GroundWork group Educational Events for April

        April Education Events:

What:	GWg Nonprofit IT
When:	Tuesday, April 13th, 2010
Where:	Jewish Family Services, 1070 College Rd., Columbus, 43209
Time:	12:00 to 1:30 p.m.
Cost:	No cost. Pizza lunch and salad provided by the Tony R. Wells Foundation
RSVP:	Brenda Grosse at: bgrosse@groundworkgroup.org by April 9th, 2010

GroundWork group IT Specialist Jamie Ratcliffe will present a workshop on Windows 7, the newest version of Microsoft.  Do you have the new version?  Are you having trouble finding where the old functions were in 2007 and where the new functions are now?  Maybe you are still using 2007 and want to see the new version up close before considering purchasing for your organization.  April’s Nonprofit IT Forum will give you the opportunity to do just that.  You can come to see for yourself the Windows 7 version of Microsoft and have the ability to ask Jamie questions.

What:	Business Productivity Class “Adobe Acrobat 9 Professional Day”
Date:	Monday, April 26, 2010
Where:	Platform Labs, 1275 Kinnear Road, Columbus, OH 43210
Time:	8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. (11:30-12:30 lunch break)
Cost:	Cost per person for the whole day: $50 Full Member; $60 Associate Member; $70 Non-Member/Corporate.
Instructor:	Cyndee McCaskey
RSVP:	Brenda Grosse at bgrosse@groundworkgroup.org by March 26, 2010

Adobe Acrobat 9 Professional enables anyone to reliably create, combine, and control Adobe PDF documents for easy, more secure distribution, collaboration, and data collection. This class will enable you to prepare and edit PDF documents, as well as add the interactive features which have made Acrobat so successful today.
Regardless of your industry, everyone can benefit from this informative and exciting class. Individuals who will be preparing documents for intranet or internet use will find lots of useful tips to get the most out of Acrobat 9. New features will be discussed and hands-on exercises will give the student the ability to see the many features of Acrobat 9 Professional.  *(Because of the amount of material we cover in class, we do require students to be comfortable using a mouse, opening and saving files, and the general operations of computers)*

What:	A Board Members Guide Workshop
Date:	Wednesday, May 12th / 7:30-8:00 a.m., Registration & Continental Breakfast 8:00-10:00 a.m., Workshop
Instructor:	John J. Hrusovsky, GWg CEO
Where:	1550 Old Henderson Rd, Columbus, 43220, 1st Floor Conference Room, parking in rear of building
Cost:	$60 per person, includes breakfast
RSVP:	Brenda Grosse, bgrosse@groundworkgroup.org or 614-884-7780, ext. 101 Deadline: Monday, May 10th

This technology-focused volunteer development course is directed toward:

• Nonprofit board members who need a refresher on technology strategy
• Nonprofit board members who want to be even more helpful to the organization they serve
• Corporations that have executives on nonprofit boards
• IT professionals who would like to sit on a nonprofit board and assist them with their strategic use of technology

Key Take-Aways:

• Gain a better understanding of how to apply technology to nonprofit business
• Understand how nonprofits can learn from for-profit technology strategy
• Gain a better understanding of the nonprofit landscape
• Understand corporate social responsibility related to technology capacity building
• Identify GroundWork group tools to help nonprofits with technology strategy
• Become a more effective board member and volunteer