CAPACITY BUILDING ONDEMAND
The Greenhouse remains committed to providing quality service during the evolving nature of COVID-19, including the delivery of technology-based learning opportunities. Virtual learning pathways are under development to facilitate and guide the entrepreneur’s learning experience. Select your appropriate pathway below or view all OnDemand titles HERE.
Entrepreneurs are encouraged to continue the capacity building experience through participation in webinars supported by virtual mentoring services. Interested in scheduling a time to meet with a business mentor?
Recorded Workshops
Topic: Managing Employees Provider: The Greenhouse and SCORE Pinellas
Whether hiring for the first time or supplementing your workforce, finding and attracting qualified candidates has become more challenging than ever. Attend this engaging webinar where you will learn how to build your Employment Brand by considering:
- Organizational Culture
- Market for Employees
- Work location and Scheduling Strategies
- Benefits
- Compensation
And then with your Differentiated Employer Brand, learn how to attract qualified candidates with
- Job Descriptions and Postings
- Sources for Candidates
- Targeted Advertising
Speaker(s): Presenter: Curt Engelman, SCORE
NOTE: Sign-in or create a Greenhouse client profile to access
Topic: Managing Your Business Provider: The Greenhouse, St. Petersburg Opera Company
Recession Proofing Your Business is an informative workshop to help you prepare yourself and your business for the inevitable economic cycle of a recession. The discussion will detail Six Key Focus Points for entrepreneurs and business owners to help successfully guide their business through any economic pattern. Are you concerned about what an upcoming recession could mean for your finances, staffing, customers, marketing, work-life balance, and stress level? Nothing helps reduce anxiety like proactively creating a plan to address troubled waters.
Our presenter, Roger Curlin, has 3 decades of working at ownership/management/mentoring levels in a variety of business industries and will be sharing his insights and strategies.
Speaker(s): Roger Curlin, Director of Development for the St. Petersburg Opera Company
Fee: No Cost
WATCH SESSION
NOTE: Will be asked to sign-in or create Greenhouse client profile to access recording
Topic: Employment Management Provider: The Greenhouse, City of St. Petersburg, St. Pete Works!
One key role of workforce development is to help businesses find the qualified workers they need. As a business, you will find local services including electronic job orders and job fairs, regular referrals of qualified candidates and skill training for your workforce.
The benefits of workforce development are two-pronged: on the one hand, the employees themselves stand to gain from retraining, and on the other hand, the employers also enjoy a higher-skilled team. Benefits of workforce development in the workplace include:
- Increased job satisfaction
- Lower turnover rate
- Increased operational efficiency
- Improved productivity
- Enhancements in innovative thinking
- Proactive, not reactive, problem solving
Many businesses work with St. Pete Works! to find diverse skilled candidates. Building the skills and competencies of local workers is essential to ensuring the competitiveness of business in the St. Pete economy. Local workforce programs recognize that training for individuals must align with the needs of business and industry. There are several ways that workforce development initiatives supports this need for training.
St. Pete Works! A Workforce collaboration of community organizations working together to increase employment in the Community Redevelopment Area (CRA). ST. PETE WORKS! is funded by the City of St. Petersburg Community Redevelopment Area and led by St. Petersburg College.
St. Pete Works leads the way in connecting job seekers and employers, providing skills training and work opportunities for youth and adults. The ultimate goal of St. Pete Works is to help more community workers train for and secure new and higher paying jobs.
In this webinar, learn how to work with local workforce development initiatives.
Presenters:
Anthony Chan, City of St. Petersburg Economic and Workforce Development
Melvin Shepard, JR, St. Petersburg College & St. Pete Works!
Fee: No Cost
WATCH SESSION
NOTE: Will be asked to sign-in or create Greenhouse client profile to access recording
Topic: Employee Management Provider: The Greenhouse & SCORE
Is the Great Resignation the New Normal? With unemployment rates nearing all-time lows and a high number of job openings, employees have become a scarce resource and retaining them has become more important than ever to business success.
Join this interactive webinar where participants and moderator Curt Engelman will discuss ideas and strategies for retaining employees.
