An Advanced Training Program for Technical Assistance

Date:  March 1-2, 2010
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Thursday, July 8, 2010
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Time:  10:00am – 4:00pm
Location:  Babson College (231 Forest Street, Wellesley, MA 02482)

The Mel King Institute for Community Building will offer an advanced training program for Business Technical Assistance providers in Massachusetts beginning in late March 2010.  The program is targeted toward seasoned practitioners along with executive directors.  The primary objective of this program is to raise the standard of business assistance by providing knowledge, tools and resources that will translate into measurable skills improvements.  The program is particularly designed for community based nonprofit organizations that focus on supporting businesses with less than 20 employees, self employed persons, underserved communities (including rural and urban), and/or entrepreneurs who are immigrants, people of color, lower income, linguistic minorities or otherwise not well served by traditional providers. The 9 month program will consist of 6 full day training models including:

• Success Measures for TA Providers
• Consulting/Client Relationship Management
• Business Plan Fundamentals for Start-ups
• Existing Business Strategic Planning and Diagnostic Tools
• Financial Sustainability/Asset Management
• Strategic Management of small business programs

The TA Training Program will be consist of intensive, hands-on sessions, that incorporate a mix of one-on-one consulting sessions, online TA provider and instructor collaboration, and the development of Program Delivery Guides.

Raising the Standard for Small Business Technical Assistance sessions will be led by Jason Friedman and Marian Doub of Friedman Associates as well as Elizabeth Thornton and Donna Stoddard of Entrepreneurship Advantage, Inc.

Advanced TA Training Program Description

Presentation Documents for Modules 1 & 2

For more information, please e-mail MelKingInstitute@macdc.org
or contact Jay Rosa:
jayr@macdc.org
617-426-0303