| 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. |
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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. |
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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 |
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Orientation for participants in Citi bank-funded program for women entrepreneurs. |
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Free of charge
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Michelle Skiljan
Executive Director, CVWBC, IEWBC |
