Community Calendar

Join us for our Holiday Women In Networking (WIN) Spearfish Luncheon on Tuesday, Dec. 3 2024, from 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Connect with the inspirational women in your community to motivate you on your business, career, or personal journey. Wherever you are in your journey, the women of WIN are here to help you succeed. Together, we can accomplish anything!

Registration and payment by Tuesday, Nov. 26th, at midnight is required. Seating is limited. Sorry, no walk-ins!

We are hosting our 2-HOUR Holiday WIN Networking Luncheon at the Joy Center which will be decked out in holiday decor. Enjoy a delicious meal, fun games, and of course all the glitter. Put on your sparkle and join us!

Join us for our Holiday Women In Networking (WIN) Rapid City Luncheon on Tuesday, Dec. 10th 2024, from 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Connect with the inspirational women in your community to motivate you on your business, career, or personal journey. Wherever you are in your journey, the women of WIN are here to help you succeed. Together, we can accomplish anything!

Seating is limited. Sorry, no walk-ins!

We are hosting our 2-HOUR Holiday WIN Networking Luncheon at the Rushmore Hotel & Suites which will be decked out in holiday decor. Enjoy a delicious meal, fun games, and of course all the glitter. Put on your sparkle and join us!

The South Dakota Corn Growers Association is holding their 39th Annual South Dakota Corn Conference on January 18, 2025 at the Sioux Falls Convention Center. The event includes educational sessions led by nationally recognized agricultural experts in weather, biofuels, and market trends.

All morning and afternoon sessions are free and include lunch with pre-registration. The evening banquet features awards including this year’s Corn Yield Contest winners as well as a silent CornPAC Auction.

Keynote Speaker: Keni Thomas

You have your LLC, EIN, State Tax License, and now you’re ready to take the next step to grow your business and hire an employee - WONDERFUL! But how do you do THAT?!?

Join industry experts Shelly Rose, Coeur Wharf, Christine Burger, Sanford Underground Research Facility, and Synova Nicolaisen, Black Hills HR Consulting, for four practical workshops in the series to kick-start the process of hiring employees.

This workshop series is perfect for any small business owner, whether you’re new to having employees or want to make sure you’re compliant and following industry best practices.

You’ve now interviewed your candidates and are ready to hire your first employee. But as all small business owners have experienced, you don’t know what you don’t know.

Learn from industry experts Shelly Rose, Coeur Wharf, and Christine Burger, Sanford Underground Research Facility, about the danger zones when you have employees and how to find the resources you need to be compliant and follow industry best practices.

In this session we will cover:

Contractors vs Employees
Limits for Part-time Labor
Age Requirements
Other hot topics

You have your LLC, EIN, State Tax License, and now you’re ready to take the next step to grow your business and hire an employee - WONDERFUL! But how do you do THAT?!?

Join industry experts Shelly Rose, Coeur Wharf, Christine Burger, Sanford Underground Research Facility, and Synova Nicolaisen, Black Hills HR Consulting, for four practical workshops in the series to kick-start the process of hiring employees.

This workshop series is perfect for any small business owner, whether you’re new to having employees or want to make sure you’re compliant and following industry best practices.

With all the time you've invested in the interviewing and hiring process, you'll want to learn best practices to set your new team member up for success!

Now that you have your new employee, you’ll want to establish a healthy and efficient onboarding process and set up a plan for performance management. Learn how to proactively handle performance management with processes that help your business and don’t need to feel like a burden.

In this session we will discuss:

What you should document
How to document
Practical tips for managing a great relationship with employees

You have your LLC, EIN, State Tax License, and now you’re ready to take the next step to grow your business and hire an employee - WONDERFUL! But how do you do THAT?!?

Join industry experts Shelly Rose, Coeur Wharf, Christine Burger, Sanford Underground Research Facility, and Synova Nicolaisen, Black Hills HR Consulting, for four practical workshops in the series to kick-start the process of hiring employees.

This workshop series is perfect for any small business owner, whether you’re new to having employees or want to make sure you’re compliant and following industry best practices.

How do you balance providing employee benefits when you feel like you’re not making money? Do you feel like your business is too small to offer benefits?

In this session we will discuss:

Benefits you must offer (i.e., wages)
Benefits employers offer to keep their team happy (PTO, flexible workschedules, retirement, etc.)
How frequently to pay employees and reporting
When to consider increasing wages and by how much
You’ve invested so much to hire a great employee, training and onboarding them to learn the nuances of your business, and now you want to keep them long-term. Let’s talk about all these topics and more.