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Thanks to the Education Committee, we have several amazing programs lined up for you with more to come. You can register for these right away by clicking the title. We have many more to come. Just $20 for members and $30 for nonmembers.
  • Speaking Virtually To Clients and Customers with C.L. Fornari on September 2 from 7p-8p ET
  • Strategies for Gardening in a Climate Crisis with Kim Eierman on September 22 from 7p-8p ET
  • Schedule C is the Key - Tax Savings for Freelancers with Ellen Zachos on October 22 from 7p-8p ET
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    It’s not just any day. It’s a great day to promote Gardening! In an effort to inspire and support national ‘day of, week of and month of’ celebrations, National Garden Bureau has worked in partnership with GardenComm to create and launch a new web page listing many popular dates. These are fantastic opportunities for garden communicators to promote gardening. The current list is the “best of the best”; there is something that will appeal to just about everyone regardless of age or their level of gardening experience. Use this list to plan for your speaking, blogs, videos, content calendars and social media posts to educate, have fun and inspire gardeners to get out and get their hands in the dirt. In many cases, suggested hashtags are included so feel free to use those to raise the tide of gardening.
     
     
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    Upcoming Events

    Wednesday, September 2 at 7:00 PM ET
    Speaking Virtually To Clients and Customers with C.L. Fornari
    Whether you are normally paid to speak to live audiences or have been giving educational events for business customers, you’re now challenged to connect virtually. This webinar demystifies Zoom presentations and provides attendees with the useful information needed to stay in touch with clients or maintain an income from speaking. Learn which Zoom plan to choose, how to adapt or craft your presentations to fit virtual presentations and the importance of your broadcasting environment. Hear how to avoid common pitfalls and hold a virtual audience through your entire presentation. We’ll cover pricing for paid presentations, using free talks to bring customers into your business, and why this is likely to be a skill that you’ll keep beyond the pandemic. Sponsored by gardencenter.


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    Tuesday, September 22
    Strategies for Gardening in a Climate Crisis with Kim Eierman
    As GardenComm members, climate change and the effects on the environment are often top-of-mind. Kim Eierman of EcoBeneficial will examine the challenges and opportunities we are facing from the impacts of the climate crisis. Join this session to learn real world action items and solutions to help empower our communities in the face of this enormous challenge.

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    Thursday, October 22

    Schedule C is the Key - Tax Savings for Freelancers with Ellen Zachos
    If you’re a freelancer and you’re NOT filing a Schedule C, you’re leaving money on the table. Learn what you can (and cannot) deduct as business expenses, and how to best work within your rights as a taxpayer. Many freelancers don’t take advantage of the deductions available to them, and some take advantage of things they shouldn’t! I have not only worked for a tax accountant for 10+ years, but also came through an IRS audit of my own with shining colors. Good record keeping and an understanding of how the IRS views freelancers, their history of profit and loss, and their legitimate expenses made the difference. You owe it to yourself to learn how to pay the least possible tax within the scope of the current tax law.

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    Tuesday, November 17

    Good Writing, Bad Writing, Better Science Writing with Sally Cunningham
    As garden writers, many of us do not have the luxury of an editor to call upon before we send off our finished product. Sally Cunningham is here to help you learn to self-check! In this session Sally will guide you through some common and less familiar mistakes, as well introduce the New York Times Manual of Usage and the Chicago Manual of Style as resources. Discussion will include how relevant grammar is to these changing times and tools to ensure your writing is seen as professional across the industry.

    Tuesday, February 7

    Using Horticultural Therapy Values to Produce Content Your Audience Will Love with Perla Curbelo

     
     
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    COVID-19 Resources
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    • SBA Opens Up New Grants And Loans For Small Businesses And Independent Contractors: The EIDL Program
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    HORTICULTURE
     
     
    How the horticulture commerce experience is changing during COVID-19
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    Among the many market shifts that are taking place in the horticulture industry during the coronavirus pandemic is the shopping experience for plant buyers.
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    6 tips for good hygiene in the greenhouse horticulture
    Horti Daily
    With constantly emerging viruses, pests and diseases in the greenhouse horticulture, hygiene in the greenhouse is an important and much-discussed topic. Clean hands, clean machines and clean water ensure a clean greenhouse, and therefore also clean crops. Steenks Service provides some tips for hygienic working in greenhouse horticulture.
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    Technology to change the way horticulture is managed
    Future Farming
    According to Ms Harvey, technology is also the key to dealing with the impacts of climate change. “Weather is becoming more unpredictable”, she emphasises. “And critical resources like water are scarcer and therefore more expensive. We must change the way we grow things to do more with less.”
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    The 10 most important lessons for food horticulture
    Horti Daily
    Recently the tenth and last interactive session of the EAT THIS webinar series was held. NethWork and World Horti Center look back on a successful series, bursting with inspiration and new insights concerning the ‘future of food’ by visionaries from — and more particularly — outside the horticultural sector.
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    Some countries are using the pandemic as an excuse to crack down on journalism
    Nieman Lab
    The surfeit of misinformation online during the pandemic has prompted some governments to implement extraordinary measures in an attempt to establish control amid the chaos. Criminalizing the dissemination of “false news,” expanding existing penalties for spreading misinformation, and increasing surveillance are among the actions some authorities have taken.
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    Journalism is the key to protecting democracy
    The Royal Gazette
    Much of the world today is awash with huge waves of positive and negative information about many troubling situations, and attempting to discern fact from fiction can be at times stressful and disturbing.
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    Journalists need to get it right: Epidemiology training can help
    Forbes
    Covid-19 has turned all journalists into health journalists. Covid-19 is the only major story in the news media today, and it is everyone’s beat now. Journalists are ‘Covidized’ like everyone else. Based on two recent online courses we offered to journalists in two continents, I suggest epidemiology training can help journalists get it right, and help fight misinformation.
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    Direct mail marketing guide for small businesses
    Business News Daily
    Most marketing is digital these days, but physical advertising, when done right, can have a huge positive impact on your customers and your bottom line. By integrating direct mail marketing with your other marketing channels, you can provide your customers with a unique, personalized experience that helps your business stand out from the crowd.
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    Three reasons small business recovery relies on customer retention, not acquisition
    Forbes
    In neighborhoods across the country, small businesses tie the community together. They serve as gathering places for friends and celebrations and provide jobs to the locals and character to their neighborhoods.
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    Get growing: How small-business owners can maintain resiliency
    Biz Journals
    Small-business owners have continued to show resiliency in the face of change amid the progression of the ongoing pandemic. For those who have pivoted their organization to a Covid-19 attractive market or have otherwise managed to maintain a steady cash flow, they ask themselves, “What can I do next for my business?”
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    Time to give your social media accounts a cleanse? Here’s how
    Tech HQ
    It can be hard to draw the line between our personal movements on social media and our professional network — especially when our work and personal lives are more overlapped than ever before.
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    Social media data leak exposes millions of user profiles
    The National Law Review
    If you use social media frequently, especially TikTok, Instagram and YouTube, you may want to take note of a recent report by a security research team at Comparitech that an unsecured database has exposed 235 million Instagram, TikTok and YouTube user profiles. The exposed information may have included profile names, real names, profile photos, and account descriptions, and some might also have included telephone numbers and email addresses.
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    Social media habits are shifting with current events — should PCPs take a break?
    Ohio State University via Healio News
    Social media habits are changing amidst the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the nationwide movement for racial injustice and other divisive political arguments, according to results from a recent national survey.
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