The Green Bay Chapter of SCORE announces free on-site counseling. If you have a business challenge or idea and want some assistance from experienced business professionals, this is a great opportunity for you.*

Just let us know what area of your business you want assistance in, and we will match the best suited volunteers to come to your place of business. They will listen to you, ask questions, make suggestions and direct you to appropriate resources.

For additional information contact Chapter Chair; Steve Greenfield sgreenfield@new.rr.com .

Start and grow your business with these free online workshops. Then, contact a SCORE mentor, online or in-person, to secure your success.

Inventors and Entrepreneurs Clubs provide information and networking opportunities for Entrepreneurs and Inventors. The Brown County I & E Club meets the 2nd Monday of every month from 6:30-8:30PM. Whether you are starting a new business, determining if a business concept is feasible or it simply needs developing, the resources shared at these meetings will benefit you and the members in attendance.The regular monthly meetings are held in the classroom of the Business Assistance Center at 2701 Larsen Rd in Green Bay.

LEN Fall 2010 Programs: September 20th, October 18th & November 15th.
All meetings are held at 6-8 p.m. in the Cleveland Training Room at Lakeshore Technical College, Cleveland WI.

September 20, 2010
Branding 101: Positioning Your Business for Success
Featured Presenter: Tryg Jacobson, President of Jake’s Café Creative Community
Building a profitable business requires more than a competitively priced product or service. It requires a strong brand.  Tonight, Tryg will set you on a path to differentiate your brand that will be more meaningful, memorable and profitable.

October 18, 2010
The Creative Spirit of Consumer Promotion and Advertising
Featured Presenters: Dori Schmitz, Dori Schmitz Creative Direction and Joyce Babel‐Worth, Two Bits Productions Inc.
Our goal is to better acquaint the listener with the creative process. A case study of a project we worked on for one of our clients will be presented. We'll then talk about the different avenues a business can take to promote themselves and their products. Creating an image for a product or company is the first start. Blend that with interesting and consistent promotions to bring your “good news” to your customers.

November 15, 2010
Building a New Business on Solid Customer Service
Featured Presenter: Kenlyn T. Gretz, President & CEO of Americollect
Tonight Kenlyn, an award‐winning business owner and popular speaker on  the Lakeshore, will share his expertise with our group.
• Learn how to build an advantage over a competitor’s poor customer service.
• Learn how to empower co‐workers to consistently offer the same great customer service that you as a business owner would provide.
• Learn six customer service techniques to build loyalty with your new customers from day one.

Print Flyer.  Watch here for details or call Kristin Bell Abell  920.693.1658 or kristin.abell@gotoltc.edu

The following presentations and ideas were submitted by SCORE Chapters to help our clients in these tough economic times.  If you have ideas you'd like to see on this page, please send an email to educationservices@score.org. 

How to Survive the Recession
The Grand Strand and Silicon Valley chapters put this presentation together.  It includes options and steps businesses can take to survive.  (27 slides) 

Small Business Triage
The Louisville chapter created this presentation to train its counselors on how to help businesses survive.  It includes red, yellow and green classifications and ideas to stabilize, reorganize and restructure.  (37 slides)

Managing Your Business in a Downturn
The Philadelphia chapter created this presentation in support of a discussion forum. Topics include helping clients understand their financial position and providing income, sales and marketing management.

Challenges & Opportunities in These Tough Times
On 11/21, SCORE Naples held a discussion forum for small business owners.  The session was 1.5 hours and included a panel of four SCORE counselors who took questions from the crowd.  Please also see the pre-prepared questions.

How to Survive the Downturn
On 12/6, SCORE San Diego hosted a forum with a panel of 8 counselors, all of whom have owned a business in a down economy.  Before opening up for questions, each panelist gave a two-minute bio that included one idea that worked in a down economy and one idea that didn't.

Two new IRS products make it easier for small businesses and the self-employed to locate the information they need on the IRS’s official Web site, IRS.gov.

These new products are part of a year-long campaign to help educate new self-employed small business owners about federal tax responsibilities and about filing Schedule C, Profit or Loss from Business.

Publication 4667, Tax Information for Small Businesses and the Self-Employed, a free, laminated bookmark, provides Key Search Words to help them locate important tax information on IRS.gov quickly and easily. They can order this free laminated bookmark on the Small Business Products Online

A new page on IRS.gov;  "Self-Employed Individuals Tax Center," is a one-stop, starting point for small businesses and self-employed taxpayers who file Schedule C with their Form 1040 and provides links to information on the most common issues new business owners face.

To get the latest information about other future Schedule C program events and learn about new products and services as they become available, start a FREE subscription toe-News for Small Busi-nesses;  type in your e-mail to sign up. 

Do you have a business related event you would like to promote?
Contact Steve Greenfield at sgreenfield@new.rr.com for consideration. 

Counselor Schedule