 15th, 11:30 am – 1:00 pm!

Where: Grand Gateway Economic Development Association,
333 S. Oak St., Big Cabin, OK 74332

Cost: $20
CLICK HERE to register

Please RSVP by COB Friday, November 11th
Questions? Contact Bobbie Wolf, 918-276-2669

Topic: Government Contracting; Free REI services for Minority Owned Businesses

Speaker: Susan Dean, Minority Small Business Program Manager, REI Oklahoma

About the Speaker:
Susan is a citizen of the Cherokee Nation and has extensive experience managing government programs, and has outstanding achievements with multiple government agencies and contract management. Susan will talk about her own experiences as a minority business owner in addition to how she gained knowledge in government contracting over the years. Susan has spent many years gaining experience in handling the life cycle of all contracts from conception, including diverse procurements with preparing and evaluation, invitation to bid, review of bids, request for proposals, bid documents, and specifications that include value engineering in most areas.

BUSINESS START UP
2022-11-11 10:30 - 12:00 (America/Chicago) | ONLINE
Topic: Start-up Assistance

Tribal Nations Partnership: Building a Presence in E-Commerce-Selling Overseas
2022-11-10 14:00 - 16:00 (America/Chicago) | ONLINE
Designed to assist American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian visual artists in enhancing their marketing plans.

USE YOU TUBE TO GROW YOUR BUSINESS
2022-11-10 14:00 - 15:00 (America/Chicago) | ONLINE

Virtual Event: Business Basics
2022-11-10 09:00 - 11:00 (America/Chicago) | ONLINE
To start your own business you need to know the questions to ask, location and structure types, how to register in Oklahoma, preparation of the business plan, understanding business financials, and the steps to getting financed. Federal, state, and local resources will also be discussed in this session. This seminar is a broad overview of the different areas to consider when starting a new business. There will be plenty of time allotted to ask questions of the instructors and business experts.
This workship is provided by Better Business Bureau, Axis Powered by Francis Tuttle, Moore Norman Technology Center, and REI Women’s Business Center.
SBA Cooperative Agreement contract 7j – Funded in part through a Cooperative Agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration. All opinions, conclusions, and/or recommendations expressed herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the SBA. All SBA-funded projects are extended to the public on a nondiscriminatory basis.

Join us In Person for our OKC Chapter Luncheon, Wednesday, November 9th, 11:30 am – 1:00 pm!
2022-11-09 11:30 - 13:00 (America/Chicago) | First Americans Museum (FAM), 659 First Americans Blvd., okc, OK, 73129, United States
Where: First Americans Museum (FAM)
659 First Americans Blvd., Oklahoma City, OK 73129
FAM Theatre Room

Member Cost: $20
CLICK HERE to register

Non-Member Cost: $25
CLICK HERE to register

Please RSVP by COB on November 7th, **Late RSVPs may not include lunch**

Questions? Contact Kendra Bennett, 405-420-2731, kbennett@reagansmith.com

Topic: Celebrating Culture & Aiming Past the Horizon

Speakers: Kelli Mosteller, Ph.D, Executive Director of Harvard University Native American Program and Mo Brings Plenty, Actor & Rancher

About the Speakers:

