Become A Canva Expert | GROW Nebraska’s® FREE Online Training

Become A Canva Expert | GROW Nebraska’s® FREE Online Training

by | Jun 16, 2022 | Training

GROW Nebraska’s® FREE Online Training

Become A Canva Expert

Description:

In this presentation you will learn how to create designs without having to use complicated design software. You will learn how to choose templates, image vectors, shapes, frames, font styles, colors, and more. Take your graphics to the next level for social media, emails, and your website. 

Key takeaways include:

-How to use pre-made templates 

-How to make your graphic look clean

-The basics of Canva

 

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Zoe Terry who is only 19 years old originates from Shelton, Nebraska. Zoe has been a GROW Nebraska Team Member since July of 2021 and has grown her graphic design expertise through the months. You can find her shipping orders, working in the retail store, hosting trainings, and creating graphics for social media. Zoe plans to attend graphic design school down the road to take her skills to the next level!

What to expect at MarkeTech 2022

What to expect at MarkeTech 2022

by | May 26, 2022 | GROW Blog

What to Expect at MarkeTech 2022

MarkeTech 2022 is happening June 21-22 in Kearney at the Younes Conference Center South. This conference meshes marketing and technology into two days of engaging educational training, presentations, and networking opportunities for small and large businesses. Headliners for this year’s event include Whole Foods, Runza, Russ’ B & R, Allo, Ward Laboratories, Turner Technology, and more! Attendees will be able to choose from four tracks: Social Media and Marketing, Small Business Resources, Website and Google, and eCommerce.

Among the four tracks, MarkeTech will feature over 20 different speakers from across Nebraska and surrounding areas. Keynote speaker, Maria Elena Duron, will kick off the conference with her keynote session, Market in Moments. Duron is a digital marketing professional with over 18 years of experience working to ensure that businesses understand their ideal customer and how to succeed online. Maria helps both small and large businesses recognize where their customers spend time, how they make decisions, and how to identify best practices for customer conversions. She has over a dozen years of experience in international eCommerce, and has been highly recognized by the state of Texas and by the Grow with Google Program.

 

Along with Duron, Donald Everett Jr. of Runza, Tanna Hanna from Allo, Marty Jarvis of Russ’s B&R, and Ray Ward of Ward Laboratories will participate in a panel discussion titled: All Big Businesses Start Small. During the panel discussion these expert business leaders will talk through their biggest challenges, identify how to cultivate customer service, how to do more with less, and navigating eCommerce. 

In addition to the panel, MarkeTech will showcase a Resource Roundtable. The Resource Roundtable is a session that includes experts such as: Chuck Beck of the Nebraska Business Development Center, Kelly Gewecke of Nebraska Department of Economic Development, Jim Reiff of Nebraska Enterprise Fund, and Shawn Kaski of Rural Prosperity. They will share their resources, knowledge, and experience with conference attendees in a conversation-like format. Attendees are able to bring projects, ideas, or learn about what resources are available to them in Nebraska and surrounding areas.

Kearney locals will also be showcasing their expertise at MarkeTech including: Lori Cody of Inspirata, LLC., Cory Morris of Morris Better Bookkeeping, David Lano of Control Yours, and Martin Hobleman of Maverick Marketing. 

 

MarkeTech is a great opportunity to learn big while staying local. Learn from experts in the field and make incredible connections through networking opportunities offered throughout the conference. For more information about MarkeTech 2022 or to register, visit marketechconference.com.

About the GROW Nebraska® Foundation

The GROW Nebraska® Foundation helps entrepreneurs get the resources they need to live in Anywhere, NE and make a sustainable living. Since the inception of GROW Nebraska® in 1998 our vision and mission has never wavered: to create viable economic development through business training, technical assistance, promotion, and access to markets. We create impactful opportunities for small business owners and entrepreneurs to live in “Anywhere”, Nebraska and make a sustainable living.

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Streamline Your Business: Incorporating a Project Management System to Stay Organized | GROW Nebraska’s FREE Online Training

Streamline Your Business: Incorporating a Project Management System to Stay Organized | GROW Nebraska’s FREE Online Training

by | May 26, 2022 | Training

GROW Nebraska’s® FREE Online Training

Streamline Your Business: Incorporating a Project Management System to Stay Organized

How to Livestream Your Business to New Customers

Do you know what’s going in your business at any given moment? Have you wondered where employees are at with projects they’ve been assigned? This webinar will give you some insight into a project management system that keeps everyone up to date while simultaneously eliminating e-mail and enhancing your team’s communication! Join Alyssa Wyant, owner of Pen & Post as she navigates a project management system that’s sure to streamline your business.

Key takeaways include:

  • – Keep your thumb on the progression of projects
  • Ensure project completion
  • Enhance team communication on projects while keeping your employees in the loop
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Cory Morris

Meet The Presenter | Alyssa Wyant

Alyssa Wyant is the owner and operator of Pen & Post. What started as a hobby, quickly turned into a reality! With a background in Organizational Communication (UNK) and Journalism and Mass Communications (UNL), she loves ensuring a business is functioning at its fullest potential, telling its story, and serving its customers.

Transform Your Business with Lead Generation | GROW Nebraska’s FREE Online Training

Transform Your Business with Lead Generation | GROW Nebraska’s FREE Online Training

by | May 19, 2022 | Training

GROW Nebraska’s® FREE Online Training

Transform Your Business With Lead Generation

How to Livestream Your Business to New Customers

Marketing should be easy, and it should work. But most business leaders struggle to come up with an effective marketing strategy. They spend a ton of money on websites that don’t bring in new business. They need to send sales emails, but are not sure where to start. When leads slow down, they’re at a loss for how to get them going again. The secret to solving these problems is a sales funnel.

Join Kiersten Hill for practical, realistic tips on:

  • The basics of email marketing.
  • How to create a sales funnel that works.
  • The anatomy of an email marketing campaign.
  • 5 secrets of email marketing geniuses.
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Cory Morris

Meet The Presenter | Kiersten Hill

Kiersten Hill has almost 2 decades of experience in nonprofit management and fundraising. She has raised over $20 Million for Nebraska nonprofit organizations and worked to better train and equip nonprofit leaders and Boards of Directors. Kiersten knows how to market! She is one of Firespring’s dynamic speakers as well as experienced. She frequently speaks to nonprofit groups as well as small businesses about fundraising, lead generation and marketing. Kiersten, her husband Chad and their thirteen-year-old son Cooper live in Seward, Nebraska, with one large dog and one tiny cat. She has passions for leadership, networking, fundraising and nonprofit organizations.