Travel Beautiful Appalachia, Inc. (TBAI)

McDowell County Classes

June, July, August, & September 2011

All classes will be held at the Ashland Company Store

ABC’s of Marketing Your Business

What you really need to know to market your business.

Discover the basic concepts in marketing, from the 4Ps

to the free ways to market your business. Leverage

resources to deliver quality marketing plans into

marketing campaigns for your business.

Tuesday, June 21st ~ 10am-1pm

$20 per person includes all handouts

Register today to secure your spot in the classes above.

Spaces are limited.

Call: 304-862-4800 or 304-862-3364

Email: jpersiani@hotmail.com or

dianarobinette@hotmail.com

A $50 deposit is required to hold your spot in the

Grant Writing Class and the Internet/Website Design Class.

Funding Your Business

Do you need money to start your business? Do you

need money to grow your business? Do you need

equipment? Do you need to hire new employees?

If you answered yes to any of the questions above, then

this is the workshop for you. Discover what programs

are available. Are there really grants out there for small

business? What loan funds are available? What help is

available to prepare your funding package?

Tuesday, June 21st ~ 2-4pm

$20 per person includes all handouts

Grant Writing Basics

This day and a half, workshop will help aspiring grant

writer’s approach grant writing in an organized, calm

manner. Discover the essential parts of every grant.

Develop your organization’s story, your needs, and how

to locate the funder to address those issues. A well

organized and heart-felt story may work for a

foundation but an impeccable budget and provable

deliverables will satisfy a government grant. Discover

the differences and similarities between foundations,

companies, federal, state, and specialty funding.

Additional available resources both free and at cost will

be explored. Determine what resources your

organization needs to meet its funding demands. Class

is limited to 30.

Tuesday, July 19th ~ 9:30am-4pm and

Wednesday, July 20th ~ 9:30am-2pm

$85 per person includes all handouts and lunch both days

This training is made possible through funding provided by the USDA‐RC and Travel

Beau��ful Appalachia, Inc. TBAI in partnership with WBC present this training. The

Women’s Business & Training Center (WBC) is funded in part through a grant award from

the U.S. Small Business Administra��on. All opinions, conclusions, or recommenda��ons

expressed are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of SBA.

Reasonable accommoda��ons for persons with disabili��es will be made if requested at

least two weeks in advance. Contact The Women’s Business & Training Center at 602

New River Town Center, Beckley, WV or 304‐253‐3145, who will make the arrangements.

Business Plan Writing

Discover the components of a business plan as we explore the questions you need to address. We will cover the

Objective, Business Description, Marketing, and Organizational Plan in this class. We will also touch on the financial

plan. All attendees will receive a workbook to help guide them through the process of writing a business plan. Includes

workbook and materials and email/phone assistance for attendees for 30 days after the class.

Thursday, July 7th and Thursday, July 14th ~ 10am-4pm

$85 per person includes all handouts and lunch both day

Basic Photoshop Elements

Create a masterpiece with basic Photoshop Elements 9.

Discover techniques that can save a bad shot and make a

good picture great. Then turn it up with frames, filters,

text and collages. Basic Photoshop Elements 9 topics to

be covered include: intro to the interface; workspace

setup preferences; tools palette; intro to layers; photo

editing; and more. Class is limited to 12.

What is Photoshop Elements 9? A reasonably priced

software program that allows you to organize with ease,

create extraordinary photos, make personalized creations

(greeting cards, calendars, scrapbook pages, etc.) and share

your photos.

Wednesday, July 27th ~ 10am-4pm

$55 per person includes all handouts and lunch

Using the Internet & Website Design

This two day course covers exploring the web, using the

internet for your business, developing content for your

website and creating a website using Homestead.com.

At the conclusion of the course, attendees will leave the

class with the basis of a strong website. Class is limited

to 12. You must be registered by August 3rd.

Wednesday, August 10th & Thursday, August 11th

10am-4:30pm

$135 per person includes all handouts and lunch both days

Register today to secure your spot in the classes above.

Call: 304-862-4800 or 304-862-3364

Email: jpersiani@hotmail.com or

dianarobinette@hotmail.com

A $50 deposit is required to hold your spot in the

Grant Writing Class and the Internet/Website Design Class.

ABC’s of Starting a Business

Dream of owning your own business? Then this is the

training for you! Learn how to obtain a business license,

plan and finance your business, and choose a business

location. Get marketing tips, legal structure advice,

business resources and much more!

Tuesday, August 16th ~ 10am-12n

$20 per person

Business Planning & Financing

Want to get your business idea off to the right start?

Attend this training where you will discover the basics

of how to research and develop a business plan that will

serve as the blueprint for your business idea. You will

also explore how to prepare a budget and other financial

data required to determine the feasibility of your idea or

to package a loan when seeking funding sources.

Tuesday, August 16th ~ 1pm-3pm

$20 per person

This training is made possible through funding provided by the USDA-RC and Travel Beautiful Appalachia, Inc.

TBAI in partnership with WBC present this training. The Women’s Business & Training Center (WBC)is funded in part through

a grant award from the U.S. Small Business Administration. All opinions, conclusions, or recommendations expressed

are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of SBA.

Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities will be made if requested at least two weeks

in advance. Contact The Women’s Business & Training Center at 602 New River Town Center, Beckley, WV or

304-253-3145, who will make the arrangements.

Financial Plan Writing

Take your business to the next level by planning your

budget, your business growth and your financial future

in this 2 day course. This is a critical part of any loan

package and is an essential part of the financial

management of your business. Includes workbook and

materials and email/phone assistance for attendees for

30 days after the class.

Thursday, September 1st & Thursday, September 15th

10am-4pm

$85 per person includes all handouts and lunch both days

Email Marketing

Low-cost marketing at the press of a send button!

Discover safe, legal, easy to use ways to reach your

customers about sales, new products, or specific items

they asked about. Hands-on class utilizing Constant

Contact.

Wednesday, September 14th ~ 10am-3pm

$30 per person includes all handouts and lunch