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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7
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July 28 Resources for Business Available at Your Local Library presented by Michelle Sampson, Director of the Wadleigh Library, Milford. 5-6 PM, SVCC office
Looking to build your business database and contact list but purchasing mailing lists is cost prohibitive? Your local library can help - and it's FREE! Michelle Sampson will give an overview of the resources available for businesses at the library - if you live OR work in Milford, you can take advantage, plus request thru your own local library.
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August 19 SVCC Member Appreciation Business After Hours, SVCC office, 5:30-7:30 PM. Join us for an outdoor BBQ, raffle drawings and fun! Our way to thank you for being a member.
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September 15 Build Your Business Workshop: Needs Development Best Practices that Increase Your Sales
This is Part 2 of the hugely popular Linked In Workshop
presented by Professor Robert Nadeau of Plymouth State University in May.
Most business practices can be learned and replicated
. In this session we'll focus on voice mail and uncovering needs. You'll discover an effective voice mail process based on best practices from research of a 600,000 voice mail study. You will also learn how to cultivate needs at a much deeper level based on research from 34,000 sales calls. You will stand-out from your competitors. How to develop a need from implied to explicit. Discover questioning techniques to have clients tell you the benefits of your solution. We'll also add some techniques on building rapport.
Tuesday, September 15 from 7:30 - 9:30 AM. Location tbd. Register early as space is limited to 100. Email beth.boggis@souhegan.net or call 673-4360. Cost: $10 members, $15 nonmembers. Includes light breakfast.
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September 24 Economic Summit /Business Retention & Expansion Program Wrap Up, 7:30-9:30 AM, Milford Town Hall, 3rd Floor
SVCC, the Towns of Milford & Amherst, in partnership with UNH Cooperative Extension has completed the Business Retention & Expansion Surveys. Please join us to review the results, discuss the economic outlook of our communities, and help us strategize moving forward to promote more economic development in our region. Deadline to RSVP is Sept. 4 to beth.boggis@souhegan.net or 673-4360.
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NEW EVENT!
October 15 Charles Schwab Presents The Souhegan Valley Women's Leadership Conference, 8:30-1 PM at LaBelle Winery.
Women own 30% of all privately owned businesses in the U.S. and are one of the fastest growing sectors of our economy. But there are still challenges. The purpose of this event is to provide an informative and useful day of information exchange and networking for women entrepreneurs. There will be 3 sessions focusing on managing your money, marketing your business, and a panel discussion from successful women in several different fields to answer your questions. Followed by lunch and
keynote

speaker Marcelle Langan DiFalco, author of the
Big Sister's Guide to the World of Work: The Inside Rules Every Working Girl Must Know (Touchstone, 2005).
Registration is $50 pp and includes all workshop materials, continental breakfast and lunch.
Click HERE to register. Interested in being a sponsor of this terrific event? Click here for sponsorship details.
Sponsored by:
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We Are Booking Business Before Hours for 2016! If interested in hosting, please call 673-4360 or email beth.boggis@souhegan.net.