This course is a seven-week program designed to help owners and staff of Child Care Centers with fewer than 75 children in the state of Colorado to improve their business practices to both better serve their customers and promote their business sustainability with increased revenues. The course will meet via Zoom, and participants are also invited to meet one-on-one with an SBDC business consultant during and after the course for specific and continued training and support.

Confused about QuickBooks? You’re not alone! Join North Metro SBDC as we learn from Suzy Schutz, President of Apis Business Solutions, in this webinar session sponsored by the City of Westminster. You’ll have a chance to see the software in action as Suzy demonstrates the most important aspects every QuickBooks online user should know. Find out which product is best for you, what you need to know about your setup, how to connect vendors and customers, common pitfalls to avoid, invoicing, how to keep accurate record keeping, and more! This QuickBooks 101 session is a perfect primer for QuickBooks 201 where Suzy will expand on these building blocks. We hope you will join us for both sessions to sharpen your bookkeeping practices.

Accurate financial reports are one of the most useful tools to business owners for a proactive and strategic approach. Join North Metro SBDC for QuickBooks 201, sponsored by the City of Westminster. Suzy Schutz, President of Apis Business Solutions, covers the most important lists and reports you will need to give insights into your profit and loss statement, balance sheet, open invoices, unpaid bills, and account reconciliations. Put your mind at ease with tips and tricks to know your reporting is accurate. Registrants of the webinar will receive a tailored handout with images from the software to help guide you even after the session ends!

This month, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a momentous new decision regarding fair use in copyright in the case of Google v. Oracle. This is the first Supreme Court decision on fair use in 25 years! Moreover, it makes the fair use doctrine a question of law, not fact. Don’t panic if you don’t quite know what all this means for your small business and intellectual property, because Attorney and Legal Consultant Samantha Peaslee is here to make it all clear to you. Join us for this engaging conversation about how to safely use and protect copyrighted and fair use material in your small business.

Microsoft Excel is an essential business tool to enter, store, and manipulate large amounts of data in a simple and manageable spreadsheet format. This intro course will familiarize you with the basic Excel functions that all beginning business owners should know — plus a few tricks and tips for more experienced users. Join this workshop to learn the following skills and more:
• Efficient shortcuts for common tasks
• Using pre-made formulas, as well as creating your own formulas
• Formatting cells and worksheet tabs
• Creating charts and graphs
• Sorting and filtering data
• And more!

You Instructor:
Scott Allen has been a Career and Technology teacher since 2001, and he’s also an experienced corporate educator. He is currently teaching at Pinnacle High School and is the Business Pathway coordinator. Scott has helped hundreds of students attain certification as Microsoft Office Specialists, and he also teaches Entrepreneurship, Marketing, and Adobe Premiere Pro.

Creating compelling videos for your website and advertisements can take your business to the next level, and modern software makes it easier than ever. In this 1-hour workshop, you will learn how to use the powerful Adobe Premiere Pro suite to create media products for your business. While the software may seem overwhelming and daunting to navigate and figure out, this course will give you confidence in using the essentials to create your own movie from scratch. During this workshop, you will learn these essential skills within Adobe Premiere Pro:
• My recommended “starter kit” of equipment and subscriptions to purchase to get you started
• Using public libraries or business centers to access Adobe Premiere Pro for free
• File management for importing and exporting files
• Manipulating media files (trim, split, fade, etc.)
• Layering video and audio media to specific timing
• Use of visual transitions
• Synchronizing Adobe Audition to create music tracks to fit your movie length automatically
• Exporting your final product

You Instructor:
Scott Allen has been a Career and Technology teacher since 2001, and he’s also an experienced corporate educator. He is currently teaching at Pinnacle High School and is the Business Pathway coordinator. Scott has helped hundreds of students attain certification as Microsoft Office Specialists, and he also teaches Entrepreneurship, Marketing, and Adobe Premiere Pro.