Annual Seminar

Spring Seminar
Saturday, March 10, 2012

Get Your Head out of in the Clouds!
Donna Gilliland, President of MOSTraining

Once upon a time the term "get your head out of the clouds" meant you weren’t being productive. Times have changed and if your head isn’t in the clouds these days you could be losing productivity and career leverage. What is cloud computing? In simple, working in the cloud is the delivery of applications via the Internet, which are accessed via a web browser. Many cloud productivity tools are free and powerful, like Google Docs and Gmail. The team collaboration benefits are of tremendous value – you can easily create and share documents. Instead of collaborating on a document by sending the document back and forth as an attachment, you can store the document in the cloud using Google apps. Coworkers can access the web-based document simultaneously in their browsers and make changes that other authorized users can see in real-time thus eliminating attachment round-trips. Teams can work together efficiently from within the cloud.

Google: Donna takes us step-by-step through each of Google’s free apps for email, calendar sharing and document sharing to help boost our productivity. We will also explore what Google+ has to offer to the business community. Who knew a “Hang Out” could be so productive? You will be on cloud 9 after this three-hour morning session.

Evernote: Create and save text notes, webpage clips, snapshots, to-dos, PDFs, and more. Capture all of your thoughts, ideas, and inspirations, into a single place. Access everything whenever you need it from your PC, even when offline. This interactive two-hour afternoon workshop will be packed full of fun and productive applications and hands-on training. Donna will introduce us to a number of useful Evernote functions and concepts that will help you start remembering everything.

Donna Gilliland is an award-winning technology instructor, a social media specialist and certified technology trainer. Her technology teaching career spans over 18 years, and she holds certifications in Microsoft, IBM and CompTia.

MOSTraining started in 2004 helping businesses learn how to increase the productivity of their workforce using Microsoft Office applications. MOSTraining has extended its reach to help businesses and entrepreneurs strategically market and grow their business using social media. MOSTraining also helps companies increase their workforce productivity using cloud computing tools.

5 RECERTIFICATION POINTS

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Annual Seminar

An annual professional development seminar is held each February or March to raise money to provide scholarships for students pursuing a degree in business. The one-day seminar usually awards at least 4 recertification points and consists of a keynote address, technical workshop and office expo.

Margaret Dillon, CPS/CAP, Scholarship Program

The Birmingham Chapter of IAAP maintains a scholarship fund for the purpose of providing money to deserving students in the business field. This is an equal-opportunity program based on grade-point average and financial need. Applications are mailed to High Schools, Junior Colleges and Universities across the state of Alabama.
 
The program is funded through the annual seminar and charitable donations. We have awarded over $9,000 in the last 5 years.

If you would like to donate to this program, please review our sponsorship packages.
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