Events/Workshops

Don't miss this GREAT Opportunity - several sessions on legal issues effecting small businesses presented in a one-half day workshop.

Speaker: Varoius Law Firms will be presenting

Entrepreneurial success begins with this FREE two-hour seminar on how to start a business. Topics covered include: rewards & drawbacks of business ownership, business entry strategies, business planning, legal & regulatory requirements, forms of business ownership, sources of business financing, and sources of business assistance. Who should attend? This seminar is designed for individuals and entrepreneurial teams who are thinking about entering the business arena, those who are interested in starting a new business, or individuals looking at buying an existing business. Spouses and/or other family members involved in the venture are also encouraged to attend. If you are currently in business, this seminar may be too basic for you. If you register and find yourself unable to attend, please notify our office as these classes fill up and we have waiting lists. Registration is required for this class - contact our office at 801-863-8230 or sbdc@uvu.edu

Speaker: Camille Pendleton

Topics include rewards and drawbacks of business ownership, business entry strategies, legal and regulatory compliance, business planning, choosing a form of business ownership, debt and equity financing, and sources of business assistance.

Speaker: Lowell Baggaley

Business Start-up seminar

Speaker: Jo Canfield

Business Start-up seminar

Speaker: Jared Van Orden

Topics include rewards and drawbacks of business ownership, business entry strategies, legal and regulatory compliance, business planning, choosing a form of business ownership, debt and equity financing, and sources of business assistance.

Speaker: Lowell Baggaley

Business Start-up seminar

Speaker: Jo Canfield

This class will be held at the Snow College West Campus in Ephraim, High Tech Building, Room 109. It will begin on Tuesday, February 16, 6:30-9:30 PM and will meet weekly for 11 weeks. Last class will be held on April 27.

Class will be held at Snow College-Richfield (Washburn Bldg. - Room 131) beginning on Thursday, February 18, 2010, 6:30-9:30 PM and will meet weekly for 11 weeks, last day of class is April 29, 2010 You’ll receive 30 hours of professional instruction, information from guest experts, a participant manual and valuable online resources.

Speaker: Instructor: Keith Church, Assistant Director of Small Business Development Center at Snow College

8 Sessions on legal issues effecting small businesses presented in a 1/2 day workshop.

Speaker: Various Law Firms

THIS CLASS WILL BE HELD AT SALT LAKE COMMUNITY COLLEGE-MILLER CAMPUS. Twelve 3-hour sessions. Developing Your Family Child Care Business is a facilitator-led interactive learning process for individuals wanting to launch and grow successful family child care businesses. The program covers topics that help participants think and act as business owners. The unique combination of business and industry-specific information has a proven track record of assisting individuals in developing and sustaining more successful businesses. NOTE: Scholarships available for qualifying businesses which could reduce the total cost of the course substantially! Reserve your spot now, and we'll call you to discuss qualifications for the scholarship. Facilitator: Carrie Menzel Fee: $495 (see pricing information by clicking on the class heading) Will be held at SLCC Miller Campus: 9750 South 300 West, MPDC Rm 220, Sandy, UT. For further information, call 801-957-5240. Please Note: Class start date may change.

THIS CLASS WILL BE HELD AT SALT LAKE COMMUNITY COLLEGE-MILLER CAMPUS. Twelve 3-hour sessions. Developing Your Family Child Care Business is a facilitator-led interactive learning process for individuals wanting to launch and grow successful family child care businesses. The program covers topics that help participants think and act as business owners. The unique combination of business and industry-specific information has a proven track record of assisting individuals in developing and sustaining more successful businesses. NOTE: Scholarships available for qualifying businesses which could reduce the total cost of the course substantially! Reserve your spot now, and we'll call you to discuss qualifications for the scholarship. Facilitator: Carrie Menzel Fee: $495 (see pricing information by clicking on the class heading) Will be held at SLCC Miller Campus: 9750 South 300 West, MPDC Rm 220, Sandy, UT. For further information, call 801-957-5240. Please Note: Class start date may change.

FranklinCovey's "7 Habits for Small Business Managers" training is an intensive, hands-on learning experience that focuses on the fundamentals of great leadership. It improves people and they improve the success of the business - dramatically! In the training you will learn how to: * Identify and leverage otherwise "hidden" or underutilized resources * Enjoy greater purposefulness in your daily work * Get out of "crisis mode" * Build a positively motivated team that performs better than ever before * Avoid losing so much time to unproductive meetings and negotiations * Deal with conflict productively and effectively * Lead superbly by unleashing the greater potential of your team

