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Available Webinars and Video Workshops

Were you interested in a small business workshop but unable to attend? In order to make the City's business development workshops more accessible, many are now available online for interested business owners or aspiring entrepreneurs to view at their convenience. 

Free recorded webinars

• Green Restaurants Mini-series Energy Efficiency & Packaging with Irene Li of Prepshift (June 2023)
  
  
• Green Restaurants Mini-series: Source & Food East Reduction with Carla Cornejo of Prepshift (May 2023)

• Food Waste Reduction for Businesses with Abbey Massaro RecyclingWorks Massachusetts and Camilla Elvis of the Cambridge Department of Public Works (May 2023)

• What's on the Menu? Costing & Design with Irene Li of Prepshift (March 2023)
  
  
• Managing Your Food Business Finances with Henry Patterson and Lu Valena of ReThink Restaurants (January 2023) A Spanish language copy of the presentation is available by clicking here. 
  
  
• How to use Economic Data for Business Planning with the Economic Opportunity & Development Division staff (October 2022) 
  
  
• How to be a Market Vendor with Manoucheca Lord, Program Director at Popportunity, and Khali Tabor, Owner of Tokens of Light (October 2022)
  
  
• Conversation with Black Cannabis Entrepreneurs with Marcus Johnson-Smith of Kush Groove and Richard Harding of Green Soul Organics (August 2022)
  
  
• Budgeting for Your Food Business with Commonwealth Kitchen (June 2022)
  
  
• Market and Opportunity Analysis for Food Businesses with Commonwealth Kitchen (May 2022)
  
  
• How to apply for a Cambridge Cottage Food Operations Permit with Inspectional Services Department (ISD) and Economic Opportunity & Development Department (EODD) (January 2022)
  
  
• Second Careers & Side Gigs – Women in Business at Every Age and Stage withRosi Amador of Amador Bilingual Voiceovers and Sol y Canto, Sarah Dudek of Sarah Dudek Design, Elaine Hsieh of EHChocolatier, and Tonya Winston of B. Royal Boutique. (October 2021)
  
  
• Real Estate Basics for Small Business Webinar with Jesse Baerkahn of GraffitoSP (June 2018)

Free video workshops for Cambridge residents and business owners

The workshops listed below are funded by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)'s Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program.

• Adwords or SEO - Starting Your Digital Marketing Campaign with Ted DeBettencourt of Online Business Creator and Juvo Leads (February 2019) *Closed Captioned
  
  
• Create the Ultimate Customer Experience with Doreen Nicastro of It Pays to be Social (May 2018)
  
  
• Google Analytics with Molly Atkin (April 2018) *Closed Captioned
  
  
• Multi-Channel Marketing Webinarwith Clemencia Herrera of Moira Studio (April 2018)
  
• Google AdWords with with Ted DeBettencourt of Online Business Creator and Juvo Leads (March 2018) *Closed Captioned
  
  
• Search Engine Optimization (SEO) with Ted DeBettencourt of Online Business Creator and Juvo Leads (October 2017) *Closed Captioned
  
  
• Using Instagram to Promote Your Business with Patricia Egessa (September 2017) *Closed Captioned
  
  
• Building Your Website with Wix with Patricia Egessa (September 2017) *Close Captioned
  
  
• Shopify for Small Business (Spring 2019) *Close Captioned 
  
  
• Facebook for Businesses with Patricia Egessa (Spring 2020)
  
  
• Making Awesome Social Media Videos with Metter Media (Spring 2020)

This page will be updated with additional recorded workshops in the future.