Heartland Center for Leadership Development

The Heartland Center for Leadership Development in collaboration with the RUPRI Center for Rural Entrepreneurship is pleased to announce a new webinar series with the theme "Strategies for Community Prosperity." The five-part webinar series will begin in January and conclude in May with the following schedule and topics:

• January 21, 2010 Rural Communities Can Thrive in the 21st Century
• February 18, 2010 Entrepreneurial Coaching--From Crisis to Economic Growth
• March 18, 2010 Plowing New Ground--Refreshed Leadership Development for Revitalized Economies
• April 15, 2010 Energized Youth--Energized Communities
• May 20, 2010 People Count--Rebuilding Rural Communities with People Attraction Strategies

Each webinar is will start at 12:00 p.m. (Central) and end at 1:00 p.m. The training team includes Milan Wall, Vicki Luther and Kurt Mantonya from the Heartland Center and Don Macke and Craig Schroeder from the RUPRI Center for Rural Entrepreneurship. The cost of each webinar is $59.99 but if you purchase the entire webinar series at one time, the cost is $250.00, a savings of $49.95.

For more details and registration information about this exciting webinar series, please visit the Heartland Center's webinar page at http://www.heartlandcenter.info/webinar_reg/

SmallBizU.org - ONLINE eLEARNING CLASSROOM

• Designed specifically for small businesses.
• Seeks to instill a formal business intelligence - the capacity to solve problems, meet challenges, and create valued products.
• No-frills, utilitarian curriculum that provides real-world tools and information.
• Each course delivered via Internet - animated slides with voice-over narration, PowerPoint presentations, worksheets, toolsets, and access to a comprehensive knowledge base.
• Focus on "3Ms" - Money, Marketing, and Management
• Visit smallbizu.org/nreca/ for course information

Stimulus Links:
Here are some links to information that is State specific:

• Recovery.gov: Track the Money
• Clips and Comment: White House Releases State by State Job Creation Numbers from Economic Stimulus
• OpEdNews: State By State Funding Details for the Economic Stimulus Bill