Speaker: Instructor: Alan Christensen, Certified 7 Habits Trainer

Zion's Bank- 462 West 800 North Orem, Basement Wednesday, February 10, 2010 Sign in 8:00am – 8:30am; Class from 8:30am to 12:30pm Please park on east side of the building This class is cosponsored between Zion’s Bank, Squire and Company CPA firm, and the Small Business Development Center at UVU. This class will get you up and running with the QuickBooks Small Business Accounting Program for the first time user; and will hone your QuickBooks skills for those who have been using the program for some time. This class will cover: getting you started, working with lists, working with bank accounts, entering sales and invoices, and entering and paying bills. If you are having lots of errors in your QuickBooks program, you should take this class! This class will be taught by Jonyce Bullock, CPA and Certified QuickBooks Pro Advisor of Squire & Company, Certified Public Accountants and Business Consultants, Orem. Jonyce graduated from BYU with a Masters Degree in Accounting with a tax emphasis. Jonyce has over 13 years of experience in Accounting and 10 years experience in the technology fields. Along with supporting clients with their QuickBooks needs, she has been a beta tester for Intuit since 2001. This will be the best QuickBooks class you’ll ever take. The cost for the class is $25 which includes a QuickBooks Syllabus that will take you step by step through the program. Space will be limited to the first 50 people. Registration is required for this class- contact our office at 801-863-8230 or sbdc@uvu.edu If you register and find yourself unable to attend, please notify our office as these classes fill up and we have waiting lists. **This event is funded in part through a cooperative agreement with the US Small Business Administration.

Speaker: Squire & Co.

Zion's Bank- 462 West 800 North Orem, Basement Wednesday, March 10, 2010 Sign in 8:00am – 8:30am; Class from 8:30am to 12:30pm Please park on east side of the building This class is cosponsored between Zion's Bank, Squire and Company CPA firm, and the Small Business Development Center at Utah Valley University. The charge for this class is $49 which includes an intermediate step-by-step course syllabus. This class will be a continuation of the class that was taught in May. It will cover analyzing financial data, setting up inventory, tracking & paying sales tax; estimating & progress invoicing, tracking time, customizing forms, and writing QuickBooks letters. This class will be taught by Jonyce Bullock, CPA and Certified QuickBooks Pro Advisor of Squire & Company, Certified Public Accountants and Business Consultants, Orem. Jonyce graduated from BYU with a Masters Degree in Accounting with a tax emphasis. Jonyce has over 13 years of experience in Accounting and 10 years experience in the technology fields. Along with supporting clients with their QuickBooks needs, she has been a beta tester for Intuit since 2001. This will be the best QuickBooks class you’ll ever take. The syllabus and the class will be available for $49. Space will be limited to the first 50 people (last time the class filled up fast so sign up early). Registration is required for this class - contact our office at 801-863-8230 or sbdc@uvu.edu. If you register and find yourself unable to attend, please notify our office as these classes fill up and we have waiting lists. **This event is funded in part through a cooperative agreement with the US Small Business Administration.

Speaker: Squire & Co.

Prerequisites: QuickBooks Intermediate; builds on material learned in prior class Payroll, payroll, payroll – setting up and tracking payroll liabilities, adding employees, adding payroll items, year-to-date payroll issues, payroll additions and deductions, preparing quarterly 941, making payroll tax deposits, process payroll checks, payroll reports. Job Costing – time tracking, estimates, progress billing, job cost reports, Inventory Management – adding inventory items, purchase orders, receiving inventory, inventory reports, cost of goods sold, adjustments to inventory,. General – accounting for trades, writing off bad debt, passwords, graphs, year-end issues, W-2’s, 1099’s, 940, Find feature, statement of cash flow.

Speaker: Angela Roundy

Prerequisite: Basic understanding of Windows This workshop will review general accounting basics, how QuickBooks works, set up of student company file, customize chart of accounts, set up bank account, go through all the menus and reports available, customize desktop, merging names, profit and loss report, balance sheet, tracking loans from owners, historical data entry, writing letters by exporting to Word. Accounts Rec. - create items for invoicing, generate cash sale, create customers, generate invoices, look at reports, receive payments, make deposits, payment terms. Accounts Payable - adding vendors/1099 contractors, entering bills and credit memos, discount terms, paying bills, A/P report.

Speaker: Angela Roundy

Prerequisites: QuickBooks Beginning; builds on material learned in prior class. Tracking fixed assets and their associated liabilities, depreciation, prepaid expenses, memorized transactions, making deposits not related to receivables, sales tax, bank reconciliation's, petty cash, custom/memorized reports, budgets, accountants review, credit card transactions. Accounts Receivable - customize sales forms, accounting for retainer payments from customers, receiving payments at a discount, refunds to customers, finance charges, statements, and bounced checks.

