Realizing that there are some people who would like to take advantage of these wehinars, but do not have access to high-speed internet access, the NW PA Oil and Gas Hub has made arrangements to broadcast these webinars in four area counties.
 

• Clarion County – Structural Modulars, Inc (SMI), 102 Southern Ave., Strattanville, PA

To register for Clarion County sessions, please call 814-226-0626, or 814-226-9045

• Crawford County – Meadville/Western Crawford County Chamber of Commerce office

908 Diamond Park, Meadville PA. To register for Crawford County sessions, please call
814-677-4427.

• Mercer County – Christ Lutheran Church, 396 Buhl Blvd, Sharon, PA 16146
  To register for Mercer County Sessions, please call 724-699-5035.
• Venango County- Business Innovation Center, 679 Colbert Avenue Suite 101 Oil City, PA 16301  To register for Venango County Sessions, please call 814-677-3152 or 814-677-4427.

Each of the sessions will run from 9 AM – 10:15 AM

• Sept 13, "Local Business View: Experience in the Northeast"
• Sept. 26, "Industry View: What Does Industry Look For?"
• Oct. 11, "Local Business View: Experience in the Southwest"
• Oct. 24, "The Process: How Do You Sell Into Industry?"
• Nov. 8, "The Work Plan: Financial and Planning Suggestions"

 

From UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – “A series of Web-based seminars aimed at helping local businesses prosper from natural-gas drilling and development will be offered this fall by Penn State Extension's Marcellus Educational Consortium.

"Your Business and Marcellus Shale: Moving Forward 2011" is a five-part program intended to help local businesses understand and take advantage of the opportunities arising from development of the Marcellus Shale.

"Participants will expand their knowledge of the opportunities that exist in the market and learn how to make connections and plan for doing business in this growing industry," said Jonathan Laughner, extension educator in Beaver County who is moderating the sessions, one of which will be held every other week. Each webinar will feature speakers who are experts in the field.

"Our webinar speakers will include natural-gas industry representatives, local business people successfully responding to opportunities, financial specialists and business-development representatives," Laughner said. "Anyone interested in learning more about this aspect of the industry is welcome to attend."

 

For those of you who have high-speed internet The website for the webinars is https://meeting.psu.edu/marcellusbiz. Webinar access requires a free Friends of Penn State account, which can be obtained at https://fps.psu.edu.