financial – Susan Brown Consulting

Training the Business Trainers

Using CDBG funds, the Portland Development Commission (PDC) runs a business development program for low and moderate incomes residents. To deliver services they contract with about a dozen organizations that…

Growing Businesses

I am working with growing businesses through JEDI’s Power Up Program, offering business and financial management tools. My part of the training covers the financial management tools: Analyzing the Past…

Microlending Primer

The Council of Development Finance Agencies asked me to give their membership an introductory webinar on microlending and the Do-It-Yourself economy. CDFA members are state, county and municipal development finance…

[testimonial ] [testi_pane name="Claudia Viek " position="- CEO CAMEO" icon="http://susanrileybrown.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/CV.jpg" ] Every program that Susan has designed and implemented for us has been a success. [/testi_pane] [testi_pane name="Marajen Moore " position="- Awaken to Life" icon="http://susanrileybrown.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/MM.jpg"] Susan has a rare blend of strong business management skills and sensitivity to the human side of life. [/testi_pane] [testi_pane name="Cecily Jackson" position="- Sustainable Law Group" icon="http://susanrileybrown.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/CJ.jpg"] Susan is a true asset to small business and nonprofit clients. [/testi_pane] [testi_pane name="Joanne Steele" position="- Rural Tourism" icon="http://susanrileybrown.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/JS.jpg"] Susan's business development work is brilliant as well as useful. [/testi_pane] [testi_pane name="Heidi Pickman" position="- CAMEO Director of Communications" icon="http://susanrileybrown.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/HP.jpg"] Susan is a top-notched trainer. Every training that she has developed for us has received high praise from a sold-out crowd. [/testi_pane] [testi_pane name="Heidi Pickman" position="- CAMEO Director of Communications" icon="http://susanrileybrown.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/HP.jpg"] Susan is clear, well-organized, well-prepared and delivers meaty, cutting-edge content with a sense of humor. And she's mastered the technique of audience engagement through webinars, that's no easy feat! [/testi_pane] [/testimonial]