UW-Madison Classes

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

Human Resources (HR) Basics for Non-HR Professionals (ONLINE)

April 10, 2024 | 8:30AM | Online
Facilitated by: Wisconsin SBDC at UW - Madison

Topic: Managing Employees

THIS CLASS IS ONLINE

For most small business owners and managers, there is a wide gap between hiring your first employee(s) and bringing on an HR manager or team of HR professionals. Yet in the meantime, there are a lot of legal details and best practices to know to best p...

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Fee: $289.00



Human Resources (HR) Basics for Non-HR Professionals

April 10, 2024 | 8:30AM | Wisconsin SBDC at UW - Madison, Grainger Hall, Madison

Topic: Managing Employees

For most small business owners and managers, there is a wide gap between hiring your first employee(s) and bringing on an HR manager or team of HR professionals. Yet in the meantime, there are a lot of legal details and best practices to know to best position your business for success. This cours...

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Fee: $289.00



Communication & Delegation Skills

April 11, 2024 | 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: $329.00



Positive Power Plays: Skills for Conflict & Negotiation

April 18, 2024 | 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



Brain Hacks: Harnessing Neuroscience for Leadership & Success

April 19, 2024 | 8:30AM | Wisconsin SBDC at UW - Madison, Grainger Hall, Madison

Topic: Managing Employees

Your brain has evolved to help you survive, and its primary job is to keep you safe. The challenge is that your brain rarely distinguishes evolutionary threats (e.g. avoiding a lion) from the everyday - and ever-changing! - stressors of our chaotic and complex modern world. If left untrained, the...

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Fee: $289.00



Buy-Sell Agreements

April 29, 2024 | 11:00AM | Online
Facilitated by: Wisconsin SBDC at UW - Madison

Topic: Managing a Business

If you are in business with other people, the reality is that at some point, you will not be. As with any personal or professional partnership, communication is key. By working together to create a buy-sell agreement - before someone leaves the business - you can create a strong foundation for yo...

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Fee: No Cost



Wisconsin Tax Seminar for New Businesses

April 30, 2024 | 10:00AM | Online
Facilitated by: Wisconsin SBDC at UW - Madison

Topic: Tax Planning

In this New Business Seminar, hosted by The Wisconsin Department of Revenue (DOR) you will gain a basic understanding of Wisconsin's tax laws.

Topics may include:

Business tax registration Withholding tax information Sales and use tax information Other business taxes Electronic fili...

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Fee: No Cost



Fearless Performance Management

May 7, 2024 | 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



Launch Into Leadership

June 20, 2024 | 8:30AM | Wisconsin SBDC at UW - Madison, Grainger Hall, Madison

Topic: Managing Employees

Taking on new supervisory responsibilities is a great opportunity and challenge. Many in supervisory roles have learned either by trial and error or by following what was done by their predecessor. In most cases, this is not a very effective strategy. This course will start you in the right direc...

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Fee: $289.00



Biz Smart Sprint

July 11, 2024 | 4:00PM | Online
Facilitated by: Wisconsin SBDC at UW - Madison

Topic: Start-up Assistance

Biz Smart Sprint is your introduction into the world of entrepreneurship. In this live, virtual 6-week course, you will learn the building blocks you need to become a successful entrepreneur. Each week, you'll discover the key components you need to start a business, including the Business Model ...

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Fee: $239.00



Maximizing Your Leadership Potential

July 12, 2024 | 8:30AM | Wisconsin SBDC at UW - Madison, Grainger Hall, Madison

Topic: Managing Employees

Maximizing Your Leadership Potential is a program designed to help you with practical to achieve lasting, sustainable results through people. This course will enable you to sharpen your skills in four fundamental areas of leadership: self-awareness, learning agility, communication, and influence....

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Fee: $289.00



Balancing the Leadership Scale: Optimizing Individual & Team Effectiveness

July 16, 2024 | 9:00AM | Wisconsin SBDC at UW - Madison, Grainger Hall, Madison

Topic: Managing Employees

In our roles as leaders, we often find ourselves pulled in many directions and navigating numerous competing demands. We're responsible for the success of our teams, but we have to balance that with managing our own projects and priorities. Balancing the success of our teams while ensuring we a...

