Concrete Strategies to Boost Your Sleep & Double Your Business Impact
2020-09-29 13:00 - 14:00 (America/Chicago) | ONLINE
When we don’t feel rested and energized it directly impacts our life and our business. If you want to ramp up your impact today, it starts by getting sleep.
The World Health Organization has declared sleep loss as an epidemic across all industrialized nations with staggering statistics.
Join this life-altering presentation with Success Coach and Speaker Holly Jean Jackson, and walk away with:
Sleep facts & a clear understanding of why sleep is crucial to you and your business
The 3 biggest sleep challenges
Concrete strategies to boost your sleep & double your business impact
If you find yourself feeling exhausted all of the time and lacking the energy you need to build your dream life and business this is the webinar for you.
Presented by Holly Jean Jackson
Holly Jean Jackson helps business owners and entrepreneurs love their life and their business again. With over 12 years of technology and business experience, she helps business owners get their groove back physically, mentally and emotionally. She does this through a combined approach of both coaching and consulting providing practical and actionable results.
Her business and consulting strategy spans many industries including: Visa, California State University East Bay, University of California Office of the President and Treasury Wine Estates. Holly holds a bachelors in political science and urban studies and a masters in public administration. Holly is deeply passionate about empowering small business owners to succeed 360 degrees.

Virtual Training: Canva For Beginners
2020-09-30 10:00 - 12:00 (America/Chicago) | ONLINE
With the changes in today’s world, it is more important than ever to engage clients through social media. Learn key secrets in branding to help your business stand out, engage your clients and create memorable social media posts. Learn how to use Canva, a free graphic design program, which will assist you to create professional posts and marketing materials sure to catch your customer’s attention.
Presenters: Sara Orellana-Paape, 3Raptor Consulting
Funded in part through a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration. WBC and 7j programs and services are provided on a nondiscriminatory basis. Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities and language assistance services for clients with limited English proficiency will be provided if requested at least two weeks in advance. Contact Lori Smith, WBC Assistant at PO Box 1335, Durant, OK 74702 or call 800-658-2823.
Price: $0.00

TAX CUTS AND JOBS ACT - OPPORTUNITY ZONES
2020-09-30 10:30 - 12:00 (America/Chicago) | ONLINE
Facilitated by Southeastern Oklahoma State University OKSBDC
Please join us as we discuss the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) Opportunity Zones.
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
IRS
Co-Sponsor(s): IRS
Fee: No Cost

Virtual Training: DIY Product Photography
2020-09-30 13:00 - 14:30 (America/Chicago) | ONLINE
Visual presentation of your products plays a big part in creating your brand’s image and getting the price you deserve. Learn how to photograph your products to give them a professional appeal and make them stand out amongst the competition whether you use a smart phone, point & shoot or DSLR camera. With simple DIY tools, you will learn how to set up photo shoot materials and your light sources. We will also discuss some handy apps to use.
Natasja Kemp is a photography instructor for Central Technology and is owner of Kemp Aerial Photography. Natasja will teach techniques on how to best photograph your product.
Funded in part through a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration. WBC and 7j programs and services are provided on a nondiscriminatory basis. Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities and language assistance services for clients with limited English proficiency will be provided if requested at least two weeks in advance. Contact Lori Smith, WBC Assistant at PO Box 1335, Durant, OK 74702 or call 800-658-2823.
Price: $0.00

