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SUMMARY:Craft Beverage QA/QC: Best Practices for Safeguarding Product Quality
DESCRIPTION:  \nThere are many reasons for a craft beverage producer to invest in quality – catering to a more demanding consumer base\, staking out a competitive edge\, preparing for more distant distribution – but determining how to implement QA/QC can be difficult.  In this webinar\, Virginia SBDC Craft Beverage Assistance Manager Chris Van Orden will speak with Audrey Skinner\, Gastronomical Chemist and Founder of Imbibe Solutions\, about the steps that planned\, new\, and growing beverage producers can take to safeguard quality\, improve product stability\, and lengthen shelf-life. \nWebinar presented by The Virginia SBDC Craft Beverage Assistance (CBA) program. Visit the CBA program page for more information. \n\nAudrey Skinner is a Gastronomical Chemist and Founder of Imbibe Solutions\, an independent laboratory that works with craft alcohol businesses to supplement and enrich their quality control programs. She has helped many brewers\, winemakers\, and other craft-fermenters improve processes\, ensure product stability and cleanliness\, expand shelf-life\, and enhance overall product quality. Her goal is to provide small-scale craftsmen with beneficial\, quantifiable data so they can be competitive in the growing marketplace. \nREGISTER\nA confirmation email with the Zoom login information will be sent after registration\, please be on the lookout for it.
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LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Managing a Business,Online event
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SUMMARY:Charting Your Path: A Roadmap for Proposals that Make an Impact
DESCRIPTION:Responding effectively to an RFP is an obstacle that prevents many small\, women\, and minority-owned businesses from competing for governmental contracts. \nMore so than ever\, proposals have become highly customized\, visual documents that need to not only provide answers to a series of questions about a specific project\, but also convey a firm’s brand\, expertise\, and communication style. Great proposals involve several different elements including planning\, writing\, editing\, and graphic design. A/E/C firms cannot simply aim darts at the dartboard and hope for the best when it comes to winning work. And no matter the size or setup of your firm\, having a game plan for creating a successful proposal is necessary. \nThis workshop will cover the key considerations to building a roadmap towards a powerful proposal following the requirements of documents issued by the Commonwealth of Virginia including: \n● Letter of Interest & Statement of Qualifications\, HECO-16 \n● Request for Proposals \nThe information you take away will empower you to take the necessary steps to increase your chances of getting a positive outcome on your next Request for Proposals submission. \nDownload the event flyer \nWHO SHOULD ATTEND?\nThis workshop is for contractors and business owners who want: \n● to better understand the process and the requirement \n● go to a new level \n● want to leave with a roadmap to help increase your chances of getting a positive outcome on your next RFP submission \nPre-registration is required\, please register at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/214208382037 \nCost: FREE \nDate: Thursday\, December 9\, 2021 \nTime: 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm \nLocation: Virtual via Zoom (an invite will be sent to you upon registration) \nABOUT THE PRESENTER \nPrior to launching StickyNote Creative\, LLC\, Bunmi Adeeko Collins\, CPSM spent 10 years in the A/E/C industry working in-house as a graphic design and marketing professional for a general contractor. \nBeginning with the firm as the graphic designer\, she ended her tenure as the Manager of Corporate Marketing & Branding. During those latter years as a manager\, Bunmi was responsible for the development and implementation of internal and external communications\, support materials and services for all five regional offices. Working collaboratively with a diverse team of staff and management she assisted in the planning\, development and implementation of marketing strategies\, marketing communications and brand strategy\, both external and internal. \nAs the design strategist behind StickyNote Creative\, she specializes in the creation of communications and marketing collateral\, as well as business branding and visual identities. Bunmi seeks to help businesses and organizations amplify their marketing through quality design and grow their reach by serving as an extension of their team. \nBunmi is a graduate of Texas State University-San Marcos with a BFA in Communication Design\, holds a masters degree in Strategic Design & Management from The New School Parsons School of Design and has earned her Certified Professional Services Marketer (CPSM) designation through the Society for Marketing Professional Services.
URL:https://cvsbdc.org/events/charting-your-path-a-roadmap-for-proposals-that-make-an-impact/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Managing a Business
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SUMMARY:UVA Darden Series: Carbon Transition Risk
DESCRIPTION:In partnership with FMA International\, the Mayo Center for Asset Management at the UVA Darden School of Business invites you to join us for an upcoming session of our Virtual Seminar Series. \nWe’ll hear from Marcin Kacperczyk from Imperial College London Business School and Patrick Bolton from Columbia University on their joint research examining how firms and investors are addressing the challenge of climate change. The global drive towards a net zero economy exposes companies to carbon-transition risk\, and our speakers will present their findings on how investors around the world are pricing these risks. Additionally\, they will discuss the progress corporations have made disclosing carbon emissions\, setting targets\, and whether or not they have effectively reduced the emission intensity of their activities. Marcin and Patrick’s presentation will be followed by a discussion moderated by Pedro Matos from UVA’s Darden School of Business. The Zoom link will be distributed to all registrants prior to the session. \nSpeakers:\nMarcin Kacperczyk\, Professor of Finance\, Imperial College London Business School\nPatrick Bolton\, Barbara and David Zalaznick Professor of Business\, Columbia Business School \nModerator:\nPedro Matos\, John G. Macfarlane Family Chair\, Professor of Business Administration\, and Academic Director of Richard A. Mayo Center for Asset Management\, UVA Darden School of Business \nLOCATION: Zoom (Link to be Distributed) \nMore Information
URL:https://cvsbdc.org/events/uva-darden-series-carbon-transition-risk/
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