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Description
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TECHNOLOGY
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July 7, 14, 21, 28
August 4, 11, 18, 25
6:30-8:30 pm
$25.00
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EXCEL
*Classes at St. John Learning Center
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Course: 8 Monday sessions. Enhance your EXCEL skills by kicking it up a notch! This class will take you through several of the most useful features of this spreadsheet program. Learn about AutoSum, Paste Function, Chart Wizard, database features and tables.
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September 8, 15, 22, 29
6:30-8:30 pm
$15.00
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POWERPOINT
*Classes at St. John Learning Center
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Course: 4 Monday sessions: Winning presentations are the result of professional looking materials. This PowerPoint course shows attendees how to create and edit slides, format text, create bulleted lists, implement slide shows and work with WordArt and clip art.
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October 6, 13, 20, 27
November 3, 10
6:30-8:30 pm
$15.00
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MICROSOFT PUBLISHER
*Classes at St. John Learning Center
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Course: 6 Monday sessions. Microsoft Publisher is a powerful tool to create professional advertisements, brochures, and newsletters. This course is invaluable in creating high quality publications.
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FINANCIAL LITERACY
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August 12
6:00-8:00 pm
Free – Registration is Required
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INVESTMENTS – UNDERSTANDING THE BASICS
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Learn the fundamentals of tax-efficient savings including retirement planning. Participants will also learn the importance of having conservative, moderate and aggressive investments to achieve financial goals.
Jason Black, LUTCF, N.Y, Life Securities LLC
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August 21
6:00-8:00 pm
Free – Registration is Required
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BLUEPRINT FOR FINANCIAL SUCCESS
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Learn how to apply basic financial concepts to your personal situation and create a budget for your goals. Workbook included. Theresa Gavin, Financial Services Professional, New York Life Insurance Company
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August 28
6:00-7:30 pm
Free – Registration is Required
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IT’S NOT TOO LATE – FINANCIAL HEALTH FOR WOMEN
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This informative session focuses and identifies sound financial behaviors for women, and developing strategies for setting goals and achieving financial success.
Pam Foster, VP, Fifth Third Bank and Jerry Browning, President, Chiron Company
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ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
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August 13 & 20
6:00-8:30 pm
$45.00
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GRANT WRITING 101
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Course: 2 sessions. This class will help you understand the grant process, key grant terms and the best way to research and identify potential grant funders. Instructor and class participants will identify parts of a grant and review existing grant applications. Come learn how to get your funding wishes granted!
Dinessa Solomon, Administrator, Office of Justice Assistance
Ohio State Attorney General’s Office
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September 3 & 10
6:00-8:30 pm
$45.00
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GRANT WRITING 201
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Course: 2 sessions. This grant workshop will help you in writing a competitive grant and will teach tips that assist you in your grant writing goals. Join us as we work together and tackle grant proposals one section at a time.
Dinessa Solomon, Administrator, Office of Justice Assistance, Ohio State Attorney General’s Office
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September 3
6:00-8:00 PM
$10.00
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VOLUNTEERS – Where Can I Find Them And What Do I Do With Them After I Get Them?
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Understand the challenges of volunteering in general with specific focus on challenges of recruiting and keeping volunteers engaged. Investigate the historic role of volunteerism among minority groups.
Rita Hunter , Director of Corporate Engagement, United Way of Central Ohio
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September 4
6:30-8:00 PM
Free – Registration is Required
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CREATING SUCCESSFUL YOUTH PROGRAMS – BEST PRACTICES II
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Join a panel of community leaders who will discuss their programs and answer your questions on how to design, implement and sustain successful programs. Bring your business cards to exchange for this networking opportunity.
Panel: Nadine Lauderdale , Director, Kingdom Kids Adventure Club; Tamala Clark-Culp , Director, Girls; Doreen Whitley, Coordinator/Educator, Grange Insurance , Audubon Center, Abdul Shakoor, Urban Chess Kings; Heather Wade, Tech Bridge, Moderator: Sharon L. Ware, United Way of Central Ohio
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September 17
6:00-8:00 PM
$25.00
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ACCESSING FAITH-BASED GRANTS
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Learn how to access federal grants as a faith-based or community-based nonprofit organization. Topics include researching and evaluating prospects, compiling important organizational documents, understanding the federal faith-based and community initiative, and how to partner with government and charitable agencies.
Josh Summer, Director of Development, Economic and Community Development
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September 18
6:00-8:30 PM
$25.00
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FUNDRAISING THROUGH FRIENDRAISING
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Based on the book FRIENDRAISING by Hildy Gottlieb, this course will give nonprofit and community groups practical techniques to make friends and spread the word about their good works so they can raise more funds and build support.
Hal Merz , Paraclete Funding Resources, LLC
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October 1
6:00-8:30 pm
$25.00
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GRANT WRITING – Youth Programs
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This class will focus on sources of grant funding for youth programs in Central Ohio . Public and private sector funding sources will be covered.
