Small Business Month 2004 Daily Calendar of Events:

Small Business Month 2004
Daily Calendar of Events

Links below go to Adobe .pdf files

Items shaded in light blue are Special Events, Others are offered on an ongoing basis

30+ days of Small Business - Calendar of Events
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
April		20	21	22	23
	26	27	28	29	30
May	3	4	5	6	7
	10	11	12	13	14
	17	18	19	20	21
	24	25	26	27	28
June	Memorial Day	June 1	2	3	4
	7	8	9	10	11

Day	Activities in Spokane and Coeur d'Alene	Activities throughout the Inland NW

4/20	Effective International Marketing Research, ITA 9-10:30am USDA Value-Added Producer Grant Seminar 9am-3pm, Spokane Intro to Business Web Pages, 6-9pm SBDC-Spokane Trade Worldwide in 9 weeks - online SBDC PreBusiness Workshop, 6-9pm, SBDC-Spokane AHANA - Get Your Business Through the Door, 5:30-8:30pm, Spokane	Analyzing/Assessing Your Market, 6-9pm, SBDC, Kennewick, WA Starting A Business, Questions You Were Afraid to Ask, 6-9pm, SBDC, Richland WA Hanford Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) Vendor Forum, 5-6:30pm, Richland, WA
4/21	Principles of Marketing - 8:30-noon, SCORE-Spokane Japan Week Luncheon, 12-1:30pm, Whitworth - Spokane Creating Web Graphics, 6-9pm, SBDC-Spokane B2B Marketing, 6-9pm, SBDC-Spokane	Setting the Stage for Success: Building Performance Values, 8am-noon, SBDC, Walla Walla, WA USDA Value-Added Producer Grant Seminar 9am-3pm, Kennewick, WA
4/22	Small Business Tax Seminar. 6-9pm, SBDC-Spokane Strategic Planning for NonProfits, 6-9pm, SBDC-Spokane Internet Marketing, 6-9pm, SBDC-Spokane	Starting & Managing a Business Workshop SCORE, Sandpoint, ID 8:30am-3:30pm USDA Value-Added Producer Grant Seminar 9am-3pm, E. Wenatchee Business Ethics and Social Responsibility, 7-9am, SBDC, Walla Walla, WA
4/23	Hogan Business Plan Awards, 4:30pm, Spokane	Handling Intense Customer Interactions While Taking Care of Yourself in the Process, 8:30am-4pm, SBDC, Walla Walla, WA

4/26
4/27	Winning SBIR Grants, Post Falls, ID Noon-3pm Sips, Snacks & Contacts, 3-7pm, Spokane Basic Legal Issues for Small Business 6-9pm -SBDC-Spokane	Financing Your Small Business - 6-9pm, SBDC, Kennewick
4/28	Recordkeeping Basics 8:30-noon - SCORE Embezzlement in the Workplace, 2-5pm Spokane Maximizing Hits to Your Web Site, 6-9pm, SBDC-Spokane 123 Business Basics, 6-9pm, SBDC-N. ID, Post Falls, ID	How to Start & Manage Your Small Business, 9am-3pm, Omak, WA
4/29	Introduction to Construction Bidding, 6-9pm, SBDC-Spokane Writing Mission & Vision Statements, 6-9pm SBDC-Spokane Regional Chamber Tour to Sandpoint & N. ID (April 29 & 30) - SRCC	SBA Overview & Loan Briefing, 8:15-9am 8a & OMWBE Certification Orientation 9am-12pm Tri-Cities
4/30	Starting a Business in Idaho, 9-11am, SBDC-N. ID, Post Falls, ID