OKC Women's Business Breakfast 2020
2020-10-01 08:15 - 10:00 (America/Chicago) | The Walker Building, 1300 N. Walker Avenue, Oklahoma City, OK, 73103, United States
The OKC Women’s Business Breakfast is a monthly networking and business-building event. This opportunity enables you to interact with other women in business and potential customers, build your network, and market your business! Bring your business cards and join us for this exclusive networking meeting for women business owners, professionals and small business resource partners.
At this event you can expect to:
Connect through interactive discussions and activities.
Learn from other women entrepreneurs and professionals in the area.
Hear the latest in resource services for women entrepreneurs.
Free to attend. Breakfast sponsorships available.
The OKC Women’s Business Breakfast meets the first Thursday morning of every month. Breakfast sponsorships are available. Contact Jennifer Edwards at 800-658-2823 or jedwards@reiok.org.
Partners: Pioneer Library System, State Chamber of Oklahoma, and REI Women’s Business Center.
Funded in part through a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration. WBC and PRIME programs and services are provided on a nondiscriminatory basis. Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities and language assistance services for clients with limited English proficiency will be provided if requested at least two weeks in advance. Contact Lori Smith, WBC Assistant at PO Box 1335, Durant, OK 74702 or call 800-658-2823.

BUSINESS LEADERSHIP
2020-10-01 09:00 - 10:30 (America/Chicago) | ONLINE
Facilitated by Statewide Services OKSBDC
Topic: Managing a Business
Please join us as we discuss “How to understand others in a stressful season so you can eliminate stress and increase productivity”. Certified Life and Business Coach, Dana Bickford will guide you through this interactive, enlightening and impactful session. Topics to be discussed: Reducing Stress, Minimizing conflict, Building trust, Raising morale, Maximizing team performance, Improving team performance….. and more!
Speaker(s): Dana Bickford – Certified Life and Business Coach
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.”
Fee: No Cost

OKLAHOMA TAX COMMISSION WORKSHOP
2020-10-05 09:00 - 12:00 (America/Chicago) | ONLINE
Topic: Tax Planning
The workshop covers taxes for the State of Oklahoma. During this three-hour session, you will learn about new business registration, business tax report form completion, sales and withholding record keeping requirements, sales tax deductions and exemptions and vendor responsibilities. It is useful for anyone contemplating starting a business.
Speaker(s): Dewey Brandon, Oklahoma Tax Commission
There is no fee for the workshop, however due to limited seating registration is required. Call 405-733-7348 to register or get more information.
Fee: No Cost

Native American Entrepreneurs: Learn How to Make Your Dream a Reality (Virtual Training)
2020-10-05 10:00 - 2020-10-09 15:00 (America/Chicago)
From idea conception to marketing, this training will provide both group and individual level guidance to help launch your business. Bring an open mind, willingness to learn, and a real desire to form your business.
Instructor: Dr. Ron Sheffield
Oct 5-8
10 AM – 3 PM EST and
Oct 9
3 PM – 6 PM EST

Excel: Pivot Tables & Analyzing Your Data
2020-10-06 10:00 - 11:30 (America/Chicago) | ONLINE
This session will introduce participants to working with and analyzing their data in Excel. Specifically, we’ll cover how to manage and analyze large amounts of information by working with Pivot Tables, Conditional Formatting, and Charting. The presenter will also share some additional ways to work with data, both on-screen and printed, and will demonstrate other features that can assist in interpreting your data.
We’ll have plenty of time for Q&A with the presenter at the end of the session!
Funded in part through a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration. WBC and 7j programs and services are provided on a nondiscriminatory basis. Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities and language assistance services for clients with limited English proficiency will be provided if requested at least two weeks in advance. Contact Lori Smith, WBC Assistant at PO Box 1335, Durant, OK 74702 or call 800-658-2823.

Business Financials – What you Need to Know to Make Profit
2020-10-06 13:00 - 14:00 (America/Chicago) | ONLINE
How to check the viability of your business model.
How to calculate your new break-even point.
Financial management strategies to grow your businesses.