Speaker(s): Presenter: Curt Engelmann, SCORE
Fee: No Cost
NOTE: Log-in or create a Greenhouse client profile to access
Topic: Managing Employees Provider: The Greenhouse and SCORE Pinellas
Whether hiring for the first time or supplementing your workforce, finding and attracting qualified candidates has become more challenging than ever. Attend this engaging webinar where you will learn how to build your Employment Brand by considering:
- Organizational Culture
- Market for Employees
- Work location and Scheduling Strategies
- Benefits
- Compensation
And then with your Differentiated Employer Brand, learn how to attract qualified candidates with
- Job Descriptions and Postings
- Sources for Candidates
- Targeted Advertising
Speaker(s): Presenter: Curt Engelman, SCORE
NOTE: Sign-in or create a Greenhouse client profile to access
Topic: Business Research Provider: The Greenhouse & St. Pete Library Services
In this session, learn the simple steps for accessing no-cost, premium business databases for industry, market and demographic information as you develop your business plan or grow your client list. Participants are guided through the use of databases such as Business Insights Essentials, Demographics Now and A to Z Database – – all of which can be accessed from home with your library card! Note: A library card is not required to participate in this webinar.
Speaker(s): Zach Heath, City of St. Petersburg Library Services
Once you complete registration with the Greenhouse, you will be taken to the GotoWebinar recording. Please enter your same registration information to access webinar.
Topic: Managing Your Business Provider: The Greenhouse, St. Petersburg Opera Company
Recession Proofing Your Business is an informative workshop to help you prepare yourself and your business for the inevitable economic cycle of a recession. The discussion will detail Six Key Focus Points for entrepreneurs and business owners to help successfully guide their business through any economic pattern. Are you concerned about what an upcoming recession could mean for your finances, staffing, customers, marketing, work-life balance, and stress level? Nothing helps reduce anxiety like proactively creating a plan to address troubled waters.
Our presenter, Roger Curlin, has 3 decades of working at ownership/management/mentoring levels in a variety of business industries and will be sharing his insights and strategies.
Speaker(s): Roger Curlin, Director of Development for the St. Petersburg Opera Company
Fee: No Cost
WATCH SESSION
NOTE: Will be asked to sign-in or create Greenhouse client profile to access recording
Is your business prepared for a disaster? Unfortunately, the sun does not always shine in Tampa Bay; but if you are prepared, your business may shine through no matter what the forecast. Learn strategies for preparing your business for hurricane season and other potential disasters. SBA Disaster Recovery Loan information will also be provided. This is a required workshop for certification as a City of St. Petersburg Small Business Enterprise (SBE). All are welcome to attend.
Speaker(s): Amber Boulding, City of St. Petersburg – St. Petersburg Fire and Rescue/Office of Emergency Management and Kyla Breland – SBA
Once you complete Greenhouse registration, you will be automatically directed to GoToWebinar to view the recording.
Fee: No Cost
Planning your start-up? Scaling up your existing business? How do your plans look in financial terms? How much funding will you require and when? Will your cash flow be positive each month? Can you turn a profit in a reasonable time? What is your budget in detail? How can you convince your lenders?
All are important questions for the entrepreneur. Join our 1-hour webinar to learn the basics for building your cash flow plan for success: Target adequate “profit” and positive cash flow from the start. Know the critical factors of your business plan. Convince backers and lenders to provide their support. Develop a budget to track your progress.
Speaker(s): Jeff Brown, SCORE
Fee: No Cost
As a small business owner, do the letters FMLA cause you worry or concern? What are the rules, and does my business qualify? Well, worry no more and discover the clarity you’ve been seeking. The objective of this webinar is to provide a clear understanding of the Family Medical Leave Act. We will cover the purpose of the Act and the rules to follow. We will also discuss the “Pandemic” version as defined in the CARES Act.
Speaker(s): Pat Smolen, M. Ed, SPHR, SHRM-SCP, CPLP, CBCP SCORE
Level: Existing business owners
Fee: No CostTopic: Wellness Provider: SCORE
You lost a key client. You didn’t get the contract. You’re struggling to “bounce back” after a disappointment, setback or destabilizing event.
Small business owners are bombarded with multiple simultaneous stressors more than ever. Resilience is becoming a key factor in maintaining a quality of life and good mental health.
This webinar presented by Lisa Dinhofer, “The Crisis Tamer,” explores the concepts and practices of resilience building and why it’s more effective than the traditional “stress management” paradigm for managing the hills and valleys of business ownership.
