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15-minute presentation template to angel investors
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Marketing manual for fishermen
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Fire Safety for Hotels/Mdels
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IRS withholding charts
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10 things employers do to get sued
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OSHA safety information for the trucking industry
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National Agricultural Center sponsored by the EPA
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HAZMat Transportation regulations
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Fire Evacuation Planning
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I want to avoid being used for giving a reference
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What are the elements of Business Insurance?
Resources for Foodworker Illness Awareness
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Can you summarize all the requirements I have as an employer?
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What is the cost of Substance Abuse in my business?
What EPA regulations does my health care business need to follow?
How do you do a copyright?
What is the Harmonized Tariff system?
Mine rescue instruction
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I want to implement a Drug-Free Workplace
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What forms do I need to start an LLC?
Can I be reimbursed for training employees?
What employers should NOT do to respond to the Zika virus
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I want to provide my truck drivers with Ergonomics information
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What are retail best practices?
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30% Down the Drain
5 Dangerous Myths about Independent Contractors
5 Most Common Scams targeting Small Business
85% of success depends on a few skills
8oz every 15 minutes
Active Shooter Response Training
Adopting an Attitude of YOU
Are you fluent in AIDA?
Bad Words in Sales
Before you Click!!!!!
Building your Team: Know thyself - Understand Others
Burned Out?
Burning yourself Out?
Business Succession? Consider your Employees
Colors Matter to your Business
Comparing Business Credit Cards
Computer Ergonomics
Connect with your Community
Create an Employee Handbook
Creating an Inclusive, Safe Space
DATA BREACH!
Delegation is a Learned Skill
Deskercize!
Dig Deeper: Supply Chain Management
Digital Garage
Disaster Planning: Set Employee Expectations
Do a year-end review of your business!
Do you have a Clear Zone?
Do's and Don'ts of Debt Collecting
Don't lose your shirt when you Advertise Online
Employee References: What can You Say?
Encourage Anonymous Tips
Essential Information is Right under your Nose
Fines waiting to happen
Fire in the Workplace!
Free OSHA Safety Training from OSHAcademy
From Problem to Profit
Garnished Wages!
GuardingMinds: Increase your profit 14%
Handling Distressed Employees
HandsFREE same as driving drunk
Hash Tags can be your Business' Best Friend
Have you Clustered?
Help out of the Maze of Confusion
Hire Vets Medallion Recognition
How Bad is your Signage?
HR Flexibility: Telework
Improving Skills: the Clock is Ticking
Independent Contractor rules have changed
Insurance Claim? Don't be Victimized
Invest Locally: Opportunity Zones
Is your Website Accessible?
Keeping Track of your Stuff
Let the Games Begin!
Lights out! Plan for no Electricity
LOL to improve your Business!
Lower your Distractions and Stress at Work
Managing Financial Stress
Marketing to the US Government
Motivate Today's Worker
New Hire Compliance Help for you!
No electricity? Before you buy a Generator...
Offset your Carbon Footprint Locally
Opioid Epidemic: What Employers Should Do
OSHA Heat Safety App
OSHA Safety, Accident and Recordkeeping Tools
Performance Preview: A Better Approach
Powerful Words for Motivation
Protect your most valuable asset: YOU!
Recession! Don't get Eaten
Recycle@Work
Resistance to Change
Safety Resources for non-English speaking employees
Sales Tax for Online Transactions is Changing
Sample Emergency Food Plan for Restaurants
SBA All Small Mentor-Protege Program
Scam Alert Center
Selling to Disaster Stricken Areas
Set up a Business Watch
Sexual Harassment at your Business
Six Sigma for Small Business
Social Media for Businesses Pressed for Time
Social Media Posting made easy with Sketch.io
Stop Food Waste at the Source
Stop Workplace Bullying
Strategic Management: Ask more Questions
Summer's over: What did you miss?
Take Time to Evaluate your Business
Talking Politics at Work
Tariffs: Paperwork & $$
Team Effectiveness Survey
Tell Your Story
Text "Pizza" to 45137
Time to Change your Tax/Legal Entity?
Training Assessment
Uncertainty: Over the Top!
Unconscious Bias e-Lesson
Using YOUR trademark to sell THEIR knockoff
USPTO Stolen! Not just in China
What a Deal! Section 179 Tax Deduction
What are you Measuring?
What are you Selling Anyway?
What's your Signage?
Why True Cost Really Matters
Work Safe: No PO Zone
Workplace Violence Prevention
You are not your Customer
You need an S: Website security
Your Business and your Local Community
Your pen and paper choice can cost you $Thousands
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