Entrepreneurs all around share one thing in common: The eagerness to learn. One of the easiest ways to get your hands on the information is to attend courses and workshops. These courses and workshops are also a great way to network and meet new business prospects. Meeting new prospects face to face will help minimize having to make that dreaded cold-call in setting up sales appointments. Here is this month’s list of our workshops and courses to look out for:
Accounting and Finance Literacy:
Ever wished you could remove your fear of finance admin and accounting? Accounting isn't the most glamorous part of running a business. However, without it, your business will never reach its full potential. Accounting knowledge and financial literacy are absolutely essential in managing a successful business today. With the challenges entrepreneurs face in today's uncertain business environment, it is essential to be able to ask the right financial questions, understand the answers and make the right decisions.
Colour Accounting is a unique internationally recognised accounting and finance literacy program designed for anyone involved in finance and accounting, as well as for those who need to communicate accounting and finance to people without the background. Get a basic MBA understanding of accounting and finance in one day when you attend Colour Accounting. The workshop investment is R 2 745, which includes refreshments, lunch, course material and VAT. For a sneak peak at the workshop methodology click here:
Dates for the next workshops are:
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Region |
Date |
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Johannesburg & Pretoria |
Monday 12 September 2011 |
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Durban |
Wednesday 14 September 2011 |
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Cape Town |
Thursday 15 September 2011 |
Discounts are available for corporate and group bookings. To book your place, send us your contact details to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
Sales:
Think Sales - Sales Leadership Conference 2011 will be held on 26-27 September 2011 at the Sandton Sun. Not only will you learn how to ‘Build a high performance sales organisation’ but you will also meet 250 of South Africa’s leading companies to network with.
International and local successful business people featured here include US based Best Sales Trainer Nic Read as well as Softline co-founder and CEO Ivan Epstein. Here you will learn new concepts in sales training as well as how to create that extra value for your customers. For more details contact Janine Lombard on This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Entrepreneurship and Business Growth:
Endeavor is a non-profit organization that identifies and supports innovative, high-growth entrepreneurs in emerging markets around the world. In conjunction with GIBS (The Gordon Institute of Business Science) host what they call Enterprise Learning Circles. These have proven to be highly informative and offer a platform to meet entrepreneurs and business people who share their success stories in business. These are held around once a month and they are free to attend.
Endeavor also hosts the Entrepreneur Academy Bootcamp, which will be held from the 5th to the 8th of October 2011 and costs R 9 500 per person. The overall objective of the Bootcamp is to equip existing and aspiring entrepreneurs with the necessary skills and knowledge they need in order to take their businesses to the next level
For more on how Endeavor can help take your business to greater heights as well to book a seat on their Enterprise Learning Circles and Bootcamp make sure to log onto www.endeavor.co.za