PLEASE NOTE: All BACD events/workshops will be held virtually until until further notice.
A Zoom link will be included in the event information, so you can join at the scheduled time.
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July 2021
BACD Start Up Session
This session covers the essential steps to starting a small business including registering a business name, licenses & permits, HST, business banking, insurance and hiring employees.
Ask an Expert – Pathwise Credit Union
Ask an Expert is a workshop designed to provide business owners in the Durham region information on the following: – what kinds of products and services Pathwise Financial provides to businesses.
BACD Business Fundamentals: Marketing & Sales
This session will help you create a marketing plan that targets your ideal customer and help you identify the marketing tactics and sales channels for your business.
Building Resiliency
This session will look at having a “Why” that drives you. How “commitment” is preferred over attachment and how to adopt new mindsets and habits to achieve the true things you want in your life and business. Each participant will be asked to create a stretch goal for the rest of the year ahead and share it at the end of the webinar.
Writing An Impactful Home Page
As the saying goes, you only have one chance to make a great first impression! Your website homepage is often the first interaction prospective clients will have with your business. This session will cover key elements for effective home page copy and provide tips for writing your own impactful copy.
BACD Business Fundamentals: Financials & Operations
Take better control of your business by understanding the accounting basics. We will also discuss why developing operational strategies can help you make more money.
BACD Start Up Session
This session covers the essential steps to starting a small business including registering a business name, licenses & permits, HST, business banking, insurance and hiring employees.
Acing Effective Virtual Presentations
This session is a comprehensive training program on the topic of conducting effective virtual presentations. The presentation will include best practises and practical examples of engaging slide deck design, keeping your audience interested, using live chats, humour and language and when to use polls, whiteboards and other virtual tools.
BACD Business Plan Masterclass
Are you already in business and wanting to put together your business plan for growth or financing options? This hands on masterclass will take you through the steps of writing your business plan and financial projections.
Virtual BACD Biz Lunch
Here is an opportunity for you to meet other business owners and to open new relationships - you never know what could transpire from those connections.