DMMO’s Wine & Food Showcase 2010 will be held on March 5 at the Downtown Marriott Hotel. The area’s finest restaurants, wineries, breweries, and distributors will show off their most delectable offerings. The proceeds of the event support the programs of the company’s Education Division. From 5:30 to 8:30, The Grand Tasting offers you an opportunity to enjoy unlimited samples of wines, beers, coffees, teas and cuisines from around the world. Tickets are $50 per person or $35 eac...

 Business Farm and Home Show

SAVE THE DATE!!!

DO YOU KNOW HOW TO PERFORM CPR? NOW IS YOUR CHANCE TO LEARN.<...

Brenda Schmitt ISU Extension Family Resource Management Specialist will be helping clients with their 2009 Tax filing. Call to make an appointment for this great opportunity. Requirements are basic returns for low to moderate income levels (less than $49,000). Auxilary aids and interpre...

To assist, disseminate and promote services, education and networking opportunities to independent inventors. Monthly speaker will talk about areas of interest to inventors. See website for details. Open Free meeting - dress casual.

 Northeast Iowa Community College is offering Learn Word 2007 in One Day. Cost $99. #0031808

SmartStart is a workshop designed for anyone who is considering starting a new business.  We focus on the feasibility of starting your business as well as information about numerous other topics including: 

 The Business Book Club (BBC) meets to discuss relevant and thought-provoking business books in order to learn current business trends and ideas, discover tools for personal and professional growth, connect with business colleagues, and identify organizational best practices. Who should attend? Curious business ...

Sponsored by: Hills Bank and University of Iowa Research Foundation (UIRF)

 Maureen Osako, founding member and owner of Informatics, will discuss new social media such as Facebook and Tweeter and their importance in today's communication. This presentation is sponsore by the Eastern Iowa Chpater of the Society for Technical Communication.

 These basic courses are needed to become a disaster volunteer for the America Red Cross. This course continues over four evenings: March 9th (5:30-8:30pm), 11th (5:30-8:30pm), 16th (5:30-8:30pm) and March 18th (5:30-8:30pm). You must attend a...

Planning to begin a business or to improve a...

Employers: Employees are required to report to you tips of $20 or more earned during February. Deposit payroll tax for payments on March 3-5 if the semiweekly deposit rule applies.

 Beyond the basics, participants in this seminar will build on the knowledge they gained in Level I as they learn to work with physical inventory and sales tax, set up and use QuickBooks® payroll, and deal with the "other" accounts found on the balance sheet, such as current assets and long-te...

A one-time comprehensive workshop that covers the essentials of starting a small business. You will learn:

• The  basics of what you need to do to start doing business.
• How to write...

"Good Morning Cedar Valley" events help our busy members stay in the know about community and business issues. These events feature Cedar Valley community Mayors and a County Board of Supervisors representative. Breakfast is served. There is no cost to attend. RSVP is required.  

Chamber networking events are open to all chamber members and their employees.

 4th Annual Leadership Challenge

 ...

 Learn to:

•  Brainstorm Business Ideas

 Northeast Iowa Community College is offering MS Excel 2007 Level 2. Cost $99. #0031804

Contact Continuing Education Program Manager Maura Jones at 800-728-2256 ext 224 or email jonesm3@portal.nicc.edu to sign up!<...

Put Success in Succession is a workshop that will be provided across the State of Iowa to educate business owners on how to sustain a company before and during the transition to ne...

 Do you want to learn how to set up a Facebook page for your business or organization?   We can help you get up and going in one evening so you can begin networking, promoting and marketing your business or organization.  Don’t miss this incredible opportunity. 

Do you know how to pair wine with foods? Old rules don't apply anymore!

Business of Enterprising Etiquette at My Verona- 419 Main Street in Cedar Falls

6:00pm - Wine Tasting

 Do you really need a business plan? Is it possible to start a business without a plan? You can, but that’s doing things the hard way. A business plan is your roadmap to success. It is a way to test the feasibilit...

IRS Federal Website: http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/index.html

One of a business’ greatest resources is its information. Unfortunately, that information is under almost constant threat from the merely mischievous to the diabolical. Guarding your company’s assets are people who speak a foreign language of bits and bytes, a/k/a your Information Technology (IT) staff. How helpful would straight answers, in plain English, about protecting ...

IRS Federal Website: http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/index.html

Learn to:

• Brainstorm Business Ideas
• Start a New Business
• Identify Target Markets
• Check Feasibility
• Learn the Secrets of Successful Businesses
• Understand the Legal Forms of Business Ownership

Register at: 

FastTrac® LaunchPad™ (Forest City & Garner)

 Instructor: Petersen
When: Thursdays, Feb.19 - April 23
Times: 6 - 9:30 pm
Where: NIACC Campus, Room PC117
Tuition: $149
Course#: BUS-143-N001

Recommended: Student...

IRS Federal Website: http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/index.html

Website: http://www.iowaflowershow.com
Date: Friday Mar 19, 2010 - Sunday Mar 21, 2010
Time: Fri 1 - 8pm, Sat 10am - 7pm, Sun 11am - 4pm
Admission: Adults: $6.95, Seniors (62+...

 Northeast Iowa Community College is offering Learn Excel 2007 in One Day. Cost $99. #0031977

Contact Continuing Education Program Manager Maura Jones at 800-728-2256 ext 224 or email jonesm3@portal.nicc.edu to sign u...

If you are a business owner or considering a start-up entrepreneurial enterprise in WDM now is the perfect time to learn how to take your ideas to the Next Level. “New Beginnings” will provide you with the basics of planning and help you in managing your business into today’s ever changing marketplace as well as applying for funding opportunities ...