3	Beginning Recordkeeping (concludes 5/10) 6-9pm, SBDC-Spokane Finding Money to Start a Business in the Spokane Area - 6-7:30pm, Spokane	QuickBooks II-A for Small Business, SBDC-Pasco
4	How May I Assist You- Delivering Outstanding Customer Service, 7:30-9am BizStreet/Spokane Regl. Chamber Letters of Credit - Exporters, ITA Creating a Fundraising Framework, 1-4pm, SBDC-Spokane How to Budget 6-9pm, SBDC-Spokane	Starting A Business, Questions You Were Afraid to Ask, 6-9pm, SBDC, Richland WA Business & the Law, SBDC-Walla Walla Economic Rally, West Plains Chamber Cheney WA 7:30-9:30am
5	Basics of Starting a Small Business - 8:30-noon, SCORE How to Make Your Banker Say Yes 6-9pm, SBDC-Spokane QuickBooks for Construction 6-9pm, SBDC-Spokane	Columbia River Wine Expo, May 5-8
6	OMWBE - Marketing to State Agencies, 9am-noon Women Helping Women Benefit Luncheon, noon, Spokane 2nd Annual Spokane Hotel-Motel Association Golf Tournament, 1pm Introduction to Grant Writing (for nonprofits) 1-3pm, SBDC-Spokane Terabyte Triangle Open House 4:30-7:30pm Starting a Bookkeeping Service 6-9pm, SBDC-Spokane	Writing a Marketing Plan, 6-9pm, SBDC, Kennewick Evaluating Your Start-Up Business Idea SCORE-Wenatchee Intro to QuickBooks Pro, 2:30-5pm, Walla Walla SBDC/WWCC
7	Good Morning Spokane, 7:15-9am, Spokane
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10	Demystifying Internet Marketing, 11:30-1:30pm, NAWBO, Spokane Regional Chamber, SCORE & BIC Basic Taxes for Small Business (concludes 5/17) 6-9pm, SBDC-Spokane	QuickBooks II-B for Small Business, 6-9pm, SBDC-Pasco
11	Celebration of Entrepreneurship, 7:30-9am, EWU-Spokane Secrets to Success - Risk Management 2004, 8:30-10:30am, Worksource Spokane SIRTI Technology Showcase VII: Smart Energy, 4-6pm, Spokane, WA Financial Management (concludes 5/13, 6-9pm SBDC-Spokane EEO-AA Overview 6-9pm, SBDC-Spokane
12	Business Plan: A Roadmap to Success 8:30-noon, Spokane, SCORE USPS - My e-Post Office (4) free 1hr. hands-on workshops at the BIC, Spokane Inland NW Manufacturers Lunch, 11am-1pm, Coeur d'Alene - TechHelp QuickBooks for Payroll 6-9pm SBDC-Spokane	Supplier Forum for Upcoming Remedial Action Projects, 2:30-4pm, Richland, WA
13	Deal Structuring - Financing Sources and How to Use Them, 9-11am, SIRTI-Spokane Loan Briefing - 11:45-1pm, SBA/BIC Board/Staff Relationships 11am-2pm, SBDC-Spokane WA State Workforce Conference-Business Track: Business Services & New Laws, noon-5pm, WorkSource -Spokane 2004 Inland Northwest Tourism Awards, 4:30-6:30pm, Spokane WA NAWBO Business Roundtable, 5:30pm	IRS #1-Setting Up for IRS: Choosing the Right Identity 6-9pm, SBDC - Kennewick How to Prepare a Business Plan SCORE-Wenatchee Mid-Columbia Awards Banquet, Tri-Cities Accounts Payable & Receivable with QuickBooks Pro, 2:30-5pm, Walla Walla SBDC
14	Financial Mgmt. for NonProfits 8-10am, SBDC Spokane Starting a Business in Idaho, 9-11am, SBDC-N. ID, Post Falls, ID
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17	QuickBooks Extras, 6-9pm, SBDC-Spokane
18	Schedule C, Sole Proprietors, 8:30am-noon IRS/BIC Spokane Palm Pilot Tips & Tricks, 6-9pm, SBDC-Spokane Evaluating a Franchise Opportunity, 6-8:30pm, SBDC-N. ID, Post Falls, ID How Small Business Can Navigate the Corporate Maze, 5:30-8pm, AHANA-Spokane	Find Business Opportunities through Market Research, 7:15-8:30am, PNL-Richland, WA Broadband for Small Business, 6-9pm, SBDC Kennewick Starting A Business, Questions You Were Afraid to Ask, 6-9pm, SBDC, Richland WA Patents, Trademarks & Copyrights- SBDC Walla Walla
19	Principles of Marketing - 8:30-noon, SCORE Finding & Evaluating-Franchise Opportunities, 6-9pm, SBDC-Spokane Recordkeeping with QuickBooks, 6-9pm, SBDC-Spokane
20	Spokane PTAC Event 7:30-9am SBA 8a Orientation 9-10am, BIC-Spokane OMWBE - State Certification Briefing, 10am-11:30am, BIC-Spokane He Said, She Said - Communication or Confrontation- Noon -2:00pm, Liberty Lake, WA NAWBO, BIC, and Spokane Valley Chamber Is Your Business Idea Feasible?, 6-9pm, SBDC Spokane Spokane Valley Chamber - Networking Night 5-7pm, Spokane Valley Board Recruitment & Retention, 6-9pm SBDC Spokane Launchpad 6.0, INTEC, Spokane	The Missing Link to Profits, 7-9am, SBDC Walla Walla Payroll & Sales Tax with QuickBooks Pro, 2:30-5pm, Walla Walla SBDC/WWCC Small Business Money Management, 6-9pm, SBDC Kennewick Business Marketing SCORE Wenatchee
21	Business Connections Breakfast, 7am SVCC-Spokane Valley
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24	Payroll Recordkeeping, 6-9pm, SBDC-Spokane
25	Slick Tricks & New Tricks of Hackers: Low Tech Attacks, 7:15-9am, TINCAN - Spokane Using the Internet to Reach New Customers, 8-1pm, BBB & US Dept. of Commerce Managing Your Cash Flow, 6-9pm, (concludes 5/27), SBDC-Spokane	Time Management, 6-9pm, SBDC Kennewick
26	Recordkeeping Basics - 8:30am - noon, SCORE PreBusiness Workshop, 6-9pm, SBDC-Spokane ID Dept. of Commerce Disadvantaged Business Enterprise & SBA HUBZone Orientation -Post Falls, ID	The Perfect Pitch: Proposals that Get Results, 8-11 am, PNL, Richland, WA WA Policy Center’s: Issues Facing Small Business, 11:30am, TCAC, Kennewick
27	Doing Business with Hanford, 7:30-11:30am Spokane PTAC-SBA/BIC Business Fraud Seminar 8-noon - BBB Loan Briefing - 11:45-1pm, SBA/BIC	ID Dept. of Commerce Disadvantaged Business Enterprise & SBA HUBZone Orientation -Lewiston, ID IRS #2-Sole Proprietor/ Schedule C & Expenses 6-9pm, SBDC Kennewick
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Memorial Day Weekend
6/1		Simple (but Effective)Strategic Planning 6-9pm, SBDC Kennewick Starting A Business, Questions You Were Afraid to Ask, 6-9pm, SBDC, Richland WA
6/2	Agora Awards - Spokane Regional Chamber Basics of Starting a Small Business-SCORE	Placing Your Bets: Where Will the Smart Money Land? 4-5:30pm, Pasco, WA
6/3		Business Sales & Promotion SCORE Wenatchee Overcoming Invisibility-Public Relations Skill Development 6-9pm. SBDC Kennewick
6/4	Ethical Leadership at the Competitive Edge, 8am-5pm, Gonzaga Institute of Ethics, Spokane

