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YWCA Anchorage Women$Finances AMI Center
324 East 5th Ave
Anchorage, AK 99501
P 907.644.9611
F 907.644.9650
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BrassTacks Business Basics
This is the core course of the Women$Finances program. This 20-hour course gives students the tools they need to start or grow their business. Topics include planning, financials, day-to-day operations, developing a strategic marketing plan, writing the business plan, human resources and management issues, and finding financing for your business. The course includes 16 hours of classroom instruction and at least 4 hours of one-on-one confidential business counseling assistance. The course is offered in a variety of formats: intensive weekend session, week days session, and week nights session. The course fee is $75, limited scholarship funds available for eligible students. Call for more information.
Summer 2008 BrassTacks Business Basics Course Schedule:
Money Smart - Using Banking Services Effectively
Financial education fosters financial stability for individuals, families, and entire communities. The more people know about credit and banking services, the more likely they are to increase savings, buy homes, and improve their financial health and well being. The Money Smart curriculum helps you build financial knowledge, develop financial confidence, and use banking services effectively.
This is a basic financial tools course and is recommeded as "Step 1" for financial literacy. The course is free online and completion is required to apply for our Wi$eUp Women MicroLoan. Get started today.
Wi$eUp Women - Personal Financial Literacy
A personal financial literacy seminar designed to empower women to obtain financial independence. The series is held each year during Spring and Fall. This year, we are adding a special Summer section as interest and demand was so great for our spring session! The next Wi$eUp Women Seminar series will be held Tuesday evenings in August, from 6p - 8:30p, here at the YWCA Anchorage. The cost is $40 for all four sessions, or $12 for individual sessions. For more information or to register, please call 644-9611.
You can also take Wi$eUp Women online.
Cash Flow 101® Game Night
Are you living paycheck to paycheck? Do you feel like you just work to pay bills? Then you’re stuck in "The Rat Race". You need to get your money working for you instead of you working for your money. Come and learn successful financial principles while playing a game that will teach you how to increase and manage your assets. Cash Flow 101® is the popular financial learning game developed by Robert Kiyosaki, author of "Rich Dad, Poor Dad." Families welcome! Game nights are not regularly scheduled, but occur periodically with sufficient interest from our clients. Calendar for dates and times.
Free Fridays
Each Friday, the Women$Finances program hosts a different opportunity for you to network and learn something that can help you grow your business.
M3 - Join us during the First Friday Art Walk for Marketing, Matchmaking and a Meetup for our web forum members! Our mini-expo is a great opportunity for our clients and tenants showcase their products or services; get to know other clients and tenants that you should probably be doing business with and meet your new online support network face-to-face. If you're a client, send us an email to request free "booth" space!
Brown Bag Lunch & Learn - Held at noon on the 2nd Friday of every month, these 45-minute workshops will keep you in the know. Topics are based on your feedback and requests. Check the Calendar for upcoming topics or join our email list to stay informed.
Tech-Leverage Lunches - Business owners who shy away from technology are getting left behind. We'll demystify today's newest tools, so you can do more with less and confidently take your business to the next level. At noon on the 3rd Friday of every month. Check the Calendar for upcoming topics or join our email list to stay informed.
Micro-Business Roundtables - A rare opportunity to join lively discussions about topics that affect you as you grow your businesses. Held on the 4th Friday of every month. Topics are based on your feedback and requests. Check the Calendar for upcoming topics or join our email list to stay informed.
QuickBooks Basics
Intuit QuickBooks is a de-facto standard for small business finance and book-keeping:
QuickBooks helps you manage your finances more effectively in less time than you spend now by simplifying the work you already do like paying bills, invoicing customers, tracking sales tax, filling out purchase orders and much, much more. Check the Calendar for dates and times.
Website & E-Commerce Development Support
The AMI Center provides hands-on support for website and e-commerce development. We strongly recommend and suprot the use of CityMax.com to all of our clients, regardless of their technical abilities. It is simply the most cost effective and time efficient service available. Check the Calendar for the dates and times of web workshops ($35) or email us to schedule one-on-one website support ($10/per hour).
Graphic design skills are not required, but you should be comfortable creating basic Word documents, sending email attachments & doing simple web searches. Check out CityMax.com.
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