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The SBA Office of Capital Access will host a webinar series for small business owners to discuss the COVID EIDL (Economic Injury Disaster Loan) program’s small business loans. The COVID EIDL program is a Federal small business loan program designed to support small businesses to recover from the COVID-19 economic recession by providing accessible and borrower-friendly capital.

The majority of the information in each webinar will be the same. Please also note these events are closed to press.

On July 28, 2021, the SBA launched a streamlined application portal to allow borrowers with Paycheck Protection Program loans of $150,000 or less through participating lenders to apply for forgiveness directly through the SBA.

This month we were proud to hear of various collaborations with One SCORE stakeholders, volunteers, chapters, and organizations across the country working together towards SCORE's Mission and Vision. Below are a few highlight stories for your enjoyment. Check out the Recognition Hub to view all these and more!

District-Wide Engage Training & Implementation - District Director Paul Waldeck coordinated a District-wide deployment strategy for Engage, rather than a Chapter level rollout, resulting in learning efficiencies and increased effectiveness using SCORE's new system.

Co-Mentoring from Florida to Ohio - SCORE SW Florida Volunteer, Nancy Chorpenning, reaches out to SCORE Greater Cincinnatti, James Maltry, for collaboration helping a client that needed specific guidance coaching Executive Directors of non-profits!

6 Hudson Valley SCORE Chapters Join Together for Greater Reach - Bob Janesak of SCORE Rockland shares how chapters around New York are connecting monthly to open lines of communication and find ways to support one another.

SCORE Engaging with City & County Government - Donald Fukumoto, of SCORE Hawaii, shares SCORE resources with the City's new Office of Economic Revitalization (OER). "By having SCORE National webinars included in our "SCORE Hawaii" website (One SCORE concept), it made it easy for the City and County of Honolulu to extract National webinars and place them in their newsletter. This reached more local businesses to help foster and accomplish their goals as Entrepreneurs."

SCORE has volunteer leadership positions open across the country. New this year, we are now able to post vacancies, providing a more transparent and inclusive leadership application process for SCORE volunteers. We invite all those interested in learning more about these opportunities to contribute to SCORE strategically to apply today!

Kindly submit applications as soon as possible, as we hope to fill all openings by the beginning of the next fiscal year, October 1, 2021. Applications will remain open and posted on the Support Center until roles are filled.

Posting requests are provided by SCORE Regional Vice Presidents. If you are interested in a local posting, contact your RVP.

SCORE has recently posted for the staff position of Director of Field Operations. The Director of Field Operations contributes to the day-to-day needs of field operations through direct interactions with the Field Leadership and Staff and is an integral role in helping to develop the strategic direction of the organization.

This opportunity is open to any interested individuals who currently may be SCORE volunteers or to share with anyone you know who would be able and interested in this role. The job application can be found on SCORE.org or directly here.

New menu and navigation updates have been made on www.score.org. These updates provide more information about who we are, what we do, how end-users can get involved. The updated menu also more prominently displays our major programs and initiatives. If your chapter has customized menu options, these settings will stay the same.

In the Website Navigation Updates document, you can learn more about these changes and see an outline of the new menu options.

Chapters can now create recorded webinars on chapter sites. If your chapter is interested in hosting recorded webinars on your website, we recommend storing webinar recordings on YouTube as an unlisted video. You can do this by downloading your recording and transcript from Zoom and uploading it to your chapter's YouTube account, and marking it as "unlisted."

All chapters currently have access to a free premium VolunteerMatch account funded through SCORE HQ, and will continue to provide all chapters with a premium VolunteerMatch account into FY22. With a premium account, chapters have access to the full suite of recruitment tools that basic accounts do not have. Such as:

For more information on using this platform, you can review the following page on the Support Center: How to use VolunteerMatch to Recruit New Volunteers.

The Annual Code of Ethics helps our volunteers ensure the highest quality and standard in providing services to our clients. This module is required by all SCORE volunteers to be completed annually. It will be open for volunteers beginning July 1 and must be completed by August 31.

Please note that the SCORE Training site does require the use of pop-ups for this specific site. See a guide on disabling common pop-up blockers for SCORE specifically here.

Because of the Virtual Leadership Conference taking place next week, there will be no Marketing or Webmaster Training Webinars on August 11 or 12. They will resume on their regular cadence in September.

Join SCORE’s social media team to learn how to better manage your chapter’s social media platforms, increase engagement and grow your followers. View recorded social media webinars.

Tune into this webinar to learn about topics such as upcoming marketing campaigns, branding, email marketing, and more. View recorded marketing webinars.

Information specific to chapter webmasters is reviewed during this webinar, such as upcoming website sprints or website best practices. View recorded webmaster training webinars.

The SCORE Foundation is thrilled to announce a new national partnership with Dell Technologies. Dell will be supporting educational content for SCORE.org as well as the Austin chapter’s Annual Women Entrepreneurs Summit. Dell also included a special offer in the SCORE Foundation Marketplace.

SCORE clients and volunteers can receive an additional 5-10% off already discounted Dell products!