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About the
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The Small Business Training Network is a customer-focused SBA strategy
designed to enrich, educate and empower small businesses. It is an
Internet-based learning environment - operating like a virtual campus
- offering online courses, workshops, publications, information resources,
learning tools and direct access to electronic counseling, and other
forms of technical assistance.
The Training Network operates like an electronic umbrella under which
many SBA and agency resource training programs are captured, aggregated,
sorted by content and made available in multiple formats. It serves
small business clients, agency resource partners, other federal agencies
and global students of enterprise.
Many of the learning opportunities offered by the Network are developed
by cosponsors (academic institutions and
corporations), some are developed by SBA's resource partners and some
are developed internally through agency contracts. All of the offerings
are free, most are self-paced and the majority are considered "topical
primers."
The Training Network is a vehicle for knowledge, an expansion of electronic
government and an initiative designed to help small businesses successfully
compete. It is most importantly, however, a balanced approach to training.
Not all training can be effectively achieved or is best suited for
an online environment. Therefore, in addition to a robust selection
of online offerings, the Training Network serves as a window to all
of the traditional, face-to-face technical assistance programs offered
by the agency. Traditional training opportunities offered by SBA and
its resource partners around the country can be easily identified
by clicking on National Training
Events, or Training Resource Partners.
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