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SUMMARY:Delivering a Premium "Shop Small" Experience During the Holiday Season
DESCRIPTION:Is your business prepared for the holidays?\nJoin this online webinar for some last minute ideas on delivering a premium “Shop Small” experience.  \n\nLearn what to expect this holiday season\nDiscover and communicate what sets your business apart\nEmbrace best practices and strategies that work to maximize for a successful finish to the year\n\nUse this critical time as a springboard into a post-pandemic 2022! \nPresented by Marc Willson of the Virginia SBDC \nRegister
URL:https://cvsbdc.org/events/delivering-a-premium-shop-small-experience-during-the-holiday-season-2/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Marketing and Sales,Online event
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SUMMARY:Deskbound: Tools & Strategies for Neck & Back Pain in Desk Workers
DESCRIPTION:  \nIn this session\, hosted by the Charlottesville Regional Chamber of Commerce\, you will understand some of the common causes of neck and back pain in desk workers and learn strategies to prevent or cope with these common ailments. \nAbout the Presenter:\nDr. Taylor Levick is an Airrosti Certified Provider with Airrosti Rehab Center specializing in treating musculoskeletal injuries in a quick (typically 3-4 visits) and conservative (no meds\, injections\, or surgeries) manner. \nRegister
URL:https://cvsbdc.org/events/deskbound-tools-strategies-for-neck-back-pain-in-desk-workers/
LOCATION:Charlottesville Regional Chamber of Commerce\, 209 5th Street NE\, Charlottesville\, VA\, 22902\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="Charlottesville Regional Chamber of Commerce":MAILTO:connect@cvillechamber.com
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211207T090000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211207T100000
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SUMMARY:Women Business Owners\, Entrepreneurs\, and Leaders' Coffee
DESCRIPTION:Meet at C’Ville Coffee the first Tuesday of every month.  Come with ideas\, questions\, and topics you want to discuss with other women business owners and leaders.  What is working for you? What are your challenges?  What do you need help with? How can you help someone else?  The cost of this meetup is to support those who are helping us.  Please support C’Ville Coffee by buying a beverage or snack. \nLocation:  Cville Coffee\, Harris St & Allied Ln\, Charlottesville\, VA \nWhat we’re about:  This group is for women business owners\, entrepreneurs\, and leaders who want to network and support each other as we grow our businesses. Bring ideas\, questions\, and topics you need help with. Members will have the opportunity to mentor and be mentored\, to work together to help each other. \nFree event \nRegister to attend
URL:https://cvsbdc.org/events/women-business-owners-entrepreneurs-and-leaders-coffee-5/
LOCATION:C’ville Coffee\, 1301 Harris Street\, Charlottesville\, VA\, 22903\, United States
CATEGORIES:Networking
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SUMMARY:Starting Your Business
DESCRIPTION:Thinking about starting a small business?\nHave you started…but maybe missed some critical information?\nThis workshop is for you!\nREGISTER\n  \nYou will receive an email from events@cvsbdc.org a day or two before the workshop with the link to join\, handouts and the presentation.  Please check your spam if you do not receive this email. \n\nWe review the steps for a successful start\, the registrations and regulations\, and the components of sound business planning\, including financial projections. \nFollow-up appointments are then available with SBDC\, SCORE\, and/or CIC business advisors to focus on your concept development\, business profile\, and/or business plans\, including financial projections. \nBrought to you jointly by: \nCentral Virginia SBDC     \n           Central Virginia SCORE     \n&            Community Investment Collaborative     \n\nThis virtual workshop is hosted by Central Virginia SCORE via Zoom. \nThere is a $5 admin/processing fee to attend this workshop.  If you cancel less than 48 hours before the workshop\, the fee is non-refundable.  If you cancel prior to the 48 hour deadline\, you can use this fee as a credit toward attending another workshop. \nREGISTER
URL:https://cvsbdc.org/events/starting-your-business-27/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Online event,Starting a Business
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211208T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211208T110000
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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.