GROWTHWHEEL BUSINESS SERIES: PART 2 - HIRE THE BEST AND AVOID THE REST
2020-10-07 15:00 - 16:30 (America/Chicago) | ONLINE
Facilitated by Cameron – CETES Small Business Development Center
Topic: Managing Employees
Please join us as we discuss “Hiring the Best and Avoid the Rest”, PART 2. This will be a four-part Growth Wheel series focusing on recruiting, hiring, on-boarding and retaining quality employees. During Part 2, we will drill discuss the on-boarding and training process. Attendees will obtain a copy of the presentation and walk away with valuable GrowthWheel tools to help them implement today’s topics covered.
Speaker(s): Dr. Samantha Lankford, OKSBDC/Cameron University – Director – Center for Emerging Technology and Entrepreneurial Studies (CETES)
Dana Hugle, OKSBDC Eastern Center Director and Business Development Specialist
Co-Sponsor(s): Cameron University
Fee: No Cost

A CYBERSECURITY PLAYBOOK: FUNDAMENTALS AND STRATEGIES FOR BUSINESS
2020-10-08 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Chicago) | ONLINE
Online
Facilitated by Southeastern Oklahoma State University OKSBDC
Topic: Managing a Business
This session and discussion will outline the key cybersecurity fundamentals that every business should be implementing to protect critical business data and positively impact to the bottom line.
This webinar will explore five areas and questions around sound cybersecurity strategy, including —
• Identify: How does a business identify cybersecurity risks and threats?
• Protect: How does a business best protect its data and information?
• Detect: How can a business detect and monitor cybersecurity incidents?
• Respond: How should a business plan and respond to cybersecurity incidents?
• Recover: How can a business recover and improve after cybersecurity incidents?
No business has all the right answers to the questions above, but every business must be asking them. Join the Oklahoma Small Business Development Center, Dean Joshua Snavely, and Langston University to dive into this conversation on the cybersecurity basics of your business.
Speaker(s): Joshua M. Snavely, M.B.A., J.D., LL.M.
Dean, School of Business
Langston University
Speaker Information: Dean Joshua Snavely is an attorney currently serving as an administrator and professor at Langston University — Oklahoma’s only historically black college/university. In his administrative capacity, Snavely directs all facets of business school operations, academic affairs, alumni relations and fundraising. In addition, Snavely teaches in the areas of business law, cybersecurity, entrepreneurship and homeland security. Since 2018, Snavely has served on the University’s Emergency Leadership Team and currently co-chairs all preparation and reponse efforts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. He also currently serves on the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education Working Group. Snavely earned a master of laws in national security and US foreign relations from the George Washington Law School and an executive master’s in cybersecurity from Brown University.
Co-Sponsor(s): Langston University
Fee: No Cost

How to Explain Your Products and Services with Infographics
2020-10-08 13:00 - 14:00 (America/Chicago) | ONLINE
How well you communicate information about your products and services can make or break your potential sales with customers. In today’s noisy world of information overload and short attention spans, infographics are a quick and easy way to explain the details about your products and services engagingly.
This webinar, presented by product expert Dinah Ramirez with Easel.ly, will provide you with basic formats and strategies for tackling an infographic’s writing and development so that your customers can learn what they need to know and move forward with a purchase.
You’ll learn:
What an infographic is and the benefits of using them to explain your products and services
How other companies and businesses use infographics to explain their products and services – from simple to complex
How to write, organize, and streamline content for an infographic
Ways to get your infographic designed
Presented by Dinah Ramirez
Dinah Ramirez is a customer success trainer, webinar producer, and product expert at Easel.ly. She provides learning experiences to Easel.ly’s user community along with helping businesses and professionals communicate visually with their customer, clients, and audiences.
Dinah holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree from the University of Michigan in Sociology and Applied Statistics along with an MBA from Wayne State University.
Sponsored by:easelly

BUSINESS START UP WORKSHOP
2020-10-09 10:30 - 12:00 (America/Chicago) | ONLINE
Facilitated by Wilburton SBDC
Business start up walkthrough and business planning
Speaker(s): Dana Hugle & Henry Lehr
Co-Sponsor(s): KTC
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

