Come tour the venue and meet vendors and enjoy some tasty bites! Before you can design like a pro, you need to master the fundamentals.
This 60-minute live webinar delivers a practical, hands-on introduction to Canva, focused on learning the basics and confidently navigating the platform. Participants will explore Canva?s dashboard and workspace while gaining experience with essential tools, including text formatting, color selection, alignment, positioning, layering, grouping, and file export options. Through live demonstration and guided practice, attendees will build a strong foundation that makes design work faster, easier, and more consistent. This session is valuable for business owners who are handling marketing, as well as teams with a marketing specialist who want to save time and produce even more professional work.
LEARN HOW TO:
Navigate Canva?s dashboard and workspace efficiently
Use key tools including text formatting, color selection, alignment, and positioning
Manage layers, grouping, resizing, and layout structure
Select appropriate design dimensions and download file formats Without clear financial systems, it can be difficult to understand where your money is going, maintain healthy cash flow or make confident decisions about your business. Building a strong financial foundation can help you organize your finances, monitor performance and prepare your business for future growth and funding opportunities.
In this webinar, you?ll learn essential financial management practices to organize finances, manage cash flow and prepare for business growth. We?ll explore how stronger financial systems can help you make informed day-to-day decisions, prepare for future funding needs and support sustainable business growth. You?ll also learn where business credit cards fit into a responsible financial management strategy.
In this webinar, you?ll learn:
Why separating personal and business finances is essential
How bookkeeping and budgets help track performance and guide decisions
How financial statements help you understand profit, cash flow and business health
What forecasts and financial records can prepare your business for funding
How to use business credit cards responsibly to manage expenses and cash flow Before you can design like a pro, you need to master the fundamentals.
This 60-minute live webinar delivers a practical, hands-on introduction to Canva, focused on learning the basics and confidently navigating the platform. Participants will explore Canva?s dashboard and workspace while gaining experience with essential tools, including text formatting, color selection, alignment, positioning, layering, grouping, and file export options. Through live demonstration and guided practice, attendees will build a strong foundation that makes design work faster, easier, and more consistent. This session is valuable for business owners who are handling marketing, as well as teams with a marketing specialist who want to save time and produce even more professional work.
LEARN HOW TO:
Navigate Canva?s dashboard and workspace efficiently
Use key tools including text formatting, color selection, alignment, and positioning
Manage layers, grouping, resizing, and layout structure
Select appropriate design dimensions and download file formats AI is moving fast, and for many business owners, it can be hard to tell what is actually useful and what is just noise. In AI for Local Business Growth: 3 Workflows That Drive Revenue, Dana Plazyk brings the conversation down to earth by focusing on practical ways local businesses can use AI right now to support real growth.
This session will explore how to turn everyday expertise into stronger marketing, improve lead follow-up and customer communication, and save time on repetitive tasks so owners can focus more on relationships, service, and revenue-generating work. Grounded in real business life, the presentation is approachable, hands-on, and built for people who want AI to feel helpful, not overwhelming. Invest your time not your money to develop a strong brand that will make your business more profitable.
Your brand is more than just a logo?it's the foundation of how your business is perceived and remembered. In this Live Online Workshop, you'll be instructed in the essentials of branding and why it is critical to business success. We'll break down the core components of an effective brand and guide you through the steps to create one that truly represents your mission and connects with your audience.
What you?ll learn:
What a brand is and why it matters
How a strong brand benefits your business
The key elements needed to build a brand
What goes into shaping a brand identity
How branding influences your marketing efforts
The step-by-step process of developing a brand
Whether you?re just starting out or looking to refine your existing brand, this workshop will give you the clarity and tools you need to stand out. The DeKalb Chamber Board of Directors meet to discuss the important issues impacting the Chamber and the business community as well as approve upcoming business In today?s competitive digital landscape, small businesses need every advantage to stand out locally.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming how businesses optimize for local search, making it easier to attract nearby customers and improve visibility. This webinar will demystify AI-powered tools and techniques that can enhance your local SEO strategy. You?ll learn practical, cost-effective ways to use AI for keyword research, content creation, reputation management, and data-driven decision-making?without needing a technical background.
LEARN HOW TO:
Recognize the role of AI in local SEO
Identify AI tools for local SEO optimization such as keyword research, content generation, and customer engagement.
Apply AI strategies to improve local visibility
Measure and analyze SEO performance using AI insights and make data-informed improvements AI has made it faster and easier for small business owners to manage routine financial tasks, understand their numbers and get answers to common bookkeeping and tax questions. But using AI for your finances comes with risks, and knowing where AI can help and when to rely on accurate bookkeeping can help you avoid costly financial mistakes.
In this webinar, you?ll learn how to use AI more effectively and responsibly when managing your business finances. We?ll explore how AI can help you understand financial information, spot patterns and prepare for financial decisions. You?ll also learn where AI falls short, what information should always be verified and why accurate bookkeeping remains essential to maintaining a clear and reliable financial picture.
What you?ll learn:
Four practical ways to use AI to support your business finances
Prompts you can use immediately for common financial questions and tasks
The limitations of AI tools to interpret your business?s financial information
How to recognize when AI lacks the judgment needed to evaluate a financial question accurately
Why accurate bookkeeping is the foundation for using AI effectively, verifying its recommendations and making informed financial decisions
Open House at Stone Ridge Event Center
Workshop - Design Like a Pro with Canva: Mastering the Basics
Workshop - Mastering Small Business Financial Management – Keys to Growth and Profitability
Workshop - After Hours: Design Like a Pro - Canva Basics
Business at Breakfast - AI for Local Business Growth: 3 Workflows That Drive Revenue
Workshop - Develop a Strong Brand to Make Your Business More Profitable
DeKalb Chamber Board of Directors Meeting
Workshop - The Experience Effect: Holiday Edition
Workshop - Using AI for Financial Management: Balancing AI Tools With Reliable Bookkeeping
