What's your Business Model?

A good business model considers the values and goals of a business or
independent practice and integrates them with the business plan. It
connects the ways in which you work with the ways your clients or
customers value that work. What's important to them? What's important to
you? How do you demonstrate the significance of each aspect?

Defining Your Business Model offers independent professionals and small
business owners an opportunity to better understand their working life
through an exploration of the business model(s) they use. Participants
will learn new ways to think about their business, both broad (where's
the value?) and specific (how does the way you understand your business
affect relationships with clients?).

The meetings are:

I. Business Models 101 10 April at 12 noon, US Eastern Time
In this meeting, we'll discuss basic components of a business model and
the way these components work together to support your business. You’ll
learn about assumptions underlying the way you structure or model your
practice.

II. Examples of Business Models 17 April at 12 noon, US Eastern Time
The second meeting will look at examples of businesses or business types
familiar to all. You'll learn to analyze models "in action" both good
and bad and begin to investigate alternatives to the models you now use.

III. Creating a Model for /*Your*/ Business 24 April at 12 noon, US
Eastern Time
In the final session we’ll apply the lessons of the earlier meetings to
/your/ practice. What are the components of your business model now? How
does it define or explain what you do? How can you improve it?

You'll find more information here: http://scr.bi/v8CFCw

Register at the Research and Writing website: *http://bit.ly/YBM-2-2012
* (Ask about group and add-on discount programs.)

Participants who have owned or managed a professional practice or small
business for at least two years will benefit the most from the meeting
series.

The meeting leader is *Sarah Lowengard*, Big Boss of Research and
Writing. Sarah has created and taught courses, workshops, and tutorials
in business management and academic research for more than twenty-five
years. You'll find more information at http://bit.ly/p7hbnE


Sarah Lowengard
Research and Writing

sarah [at] researchandwriting[dot]net