CIRAS has responded to the coronavirus pandemic by moving to online-only education through at least December 31, 2020. As a result, we are building a library of online webinars to serve as useful business resources for Iowa manufacturers and other companies impacted by COVID-19. Please see below for a list of our offerings to date, sorted by topic. Click on the desired webinar, register your name and email address, and the program will begin playing. Check back often as we will continue to add content to this page.
Weekly COVID-19 Roundtables
- Roundtable: Return to Business Visits
- Roundtable: COVID-19 Preparedness Assessment
- Roundtable: Iowa State University’s Center for Nondestructive Evaluation
- Roundtable: Financial Framework (Business Aid and Financial Resources)
- Roundtable: Supply Chain Disruptions
- Roundtable: Restoring Revenue
- Roundtable: Social Distancing in the Workplace
- Roundtable: Planning for Returning to Work (After Shutdown, Working Remotely)
- Roundtable: Understanding Employer-Paid Leave Requirements with Kelsey Knowles
- Roundtable: Workforce Recruiting with Amy Cell
- Roundtable: Internet Marketing
- Roundtable: Testing Employees for COVID-19
- Roundtable: COVID-19 and Childcare Needs
- Roundtable: Ventilation and HVAC Recommendations in Relation to COVID-19
- Roundtable: Supply Chains Disruptions, Updated
- Roundtable: Selling to the Government
- Roundtable: Responding to a COVID-19 Exposure
- Roundtable: Evaluations of Non-Contact IR Devices
- Roundtable: COVID-19 Operation Management
- Roundtable: Leadership Team Tools for Making Effective Decisions
- Roundtable: Communicating with Your Team
- Roundtable: Supply Chain Assessment with Rob Taylor
- Roundtable: Infrared Thermometers
- Roundtable: Face Masks
- Roundtable: Contact Tracing
- Roundtable: COVID-19 Data Interpretation
- Roundtable: Colds, Flus, & COVID…Oh My! With Mary Greeley Medical Center’s Infection Prevention Coordinator Emily Law
- Roundtable: COVID-19 Testing
- Roundtable: Contact Tracing Technology with MakUSafe
- Roundtable: Virtual Process Review
- Roundtable: COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Update
- Roundtable: Vaccine Considerations for the Workforce
- Roundtable: Tips and Leadership Practices for Your Company During Ongoing COVID-19
- Roundtable: CARES Act Updates
Protecting Your Business – Dealing with COVID-19
- Contact Tracing with MakUsafe
- Center for Nondestructive Evaluation: Tools in the Toolbox (including Temperature Screening)
- How to Protect Your Business During This Time of Uncertainty – Podcast by CIRAS
- What is CIRAS Doing to Help Iowa Businesses? – Podcast by CIRAS
- Face Masks – Podcast by CIRAS
Protecting Your Business – Restoring Revenue
- Digital Marketing Tips During Times of Crisis
- Finding Better Customers
- Introduction to Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Systems
- Virtual Networking and Customer Meetings (Presented by Entellect LLC)
- Doing Business with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
- Iowa Emergency Management Response – How Do I Sign Up as a Vendor?
Supply Chain
- Supply Chain Disruptions and What We Are Seeing – Podcast by CIRAS
- Practical Analytic Techniques – Industry 4.0 (seasonality forecasting, control charts)
- Reshoring Webinar by CIRAS & Harry Moser
Financial Resources
Workforce Considerations
- Understanding Employer-Paid Leave Requirements Under FFCRA
- Changes to the FFCRA
- Communication During COVID-19
- Employees Reluctant to Return to Work
- Testing Employees
- Safe at Work Updates (NICC, CIRAS, SBDC) Webinar (1/21/21)