Participants will learn about:
- Understanding resilience: what it is and what it isn’t
- The difference between resilience building and “stress management”
- What stress is doing to our brains and why resilience building is necessary
- Resilience following disappointment
- Factors for success in building resilience in the face of a disappointment or destabilizing event
- Factors in resilience “failure” following a setback or crisis
- Tools for resilience building
Topic: Employment Management Provider: The Greenhouse, City of St. Petersburg, St. Pete Works!
One key role of workforce development is to help businesses find the qualified workers they need. As a business, you will find local services including electronic job orders and job fairs, regular referrals of qualified candidates and skill training for your workforce.
The benefits of workforce development are two-pronged: on the one hand, the employees themselves stand to gain from retraining, and on the other hand, the employers also enjoy a higher-skilled team. Benefits of workforce development in the workplace include:
- Increased job satisfaction
- Lower turnover rate
- Increased operational efficiency
- Improved productivity
- Enhancements in innovative thinking
- Proactive, not reactive, problem solving
Many businesses work with St. Pete Works! to find diverse skilled candidates. Building the skills and competencies of local workers is essential to ensuring the competitiveness of business in the St. Pete economy. Local workforce programs recognize that training for individuals must align with the needs of business and industry. There are several ways that workforce development initiatives supports this need for training.
St. Pete Works! A Workforce collaboration of community organizations working together to increase employment in the Community Redevelopment Area (CRA). ST. PETE WORKS! is funded by the City of St. Petersburg Community Redevelopment Area and led by St. Petersburg College.
St. Pete Works leads the way in connecting job seekers and employers, providing skills training and work opportunities for youth and adults. The ultimate goal of St. Pete Works is to help more community workers train for and secure new and higher paying jobs.
In this webinar, learn how to work with local workforce development initiatives.
Presenters:
Anthony Chan, City of St. Petersburg Economic and Workforce Development
Melvin Shepard, JR, St. Petersburg College & St. Pete Works!
Fee: No Cost
WATCH SESSION
NOTE: Will be asked to sign-in or create Greenhouse client profile to access recording
This webinar will provide an overview in preparing and responding to request for proposals. Preparing a response that is compliant and addresses the sections of RFPs is essential to having a competitive response. The webinar will walk through RFPs, preparation, considerations and provide examples of compliant responses in previous government RFPs, with an opportunity for Q/A.
Speaker(s): Debra Schweikowsky, FL SBDC at Pinellas County Economic Development
WATCH RECORDED SESSION
Topic: Marketing/Sales Provider: The Greenhouse, SCORE and Cyberlicious
In this presentation, learners will discover how to create a search-friendly website that drives user action and supports their goals. Whether launching a new website or sprucing up an old one, this webinar will help.
Speaker(s): Sarah Guest, Cyberlicious, SCORE
Fee: No Cost
NOTE: Will be asked to sign-in or create Greenhouse client profile to access recording
Topic: Managing Employees Provider: The Greenhouse and SCORE Pinellas
Whether hiring for the first time or supplementing your workforce, finding and attracting qualified candidates has become more challenging than ever. Attend this engaging webinar where you will learn how to build your Employment Brand by considering:
- Organizational Culture
- Market for Employees
- Work location and Scheduling Strategies
- Benefits
- Compensation
And then with your Differentiated Employer Brand, learn how to attract qualified candidates with
- Job Descriptions and Postings
- Sources for Candidates
- Targeted Advertising
Speaker(s): Presenter: Curt Engelman, SCORE
NOTE: Sign-in or create a Greenhouse client profile to access
Topic: Employee Management Provider: The Greenhouse & SCORE
Is the Great Resignation the New Normal? With unemployment rates nearing all-time lows and a high number of job openings, employees have become a scarce resource and retaining them has become more important than ever to business success.
Join this interactive webinar where participants and moderator Curt Engelman will discuss ideas and strategies for retaining employees.
Speaker(s): Presenter: Curt Engelmann, SCORE
Fee: No Cost
NOTE: Log-in or create a Greenhouse client profile to access
Topic: Business Research Provider: The Greenhouse & St. Pete Library Services
In this session, learn the simple steps for accessing no-cost, premium business databases for industry, market and demographic information as you develop your business plan or grow your client list. Participants are guided through the use of databases such as Business Insights Essentials, Demographics Now and A to Z Database – – all of which can be accessed from home with your library card! Note: A library card is not required to participate in this webinar.
Speaker(s): Zach Heath, City of St. Petersburg Library Services
Once you complete registration with the Greenhouse, you will be taken to the GotoWebinar recording. Please enter your same registration information to access webinar.
