How To Get Small Business Survival Training Online

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1 Welcome A note from the New Mexico Small Business Development Center Lead Center: Hello, and welcome to New Mexico Small Business Survival Training, this training is brought to you by the New Mexico Small Business Development Centers and the US Small Business AdministraCon. I am glad you have chosen to use our online training. This training consists of fourteen modules designed to help start- up and exiscng businesses expand their knowledge of business topics. Each module has PDF documents with wriren content, voice- narrated PowerPoint presentacons, and video clips from professionals, educators, and entrepreneurs. Due to the individual nature of each small business, these modules were designed to offer the general informacon about each subject that can relate to any small businesses. We encourage you to contact a NMSBDC counselor to discuss any quescons you may have about your business. NMSBDC offers both face- to- face, and online counseling - and all of our counseling services are free. If at any Cme you have quescons about this online training, please feel free to use the quescons buron at the borom of the website. We also encourage you to uclize the feedback opcon for each module to tell us what you think. Have a wonderful day! 1

2 System Requirements Browser: This website is best viewed in Firefox or Internet Explorer. (If you choose Firefox, you will need to use the link below to download the Flash plugins eded.) Adobe: The PDF documents in the modules require the latest version of Adobe Reader click here to download. Flash: The videos and PowerPoints in the modules require the latest version of Flash player click here to download for Internet Explorer, and here to download for Firefox & Safari. Registering for an Account If you are a current NMSBDC client, or have ahended our online courses before, you will sill need to register for an account to view our new online courses. However, once you have registered, you will only have to login to see all of our online courses. This website eliminates the need to register for each course separately. Username: You will need to create a username to register. The username and your password, is what you will use to login to the classes from now on. Please choose something you can easily remember. 2

3 You will need an accve address to register for our online courses. If you do not have one, we suggest Gmail a free web- based service provided by Google. Click here to register for Gmail. Password: You will be asked to create a password when you fill out the user registracon form. Passwords are case sensicve. Navigating the Website User Page: Once you are logged in you will see your user dashboard. This consists of three tabs: View, Edit, and My Results. View: This tab will gives you informacon on how to use your account and navigate the website. Edit: This tab allows you to change your password and edit the details of your user profile. This tab will show you the results of any quizzes you My Results: have completed, and will store any cercficates you have earned. 3

4 Chapters: The borom of the website list the fourteen chapters available to you through Small Business Survival Training. You can click on any of the module icons at any point to move between modules. Chapter Tools: The navigacon bar at the top of each chapter shows the tools available. Tool Resources: The resources for each tool are located directly under the Chapter Tools navigacon bar these include PDF documents, voice- narrated PowerPoint presentacons, and video clips. 4

5 PDF Documents & PowerPoint PresentaCons: The Small Business Survival Training website is designed to accommodate different learning styles and speeds. To accomplish this, we have provided the main module content in two differ- ent ways, PDF documents which you can browse at your own pace, and voice- narrated PowerPoint presenta- Cons which will play automaccally for you. Video Segments The video segments that accompany the wriren module informacon give you insights into the most important informacon in the tool from educators, professionals, and entrepreneurs. These videos provide a real- world educacon for you, the small business owner. 5

6 Chapter Resources: The resources for each chapter are located below the tool resources. For each chapter there is a test which will earn you a cercficate, a feedback form, and the Document Center, which contain the PDF and PowerPoint for the encre chapter. User Page: This icon will take you to your user page. QuesCons: This icon allows you to send a quescon to the Director of the Online Counseling & Training Center. Contact Us Martin C. Gutierrez NMSBDC Lead Center martin.gutierrez@sfcc.edu Phone: Toll Free