VIRTUAL SEMINAR
CREATING A MARKETING AND CONTENT CALENDAR FOR OFFLINE AND ONLINE MARKETING
WHEN: Monday, Dec. 20, 2 p.m.
WHERE: Virtual event
WHAT: Learn how to plan a content calendar for both your online and offline marketing for the next year at this virtual seminar with presenter Heather Turner, chief logroller at Forfeng Media and marketing and communications manager with the Association of Lodging Professionals. Starting off with a fresh start in the new year with your marketing planned ahead of time can save you time, money and ease a lot of the stress that comes with preparing for holidays, sales and other events your business cycles through every year. The seminar will also cover how to plan ahead for special events inclding when to start advertising prior to the event, how to plan out your advertising schedule for the event, and how to create post-event wrap-up advertising.
COST: Free, registration required
CONTACT: merrimackvalley.score.org
VIRTUAL SEMINAR
PEACE & JUSTICE CONVERSATIONS: ENDING HOMELESSNESS IS POSSIBLE
WHEN: Monday, Dec. 20, 7 p.m.
WHERE: Virtual event
WHAT: Ellen Groh, executive director of the Concord Coalition to End Homelessness, will give a brief overview of homelessness and discuss solutions that are working to end homelessness in Concord. Groh has a long history of working on poverty issues and has formerly worked as a legal services attorney in North Carolina and in affordable housing development with the North Carolina Housing Finance Agency, as well as working with a private developer of affordable housing. She holds a Juris Doctorate from University of North Carolina School of Law, and an M.S. in Public Health from Harvard School of Public Health.
COST: Free, donations accepted
CONTACT: actionnetwork.org/events/peace-justice-conversationsending-homelessness-is-possible
VIRTUAL WORKSHOP
EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION IN THE WORKPLACE SERIES
WHEN: Tuesday Dec. 21, 8:30 – 10:30 a.m.
WHERE: Virtual event
WHAT: Do
difficult conversations feel hazardous? Do you feel like it’s hard to
find the words to say what you need to say? Do you avoid sharing, or
receiving, hard-to-receive feedback? This interactive workshop series
will help you navigate these conversations, and you’ll learn how to
listen empathically to encourage safe and positive workplace
environments; receive hard-to-hear statements without taking it
personally; and make effective workplace requests (not hidden demands)
to others.
COST: $600 for a team of up to four people; $200 per person for individuals and additional team members
CONTACT: tickettailor.com/events/adaptivahr/494736 or email jennifer@adaptivahr.com
VIRTUAL SEMINAR
B CORP CERTIFICATION, BUSINESS PLAN DEVELOPMENT, AND SMALL BUSINESS ADVISING WITH TARYN FISHER
WHEN: Monday, Dec. 27, 10 – 11:30 a.m.
WHERE: Virtual event
WHAT: At
this online coaching event, presenter Taryn Fisher will advise small
businesses on B Corp certification, business plan development and other
topics. For 20 years, Fisher worked in supply chain management for
multinational firms in the consumer products and financial services
industries. She was a professor at Antioch University New England and
was the director of its MBA in sustainability program for five years.
Currently, Fisher teaches business management courses
at AUNE and KSC as an adjunct instructor, and she is the director of
The New Leaf Gallery. Fisher holds an MFA from Brooklyn College, an MBA
in entrepreneurial studies from Babson College and a doctorate in
leadership from Franklin Pierce University.
COST: Free, registration required
CONTACT: hannahgrimes.com or email programs@hannahgrimes.com
SEMINAR
LET’S TALK TOURISM
WHEN: First Wednesday each month, Jan. 5, 2022, 8 – 9 a.m.
WHERE: The Chamber Collaborative of Greater Portsmouth, 500 Market St., Portsmouth
WHAT: A
monthly gathering for chamber members who are either in the hospitality
industry or who have an interest in what the chamber and the
hospitality community are planning. Learn about the current destination
marketing initiatives underway through the chamber and its committees,
and share past month’s business and projections for upcoming months,
including events. These sessions allow the chamber’s tourism-related
businesses to identify trends and staffing needs and be able to
cross-promote upcoming events.
COST: Free for members
CONTACT: portsmouthchamber.org/events or email Michelle Davis at michelle@portsmouthcollaborative.org
SEMINAR
BOOKKEEPING FORUM
WHEN: Friday, Jan. 14, 2022, 12 – 1:30 p.m.
WHERE: The Hannah Grimes Center, 25 Roxbury St., Keene
WHAT: Two
things that almost every small business owner needs to support their
business are an accounting professional and a bookkeeper. This
solutions-focused forum will discuss creating a local bookkeepers’
network, training and mentoring programs for bookkeepers, finding ways
to connect businesses with qualified bookkeepers and more. Attendees
will learn more about the current accounting and bookkeeping landscape,
gain an understanding of the opportunities, and work together to
brainstorm solutions and plan next steps.
COST: Free, registration required
CONTACT: hannahgrimes.com/event/bookkeeping-forum
COMMUNITY
2022 BOB AWARDS VOTING
WHEN: Now through Jan. 14, 2022
WHERE: Online
WHAT: Help
NHBR recognize the Granite State’s exceptional businesses — the ones
that offer the best service, pay attention to details and have the most
helpful and eager employees — by voting for your favorite companies.
Determined through an online readers’ poll, BOB Award winners from over
90+ different categories, ranging from “Best Accounting Firm” to “Best
Commercial Real Estate Broker” to “Best Place for a Business Lunch,” are
truly considered to be New Hampshire’s highest caliber businesses
offering nothing less than outstanding products and services. Vote for
your favorite businesses online now!
COST: Free
CONTACT: nhbr.com/eventsawards/best-of-business-awards
WORKSHOP
WOMEN’S BUSINESS LUNCHEON
WHEN: Thursday, Jan. 20, 2022, 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.
WHERE: Greater Derry Londonderry Chamber of Commerce, 29 West Bdwy., Derry
WHAT: The
chamber invites businesswomen who want to reach their business goals to
attend this roundtable-style event to learn, discuss and network.
Topics covered include messaging, hiring support, effective visibility,
sales, pricing, habits for success and more. The moderator will be
Laurie-Ann Murabito, a business coach and strategist, with over 20 years
of coaching high-level executives from various industries around the
globe. She is an author of two Amazon best-selling books and host of the
“Be in Demand” podcast. Her global clients include Fortune 500
companies, nonprofits such as the American Cancer Society, solo business
owners and network marketing professionals.
COST: $15, lunch is included
CONTACT: business.gdlchamber.org/events
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