Workshops & Seminars
Regsiter for the Small Business Workshops sponsored by the Contra Costa County Library and the Contra Costa SBDC
Library Small Business Workhops Calendars
- WorkIt
View a calendar of events for the S.F. Bay Area, or So. Calif.,or Phoenix or Sacto. Subject covered such as Entrepreneurship and Business. - California Payroll Tax Seminars from EDD Seminars for new employers, established businesses, and payroll agents. They are conducted at various locations throughout the state with no charge to participants.
Videos
- Give 'em the Pickle! - with Bob Farrell
Discusses the secret to a successful business, which is doing those special or extra things ("pickles") to make customers happy. - Stanford Executive Briefings
Business leaders are invited to speak at Stanford University on a wide variety of business topics. The Library has collected recordings of these lectures on a variety of topics including; Sales As A Strategic Tool in Your Organization; Building Retail Brands to Drive Value; the Stanford Video Guide to Negotiating. - CRM Learning Videos
A collection of training videos on dvd for use by small businesses. They are best used with a leader to discuss with their employees the information in the context of their companies' culture and policies.
Web Class Development
- Hope Foundry Learn how to create a web site or purchase from Hope Foundry.org. Hope Foundry provides websites with custom websites for clients, created by students in a free Drupal training program. Ten participants will be guided by veteran developers as they create a client's website. The program will cover everything from Drupal installation to website launch. It is free and no programming experience is required.
Small Business & Entrepreneur Training Programs
- A New America Community Corporation A new America offers a holistic three-year program, the Virtual Business Incubator, that assists new Americans in the San Francisco Bay Area to establish or expand microbusinesses.
- Contra Costa College:Entrepreneurship Program Supports entrepreneurial training with several classes and short-term training modules.
- Contra Costa Small Business Development Center Educational events and seminars.
- Regional Occupational Program (ROP) Technology Center The Contra Costa County Office of Education Career Development Department offers a variety of computer instruction on applications helpful to the small business person, including Web design.
- Regional Training Institute (RTI) RTI was created to meet the educational needs of regional business and industry partners and to develop a competitive regional workforce. RTI provides everything from one-on-one business assistance and consultation, to hands-on workshops and seminars.
- SCORE: Counselors to America's Small Business The various SCORE offices provide various workshops and training.
- SCORE - East Bay Chapter 506
- Women's Initiative for Self-Employment Women's Initiative is a not-for-profit agency to assist high-potential low-income women who dream of business ownership.
College & University Programs
- Entrepreneur magazine's Top 50 Entrepreneurial Colleges List of colleges with good entreprenuership programs.
- Univeristy of California, Haas School of Business Offers full-time and part-time MBA and PhD degrees, executive education, Masters in financial engineering, and undergraduate programs.
Online Resources
- BusinessBalls Free career help, business training, organizational development - inspirational, innovative ideas, materials, exercises, tools, templates - free and fun.
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