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Learn from the experts with SCORE’s small business training workshops

Find low or no-cost, targeted training in both in-person and online formats on topics that matter to you and your small business. Join a business expert at an interactive in-person or virtual workshop or learn at your own pace with one of our recorded webinars.

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Navigating Change and Uncertainty as a Small Business Owner

This session offers a practical, grounded space to explore how change impacts you and your team—and how to navigate it with clarity and confidence. We’ll look at the emotional side of leading through uncertainty, how to handle resistance

Got A Question About Digital Marketing?

Get answers to your burning marketing questions, as well as commonly asked questions from fellow small business owners -- from a panel of digital-marketing SCORE mentors!

Simple Steps for Starting Your Business - Basics

Starting a small business requires more knowledge, skills, perseverance and planning than meets the eye. Save valuable time and money starting here! This 2-hour workshop will help you clearly understand the details, challenges, opportunities and rewards

Excel Power Query - Power Tool for Transforming Data

Often the biggest hurdle to analyzing information is getting data organized the way you need it - columns need to be split, tables combined, or certain entries omitted. Doing it by hand may be impossible for all but the smallest data sets.

Power Query is an oft-overlooked feature of Excel that can automate many such conversions, for example separating city, state, and ZIP code in an address, or

transposing rows and columns.

This live, one-hour program will introduce you to Power Query’s capabilities, and show

you how to use them in several common situations. Discussion and examples will cover:

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Simple Steps - Concepts

This workshop focuses on your business concept and step-by identify your target markets, describe your products and se-step guidance in researching your idea, your market, and your competition. identify your target markets

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Simple Steps - Marketing

This workshop provides you with an introduction to marketing communication methods and tools to maximize your customer reach. The discussion in the Marketing Plan workshop covers pricing strategies, positioning, the difference between features and benefit

Franchising 101-Small Business Ownership

Common myths and truths about franchising – it’s not just food and retail
Review of different ownership options including options that allow someone to remain in corporate and build a franchise on the side

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Simple Steps - Financials

Match business concept with personal income goals
Gain a better understanding of financial risks and rewards of entrepreneurship
Figure out how much money you will need to start and run your business

Cost, Pricing and Breakeven

Discussing the critical relationship between proper costing and setting your prices.
How to set your prices, optional strategies. Finally, at this price, what is my breakeven? How many units must I sell before I can make a profit?

Simple Steps for Starting Your Business - Basics

Starting a small business requires more knowledge, skills, perseverance and planning than meets the eye. Save valuable time and money starting here! This 2-hour workshop will help you clearly understand the details, challenges, opportunities and rewards

7 Best Negotiating Tips

Negotiation is not a competition. It’s an opportunity to achieve more and build better relationships. Learn them once and use them for a lifetime.

Simple Steps for Starting Your Business - Basics

Starting a small business requires more knowledge, skills, perseverance and planning than meets the eye. Save valuable time and money starting here! This 2-hour workshop will help you clearly understand the details, challenges, opportunities and rewards

Simple Steps - Concepts

This workshop focuses on your business concept and step-by identify your target markets, describe your products and se-step guidance in researching your idea, your market, and your competition. identify your target markets

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Simple Steps - Marketing

This workshop provides you with an introduction to marketing communication methods and tools to maximize your customer reach. The discussion in the Marketing Plan workshop covers pricing strategies, positioning, the difference between features and benefit

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