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2007 Vermont WoodNet Survey Results

Educational Needs

What type of workshops or classes would be most useful to growing your business? Some current ideas are:

Answer Options		Response Percent
3D CAD		26.5%
Beginners Photography		16.9%
Business Plan building		20.5%
The computer is your Friend		7.2%
Creating a website		27.7%
Buying raw materials		15.7%
Finishing		27.7%
How to price your work		39.8%
Workshop on State-of-art tools/equipment		24.1%
Characteristics and functional properties of wood		12.0%
Effective Marketing		47.0%
Photoshop		33.7%
QuickBooks		20.5%
FSC as a marketing tool		27.7%
Creating a business protfolio		14.5%
Business taxes		13.3%
Using the internet and email		21.7%
Constructing you own solar/electric kiln		19.3%
FSC materials and help selling them to your customers		25.3%
Other (please specify)		18.1%

self-taught; hints from where ever I can pick them up
Creating a display exhibit area
time management
Funding opportunities
woodworking techniques workshops
no interest, not growing
Tool maintenance and repair
none of the above
Green and clean panels (non-formaldehyde)
the 5 s system of manafacturing
internet marketing
How to apply trim work on cabinets, scroll saw work
wood turning
LEEDS CERTIFICATION WORKSHOPS
sm shop finances

Here's more space to list and describe your educational needs:

I have also gone back and awakened another one of my art forms, photography. I could not only sell some photos in my own wood frames, but also instruct others in digital photography, photoshop and printing.
Energy efficiency and heating with wood scraps Also water born or green finishing
Design/build: would like more insight into the process.
Marketing - website, direct mail, magazines, internet
Sessions which include private consulting time with professionals in the fields of craft marketing and promotion (Bruce Baker), business planning, time management, legal aspects/contracts.
organizational skills for the shop and office. mailing lists for direct mail and e mail.
I would like classes on marketing,using primarily the internet .Website creation and maintenance.
A class in how to get set up as FSC Certified in conjunction with Woodnet wood be very useful.
Many of the above would depend on the level of the content. High is good and a chance to share/discuss "what works" and what does not is always useful.
I'd like to learn more about light production methods.
Finishing is #1
Furniture upholstery
We should have marketing experts coming to our meetings.
PhotoShop would be very helpful to me in my business.
Grant writing Shipping larger products Payment when shipping products
I would like to expand my turning knowledge
We actualy consult with start ups and businesses doing job costing, purchasing etc., primarily in the area of computer software and practical advice.We have an interest on getting better educated on venture capital.
marketing

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