Dr. Kelli Mosteller has served as the Executive Director of the Harvard University Native
American Program since the summer of 2022. In her role, she works with Harvard students, faculty,
staff, and the public toward the mission of supporting programming that fosters education,
scholarship, and builds community, and collaborative efforts that advance research and the well-
being of Indigenous communities.
Before her time at Harvard, she was the Executive Director for the Citizen Potawatomi
Nation Cultural Heritage Center (CHC) from 2010 to 2022. During her tenure, she oversaw the
tribe’s cultural services including a museum, cultural classes and programming, tribal archives, and
historic preservation. She also led her team in a multi-year renovation of the CHC’s exhibits,
resulting in the museum’s recognition as a Top Ten Native Cultural Center in the U.S. by the
Association of Tribal Archives, Libraries, and Museums in 2020.
As a tribal citizen, her most cherished role over the years has been as a mentor for Citizen
Potawatomi youth, facilitator of women’s ceremonies, and auntie to the eagles at the CPN Eagle
Aviary.
Mo Brings Plenty is an enrolled Lakota who hails from the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. His
traditional name — given to him as a young boy — is Ta Sunke Wospapi (“catches his
horse”); it befits a man who spends more time on his horses than anywhere else. As a
Makes Room on his mother’s side and a Brings Plenty on his father's, he is the stock of his
grandfathers who fought at the Battle at Little Big Horn. Those familiar with the battle will
know the strengths of those names and understand why Mo sees the world through the lens
of the forces and sacrifices his family and ancestors made so that he could be here today.
His relatives long passed are an intrinsic part of everything he does: every decision he
makes and everywhere he goes.
As an actor, Mo is best known in his self-titled role as “Mo Brings Plenty” Chief Thomas
Rainwater’s enforcer on the Taylor Sheridan/ViacomCBS record-breaking juggernaut series
Yellowstone. Moviegoers can now catch him playing “Shep Wauneka” in the newly released
Jurassic World Dominion (2022) and as “Ottawa Jones” in Showtime’s Peabody award-
winning limited series The Good Lord Bird (2021). He has played “Crazy Horse” & “Sitting
Bull” and many other historical Indian notables who have solidified their place in this
Country’s history. And he has spent a fair amount of time in the biopic world twice
portraying Charlie Soap — the husband of the first woman elected Chief of the Cherokee
Nation, the late Wilma Mankiller– in The Cherokee Word for Water and Gloria Steinem’s The
Glorias, respectively.
Mo Brings Plenty is an actor, horse stunt rider, rancher, and American Indian storyline
consultant. But above all, he is a man who wholeheartedly believes in human kindness, and
he trusts the good in humanity still exists and feels it just needs to be dusted off a bit. Out
of respect and honor for those who have come before us, Mo knows we have a profound
obligation to leave a livable planet for those who will follow after we are gone, and he starts
and ends every day, with thoughts of how he and we can make the world a better place
while we are here.
When Mo isn’t working as an actor, he can be found ranching or seeking ways to give back
to his Lakota communities and Indian Country — ways that include preserving culture,
tradition and seeking cultural truth in diversity.
– IMDb Mini Biography By: Michelle Shining Elk

ESTABLISH PROFESSIONAL DOMAIN, WEBSITE, AND EMAIL
2022-11-01 14:00 - 15:00 (America/Chicago) | ONLINE

SALES AND INDIRECT TAX BASICS FOR SMALL BUSINESSES
2022-11-01 11:00 - 12:30 (America/Chicago) | ONLINE
Topic: Tax Planning

Hosted by OKSBDC This event is a collaboration between OKSBDC and our professional partners at BDO USA, LLP. This conversation will provide an overview of the some of the State and Local Tax (SALT) issues presented when you start doing business outside Oklahoma. In June of 2018 the U.S. Supreme Court issued its seminal decision in the Wayfair case, which resulted in a few changes. Listen and learn if your company should be collecting sales tax in other states. This presentation will be given in a format where you can understand them as a business person who is just trying to stay in compliance and will answer several questions around, Should I be charging sales tax outside of Oklahoma? Do I need to file in other states even if I’m not selling a taxable item? Does it matter if I have inventory in other states? Attendees will have the chance to ask the experts their small business questions and will receive a copy of the presentation.
Speaker(s): Tom Smith, BDO Southwest SALT Region Leader Tulsa Office Managing Partner
Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities will be made if requested at least two weeks in advance. Language assistance services are available for limited English proficient individuals with appropriate advance notice. Please contact OKSBDC Training Manager Cindy Ruminer by email at cindy.ruminer@oksbdc.org or call 580-745-2877. All SBDC programs and services are extended to the public on a non-discriminatory basis. “Funded in part through a Cooperative Agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration. All opinions, conclusions, and/or recommendations expressed herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the SBA.”

SALES AND INDIRECT TAX BASICS FOR SMALL BUSINESSES
2022-11-01 11:00 - 12:30 (America/Chicago) | ONLINE
Topic: Tax Planning

Virtual Event: Operations
2022-11-01 09:00 - 11:00 (America/Chicago) | ONLINE

BUSINESS SMART WORKSHOP
2022-10-20 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Chicago) | ONLINE

WOMEN IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP VIRTUAL CONFERENCE
2022-10-19 12:00 - 14:00 (America/Chicago) | ONLINE
Topic: Managing a Business

MAKE YOUR SMALL BUSINESS MORE ACCESSIBLE
2022-10-18 14:00 - 15:00 (America/Chicago) | ONLINE

Tribal Nations Partnership: Building a Presence in the E-Commerce series-Protecting Your Business: IP and IACA
2022-10-13 14:00 - 16:00 (America/Chicago) | ONLINE
Native American, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian visual artists and craftspeople face unique challenges with the shift to online sales and continued limits on attendance at local arts and crafts fairs.
This session will focus on protecting your business through use of intellectual property rights and the Indian Arts and Crafts Act. It will include:

Coverage of the newly-established Copyright Claims Board and the benefits it provides to small-business visual artists.
Presentations by representatives from several online platforms who will assist participants in understanding what steps can be taken in the event of infringement and cultural appropriation.