Business Basics: Operations Management
2020-10-13 08:30 - 11:30 (America/Chicago) | Francis Tuttle Business Innovation Center, Room B1120, 2824 Progressive Drive, Edmond, OK, 73034, United States
Do you have short term and long term goals for your business? Do you know what would happen to your business if something happened to you? Have you documented your key business processes? Join us for this workshop which will take a deeper look into the different areas of operations you need to consider when starting and growing your business. In this workshop, we will take a look at how to structure your business to meet your business needs, how to set short term and long term goals and strategies, as well as examine different areas of risk within your business. Both new and existing small business owners will benefit from this workshop.
Speakers from Francis Tuttle Launch Pad, Moore Norman Technology Center, MidDel Technology Center, SCORE, OKSBDC and REI Women’s Business Center.
Partners: Speakers from Francis Tuttle Launch Pad, Moore Norman Technology Center, MidDel Technology Center, SCORE, OKSBDC and REI Women’s Business Center.
You will be redirected to PayPal to pay for registration. Fee is non-refundable. If you cannot attend, your registration may be able to be transferred to another workshop.
Funded in part through a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration. WBC and PRIME programs and services are provided on a nondiscriminatory basis. Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities and language assistance services for clients with limited English proficiency will be provided if requested at least two weeks in advance. Contact Lori Smith, WBC Assistant at PO Box 1335, Durant, OK 74702 or call 800-658-2823.

October 14: Women-Owned Startups in Rural America - Learn About Useful Tools & Resources
2020-10-14 12:00 - 14:00 (America/Chicago) | ONLINE
80% of rural small business owners believe the quality of life and cost of living are much better in rural areas, BUT they cite challenges.
Join this LIVE Q&A session where the National Women’s Business Council (NWBC), USDA and SCORE will dedicate the full hour to answering your questions on the top challenges rural startups face and the most effective resources and programming to help your business thrive.
This lively discussion will delve into the available training and resources for women business owners and entrepreneurs in rural America.
The expert panelists include: NWBC Council Member Barbara Kniff-McCulla, owner and CEO of KLK Construction, CEO of SCORE Bridget Weston, and a special guest from the USDA.
You can submit your questions during registration and during the LIVE webinar.
ABOUT THE PRESENTER(S)
Barbara Kniff-McCulla
Barbara J. Kniff-McCulla is the owner and CEO of KLK Construction in Pella, Iowa. KLK Construction is a contractor in the telecommunications industry and was established in 1979.
Barbara Kniff-McCulla
Owner and CEO, KLK Construction
Bridget Weston
Bridget Weston is the CEO of the SCORE Association, where she provides executive leadership and works directly and collaboratively with the Board of Directors to establish the vision and direction of SCORE.
Bridget Weston
CEO, SCORE
KEY TOPICS
Business Plans/Startup Assistance Startup Rural Entrepreneurs Women Entrepreneurs Agriculture, Farming, Fishing & Hunting
October 14: Women-Owned Startups in Rural America – Learn About Useful Tools & Resources

October 15: Where’s The Money NOW? Position Your Business for the Future of Small Business Lending
2020-10-15 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Chicago) | ONLINE
This year’s economic crisis has resulted in rapid changes to small business lending. It’s more important than ever to identify the crucial factors lenders are evaluating now, and steps you can take to position your business for financing in the coming months and years.
Nav’s Education Director Gerri Detweiler helped individuals and small business owners navigate the 2008 financial crisis and is working to educate business owners through the current crisis.
Attend this webinar and learn about:
The current lending landscape
Who is lending?
What has changed?
Presented by Gerri Detweiler
Gerri Detweiler has more than twenty years of experience guiding individuals through the confusing world of credit, and has earned a reputation as a reliable and independent resource on personal and small business credit. She’s answered more than 10,000 financial questions online and has been interviewed in more than 3000 news stories.
Sponsored by:

Virtual Training: Understanding SBA’s HUBZone Certification
2020-10-20 08:00 - 17:00 (America/Chicago) | ONLINE
If you are interested in selling your supplies or services to federal agencies you should learn about the SBA’s HUBZone certification. Joining the HUBZone program makes your business eligible to compete for the program’s set-aside contracts. The HUBZone program encourages economic development and employment growth in HUBZone areas by providing increased access to those set-aside federal contracting opportunities.
Presenter: Ron DeGiacomo, OkPTAC CoordinatorkPTAC Coordinator
Partners: Kiamachi Technology Center and REI Women’s Business Center.
Funded in part through a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration. WBC and 7j programs and services are provided on a nondiscriminatory basis. Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities and language assistance services for clients with limited English proficiency will be provided if requested at least two weeks in advance. Contact Lori Smith, WBC Assistant at PO Box 1335, Durant, OK 74702 or call 800-658-2823.

Increase Your Sales with Online Reviews
2020-10-20 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Chicago) | ONLINE
90% of people claim that positive reviews influence their purchasing decisions. Do you know how your business appears online?
Join Deluxe product experts, Joann Do and Cortney Vargas, as they outline actionable strategies to increase sales and influence customers by increasing online reviews.
In this webinar, you’ll learn:
Where customers might be reviewing your business and how to monitor comments, questions, and complaints
The benefits of getting more reviews
How to gather reviews from happy customers
How to respond to criticism so that customers feel heard
How to use online reviews to improve your product or service
Presented by: Cortney Vargas
In Cortney’s 14 years in Marketing, she has honed a wide repertoire of skills around digital marketing, interactive strategy and product management. Loving the challenge of translating large corporate solutions into Main St.’s small business opportunity, Cortney has worked with a vast range of business sizes from 1 employee to 10,000+ team members. Her curiosity leads her to the forefront of new marketing technology,
while her passion for helping small businesses drives her to convert her new experience to products Mom and Pop Shops can use today. Anywhere she is needed from creative development, website operations, product management and collaborating effectively with stakeholders, vendors and clients, she’s there. She even once took a pie to the face for a good cause! She does it all!
Presented by: Joanne Do
Joann has six years of experience in planning and implementing digital marketing strategies with a wide range of clients to increase revenue through Search Engine Optimization, Pay-Per-Click, Social Media, content strategy and website development.
In her current role at Deluxe, she leverages her extensive experience and knowledge to create affordable digital marketing solutions for small business owners to grow regardless of where they are at in their business journey.
She has previously worked with some big brands such as Hard Rock Casino, Dairy Queen, Marie Callender’s, Papa Murphy’s Pizza and Olathe Health, as well as small businesses like AAPC Publishing and Champion Termite & Pest Control.
Sponsored by: Deluxe Corporation

GROWTHWHEEL BUSINESS SERIES: PART 3 - HIRE THE BEST AND AVOID THE REST
2020-10-21 08:00 - 17:00 (America/Chicago) | ONLINE
Facilitated by Cameron – CETES Small Business Development Center
Topic: Managing Employees
Please join us as we discuss “Hiring the Best and Avoid the Rest”, PART 3. This will be a four-part Growth Wheel series focusing on recruiting, hiring, on-boarding and retaining quality employees. During Part 3, we will focus on employee retention and the evaluation process. Attendees will obtain a copy of the presentation and walk away with valuable GrowthWheel tools to help them implement today’s topics covered. PART 4 will consist of a one on one review and consultation session with each attendee to answer specific questions and to further assist.
Speaker(s): Dr. Samantha Lankford, OKSBDC/Cameron University – Director – Center for Emerging Technology and Entrepreneurial Studies (CETES)
Dana Hugle, OKSBDC Eastern Center Director and Business Development Specialist
Co-Sponsor(s): Cameron University
Fee: No Cost

Budgeting and Projecting
2020-10-21 10:00 (America/Chicago) | ONLINE
Budgets, financial documents and projecting are the last thing on any entrepreneur’s mind. Rather than avoiding them, learn the power in each document, how to create them and ways to use them to increase your profit and lower your bottom line.
Presenter: Sara Orella-Paape, 3Raptor Consulting LLC
Partners: REI Women’s Business Center and 3Raptor Consulting LLC
Funded in part through a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration. WBC and 7j programs and services are provided on a nondiscriminatory basis. Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities and language assistance services for clients with limited English proficiency will be provided if requested at least two weeks in advance. Contact Lori Smith, WBC Assistant at PO Box 1335, Durant, OK 74702 or call 800-658-2823.