Speaker: Angela Roundy

IRS, Tax Commission, Workforce Services & Labor Commission will help small businesses with employees learn about withholding income for federal and state taxes, social security, worker's compensation, unemployment compensation, completing employment tax forms and depositing taxes.

Speaker: IRS, Tax Commission, Workforce Services & Labor Commission

These workshops help business owners understand and comply with federal/state statutes and reporting requirements.

Introduction to Marketing

Speaker: Jared Van Orden

Geneva Building (1410 W 1200 S, Orem) Room GB 203 Tuesday, February 23, 2010, 7- 9 p.m. This FREE class will focus on how to create a blog using free internet software to help you with search engine optimization (SEO). This "hands on" course will also cover key words you can use to get your website to the top of a Google or Yahoo search. This class will be taught by Michael Eagar who has extensive experience as an entrepreneur, and manager for many Internet start-up ventures. Some of the companies that Michael has been associate with are Novell, Provo Labs, My Princess Pearls, and USFamilytree.com. Michael now owns his own company called Utah Labs which specializes in web development and search engine optimization. Registration is required for this class - contact our office at 801-863-8230 or sbdc@uvsc.edu. If you register and find yourself unable to attend, please notify our office as these classes fill up and we have waiting lists. **This event is funded in part through a cooperative agreement with the US Small Business Administration.

Speaker: Mike Eagar

Geneva Building (1410 W 1200 S, Orem) Room GB 203 Wednesday, February 24, 2010, 7- 9 p.m. This FREE workshop will focus on some of the latest website promotion strategies. Search engine optimization (SEO) is the process of moving your website to the top of the search engines so that you can get more traffic to your website. In this session we will be talking specifically about how to develop, and narrow down a good keyword list. This workshop will be taught by Michael Eagar who has extensive experience as an online entrepreneur, and manager for many Internet start-up ventures. Some of the companies that Michael has been associated with are Novell, Provo Labs, My Princess Pearls, US Family Tree and OrangeSoda. Michael owns his own company called Utah Labs which specializes in Online Business Training & Consulting. Registration is required for this class - contact our office at 801-863-8230 or sbdc@uvu.edu. If you register and find yourself unable to attend, please notify our office as these classes fill up and we have waiting lists. **This event is funded in part through a cooperative agreement with the US Small Business Administration.

Speaker: Mike Eagar

Help to market your business. Primary focus is to create an integrated marketing campaign (IMC). Learn a variety of marketing/branding techniques.

Speaker: John Gilbert

Geneva Building (1410 W 1200 S, Orem) Room GB 203 Thursday, February 25, 2010, 7- 9 p.m. Have you ever wished you knew just enough about creating a web page so that you could understand what your website programmer is telling you, or enough to better understand what you are learning about email marketing or search engine marketing? This FREE class is designed for non-programmers who want a basic understanding of HTML and a few of its important elements. Attendees will leave with the ability to create a very simple web page and understand important html elements from an online marketing perspective. This workshop will be taught by Michael Eagar who has extensive experience as an online entrepreneur, and manager for many Internet start-up ventures. Some of the companies that Michael has been associated with are Novell, Provo Labs, My Princess Pearls, US Family Tree and OrangeSoda. Michael owns his own company called Utah Labs which specializes in Online Business Training & Consulting. Registration is required for this class - contact our office at 801-863-8230 or sbdc@uvu.edu. If you register and find yourself unable to attend, please notify our office as these classes fill up and we have waiting lists.

Speaker: Mike Eagar

Introduction to basic concepts of Internet Marketing. How to Google/otyher search engines. Great for anyone wanting to launch a web-site.

Speaker: Curt Porritt

Geneva Building (1410 W 1200 S, Orem) Room GB 203 Wednesday, March 10, 2010, 7- 9 p.m. This FREE workshop is for people who have a basic knowledge of social networking (Facebook, Twitter, & blogging) and would like to learn more about how to apply those tools to promote various types of businesses. The class will work together in small groups to formulate online marketing strategies that focus on social media and discuss various approaches that can be used to increase the success of a business through its online presence. This class will be taught by Tom Beatty. Tom has both a BFA and MFA in Computer Art from the Savannah College of Art and Design and spent six years as a college professor teaching courses in web design, animation, and programming. Tom is currently the owner of The Dimension's Edge, Inc. which is an internet development company that specializes in creating online games and interactive training courses. Some of his clients include, Frito-Lay, Boys Scouts of America, The Chicago Cubs, Weekly Reader, Chuck E. Cheese, and Paws, Inc. (owners of Garfield the Cat). Registration is required for this class - contact our office at 801-863-8230 or sbdc@uvu.edu. If you register and find yourself unable to attend, please notify our office as these classes fill up and we have waiting lists. **This event is funded in part through a cooperative agreement with the US Small Business Administration.

Speaker: Tom Beatty