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UPCOMING EVENTS
September 9 Business Before Hours at St. Joseph Healthcare Milford Medical Ctr. 8 - 9:30 AM. 
Join us for a look at the newly built Milford Medical Center, plus early morning networking. RSVP to Beth Boggis, 673-4360.

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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. If you missed Part 1, you won't want to miss this!

Most business practices can be learned and replicated.
Prof. Robert Nadeau
 
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 at the Souhegan Valley Boys & Girls Club, 56 Mont Vernon St., Milford. 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.
The Build Your Business Series is sponsored by:

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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 tobeth.boggis@souhegan.net or 673-4360. 
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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7


 
 
How Do You Leverage Your Booth at the Expo?
Lisa Landry, Savvy Marketing
Lisa Landry, Savvy Marketing, will present how to choose the tradeshows that will give you most value, suggestions for displays and advice about the importance of pre-show promotion and post-show follow up. Free Workshop on Thursday, October 8, 8:30-10 AM at the SVCC Office. Space Limited - RSVP to beth.boggis@souhegan.net at 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.

Panelists include:
Stacy Clark, Turnstone Corporation (construction industry)
Heidi Copeland, Millyard Publishing (publishing)
Karen Goddard, MC Clothing & Gifts (retail)
Amy LaBelle, LaBelle Winery (hospitality)
Lisa Landry, Savvy Marketing (advertising/public relations)
Mary Murphy, Charles Schwab (finance)
Dr. Diane Shieh, Amherst Orthodontics (healthcare)

Followed by lunch and keynote
Marcelle Langan DiFalco
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.

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MEMBER HAPPENINGS




Juuva Product & Business Presentation, Friday, September 18 at 7:00pm, Hampton Inn Nashua. Come meet some of the business leaders of Juuva and learn about the great products and great business opportunity.

Presents: Business Connection Series "Exit Strategies," Wednesday, Sept. 23, 9AM - 1 PM at the Red River Theater, 11 South Main Street, Concord. Free and incl. lunch. Preregistration required. 

This business to business lunch isn't about owners that want to sell their business, but it is about owners that want to know what areas of their organization needs to be improved upon and developed in order to grow the value of their business.

Most business owners start their business for the freedom that comes with running their own company: freedom to earn, to do business with whom they want, when they want and from wherever they want. The challenge for many business owners is that the dream remains elusive. In fact, many business owners even feel trapped in their business because they are the sole expert on every aspect of the company.

A planned exit strategy will help reduce owner dependency and prepare others to successfully run the company into the future.

This workshop will cover:
* Increasing the value of your business
* Exit strategy options
* Selecting and transitioning future leadership
* Financing your succession
* The tax and legal implications to consider

Register at: http://bit.ly/1IOBye8

Youth Night Out Series, Taught by Educator and Expressive Artist, Janet Curcio Wilson

4 MONDAYS -SEPTEMBER 28, 2015 6:30 - 8PM, OCTOBER 5th, 12th & 19th, 2015
All workshops are run 1 night a week from 7:00PM - 8:30PM and are held at Inspired Learning, LLC located at: Pine Tree Place Suite 3A 360 Route 101, Bedford, NH 03110. Session descriptions and more information - click here.