Reaching Out to the Business Community: Using What You Know 

Description:

If you thought that there was no way you can do business reference without a business degree, then this workshop is for you.  Learn how you can provide outreach to your local business communities and what resources there are for you to use to accomplish this task.

Agenda:

9:00 to 9:10: Introductions and housekeeping

9:10 to 10:30 The Secret to Business Success Is at the Library (Stephanie Zamora)

10:30 to 10:45 Break

10:45 to 11:15 or 11:30 Secrets to Business (continued)

11:30 to 12:15 Business Resources For Your Library (Andrew Phillips)

12:15 to 12:45 Networking for Wallflowers (Morgan Perry)

Presenters:

Andrew Phillips is the Business Reference Librarian for Mid-Continent Public Libraries. He partners with the business community to help it grow and meet their information needs. In partnering with business incubators and economic development councils he helps supply the information needed by people to start their businesses. He works with databases and research tools to answer business reference questions as well as the general population. He received his Master's from Emporia State University and continues training through the American Library Association.

Morgan Perry

Stephanie Zamora - The entrepreneurial bug bit Stephanie when she started her first business at the age of ten. She has started many businesses since then. In 2003, Stephanie joined the team at KCSourceLink where she shared what she had learned in business with their clients. KCSourceLink connects business owners to a network of more than 200 nonprofit organizations that help people start and expand businesses. In three and half years, Stephanie worked with more than 3,500 existing and aspiring business owners.

Next Stephanie took her experience to the Independence Economic Development Council. As director of Entrepreneurship, Stephanie transformed the Ennovation Center business incubator into a thriving program.

As most entrepreneurs do, Stephanie worked at the Ennovation by day and built a business by night. In 2013, her business had grown to the point it required her full attention and she joined her husband in their business, Assurance Security. Assurance Security provides high tech security systems for businesses and schools in the Kansas City area.

Stephanie continues to share her passion for business as a coach for FastTrac New Venture and she also provides business counseling on the side.

MALA Certificate Program: Supervisor or Library Paraprofessional elective - 4 elective hours

Cost:

• MALA member: $35.00
• Non-member: $70.00

MALA Workshop Billing/Refund/Credit Policy:

We prefer all workshops to be prepaid or paid at the door.  If you prefer to be billed, please add $5.  Full refunds or credits are available for cancellations made a minimum of seven (7) days prior to the workshop date less a $5 administrative fee.  You can transfer to another workshop a minimum of seven (7) days prior to the workshop date with no administrative fee.  Cancellations made less than seven (7) days prior to the workshop date receive no refund or credit and you or your organization will be billed.  No shows are billed to you or your organization.