Striving for Equity: Rural Educators as Courageous Leaders The Island Institute’s Education Team is excited to bring you our annual Island Teacher Conference—completely online for the first time, October 8-9! The conference offered a variety of learning opportunities centered around our theme, “Striving for Equity: Rural Educators as Courageous Leaders.” The theme was chosen in… Read more »
Category: Virtual Event
What’s Your Best Business Structure — S-Corp, LLC, or Sole-Proprietor?
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Entity selection is a crucial decision made by business owners early in their company’s life. While some entity options allow for growth and expansion, other entity options could come with burdensome costs and unexpected consequences. In this free webinar, we covered the different types of entity options used by most small businesses and the pros… Read more »
Driving Results and Sales with Online Marketing
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In this virtual session, we helped develop a plan of attack to drive sales for the holidays and beyond. We will offered quick tips for success in driving sales on social media, on your website, with email, and paid advertising tactics that drive results. This session also included how to measure your results and tips… Read more »
How Much and How Fast? Helping Your Downeast or Midcoast Business Weather the Pandemic
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This free webinar, hosted by the Island Institute in partnership with Eastern Maine Development Corporation, provided information to Hanccock, Knox, Waldo, and Washington County businesses and nonprofits on the new low-interest, low entry-level loan program focused on Downeast and Midcoast communities in response to the Covid pandemic.
Developing Your Marketing Plan of Attack
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Every successful endeavor starts with a plan. In this free webinar, we walked through how to develop your plan of attack for the holiday season and beyond. We reviewed how to set goals, where to prioritize your time, and steps for success with your website, social media, search, email and other advertising. This session included… Read more »
Coastal Maine Voices: Let’s Talk Lobster
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In this special online event we discussed the challenges and opportunities facing Maine’s lobster businesses in 2020, and the recent impacts felt by this core Maine industry. We talked about the shifts and challenges that are reverberating through the industry in a number of ways, from market depletion to workforce safety, as well as opportunities… Read more »