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The National Small Business Week Virtual Summit, taking place September 13-15th, is a 3-day, action-packed event. It will include educational webinars, updates on resources for small businesses, and a networking chat room for business owners and aspiring entrepreneurs.

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Fiserv is a financial services company and one of its brands is Clover. They make payment processing hardware and software for small businesses (and bigger businesses). They recently became a major sponsor for SCORE East Bay, with a donation for $10,000! Many thanks to Michael Hawes who has facilitated the partnership, and provided more details on the benefits below:

As part of the sponsorship, Fiserv requested that some of the donation go towards recruiting minority mentors and reaching out to minority small businesses. SCORE East Bay allocated resources towards social media advertising and included funds used on LinkedIn, targeting these demographics. They also allocated funds to provide a number of complimentary passes to local workshops for new SCORE clients.

Another part of the joint program is that Fiserv and Clover publicize to their clients that they can get free business mentoring from SCORE. This is being publicized through the sponsor's email list and website on the client's account page (i.e. not visible to people who aren't Fiserv clients). This could result in small business people anywhere in the US contacting SCORE for mentoring. Michael Hawes let Fiserv know this is OK; SCORE wants to help small businesses and as One SCORE has the capacity to do this across the country.

If you or your chapter has any questions about the partnership, feel free to contact SCORE Easy Bay directly. If you've received referrals from Fiserv or Clover, please let volunteer.services@score.org know so that we can pass along the information to SCORE East Bay for tracking impact.

If you need assistance with similar local partnerships, check out SCORE's new Fundraising Toolkit.

Beginning November 1, 2021, customers will be required to update their Zoom software to ensure it is no more than nine months behind the current version, at any given time. From that point on, users will be prompted to update their software when using the platform should their version fall behind this nine-month window.

Zoom recommends you regularly download and update to the latest version of the Zoom software by checking for updates within the Zoom client or by navigating to https://zoom.us/download to take advantage of all their latest security and functionality features.

Q1 FY22 campaign options are now available for chapters to opt into. If interested, chapters must complete the following form by September 20th: SCORE Q1 FY2022 Digital Ad Campaign Opt-In

These ads will run from October 1st - December 31st, 2021. Campaigns will be refreshed and optimized each month. If you have any questions, please email scoresocial@hi-perlocal.com. 

If interested, you can view the on-demand webinar from this year’s VLC, “Chapter Social Media Program Tips and Tricks,” to learn more about the Hi-Per Local program history and overview, FY21 social media impact, and tips for amplifying current efforts.

SBA will begin sending invitations for supplemental awards for the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant program.

SVOG supplemental awards are to be provided to those who received an initial grant and have illustrated a 70% loss when comparing 2021’s first-quarter revenues to the same in 2019.

Supplemental award applicants can choose to apply for any amount up to 50% of their original SVOG amount, with a $10 million cap of the initial and supplemental awards combined, according to the law. The supplemental awards also allow SVOG recipients to extend the time to use their grant funds for expenses accrued through June 30, 2022 and lengthen their budget period to 18 months from the initial grant’s disbursement date.

Calling all Treasurers! You're invited to a national event to meet other Treasurers throughout SCORE as well as share and learn new tactics or tools to perform your role better. New Treasurers are highly encouraged to attend but all Treasurers are welcomed.

This 2 hour event mainly uses Zoom breakout rooms. Come ready to meet, share and learn from other volunteers!

Join SCORE partners in a special meeting open to all SCORE volunteers. We will hear directly from Dell and Advance Your Reach on their partnership and support for SCORE Chapters and Clients.

Hear an overview of their offerings and then join us in breakout rooms for networking and opportunities for direct Q&A. For more information on Dell, Advance Your Reach, and other SCORE Partners, check out the Current Partner Initiatives page on the Support Center.

Tune into this webinar to learn what marketing planning resources are available to your chapter as you prepare for FY22. View recorded marketing webinars.

Information specific to chapter webmasters is reviewed during this webinar, such as upcoming website sprints or website best practices. View recorded webmaster training webinars.

Join SCORE's social media team to learn how to manage your chapter's social media platforms, increase engagement and grow your followers. View recorded social media webinars.

To watch the recorded webinars from the Virtual Leadership Conference, please visit the 2021 Virtual Leadership Conference Support Center page.

Please reach out to partners@softwareadvice.com for more information.