Piedmont Community College

Business Development and

Entrepreneurship Center (BDEC)

Thinking of Starting your own business? It can be a great idea, provided you know and have what it takes to succeed. Starting and managing a business takes motivation, determination and know how. It also takes research and planning. While only you can provide the motivation and determination, the Small Business Center can assist you with the rest. From one on one business counseling to specialized seminars, we have the information you need to succeed and best of all most of our services are free.

Microenterprise Loan Program

The North Carolina Rural Economic Development Center, now offers loans of up to $25,000 to local entrepreneurs to start or expand small businesses in rural North Carolina. The Rural Center’s Microenterprise Loan Program works with the BDEC to help people finance small business ventures when they might otherwise have difficulty getting loans from banks or other traditional lending sources.

Services offered on site by the Small Business Center include: Free confidential one-on-one

counseling

Training and technical assistance in starting a business

Seminars, workshops and courses

Resource and information center has a variety of recent publications on how to start specific types of businesses

The North Carolina Microenterprise Loan Program

Referral to other specialized advisors – Legal, Accounting, Finance, and others

Business Incubator

If you are looking for a place to start your small business or your home based business has outgrown the kitchen table we may have the space you need. The Roxboro/Person County BDEC is Person County’s own Business Incubator. We provide reasonable rents, business counseling, and shared services for businesses in the early stages of development.

Services Provided at the Business Incubator Reasonable rent which

includes all utilities except phone service

Free High Speed Internet access

Shared fax/copier service

Shared receptionist

Janitorial services

Business planning and marketing assistance

Training seminars

Use of the Resource Library

Use of the Conference room

Phone: 336.599.0032

Fax: 336.599.0189

E-mail: reynoldr@piedmontcc.edu

We offer more than 350 different courses online. Sharpen your skills, or learn new ones. These Online Continuing Education courses run for six-weeks with 2 lessons being released each week. Courses are

project-oriented and include lessons,

quizzes, hands-on assignments,

discussion areas, supplementary links,

and more. Courses can be completed

from the comfort of your home or office.

Any time of the day or night.

Interpersonal Communication

Become aware of the conscious and unconscious codes of meaning we send when communicating with others.

Marketing Your Business on the Internet

E-commerce expert helps you develop an Internet marketing plan for your business.

Keys to Effective Communication

Lost for words? Don't be! Learn to build rapport, trust, warmth, and re-spect through conversation.

Learn to Buy and Sell on eBay

Auction pros teach you how to work from home or earn extra income by buying and selling goods online.

Growing Plants for Fun and Profit

An industry professional teaches you everything you need to prosper in the backyard nursery business.

Mastery of Business Fundamentals

Acquire practical experience in strategic planning, management, and finance without enrolling in an MBA program.

Managing Customer Service

Become indispensable to any organiza-tion by understanding how to identify and meet customer needs.

Six Sigma: Total Quality Applica-tions

Learn to apply the elements and meth-ods of Six Sigma to achieve the highest possible quality.

QuickBooks 2010 for Contractors

Learn to use QuickBooks 2010 in your contracting business to handle account-ing tasks quickly, generate powerful reports, and maximize your efficiency.

Computer Skills for the Workplace

Gain a working knowledge of the com-puter skills you'll need to succeed in today's job market.

Performing Payroll in QuickBooks 2010

Learn to use QuickBooks 2010 to create paychecks, pay tax liabilities, and pro-duce dazzling payroll reports.

Ed2go Online courses—Most $65

Online Courses for Business Professionals

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Taking an Online Course is easy! Here's how it works. 1. Go to

www.pccbusiness.com/ed2go. 2. Click Browse our Catalog 3. Choose a course that interests

you. 4. Click on the "Enroll Now"

button. 5. Follow the directions to enter

your information and pay for the course.

6. Take the course "Orientation" . You are not quite finished yet! You

must complete an official registration form for Piedmont Community College. You may access our secure form through this link. Secure Registration Form

1. You will also receive an email with a link to this form. The subject line will be "Ed2go Required Course Registration". 2. It is very important that you complete this form as soon as possible. It is required for you to be registered for the course. 3. You may also call us at (336) 599-0032 and register over the phone. If you have any problems with this process, you may contact us at (336) 599-0032 or email us at ed2go@pccbusiness.com

Medical Coding and Billing

The program gives you coding and billing training that cannot be found in traditional texts or classrooms. You’ll find interactive learning tools, including the student forum and chat room, games, skill assessments, hundreds of exercises that simulate the professional coding experience, instantaneous feedback, and an online grade book, so you’ll be able to easily chart your progress.

