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August 20, 2004 |
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Contact: Amy Rock, 330-315-1335,
Only 4 more months to benefit from Verizon Foundation's tuition assistance!!
The Verizon Foundation—the philanthropic arm of Verizon Communications—is helping northeast Ohio nonprofits improve their use of computer technology by paying for their Project Connect training. Although funds are limited in 2004, tuition assistance is available for eligible organizations. This assistance may not be available in 2005, so it is important that you take use before December!!!
To complete the application, visit http://foundation.verizon.com/etraining.
Upcoming Courses
It's back-to-school time for the kids, why not take a class for yourself? Call 330-315-1335 or e-mail to register or receive a copy of our fall schedule. Cost is $40 per person for staff and volunteers of member organizations;$60 per person for staff and volunteers of non-member organizations.
Website Developers Series
Non-profits need reliable, inexpensive methods to reach the public and their funders. What better way than to develop and maintain your own website? By the end of the series, you will have an interactive framework to display information about your agency, your programs, and even to request (and receive) information from your intended audience!
Website Development & Management: A Hands-On Planning Course
Great websites just don't happen: they take a lot of planning and knowledge of theory. We will explore the options of website development, paying special attention to the differences between designing for paper vs. designing for the web. When you complete this course, you will have a good plan for your new or updated website. Then you can create it yourself or give your plan to your computer specialist.
Adobe PhotoShop: Graphics for the Web
Learn how to use PhotoShop's powerful tools to correct color balances in your scanned photos, crop and resize your images, and prepare them for the web. This includes special techniques for reducing the size of your images to reduce download time. Prerequisite: Skills covered in Introduction to Computers 1 & 2.
Microsoft FrontPage 1: Themes & Shared Borders
We will cover the basics of FrontPage, the most popular website authoring software in the world! The focus will be on understanding how FrontPage works, designing themes, and using shared borders. After this course, you will be able to develop a simple but useful format for your organization's website. Prerequisite: Skills covered in Introduction to Computers 1 & 2.
Microsoft FrontPage 2: Formatting Your Web Pages
This is the nitty-gritty of developing a website: the pages themselves. We will cover importing and formatting text, using graphics, hyperlinks, bookmarks, and tables. With the skills in this course, you will be able to create different types of pages using the format developed in Microsoft FrontPage 1. Prerequisite: Skills covered in Microsoft FrontPage 1.
Microsoft FrontPage 3: Cool Tools
Now we explore the cool tools of FrontPage: forms, marquees, hover buttons, searches, etc. We will also discuss ways to make each attendee's website better and easier to use. Prerequisite: Skills covered in Microsoft FrontPage 1 & 2.
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Microsoft Excel
The Website Developer's Series
Microsoft Access
QuickBooks
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Visit infolineinc.org/connect/training.htm to see our latest training schedule.
Or call us at 330-315-1335 and we'll fax you a copy.