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Upcoming Seminars, Events & Business Development Opportunities
| WI Business Development 2012 Seminar Series"New Opportunities for Small Business Lending"
March 1st, 8:00 - 11:45 a.m.
Stoney Creek Innn, Onalaska
Each year, WBD offers financing seminars to assist our lending partners in staying current on credit structuring strategies and solutions. Recent changes have provided new opportunities to use the SBA 504 program for refinance of existing debt and allow “cash out” for business purposes from equity in real estate and equipment. This year’s session will include an in-depth presentation on the expanded and improved 504 refinance program. We will also review how higher loan limits and increased size standards have allowed more businesses to qualify for SBA financing.
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 | NWMOC 5th Annual Manufacturing Advantage ConferenceMay 21-22, 2012
University of Wisconsin-Stout
Menomonie, Wisconsin
Key tracks will feature best practices, insights and tools to address key strategy areas including:
- Customer-focused innovation
- Workforce engagement, development and retention
- Superior process improvement
- Supply chain management and collaboration
- Sustainability
- Global engagement
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| Sustainable Manufacturing 101 ModuleThe Sustainable Manufacturing 101 Module is designed to familiarize companies, particularly small-to-medium-size manufacturers, with key concepts, approaches, strategies, terminology and regulations related to sustainable manufacturing. The following modules guide users through sustainable manufacturing’s various aspects to help companies identify opportunities for savings and value enhancements throughout the production cycle and supply chain. The module is divided into six distinct lessons, each of which can be downloaded separately below. read more ... |
| Ideas to Profit ConferenceApril 19-20, 2012
Green Bay, Wisconsin
Business Innovation: Learn how to use market research, technology commercialization, growth strategies, social media, and Web marketing to improve competitiveness and increase your market share.
Invention Development: Interact with attorneys and other experts about the latest in intellectual property protection, prototyping, technology valuation, licensing strategies, market research and more.
Funding Solutions: Receive details from professional advisers regarding conventional and SBA loan applications, revolving loan funds, funding for technology development, and raising capital through angel investors. read more ... |
| Reimbursement Available for Marketing InternationallyThe WI Dept of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection encourages companies to apply now for the Branded Program, which assists small and medium-sized food and agricultural businesses sell internationally through reimbursement of costs.
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| ExporTech - An Export Acceleration System for Achieving Profitable GrowthExporTech™ was designed specifically for manufacturers that need innovative ways to grow, and see international sales as part of the answer. The program provides executive leaders with a systematic
approach for entering or expanding in global markets. It is the only national export assistance program that offers a structured, yet customizable, process that guides companies through every aspect of export growth. At the completion of the program, each company will have developed its own international growth plan and accelerated their export sales process.
• Provides your company with a systematic process for entering or expanding in global markets
• Connects you with the best international business experts in the region
• Assists you to develop a peer-reviewed export growth plan in 12 weeks
• Generates measurable results for committed C-level participants
• Involves a unique combination of innovative group sessions and individualized coaching
Dates: February 9, March 8 & April 12
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| Supervisory Management Certificate ProgramSupervisor Management 1 (Sept 28th & 29 or Jan 25 & 26)
Supervisory Management 2 (Oct 26 & 27 or March 7 & 8)
Supervisory Management 3 (Dec 7 & 8 or May 2 & 3)
Elective Workshops
Negotiation Skills (Oct 6 & 7)
Difficult Conversations: Effective Tools & Strategies for telling the Truth (Oct 19 & 20)
Building High Performance, Strength-Based Teams (Nov 9 & 10)
Making the Most of Conflict (Feb 22 & 23)
Communication Strategies for Managers (March 21 & 22)
Maximizing Performance (April 18 & 19)
Lead with Integrity (May 23 & 24)
Additional Information & Registration
UW-La Crosse Small Business Development Center
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| QuickbookTM SeriesQuickbooksTM Essentials (Sept 22 or March 28)
QuickbooksTM Payroll (Oct 12 or April 25)
Advanced QuickbooksTM (Nov 3 or May 9)
Additional Information & Registration
UW-La Crosse Small Business Development Center
608-785-8783 read more ... |
| Clean Energy & Energy Independence Funding Opportunities |
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Training & Business Development
Business & Industry Services, offered by Western Technical College, provides training to develop and retain a skilled workforce. Seminars may be presented at your worksite and customized to meet the specific needs of your employees.
Working in partnership with the U.S. Small Business Administration and the University of Wisconsin-Extension, the SBDC at UW - La Crosse provides business advising services, business education programs and information resources for entrepreneurs and small business owners throughout the 7 Rivers Region.
NWMOC delivers at-your-location integrated services to manufacturers by seasoned practitioners with expertise in manufacturing management. NWMOC is part of UW-Stout's Discovery Center, which provides applied research to foster discovery and innovation-based solutions and is part of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Manufacturing Extension Partnership (NIST/MEP). Manufacturers come to NWMOC for the impartial guidance they need to increase the competitive advantage for their businesses whether for specific issues or a company-wide lean transformations.
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