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| Contact: | Jeff Lowrance 704-216-3467 lowrancej@rowancabarrus.edu |
July 23, 2008
For Immediate Release
RCCC's Small Business Center
Announces Fall Schedule of Free Seminars
SALISBURY, N.C. — The Small Business Center at Rowan-Cabarrus Community College has announced its autumn schedule of free seminars. These programs are offered for people thinking about starting a small business or currently operating their own business.
The Small Business Center (SBC) at RCCC is a community-based provider of education, training, counseling, information and referral, assisting entrepreneurs with business ideas and existing small business ventures.
The SBC offers free seminars with support from the Rowan County Chamber of Commerce, Cabarrus Regional Chamber of Commerce, the City of Kannapolis, the Rowan Business Alliance, the Small Business & Technology Development Center, and Historic Downtown Salisbury.
The seminars cover a broad range of small business topics, including business start ups, business financing, marketing, internet business, business growth and development, taxes, recordkeeping and customer service.
For more information about the SBC and its many programs, call RCCC at 704-216-3512, send e-mail to sbc@rowancabarrus.edu, or see the SBC website at www.rowancabarrus.edu/sbc/.
Upcoming SBC seminars, offered free-of-charge, include:
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Best Businesses to Start Now —
6:30-8:30 p.m., Aug. 7, RCCC North Campus in Salisbury, building
200, room 261; and 6:30-8:30 p.m., Aug. 12, RCCC's Cabarrus Business & Technology
Center, 660 Concord Parkway North in Concord. |
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Business Start-Up — 6:30-8:30- p.m., Aug. 21, RCCC
North Campus, Building 200, room 261; 6:30-8:30 p.m., Oct. 15, Kannapolis
Train Station, 306 N.. Main St.; and 6:30-8:30 p.m., Nov. 6, North
Campus Building 200, room 261. |
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Funding Your Business — 6:30-8:30
p.m., Aug. 20, Kannapolis Train Station; 6:30-8:30 p.m., Aug. 26,
Cabarrus Business & Technology
Center; 6:30-8:30 p.m., Sept. 18, North Campus Building 200, room 261;
and 6:30-8:30 p.m., Nov. 20, North Campus Building 200, room 261. |
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How Do I Market my Small Business — 6:30-8:30 p.m.,
Sept. 4, North Campus Building 200, room 261. |
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Successful Marketing for the Artisan and
Craftsperson I&II —
Part I-6:30-8:30 p.m., Oct. 14, Cabarrus Business & Technology
Center; Part II-6:30-8:30 p.m., Oct. 28, Cabarrus Business & Technology
Center. |
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Business Website Trends — 6:30-8:30 p.m., Oct. 20,
the Plaza Building, 100 West Innes St., in Salisbury. |
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Five Best ways to Promote Your Business Website —
6:30-8:30 p.m., Nov. 5, Cabarrus Business & Technology Center. |
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Going Global: Doing Business in China I & II —
Part I-6:30-8:30 p.m., Sept. 9, Cabarrus Business & Technology
Center; Part II-6:30-8:30 p.m., Sept. 23, Cabarrus Business & Technology
Center. |
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LEAN Principles for Small Business —
6:30-8:30 p.m., Nov. 11, Cabarrus Business & Technology Center. |
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Tax Planning and Reporting — 6:30-8:30
p.m., Oct. 9, RCCC North Campus Building 200, room 261; and 6:30-8:30
p.m., Dec. 4, Cabarrus Business & Technology Center. |
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Make Your Customers Love You —
6:30-8:30 p.m., Sept. 17, Kannapolis Train Station; and 6:30-8:30
p.m., Dec. 9, Cabarrus Business & Technology Center. |
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Rowan-Cabarrus Community College is a comprehensive, community-based institution of higher learning, serving the citizens of Rowan and Cabarrus Counties. RCCC offers approximately 40 programs of study in business, health and human services and engineering technologies at multiple campus locations. RCCC annually provides more than 2,000 course offerings, serving an enrollment of approximately 20,000 adult students. RCCC programs include an associate degree in arts and sciences, an associate degree in applied science, and diploma and certificate programs focusing on workforce training, continuing education and basic skills education.
In addition, RCCC provides the education and job-training programs needed to meet many of the workforce demands of the North Carolina Research Campus, under construction in Kannapolis, N.C.
For complete details, see the RCCC website at www.rowancabarrus.edu.