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Fee: $289.00



Positive Power Plays: Skills for Conflict & Negotiation

July 19, 2024 | 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



Communication & Delegation Skills

July 26, 2024 | 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: $329.00



FORWARD FEST: Demystifying the Pro Forma: Building Financial Projections

August 21, 2024 | 12:00AM | Online
Facilitated by: Wisconsin SBDC at UW - Madison

Topic: Business Accounting and Budget

By joining us for this overview session, you will build a solid foundation of concepts that can help you understand how to put real numbers to your dreams and learn the path to projections. Whether you plan to seek funding from a bank, determine the feasibility of your business idea, or explore n...

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Fee: No Cost



Statewide Online Events

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


Corporate Transparency Act: New Federal Reporting Obligations

March 20, 2024 | 5:00PM | Online
Facilitated by: Wisconsin SBDC at UW - La Crosse

Topic: Managing a Business

Effective January 1, 2024, the new reporting requirements of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) apply to millions of business and non-business entities. The CTA aims to provide law enforcement with information that can be used to combat money laundering, tax fraud and other illicit activities c...

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Fee: No Cost



Financial Management Series - Financial Forecasts & Planning

March 21, 2024 | 12:00PM | Online
Facilitated by: Wisconsin SBDC at UW - La Crosse

Topic: Business Accounting and Budget

The Financial Management Certificate Series is a series of classes for small business owners looking to learn more about financial statements, financial projections, financial terminology, and cash flow management strategies.

The certificate program has three sessions. You do not need to ...

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Fee: $69.00



Improving Work Ethic and Personal Responsibility (SM Elective)

March 26, 2024 | 8:00AM | Online
Facilitated by: Wisconsin SBDC at UW - La Crosse

Topic: Managing Employees

The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) conducts worker surveys of the state workforce and consistently finds at the top of the training needs list is "work ethic." Other nationwide surveys have been conducted with the same exact results. Does your organization stru...

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Fee: $139.00



Conflict Resolution with the Empathy Method (SM Elective)

March 26, 2024 | 1:00PM | Online
Facilitated by: Wisconsin SBDC at UW - La Crosse

Topic: Managing Employees

Nothing can undermine team productivity like unresolved, festering conflict! It creates undertow in the team and prevents it from high performance. This session provides a proven, multi-step empathy method for resolving individual and team conflict. Through several interactive case studies and th...

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Fee: $139.00



Financial Management Series - Cash Flow Management

April 4, 2024 | 12:00PM | Online
Facilitated by: Wisconsin SBDC at UW - La Crosse

Topic: Cash Flow Management

The Financial Management Certificate Series is a series of classes for small business owners looking to learn more about financial statements, financial projections, financial terminology, and cash flow management strategies.

The certificate program has three sessions. You do not need to ...

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Fee: $69.00



Mastering YouTube: Essential Secrets for Small Business Success (DP-AM) - Virtual

April 11, 2024 | 9:00AM | Online
Facilitated by: Wisconsin SBDC at UW - Green Bay

Topic: Marketing and Sales

Mastering YouTube: Essential Secrets for Small Business Success

Presented live, VIRTUALLY - 9:00-10:30AM, Thursday, April 11, 2024

Description:

This training is designed exclusively for small business owners aiming t...

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Fee: $80.00



Mastering YouTube: Essential Secrets for Small Business Success (DP-PM) - Virtual

April 11, 2024 | 5:00PM | Online
Facilitated by: Wisconsin SBDC at UW - Green Bay

Topic: Marketing and Sales

Mastering YouTube: Essential Secrets for Small Business Success

Presented live, VIRTUALLY - 5:00-6:30PM, Thursday, April 11, 2024

Description:

This training is designed exclusively for small business owners aiming to...

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Fee: $80.00



Podcasting Mastery for Small Business Success: From Concept to Connection (DP-AM) - Virtual

April 18, 2024 | 9:00AM | Online
Facilitated by: Wisconsin SBDC at UW - Green Bay

Topic: Marketing and Sales

Podcasting Mastery for Small Business Success: From Concept to Connection

Presented live, VIRTUALLY - 9:00-10:30AM, Thursday, April 18

Description:

This training is tailored for small business owners keen on harnessi...

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Fee: $80.00



Podcasting Mastery for Small Business Success: From Concept to Connection (DP-PM) - Virtual

April 18, 2024 | 5:00PM | Online
Facilitated by: Wisconsin SBDC at UW - Green Bay

Topic: Marketing and Sales

Podcasting Mastery for Small Business Success: From Concept to Connection

Presented live, VIRTUALLY - 5-6:30PM, Thursday, April 18

Description:

This training is tailored for small business owners keen on harnessing t...