URL:https://cvsbdc.org/events/craft-beverage-qa-qc-best-practices-for-safeguarding-product-quality/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Managing a Business,Online event
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211209T170000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211209T183000
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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
ORGANIZER;CN="UVA-Procurement and Supplier Diversity Services":MAILTO:supplierdiversity@virginia.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211210T130000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211210T140000
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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/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Disaster Mitigation,Managing a Business,Online event
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SUMMARY:BWRT Holiday Lunch @ Michie Tavern
DESCRIPTION:The holidays are here and it’s time to celebrate! The Business Women’s Round Table will host their holiday lunch at Michie Tavern. Join us for good food\, good fellowship and lots of festivity. \nThe Bill of Fare includes Michie Tavern’s delicious southern fried chicken\, homemade mashed potatoes and gravy\, stewed tomatoes\, seasoned black-eyed peas*\, green beans*\, cole slaw*\, whole baby beets*\, cornbread and biscuits\, peach cobbler and a drink. \n* = vegan and gluten free \nThe Business Women’s Round Table (BWRT) was founded in 2004. Its purpose is to honor\, engage and inspire each other so that we elevate women’s professional presence. By doing so\, we drive business\, economic and community development in the Charlottesville region. \nLocation:  Michie Tavern\n683 Thomas Jefferson Parkway\nCharlottesville\, VA 22902 \nPre-registration is required.  $25 members; $30 nonmembers. No refunds after December 9.  \nRegister
URL:https://cvsbdc.org/events/bwrt-holiday-lunch-michie-tavern/
LOCATION:VA
CATEGORIES:Networking
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ORGANIZER;CN="Charlottesville Regional Chamber of Commerce":MAILTO:connect@cvillechamber.com
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211216T183000
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SUMMARY:Let's Bond Together
DESCRIPTION:Bonding has been a barrier that has prevented many small\, women\, and minority-owned businesses from competing for larger city\, state\, and federal governmental contracts. \nJoin our bond agent as she covers the “Four C’s” of the bonding process: Credit\, Capital\, Character\, and Capacity to perform. She will answer your questions regarding bonding\, the underwriting process\, financial statements\, and bank lines of credit. She can help you qualify for bonding. This information will empower you and can help you to move your company to another level by establishing a bond line. \nDownload event flyer \nWHO SHOULD ATTEND? \n\nContractors wishing to establish a bond line or increase their bonding capacity.\nContractors and business owners who want to take their firms to another level.\nContractors seeking pre-approval for future anticipated bond projects.\nContractors who just want a better understanding of the surety bond process.\n\nPre-registration is required\, please register at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lets-bond-together-tickets-214222775087 \nCost: FREE \nDate: Thursday\, December 16\, 2021 \nTime: 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm \nLocation: Virtual via Zoom (an invite will be sent to you upon registration) \nPresenter: Charlene J. Reynolds – Charlene is the CEO of Creative Insurance Concepts\, Inc (CIC). CIC has provided insurance\, risk management and surety bonding services since 1995. \nShe was one of the first minority women to write bonds with the SBA Surety Bonding Assist Program. CIC is licensed in over 20 states and place bonds with over 30 surety companies all with “A” ratings by the U.S. Treasury Department.
