Business Workshops

Upcoming business workshops in the area include:

The Redwood Empire Small Business Development Center (SBDC) presents:

Website Owners Guide, June 12,22,29 and July 6, also offered August       10,17,24,31.

Five Keys to Restructure Your Debt, June 4, June 30, or August 4

50 Secrets to Customer Loyalty, June 16 or July 7

Emerging Leaders - Get Results Now!, June 11, July 9, or August 13.

So, You Want to Start a Business (3-module series, offered monthly)

Product Development and Success Through Invention (offered monthly)

For more info, visit the SBDC website event calendar.
All workshops are held at the SBDC, 421 Tenth St., Santa Rosa

Workshops offered through the Sonoma Valley Economic Development Partnership:  Each year the Partnership, in collaboration with the Redwood Empire Small Business Development Center, offers low-cost workshops for local businesses.  Advance registration is required; contact the Sonoma Valley Chamber of Commerce at (707) 996-1033.  Recent workshops have included:

   Best Practices in E-Mail Marketing
   Thursday, December 4, 2008; workshop flyer

    New Year, New Start: Tips to Evaluate Your Business and Plan for a Profitable 2009
    Monday, January 12, 2009; workshop flyer

    Pricing for Profitability
    Thursday, January 22, 2009; workshop flyer

     Captivate Your Customers:  Survival Skills for Independent Retailers
     Wednesday, February 4, 2009; workshop flyer


In addition, a variety of business workshops can be found through:

SCORE (including Writing An Effective Business Plan; Opening and Operating a Restaurant; Bookkeeping and Quickbooks for Startups)

Redwood Empire Small Business Development Center (including PreVenture Training (a three-part series for start-ups); Success Through Invention; and more)

Sonoma Valley Adult School (including Quickbooks and customized training in computer applications, ESL, and Spanish language training for employees)

SRJC Community Education (OnLine Marketing; Importing as a Small Business; Effective Supervision, and more)

Napa Valley College SBDC (Customer Service Academy; Hispanic Business Start-Up (en Espanol); and more)

Future Workshops:
What would you like to see offered?  Take our sixty second survey.


Wine Industry Resources for training & professional development include:

Sonoma State University's new Tasting Room Management certificate program, Wine Entrepreneurship course, and Wine Business program

Tasting room sales training through the Sonoma Valley Adult School

The Wine Studies program at Santa Rosa Junior College

Napa Valley SBDC workshops, including "Tasting Room Sales Training" (basic and advanced) and "Marketing Your Small Winery".

The Napa Valley College
Hospitality Institute, which includes workshops such as Survive and Thrive (new employee "soft skills" training for the Hospitality Industry) and TiPS Training (for servers of alcohol), as well as client-site training.

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