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FEATURED SPEAKER: Joe Chmelka President, Custom Printing and Mailing Company Iowa State University Extension, CIRAS and the U.S. Small Business Administration are happy to bring you another great Breakfast, Business & More. We are looking fo…

Can Your Business Weather a Recession? Have you gotten your economic stimulus check yet? Do you need to funnel those funds back into your business due to economic issues? Most pundits predict that we are heading into or are currently in a reces…

Des Moines Area Community College Building 18 Room 1 CRN 25187 To Register Call 1-800-342-0033 Pre-registration is REQUIRED to ensure seating and handouts. A nominal fee will be charged for each class. If provided, please use the course…

Hosted by Mike Sansone http://www.converstations .com/ The Central Iowa Bloggers monthly First Friday meetup/networking is at Panera U in West Des Moines University and 68th in West Des Moines

BNG Iowa RSVP required. 515-577-9633. www.BNGiowa.com. KIESLING ASSOCIATES LLP, 7780 Office Plaza Drive, S, Suite 184, West Des Moines (LOOK for the MONTEREY building)

WordPress 101: Using Plugins and Themes Small Business Radio Call-in Number: (646) 716-8886 Cal Evans, host of the Sixty Second Tech, joins us to discuss all things WordPress. He'll address when to use WordPress.com vs. WordPress.org, how to…

We launch our new quarterly branding breakfast AND lunch in May. For those of you who did not attend the March branding breakfast, here's the scoop. Based on the survey results, we're going to change things up a little. We're going to move to quart…

We launch our new quarterly branding breakfast AND lunch in May. For those of you who did not attend the March branding breakfast, here's the scoop. Based on the survey results, we're going to change things up a little. We're going to move to quart…

Is Your Team Working For You? Turn Your Team of Champions Into a Champion Team. If you?re ever going to take time out from running your business, then the people who work there will need to run it for you. In most businesses, employees are…

"Helping Your Business Idea Grow into Maturity" Tuesday evenings, twice a month 6:00pm ? 8:00pm ISU Small Business Development Center 2711 South Loop Dr., Bldg. #4 Ames, IA 50010 Sponsored by the Iowa SBDC and ISU Pappajohn Center for Entre…

Outclassing Your Competition May 14, 8:30am - 1:30pm Set yourself apart from the rest by joining us for a half-day examination and instruction of business and dining etiquette on Wednesday, May 14, at the Embassy Club, 801 Grand Ave. 40th Floor…

Enroll at: http://www.iowafarmbureau .com/renewruraliowa/semin ars.html Business Development Renew Rural Iowa Seminar! The seminar will take place at: Business Development Seminar: May 15, 2008 Isle of Capri Waterloo, IA Registrati…

BNG Iowa RSVP required. 515-577-9633. www.BNGiowa.com. KIESLING ASSOCIATES LLP, 7780 Office Plaza Drive, S, Suite 184, West Des Moines (LOOK for the MONTEREY building)

Have you or anyone you know been the victim of identity theft? If so, you are not alone ? identity theft is the fastest growing crime in the U.S. with over 10 million victims last year alone. If you?d like to learn what you can do to protect yourse…

Presented by: Mid Iowa SBDC Starts: 05/19/2008 Ends: 05/19/2008 Address: 10861 Douglas Ave City: Urbandale Start time: 6:00 p.m. End time: 8:00 p.m. Who to contact: Sherry Shafer Phone: 515-331-8954 Register Here: http://www.iabusnet.org/w or…

Tero® International, Inc. Beyond Compromise: A Better Way To Negotiate Program length: two-days Times: 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. both days Location: Tero Learning Center Address: 1840 NW 118th St., Suite 107, Des Moines, Iowa 50325 Regis…

Tero® International, Inc. IMPACT®: How To Speak Your Way To Success Program length: two-days January 9 - 10, 2008 Times: 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. both days Location: Tero Learning Center Register at http://www.tero.com/ Address: 184…

Presented by: Mid Iowa SBDC Starts: 05/20/2008 Ends: 05/20/2008 Address: 10861 Douglas Ave City: Urbandale Start time: 6:00 p.m. End time: 9:00 p.m. Who to contact: Sherry Shafer Phone: 515-331-8954 Register Here: http://www.iabusnet.org/w or…

DATE: May 20, 2008 TIME: 6:00 - 7:30 p.m. LOCATION: NIACC John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center, Mason City, IA RE: Grant Writing Pre-registration encouraged â?? free event Can request a booth for display. Interact with other entrepreneurs…

Business Building Breakfasts May 21, 7:30am - 8:30am Tim Johnson, chief accomplishment officer of Carpe Factum, Inc., will be covering the topic of Project Management. IowaBiz holds their monthly Business Branding Breakfast the third Wednesda…

Tero® International, Inc. IMPACT®: How To Speak Your Way To Success Program length: two-days January 9 - 10, 2008 Times: 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. both days Location: Tero Learning Center Register at http://www.tero.com/ Address: 184…

May Business Insights and Networking Lunch May 21st, 11:30am Want to know how you can avoid fraud in your business? Joni Tonnemacher, CPA, CFD, will be the guest speaker at the BIZ Business Insights and Networking luncheon on May 21st. Des…

Presented by: Mid Iowa SBDC Starts: 05/21/2008 Ends: 05/21/2008 Address: 10861 Douglas Ave City: Urbandale Start time: 6:00 p.m. End time: 8:00 p.m. Who to contact: Sherry Shafer Phone: 515-331-8954 Register Here: http://www.iabusnet.org/w or…

Presented by: Mid Iowa SBDC Starts: 05/22/2008 Ends: 05/22/2008 Address: 10861 Douglas Ave City: Urbandale Start time: 6:00 p.m. End time: 8:00 p.m. Who to contact: Sherry Shafer Phone: 515-331-8954 Register Here: http://www.iabusnet.org/w o…

Tero® International, Inc. Program length: half-day Times: 8:30 a.m. - noon Location: Tero Learning Center Address: 1840 NW 118th Street, Suite 107, Des Moines, Iowa Register at http://www.tero.com/ You want to be perceived as hones…