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Fee: $80.00



SEO Simplified: Boost Your Business Online Without the Tech Talk (DP-AM) - Virtual

April 25, 2024 | 9:00AM | Online
Facilitated by: Wisconsin SBDC at UW - Green Bay

Topic: Marketing and Sales

SEO Simplified: Boost Your Business Online Without the Tech Talk

Presented live, VIRTUALLY - 9:00-10:30AM, Thursday, April 25, 2024

Description: Unlock the power of Search Engine Optimization (SEO) without the jargon! This ...

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Fee: $80.00



SEO Simplified: Boost Your Business Online Without the Tech Talk (DP-PM) Virtual

April 25, 2024 | 5:00PM | Online
Facilitated by: Wisconsin SBDC at UW - Green Bay

Topic: Marketing and Sales

SEO Simplified: Boost Your Business Online Without the Tech Talk

Presented live, VIRTUALLY - 5:00-6:30PM, Thursday, April 25, 2024

Description: Unlock the power of Search Engine Optimization (SEO) without the jargon! This t...

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Fee: $80.00



Business Basics Bootcamp (DP) - Spring 2024 - Virtual

May 1, 2024 | 5:30PM | Online
Facilitated by: Wisconsin SBDC at UW - Green Bay

Topic: Business Basics

Online minimum: 10

The Business Basics Bootcamp is a four-week course (meeting once a week, virtually) for those new to starting a business, seeking a refresher to increase business success, or having a desire to expand their small-scale business....

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Fee: $160.00



Time Mastery for Small Business Success: Practical Strategies for Productivity... (DP-AM) - Virtual

May 9, 2024 | 9:00AM | Online
Facilitated by: Wisconsin SBDC at UW - Green Bay

Topic: Managing a Business

Time Mastery for Small Business Success: Practical Strategies for Productivity and Balance

Presented live, VIRTUALLY - 9:00-10:30AM , Thursday, May 9, 2024

Description:

This training is designed to empower small busi...

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Fee: $80.00



Time Mastery for Small Business Success: Practical Strategies for Productivity...(DP-PM) - Virtual

May 9, 2024 | 5:00PM | Online
Facilitated by: Wisconsin SBDC at UW - Green Bay

Topic: Managing a Business

Time Mastery for Small Business Success: Practical Strategies for Productivity and Balance

Presented live, VIRTUALLY - 5:00-6:30PM , Thursday, May 9, 2024

Description:

This training is designed to empower small busin...

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Fee: $80.00



DOD SBIR: Special Programs & Speaking their language

May 14, 2024 | 12:00PM | Online
Facilitated by: Center For Technology Commercialization

Topic: Start-up Assistance

The Department of Defense (DOD) SBIR and STTR programs offer a wide range of opportunities for small firms to address military needs in just about every technology area from software to training systems, from medical products to air, land and sea platforms. In order to become an eventual supplier...

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Fee: No Cost



Tools for Success: Simplifying Productivity for Small Business Owners (DP-AM) - Virtual

May 16, 2024 | 9:00AM | Online
Facilitated by: Wisconsin SBDC at UW - Green Bay

Topic: Managing a Business

Tools for Success: Simplifying Productivity for Small Business Owners

Presented live, VIRTUALLY - 9:00-10:30AM, Thursday, May 16, 2024

Description:

This training is your go-to guide for small business owners eager to...

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Fee: $80.00



Tools for Success: Simplifying Productivity for Small Business Owners (DP-PM) - Virtual

May 16, 2024 | 5:00PM | Online
Facilitated by: Wisconsin SBDC at UW - Green Bay

Topic: Managing a Business

Tools for Success: Simplifying Productivity for Small Business Owners

Presented live, VIRTUALLY - 5:00-6:30PM, Thursday, May 16, 2024

Description:

This training is your go-to guide for small business owners eager to ...

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Fee: $80.00



Federal Funding for Health and Bioscience Technologies R&D

June 4, 2024 | 12:00PM | Online
Facilitated by: Center For Technology Commercialization

Topic: Start-up Assistance

Do you have a health related or biotech technology, but need funding to advance?

Join this webinar and learn how to find and select health technology grant opportunities. Our expert will review how to find health and bioscience federal funding, including DHHS/NIH/BluePrint MedTech, BARDA, ...

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Fee: No Cost

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