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Access to Capital: Let’s Chat! YouTube Brand Awareness … Raising Your Social Capital!

Elevate your brand! Boost your social capital with our esteemed guest speaker, Dustin Litorja. Digital social capital is a way for a brand to understand the value of its online social networks. Join us to discover the secrets of enhancing your brand presence on YouTube! Justin will be sharing valuable tactics and strategies that have...

Tips to Create A Great Capability Statement

In this webinar you'll get valuable tips to create or update your capability statement. There will be several examples to inspire your ideas. And a makeover that takes a capability statement for a business from fair to great!

Understanding the Grant Accountability and Transparency Act (GATA) Pre-Award Process

Be Prepared for Grant Opportunities! The Grant Accountability and Transparency Act (GATA) provides uniform guidance for all State of Illinois grant programs. All grant applicants and grantees must comply with GATA grant requirements, which include the following steps before receiving a grant award: Pre-qualification on the GATA Grantee Portal Completion of two risk assessments (Internal...

Marketing and Operating Your Business Effectively

Your business is amazing! Now let's tell the world in the most effective way. Discuss strategies you may have tried and some new ones. Your business should look as professional inside and out which includes your marketing and overall operations.