2025 SERIES SPONSORED BY FILER CREDIT UNION AND METALWORKS
Writing a Business Plan | February 5, 2025 | 6-7:30 p.m. | Location: Lakeshore Resource Network
Facilitator: Marie Elliot, senior business consultant for the Michigan Small Business Development Corporation
Event description: Do you want to launch or grow your business, making good decisions with internal guidance? Do you want to apply for a pitch competition? Are you seeking a loan? These are all good reasons to write a business plan.
In this free session, you will learn to research and write a successful business plan, including business description, market analysis, management, operations, and financial projections. This session is designed for entrepreneurs who are looking to write a business plan for the first time, or already have a plan they would like to improve.
The Impact of One | March 5, 2025 | 12-1:30 p.m. | Location: Mason County Historical Society
Presenter: Ryan Howe of Summit Business Guides
Cost: $20 includes lunch
This module with presenter Ryan Howe helps business owners evaluate what happens if they sell 1% more of this, reduce the cost of this by 1%, make 1 more sales call, etc. The vast majority of business owners get stuck thinking they know best when in reality, they can almost always do a little bit more. Participants will leave with action items they will take in their own businesses.
Author/Presenter Ryan Howe of Summit Business Guides was born and raised in Mason County and has spent 25+ years developing leaders, managers, supervisors, and staff to achieve amazing results. He is a business coach for executive leadership teams, who helps organizations break through day-to-day firefighting and achieve the results they have always thought possible. The organizations Ryan has partnered with have successfully implemented his strategic vision planning in a wide array of business environments from 6-person offices to 600-person organizations with exceptional results.
Presenter: Kim Skeltis of Blue Plaze Public Relations
Cost: $20 includes lunch
You’ve heard the adage “If you build it, they will come.” But it’s not enough to have a great product – you have to tell people about your business in order to generate customers. That’s where marketing communications comes into play. Join Chamber member and public relations veteran Kim Skeltis, owner of Blue Blaze Public Relations, to learn about the communications process and identify some strategies and tools to promote your business.
