| Date |
Workshop |
Description |
Attend # |
Speaker |
Thursday
July 22
5:30pm‑8:30pm
Satellite Office |
Business Marketing:
Marketing Research |
First in a series of five, this seminar deals with marketing research, its importance to your business as a basis for growth and expansion. Various methods of research will be explored, as well as how to interpret and utilize information gathered. |
|
Michelle Skiljan
Executive Director, IEWBC, CVWBC |
Monday–Wednesday
July 26, 27, 28
5:30pm–8:30pm
Workforce Development Center |
Microsoft Word
Level One
3-part Series
|
Part one of this series provides an introducton to the basics of Word, including navigating, creating and formatting text, and creating and formatting letters.
In this workshop, participants will continue formatting text, utilize AutoCorrect, SpellCheck, Grammar check and Thesaurus. They will then begin inserting graphics, and creating and formatting tables.
In the final part of this series, participants will create and modify MS Word styles, continue creating and modifying tables, and begin to create and modify basic reports using templates. |
|
Keith Sparkman, Ed.D. |
Monday–Wednesday
August 2–4
5:30pm–8:30pm
Workforce Development Center, Skills Lab |
Microsoft Word Advanced
3-Part Series |
Tabs, hanging and first line indents, word count, reveal formatting, task pane, sorting and editing lists, and a review of MS Office clipboard and creating and formatting letters.
Inserting Clip Art, creating and for- matting basic tables, sorting list items, creating and formatting sections, inserting and modifying comments, merging changes into a document, and creating and for- matting reports.
Template basics, building blocks, page layout: Headers and footers, page breaks, inserting hyperlinks, creating and formatting reports, continued, protecting documents, and printing. |
|
Keith Sparkman, Ed.D. |
Saturday
August 7
9:00am–12:00pm
Flora Road Office, Conference Room |
ABC's of Starting Your Own Business |
An interactive discussion on the role of the entrepreneur, which focuses on the steps needed to start a business: naming a business, business structure, marketing plan, financials and funding the business. |
|
Michelle Skiljan
Executive Director, IEWBC, CVWBC |
Monday–Wednesday
August 9–11
5:30pm–8:30pm
Workforce Development Center, Skills Lab |
Microsoft Excel Basic |
Overview and exploring Excel window, entering labels and values, entering and editing basic formulas, using the fill handle, saving and updating worksheets and workbooks, previewing and printing workbooks.
Modifying worksheets, moving and copying data and formulas, fill handle, revisited, entering functions, absolute vs. relative cell references, inserting and deleting rows, columns and ranges, formatting worksheets.
Formatting worksheets (continued), headers and footers, formatting text, rows and columns, formatting numbers, conditional formatting, applying table formats, printing options, charting basics, using templates. |
|
Keith Sparkman, Ed.D. |
Thursday
August 12
5:30pm–8:30pm
Satellite Office, Room 105 |
Business Marketing Part Two:
Marketing Methods |
An interactive discussion of the various methods of marketing, including advertising, using print or electronic media, internet, outdoor or transit media, direct mail; or promotional means via trade shows, direct selling, or product or service placement. |
|
Michelle Skiljan
Executive Director, CVWBC, IEWBC |
Monday–Wednesday
August 16–18
5:30pm–8:30pm
Workforce Development Center, Skills Lab |
Microsoft Excel Advanced |
Assignment: inserting graphics into a worksheet. Using multiple worksheets and workbooks, linking worksheets and workbooks with 3-D formulas, managing workbooks, advanced formatting, custom number formats, in-lab assignment.
Styles revisited, themes and theme colors, splitting merged cells, adding backgrounds to worksheets, outlining and consolidating data, creating subtotals, naming cells, importing data from the web (stock quotes), in-lab assignment.
Sorting and filtering lists, creating and formatting tables, saving workbooks as web pages, adding and removing hyperlinks, saving workbook as a PDF, advanced chart formatting, data points, adding comments to worksheets and workbooks, templates, in-lab assignment. |
|
Keith Sparkman, Ed.D. |
Monday–Wednesday
August 23–25
5:30pm–8:30pm
Workforce Development Center, Skills Lab |
Microsoft PowerPoint |
Creating new presentations, opening, running, and saving a presentation, presentation views 1, 2, 3, magnification of slides, adding and editing slides, rearranging and deleting slides. Lab assignment 1: Creating a presentation. Lab assignment 2: Modifying masters
Formatting slides: text formatting, changing the font, size and color, finding and replacing, cut, copy and paste commands, changing text alignment, drawing and modifying objects, inserting text in objects, inserting and manipulating graphics, including Clip Art. Two lab assignments.
Tables and charts, inserting and manipulating diagrams, modifying presentations, using templates, headers and footers, transitions and timings, adding speaker notes, running presentations, hiding and unhiding slides, printing options, final lab assignment. |
|
Keith Sparkman, Ed.D. |
Thursday
August 12 5:30pm–8:30pm
Satellite Office, Room 115 |
Business Marketing Part Three:
Branding, Publicity and Public Relations |
Suzan Chin of Creative Raven shares her knowledge of branding and its importance in today's market. No longer just for large corporations, the concept of branding and how it benefits your business has become all important. Also featured, the mystery of publicity and public relations unraveled. |
|
Suzan M. Chin
CFO, Creative Raven
Michelle Skiljan
Executive Director, CVWBC, IEWBC |
Monday–Wednesday
Aug 30–31, Sep 1
5:30pm–8:30pm
Workforce Development Center, Skills Lab |
Microsoft Outlook |
Creating an account in Outlook, exploring the Outlook window and navigation panes, the inbox: previewing and reading messages, creating and sending e-mails, working with automation and formatting features, creating signatures, working with messages, files, and attachments, MS Outlook Help.
E-mail management, setting message options, dealing with junk mail, creating search folders, printing messages, contact management, adding, modifying, and organizing contacts, creating and and modifying a distribution list, creating and sending a business card and business card list, tracking activities for contacts.
Using the tasks folder and to-do bar, assigning and declining tasks, setting up appointments, changing calendar views, adding multi-day events, using the calendar to plan a meeting, responding to meeting requests, creating personal contact lists. |
|
Keith Sparkman, Ed.D. |
