UW-Madison Classes

Explore classes that will help you develop the skills you need for your business to thrive.

Communication & Delegation Skills

November 11, 2025 | 8:30AM | Wisconsin SBDC at UW - Madison, Grainger Hall, Madison

Topic: Managing Employees

Whether you are communicating with your employees, customers, or suppliers your ability to express yourself well and understand others is a major factor of your success. For this course, you will have the opportunity to take the DiSC Personal Profile and use the results to better understand your ...

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Fee: $339.00



Digital Marketing & Social Media Conference

November 13, 2025 | 8:30AM | Wisconsin SBDC at UW - Madison, Grainger Hall, Madison

Topic: Marketing and Sales

In this all-day conference, you will learn how to engage your customers and prospects online through your website and social media and track your activities so that you know what is working and what needs to be adjusted. Join us to build your marketing toolkit and take a time-out to learn more!...

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Fee: $309.00



Positive Power Plays: Skills for Conflict & Negotiation

November 18, 2025 | 8:30AM | Wisconsin SBDC at UW - Madison, Grainger Hall, Madison

Topic: Managing Employees

All leaders experience conflict in one form or another. In this class, you will learn how to turn conflict into collaborations and reach win-win resolutions. You will see conflict to clarify roles, relationships, and heighten creativity. Learning how to reach beyond the impasse and find solutions...

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Fee: $289.00



Building Your Site + Connecting with Content

November 18, 2025 | 1:30PM | Online
Facilitated by: Wisconsin SBDC at UW - Madison

Topic: Marketing and Sales

WordPress provides software to self-host blogs and websites. This presentation will explain how to obtain a domain name, set up web hosting, set up email accounts, install WordPress and build a website. In addition, you will learn how to install plugins such as contact forms, e-commerce platforms...

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Fee: No Cost



Hire Badgers: Student Staffing Opportunities for Small Business

November 19, 2025 | 11:00AM | Online
Facilitated by: Wisconsin SBDC at UW - Madison

Topic: Managing Employees

Did you know that the UW-Madison Work-Study Program, previously reserved for on-campus and non-profit organizations, has been expanded to small businesses - and, as of September 2023, even covers 50% of the wages earned? Or that many UW-Madison students pursue internship opportunities as a way to...

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Fee: No Cost



Business Taxes 101: Navigating Self-Employment and Small Business Taxes for Beginners

November 19, 2025 | 12:00PM | Online
Facilitated by: Wisconsin SBDC at UW - Madison

Topic: Tax Planning

Stepping into the world of business ownership brings with it the critical responsibility of understanding and managing business taxes. Whether you're a fledgling entrepreneur, a freelancer transitioning to a formal business entity, or a small business owner, grasping the basics of business taxati...

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Fee: No Cost



SHRM Learning System Certification Course

November 19, 2025 | 6:00PM | Online
Facilitated by: Wisconsin SBDC at UW - Madison

Topic: Managing Employees

You are the future. Invest in yourself with SHRM certification.

Are you looking for help to navigate the increased demands on HR professionals? Become the most qualified and valuable HR professional you can be with SHRM certification.

The SHRM Certified Professional (SHRM-CP®) and ...

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Fee: $1450.00



Fearless Performance Management

November 20, 2025 | 8:30AM | Wisconsin SBDC at UW - Madison, Grainger Hall, Madison

Topic: Managing Employees

The performance management - or employee feedback - process can fill many managers and employees alike with a sense of dread. However, with the right skills and mindset, this process can become collaborative, two-way communication that reduces anxiety and sets everyone up for success.

This...

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Fee: $304.00



Leading in an Age of Permanent Whitewater

December 2, 2025 | 8:30AM | Wisconsin SBDC at UW - Madison, Grainger Hall, Madison

Topic: Managing Employees

We live in an ever-changing world, and our work as leaders involves creating both a shared vision to help our employees move forward and an environment of reassurance and stability in times of turbulence. Whether change comes in response to a crisis or as part of an opportunity to grow or evolve,...

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Fee: $289.00



FinanceEDGE: Turn Financial Data into Smart Decisions

December 8, 2025 | 10:00AM | Online
Facilitated by: Wisconsin SBDC at UW - Madison

Topic: Financing

Ready to Diagnose and Strengthen Your Business Financials? This hands-on course introduces the FinanceEDGE Tool-a structured, four-step framework designed to help small business owners analyze financial health, identify root causes of financial stress, and implement actionable solutions. Whether ...

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Fee: No Cost



Statewide Online Events

Explore the following online business education options that can be accessed from anywhere.


SBIR 101 Webinar

November 18, 2025 | 12:00PM | Online
Facilitated by: Center For Technology Commercialization

$4.5 Billion dollars in product development is available, maybe to you! Learn more about how you might tap the largest seed fund in this brief overview (and how we can help for free).

The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfe...

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Fee: No Cost



Finance Sources & Uses of Capital for Food & Farm Businesses

November 19, 2025 | 9:00AM | Online
Facilitated by: Food Finance Institute

Topic: Financing

Learn more and register here.

For growing food and farm enterprises, understanding and securing the right capital is the most critical factor for successful scale. This essential session, de...

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Fee: $35.00



Food and Farm Consultant Webinar Series: Financing Alternative Ownership Models

December 8, 2025 | 1:00PM | Online
Facilitated by: Food Finance Institute

Learn more and register here.

The Food Finance Institute's quarterly webinar series aims to provide consultants and technical as...

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Fee: No Cost



Funding Your Farm's Future

December 10, 2025 | 12:00PM | Online
Facilitated by: Food Finance Institute

Topic: Business Accounting and Budget

Learn more and register here.

Instructor: FFI Farm Program Manager Andy Larson

  • Choose your best financing options
  • Improve your loan or grant application
  • Negotiat...
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Fee: $250.00



Raising Equity for Food Businesses

January 8, 2026 | 10:00AM | Online
Facilitated by: Food Finance Institute

Topic: Financing

Learn more and register here.

Instructor: FFI Innovative Finance Expert Tera Johnson

Raising Equity is designed to help food and farm businesses successfully raise money, both debt and equity. Ins...

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Fee: $500.00

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