DESIGN THINKING FOR ENTREPRENEURS
2022-10-13 14:00 - 15:00 (America/Chicago) | ONLINE

MODELO DE NEGOCIO CANVAS, EL PASO PREVIO AL PLAN DE NEGOCIO
2022-10-13 11:00 - 12:30 (America/Chicago) | ONLINE

Virtual Event: Business Basics
2022-10-13 09:00 - 11:00 (America/Chicago) | ONLINE
To start your own business you need to know the questions to ask, location and structure types, how to register in Oklahoma, preparation of the business plan, understanding business financials, and the steps to getting financed. Federal, state, and local resources will also be discussed in this session. This seminar is a broad overview of the different areas to consider when starting a new business. There will be plenty of time allotted to ask questions of the instructors and business experts.
This workship is provided by Better Business Bureau, Axis Powered by Francis Tuttle, Moore Norman Technology Center, and REI Women’s Business Center.
SBA Cooperative Agreement contract 7j – Funded in part through a Cooperative Agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration. All opinions, conclusions, and/or recommendations expressed herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the SBA. All SBA-funded projects are extended to the public on a nondiscriminatory basis

UNDERSTANDING CYBERSECURITY PROCESSES TO DO BUSINESS WITH THE GOVERNMENT
2022-10-12 11:00 - 13:00 (America/Chicago) | ONLINE
Topic: Government Contracting

Business Basics: Everything You Need to Start a Small Business - 4 Session Workshop - 2 hours each workshop
2022-10-11 19:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | ONLINE
Starting a business involves planning, making key financial decisions, and completing a series of legal activities. This course will help you understand all the steps involved in starting a business, from testing the feasibility of your business idea and developing a business plan to ensuring your business is registered with the right agencies.​

Tribal Nations Partnership: Building a Presence in the E-Commerce series-Seasonal Marketing
2022-10-06 14:00 - 16:00 (America/Chicago) | ONLINE
This session—a “bonus” session, offered in addition to our monthly series—is designed to assist American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian visual artists in enhancing their marketing plans for seasonal/holiday sales. It will focus on:

Setting up “pop-up” markets through social media and from one’s website.
Developing and maintaining email lists, an area often overlooked with today’s focus on social media.
Techniques for using email lists to generate interest and promote sales.

Additionally, in the spirit of the upcoming holidays, the program will also feature a special recipe or two to help us all to celebrate this time of year.

Simple Steps to Starting Your Business - Hiring
2022-09-29 18:30 (America/Chicago) | Score, 7777 S. May Ave., Oklahoma City, OK, 73159, United States
Simple Steps for Starting Your Business is a six-week series of pre-business workshops to help clients reach a “go or no-go” decision for a start-up. The content is designed to work in conjunction with mentoring and includes homework for the client to complete. The program is not designed to provide all of the information needed to start a business, but rather to help the client decide whether he or she is ready to take the next step toward becoming an entrepreneur.
Session 6, Hiring
In this sixth workshop of the “Simple Steps for Starting Your Business” series, you will learn how to add employees to your business.

KEY TOPICS

Human Resources

Produce to Product - How Value-Added Can Help Your Farm Business -
2022-09-29 18:00 (America/New_York) | ONLINE
We all want to improve the profitability of our farms. One opportunity that you may not have considered is producing a value-added product. Growers can sell fresh corn for $1 an ear or, “add value,” and sell it for a lot more, dried and steamed, as neeshjizhii. In this webinar, Mark Thompson from the IDRS’ Acorn Project and Tyrone Thompson from Ch’ishie Farm, will cover ways you can add value to what you grow. We’ll discuss the pros and cons of value added products, how to evaluate the true cost, and food safety considerations.

Year-End Tax Planning for Your Business
2022-09-29 13:00 - 14:00 (America/Chicago) | ONLINE
With the final quarter of the year still ahead, learn what actions you can take to that can favorably impact your bottom line and your tax bill for 2022.
Learn about big changes made by the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022, and other legislation, as well IRS pronouncements, that relate to your employees, your customers, your equipment, and your operations.
Whether you work with a CPA or go it alone, learn which tax breaks apply to you and how to nail them down now before times runs out.
In this webinar, you will learn:

Year-end actions to reduce your 2022 tax bill
Best business practices to avoid problems with the IRS
Strategies for potential tax changes still to come
Necessary actions to get ready for 2023

ABOUT THE PRESENTER(S)
Barbara Weltman is a small business expert, prolific author and trusted advocate for small businesses and entrepreneurs. She also serves on the advisory board of the Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council.

Barbara Weltman
Small Business Expert, Big Ideas for Small Business®.