Register by March 12, 2010

 Do you have a recipe that you KNOW will be a hit at the supermarket?!

 Class Registration Information for All Southeastern SBDC Classes

Call 319-752-2731 ext. 5375 or toll-free 866-722-4692 ext. 5375

Payment is due at time of registration - MasterCard, V...

 Partn...

Put Success in Succession is a workshop that will be provided across the State of Iowa to educate business owners on how to sustain a company before and during the transition to new leadership. This initiative is a statewide public/private pa...

For Immediate Release

 Part 1 of a 2 part series. Let us help you build a profitable business. You'll get off to a running start with our first Smart Start workshop, which focuses on the feasibility of the venture and helps you begin the process of writing a business plan. (upon completion of the Smart Start series, you may contact ...

Holiday Inn Downtown

1050 6th Ave.
Des Moines, Iowa  50309
Registration 7 a.m.
Breakfast 7:30 – 8:30 a.m.
Networking 8:30 – 9 a.m.<...

 For more information, please contact Jennifer Holm at 515-290-2724.

IRS Federal Website: http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/index.html

 time and money by getting involved in the record keeping of your farming operation. Farming examples will be used to...

In many organizations, the company’s vision resides only in the leader, either by design or because he or she hasn’t effectively communicated it to the rest of the organization. At the March edition of the Business Insights and Networking Luncheon on Wednesday, March 24, 2010, Mike Wagner, president and CEO of the White Rabbit Group, will help attendees learn to install the vision throughout their organizations—into the hearts and minds of every employee.

“Whe...

 Part 2 of a 2 part series. Cash flows and accounting reports contain information so useful that they can dramatically improve every aspect of your business. Let us help you understand them. If you are starting a brand new enterprise or are already operating an established business, this course will lead you ou...

There’s no shortage of enthusiasm for starting or growing a business. And seemingly no limit to the availability of “how to,” “what to do,” and even “when to do it” guides for entrepreneurs.  So how do you find your way through the clutter to find the information you really want? Ge...

program for BPW - Business and Professional Women and also open to the public

Learn & Do:

Who should really start a Small Business?

How to become a successful Micropreneur/Solopreneur by starting a unique micro-business.

What resouces do I need to start my own business?

Follow an Easy 10 Step Plan to Launching your Small Business!

Call 888-946-0669 to register - seating is limited.

&#...

This program is designed to help business owners, managers and employees successfully implement sustainability programs that reduce environmental footprints and improve their financial performance. Led by Jeff Carey and Mike DeMuth.

How To Manage Nests of Negativity: Stop the Finger Pointing, Gossiping and Complaining

It happens in all organizations - gossiping, ...

 Are you LinkedIn?  More and more business professionals are using social networks to build relationships, m...

Are you a business owner or the person who takes care of the accounting in your office? Are you unsure of how to read financial statements your accountant provides you? Would you like to learn more about accounting and how the financial statements can help your business?

In this workshop you will get all the information you need in a fun...

 The SBDC Smart Start class discusses the proper progression toward opening a business, and focuses on the feasibility of the venture, which leads to the process of writing a business plan-the best tool for evaluating the business idea.

Contact: Ms. Pat Tigges, 563.588.3350 or 

IRS Federal Website: http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/index.html

 Northeast Iowa Community College is offering MS Excel 2007 Level 2. Cost $99. #0031978

Contact Continuing Education Program Manager Maura Jones at 800-728-2256 ext 224 or email

 Northeast Iowa Community College is offering Iowa Sales, Use and Local Option Taxes. Cost $15. #0032158

If you are a business owner or considering a start-up entrepreneurial enterprise in WDM now is the perfect time to learn how to take your ideas to the Next Level. “New Beginnings” will provide you with the basics of planning and help you in managing your business into today’...

 Put Success in Succession Workshops 

Put Success in Suc...

Put Success in Succession is a workshop that will be provided across the State of Iowa to educate business owners on how to sustain a company before and during the transition to new leadership. This initiative is a statewide publi...

 A one-time comprehensive workshop that covers the essentials of starting a small business. You will learn:

• The  basics of what you need to do to start doing business.
• Ho...

The Midstates Community and Economic Development Conference will provide a forum for sharing successful strategies and innovative ideas to advance community and rural development in Nebraska, Iowa, and South Dakota.

Electronically file Forms W-2, W-2G, 1098, 1099, and 8027. File Form 730 and pay the tax on wagers accepted during February. File Form 2290 and pay the tax for vehicles first used in February. Deposit payroll tax for payments on March 24-26 if the semiweekly deposit rule applies.

 Class Registration Information for All Southeastern SBDC Classes

Call 319-752-2731 ext. 5375 or toll-free 866-722-4692 ext. 5375

Payment is due at time of regi...

 You may never be called upon to read a formal financial statement or actually perform accounting, BUT the reality is that the more that you know about business – the better manager or supervisor you can be.

In this session we are going to look at some basic financial tools and then spend some time looking at how the decisions t...

There’s no shortage of enthusiasm for starting or growing a business. And seemingly no limit to the availability of “how to,” “what to do,” and even “when to do it” guides for entrepreneurs.  So how do you find your way through the clutter to find the information you really want? Ge...

 Learn to:

&...

 Are you a business owner or the person who takes care of the accounting in your office? Are you unsure of how to read financial statements your accountant provides you? Would you like to learn more about accounting and how the financial statements can help your business?

In this workshop you will get all the information you nee...

Location:   UNI's Business and Community Services Building - 8120 Jennings Drive  Cedar Falls IA 50614
Title:  How to Start an Internet Business
Cost:  150
Dates:  Every Thursday in April starting April 1st at 6:30

If you can surf the Internet, you can start an online business.  The purpose of the class is to give you enough information so t...