Upcoming Events
EDC & PARTNER EVENT CALENDAR
- 16Febrero 16, 2025No hay eventos
- 17Febrero 17, 2025No hay eventos
- 18Febrero 18, 2025
Fund Your Business with Sponsors, Even if You're Just Starting Out
Would you like to do what you love and have someone else foot the bill? Have you ever thought about corporate sponsors for your business, show, book, charity, speaking or events? If you answered yes to any of these questions, this webinar is for you! America’s most successful companies partner with sponsors. Why not you? Linda Hollander can help you. She is the author of the #1 best-selling book, Corporate Sponsorship in 3 Easy Steps and the CEO of Sponsor Concierge. Linda has consulted with many entrepreneurs to help them profit from the awesome power of corporate sponsors and has 20 years of experience in business. Her corporate sponsors have included Microsoft, Wells Fargo, Epson, Citibank, Fed Ex, Health Net, Southwest Airlines, Bank of America, Staples, American Airlines, Walmart and IBM. An SBA webinar.
- 19Febrero 19, 2025
How to Start and Grow a Profitable Consulting Business
It doesn’t matter what your specialty is: business management, social media marketing, information technology, security, personal image and credibility and more. We cover it all. In just 90 minutes, you will learn powerful tips and strategies you can use right away to attract, win and retain more of the most valuable clients. An SBA webinar.
Business Transformation Series - Part VIII Technology Journey for Manufacturing: What’s Here, What’s Coming and How to Prepare
Is your manufacturing business ready to take the next step in its technology journey? Whether you’re just starting out or looking to optimize existing systems, this webinar will guide you through the critical technologies that can transform your operations. From essential financial tracking to managing operations and planning and on to advanced automation and AI, learn how to assess your current technology needs and prepare for future growth. Perfect for small and medium-sized manufacturers, this 60-minute session will help you understand where you are in your technology journey and what steps to take next! A CMTC webinar.
The Art & Science of Pricing, Bidding and Billing
This workshop focuses primarily on service businesses and how to establish pricing to be both profitable and competitive. We will examine best practices for negotiating, budget development, presenting estimates, and winning bids. Finally, we will discuss billing strategies to ensure timely payment and seeing your invoices as a valuable marketing tool for future business. Please note: this webinar will not be recorded. Attendance is required. An SBA webinar.
- 20Febrero 20, 2025
How to License your Intellectual Property: Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks
Patents and licensing have recently become an important part of the business landscape. Regardless of size or years in business, every entrepreneur should understand licensing and how to identify, protect and monetize their intellectual property, which includes patents, trademarks, copyrights and trade secrets. This webinar covers the fundamentals of these topics. It will survey the terminology, available resources, costs, timing and rules of thumb necessary for licensing. Technical, legal, financial and practical issues will be explored to help you estimate patent costs, values and royalty rates. With this information, you will have the foundation for integrating the key elements of intellectual property into your business plan. A SCORE webinar.
Optimizing Your LinkedIn and Alignable Profiles for Success in 2025
The purpose of this business-first platform is to grow and maintain your network. LinkedIn helps you grow and maintain your professional network and is a fantastic tool for reaching professionals. It’s helpful to remain in touch with your professional colleagues or even friends. LinkedIn isn’t just a networking or job search site (although it’s great for both). It is a database of professionals. It’s also a great way to gather information. You can choose which companies, industries and individual people to follow (like Bill Gates or Arianna Huffington etc.) Many smart and successful people write articles on LinkedIn, and you can follow them and comment/discuss their posts. You’ll be better informed about what’s going on in your industry and the industry of your ideal, favorite and most profitable clients. A SCORE webinar.
How to Increase Sales Using Google Ads & Get Back Lost Sales with Retargeting
Have you ever wondered why particular ads start showing up after you visit a certain website or product page? Do you notice that even the videos you watch are related to the same websites you visit? Well.. wonder no more! In this webinar, SCORE is going to show you how to leverage the power of Retargeting for your clients and how to get those previously lost customers back to purchase. Did you know that there are different campaign types and targeting strategies that work for different types of businesses? Not only that, but more than 90% of users won’t buy anything on their first visit. Learn how you can use Google Ads to drive more sales/leads to businesses and how to leverage Retargeting to get back any lost customers and get them to purchase. A SCORE webinar.
