“These BootCamps are available for booking by organizations wishing to host a local workshop.

Fast-Track to Self-Employment BootCamp

This workshop is designed to take individuals from working as employees to working as a self- employed contractors and business owners. With the ever changing demands of the new economy many individuals are opting to direct and control their careers through self-employment. The course will assist in bridging to self- employment and fully understand what is necessary. The program will cover such topics as market research, understanding industries, identifying opportunities in learner-specific fields of interest, developing and describing a business concept, marketing for self-employed, navigating legal and regulatory requirements, assessing the competition, knowing what customers want, bookkeeping, accounting, taxation, social network marketing, business communications, and understanding labour markets.

Participants will leave the workshop with a basic understanding of what it means to own and operate a small business in the 21^st century, how to start a small business, and how to get contracts and keep busy as an independent, self-employed contractor. View the complete description

Business Plan BootCamp for Entrepreneurs

This business planning workshop is 12hours in length delivered over 2 days.

The purpose of this workshop is to introduce you to the business plan as an opportunity to become an expert on your own business. The session will begin by highlighting the importance of market research and providing you with a process for researching your business idea. The business plan is a structure to help you organize your market research and enable you to prove or disprove your business case.

The workshop is interactive, including a number of activities aimed at guiding you to draft Elements of your business plan. Small group learning activities are followed with time for questions and discussion. You will leave the workshop with a clear understanding of the next steps needed to complete your business plan. For this workshop, successful outcomes can include deciding to complete a business plan, deciding to hire a consultant, or moving on to pursue further education or training. View the complete workshop description.

Business Plan Primer for Entrepreneurs

This course is 3hours in length.

Small group learning activities are followed with time to ask questions or share what he or she has learned. Each participant leaves the workshop with a clear understanding of the next steps needed to complete the business plan. For this workshop, successful outcomes can include deciding to complete a business plan, deciding to hire a consultant, or moving on to pursue further education or training. View the complete workshop description.

Business Plan Coach Skills BootCamp

A complete system along with all the tools and skills you need to coach entrepreneurs to research and write their own business plans, plus a 1-year membership to the RiskBuster Business Plan Oasis.

The purpose of this series of workshops is to introduce Business Plan Practitioners to business planning as an educational opportunity and an effective tool with which to coach others to become experts in their businesses. The learner will be introduced to the Business Planner’s RoadMap and a manageable process for researching and shaping a business concept from the first idea to a completed business plan.

Small group learning activities are followed with time to ask questions or share what he or she has learned. Each learner will gain understanding of how to guide clients through the various steps of business planning. View the complete workshop description.

Capacity Train the Trainer

The Capacity Train the Trainer workshop is a laughter-filled, hands-on adventure in learning. Men and women come with their personal experience and during the 5-day session, they build their confidence and develop their unique strengths to successfully facilitate lively, enjoyable training sessions. Participants gain the know-how to use methods and equipment essential to today’s top trainers by facilitating portions of the workshop themselves and receiving evaluations regularly. By respecting and integrating adult learning principles, participants develop the skills and knowledge to construct course outlines and lesson plans that translate into rich learning environments. They learn to create workshops that influence the physical, emotional, intellectual and spiritual needs of their learners in wondrous ways. View the complete workshop description.

eBusiness Basics

This non-technical workshop introduces entrepreneurs to the dynamic world of eBusiness, with an emphasis on adding online revenue streams to existing bricks and mortar or home-based businesses. Participants will be introduced to the basics of registering domains, setting up a website host, and choosing applications such as online shopping carts. Learners will explore different options for selling products and services via the Internet, reviewing eBusiness marketing techniques such as: creating content, blogging, e-zines, and social networking. At the end of the workshop participants will have an eBusiness checklist to move confidently forward, whether doing the work themselves or outsourcing all or some of the tasks to professionals. View the complete workshop description.