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November 2017
Distribution:
All Active & Provisional Volunteers
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Shout-out to SCORE Omaha volunteer:
Rand Hansen
Rand has been one of SCORE Omaha's Entrepreneur Workshop presenters for almost 30 years, presenting monthly without a single absence. Rand presents on taxes, accounting and loves what he does. He is an awesome volunteer.
When asked about his involvement with SCORE, Rand said:
"I began teaching this type of class sometime around 1980 on behalf of the IRS's Taxpayer Information Office. SCORE became one of the sponsors of the program, taking it over when the IRS closed the Taxpayer Information Office. Helping and guiding people who are hoping to start a new business has been one of the most rewarding parts of my career. I have had the opportunity to meet so many people with a passion to start their own business, many of them becoming close friends. I have also had the opportunity to become involved with the dedicated SCORE members who willingly give of their time and expertise to help those who are embarking on a new financial adventure."
From all of us at SCORE, thank you Rand for your tireless service!
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Chapters in District 549 (Ohio) Use Annual Grant to Fund Joint Women's Event
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On September 21 District 549's five chapters (Cleveland, Akron, Youngstown, North Central and Canton) hosted Neo Women Connect, their inaugural women's event. This event will be held annually, with communication throughout the year on Facebook.
This year's event started at 9:30 with a B-2-B trade show followed by two breakout sessions and then lunch featuring a keynote speaker. To accommodate the number of attendees the breakout sessions were held concurrently and repeated.
Registration ended up at 140, including 15 SCORE mentors.
All five chapters were represented.
Day of walk-ins numbers more than offset the number of no-shows. The chapter wrapped everything up
using Constant Contact for the post-event evaluation. 87% of the respondents were highly satisfied or satisfied and 90% indicated they were very likely or likely to attend again.
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SCORE Pasco Hernando Recognized Locally for Achieving the 2017 Platinum Chapter Award
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SCORE Pasco Hernando received their third consecutive Platinum Chapter Award during the National Leadership Conference in Baltimore Maryland this past August.
Some of the chapter's achievements in FY2017 include:
- Hosting 80 free small business seminars
- Conducting 375 new client sessions, 40 new online sessions, and 975 follow-ups sessions with clients
- Opening an additional office in the SMARTstart West Pasco Entrepreneur Center on US 19 in New Port Richey
The chapter proudly brought their recognition home and was recently featured in local news for all their efforts.
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SCORE Richmond Celebrates Success with an Annual Lunch Meeting and Client Panel
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Over the past year,
SCORE Richmond held
face-to-face advisory meetings with 663 entrepreneurs, up from 637 the previous fiscal year. They had 1,661 follow-up meetings compared with 1,290 the previous fiscal year. Chapter leaders John Anderson and Mary Ann Steiner worked to put together a fantastic celebratory luncheon on October 17. Five entrepreneurs who have benefited from SCORE counseling spoke during the meeting which drove home the impact that SCORE's volunteers make, in addition to providing yet another networking and growth opportunity for the chapter's clients.
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Continuing Education at SCORE Staten Island
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The SCORE Learning Team would like to say a big THANK YOU to SCORE Putnam and SCORE Washington, DC! Both chapters recently held group trainings of the mentoring skills modules in SCORE Training. SCORE Putnam used the module on Powerful Listening & Questioning, and DC showed Empathy in Practice. Both groups had robust discussions focused on strengthening mentoring skills and improving service to clients. Thank you to George Joiner (SCORE Putnam) and Ed Coleman (DC) for their leadership.
SCORE Putnam members:
Ammnarie K. Baisley; Albert J. Bevacqua; Helen Bowers; Edward Bryan; Vincent Favale; Scott Fisher; Salvatore Gambino; Mel Gottesfeld; John A. Handy; Jeffrey Jankowski; George Joiner; Dominick Romano; Russell Ward; L. Herbert Weiss
SCORE DC members:
Walt Abbott; Guy Antoine; Len Briskman; Mona Brown; John Carr; Joe Clarke; Ed Coleman; Fred Glave; Joyce Greene; John Hocker; Herbert Jacobson; Len Johnson; Sam Karamchetty; Alverta Lopez; Mary Neyhard; Richard Rose; Alan Rosenberg; Gary Salisbury; Roger Schwarz; Ed Shanahan; Michael Shattow; Hal Shelton; Jena Vargas; Damien Wanner; Kevin Weir; Annie Westphal; David Westreich; Karen Williams; Ira Wolpert
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SCORE SECT featured on NBC
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SCORE Memphis Busy with Workshops
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SCORE Memphis and Iberia Bank together hosted a Business After Hours event at the bank's branch in Germantown, Tennessee on Tuesday evening October 24th. This was one of the marketing programs organized and promoted by the Germantown Area Chamber of Commerce, which brought together small business owners, SCORE mentors, and bank representatives in an informal social setting.
SCORE Memphis also held a Small Business Bootcamp in conjunction with their local UPS store late in September. This one day event for potential and current small business owners engaged and educated 50 business owners in the Memphis area on successful money management strategy and systems.
Hosting workshops
in partnership helps in terms of resources, and also shares audiences. Greater impact with less effort is always a good thing!
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Small Business Success Virtual Conference
November 9
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On Thursday November 9, SCORE will host its 4th client-facing virtual conference. This event will take place online from 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM Eastern / 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM Pacific.
SCORE's virtual conferences offers educational webinars, exhibitor booths, and networking chat rooms to give SCORE clients and potential clients the information they need to succeed as a small business owner.
Please share with your clients, and take some time to join us yourself if you are able!
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2018 National Small Business Week Awards
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Do you have a client with an amazing success story? Encourage them to apply for SBA's National Small Business Week awards.
Since 1963, National Small Business Week has been celebrated since 1963. Many household names were previous National Small Business Week award winners, including Ben and Jerry's, Callaway Golf, Chobani, Dogfish Head, Stonyfield Farm, Pacifica, Maui Brewing Company and Tom's of Maine.
All nominations must be mailed or hand delivered to the nearest SBA office no later than 3:00 p.m. ET on January 9, 2018. Winners will be announced during National Small Business Week, April 29-May 5, 2018.
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Share Your Success
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Know a volunteer who has gone above and beyond? Proud of your clients' and chapters' efforts? Share your successes with us. Email
recognition@score.org.
View all past volunteer and chapter spotlights on the SCORE Volunteer Center's
Newsletter Archive.
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Beth Shapiro, SCORE Houston
Beth is
a mentor, lecturer, former Membership Chair, Education Chair, Chapter Chair and District Director for SCORE Houston. She is the current Regional Vice President/Southwest for SCORE and has served on the National Advisory Council. Beth is the proud recipient of the 2012 SBA Counselor of the Year - SCORE, awarded to her out of 13,000 nationwide SCORE volunteers.
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Mary Livingston, SCORE Philadelphia
Mary is both a mentor and serves as President/Chapter Chair of SCORE Philadelphia. While living in Georgia, she was initially introduced to the SCORE Association through its Atlanta chapter. She volunteered with SCORE Atlanta for two years prior moving back to Philadelphia in 2007. Since then she has volunteered her time and served with each executive director since the chapter was chartered in 2006.
Read about Mary
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