SCORE West-Central North Dakota hosts affordable small business workshops -- both online webinars and live, in-person. Find everything you need to know to start a business or discover tools that will help your small business grow. Browse our workshops below!
This workshop is for anyone who wants to bring more success into their life or business and is feeling stuck about how to get there.
Designed specifically for small business owners and aspiring entrepreneurs looking to carve their niche in a competitive market, this session provides practical insights and actionable strategies that can be immediately applied to business.
These days our businesses rely on our technology to function. When the technology fails it brings our business to a standstill. Having the required technology on-site or a plan to get it on-site during a dynamic critical incident can be the difference between staying open and shutting down. Learn how you can leverage your own infrastructure to provide the services your business needs to operate.
Presented by: Noah Chelliah from Altispeed Technologies
This webinar will walk you through the key factors and strategies to increase the visibility of your website within Google search.
This workshop will take a practical tour of what is most important for small business owners when it comes to their finances, and it will explain the help that QuickBooks can provide.
Business Taxes: Keep your business out of trouble with the IRS
No one wants a “friendly” letter from the IRS. Taxes are an important part of starting a business and it’s not as difficult as you think! But where do you start?
Grow your leads by growing your connections through professional networking.
Perfectionism. Second-guessing. Endless wishing. Sound familiar? Guess what—they're NOT business-building tactics. They're time-wasting distractions, and 2025 doesn’t have time for your hesitation.
This workshop will provide some terrific guidance on the basic components of building your business. We’ll focus on understanding what product or service you want to take to market, who’s your customer, who’s your competition and how you’re unique.
Sourcing Capital for Your Business. Identifying and accessing sources of debt and equity capital for small businesses and entrepreneurs is a never ending challenge.
Learn strategies for how to dress to foster self-confidence and to represent your business with authenticity and professionalism that help you and your business stand out.
We will discuss:
• Why pricing is your biggest lever for
profitable growth.
• The persuasive pricing techniques that have
the biggest impact.
• How customer-driven approaches make it
easier to boost your bottom line.
• The surprising truth about premium pricing
and how it’s easier to sell.
• How to cleverly structure your offer so you
can optimize your prices.
• How to avoid common pricing pitfalls and
lose your fear of losing business
Presented by: Del Carver, Co-Chair Prairie
and Lakes SCORE
Where are you and your business on the ‘AI
journey?’ Research suggests that while 60%
of small businesses are using AI, fewer than
5% are doing so effectively.
Join ND SBDC Fargo & SE business advisors
Chris Erwin and Paul Smith as they help you
assess your place on this journey. Learn
about how you can unlock AI’s potential to
help your business enhance efficiencies,
productivity and innovation, ensuring you
not only survive but thrive in this rapidly
changing world of AI.
Presented by: Paul Smith, Fargo/SE ND SBDC
Center Director & Chris Erwin, Fargo/SE SBDC
Business Advisor
This workshop is for anyone who wants to bring more success into their life or business and is feeling stuck about how to get there.
Designed specifically for small business owners and aspiring entrepreneurs looking to carve their niche in a competitive market, this session provides practical insights and actionable strategies that can be immediately applied to business.
This webinar will walk you through the key factors and strategies to increase the visibility of your website within Google search.
This workshop will take a practical tour of what is most important for small business owners when it comes to their finances, and it will explain the help that QuickBooks can provide.
Business Taxes: Keep your business out of trouble with the IRS
No one wants a “friendly” letter from the IRS. Taxes are an important part of starting a business and it’s not as difficult as you think! But where do you start?
Grow your leads by growing your connections through professional networking.
Perfectionism. Second-guessing. Endless wishing. Sound familiar? Guess what—they're NOT business-building tactics. They're time-wasting distractions, and 2025 doesn’t have time for your hesitation.
This workshop will provide some terrific guidance on the basic components of building your business. We’ll focus on understanding what product or service you want to take to market, who’s your customer, who’s your competition and how you’re unique.
Sourcing Capital for Your Business. Identifying and accessing sources of debt and equity capital for small businesses and entrepreneurs is a never ending challenge.
Learn strategies for how to dress to foster self-confidence and to represent your business with authenticity and professionalism that help you and your business stand out.
