Business Byte - December 2017

DECEMBER 2017

Business Byte

FOUNDATION DIRECTORY WORKSHOPS

BEST BUSINESS BOOKS OF 2017

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UPCOMING EVENTS LIBRARY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT & TECHNOLOGY WORKSHOPS

ENTREPRENEUR COLLABORATIVE CENTER (ECC) EVENTS

1 MILLION CUPSTAMPA

HOMEBREW HILLSBOROUGH

WOMEN'S BUSINESS CENTRE EVENTS

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Making the Connection Find Grants for Your Nonprofit with the Foundation Directory Online

Looking for new sources of funding for your nonprofit organization?

Explore how the Foundation Directory Online can help you connect with grantmakers who care about your community and the services you provide.

We are offering this workshop with both morning and evening availability. Please note that the presentation will be the same on both dates.

Making the Connection

Making the Connection

MONDAY, DECEMBER 4 6:30 P.M.-8 P.M. @ JOHN F. GERMANY PUBLIC LIBRARY

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6 10:30 A.M.-12 P.M. @ ENTREPRENEUR COLLABORATIVE CENTER (ECC)

Drop-in

Register

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Year in Review

In February, the Jan Kaminis Platt Regional Library launched BizConnect@Platt, a business networking program. So far over 200 people have attended for networking, coffee, and business development resources.

Library Database Usage:

During the past year our library business and entrepreneurial services have continued to grow, increasing in both the amount of services offered and in attendance!

Reference USA had 1,024,261 downloads!

Lynda.com had 2,485 user sessions and the top Lynda.com business classes were: • Online Marketing Fundamentals • Time Management Fundamentals • Project Management Fundamentals • Learning Content Marketing

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BY THE NUMBERS

133 Technology 20%

HOURS

Business Startup 13%

of individual business reference appointments throughout the year

350,000

Marketing 17%

Finance 10%

GIGABYTES of data safely destroyed during our ERecycling Event at Jan Kaminis Platt Regional Library

37 FINANCIAL LITERACY PROGRAMS were held during Money Smart Week 2017

Library Tools 18%

Networking 22%

WORKSHOP TOPICS Throughout the year we have presented a wide variety of business development workshops and classes.

Above you will find statistics for the most requested business topics.

9,000 POUNDS of documents shredded at our Paper Shred Event at Bloomingdale Regional Public Library

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READING RECOMMENDATIONS The Library has a wide selection of business and entrepreneurship books, and it is constantly growing.

At right you will find links for business books that have been added to the catalog in 2017.

Keep reading on pages 6-7 for recommended reads from the business library team, including Chris, Morgan, Chrissy and Amanda.

NEW BUSINESS BOOKS2017 NEW ENTREPRENEURSHIP BOOKS-2017 NEW MARKETING BOOKS2017 NEW LEADERSHIP BOOKS2017 NEW MANAGEMENT BOOKS2017

THE POWER OF MOMENTS: WHY CERTAIN EXPERIENCES HAVE

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EXTRAORDINARY IMPACT

BY CHIP HEATH AND DAN HEATH

This is a good book for anyone curious about why we remember certain moments, and block out others. The authors explore how experiences become powerful memories, and offer several strategies for turning everyday moments into meaningful recollections.

They go further to claim that applying those methods to professional and business scenarios offers endless opportunities for success and improvement.

OWN IT! BE THE BOSS

NAGROM

OF YOUR LIFE--AT HOME AND IN THE WORKPLACE

BY TABATHA COFFEY

Tabatha Coffey, star of Bravo’s Tabatha Takes Over, brings readers a no-

nonsense, tough love approach to

taking charge of your own success in life. Using anecdotes from her own

experiences as a savvy entrepreneur,

Tabatha delivers tips on all aspects of business including best practices for women who struggle to find balance between family and their careers.

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THE 100 BEST BUSINESS BOOKS OF ALL TIME: WHAT THEY SAY, WHY THEY MATTER, AND HOW THEY CAN HELP YOU

BY JACK COVERT AND TODD SATTERSTEN

Good, current suggestions on business books on everything from leadership to strategy to entrepreneurship. Also great for personal and professional development.

HIDING IN THE BATHROOM :

ADNAMA

AN INTROVERT'S ROADMAP TO GETTING OUT THERE

BY MORRA AARONS-MELE

F a n s o f S u s a n C a i n ' s Quiet w i l l

probably enjoy this book, by the

host of the popular Hiding in the

Bathroom podcast. Morra AaronsMele belies the idea that one

must be an extrovert to succeed in entrepreneurship. She gives tips, examples and advice to

introverts drawing from her own career as an entrepreneur and marketing guru.

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