Gordon Cooper Technology Center presents "Business Basics Bootcamp"
2022-09-27 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Chicago) | 1702 Gordon Cooper Drive, Shawnee, OK 74801, 1702 Gordon Cooper Drive, Shawnee, OK, 74801, United States
Trying to start or grow a business is tough! You have a great idea but you also need basic business knowledge. You will understand the six major parts of every business: Leadership, marketing, sales, products, overhead, and cash flow. You will create a personal productivity plan, identify your ideal customer, design an effective communication and marketing plan, and present your finished plan to your classmates. For more information contact Cama Watts or Trent Boles at camaw@gctech.edu or 405-214-3256.
This six-session workshop will explore the building blocks of business, the characteristics of successful entrepreneurs, and the components of a business plan.
The cost is $129 and runs once a month from September – March. You will receive a LivePlan membership with your enrollment for the length of the class.
This course will help you prepare for the Rocket Man Business Model Competition in June 2023. You do not need to complete this course to participate.
September 27, October 25, November 29, January 24, February 28, March 28

TAX CUTS AND JOBS ACT -OPPORTUNITY ZONES 101
2022-09-23 11:00 - 12:30 (America/Chicago) | ONLINE
Register Online
Facilitated by Southeastern Oklahoma State University OKSBDC

This is a collaborated event brought to you by OKSBDC, The Women’s Business Center and our professional partners at the IRS to deliver an insightful look at the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) Opportunity Zones Program. Opportunity Zones are defined as “economically-distressed communities where new investments, under certain conditions, may be eligible for preferential tax treatment”. This introductory conversation will help bring a stronger awareness of the program and the benefits associated with the designation. This webinar will cover the following topics: * Provide an Overview of Opportunity Zones * Discuss the Tax Benefits for Investors * Explain the Investor Annual Reporting * Discuss Disaster Relief Impacting Opportunity Zones * Plus, a Q & A session
Speaker(s): Richard G. Furlong, Jr. Senior Stakeholder Liaison IRS Communications & Liaison
Co-Sponsor(s): OKSBDC REI Women’s Business Center
Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities will be made if requested at least two weeks in advance. Language assistance services are available for limited English proficient individuals with appropriate advance notice. Please contact OKSBDC Training Manager Cindy Ruminer by email at cindy.ruminer@oksbdc.org or call 580-745-2877.

Fee: No Cost

Simple Steps to Starting Your Business - The Business Plan
2022-09-22 18:30 (America/Chicago) | Score, 7777 S. May Ave., Oklahoma City, OK, 73159, United States
Simple Steps for Starting Your Business is a six-week series of pre-business workshops to help clients reach a “go or no-go” decision for a start-up. The content is designed to work in conjunction with mentoring and includes homework for the client to complete. The program is not designed to provide all of the information needed to start a business, but rather to help the client decide whether he or she is ready to take the next step toward becoming an entrepreneur.
Session 5, The Business Plan
In this fifth workshop of the “Simple Steps for Starting Your Business” series, you will learn how to build your business Plan. You will build on what you have learned in the first 4 workshops and complete a winning business plan you can present to investors and lenders.

KEY TOPICS

Accounting & Cash Flow
Business Plans/Startup Assistance
Financing/Capital

HUMAN RELATIONS SERIES 3 OF 3: EMPLOYEE RELATIONS
2022-09-21 11:30 - 13:00 (America/Chicago) | ONLINE
Register Online
Facilitated by Oklahoma Small Business Development Center

Topic: Managing Employees

Human Relations Series 3 of 3 Employee Relations can be rough to navigate, so let us help make sure you have the proper policies in place that prevent you from being a legal liability to your small business. This last of the series will help you develop workplace policies about employee conduct and will include the following: Investigating any allegations of improper conduct (such as sexual harassment or discrimination complaints). Handling grievances and resolving disputes that may arise between employees or between employees and management. Participants will be able to establish an employee engagement process as well as learning techniques for conflict resolution . Attendees will learn how to establish an employee engagement process as well as learning techniques for conflict resolution and will better understand how to be able to demonstrate the value of succession planning, and what is necessary for team development. Attendees will receive a copy this presentation with actionable handouts.
Speaker(s): Christy Close, MsHRM, SHRM-CP, PHR HR Solid Foundation
Co-Sponsor(s): REI Women’s Business Center Kiamichi Technology Center
Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities will be made if requested at least two weeks in advance. Language assistance services are available for limited English proficient individuals with appropriate advance notice. Please contact OKSBDC Training Manager Cindy Ruminer by email at cindy.ruminer@oksbdc.org or call 580-745-2877.

Fee: No Cost
