| May 13, 2010 | | 10:00 am | to | 4:00 pm | | July 8, 2010 | | 10:00 am | to | 4:00 pm | | September 16, 2010 | | 10:00 am | to | 4:00 pm | | November 18, 2010 | | 10:00 am | to | 4:00 pm |
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 Participant Application (Application Deadline: February 5, 2010)
Advanced TA Training Program Description
Presentation Documents for Modules 1 & 2
Completed Applications may be mailed to:
The Mel King Institute
c/o MACDC
15 Court Square, Suite 600
Boston, MA 02108
For more information, please e-mail MelKingInstitute@macdc.org
or contact Jay Rosa:
jayr@macdc.org
617-426-0303
Date: November 17, 2010
Time: 9:00am – 5:00pm
Location: Babson College, Wellesley, MA
| May 12, 2010 | | 9:00 am | to | 12:00 pm |
Date: Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Time: 9:00am – 12:00pm
Location: Century Bank Community Room (400 Mystic Ave., Medford, MA)
The forum will be an opportunity to receive updates and key messages from the Internal Revenue Service including the latest information available about the HIRE Act and the Small Business Health Care Credit. It will also be a chance for you to hear information from a representative the U.S. Department of Labor, Social Security Administration and the Small Business Administration. The Taxpayer Advocate from the State of Massachusetts will also be there to share current updates.
If you plan on attending the meeting, send your response to Mary.S.Hanson@irs.gov by MAY 7th
| June 9, 2010 | | 8:30 am | to | 3:30 pm | | June 10, 2010 | | 9:00 am | to | 12:30 pm |
How to Keep & Attract Businesses to Your Downtown
Date: June 9 & 10, 2010
Time: 8:30am – 3:30pm (June 9), 9:00am – 12:30 (June 10)
Location: Newburyport City Hall, 60 Pleasant St., Newburyport, MA, 01950
This workshop will examine the fundamental economic principles that support a strong and vibrant downtown. Peg Barringer, Finepoint Associates, will provide information and techniques on how to use these principles to strengthen existing businesses and recruit new businesses.
The second day of the workshop speakers will highlight successful implementation of these concepts.
Speakers for June 10:
Ann Lagasse, Leasing Director, Newburyport Development
Sheila Pwomey, Leasing Manager, Newburyport Development
Maria Dickinson, Economic Development Officer, City of Lowell
Registration Deadline is May 28, 2010
Register online: www.mass.gov/dhcd
| April 29, 2010 | | 6:00 pm | to | 9:00 pm |
Presented by the The Community Business Network
Date: Thursday, April 29, 2010
Time: 6:00pm – 9:00pm
Location: Northeastern University Dockser Hall
(65 Forsyth Steet, Boston, MA, 02115)
A hands-on community forum for local neighborhood business owners in Boston – making businesses environmentally sustainable while keeping the changes affordable.
For more information and registration, please contact:
Leslie belay
leslie.belay@verizon.net
Cooperative Development Institute (CDI) is the Northeast’s center for cooperative business education, training and technical assistance. CDI’s mission is to build a vibrant co-operative economy through the creation and development of successful co-operative enterprises in diverse communities in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, Connecticut, Maine, Rhode Island and New York.
Upcoming CDI opportunities include:
- How to Develop a Food Co-op Store (March 11, 2010)
- Massachusetts Farmers’ Market Managers Workshop: Empowering the Market Manager for Success (March 25, 2010)
- Co-op Housing and You: Creating Cross Sector Connections for Affordable Manufactured Housing (May 6, 2010)
For a complete list of CDI offered events and registration information, Please visit:
http://www.cdi.coop/
| January 22, 2010 | | 9:00 am | to | 3:00 pm |
Join a diverse group of technical assistance providers, policymakers and academics to discuss the role of microbusiness in the metropolitan Boston economy. How do non-traditional entrepreneurs contribute to the economy? How have they responded to the financial crisis and what ideas and strategies are succeeding? How can they leverage future opportunities?
January 22, 2010
9:00am to 3:00pm
Raytheon Ampitheater
120 Forsyth St.
Boston, MA 02115
RSVP:
Shane Black-Macken
617-373-8235
black-macken@neu.edu
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