- 21Febrero 21, 2025No hay eventos
- 22Febrero 22, 2025No hay eventos
Leading Change, Surviving Change
Leading change is never without challenges. It is human nature to fear and resist the unfamiliar landscape of change. Change management requires us to think about how to manage and mitigate risk, uncertainty and instability. Your role as a leader is to proactively address the impact of the change on your organization and your team. In this program, you will learn to equip your managers and leaders with the tools to manage change. A Workforce Development Board of Ventura County and California Employers Association virtual training.
November 13, 2025 10:00 AM
Hire Right the First Time
Poor hiring practices can be costly, with some estimates suggesting bad hires can cost up to 24 times their base compensation. CEA’s hiring system helps businesses and HR professionals avoid these expensive mistakes by streamlining the process. You’ll learn how to craft effective job ads, find the right candidates and navigate the key hiring steps from application to the first day on the job. Additionally, you’ll gain access to tools for creating legally defensible interview questions and managing on-the-job training for better hiring outcomes. A Workforce Development Board of Ventura County and California Employers Association virtual training.
December 16, 2025 10:00 AM
AI-Powered Business Planning: Create a Quick Business Plan in 3 Hours
Join SCORE and other entrepreneurs in this hands-on workshop where you will write your “Unique Value Statement” for your new product or service. This is a concise description of your product or service and explains the unique value your product or service provides to your customers. As part of the workshop, participants will receive real-time feedback from a SCORE mentor to help them fine-tune their Value Statement. In the second part of the workshop, you will use the “Lean Canvas” to begin the process of turning your product/service into a business. In this interactive session, you use the canvas to help guide you in expanding the information in the Unique Value Statement by capturing key ideas, concepts and strategies about your business in the canvas. This creates a basic framework that you can use to complete YOUR full, detailed business plan. Have paper, a pencil or a pen ready as the goal of this workshop is for all participants to leave with a draft of their “Unique Value Statement” and “Lean Canvas.” Price: $10.00. A SCORE webinar.
November 17, 2025 09:00 AM
Starting a Nonprofit: A Step-by-Step
Ready to turn your vision into reality? Join SCORE for a practical workshop that offers step-by-step guidance on establishing a nonprofit public charity. Ideal for those who have already decided to form a nonprofit, this session covers the essential stages from conception to achieving tax-exempt status and beyond. Price: $10.00. A SCORE webinar.
November 18, 2025 01:00 PM
Instagram Marketing 101: The Fundamentals
A great Instagram feed reinforces your brand, supports your marketing message, helps you engage directly and sincerely with your customers, and attracts new, loyal followers! Are you ready to “Level Up” your Instagram for your business? Price: $10.00. A SCORE webinar.
November 19, 2025 09:00 AM
Digital Marketing Basics
If you are new to Digital Marketing, this fast-paced introductory workshop will help you get started to promote your business on the Internet. Price: $10.00. A SCORE webinar.
November 20, 2025 10:00 AM
Increase Sales and Profits with Pricing and Distribution Strategies
You’ve developed a wonderful new product or service and understand the costs, but how should you price it? This workshop is part of SCORE’s Small Business Essentials series. SCORE starts by reviewing different distribution and channel strategies and helps you choose the method that best gets your product or service in front of your satisfied customers. The rest of the workshop focuses on pricing, starting with some basic pricing concepts. Then SCORE reviews a detailed process to help you determine the price of your product. Since pricing a service is very different than a product, they have a special section that covers the separate process for pricing your services. Price: $10.00. A SCORE webinar.
November 21, 2025 01:00 PM
Grant Prep Boot Camp Workshop
In three hours, you will learn how to research, prepare, write and apply for grants. At the end of this webinar, you will be able to target and learn how to organize grants to further your mission. Don’t worry if you don’t have access to the various fancy (and expensive) grant databases. SCORE will show you how to access grant information (for FREE), filter through 990 returns, uncover names and get around the “invite only” issue when determining fit. SCORE will also work on systematizing the process of grants, so you don’t have to redo it every time. Price: $10.00. A SCORE webinar.
November 24, 2025 08:00 AM
Email Marketing for Businesses and Non-Profits
See how Email Marketing can help your business and nonprofit. In this live workshop, SCORE will take a look at Email Marketing and how it can work for you. During the live session, there will be time for Q&A. Parking and directions: Please park on the 3rd floor of the parking structure. Walk towards the Kavli Theatre entrance and across the plaza towards the Box Office. Make a left down the corridor to the Oak and Park Room. Address: City of Thousand Oaks, 2100 E Thousand Oaks Blvd, Thousand Oaks, CA 91362. This event is sponsored by the City of Thousand Oaks. An in-person SCORE event.
December 03, 2025 08:30 AM
