Certificate Information

Three of the workshops offered at this event fulfill requirements for the NBIA Incubator Management Certificate Program. The Fundamentals of Incubator Management, Facilities Management and Sirviendo a las Empresas Cliente (a Spanish-language version of Serving Client Companies) are all scheduled for the Preconference Institute before the conference begins.

During the conference, NBIA will offer a number of sessions that will satisfy the requirement that program participants complete five certificate sessions. Certificate candidates must attend a total of five sessions: one in incubator funding, one in client funding and one in client services, as well as two in incubator management. The sessions below qualify as meeting requirements for the NBIA Incubator Management Certificate Program.

Visit www.nbia.org/certificate for more information about the certificate program.

Choose one incubator funding session:

Discovering Federal, State and Local Financial Support for Your Program (Tuesday, April 12, 9 – 10:15 a.m.)
Show Me the Money I (Tuesday, April 12, 9 – 10:15 a.m.)
How to Raise Millions of Dollars for Your Incubator (Tuesday, April 12, 10:45 a.m. – noon)
USDA and Rural Incubators: Funding for You and Your Clients (Wednesday, April 13, 10:45 a.m. – noon)

Choose one client funding session:

Preparing Entrepreneurs to Pitch for Investment Capital (Monday, April 11, 9 – 10:15 a.m.)
Show Me the Money I (Tuesday, April 12, 9 – 10:15 a.m.)
Lending to Incubator Clients: The Art of Cash Flow Lending (Tuesday, April 12, 2:15 – 3:30 p.m.)
USDA and Rural Incubators: Funding for You and Your Clients (Wednesday, April 13, 10:45 a.m. – noon)

Choose one client services session:

Coaching Clients to Success (Monday, April 11, 10:45 a.m. – noon)
Left Brain Programming for Right-Brained Entrepreneurs (Monday, April 11, 2:15 – 3:30 p.m.)
Accelerating the Commercialization and Economic Impact of Life Sciences (Tuesday, April 12, 9 – 10:15 a.m.)

Choose two incubator management sessions:

Best Practices in Action: From Best Practices to Next Practices (Monday, April 11, 9 – 10:15 a.m.)
Selecting the Right Clients (Monday, April 11, 9 – 10:15 a.m.)
Why Incubators Are More Relevant Than Ever (Monday, April 11, 10:45 a.m. – noon)
What Is Economic Gardening and How Can It Help Your Incubator Clients? (Monday, April 11, 2:15 – 3:30 p.m.)
Where Does Social Media Fit in Your Marketing Plan? (Tuesday, April 12, 10:45 a.m. – noon)
Creating Effective Policies and Procedures (Tuesday, April 12, 2:15 – 3:30 p.m.)
Working With Your Board of Directors (Tuesday, April 12, 2:15 – 3:30 p.m.)
Picking the Perfect Support Staff (Wednesday, April 13, 9 – 10:15 a.m.)
Enhancing Your Client Advisory Services (Wednesday, April 13, 9 – 10:15 a.m.)

Please note Show Me the Money I and USDA and Rural Incubators: Funding for You and Your Clients are both listed as an incubator funding session and a client funding session. If you take one of these sessions for the certificate program, it will only count once as a session requirement. If you take both of these sessions, you will receive a credit for an incubator funding session and a credit for a client funding session.