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Registration and payment for the courses can
be made through Clark College web site by selecting the course
below. For modest fee, continuing
education credit will be available directly from Clark College on each of
the courses attended.
Series Classes for Spring 2008
April 9, 2008 7:30 a.m.–9:30 a.m., $75
STRATEGIC
MARKETING –
GROWING YOUR BUSINESS
THROUGH EFFECTIVE MARKETING
May 14, 2008 7:30 a.m.–9:30 a.m., $75
STRATEGIC
PLANNING OVERVIEW –
A PLANNING GUIDE FOR
SMALL BUSINESS
June 11, 2008 7:30 a.m.–9:30 a.m., $75
PROFESSIONAL
SALES MANAGEMENT
Register for the entire series
and get one class FREE! (See entire list of the 9 seminars in the Series
below)
Greater Vancouver and Battle
Ground Chamber of Commerce members receive a 10% discount. Visit you Chamber site for registration
information.
2008/09 Seminars (Dates to be Determined)
All 9 seminars
in the Business Success Series will be presented during the 2008/09 curriculum
year. One seminar will be presented
each month beginning in September 2008.
·
Pitfalls of Successful Businesses
This session will address
characteristics of Growing Businesses, the dynamics of change, fundamental
planning techniques, and how to grow without losing control
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Growing the Business through Effective
Marketing
Public Relations,
Community Relations, Philanthropy, Advertising, Distribution and Pricing
are all aspects of marketing. This
session will help you focus on which aspects will best position your
company for success
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Production techniques from TQM to Lean
Manufacturing
Production efficiency
can be the difference in profitability, customer satisfaction and employee
retention. How does your production
system compare to today’s customer demands?
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Creating Your Organizational Design for
Profit
Not every business
needs to be nor should be organized the same way. Attending this session will give you the
insight to evaluate your current organization and what steps are necessary
to create the organization to operate the way you want
·
Sales Management and Sales for Growth and
Profit
One of the most
misunderstood activities and professions is Sales. Learn how an organization committed to
sales is structured and how to manage your
sales manager as well as your sales representatives
·
An Executive’s Primer on Hiring and Firing
Pre-employment
testing, head hunters, temporary agencies, recruiters-- hiring the right
people is one of the most important duties of any organization. Learn how
to hire in the best and not just the best available and learn the art of
timely termination
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Understanding Your Business through Financial
Statements and Fundamentals of Debt Financing
Learn how to know your
profitability by product. Unravel
the incredible mysteries of the balance sheet and its impact on cash
flow. Understand the way bankers
look at your business. This session
provides key learning that simplifies and clarifies business financial
information and debt financing
·
A Strategic Planning Overview
It’s not just for the
big corporations or long weekends in far off places. The best small businesses know that strategic
planning is the key to staying ahead of the market and profitability. This could be the most profitable 90
minutes of the entire series
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Accountability, Delegation, Review and
Compensation
Every employee wants
to be paid top of market but many of us don’t know how to tie pay to
performance. Learn the keys to
accountability focused on optimizing performance; constructive feedback
mechanisms and when to tie all of that to compensation
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