Brown Bag Lunch Workshop Series Presented by Wakulla County Chamber of Commerce

The Wakulla County Chamber of Commerce is excited to announce the “Brown Bag Lunch Series,” a variety of workshops designed to assist area businesses. Through partnerships with the Jim Moran Institute, Tallahassee Community College and the FAMU Small Business Development Center, each workshop will provide relevant and useful tools to assist businesses in growing and prospering in today’s economy.

{sidebar id=1}The Creating Leaders Series, presented by the Jim Moran Institute is designed for business leaders and their leadership team. The interactive workshops address essential leadership, management and business skills. The Creating Leaders Series will begin April 15th with Leadership Essentials. Topics to be discussed include the role of a leader, building credibility as a leader and best practices of effective leaders.

The second workshop in the series, Time Management being held on May 13th, will include planning and analyzing your time, assessing your time management skills, working more effectively and efficiently and dealing with interruptions.

The last workshop, Management through Coaching and Mentoring held on June 3rd, will focus on the benefits of coaching and mentoring to the business and the individual.

“The mission of The Jim Moran Institute (JMI) for Global Entrepreneurship in the College of Business at Florida State University is to nurture the growth and development of entrepreneurship in the global marketplace,” said Barbara Lay, Associate Director of Outreach.

Tallahassee Community College, through the Wakulla Center, will be offering the Essential Business Tools Series. The series is comprised of four workshops:

Promoting Your Business through Advertising and Publicity held April 21st;
Ethics in the Workplace on May 19th;
Professional Business Writing on June 16th; and
Improving Employee Work Habits on July 21st.

{sidebar id=1}Each workshop will provide valuable tools such as maximizing your marketing efforts, establishing ethics, codes of conduct and communicating effectively and efficiently.

“TCC is pleased to work with the Chamber to bring more workforce training opportunities Wakulla County,” said John Chapin, Vice President for Workforce Development.

Anyone interested in starting a business and/or developing a business plan will want to take advantage of the workshops being provided the FAMU Small Business Development Center. These workshops assist businesses in understanding the path one must take when requesting funding for their business as well as creating a business plan for success. The Small Business Financing Workshop is being held on June 8th with Developing a Business Plan on July 13th.

“The SBDC at FAMU is committed to continuing to support small business creation and expansion in Wakulla,” said Robert Nixon, Executive Director. “We are excited by the prospect of working with the Chamber and other stakeholders to promote quality job creation, increased capital investment and regional commerce by providing relevant training and technical assistance.”

Each workshop will begin at 11:30 am and will range from one (1) to two (2) hours. The workshops are free for Chamber members, however, registration is required. For non-Chamber members interested in attending the workshops, individual workshops are available for $10, or purchase each individual series for $25. For those interested in taking advantage of the entire Brown Bag Lunch Series, the Chamber is offering a buy two get one free! Please contact the Chamber Office at (850) 926-1848 to learn about the packaging programs available and to register today.

This information originally published on March 25, 2010.

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