Virtual Training: 10 Step Holiday Promotion Plan
2020-10-21 14:00 - 15:30 (America/Chicago) | ONLINE
The Holidays are near! Are you prepared with your marketing and promotions?
Join us to learn an easy, 10 step promotion plan for you to follow and have a successful, profitable end of the year. We’ll cover everything from how to use signage to grow sales to effectively utilizing email lists and social media to reach your customers and show appreciation to your clients. There will be “how to” tips given for each step of the plan so you’ll leave with some tools to help you implement a great end of the year strategy.
Presenter: Stephen Koranda, CDME, CTA, is a 20-plus year marketing professional. Koranda is Principal and Sr. Consultant for Back To You Marketing, a marketing agency and tourism consultancy firm based in Norman, Oklahoma, that counsels small businesses on their marketing initiatives to grow their business. Koranda speaks regularly on marketing, sales, social media, email marketing, and customer service. Koranda is the Authorized Local Expert for Constant Contact, the email service provider and marketing toolkit.
Funded in part through a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration. WBC and 7j programs and services are provided on a nondiscriminatory basis. Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities and language assistance services for clients with limited English proficiency will be provided if requested at least two weeks in advance. Contact Lori Smith, WBC Assistant at PO Box 1335, Durant, OK 74702 or call 800-658-2823.

Business Basics - Starting and Running Your Own Business
2020-10-22 08:30 - 11:30 (America/Chicago) | Moore Norman Technology Center, S. Penn Campus, 13301 South Penn, Oklahoma City, OK, 73170, United States
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.
Speakers from Francis Tuttle, Moore Norman Tech, MidDel Tech, SCORE, OKSBDC, and REI Women’s Business Center.
Partners: Francis Tuttle Launch Pad, Moore Norman Tech, MidDel Tech, SCORE, OKSBDC, and REI Women’s Business Center.
You will be redirected to PayPal to pay for registration. Fee is non-refundable. If you cannot attend, your registration may be able to be transferred to another workshop.
Funded in part through a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration. WBC and PRIME programs and services are provided on a nondiscriminatory basis. Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities and language assistance services for clients with limited English proficiency will be provided if requested at least two weeks in advance. Contact Lori Smith, WBC Assistant at PO Box 1335, Durant, OK 74702 or call 800-658-2823.

Planning Tips to Make Your E-Commerce Business Thrive During Peak Season
2020-10-22 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Chicago) | ONLINE
E-commerce has escalated during the COVID-19 crisis. With this growth comes challenges for both shippers and buyers.
Join this session where Kym Kyker of FedEx will review some ideas of how to navigate through peak season and look at ways to improve the experience for merchants and consumers.
You’ll learn about:
Earlier deals to drive sales before Thanksgiving holiday
Utilizing convenient network locations
Enhancing your brand
Improving packaging; utilize creative labeling or branded boxes
Working weekends to improve service
Website banners to communicate delivery delays
Enabling international shipping to reach a new audience
Shipping local and offering same-day delivery
Presented by Kym Kyker
Kym started her career in transportation in 1993 as an Account Executive in Augusta, Ga. In 1999, she was promoted into leadership and ultimately moved to Chicago, Illinois where she was Director of Sales for seven years. In 2014, Kym made her way to Memphis and she now serves as a Director for the Music River Region. Her Region covers five states and she enjoys traveling and working with her leadership and Sales teams in each of the markets.
Sponsored by:

