Small Business Development
With Patty Brennan
2008 Schedule & Fees
Saturday, noon–4:30pm, September 27 (ERD 9/5)
Fee $75; $65 if paid in full and postmarked by the Early Registration Deadline (ERD) listed
4.0 DONA CEs approved
Make a living doing what you love! Come and learn the skills necessary to be successfully self-employed in a service-oriented business. How do you shape and define your practice? What are the basic business components necessary to your work? This class is appropriate for doulas, midwives, massage therapists, lactation consultants, childbirth educators, counselors, and other professionals who have self-employed income or want to establish a small business. Topics include:
- Pros and cons of self-employment
- Establishing yourself as a business entity
- Money matters: setting and collecting fees, bartering, sliding scales, small claims court
- Financial record keeping
- Small business guide to taxes
- Insurance reimbursement for health-related services
- Marketing your practice on a limited budget
- Creating effective promotional literature
- Networking for fun and profit
- Limiting liability and creating effective client contracts
- Small business ethics