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   Individual Business Counseling
   Hilltown Business Directory
Housing Programs

   Homebuyer Counseling
   Housing Rehabilitation
   Housing Development
   Community Planning Assistance
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   Hilltown Elder Network (HEN)
   Health Outreach Program for
        Elders (HOPE)
   Hilltown Food Pantry
   Families Together
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Hilltown CDC Business Workshops

 Our fall schedule of Business Workshops will be available in July. For information please call Seth Isman at 413-296-4536 ext. 112, or e-mail.

100% tuition waivers are available for low and moderate income hilltown residents.

Hilltown CDC members pay only $30 for each one session workshop,

or $75 for the Quickbooks workshop.



Many of the workshops listed below are offered annually. Please contact us about any workshop that you would like to attend, and include your name, phone number, email address, and mailing address. We will contact you when a workshop on that subject is scheduled. And please tell us what else you would like to learn that is not listed below.

COMPUTER SOFTWARE

  • Basic Computers
  • Introduction to Word
  • Intermediate Word
  • Creating Marketing Materials in Word
  • Introduction to Excel
  • Intermediate Excel
  • Integrating Word and Excel
  • Creating Your Business in Quickbooks
  • Introduction to Power Point
  • Introduction to Photoshop Elements
WEBSITES
  • Creating a Simple Website
  • Using the Internet to Help Your Business Succeed
  • 30 Ways to a Better Website
  • Marketing Your Website
MARKETING
  • Marketing Your Products & Services
  • How to Grow Your Small Business
  • Prospecting, Cold Calls & Sales
  • Introduction to Guerrilla Marketing
BUSINESS PLANNING
  • Tax & Legal Aspects of Small Business Ownership
  • Financial Planning for the Self-Employed
  • Year-End Tax Planning for Businesses
  • Learn About Your Market, Your Customers & Your Competition
  • Budgets and Financial Statements – Managing the Numbers
  • Managing Your Cash Flow – How to Avoid Running Out of Cash
  • Negotiating for What Your Business Needs
  • Managing a Growing Business
FOR ARTISTS & CRAFTSPEOPLE
  • Getting Going in Crafts
  • Pricing a Product Line
  • Wholesale & Retail Craft Selling
  • Securing Gallery Representation

Funding Support:  Funding for this program was provided by the Massachusetts Office of Small Business & Entrepreneurship's Small Business Technical Assistance (SBTA) grant program and the following banks:  Bank of America, Berkshire Bank Foundation, Citizens Bank Foundation, Easthampton Savings Bank, Florence Savings Bank, Legacy Banks Foundation, TD Banknorth Charitable Foundation, and United Bank Foundation.