March 15, 2019
Distribution: All Active Volunteers
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Volunteer Engagement Survey
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The Volunteer Survey kicked off Tuesday, March 12th. All volunteers that were active or provisional as of February 6th should receive a survey invite from PWC. The survey invite will come from pwcsurveysurrport@us.pwc.c
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and will have a subject line of "Take the SCORE Vounteer Engagement Survey!"
The survey will be open until early April. Invites will be sent each week to volunteers that have not completed the survey.
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2019 National Small Business Week Virtual Conference
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SCORE and the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) will co-sponsor a two-day virtual conference during National Small Business Week, Tuesday, May 7 and Wednesday, May 8, 2019. The conference is hosted entirely over the internet and allows users to connect with sponsors, mentors and peers via a virtual, interactive environment. This event will include free educational webinars, networking opportunities, mentoring and business resources.
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Bill.com Direct Deposit Reimbursement
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SCORE now offers direct deposit of your reimbursements to your bank account through Bill.com ePayments. It is a free service available to all volunteers and staff which shortens reimbursement waiting time.
There are two ways to sign up for this service:
1. Accept an initiation email from Bill.com (Need an invite? Request one by emailing accounting@score.org)
2. Follow the instructions on your last check stub. Step by step instructions for setting up an ePayment account with Bill.com are
here.
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SCORE's Volunteer Virtual Conference - register now!
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The next Volunteer Virtual Conference will be held on March 28th from 1-3pm. During this webinar, you will be able to:
- Attend a live webinar on Digital Marketing
- Attend a session with a panel of seasoned volunteers
- Get answers to your most asked questions in the SCORE Headquarters Staff "Expert Bar"
- Download all resources
- And more!
Don't miss the excitement of this event!
Couldn't attend the first Volunteer Virtual Conference? Don't worry, the virtual conferences will be held bi-monthly in FY19! You can also access content from previous
SCORE Volunteer Virtual Conferences on
SCORE Training
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are made readily available for you to be able to access the valuable content when needed.
Save the date for future Volunteer Virtual Conferences! Registration and details coming soon!
*You must be logged into the Volunteer Center to access this link.
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Diversity and Inclusion in San Antonio
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Congratulations to SCORE San Antonio for partnering with NAWBO (National Association of Women Business Owners) on an excellent conference on 2/28. "Women Taking Care of Business" had over 100 attendees and Beth Shapiro was the luncheon keynote speaker. Joe Polichino, San Antonio Chapter Chair did an excellent job recruiting potential clients and volunteers and make much progress. If you have a NAWBO chapter near you, reach out. It will be worth it!
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March 2019
Total media mentions for February: 1317
Total potential unique viewers: 883,374,832
Top 3 media mentions by potential unique viewer:
- "Good News For Small Business Borrowers: SBA Lending Is Back on Track" - Forbes, 2/14/19 (29,790,000 potential unique viewers)
- "Why It's Time For Female Entrepreneurs To Break The Money Taboo" - Forbes, 2/17/19 (29,790,000 potential unique viewers)
- "Women Entrepreneurs On Discovering The Right Time To Start A Business" - Forbes, 2/28/19 (29,790,000 potential unique viewers)
Highlighted local features:
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Vistaprint Update
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We are currently experiencing technical difficulties with the formatting of the business card templates in Vistaprint. We advise you to order your business cards locally or from another vendor at this time. We will provide an update once this issue has been fixed.
To order your business cards locally, download the business card template here. |
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@scorevolunteer Emails
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Please request your @scorevolunteer.org email address now. To request your email, please contact
help@score.org. Please note that your chapter may also be looking to migrate all volunteers at the same time.
Because the SCORE email address will be the login for SCORE Engage, our new technology system, every volunteer should get their SCORE email address before September 30, 2019.
The SCORE Website,
help.score.org, has multiple articles and videos to assist you in the use of your @scorevoluneer.org email. there will be even more training on the use of this email coming in the near future.
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SCORE Awards
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We have received several inquiries about the American Small Business Championship and the SCORE Awards. This year, neither event will be taking place. We are actively pursuing partners to fund ASBC, and are exploring new ways to enhance the impact and reach of the SCORE Awards. Stay tuned for more information.
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Onboarding Monthly Webinars
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On a monthly basis SCORE Headquarters' Onboarding Team hosts a webinar to share learnings and resources as well as allow for questions about the program. The next webinar to support chapters in implementing the Onboarding Program is
Thursday, March 21 at 1pm EST. Please register for Onboarding Program Webinar with the link below. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. If you are unable to attend the live webinar, register anyway to have access to the recording and handouts.
March 21 at 1pm EST - Critical Success Factor: Train to the Role
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Diversity and Inclusion Ambassadors
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We are expanding our Diversity and Inclusion Ambassadors and are looking for additional volunteers from all regions.
Click here to review the responsibilities of the ambassadors.
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