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SBTDC Training Opportunities
October 2011
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Accounting Basics for Small Businesses | |
 With a solid understanding of basic accounting principles, business owners and bookkeepers can effectively communicate and interpret the financial results of their business. This program will provide participants with a solid foundation for developing their small business accounting methods, while serving as a platform for understanding and applying concepts presented in other SBTDC seminars related to business finances, such as QuickBooks® and Understanding Financial Statements. This class is focused on the small business owner or prospective owner who wants to understand accounting basics in order to determine how to set up bookkeeping practices for a business. Learn basic terminology and explore typical transactions encountered in a small business environment. The seminar participants will:- Understand why formal books are useful and necessary for all businesses
- Discover explanations of common accounting terminology
- Understand the difference in cash vs. accrual accounting
- Learn basic information about chart of accounts
- Understand basic double-entry accounting (debits & credits)
- Explore typical accounting errors and how to correct them
- Learn how to relate the books back to your financial statements
Date: October 11, 2011
Time: 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Place: Missouri State's Glass Hall (west entrance)
Fee: $109.00 per person
Instructors: Isabel Eisenhauer, SBTDC Consultant
Certificate of completion provided.
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Business Performance: Measure, Manage & Succeed | |
 Realize the benefits of a performance measurement system that allows you to manage time and resources to make your business more competitive. The Balanced Scorecard is a measurement and management system that channels the energies, abilities and specific knowledge of people in your company toward achieving business goals. It measures performance in critical areas that are key to your success. Each business has a unique path to success. The steps to develop a Balanced Scorecard force your company to clarify its strategy and key success factors. The scorecard then becomes a tool that improves communication, empowers people to make informed decisions and aligns work throughout the company. With these tools, you can outperform the competition.
Topics include:- Articulate the key factors to your success
- Organize them into categories
- Select measures to manage performance
- Establish goals for each measure
- Narrow the measures to vital few
- Develop a data collection system
- Communicate what is important
- Make the measures meaningful to everyone in the company
- Evaluate, revise and redeploy
Date: October 18, 2011
Time: 8:30 am - 12:30 pm
Place: Missouri State's Glass Hall (west entrance)
Fee: $129.00 per person
Instructors: Isabel Eisenhauer, SBTDC Consultant
Certificate of completion provided.
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| |  QuickBooks for Your Business | |
 This powerful accounting system for small businesses will enable you to track the progress of your company and at the same time allow you to focus on your business, not on being an accountant. QuickBooks is a tool you can use to automate the tasks you will need to perform as a business owner to document and track the accounting activity of your existing business, or to set up a new business. This course will provide an opportunity for hands-on practice. It is designed for PC users only.
Topics include:
- Setting up QuickBooks
- Working with lists and accounts
- Entering sales information, receiving payments and making deposits
- Entering and paying bills
- Analyzing financial data
- Setting up inventory
- Tracking and paying sales tax
- Doing payroll with QuickBooks
- Estimating and progress invoicing
- Tracking time
- Customizing forms and writing QuickBooks letters
Date: October 19, 2011
Place: Missouri State's Glass Hall (west entrance)
Fee: $179.00 per person
Instructors: Vicki Lindsey, CPA, Kirkpatrick, Phillips & Miller, CPAs
Certificate of completion provided.
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Human Resources
Legal Issues Series: |
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Managing human resources has become one of the most complicated and risky aspects of operating a business today. This class is designed to help you understand key federal and state laws regarding human resources issues and allow you to create a positive, fair and comfortable work environment in today's competitive job market.
Through an understanding of labor and employment law you will reduce the costs of hiring mistakes, improve employee retention, and reduce your risk of potential lawsuits.
Topics include:
- Employment at will and exceptions
- The Family Medical Leave Act and how it may affect your business
- How to handle hiring, disciplining and terminating employees
- Negligent hiring and retention in Missouri
- Service letter in Missouri
Date: October 13, 2011
Time: 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Place: Missouri State's Glass Hall (west entrance)
Fee: $109.00 per person; $297.00 for the series of 3 (Save $30)
Instructors: Eric Jensen, O'Reilly & Jensen Law Firm
Certificate of completion provided.
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| | Establishing Essential Human Resources & Record-keeping | |
As small businesses continue to grow, the need for a professionally run human resources "department" increases. Learn when human resources should be established as a formal entity and how further developing an HR function can contribute to the growth of your company. Every aspect of business is affected by the human resources function. Owners and managers need to understand how to set-up and manage this key area of operations. Both HR professionals and non-HR practitioners responsible for human resources-related activities should attend this seminar.
Topics include:
- Conducting an initial needs assessment
- Writing & introducing employee handbooks
- Creating complete job descriptions
- Establishing compensation, benefits and performance appraisal programs
- Maintaining viable records, policies and procedures
- Developing pre-employment requirements
- Organizing orientation materials for new employees
- Managing internal reporting systems and communication techniques
Date: October 20, 2011
Time: 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Place: Missouri State's Glass Hall (west entrance)
Fee: $109.00 per person; $297.00 for the series of 3 (Save $30)
Instructors: Lori Strawhun, PHR, SPHR, Springfield-Greene County Library District
Certificate of completion provided.
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| | Personnel Law: Common HR Mistakes & Hot Topics | |
Being aware of legal issues and ensuring compliance throughout your organization is a significant responsibility. Government regulations are constantly changing and being added. Learn about some of the most common legal mistakes made by managers, and about key employment laws in easy-to-understand terms. Supervisory practices and procedures that were once considered standard are now a lawsuit waiting to happen. This seminar will further review the most current changes in human resources laws and in the workplace.
Topics include:
- Common issues under the Fair Labor Standards Act
- Americans with Disabilities Act policies and procedures
- Workers' compensation in Missouri
- How to avoid discrimination lawsuits
- Retaliation claims
Date: October 27, 2011
Time: 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Place: Missouri State's Glass Hall (west entrance)
Fee: $109.00 per person; $297.00 for the series of 3 (Save $30)
Instructors: Eric Jensen, O'Reilly & Jensen Law Firm
Certificate of completion provided.
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 www.sbtdc.missouristate.edu Visit our website to view a complete listing of all of our educational training seminars, or to subscribe to our email list.
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Funded in part through a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration. Programs are extended to the public on a non-discriminatory basis. Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities will be made if requested at least two weeks in advance. Contact Tara Horton, Missouri State University SBTDC, 901 S. National, Springfield, MO 65897, (417) 836-5685.
Missouri State University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Institution.
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