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Manage Your Customers Effectively - Don’t Miss a Trick!

April 19, 2021

| 11:00 am - 12:00 pm

The most powerful tool for a business is its contacts. If you use your Customer Relationship Management (CRM) tool to its fullest capabilities, it can make your marketing, sales, and client success efforts a breeze. Join our webinar to learn how to ...

Storytelling: Your Most Powerful Tool in Nonprofit Marketing

April 20, 2021

| 8:30 am - 9:30 am

WHAT’S THE BIG IDEA?We all want to be part of an epic story where we are the hero. We have wanted it since we were children reading bedtime stories with our parents or watching our first films on the Big Screen. We are the central figure in our ...

ELEVATIONLAB™ NEW VENTURE

April 20, 2021

| 9:00 am - 4:00 pm

Kansas City, MO

This session has five consecutive classes on Tuesdays. Attendance at all five classes is highly encouraged whether in person or distance learning. Do you dream of owning your own business? Are you ready for a realistic perspective on whether or not ...

Job Descriptions, Interviews, and Hiring: Identifying and Recruiting the Right Employees

April 20, 2021

| 11:00 am - 12:00 pm

Businesses across Missouri regularly report challenges and frustrations in the hiring process. Stories abound of potential employees not showing up for interviews, quitting without giving notice, and committing other ‘sins’ in the hiring process. ...

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Economic Impact of Opioid Use Disorder in Missouri

Publication date: March 1, 2021

This brief supports University of Missouri Extension’s Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Rural Opioid Technical Assistance (ROTA) grant. This grant enables the creation of recovery-friendly communities and ...

Sampling Safely at Farmers Markets

Publication date: March 1, 2021

Farmers market vendors will find tips for safely offering samples to patrons in this publication, as well as a summary of sampling regulations. Directions and estimated costs for sanitizing stations are included.TopicsFood ...

Federal Contracting Trends in Missouri

Publication date: Feb. 1, 2021

Executive summaryFederal contracting is an important generator of economic activity — not only in places like Washington, DC — but also throughout the country in states such as Connecticut, New Mexico and Missouri. Private firms of all sizes ...

Selecting an Appropriate Pricing Strategy

Publication date: Feb. 1, 2021

Consumers and competitors easily can access pricing information for goods sold at retail and use this information for various purposes. One example is that a product’s price can signal its perceived quality. Consumers may view a high-priced product ...

Entrepreneurial Dynamics in Missouri Counties

Publication date: Jan. 1, 2021

Entrepreneurial dynamics — the flow of business startups and business turnover, or churn, in a place — shape economic growth. Entrepreneurs may spark economic growth and development by contributing to employment growth, innovation, quality of ...

Agriculture and the Occupational Safety and Health Act

Publication date: Jan. 1, 2021

The William Steiger Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 established that employers employing one or more persons have a legal responsibility to ensure their employees have a safe and healthful work environment. The agricultural industry is one ...

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Starting a Small Business-The First Steps

online $0.00

This self-directed course provides information on the steps necessary to start a new business in Missouri. There are a total of ten steps addressing legal considerations, planning, licensing and registrations, and financing. The Missouri SBDC is ...

Becoming an Engaged Neighbor

March 20, 2021 - May 2, 2021

online $50.00

Becoming an engaged neighbor means learning and using the names of people who live next to you, developing relationships with them, and being involved in your neighborhood. It does take time and effort. But there are personal and community benefits. ...

Fundamentals of Supervision

Aug. 3, 2020 - June 30, 2021

online $240.00

Transitioning to a supervisory role can be difficult; it can be challenging to be the boss of those who used to be your peers. As an individual contributor, you developed specific technical expertise that made you proficient in completing ...

How to Understand Financial Statements

July 1, 2020

online $0.00

How To Understand Financial Statements provides self-paced instruction in how to read and interpret a balance sheet and an income statement, which is also called a profit and loss statement. The distinction between cash and accrual accounting and ...

Government Contracting Basics

July 1, 2020

online $0.00

Government Contracting Basics is self-paced course that explains the process to obtain government contracts. Questions can be answered and follow-on assistance provided by contacting the nearest Missouri Procurement Technical Assistance Center. ...

Business Plan Basics

July 1, 2020

online $0.00

Business Plan Basics is a self-paced course that describes the importance of a business plan and the planning process as well as the four fundamental topics any business plan must address. Access to LivePlan through the SBDC and the alignment of the ...

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Featured programs

Developing a Nonprofit

Resources to help small nonprofit organizations in Missouri with self-assessment and development.

Missouri Small Business Development Centers

Helping businesses at every stage from concept to startup, growth to renewal, mature to succession succeed through counseling, training and access to technology.

Alianzas

The Alianzas partnership enhances the ability of communities to collaborate with the growing immigrant Hispanic population.

CARES

The Center for Applied Research and Environmental Systems (CARES) aids interested public and private parties in learning about and managing our resources.

Community Arts Program

Promotes and fosters community and economic development through the arts.

Community Emergency Management Program

Provides education and technical assistance to individuals and families, local governments, businesses, schools and organizations in preparing and responding to natural and man-made disasters.

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