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Is Your Professional Development Important?

Jeff Kikel

Your professional development is important because it ensures you continue to be competent in your profession. Plus, if you are an entrepreneur and wear many hats you know it is an ongoing process to learn tips and tricks about other intricate parts of owning a business. This continues throughout your professional career - education never ends!


Education ensures your capable of keeping up with other entrepreneurs and helps you maintain and enhance the knowledge and skills you need to deliver a professional service to your clients and the community. You want the knowledge to stay relevant and up to date with the changing trends and directions in your profession. Marketing changes faster than it’s ever been! If your marketing is at a stand still you will get left behind in the entrepreneurial world. Your professional development helps you become more effective in your business, it inspires you. It assists you to grow your business. Education helps you to stay interested and motivated. Experienced speakers are great teachers! We tend to do what we have done before - change is sometimes not welcomed. Focused educational speakers can spark new possibilities, new knowledge and new skills to help energize your business. Technology changes also...there are professionals that help keep you knowledgeable and up to date in the area. Depending on your profession – you may be someone who can contribute on an educational panel or workshop. The importance of continuing professional development should not be underestimated – it is a must for entrepreneurs and business professionals. Some continuing education is required by law to practice but it is your personal responsibility as a professional to accelerate your skills so that you may deliver the highest quality of service. Instilling professional development in your business routine should be engaging and fun!


Sometimes it’s difficult to find relevant topics that fit into your business. We offer many different opportunities throughout the month for continuing your professional development, presented by local business professionals. We host events in the hopes to connect you with other like minded individuals, which to learn from each other and share business ideas. We also offer business workshops to help you grow and prosper. We are committed to helping you on many levels!


Click here to see a list of our upcoming workshops & events.

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