Women's Business Development Center Events
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 Featured Workshop - August 8
Mentors: Master Your Role to Foster New Growth!
Are you a successful entrepreneur who wants to give back to emerging businesses? The WBDC can help you add value to your mentoring.
*Also available as a webinar September 11.
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Featured Workshop - August 14
Mentees: Mastering a Mentoring Relationship for Business Growth!
Want to ramp up your learning curve for your business? Multiple studies show that entrepreneurs speed up their growth when they effectively work with a mentor. *Also available as a webinar September 7.
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August 1
Wisdom, Wine and Cheese: An Introduction to WBDC Services
Learn more about WBDC resources and network with other prospective and established business owners. Wine and Cheese will be served.
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August 2
Teaming for Contracts: Pre - Entrepreneurial Woman's Conference
Teaming for Contracts is designed for women-owned businesses who seek to grow their business and expand their capacity through partnerships to compete on large contracts.
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August 2
Guiding Your Success Through Building a Business Plan (Part of Jumpstart Series)
Attend this workshop and you will write a draft of your executive summary as an outline for creating your full business plan and your planning process.
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| August 7
Starting a Business in Illinois
Are you considering starting a business in Illinois? Put yourself ahead of the curve and gain the knowledge you need to assist with a successful launch.
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August 7
Building Your Brand Through a Social Media Marketing Plan
Bring your new found social media knowledge together in one cohesive plan after taking this course! Determine what works best for your business and how to use the different platforms most efficiently.
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| August 9
Closing the Deals: Planning Sales Strategies
Learn how to effectively plan sales strategies and conversations to reach your target market.
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| August 15
Webinar: Is Certification Right for You?
Learn about certification from one of our WBDC experts. Local, state and federal certifications will be covered, along with the private Women's Business Enterprise (WBE) certification offered through the WBDC..
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August 15
Online Group Business Counseling: Team Building Strategies to Help You Win Contracts
Learn team building strategies to help you win contracts.
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| August 21
Take the Mystery out of Finance
Do you need financing to start or grow your business? Learn what financing options are available to you and how to position your business to attract the capital you need.
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| August 22
Online Group Business Counseling: Improve Your Contract Opportunity Searches on FBO.gov, City of Chicago and CMS
This is a not to be missed online session for businesses seeking more information on how to navigate through various contracting opportunity pages.
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August 23:
Planning for Your Business
Answer your questions on how to create a plan and how to use it both internally and externally. In partnership with the American Family Insurance Business Accelerator. |
| Economic Impact Survey Winner |
| Congratulations Emily Bishop from Grid Design Firm for winning a $50.00 Gift Certificate to Carnivale for completing the Economic Impact Survey - stay tuned for the next opportunity to win! |
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