CBED Workshops
- Creating and Developing Authentic Flint Hills Products and Services
- Encouraging Flint Hills Business Expansion
- Enhancing the Flint Hills Heritage (history, culture, nature) Projects
- Expanding our Flint Hills Entrepreneurial Community
Sponsored by the Center for Business and Economic Development (CBED) of the ESU School of Business at Emporia State University.
In Partnership with the Flint Hills Tourism Coalition, the Flint Hills Resource Conservation and Development (RC&D) AgriTourism Initiative, and the ESU School of Business Small Business Development Center (SBDC).
Call Bill Smith at 620-341-5729 or email at wsmith@emporia.edu for more information or to Register.
On February 20, 2009, the Flint Hills Heritage Conference, sponsored by the Flint Hills Tourism Coalition, Inc., will be held in El Dorado. For more information, see kansasflinthills.travel .
On Feb 27, 2008, an event themed "Entrepreneurship is Everybody's Business" was held on the ESU Campus with a panel of local Entrepreneurs.
Monthly workshops were held during 2007 (see the Archives).
Archives
- January 17, 2007, workshop - Training for Oral History Interviewers
- February 21, 2007, workship - Creating and Developing Authentic Flint Hills Products and Services I
- March 14, 2007, workshop - Creating and Developing Authentic Flint Hills Products and Services II
- April 18, 2007, workshop - Preserve America and other historical preservation grants and programs
- May 9, 2007, workshop in Winfield - Creating and Developing Authentic Flint Hills Products and Services, with local panel
- May 16, 2007, workshop - Tourism Marketing: Getting Down to Basics
- June 20 workshop was not held - it was cancelled
- July 12, 2007, workshop in Winfield - Lisa Roberts, speaker on Marketing, followed by a panel on marketing and networking moderated by Bill Smith
- July 18, 2007, workshop - Web Site Development for Individual Small Businesses and Attractions
- Aug 15, 2007, workshop - Packaging Agri-Tourism Events: You can do it! We can help!
- Sept 18, 2007, workship in Winfield - Packaging Agri-Tourism Events: You can do it! We can help!