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4 people are interested
SCORE Volunteer Mentor/Leader - Help SWFL Small Business Owners Succeed
ORGANIZATION: SCORE Southwest Florida
Please visit the new page to apply.
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4 people are interested
SCORE Southwest Florida is virtually open for business and stands ready to provide free-confidential business mentoring and online educational offerings and resources to help small businesses in our community respond to the COVID-19 Pandelic and emerge as the economy restarts and recovers.
Are you a continuous learner with business leadership/entrepreneurial expertise and want to volunteer your time and talent to help existing small business owners achieve their goals? As you passionate about collaborating with others in the business community go grow a thriving small business ecosystem? Volunteering your business expertise with SCORE Southwest Florida may be for you.
Volunteer opportunities include: 1) Business Mentoring, 2) Conducting local (online) workshops, 3) Developing innovative collaborations and programs with community organizations, or 4) Supporting Chapter operations as a committee or special project leader in areas such as client or member services, marketing, community outreach, fundraising, or workshops.
Since 1976, SCORE SWFL volunteer business experts have served Lee and Hendry Counties including Ft. Myers (and beaches), Lehigh Acres, Cape Coral, Estero, Labelle, and surrounding communities. In 2019, SCORE SWFL volunteers delivered 1,516 total services (mentoring and workshops), mentored 377 unique clients (52% in-business), conducted workshops with 771 workshop attendee hours and supported 24 new business starts and creation of 257 non-owner jobs.
To take the next step in becoming a SCORE Volunteer, submit your application online at: https://southwestflorida.score.org/become-volunteer-southwest-florida-score
More opportunities with SCORE Southwest Florida
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
About SCORE Southwest Florida
Location:
3650 Colonial Blvd., Suite 231, Fort Myers, FL 33966, US
Mission Statement
Foster vibrant small business communities through mentoring and education.
Description
SCORE, America's premier source of free and confidential small business advice for entrepreneurs and small businesses, is a nonprofit resource partner with the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). Since 1964, SCORE has helped more than 11 million aspiring entrepreneurs. Each year, SCORE's over 10,000 volunteer business experts provide hundreds of thousands of free small business mentoring sessions and local/online educational services to clients at all points of their business life cycle through over 300 chapters nationwide. In 2019, SCORE volunteer business experts provided 4.9+ million hours to help start more than 29,681 small businesses and support the creation of a total of 97,387 jobs.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
This is a Virtual Opportunity with no fixed address.
DATE POSTED
April 22, 2020
SKILLS
- Life Coaching
- Teaching / Instruction
- Event Planning / Management
- Marketing & Communications (Mar/Com)
- Management
- Community Outreach
GOOD FOR
- People 55+
REQUIREMENTS
- Driver's License Needed
- Orientation or Training
- Flexible (prefer local/onnline availability throughout the year)
- Strong leader and team player, problem solving, continuous learner