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OFFICE HOURS
Stop by CWE to ask our program staff general questions about starting, growing, and managing your business. Staff can help you find the right class or workshop for you and walk you through all the ways CWE is here to support you.
Boston: Tuesdays, 2-4pm (June, July, and August)
THE IN-TRANSITION SERIES
The In Transition Workshop Series is designed to provide assistance to those who are unemployed or underemployed during these difficult economic times. Each workshop will focus on a different topic relating to the job search process and dealing with the stresses and challenges of unemployment.
Boston: Tuesdays, July 14, Personal Branding; July 28, Knowing Your Value and How to Ask for It; August 11, Networking Your Way Back to Work; August 25, Understanding Post-Employment Benefits and Obligations; 12-2pm
Providence: Wednesday, June 17, Dealing with the Stress of Unemployment; Tuesday, June 30, Mock Interviews; Tuesday, July 14, Seven Proven Steps to Overcoming Fear; Wednesday, July 29, Networking; 12-1pm
SURVIVING AND THRIVING IN A TOUGH ECONOMY AND BEYOND
Join CWE for a new webinar series that will teach you how to survive this tough economic time and help your business thrive. Topics Include: Strategic Planning, Financial Strategies I, II, Marketing Strategies, and How to Create Opportunities & Drive Results.
All offices: Thursdays, July 30, Strategic Planning; August 6, Financial Strategies I; August 13, Financial Strategies II, August 20, Marketing Strategies; August 27, How to Create Opportunities and Drive Results; 6-8pm
UPCOMING BUILDING YOUR BUSINESS WORKSHOPS
Join our experts and your peers to solve your business problems! If you have a specific business concern, work it out with a Building Your Business Workshop. Topic-specific sessions are taught by experts who focus on areas essential for launching and running your business, with peer-to-peer feedback playing an important part of the mix. 2-hour sessions, $35 each, $30 with pre-registration. Partial scholarships are available to those who qualify.
Naming, Branding and Trademarks
Do you have a great idea for a company or product name? Are you interested in learning how to protect it? Are you unsure about how to check if others can prevent you from using it? Learn the basics of how to choose and evaluate company and product names from a trademark law perspective and strategies to protect them.
Boston: Thursday, June 4, 6-8pm
Social Networking
This workshop trains attendees to promote their business and generate leads by using web-based social networking utilities. Notable social networking utilities covered in the course include LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook and MySpace.
Instruction includes how to promote a business effectively and quickly, ushering attendees into the new age of business promotion by using these utilities.
Providence: Thursday, June 4, 6-8pm
Worcester: Tuesday, June 23, 6-9pm
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