Broadlands Financial Group to Start Small Business Training In Chatham County on March 31, 2011!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Savannah, Georgia, United States of America (Free-Press-Release.com) March 23, 2011 --

Bryan Fortay, Executive Vice President of Broadlands Financial Group (www.broadlandsfinancial.com) and Senior Vice President of First Sealord Surety (www.firstsealord.biz) announced today that Broadlands will launch its Small Business Leadership and Surety Bond Training Programs in Chatham County, Georgia on March 31, 2011. The programs offer small business owners and their employees the opportunity to learn critical leadership, management and sales strategies to bring those strategies to their companies. The program also offers a special construction track, where small business will learn to implement proven strategies for obtaining contractor surety bonds, a statutory requirement for working on state and federal government funded construction projects.

The program is designed and implemented by Broadlands in coordination with the Chatham County M/WBE Coordinator’s office. Registration began March 9th and seats are filling quickly. Chatham County held two information sessions on March 15 and 100% of the informational session attendees registered for the program. Limited seats remain.

Participants Receive:
• 2 Free Tickets to Kick-off Reception (March 29th)
• Small Business Leadership Training Certificate (Graduation Ceremony)

• One on One sessions with Broadlands Financial Group, LLC http://broadlandsfinancial.com/
• 12 hours of instruction time

Topics include (Class meets only twice per Month):
• Business Leadership: Motivation and Management
• How to obtain Bond Credit
• Advanced Business Practices: Think like a CEO and Build a winning team
• Intro to Construction Accounting
• The Science of Sales and Marketing: How to Motivate Your Customers to Buy!
• Advanced Construction Accounting

Bryan Fortay said that he anticipates a strong turnout for the program. “Everyone small business owner is looking for an advantage, especially in these economic times. This program allows small businesses owners to establish key business fundamentals in marketing, sales, operational efficiency, leadership, management and, for contractors, surety bond credit.” Mr. Fortay added, “the program has been implemented in a number of locals throughout the United and has seen 100% participation approval across the board. Chatham County has done something special for its small business community.”

Chatham County M/WBE Coordinator, Arneja Riley said that she believes the program is an important step toward strengthening the small business community. “Our goal is to ensure the small businesses in Chatham County have every opportunity to be competitive in the marketplace, especially when it comes to participation on local initiatives,” Riley said. “This program is one step in that direction.”

More than 100 small businesses participated in a similar program implemented by Broadlands in Miami-Dade County Florida. “We spoke to some of the small businesses that participated in the program that Broadlands designed and implemented in Miami Dade County Florida,” Ms. Riley stated. “They all raved about this program.”

One such participant was Eloise Gonzalez, President of Commercial Interior Contractors and member of the Miami-Dade County Small Business Advisory Board. When asked about the program, Ms. Gonzalez said, “This program is so amazing. I am so grateful to Broadlands and the County. I feel like I am the lucky recipient, I really am. It’s like a little MBA for free. I implement a piece of every session into my everyday business operations and it has made such a difference. Thank you Broadlands.”

“Broadlands and its family of companies support thousands of small businesses every year.” Mr. Fortay said. We know the hurdles that these companies must overcome and Broadlands is in a good position to provide the information necessary for these up and coming enterprises to grow.” Fortay added, “We provide surety bonds to small contractors through our sister company, First Sealord Surety, we provide proven leadership and management training programs that meet real world needs of these companies, we provide creative solutions for sales and marketing that give these companies advantages even over their larger counterparts. It’s a tremendous program.”

Sign up for this program by March 28, 2011, by contacting:

Arneja Riley
Chatham County M/WBE Coordinator
(Minority and Women Business Enterprise)
Ph(912) 652-7860
email: alriley@chathamcounty.org

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