The Medical Coding and Billing curriculum is designed to prepare you to pass AHIMA’s CCA certification exam and AAPC’s CPC and CPC-H certification exams.

Medical Transcription A recent survey of medical transcriptionists in the United States indicated that approximately 83% of all transcriptionists work from home. No more expensive daycare or long trips to the office. You can be your own boss, set your own hours, and even decide how much you want to make.

Program Certification

The Career Step program is accredited by the Association for Healthcare Documentation Integrity, the authoritative body over medical transcription. The program upholds the highest standards to achieve this certification, ensuring quality As a PCC student you will receive all the benefits of the Career step program at an affordable price.

Medical Transcription

Full access to the online medical transcription training course.

Full set of online Reference Books including Dorland’s Illustrated Medical Dictionary, Saunder’s Pharmaceutical Word Book, and

Career Step’s Medical/Surgical Word Book

Foot pedal with software.

Placement assistance

Medical Coding and Billing

Included with your enrollment in the

Medical Coding and Billing program are the following resources:

Part 1:

Dorland's Medical Dictionary

Merck Manual of Medical Information

Saunder’s Nursing Drug Handbook

Part 2:

ICD-9-CM Manual

Physician’s Current Procedural Terminology

Manual (CPT)

HCPCS Level II Expert

Placement assistance

What you will receive with your course

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Career Step Non-Credit

Medical Coding and Billing

Medical Transcription

The structure for both programs is the same. They are divided into two courses (parts) that each take 17 weeks to complete. When you begin Part 1, you will have only 17 weeks to complete Part 1.

Students must complete Part 1 before they may enroll in Part 2. When you begin Part 2, you will have only 17 weeks to complete Part 2.

Therefore you will have about 4 months to complete the first part of the course and once you complete the first part of the course, then you will have about 4 months to complete the second part of the course.

All work is done online and the courses are self-paced and interactive.

How does the program work?

Business Development and Entrepreneurship Center 105 N. Main Street Roxboro, NC 27573

Phone: 336.599.0032 Fax: 336.599.0189 E-mail: kathleen@pcconlinecourses.com www.pccmed.com

Piedmont Community College offers non-credit online medical career programs. To offer you the best training possible, we have partnered with Career Step, a leader in medical career training. Currently, we offer two training programs, one in Medical Transcription and the other in Medical Coding and Billing. The total hours are 640 for each of the medical career programs. These are very intense programs requiring 25-30 hours of coursework a week.

Piedmont Community College

Piedmont Community College JER ONLINE COURSES

Course # Course Title Price

Accounting

PCC549 Accounting in an Hour $ 78.00

PCC599 Mastering Intuit QuickBooks Pro 2009 $ 116.00

Financial Management

PCC2269 Build Your Own BIZ™ ‐Better Budgeting $ 45.00

PCC550 Financial Management in Organizations $ 90.00

Business

PCC2274 Build Your Own Biz™ ‐How to Hire $ 45.00

PCC2274 Build Your Own Biz™ ‐How to Fire $ 45.00

Management & Leadership Training

PCC1016 Leadership and Strategic Planning $ 108.00

PCC1901 Project Management Concepts and Strategies $ 90.00

Customer Relationship Management (CRM)

PCC3431‐A Complaints and Angry Customers $ 59.00

PCC1640 Intro to CRM ‐ Part 1 $ 163.00

Human Resources

PCC7408

Intro to HR Management Training &

Certification Program $ 390.00

PCC7406 OSHA Training & Certification Program $ 390.00

JER offers a wide variety of courses for the professional development needs of your Business Office and HR managers.

JER Online (JER Group, Inc.) lists over 1000+, cost affordable, non-credit Courses and Certificates in its own proprietary online catalog. We are always adding "more courses… all the time " to a growing inventory.

105 N. Main Street Roxboro, NC 27573

Phone: 336.599.0032 Fax: 336.599.0189 E-mail: kathleen@pcconlinecourses.com www.coursecatalog.com/pcc

Business Development and Entrepreneurship

Center

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Business Development and Entrepreneurship Center Spring Semester 2011 Schedule

Free Business Seminars will be held at the Business Development and Entrepreneurship Center (BDEC), Caswell County Campus (CCC), or at Piedmont Community College Person

County Campus (PCC)

For all course listings or to register online, go to www.pccbusiness.com/seminars.

