Improve your business skills at Community Futures

Getting publicity for your business is one of the most powerful and cost effective promotional tactics you can learn. The rules are simple: conventions must be followed, but the pay-off is worth the effort. In Publicity: the New Media Advantage, learn the basics of publicity, what it is, why you should use it, and how to get it.

Life is too busy to read long product descriptions or dig deep into services. The modern customer wants to see the product in action and video content does it all. In DIY Videos for YouTube learn how to plan, shoot, and edit video for business.

Want to incorporate teaching into your business? In The Art of Instruction: How to Teach What You Know, instructor Carmen Ditzler guides you through styles of teaching, how to plan your class, what to do when you hit a rough patch, and more. Carmen Ditzler brings a careers-worth of knowledge, helping you share your expertise with your students.

Community Futures Workshop Schedule
APRIL
April 11 Conflict Resolution
April 14 Business Plan 101 (free)
April 18 Bookkeeping Lab
April 19 & 20 Building Your Website with WordPress
April 24 Publicity: The New Media Advantage
April 26 Bookkeeping Basics
MAY
May 1 Branding: Company Identity Design
May 2 & 9 DIY Videos for YouTube
May 4 Pinterest & Instagram for Beginners
May 8 Computer Lab
May 8 Me Inc. (free)
May 10 Blog Like You Mean Business
May 14 Social Media Demystified (free)
May 15 Bookkeeping Lab
May 17 Selling Products Online 101
May 23 Bookkeeping Basics
May 25 Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn for Beginners
May 30 Search Engine Optimization
May 30 & June 6 Communicating with Clarity
JUNE
June 6 Smartphone Apps for Small Business
June 7 WordPress.com LAB
June 8 Falling Into Business with the One You Love
June 12 Bookkeeping Lab
June 12 The Art of Instruction: How to Teach What You Know
June 13 Mac Basics for Productivity
June 14 Facebook: How to Engage Your Audience
June 15 Mailchimp 101: Small Business Email Marketing
June 19 Fusion: The Future of Digital Marketing
June 20 Mastering Productivity & Time Management
June 22 Business Plan 101 (free)
June 26 Writing Your Business Story
June 26 Me Inc. (free)
June 27 Bookkeeping Basics

To register for any of our workshops at Community Futures Central Kootenay:
Call (250) 352-1933 ext 100
Or visit our office 201-514 Vernon Street, Nelson (above Canada Post)
For a printable version of courses and descriptions, click here.