QuickBooks Pro 2013 is a Novice through Intermediate Course for Business. This course takes you from setting up a company to the details of payroll using QuickBooks Pro 2013. Learn how to use the program then how to make it the most valuable tool in your business toolkit. The course will be 5 sessions long. Doug Lincoln & Dennis Tilley of Tilley & Lincoln CPA's are our trainers. Please contact them with any course questions at 208.733.5811 or doug@tilleylincoln.com or dennis@tilleylincoln.com Fee for this course is $150 for 15 hours of classroom training spanning 5 evenings.

Speaker: Dennis Tilley or Doug Lincoln

Do you want to start a business, but don’t know where to begin? Do you know what a business plan is and how important it is to your future business success? Do you have lots of questions & need some answers? Then this concentrated 2 hour “start-up business boot camp” is for you! The topics & Information you’ll receive will include: - The 'Basics' of Business Regulations (what you need to know BEFORE you open your doors) - The importance of "preparedness" (Your Business Plan) - Your Personal Business "Survival Kit" Bootcamp is $30 for pre-registration and $40 for day of class registration. Please register early. If you will not be able to attend, please call and cancel your seat as we have a waiting list for this class. Location is in the CSI Evergreen Bldg - SIDC Hall Room C77.

Speaker: SBDC Staff

Join Idaho Leaders! Access the knowledge and experience of world-renowned leaders be attending Leadercast, presented by CSI, Friday, May 9th 2014 at the Twin Cinema 12 in Twin Falls. You'll be empowered with growth insights from world-renowned leaders during this one-of-a-kind event broadcast live from Atlanta and simulcast into communities across the globe. Join more then 100,000 leaders from around the world as we learn the leadership skills that will take us further, faster to serve a world beyond ourselves. Hosted by Valley Christian Church

Speaker: Andy Stanley, Malcolm Gladwell, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Randall Wallace, Bill McDermott, Laura Schroff, Dr. Henry Cloud, Simon Sinek, and Laura Bush.

Join us for the sixth in our series of lunch time business forums. Speaker is Diane Norton and the topic is to be announced. The date of the forum is May 15, 2014. The time is 11:30AM to 1:00PM and the location will be the beautiful Twin Falls Center for the Arts conference area (same building that Elevation is in). We are nearly to capacity for enrollment. If you haven't registered yet; you'll want to do that no later than Friday Jan 25th. The cost is small and covers your lunch but the returns on attending are incredibly valuable to your business or organization. Once again, this event will be held at Twin Falls Center for the Arts (next to Elevation on North Washington on the edge of Snake River Canyon) Lunch will be a delicious sandwich buffet by Catering by Karen, Kimberly ID. Pre-registration is required due to outside catering (no walk ins please) so reserve and pay for your seat early to assure a spot at what we believe to be a very important, not to miss forum.

Speaker: Diane Norton Diane Norton joined the Idaho Division of Tourism in 2007. Diane began her tourism career in 1998 with the development of a travel and e-commerce website for the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial. During the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial, Norton’s company licensed and merchandised commemorative souvenirs for the Bicentennial and facilitated public relations and marketing programs for Lewis and Clark Bicentennial events. A native of North Dakota, Diane moved to Idaho in 2006.

Do you want to start a business, but don’t know where to begin? Do you know what a business plan is and how important it is to your future business success? Do you have lots of questions & need some answers? Then this concentrated 2 hour “start-up business boot camp” is for you! The topics & Information you’ll receive will include: - The 'Basics' of Business Regulations (what you need to know BEFORE you open your doors) - The importance of "preparedness" (Your Business Plan) - Your Personal Business "Survival Kit" Bootcamp is $30 for pre-registration and $40 for day of class registration. Please register early. If you will not be able to attend, please call and cancel your seat as we have a waiting list for this class. Location is in the CSI Evergreen Bldg - SIDC Hall Room C77.

