WV Hive: Finding the Right Social Media Platform to Reach Your Market

Virtual

To register for this FREE workshop, click here. This webinar will help business owners determine which social media platform is right for their business and teach basics on how to use them. With social media changing every day, it's difficult for small business owners to understand which platform will help them reach and engage with […]

Effective Online Presence: Top Tips for a Successful Website

Virtual

To register for this FREE workshop, click here Workshop 6 of the series: Effective Online Presence for Small Business (the first 5 are not prerequisites) Roxy Turner of MARZ Strategies delivers an easy to understand presentation giving you the top tips for a successful website. This training is not something that you want to miss. […]

Refocus: A CO.STARTERS Workshop

Virtual

To register, click here Feeling stuck as an entrepreneur? Find a new way forward for your small business in this two-hour interactive workshop.   Assess. Adapt. Act now to save your business. This two–hour virtual workshop will help you find the focus and clarity you need to shift your mindset and learn how to meet your […]

Leadership 101

Historic Black Knight Muncipal Park 2400 South Kanawha Street, Beckley, United States

Workshop cost $25.00.  To register, click here Increasing productivity and profitability in this hand-on training! The New River Gorge Regional Development Authority (NRGRDA) has teamed up with the West Virginia University Industrial Extension Program to offer a series of low-cost training courses to be held in Beckley in the first quarter of 2023. The classes […]

CO.STARTERS Core Training – Winter/Spring 2023

Virtual

CO.STARTERS CORE business starters provides an action driven, collaborative process with a small and supportive group of like-minded people. Register here Your price $52. Regular price $500! Over the course of ten sessions, you will identify your assumptions about why and how your businesses will work and then talk to customers in order to validate […]

Top 5 Rules to Follow To Be Successful Government Contractors

Virtual

Register here for this free virtual event. Join the WV Women’s Business Center and U.S. Small Business Administration’s West Virginia District Office for the top 5 ways to be successful as a government contractor.  

Get Started: A CO.STARTERS Workshop

Virtual

To register, click here.   Built on the CO.STARTERS model, this three-hour workshop helps participants work together to explore their ideas through the CO.STARTERS Canvas, learn how to refine their models through meaningful customer feedback, and define next steps. Whether just getting started, stuck on a particular issue, or in need of a refresher, this workshop […]

Lean Manufacturing 101

Historic Black Knight Muncipal Park 2400 South Kanawha Street, Beckley, United States

Training Cost is $25. To register for this training, click here Increasing productivity and profitability in this hands-on training! Lean Manufacturing 101: An Introduction to Lean Manufacturing for businesses hosted by the NRGRDA. Participants first work in a chaotic, traditional manufacturing environment building Lego airplanes. Then, through systematic implementation of Lean concepts learned via presentations […]

Coffee Talks & Summers County Business Owners Meeting

Hinton Tech Center 305 Summers Street, Hinton, WV, United States

A networking opportunity for entrepreneurs and business owners to meet and learn from each other as well as industry professionals. Register here. Join the WV Hive, New River Gorge Regional Development Authority, and the Summers County CVB networking and business support for entrepreneurs in Summers County. Location: Hinton Technology Building in Hinton, WV 10:00 - […]

Patents: Learning How To Search

Virtual

Knowing how to search patents is helpful for inventors to see what similar items already exist. It can also help in researching older technologies and figuring out how a new technology works. Attend this free Research Commons workshop to learn how searching patents using classification will assist you. Register for this free event here.

Spring 2023 Communities of Healing Gathering

Fruits of Labor - Beckley 313 Neville Street, Beckley, WV, United States

Join us at Fruits of Labor, 313 Neville Street, Beckley, WV or virtual via Zoom to celebrate successes in the Communities of Healing program. Register for virtual or in person attendance here. Agenda for the day    

10-Hour OSHA General Industry 2-Day Training Event

Historic Black Knight Muncipal Park 2400 South Kanawha Street, Beckley, United States

Training cost is $50.  To register, click here 10-Hour OSHA Certification The General Industry Outreach Training Program will introduce employees to the basic practices of identifying, reducing, eliminating, and reporting hazards associated with their work. The general industry training will cover a broad range of topics, including lockout/tagout, noise, machine guarding, hazard communication, personal protective […]