Virtual Training: Use YouTube To Grow Your Business
2020-10-27 11:30 - 12:30 (America/Chicago) | ONLINE
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 workshop we’ll discuss best practices for:

Understanding different video formats
How to setup a YouTube channel
Making good creative, and how to target and measure the results

Presenter: Maria Elena Duron, Grow With Google Professional Trainer
Partners: Google, Kiamichi Technology, Southwest Technology Center, Central Technology Center, and REI Women’s Business Center.
Funded in part through a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration. WBC and 7j programs and services are provided on a nondiscriminatory basis. Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities and language assistance services for clients with limited English proficiency will be provided if requested at least two weeks in advance. Contact Lori Smith, WBC Assistant at PO Box 1335, Durant, OK 74702 or call 800-658-2823.

UNDERSTANDING & IMPROVING YOUR CASH FLOW
2020-10-27 17:30 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | ONLINE
Cash flow is the lifeblood of any business. Without it, the enterprise cannot pay its bills, compensate its employees, reinvest in growth, and serve its customers. Are you having cash flow challenges in your business? If so, please join us to learn how you can improve your cash flow, reduce costs, and operate more efficiently.

*For those located in Philadelphia, PA only

Virtual Training: Business Tax Basics & Ask the Expert Zoom
2020-10-28 13:00 - 14:00 (America/Chicago) | ONLINE
Join us to view an informative video presentation from the Oklahoma Tax Commission, which offers detailed information on: business formation, business structures, sales tax exemption, new business registration in Oklahoma and explanation of the primary business tax forms. Following the video, we’ll hear from Savannah Dixon of Vann Dixon, CPA who will provide further information on small business tax concerns and answer any specific questions from participants.
Provided by REI Women’s Business Center.
Funded in part through a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration. WBC and 7j programs and services are provided on a nondiscriminatory basis. Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities and language assistance services for clients with limited English proficiency will be provided if requested at least two weeks in advance. Contact Lori Smith, WBC Assistant at PO Box 1335, Durant, OK 74702 or call 800-658-2823.

OPTIMIZE YOUR OPERATIONS: HOW TO SCALE YOUR BUSINESS
2020-10-28 17:30 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | ONLINE
As a business owner, expanding your business is the number one priority. There are external factors at work that may prevent you from seizing growth opportunities. Has your growth stalled or are you looking to pivot? If so, please join us to learn how you can implement new processes, improve your performance, and scale your business.

*For those located in Philadelphia, PA

Virtual Training: How To Do Business With The Government
2020-10-29 13:00 - 14:30 (America/Chicago) | ONLINE
Ever wondered if your business could sell to the federal government? Which federal agencies would be interested in what you sell? What does it take to become a federal contractor? Procurement Technical Assistance Centers (PTAC) provides marketing and technical assistance to businesses & industry clients interested in selling products and services to federal, state and local governments. The primary purpose of PTAC is to expand the economy in Oklahoma by providing specific, tangible resources to Oklahoma business and industry clients through job retention and growth.
Presenter: Ron DeGiacomo, OkPTAC CoordinatorkPTAC Coordinator
Partners: Kiamachi Technology Center and REI Women’s Business Center.
Funded in part through a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration. WBC and 7j programs and services are provided on a nondiscriminatory basis. Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities and language assistance services for clients with limited English proficiency will be provided if requested at least two weeks in advance. Contact Lori Smith, WBC Assistant at PO Box 1335, Durant, OK 74702 or call 800-658-2823.

Sustainable Growth: Positioning Your Firm For The Future
2020-10-29 17:30 - 19:00 (America/Chicago) | ONLINE
Covid-19 has changed the way that we live, work, and play. It is essential that we learn to embrace the new normal. As a business owner, you know firsthand how important using technology is to serving your customers, communicating with your vendors, and managing your employees. Now, more than ever, it is crucial to design and implement new technologies and partnerships to sustain your business enterprise.

*For those located in the Philadelphia, PA area only
