LSU Mobile Classroom a hit with community

Daniel Vlosky, Mobile Classroom & Training
Coordinator for LSU, gives pointers to a nearly
full house for Marketing 101.
(Photo by John H. Walker)

If today’s first two classes were any indication, the LSU Mobile Classroom at Northshore Technical College is a hit.

“We had a couple of classes fill up, a waiting list for another … it’s great,” Bogalusa Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Marilyn Bateman told wpnewsblog.

“We would ask if someone cannot attend to please give us as much notice as possible, because we may be able to get that seat filled.”

The classes are being taught by Daniel J. Vlosky, MBA, mobile classroom and training coordinator for the B.J. Ourso College of Business at LSU.

A portion of those attending the Marketing
101 class in the LSU Mobile Classroom on
Tuesday morning. (Photo by John H. Walker)

“This is kind of a broad-based approach,” Vlosky said after the Marketing 101 class. “Of course, you can’t cover everything in an hour or so.”

Vlosky told participants to take advantage of the Small Business Development Center at Southeastern University.

“They are closer than we (LSU) are and they do some really good things,” he said.

Tuesday’s session opened with Starting and Financing Your Business, followed by Marketing 101. Afternoon classes on Tuesday include Working With Your Bank to Get a Loan and Professionalism in the Workplace.

The free classes resume at 9 a.m. Wednesday with Customer Service, Growing Your Business Online and Creaying a Facebook Page for Your Business.

A total of 61 persons have signed up for the program. The classes are free and are sponsored by LSU, the Louisiana Small Business Development Center, Bogalusa Chamber of Commerce, Northshore Technical College, Washington Economic Development Foundation and the City of Bogalusa.