6/7	Finding Money to Start a Business in the Spokane Area - 6-7:30pm, Spokane	Payroll 1 Using Quickbooks, 6-9pm, SBDC, Pasco
6/8
6/9	Business Plan: A Roadmap to Success 8:30-noon, Spokane, SCORE Inland NW Manufacturers Lunch, 11am-1pm, Coeur d'Alene - TechHelp Trade Mission Briefing (Ireland & Asia) 6pm, ITA - Spokane	Eye of the Investor Entrepreneur Seminar, Richland, WA 11am-5pm, WTC, SBDC, PNNL
6/10	Loan Briefing, 11:45-1pm, SBA/BIC	Business Legal Considerations - SCORE, Wenatchee IRS#3 Employment & Sales Tax, Federal & State, 6-9pm, SBDC, Kennewick
6/11 &12	The New Art of Hiring Smart, 9-10am CDA Chamber, Coeur d'Alene Trade Week Luncheon, Spokane, WA.
6/14		Payroll 2 for Quickbooks, 6-9pm, SBDC, Pasco
6/17	CONNECT NW Investor Forum, 9am-5pm, Spokane - Register by May 17
6/18		Eye of the Investor Entrepreneur Seminar, Wenatchee, WA 11am-5pm, WTC, SBDC
6/22	Idaho SBDC Awards Luncheon, noon Coeur d'Alene, ID
6/24	WA State Dept. of General Administration Vendor Education Seminar, 8am-5pm Spokane

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Small Business Month is Presented by the Following Organizations:

Additional Participating Organizations Include:

To SNAP Microenterprise Assistance Program for Spokane County Washington

To the Washington Economic Development Association

Link to Dept. of Commerce - Intl. Trade Division

To WA State Office of Minority & Womens Business Enterprise Program

To the Terabyte Triangle Web Site, highlighting the most-wired area of the Inland NW - the Terabyte Triangle in Spokane

To Eastern Washington University Center for Entrepreneurial Activities

to Washington State Psychological Association

To the Washington Specialty Foods Association

To AHANA Business & Professional Association (Asian, Hispanic, African American, Native American)

USAF -Fairchild AFB - 92nd Contracting Group

To Walla Walla Valley Chamber of Commerce

To Spokane Neighborhood Economic Alliance

To Tri-County Economic Development District serving Pend Oreille, Ferry & Stevens Co. WA

To the SE WA Business Information Center


Colville Tribe's Small Business Resource Center

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