Basic Management Education

Practical, small business seminars go hand-in-hand with the advising services offered by the SBDC. If you have questions about starting or operating a small business, our Basic Management Education hands-on workshops are an efficient means to learn what you need to know.

Basic Management Education Programs

Business Basics                                             

This series includes five individual topics: First Steps to Starting Your Business*, Planning Basics, Marketing Basics, Financial Basics and Web Basics. Each is covered in a single three-hour workshop offered on a variety of days and times. Choose the session that best fits your busy schedule. Click here for more program details. The Business Basics series acts as a foundation for the Entrepreneurial Training Program.

UW-La Crosse campus
$35 per session**
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*You can complete the First Steps to Starting Your Business class online if our classroom schedule is not convenient for you. Click here for details regarding the online class.

**Register for all 5 sessions and save $10 per session!

 


Be#1 with Google & Social Media Series


Be #1 with Google

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Wednesday, September 19       

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Be #1 with Social Media

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Wednesday, October 10, 2012

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Register for the sessions individually ($99 each)
or $79 each if you take both sessions.

All sessions are 8:30 to noon.      Download brochure [.PDF]


 

QuickBooks™ Series

QuickBooks Essentials

In this program you will learn QuickBooks™ basic features. Topics include: entering transactions, producing invoices and checks, setting up vendors, customers, jobs and items, reconciling bank and credit card statements, and producing financial statements. This program is best suited for people who want to start using QuickBooks™ 2012 or have recently started using QuickBooks™ 2012.

Spring 2013 Dates TBD
UW-La Crosse campus
$69 per session**
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**Register for 2 or more sessions in series and pay $55 per session.

 

QuickBooks™ Payroll

In this program you will learn how to utilize QuickBooks for processing your payroll. Topics include:

  • Basic payroll concepts
  • Setting up wage & PTO items
  • Setting up employees
  • Setting up payroll taxes and garnishments
  • Setting up pre-tax deductions
  • Processing payroll and liability payments
  • Direct deposit options
  • Quarterly and annual reporting

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UW-La Crosse campus
$69 per session**
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**Register for 2 or more sessions in series and pay $55 per session.


Advanced QuickBooks™

To get the most out of an accounting software package, you need to customize it for your business. In this half-day session you will learn how to customize QuickBooks™ 2012 forms and reports to fit your unique business. You will also learn how to enter estimates and produce progress invoices and track time and materials. Topics include:

•Customizing financial statements, reports and invoices.
•Estimates and progress invoicing
•Tracking time and materials
•Memorizing transactions

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UW-La Crosse campus
$69 per session**
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**Register for 2 or more sessions in series and pay $55 per session.