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.

Interest high in Mobile Classroom, two classes full

Sixty-one persons have signed up for next week's LSU Mobile Classroom, scheduled to be held Tuesday and Wednesday on the campus of Northshore Technical College-Sullivan Campus.

Marilyn Bateman, executive director of the Bogalusa Chamber of Commerce, told wpnewsblog that two of the classes — Starting a Business and Customer Service — are full and closed to further registration.

Space remains available in three Tuesday classes — Marketing 101, Working With Your Bank to Get a Loan and Professionalish in the Workplace. The professionalism class is a recent addition, and fills a slot that had been taken by one of two Facebook classes.

The two Facebook classes have been combined and will be held on Wednesday, along with Growing Your Business Online. Both classes still have available space.

The classes are free and is 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 and sign-up sheets are located at a number of high-traffic locations throughout the community.

Classes begin at 9 a.m. each day with four sessions set for Tuesday and three on Thursday. The classes will be conducted by certified trainers in the respective field being taught.

To register, call Patty Sandifer at 732-6211, ext. 347; fax your registration to 735-7347 or email your information to jerrybailey@I-55.com. Registration may also be completed at http://tinyurl.com/5vaeu6u.