Speaker: SBDC Staff

We're really excited about our 2014 Women's Business & Career conference. This will be our 4th annual event with a much larger facility and an awesome vendor area for you to show off your wares to business and professional women throughout the conference. If you're interested in securing a vendor booth; contact us early as we have a set number of spaces available, then join us in CSI's lovely state of the art Fine Arts Center for the 4th Annual Women's Business and Career Conference. You won't want to miss this event, as an attendee, vendor or sponsor! Call us today! You'll hear inspiring speakers, teachers, and successful entrepreneurial people from all over Idaho as they help bring your vision — your dream, to reality. The College of Southern Idaho and the Idaho Small Business Development Center are in the business of preparing women of all ages and backgrounds to create new careers and to move forward in reaching their potential as professionals and to develop and expand businesses.

Speaker: TBA

Do you want to start a business, but don’t know where to begin? Do you know what a business plan is and how important it is to your future business success? Do you have lots of questions & need some answers? Then this concentrated 2 hour “start-up business boot camp” is for you! The topics & Information you’ll receive will include: - The 'Basics' of Business Regulations (what you need to know BEFORE you open your doors) - The importance of "preparedness" (Your Business Plan) - Your Personal Business "Survival Kit" Bootcamp is $30 for pre-registration and $40 for day of class registration. Please register early. If you will not be able to attend, please call and cancel your seat as we have a waiting list for this class. Location is in the CSI Evergreen Bldg - SIDC Hall Room C77.

Speaker: SBDC Staff

This workshop combines classroom and hands-on training to assist in the compliance with federal and state requirements for paint stripping and surface coating operations in auto body shops. Operators will be trained in Spray Techniques Analysis and Research (STAR®) virtual reality program that addresses the following: • The importance of gun adjustments to achieve proper air and fluid pressure • The importance of good equipment maintenance • Calibration and use of the LaserTouch™ technology • Proper spray gun distance and orientation • Spray overlap and edge painting techniques to achieve maximum efficiency Participants completing the workshop will be provided with a certificate that demonstrates compliance with the training requirements of the federal Surface Coatings regulations. Who Should Attend? -Collision Repair Shops -Automobile service facilities with paint booths -Any business that applies paint or coating to metal, plastic or wood Why Attend? -Fine tune skills -Increase worker safety -Reduce costs and improve efficiency -Improve air quality -Receive training certification required by EPA regulations Don't miss these opportunities! -Understand the federal emission standards for the application of paint and coatings -Receive hands-on training in the virtual paint booth to improve your painting technique -Hear about best practices for spray painting, paint mixing, preparation and cleanup -Become well informed about health and safety in the shop -Learn about the Idaho DEQ's general air quality permit for auto body shops and get up-to-date on DEQ regulations

Speaker: Kenneth Grim, Pacific Northwest Pollution Prevention Resource Center; Ben Jarvis, Idaho DEQ, Pollution Prevention

Do you want to start a business, but don’t know where to begin? Do you know what a business plan is and how important it is to your future business success? Do you have lots of questions & need some answers? Then this concentrated 2 hour “start-up business boot camp” is for you! The topics & Information you’ll receive will include: - The 'Basics' of Business Regulations (what you need to know BEFORE you open your doors) - The importance of "preparedness" (Your Business Plan) - Your Personal Business "Survival Kit" Bootcamp is $30 for pre-registration and $40 for day of class registration. Please register early. If you will not be able to attend, please call and cancel your seat as we have a waiting list for this class. Location is in the CSI Evergreen Bldg - SIDC Hall Room C77.

Speaker: SBDC Staff

Do you want to start a business, but don’t know where to begin? Do you know what a business plan is and how important it is to your future business success? Do you have lots of questions & need some answers? Then this concentrated 2 hour “start-up business boot camp” is for you! The topics & Information you’ll receive will include: - The 'Basics' of Business Regulations (what you need to know BEFORE you open your doors) - The importance of "preparedness" (Your Business Plan) - Your Personal Business "Survival Kit" Bootcamp is $30 for pre-registration and $40 for day of class registration. Please register early. If you will not be able to attend, please call and cancel your seat as we have a waiting list for this class. Location is in the CSI Evergreen Bldg - SIDC Hall Room C77.

Speaker: SBDC Staff