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search again Tuesday, November 03, 2009 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Amy Kuhlers, program manager, UNI Regional Business Center/MyEntreNet, (319) 273-4238, amy.kuhlers@uni.edu Rebecca Schultze, University Marketing & Public Relations, (319) 273-6728, rebecca.schultze@uni.edu UNI to offer entrepreneurship, economic development training in Sheldon on Nov. 19 CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- Northwest Iowa community leaders, elected officials, service providers and others interested in fostering entrepreneurship in their local communities are invited to attend the University of Northern Iowa seminar, Entrepreneurship Economic Development: Turning Policy into Practice, from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., Thursday, Nov.19, at Northwest Iowa Community College's Building C, Room 228, 603 W. Park St., Sheldon. Attendees will learn how to create an entrepreneurship support system to identify, attract and serve locally owned businesses in their communities, plus gain an understanding of entrepreneurship trends, the four species of entrepreneurs, and critical services and resources that entrepreneurs need. A tour of and training to use MyEntre.Net, Iowa's free online community of entrepreneurs, will be provided to further engage and serve small businesses. Participants will take away tools and resources to facilitate the development of an entrepreneurship support system, including a database of existing entrepreneurs in their county, a two-gigabyte jump drive with templates for business start up resources and administrative access to the online resources at www.MyEntre.Net. Entrepreneurship Economic Development training instructor is Maureen Collins-Williams, director of the Regional Business Center (RBC) and Business Development and Incubation at UNI. Collins-Williams is a frequent national speaker on topics associated with entrepreneurship and is on faculty at the Heartland Economic Development Course and the International Economic Development Council's Economic Development Institute. The training is sponsored by the UNI Regional Business Center/MyEntre.Net and Northwest Iowa Development. Admission is free and includes lunch. Pre-registration is required. For more information or to register contact Kiana Johnson at (712) 957-1313 or Amy Kuhlers at (319) 273-4328. ### Search Again Latest News Releases / News Briefs Search News by Dates: January February March April May June July August September October November December 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 -- November January February March April May June July August September October November December 2009 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Search News by Keywords: Maintained by The Office of Marketing and Public Relations