Wednesday Sept 1st
10:30 a.m. - Noon

Developing Your Marketing and Advertising Strategy
Christine Sikerbol, PARO Centre for Women's Enterprise

Essentials for any Business! 

• Marketing and advertising essentials for any business
• Developing your strategy for effective exposure

Wednesday Sept 1st
12:15 - 1:15 p.m.

Secrets to Success
Maggie Holbik, Crystal Clear Coaching

Certified Life Coach with the Life Purpose Institute

• Do you want to reach your next success level?
• Are you struggling to make a profit?
• Find out the real stuff-SUCCESS IS THE ONLY OPTION!

Wednesday Sept 8th
10 - 11 a.m.

Business Expenses & Budgeting
Barbara Gauthier, PARO Centre for Women's Enterprise

Business expenses and budgeting leave you confused?
We will help you make sense of it all...

• Variable vs. Fixed Expenses
• What is your reliable income?
• How to budget for your business

Wednesday Sept 8th
12:15 - 1:15 p.m.

"Getting the Money"
Pauline Shesnicky, Thunder Bay Ventures

• How to get funding
• What steps are involved
• How can this work for you

Wednesday Sept 15th
10 a.m. - Noon

Business Uses for MS Excel
Christine Sikerbol, PARO Centre for Women's Enterprise

What to do with all the paper that flows in and out of a business!

• Filing mechanics and systems, record retention guidelines, bank
  statements
• Cancelled cheques, accounts payable, accounts receivable, accounting
  chart of accounts, posting invoices and payments.

This is a hand-on computer workshop. If you would like to bring your laptop,
please do so, as resource centre space is limited.  

Wednesday Sept 15th
12:15 - 1:15 p.m.

The Good, The Bad... What were you thinking?
Brenda McDougall & Suzanne Tighe, PARO Centre for Women's Enterprise

Have you ever read an ad and wondered, "What were they thinking"?
Learn how to make the most of your marketing $$$

• Avoid costly bloopers and blunders
• Do it right the first time!

Wednesday Sept 22nd
10:30 a.m.- Noon

Record Keeping
Christine Sikerbol, PARO Centre for Women's Enterprise

• What to do with all the paper that flows in and out of a business
• Filing Mechanics and Systems
• Record retention guidelines
• Bank statements, cancelled cheques
• Accounts payable, accounts receivable
• Accounting chart of accounts
• Posting invoices and payments

Wednesday Sept 22nd
12:15 - 1:15 p.m.

Debt Freedom
Shirley DeWilde, Debt Freedom

Debt Freedom Financial helping to make choices in...

• Debt Management
• Revenue Protection
• Expense Control
• Asset Management

Wednesday Sept 29
10:30 a.m. - Noon

Book Keeping I
Christine Sikerbol, PARO Centre for Women's Enterprise

• 3 Categories of essential business tasks
• Daily recording of transactions
• Cash receipts (A/R)
• Cash disbursements (A/P)
• Bank reconciliations

Wednesday Sept 29
12:15- 1:15 p.m.

Labour Market
Service Canada- HRSBC

Job seekers, careers in transitions, or potential employers, this workshop
will provide you with valuable resources

• What's hot and what's not in the local labour market
• What you can do to prepare