Need a Guest expert?

Livelihood NW staff are available to speak at your small business workshop, networking event, training, info session, panel, and more. See below for our most requested presentation topics, or click here to request a Guest Expert.

PRESENTATION Topics

    • Length: 20-25 Minutes + Q&A

    • Description: Learn what Programs & Services Livelihood NW offers and how to get started or how to refer.

    • Ideal Audience: Business owners seeking resources, or community partners wanting more info before referring businesses to Livelihood NW.

    • Presenters: Advisors, Navigators

    • Languages: English, English with bilingual (Spanish) Presenter

    • Length: 30-40 mins + Q&A

    • Description: We'll learn about the basic why and how of tracking your business finances, including the questions your reports can help you answer, and different options and resources for business bookkeeping.

    • Ideal Audience: Pre business, start ups, and existing businesses who overwhelmed by the idea of bookkeeping, or struggle with seeing the value of keeping good books.

    • Presenters: Bookkeeping Team

    • Languages: English, English with bilingual (Spanish) Presenter

    • Length: 30-45 minutes + Q&A

    • Description:

    • Ideal Audience: Business owners seeking resources on time management and prioritization, and to spend less time on day-to-day tasks and more time planning strategically for growth.

    • Presenters: Gavin

    • Languages: English

    • Length: 30-45 minutes + Q&A

    • Description: This session is a crash course in business basics: where to start, what to know, and what to be thinking about when starting a new business. We will discuss the differences between entity types, how to register your entity, business licenses, EINs, setting up a business bank account, financing, business planning, resources, and more!

    • Ideal Audience: Anyone thinking about starting a business or has an early stage business. This is an introduction to entrepreneurship.

    • Presenters: Navigators

    • Languages: English, Spanish, or English with bilingual (Spanish) Presenter

    • Length: TBD

    • Description: TBD

    • Ideal Audience: Spanish Speakers, TBD

    • Presenters: Lorena

    • Languages: Spanish

    • Length: TBD

    • Description: TBD

    • Ideal Audience: Spanish Speakers, TBD

    • Presenters: Lorena

    • Languages: Spanish

Other presentations that may be Available

  • Selling or Buying A business

  • The Life of a Lease

  • How to Create a Pitch Deck

  • Is My Business A Business?

  • Risks of Small Business Ownership

  • How and When to Register My Business

  • Getting My Business Online

  • Mission & Vision

  • Customer Profiles

  • Working with Tax and Accounting Professionals

  • Financial Forecasting Basics,

  • & More!

Interested? Please complete the form below

This form will allow us to determine mutual fit for our organizations to collaborate and resources we can allocate. We prioritize collaborating with organizations whose target audience aligns with Livelihood NW's mission to support historically underserved entrepreneurs and small business owners.

Please Note

  1. We will evaluate your request and do our best to follow up within 10 days.

  2. If you are seeking custom content, multiple presentations, or an ongoing commitment, we may want to discuss formalizing an MOU and assessing funding sources for larger or ongoing collaborations.

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