To register by phone (336) 599-0032.

Small Business Seminars

The 17 Do's of starting a Business the Right Way ~ Learn the 17 basic points of starting and running a business that go way beyond the business plan. This seminar was developed specifically to teach people the key and important things they need to be successful in starting a business. The program is appropriate for individuals who have recently started a business (within the past several years) or for people who are thinking about starting a business.

Thurs., Feb. 24, 6-9 p.m. BDEC

Hire Your First Employee ~ If you are contemplating hiring an employee to grow your business this seminar will provide the information you need. You will receive step by step guidance on finding employees, how much to pay, navigating red tape like payroll taxes and benefits, and becoming the boss. Lunch and Learn Thurs., March 3, 12-1:30 p.m. BDEC

Get Energized NOW! ~ Is your work more inspiration or perspiration? Are you sweating and struggling to survive when you could be mastering techniques that boost your energy, self-confidence, and sales? In this catalyzing seminar, you will learn affirmations, visualizations, and other powerful tools that you can use to succeed with ease!

Thurs., March 3, 6-9 p.m. BDEC

Getting Started With Facebook ~ Don’t have Facebook page? In this hands on session you will learn how open your account, setup your profile, post pictures, connect with your friends and family and most importantly to control your privacy. Space is limited to the first 10 participants. You will need to bring picture that you want to use as your profile picture on either a cd or flash drive.

Thurs., March 10, 2-5 p.m. CCC

How To Publish Your Book Now! ~ Have you always dreamed of publishing a book, but didn’t know where to begin? Author L. Diane Wolfe walks you through the steps, from creating a marketable product to distribution. All of the options available will be outlined, including the incredible potential of the Internet as a resource and platform for your work, as well as options for articles and manuscripts. Those serious about writing are encouraged to attend this lively seminar.

Thurs., March 10, 6-9 p.m. BDEC

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SBC Seminars Continued eBay Your Way to Success: The Basics of Selling on eBay ~ A great seminar for the "dabbler" or the entrepreneur wanting to make eBay a primary marketing tool. During this fast-paced session, learn best practices to use when setting up an account, listing items for sale, taking payments, and shipping. Thurs., March 17, 6-9 p.m. BDEC

Healing with Common Kitchen Staples ~ What do cooking spices, onions, potatoes, and vinegar have in common? They all make amazing first aid and common illness remedies! Experience hands-on herbal medicine making and return home with a kitchen remedy and empowerment that will last a lifetime. Tue., March 22, 6-9 p.m. BDEC

Show Me the Money! ~ Selling through your website ~ Don’t limit your business to local customers! Use the internet to sell your goods or services across the country – and even the globe. If you currently have an informational website or no website at all, this is the seminar for you.

Thurs., March 24, 6-9 p.m. BDEC

I Know You! How to Read People In the Workplace ~ Discover your own behavioral style, how to determine the style of others, what clues to watch and listen for in order to read people, how to find out what their main motivation in the workplace might be, and how to avoid many of the simple conflicts that plague workplace communication. Fri., March 25, Lunch and Learn, 112-1:30 PCC

Doing Business With the Big Dogs ~ The federal government and large corporations spend billions of dollars on goods and services. Did you know that they want to spend some of that money with you, the small business owner? They even have programs set up to help them do that. Attend this hands-on, interactive workshop to learn from experts: how to qualify, how to register your business, where to find opportunities, what resources are available to help you, funding opportunities and how to prepare for the upcoming CREE and Government Marketplace trade shows.

THIS IS A TWO PART WORKSHOP. You will need to attend both nights to benefit. Space is limited.

Session 1: Tuesday, March 22, 6-8:30pm

Session 2: Tuesday, April 5, 6-8:30pm

Couples in Business Together ~ Staying together while working together isn’t always easy. The key to success is communication. This workshop will give you strategies for working through the communications and operations issues faced by couples who run businesses together. You will take home exercises that help you divide tasks and grow your business.

Thurs., March 31, 6-9 p.m. BDEC

Networking for Success ~ A great way for businesses to increase sales while maintaining control of their advertising budget is by “Networking.” This seminar will teach you the different types of networking and how to use them, as well as the do’s and don’ts and how to network effectively.

Thurs., April 7, 6-9 p.m. BDEC

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Hire Your First Employee ~ If you are contemplating hiring an employee to grow your business this seminar will provide the information you need. You will receive step by step guidance on finding employees, how much to pay, navigating red tape like payroll taxes and benefits, and becoming the boss.

