What the New Healthcare Law Means for Your Small Business Meeting Description: This webinar will focus on what the new healthcare law, the Affordable Care Act, means for small businesses. It will focus on both federal and state provisions to help local small business owners understand how the law will affect them. Topics being discussed include: Small business tax credits (available to businesses and tax-exempt non-profits)— who’s...

What the New Healthcare Law Means for Your Small Business Meeting Description: This webinar will focus on what the new healthcare law, the Affordable Care Act, means for small businesses. It will focus on both federal and state provisions to help local small business owners understand how the law will affect them. Topics being discussed include: Small business tax credits (available to businesses and tax-exempt non-profits)— who’s...

American Express OPEN, the Small Business Administration (SBA) and Women Impacting Public Policy (WIPP) launched ChallengeHER – a joint initiative to promote the Women-Owned Small Business Federal Contract Program, bring more women-owned firms into the federal government’s supply chain and provide an avenue for government agencies to meet qualified women-owned contractors. The event will help women-owned small businesses (WOSB) lea...

ChallengeHER is hosting a free event on Wednesday, June 12th, in Phoenix, AZ at the Arizona Small Business Association located at 4600 East Washington Street - #340. The event will help women-owned small businesses learn how to take part in the Women-Owned Small Business Federal Contract (WOSB) Program and provide them with resources and knowledge to help grow their businesses through federal contracting.Recently, American Express OPEN, the Sm...

Veterans Procurement and Small Business Conference Sponsored by: U.S. Small Business Administration & Hampton Roads Veterans Business Outreach Center When: Friday September 28, 2012 Registration: 7:45 am Program: 8:30 am – 3:00 pm Where: Virginia Housing Center 4224 Cox Road Glen Allen, VA 23060 To Register Click Here: Registration Learn How to: Find Federal Contract Opportunities Demystify the Business Plan Market to Prime Contracto...

Ask yourself – What more can my school board do to ensure a bright future for the students in our community? Could a new data report, technology, or innovative approach make a difference? Are there school districts across the country with creative solutions to the problems my district faces? The 71st NSBA Annual Conference will focus on the key issues that are impacting school boards across the country. Get a national perspective from to...

One of the most persistent crises in education, and a critical filter in narrowing or widening the achievement gap, is the 4th-grade reading hurdle. A number of new technology-based environments and tools can provide elementary school students with more engaging and effective ways to practice the language arts of reading, writing, listening, and speaking. Milton Chen, senior fellow at The George Lucas Educational Foundation and author of Educa...