URL:https://cvsbdc.org/events/lets-bond-together/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Business Funding
ORGANIZER;CN="UVA-Procurement and Supplier Diversity Services":MAILTO:supplierdiversity@virginia.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211216T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211216T200000
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SUMMARY:Marketing\, Sales\, and Your Brand
DESCRIPTION:Marketing\, Sales & Your Brand (Part 2 of the 4-part Entrepreneur Certificate series)\nIn this interactive webinar\, we’ll help you better identify your ideal customers and build a successful business around solving their problems. Then we’ll consider the best ways to market your product or service to your specific customers\, including how to connect on social media. \nRegister\nThis program is Part 2 of the Entrepreneur Certificate Course – ‘Marketing\, Sales & Your Brand.’ This class can be taken alone or as part of the series. Tools and strategies to identify market fit\, marketing and sales development\, planning and execution will be discussed. A number of tools to advance your sales and marketing plan will also be shared. \n\nThis friendly\, fun program will prepare participants for Part 3 of the Entrepreneur Certificate; ‘Building a Living Business Plan and Pricing Strategies’ covers choosing a living business plan model\, strategies for successful operations and pricing your product or service. The 4 part series ends with Financials & Recordkeeping; understanding financial statements\, accounting\, recordkeeping tools and sources of capital for the life of your business.  Sponsored by local partners and supporters of Central Virginia Small Business Development Center\, the cost for the certificate program is $20. The individual classes for those not completing the Entrepreneur Certificate program are $5 for session 1\, Starting Your Business and free-of-charge for the additional sessions. Completion of the course requires completion of all four sections\, the assigned business work between classes\, and one meeting with a business or technical advisor to provide you with custom information for your industry. \n\n \nPresented by \n\nGreg Dorazio\, CV SBDC Assistant Director\n\nGreg’s 15-year career in journalism and public relations was marked by innovation and effectively integrating new communication tactics and strategies into efficient workflows for consistently better storytelling. He has helped launch local and regional brands\, and develops and executes communications plans for service and retail businesses. His work improves online customer engagement\, business owner management of their communications platforms\, and drives eCommerce.\n\n\n  \n \nTom Kelly\, CV SBDC Advisor\,\nTom is a versatile\, collaborative and customer-focused business leader with twenty years of cross-functional experience in both corporate and small business environments.  Throughout his career he has focused on ensuring that how is just as important as what gets delivered for any organization. Tom made a conscious decision to leave his corporate career in 2018 in order to launch his own small business.  Eager to follow his passion for organic food and do something much more hands-on\, he launched Rise Bakehouse\, an organic sourdough bakery from his home in California.  He quickly built a strong consumer and wholesale customer base and learned all the different aspects of small business ownership in addition to sourdough baking. As the pandemic was gaining strength in 2019\, Tom and his family made an adventurous move from California to the East Coast via a ten-month RV trip across the country.  During their time on the road\, he and his wife assumed the role of co-teacher to their two children while traveling 21\,000 miles across 23 states\, exploring 16 national and 14 state parks.  They found their way to Charlottesville\, VA and chose it as their new home. Tom is now focused on launching his next food business here in Charlottesville and becoming an active member of the thriving small business community in central Virginia.  
URL:https://cvsbdc.org/events/marketing-sales-and-your-brand/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Marketing and Sales,Online event,Starting a Business
ORGANIZER;CN="Central Virginia Small Business Development Center (CVSBDC)":MAILTO:events@cvsbdc.org
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SUMMARY:Let's Do Lunch Fluvanna WIB
DESCRIPTION:Join us in December to enjoy a great lunch and meet other Fluvanna business owners. ALL Local businesses are Welcome! \nWe know that People do Business with People They KNOW\, LIKE & TRUST. Join us for a fun Networking Lunch with friends and your Future clients & Referral partners. Men are always Welcome. One great connection can help your business grow exponentially. \n \n  \nLocation: The Pub at Lake Monticello\n51 Bunker Boulevard\nPalmyra\, VA 22963 \nRegister
URL:https://cvsbdc.org/events/lets-do-lunch-fluvanna-wib/
LOCATION:VA
CATEGORIES:Networking
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211221T210000
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SUMMARY:December - LABP Business After Hours
DESCRIPTION:Join us at the Lake Anna Winery for the Lake Anna Business Partnership (LABP) Business After Hours. At this meeting\, the 2022 President\, Vice President\, Treasurer\, and Secretary officers will be announced!  Your ticket must be presented to receive your meal. Tickets go on sale Dec ember 1 at 5:00 AM. \nDate and time of event:\nTue\, December 21\, 2021\n6:30 PM – 9:00 PM EST \nLocation:  Lake Anna Winery\n5621 Courthouse Road\nSpotsylvania Courthouse\, VA 22551 \nFor more information
URL:https://cvsbdc.org/events/december-labp-business-after-hours/
LOCATION:VA
CATEGORIES:Networking
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ORGANIZER;CN="Lake Anna Business Partnership":MAILTO:info@visitlakeanna.org
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211231T170000
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SUMMARY:Happy New Year - OFFICE CLOSED
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URL:https://cvsbdc.org/events/happy-new-year-office-closed-3/
LOCATION:VA
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