Here's the list of workshops in the Business As Ministry Track at ...
Here?s the list and descriptions of the six workshops in the ?Business as Ministry? track:
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Recession Intervention: Developing Businesses as Ministries (Lv. 101)
Instructor: Stanley Patton
Thursday, October 13th; 1pm ? 2:15pm
Saturday, October 15th; 1pm ? 2:15pm
The recession has taken over, leaving thousands of Americans jobless. College graduates find it increasingly difficult to get hired; the middle class is shrinking; the disparity between the poor and the wealthy is growing. Working 30 years at a company no longer equates job security. Today is a new season for entrepreneurial thinking. Learn basic principles for starting businesses (both profit and non-profit) that will impact your families, communities, and churches. Highlights include: conceptual frameworking, creative innovation, goal actualization, successful business models, and multiple streams of income, staffing, and networking.
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Shifting Toward Sustainable Economic Development Business Models (Lv. 201)
Instructor:?Christopher Posey
Friday, October 14th; 1pm ? 2:15pm
Saturday, October 15th; 3pm ? 4:15pm
Today?s non-profit organization must be willing to look at itself beyond its IRS 501(c)3 ?non-profit? designation. To thrive, non-profit organizations need to create sustainable strategies, like sustainable economic development business models rather than philanthropic grants-based models. Through engaging social enterprises, non-profits can forge alliances with local governments in creating jobs and redeveloping neighborhoods. This creative neighborhood revitalization strategy creates strategic ways to form public- private partnerships, raise capital, use private capital, and build additional organizational capacity.
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StartingUp Now: 24 Steps to Launch Your Own Business (Lv. 201)
Instructor: Brian Jenkins
Friday, October 14th; 3pm ? 4:15pm
StartingUp Now is a 24?step interactive guide designed to teach aspiring entrepreneurs the essentials of business plan development. Learn basic concepts for building and managing a profitable company so you can construct your own business plan. Included is a StartingUp Now Business Plan template; you can log-on to the StartingUp Skill Center (www.startingupnow.com) to broaden your understanding of each concept and access tips or additional tools needed to present your business plan.
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Small Business Development for Sustainable Funding (Lv. 201)
David Doty
Saturday, October 15th; 3pm ? 4:15pm
This workshop addresses the potential for long-term, sustainable non-profit funding (and contextual job creation) by building subordinate for-profit enterprise. Learn about the fundamentals for creating a business plan and the four critical elements in small business success: location, energy, capitalization, and marketing.
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Building Up from the Grassroots (Lv. 201)
Instructor: Jane VanderPloeg
Thursday, October 13th; 1pm ? 2:15pm
With four decades of experience in Christian Community Development start-ups, Jane VanderPloeg discusses decision points, assumptions, and deep convictions that can help create an effective understanding of common ground in order to bridge businesspeople to communities. Learn from her spiritual experiences of building organizations in challenging grassroots environments.
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Business Skills Used for Justice and Shalom (Lv. 301)
Instructor: Amy Sherman
Thursday, October 13th; 3pm ? 4:15pm
This workshop encourages Church and ministry leaders to better attract Christian businesspeople to Kingdom oriented ministry that leverages their unique, vocational talent and power. This requires a creative vision for how businesspeople can engage in community development through direct wealth, job creation, and initiatives addressing structural barriers to economic development. Learn from practical examples and insights on mobilizing Christian businesspeople for strategic engagement.
