Upcoming SBDC Events

Please review the information for each program below and note where registration is required.
Remember, there is NO FEE for attending any of these programs.

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT ROUNDTABLE

Startup Stories – What Would You Do Differently Today?
February 21, 2012
12 Noon - 1 pm

This is your chance to network and share with other entrepreneurs in pertinent discussion that impacts your business.  Are you planning to start a business?  Have you been in business long?  Maybe someone has done something you are thinking about doing.  Stop!  Was it good?  Did it work?  Come learn from fellow entrepreneurs' experience.

You may bring your lunch or a beverage to the Roundtable.  No pre-registration is necessary.  If you have any questions, contact Patricia Melton at 703-778-2960 or pmelton@alexandriasbdc.org.

This free meeting will be held in our boardroom at 625 N. Washington Street, Suite 400, Alexandria, Virginia 22314.  No pre-registration required.  Free parking in the "Retail Parking" entrance accessed via Pendleton Street.

GOOGLE TO GREAT WEBINAR

Being Business-Informed Using Google (Google Reader, FastFlip & Google Currents)
February 23, 2012
10:15 - 11:15 am

Information is all around us 24/7!  How to keep track of it quickly and easily?  Google Reader is a tool for gathering, reading, and sharing all the interesting blogs and websites you read on the web.  Reader monitors new content, updates it and lets you create and share feeds of interesting items you've found on other feeds as well as your own standalone notes.  FastFlip offered a more visual, print-like way to view news on the web.  Learn how how the product was melded into Google Reader and Google Currents.  Google Currents – Your favorite publications, on your tablet and smartphone.  It is a clean, touch-friendly way to consume your favorite blogs and news sites on your phone and/or tablet. 

Watch Google Geek Ray Sidney-Smith, president of W3 Consulting, Inc., show how to harness the power of Google to quickly stay informed and keep up with the trends in this free one hour webinar.

To register, go to: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/502738704 or call 703-778-1292 for more info.

GOOGLE+ WORKSHOP

Google+ for Small Business - Technology That Can Help Your Business Grow!
February 29, 2012
9 am - 12 Noon

WORKSHOP 'SOLD OUT' - CALL IF YOU WISH TO BE PLACED ON THE WAITING LIST.

Google is the well-known search engine and leader in the Web advertising world, but if you haven't already started seeing and hearing, they have recently launched a new service platform called Google+ and its Google relations, the +1 button, Direct Connect and Search Plus Your World. Together, Google+ allows businesses to share, promote and measure the building of relationships between the business brands and the people who care about them. In this seminar and workshop, you get the best of both worlds from the Alexandria Small Business Development Center. 

In this free workshop, Ray Sidney-Smith, president of W3 Consulting, a Web and digital strategy firm for Small Business, presents a strategic overview of Google+ for small businesses.  Following the presentation, Ray will walk you through the steps to launch your own Google+ pages for your business. This event is not to be missed!  Limited to the first twenty registrants.

From Google+ Pages' site:

Share
Different people are interested in different parts of your business.  Whether it's breaking news, updates, promotions, links, photos - even talking face-to-face with groups via easy-to-use video chat - Google+ lets you easily share the right things with the right customers.

Promote
Help word get around.  Put the +1 button anywhere you'd like people to be able to recommend your business, products or services to friends and contacts all across the web.

Measure
How’s your page doing, and how could it do better? Google+ makes it easy to learn more about how your followers' interactions on your page affect your brand, and your business.

Bring your laptop or iPad.  The session will be held our boardroom, located at 625 N. Washington Street, Suite 400.  Because we expect this to close out early, we ask if you register, please attend or let us know if you cannot, so others can!

To Register, call Patricia Melton, SBDC Counselor, at 703-778-2960.

Enter the "Retail Parking" garage via Pendleton Street for free parking.

MARCH EVENTS COMING!

The following events will be held at our office in March.  Check back for registration information or call 703-778-1292 for more information.

Brown Bag - Business Structures
March 6th, 12 Noon - 1 pm
 
Brown Bag - The Basics of Nonprofit Status
March 8th, 12 Noon - 1 pm

Start, Manage, Grow - Federal Proposal Development: Focus on Technical Proposal
March 13th, 9 - 11 am

Business Development Roundtable - Keeping Your Customers Happy (& How to Handle Them When They Are Not)
March 20th, 12 Noon - 1 pm 
 
Start, Manage, Grow - Federal Proposal Development: Focus on Cost Proposal
March 27th, 9 - 11 am