Professional Resources

Dictation Materials

Improve your speedbuilding program today with drills that have been submitted by various schools.

• View the Teachers' Community Dictation Material Bank

Drills From Other Programs

• Huntington Junior College

Business Resources

General Small Business Resources

• AllBusiness.com
• BizOffice
• Entrepreneur.com
• Inc.com
• National Association for the Self-Employed (NASE)

   

Government Resources

• Business.gov
• IRS Small Business and Self-Employed One-Stop Resource
• ReadyBusiness
• Small Business Administration
  • SBA Outside Resources & Great Business Hotlinks

Write a Business Plan

• BPlans.com
  http://www.bplans.com/dp/
• Entrepreneur.com
  Entrepreneur.com
• Score.org/template_gallery
  Score.org/template_gallery
• Small Business Administration Business Planning
  http://www.sba.gov/starting_business/planning/writingplan.html

Write a Marketing Plan

A marketing plan describes how you intend to let potential clients know about your products and services.

• BPlans.com Marketing Plan examples
  http://www.bplans.com/spv/3319/index.cfm?affiliate=pas
• Small Business Administration Marketing Plan Tips
  http://www.sba.gov/starting_business/marketing/basics.html
• The Write Market - Marketing Plan Outlines
  http://www.thewritemarket.com/marketing-plan.shtml

Legal Aspects

Look up local tax laws, employment laws, human resources information, and hiring procedures.

• IRS Business Information
  http://www.irs.gov/businesses/
• Turbo Tax - Tips
  http://www.turbotax.com/tax_tips_and_resources/business_taxes_and_software.html
• Small Business Association Financing tips
  http://www.sba.gov/financing/index.html
• Bank of America Small Business Resource Center
  http://www.bankofamerica.com/smallbusiness/resourcecenter/index.cfm?template=overview

Hiring and Human Resources

• HR Tools.com
  http://www.hrtools.com/Frames.asp
• SHRM - Society for Human Resource Management
  http://www.shrm.org/

Study Habits

• How to Take on College Studying
  http://www.collegeboard.com/article/0,,2-10-0-961,00.html
• Preparing for College: An Online Tutorial
  http://www.washington.edu/doit/Brochures/Academics/cprep.html

Health Resources

Wrist, Shoulder, and Hand Exercises

• Carpal Tunnel Treatment Center
  http://www.aboutcts.com/index.html
• Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Fact Sheet
  http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/carpal_tunnel/detail_carpal_tunnel.htm
• Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Symptoms, Prevention, and Treatment
  http://arthritis.about.com/od/carpal/

If you know of any additional resources that might be helpful to your fellow students, send us an email with the link and we'll post it here!