Writing a Business Plan | GROW Nebraska’s FREE Online Training

Writing a Business Plan | GROW Nebraska’s FREE Online Training

GROW Nebraska’s® FREE Online Training

Writing a Business Plan

This presentation covers what’s required in a basic business plan including:

  • What is a business plan and why you need one
  • Elements of a business plan
  • What goes into the financial section

Elizabeth Yearwood has been with the SBA since 2013 and travels around the state of Nebraska helping people start, grow, expand and recover their small businesses.

Value Added Producers Grant

Value Added Producers Grant

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January 19th – Value Added Producers Grant

CALLING ALL AG PRODUCERS!

There is a Value Added Producers Grant available for your business! If you are interested please plan to attend a brief webinar happening January 19 @ 12pm. CST to learn more. 

The grant can pay for:

  • Expansion or start-up costs
  • Preparation for financing
  • Feasibility or business plans
  • Processing, distribution or marketing costs
  • And more!

APPLICATION DEADLINE: March 22, 2021

Here is a past recipient’s video -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQ3p4sbibk8
Feel free to share this with anyone who might qualify!

See you on the 19th @ 12pm!

This training is brought to you in part by REAP. The Rural Enterprise Assistance Project (REAP) is committed to strengthening rural communities through small, self-employed business development. We offer four essential services: financing (microloans), business training, technical assistance, and networking.   

November 19th | GROW Nebraska’s FREE Online Training | CyberSecurity 101

November 19th | GROW Nebraska’s FREE Online Training | CyberSecurity 101

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CyberSecurity 101

The goal of the presentation is to share valuable and useful information to help decision makers and influencers identify key factors involved in securing their business, by encouraging: shared awareness of the technological risks facing businesses today; and shared awareness of steps that can be taken to improve a company’s security posture.

Attendees will learn:

  • Understanding the cybersecurity risk environment.
  • Learning about the key protective measures to mitigate risk.
  • Developing basic knowledge of the cornerstones of cybersecurity.

About the trainer:
Todd Herges, Intellicom
After moving to Nebraska in 1999 from Illinois, where Herges grew up and attended the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign, and following a 20+ year career in banking which included experience in lending, retail banking and operations with First National Bank of Omaha, where he served on the holding company’s Strategic Technology Committee, Herges joined the Intellicom Computer Consulting team in 2011. With Intellicom, Herges has managed their client support group, and lead their client advocacy efforts.

This training is brought to you in part by REAP. The Rural Enterprise Assistance Project (REAP) is committed to strengthening rural communities through small, self-employed business development. We offer four essential services: financing (microloans), business training, technical assistance, and networking.   

November 12th | GROW Nebraska’s® FREE Online Training | The Basics Of Bookkeeping – The Impact of Invoices

November 12th | GROW Nebraska’s® FREE Online Training | The Basics Of Bookkeeping – The Impact of Invoices

GROW Nebraska’s® FREE Online Training

The Basics of Bookkeeping – The Impact of Invoices

This webinar features:

  • When to use Invoices instead of Sales Receipts.
  • Key practices for tracking inventory.
  • Best practices for invoices.

About the trainer:
Cory Morris with Morris Better Bookkeeping has loved budgeting for as long as he can remember, and even convinced several budget-haters to love it too! That passion has grown into loving the numbers of business, and how those numbers tell us the health of the business. From 400 unit apartment complexes to start up vehicle sanitation companies, the books can be a source of fear and frustration, or a source of peace and direction.

 

This training is brought to you in part by REAP. The Rural Enterprise Assistance Project (REAP) is committed to strengthening rural communities through small, self-employed business development. We offer four essential services: financing (microloans), business training, technical assistance, and networking.   

October 29 | GROW Nebraska’s® FREE Online Training | Blogging Boost

October 29 | GROW Nebraska’s® FREE Online Training | Blogging Boost

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Blogging Boost

This presentation will discuss the current state of blogging in 2020 (trends, Google preferences, etc.), and how NONE of those things matter if you don’t have content that is useful, relevant, and pleasant to read. We’ll talk about topic ideas, blog post format, and everything in between. You will learn: 

  • Blogging is still highly useful, so long as it’s strategically crafted with the audience in mind.
  • How to format your blog post to improve readability.
  • A discussion of 2020 blogging statistics in order to judge the overall blogging landscape.

Lauren Bonk, owner of the Curtain and Pen, hails from Kearney, NE, where she works as a freelance copywriter for small businesses, startups, and even larger corporate entities in need of professionally-written marketing content for their businesses and organizations.

With a background in both Theatre and English, Lauren loves to help companies find a voice, fine tune it, and authentically utilize it in written collateral like blog posts, website copy, and social media content.

You can typically find Lauren drinking coffee, listening to music that’s probably a little too loud, and daydreaming about drinking more coffee the next morning.

 

This training is brought to you in part by REAP. The Rural Enterprise Assistance Project (REAP) is committed to strengthening rural communities through small, self-employed business development. We offer four essential services: financing (microloans), business training, technical assistance, and networking.   

August 27 | GROW Nebraska’s® FREE Online Training: Tips & Tricks for Smartphone Photography

August 27 | GROW Nebraska’s® FREE Online Training: Tips & Tricks for Smartphone Photography

GROW Nebraska’s® FREE Online Training

Tips & Tricks for Smartphone Photography

This webinar features easy to implement tips and tricks for high quality smartphone photos to use in your digital marketing efforts. Examples will be given using an iPhone although the principles apply to any smartphone. Take your social media and online marketing to the next level with these helpful strategies.

This training is brought to you in part by REAP. The Rural Enterprise Assistance Project (REAP) is committed to strengthening rural communities through small, self-employed business development. We offer four essential services: financing (microloans), business training, technical assistance, and networking.