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    Overview
    Small Business Essentials is an interactive business management workshop designed to provide business

    owners and managers with the essential skills to maxamize the  performance, efficiency and profitability of

    their  business. Material  covered  is  designed  to  provide entrepreneurs and growing  businesses with the

    necessary  tools and skills immediately applicable to their business.The workshop, led  by facilitators from

    the  Saint  Mary's  Business  Development   Centre,  teaches  proven  methods  in  the  areas of Marketing

    Finance, Business Operations, Management, and Strategy and Innovation.


     


Schedule
 Sessions run from 9:00am - 3:00pm with lunch and two short breaks in the morning and afternoon.

Continental breakfast and lunch is provided.

 


 Sessions Breakdown


Day 1: Marketing and Promotion

Thursday, August 12, 2010

  • Marketing Smart - on a shoestring budget
  • Promotion - promote your product to get the highest return for your money
  • Sales - an introduction to the importance of sales in your organization
  • Networking - the importance and benefits
  • Marketing Strategy
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Day 2: Entrepreneurial Finance

Friday, August 13, 2010

  • How to manage your money
  • Pricing products
  • Sales and promotion
  • Increases/decreases in supply and demand
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Day 3: Business Operations

Thursday, August 19, 2010

  • Organizational Structure
  • Business Ownership
  • Organizational Life Cycle
  • Organizational Change
  • Staffing
  • Operational Risks
  • Joint Ventures and Strategic Alliances
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Day 4: Management

Friday, August 20, 2010

  • Coaching and Feedback
  • Evaluations
  • Performance Measurements and Expectations
  • Planning, Goal Setting and Objectives
  • Effective Communication
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Day 5: Strategy & Innovation

Friday, August 27, 2010

  • Strategic Planning
  • Change Management
  • Risk Mitigation
  • Crisis Management
  • Global Business Strategy
  • Comeptition and Competitive Advantage
  • Implementing Innovation Thought
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Cost
 $99.95 per workshop
Complete 5 day package $399.95

(Registration and full payment is

required. Prices are per participant.

Taxes not included)

Location:
Workshops will be held at
Saint Mary's University, in Room

#274, Loyola Academic Complex,
903 Robie St.

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Please contact us at:
 phone: 429-2992
e-mail: sbe@smu.ca
web: www.smu.ca/SBE






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