Participants will be encouraged to challenge themselves as business owners to grow the business through the utilization of financial management tools throughout every level of the business. You will learn about:

a. Preventing crisis cash flow situations

b. Investing in the future and the importance of building a cash reserve

c. Establishing a realistic expansion and growth strategy utilizing resources to ensure success

Are you looking to start a business the right way?

BLAST Off is a 3-day workshop which guides you through the business development process. At the end of the workshop, you will have a good understanding of business plan components, knowledge of online and community resources to support you, and the skills to create a dynamic business plan. This workshop is geared towards aspiring entrepreneurs, many of whom are enrolled in CEED’s Self-Employment Benefits (SEB) program.

This workshop will:
• Build your knowledge and understanding of business plan components
• Provide research tools and resources so that you can begin your marketing plan
• Provide information on choosing a business structure
• Introduce you to government regulations that will affect your business, including tax and labour standards
• Introduce financial projections, obligations and resources to integrate into your business plan
• Allow time for Q&A specific to your business situation

BLAST Off... into business takes place from 9:00 am - 4:30 pm May 14th, 15th and 16th

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If you are going to make dollars, then you've got to have sense - basic bookkeeping sense that is!

Attend this hands-on workshop to learn generally accepted accounting terminology, manual bookkeeping processes and skills so that you can better manage your business and your money.  Whether you are using accounting software, have a bookkeeper or use a general ledger to track your business transactions, this workshop is for you!

This workshop will:
• Introduce bookkeeping and accounting terminology
• Walk you through the accounting cycle of a typical small business
• Help you to identify the types of information that needs to be recorded in your bookkeeping system; including where to record it and when to record it
• Show you how to enter the day-to-day transactions of a typical business into a manual bookkeeping system
• Introduce common business financial statements (income statements & balance sheets) and help you to identify the valuable information they can provide to you as a business owner.

Make sure you bring a pencil and calculator to this workshop!
 

This 2-hour information session walks aspiring entrepreneurs through the basic how-tos and next steps to opening a business. You will walk away with the tools and resources you need to make your business idea a reality.

This workshop will:
- Introduce you to easy-to-use templates for business planning and financial forecasting.
- Share sources of small business financing.
- Provide information about local resources and services for entrepreneurs.

***Storm/weather cancellations are announced on CEED's Facebook and Twitter a minimum of 3 hours before our workshop start time.

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Whether it’s leveraging supplies, coordinating marketing initiatives or following up on a sales lead, the telephone is often the fastest, cheapest and most effective tool at hand to get the job done.  Why is it then that it is also one of the most avoided tools in business?  Not feeling confident in your ability to effectively communicate by phone can very quickly create a negative impact on your business’ bottom line.  Avoid this impact and overcome your phone fear by empowering yourself with the knowledge that you need to turn your telephone into one of your company’s key competitive advantages.

This workshop will:
• Introduce you to telephone etiquette that customers both appreciate and expect
• Provide you with tips and techniques to incorporate your branding into your telephone services
• Show you how to build rapport and relationships with your customers by telephone
• Provide you with a tool to prepare for and plan for telephone calls that will empower you to deliver a strong opening sentence, get to the point quickly, say it simply, and express the benefits of doing business with your company
• Introduce telephone sales techniques to move from ‘maybe’ to ‘yes’
• Save you time and frustration by introducing you to tips and techniques to side step ‘gatekeepers’ and connect with ‘decision-makers’