Lunch and Learn Thurs., April. 7, 12-1:30 p.m. CCC

Effectively Market Your Natural Products ~ This course will give you the tools and knowledge you need to get your herbal, food and functional food products noticed! In this interactive class you will learn what you need to know before you price your product and how to compete; how to market your product and the importance of branding; store and trade show promotions; and old-fashioned and new-online social networking.

Tue., April 12, 6-9 p.m. BDEC

Biodiesel 101: What It Is and How It Is Made ~ Come discover how to make fuel for your home, farm or business. You’ll save money and help the environment. A tour and demonstration of PCC’s biodiesel reactor will be included.

Wed., April 13, 6-8 p.m. PCC

Build a Professional Website and Blog for $11. ~ Promote your business by learning how to build a WordPress website that also serves as a blog—for as little as $11. This seminar will introduce the basics of creating a content management website that allows you to change things easily when needed.

Thurs., April 14, 6-9 p.m. BDEC

The Power of Email Marketing ~ In just a few short hours, this information-packed seminar will show you how email marketing – the hands-on, low-cost marketing tool – can really help you drive your business success. Discover how communicating with your customers regularly can help you stay connected, and generate increased referrals, repeat sales, and unwavering customer loyalty.

Mon., April 18, 6-9 p.m. BDEC

Getting to Yes - Unlocking Funding Resources for Your Small Business ~ Need money to start or expand your small business? Come learn about the NC Rural Center’s Microenterprise loan program and other funding resources that may be available to you. You will learn where to go and what lenders are looking for.

Tues., April 26, 6-9 p.m. CCC

How to Write an Effective Business Plan ~ You will learn the ingredients of a winning business plan. We will cover: how to prepare your plan, doing your own market research, developing sales forecasts and breakeven analyses and preparing your marketing plan.

Thurs., April 28, 6-9 p.m. BDEC

Super Customer Service ~ Offering outstanding customer service can be difficult in today’s marketplace, but it is essential to your businesses survival. You will learn the keys to deal with the difficult people more professionally work more efficiently and give the kind of service your customers will rave about.

Thurs., May. 5, 6-9 p.m. BDEC

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SBC Seminars Continued

Two for one Night “Enhanced Negotiating Skills and Sales 401” ~ Enhanced Negotiating Skills - Negotiation is a vital part of our lives, both at work and at home. Negotiating skills are the keys to success in business and life. Lessons will help you to become a master of the art of negotiating effectively. Learn to improve your ability to handle deals and clients with confidence and strength. Deals are lost through poor negotiation skills. You will be able to apply the skills learned immediately and will see profitable results Sales 401 - Are you an average sales person? Learn to become a Master Performer and Leader. Troubled economic times have many members of the "sales world" in desperate need to find new tools, weapons, skills, attitude to help them cope and move forward with success as a sales person.

Thurs., May 12, 6-9 p.m. BDEC

Getting Paid to Talk, Making Money with Your Voice ~ This exciting workshop will explore voice over work for television, film, radio audio books and the Internet. You will learn all the basics, including how to prepare a demo and how to be successful and earn a great income in this exciting field.

Thur., May. 26, 6-9 p.m. BDEC

Using Facebook for Your Business ~ Enhance your online business presence by learning the basics of Facebook. Learn to create a great Profile and business Page that builds strong customer connections through text, photos and video. A website alone isn’t enough anymore, having a dynamic Facebook profile can put you ahead of the competition.

Thurs., June. 9, 6-9 p.m. BDEC

Getting to Yes - Unlocking Funding Resources for Your Small Business ~ Need money to start or expand your small business? Come learn about the NC Rural Center’s Microenterprise loan program and other funding resources that may be available to you. You will learn where to go and what lenders are looking for.

Thurs., June 16, 6-9 p.m. BDEC

How Biodiesel Can Fit Into Your Farm Operation ~ You will learn the basics of how you can help the environment and improve your bottom line with biodiesel. Using it, producing it and growing feedstock will all be covered.

Thurs., June 21, 6-9 p.m. PCC

Google Local Business Center – Claim Your Listing! ~ Did you know that Google provides a free business “Place Page” to all businesses? All you have to do is claim it. You don’t even need to have a business website to do this. Besides information about your business, you can also post coupons and event information. In this hands on seminar we work together to create your business “Place Page”. You will learn how to update it and understand the usage statistics they provide. Sign up fast! Space is limited to 10 participants.

Thurs., June 23, 6-9 p.m. BDEC

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