Small business workshop series offered

January 7, 2016

Entrepreneurs trying to start or expand a small business may benefit from a series of 11 workshops offered at the Small Business Development Center in Fairbanks and by webinar around the state, beginning Jan. 19.

The University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service and the Alaska Small Business Development Center will host the series, which will also be offered by Web conference at the Anchorage district Extension office. Workshops will be offered from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Tuesdays, except for the Thursday, Jan. 28 session, and will run through April 5.

Extension economic development specialist Kathryn Dodge said the workshops will provide guidance to small business owners on budgeting, bookkeeping, insurance, taxes, payroll, marketing and more. Topics include:

Jan. 19, Choosing a bookkeeping program/best practices

Jan. 26, Business insurance for small businesses

Jan. 28, Taxes for commission-based workers

Feb. 2, Budgeting/cash-flow planning

Feb. 9, Credit/debt management

Feb. 16, Living within your means

Feb. 23, Payroll for small businesses

March 8, Interpersonal communications

March 15, Marketing

March 29, Customer service

April 5, Time management

Each class costs $25. Register online at http://bit.ly/ces-workshops. The business development center in Fairbanks is located at 3750 Bonita St., in the Associated General Contractors building, and the Anchorage Extension office is at 1675 C St. Anyone who wishes to connect by desktop may contact Dodge at 907-474-6497 or kdodge@alaska.edu.

More details about the classes are available at www.uaf.edu/ces/sbd. Instructors will include accountant Kelly Ward, Grace Becker and Brittany Hale of Hale and Associates, consultant Nadine Winters, Charlie Dexter of the UAF Community and Technical College, and Dodge.

Sponsors include the Fairbanks Economic Development Corp., the Small Business Administration, Robinson and Ward, the Fairbanks Chamber of Commerce and Alaska SCORE, a nonprofit organization dedicated to mentoring small businesses.