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Date Workshop Description Attend # Speaker
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 26 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.
$25
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.
FULL Keith Sparkman, Ed.D.
Wednesday
September 8
5:30pm–8:00pm
Citi bank
Palm Desert location
Small Business Expo and Networking Event Join us at Citi bank's Palm Desert branch, as we introduce you Bill Zwierankin, Vice President of Citi's Palm Desert branch, and spotlight an array of CVWBC's client businesses. Network with other business owners and make new connections. Hosted by Citi bank
Thursday
September 9
5:30pm–8:30pm
Satellite Office, Room 115
Business Marketing Part Four:
Internet/Blog
Suzan Chin of Creative Raven, with extensive experience in the internet marketing, will facilitate this workshop providing an overview of various methods of internet marketing, including blogging. Discover how to market your business worldwide.
$25.00 per Seminar
Suzan M. Chin
CFO, Creative Raven
Saturday
September 11
9:00am–12:00pm
Flora Road Office, Conference Room
The ABC's of Starting a 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.
$15.00
Michelle Skiljan
Executive Director, CVWBC, IEWBC
Tuesday
September 21
5:30pm–8:30pm
Flora Road Office Conference Room
Facebook/Linked-In Two of the most popular social networking sites, these can keep your business reaching new people constantly. Facilitator Kate Spates will guide participants through the basics of how to utilize the sites to promote your business.
$20.00
Kate Spates
Image Marketing Concepts
Tuesday
September 21
9:00am–12:00pm
Flora Road Office
Day with an Expert A new concept for us at CVWBC, this is an idea borrowed from our sister center: schedule time to meet with an accountant, a marketing expert, a representative in payroll and HR issues and Carla Ulloa, who will discuss microlending through CDC. Free of charge To Be Announced
Thursday
September 23
5:30pm–8:30pm
Satellite Office, Room 115
Business Marketing Part Five: Marketing Campaign/Creating/Scheduling Media Creating a marketing campaign is integral to launching a business, or to growing an existing one. Join the experts to learn how to put one together, and how to utilize various forms of media to promote your business.
$25.00 per Seminar
To Be Announced
Wednesday
September 29
5:30pm–7:00pm
Flora Road Office Conference Room
Citi bank "It's Your Time: An Entrepreneurial Training Series for Women" Orientation
It's Your Time Orientation for participants in Citi bank-funded program for women entrepreneurs.
Free of charge
Michelle Skiljan
Executive Director, CVWBC, IEWBC
 
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