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Guam - The University of Guam has annoucned the following dates Small Business Development Center workshops:

for UPCOMING GUAM SBDC JULY WORKSHOPS - SAVE A SEAT! REGISTER TODAY!

TO REGISTER: Call the Guam SBDC at 735-2590 or email Laurine Sablan at laurine@pacificsbdc.com. Cash, check (payable to University of Guam) & major credit cards (AMEX, Visa, Mastercard, Diners Club & JCB) accepted.

Friday, July 6th (8:30am-11:00am)
"How to Start a Business "
Presented by Guam SBDC
Fee:$20 per person
Location: UOG Guam SBDC Room #148 Leon Guerrero SBPA Building

SYNOPSIS: This workshop will help individuals learn everything they will need to get started, including an introduction to business plans and the importance of preparing one; exploring the legal forms of business (sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation, limited liability partnership / company) and which one is right for your business needs; local or federal licensing requirements for the business. Participants will be able to obtain vital information and resources to start and own a business. This training will take the mystery out of starting a business and help participants better evaluate their business idea!

Thursday, July 12th (8:30am-11:00am)
"Designed for Success: Logo Development and Visual Branding for Small Business "
Presented by Guest Speaker: Rhaj Sharma, GuamWEBZ
Fee:$30 per person
Location: UOG Guam SBDC Room #148 Leon Guerrero SBPA Building

SYNOPSIS: This training session is a must attend for any small business and especially for those that suffer from an “identity crisis”. The session zooms into the most basic, yet vital task of developing and possessing a business logo. There are numerous businesses that don’t have their logo on file. For instance, when you ask them for their logo, they will simply hand you their business card. This is wrong! All businesses should have professional, clean, and legible copies of their logo on file, so that they can use it the production of materials needed for their day-to-day business and business promotions. A business card has a logo on it, but it is not a “logo”! This training session would help small businesses understand the importance of their logo, their slogan, their color choices, the images and icons they use, and more…in that, whatever they choose to convey is deemed as a representation of their business persona, reputation, public image, and business culture. If they have not realized this before, they will surely realize it after this training session: Their logo should be treated with care and should be closely guarded.


Wednesday, July 18th (8:30am-11:00am)
"Establishing a Rock Solid Online Presence: Websites, Social Media, Search Engines, and More!"
Presented by Guest speaker: Rhaj Sharma, GuamWEBZ
Fee:$30 per person
Location: UOG Guam SBDC Room #148 Leon Guerrero SBPA Building

SYNOPSIS: This training session tells all! Attendees will be exposed to the trade secrets for what most Web consultants charge thousands of dollars. The prevailing question for those small businesses thinking about going online or already have made an effort to be online is, “how can they (customers) find me on the internet?” This training session focuses exactly on that, on helping small businesses establishing a rock solid online presence so they can be found on the internet, whether searched by business name or searched by business type, services, and other relevant keywords, locally and globally. Establishing an effective online presence is not as simple as it seems. It takes far more to be found online than simply having a decent website. This training session would help attendees understand how to strategize, implement, track, and adjust their online marketing efforts. Our web consultant will demonstrate the holistic approach in establishing an online presence.

Thursday, July 19th (8:30am-11:00am)
"Profits and Cash Flow from Exporting" Sponsored by Guam SBDC and GEDA
Presented by Jerry Crawford
Location: UOG Guam SBDC Room #148 Leon Guerrero SBPA Building
Fee: $20
SYNOPSIS: This seminar will cover various ways to make money in exporting, why you need a firm plan to make flexible decisions, Las Vegas style gambling for profits in foreign countries, is it what you know – who you know – or a no-no to go global – the hard decisions, how to find a niche and exploit it.

Tuesday, July 24th (9:00am-11:30am)
"How to Coach and Motivate Average Employees"
Presented by: Toshie Ito, Motiva Training & Consulting
Location: UOG Guam SBDC Room #148 Leon Guerrero SBPA Building
Fee: $30 per person
SYNOPSIS: Managers and supervisors are challenged in motivating employees to keep up their morale, attitude and productivity in order to bring success to individual employees and the organization. Oftentimes softhearted managers and supervisors tend to neglect or abandon average performers and underperformers by leaving them unchallenged and ultimately misleading them to believe that they are doing a good enough job. All employees are entitled to be challenged, motivated, coached and disciplined to achieve higher levels of performance. Don’t compromise and settle for passable work quality or inconsistency in productivity. You must actively seek opportunities to involve in educating and coaching all employees. Help average performers strive to do the best job possible. Learn what motivates and de-motivates employees, and effective ways to compliment employees’ efforts and contributions. Be the one who can make a difference in people.

Thursday, July 26th (8:30am-11:00am)
"Website Design and Development: Launch a Website that Rocks (and Rolls)!"
Presented by Rhaj Sharma, GuamWEBZ
Location: UOG Guam SBDC Room #148 Leon Guerrero SBPA Building
Fee: $30 per person
SYNOPSIS: This training session would help small business owners and managers understand the power of the web; why they need to go online; how their business can have a solid online presence through a customized business website; how to profit from having a website; and mainly, how to go about developing, launching, and managing a website that brings in traffic via the internet and through their doors.

Thursday, July 26th (12noon-2pm)
"WIB: Planning the Product and Service"
Presented by Denise Hertslet
Location: Bank of Guam Headquarters Bldg 2nd Floor Conference, Hagatna
Fee: $20 per person
SYNOPSIS: Customers buy products and services for an endless number of reasons. In this workshop you will describe your product or service in terms that are most meaningful to others: customers, investors, lenders, employees, etc.

Friday, July 27th (8:30am-11:00am)
"QuickBooks: Setting Up Inventory"
Presented by: Fred Granillo
Location: UOG Guam SBDC Room #148 Leon Guerrero SBPA Building
Fee: $50 per person

SYNOPSIS: In this training you will learn an overview of inventory in QuickBooks, practice filling out a purchase order for inventory items, track the receipt of the inventory items in QuickBooks, adjust inventory manually to enter a stock loss or increase, review inventory assemblies and set up and use units of measure.

Tuesday, July 31st (8:30am-11:00am)
"Discipline, Termination and Keeping EEOC Out of Your Office"
Presented by Guest Speaker: PHRSI
Location: UOG Guam SBDC Room #148 Leon Guerrero SBPA Building
Fee: $30 per person

SYNOPSIS: Terminating an employee's employment is never easy, but unfortunately, must occasionally be done. This is a job that every manager must handle with sensitivity, with respect to the existing employee. There are considerations, both from the legal as well as policy aspect that must be followed. While a properly done termination may not prevent complaints to EEOC, it may certainly reduce the number of complaints.