Environment Friendly Materials and Technologies – 12 hours
Production and distribution in a sustainable environment
Review of environment practices in your territory
Materials
Technologies
To produce and distribute within a territory
To produce and distribute with other territories
Client Management – 8 hours
A personalized offer built around your client
Controlling and cutting costs
Utilizing modern communications
Environmental incentives
Administration and Finance – 8 hours
Your administrative model
Public financing
Bank financing
What to do? Let’s ask the client!
Credits - Barter – Exchange
Ethic banks and microcredit
Create your own currency
Marketing and Sales – 8 hours
Something that nearly everyone does not want to do
What are you offering and to whom
Let’s take a look at your territory
Consumer sales
Business to business sales
Public sector sales
Laws and Regulations – 8 hours
An efficient model for local environment friendly materials and technologies
Complying with laws and regulations
Outsourcing Goods and Services – 4 hours
Products and services in support of your plan
Outside your network but of the territory
Outside the territory
Final Task – 24 hours
Develop your environment friendly materials and technologies plan
Objectives
Training in the fundamentals of entrepreneurship, nonprofit management and other key skills in a local area development setting.
Participants will get answers to these key questions:
--How do I scope the size and effort of my goods, services and local area?
--What are my overall strategic objectives? What planning and implementation activities are required to achieve these objectives?
--How do I determine my target market (ideal customers)? How do I understand and meet their needs and wants?
--How do I position my goods, services and local area with respect to the competition?
--What key messages must I convey to present a compelling reason to purchase my products or services?
--How do I brand my goods, services or local area? How do I align my goods and services with my brand promise--including customer-facing personnel, look-and-feel of products, completeness of services offered, visual branding and promotion.
--What partners and associations should I consider to ensure success?
--What public and private means are available to finance my business, nonprofit and local area development?
--What are best practices for business, nonprofit and local area management?
--What role do local, state and federal governments play in developing a local area? What is the relationship between these government entities and my business, nonprofit and local area?