Hal Merz, Paraclete Funding Resources, LLC
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September 23 & 30
6:00-8:30 pm
$45.00
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GRANT WRITING 201
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This 2 part session is for organizations with some success in grant writing who wish to refine and expand their skills. Discussion topics will include how to define and make a case for repeat or expanded funding, and readiness to secure national funding. A brief survey will be conducted of registrants prior to the workshop. Sandi Smith, Senior Community Research and Grants Management Officer, The Columbus Foundation
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September 25
6:00-8:30 pm
Free – Registration is Required
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COMMUNITY GARDENS – GETTING STARTED FOR 2009
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Bill Dawson, Community Garden Coordinator for the Franklin Park Conservatory will bring together a panel of experienced community gardeners to discuss ways to start, maintain and sustain neighborhood beautification, school and community garden projects
Bill Dawson, Growing to Green Community Garden Coordinator, Franklin Park Conservatory
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September 25
6:00-8:30 pm
$25.00
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BOOT CAMP MARKETING
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Learn vital marketing techniques and tips and receive easy-to-use templates that let you establish your new tool box for success. Today's successful organizations have fresh ideas, think strategically, and plan from beginning to end.
Debora R. Myles, President, Debora Myles Consulting, LLC
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October 1
6:00-8:00 PM
Free – Registration is Required
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RESEARCH BASICS - GRANTS
*Classes at Columbus Metropolitan Library – 96 S. Grant – Computer Loft, 3rd. Floor
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Improve your chances of success in obtaining a grant by learning to use the Grants Resource Center at the Columbus Metropolitan Library. This program, intended for nonprofit organizations, is a basic orientation to researching for grants.
Diana Zepp, Grants Resource, Columbus Metropolitan Library
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October 8
6:00-8:30 pm
Free – Registration is Required
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GRANT REVIEW: NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERSHIP FOR 2009 – SAFE & DECENT HOUSING
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Participants will learn about Best Practices of former grant recipients. The 2009 Neighborhood Partnership Grants Program is a collaborative sponsorship of The Columbus Foundation, United Way of Central Ohio , National City , Bob Evans and the Osteopathic Heritage Foundations.
Focus: Safe & Descent Housing - homeownership education, repairs, energy efficiency programs, financial education, predatory lending prevention, blight, vacant housing issues and more.
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October 9
6:00-8:30 PM
$25.00
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GRANT WRITING FOR EX-OFFENDERS REENTRY PROGRAMS
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Over 650,000 individuals are released from state and federal prisons and more than 7 million from local U.S. jails yearly. This course will provide grant seeking tips for community organizations assisting those ex-offenders re-entering the community. Research and registration for these opportunities will be discussed and outlined for participants.
Larry Green, Development Officer, Business Development Clearing House
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October 15
6:00-8:30 PM
$25.00
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GRANT OPPORTUNITIES – WHERE TO FIND GRANTS
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This workshop is designed to assist grassroots organizations in finding grant opportunities. The session will focus on: identifying organizational needs and how to align them with funders; building case statements that focus research; using foundation and corporate information on the web to make decisions; approaching a funder for the first time; and accessing community resources.
Josh Summer, Director of Development, Economic and Community Development
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October 23
9:30-11:30 AM
$15.00
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HOW TO START A NONPROFIT
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Thinking about becoming a nonprofit? This workshop will introduce you to the start-up process, as well as the techniques and best practices for success.
Patrick Powell, Director of Capacity Building
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SAFE NEIGHBORHOODS AND DECENT HOUSING
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August 7
6:00-8:30 PM
Free – Registration is Required
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CRIME FREE APARTMENT INITIATIVE
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Learn about this crime prevention program designed to reduce crime, drugs and gangs in apartment properties. This program has been successfully implemented on the far east side of Columbus . Meet the police officers and apartment owners participating in this program
Officer Robert Kemmerling, Columbus Division of Police
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August 12
6:00-8:30 pm
Free – Registration is Required
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MYTHS & MISCONCEPTION OF THE INCARCERATED POPULATION
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Join a panel discussion about misconceptions surrounding previously incarcerated men and women. Debunk common myths and gain a clearer picture of the population. Basic demographics, policies and procedures of the prison system, and other aspects of prisoner reentry will be discussed. Excellent workshop for community leaders who are responding to this population in their community and project managers of re-entry programs. Panelists: Don Roberts, Supervising Attorney of Reentry Programs, The Legal Aid Society of Columbus; Angi Lee, Reentry Administrator, Department of Rehabilitation and Correction; Lisa Morgan, Reentry Coordinator, Adult Parole Authority; Weslee Pullen, Dir. Transitions Program, Columbus Urban League; Andrea Boxill, Mental Health Court
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August 14
6:00-8:30 pm
Free – Registration is Required
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HOUSING ISSUES FOR EX-OFFENDERS
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Join us for an encore presentation of The Legal Aid Society of Columbus’s Reentry Clinic Series. Topics include: housing issues faced by ex-offenders; services available to them; and legal rights and duties of tenants and landlords.
Emily Crabtree, Attorney at Law; The Legal Aid Society of Columbus
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September 18
6:00-8:00 pm
Free – Registration is Required
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SELF DEFENSE FOR EVERYONE
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This course on self defense will teach how the body reacts to a confrontation and how to avoid one. Techniques on how to respond to the unavoidable will be demonstrated. Safety pads will be used by participants.
Columbus Division of Police: Police Officers, Thomas B. Paige & Joseph W. Smith
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October 15
6:00-8:30 PM
Free – Registration is Required
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LOCATING OWNERS OF VACANT AND ABANDONED PROPERTIES
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Representatives from the City will present the techniques used to locate owners of vacant properties, using City and County resources. The course will also include insight on how neighborhood leaders can obtain mortgage and property ownership information on distressed properties, in order to get those properties in compliance.
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