Bettering Your Business Workshops
The 2011-2012 Bettering Your Business Workshops are offered in partnership with Yakima Valley Community College, Grandview, Sunnyside, and Prosser Chambers of Commerce, State Farm, and Foster School of Business at University of Washington. Members receive a discount on registration.
Fee: $65 General Public/$15 Chamber Member
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.
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.
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 – two classes for $110.00**
No additional discounts for chamber members
Please pay at Cashier’s Office and bring receipt to class.
