Bettering Your Business Workshops

Bettering Your Business Workshops
This series of seminars is geared toward small business owners who are
looking to improve the business knowledge and skill sets of their employees
Workshops maybe attended individually or as a series for maximum benefit
Grant Writing
October 25th, 1:30-4:00 pm Grandview Library Conference Rm
Where’s the money? This workshop will teach you how and where
to find grants. How to track grant opportunities so you do not
miss application deadlines. Learn how to customize a proposal to
match a grant maker’s interest.
Team Building
November 14th, 1-4 pm in Grandview Library Conference Rm
This seminar teaches business owners how to recognize different
team dynamics and the importance of creating well-designed
teams which can lead to an overall increase in company
performance and team stability.
Employee Performance
January 10th, 1-4 pm Grandview Library Conference Rm
Learn the basic steps of establishing clear performance
expectations, assess professional development needs, evaluate
employee performance, develop improvement plan, and coach
employees to help them improve.
Microsoft Word - Part 1
February 8th, 2-5 pm in Rm. L123
Did you recently switch to Microsoft Word 2010 or are you just
starting to use word processing software? If so this is a great
workshop for you! You will learn to format documents work
with multiple documents, insert pictures and graphics, create
headers and footers and more.
Location:
Yakima Valley Community College Grandview Campus,
500 West Main Street, Grandview, WA
Cost:
$65.00 General Public/$15.00 for Chamber Members
**Take 2 classes and receive $20.00 discount - both
classes for $110.00**
No additional discounts for chamber members
Please pay at Cashier’s Office and bring receipt to class.
For more information, contact YVCC Grandview Campus at
509-882-7040 or email: crasmussen@yvcc.edu
www.yvcc.edu/grandview
YVCC is an AA/EEO Institution.
Microsoft Word - Part 2
February 15th, 2-5 pm in Rm. L123
If you have some familiarity with word but want to do
more, come to the intermediate workshop where you will
build on skills taught in the introductory Word class.
Some of the additional topics you will learn include
working with drawing tools, changing styles and
formatting, conducting a mail merge and building a
table of contents.
Microsoft Excel - Part 1
March 7th, 2-5 pm in Rm. L123
Get a jumpstart on using Excel in this hands-on
introductory workshop. You will be introduced to the
Excel worksheet structure, learn about creating formulas,
format and sort data and much more! No previous
experience with Excel necessary.
Microsoft Excel - Part 2
March 14th, 2-5 pm in Rm. L123
If you have used Excel but don't feel you are utilizing it
to its capabilities, this intermediate Excel workshop is for
you! You will build on what was covered in the
introductory workshop, create lists and charts, work with
functions, add themes, subtotal data and more.
Long-Term Marketing
April 6th, 1-4 pm Grandview Library Conference Rm
Participants will learn the basics of creating a marketing
plan for their businesses. This interactive class will cover
the key marketing components of the plan, including a
SWOT analysis, effective marketing segmentation,
targeting and positioning strategies, the marketing mix
(4 P’s) and creating a marketing program.
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