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Excel Advanced

Need to analyze the numbers? Need to predict future budgets? Want to preview alternate solutions to balancing the budget? Then this course is for you.

Students will learn how to import data from other sources, use tools to analyze data and create alternate scenarios, set up protection and use time saving features.

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Become a Master at Mailmerge

Mass mailings are usually associated with junk mail and are generally ignored. The modern answer is Mail Merge.
Mail Merge saves enormous amounts of personalizing time by eliminating the need to type in each individual name and address on every letter you're sending out. In this full day course you will learn:
 
•How to create a database in Word, Excel and Access
•To import data bases from other programs
•How to create a Mail Merge document, envelope, labels, catalogues and flyers
•Formatting and editing merged documents
•Updating, sorting and filtering lists
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Excel Intermediate

Students who have a basic understanding of spreadsheets will learn how to perform more advanced formulas and functions, use the sorting and filtering features, manage worksheets, and apply more formatting.
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Access Intermediate

Learn how to use MS Access to create a more sophisticated database. Students will learn how to design tables and define data type and field properties to manage data storage.

This instructor led class will teach you how to create forms for easy data input, more complex queries and reports which can be modified by the user.  

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Access Introduction

Learn how to use MS Access to create a database, enter and update individual records and create reports based on specific criteria.

This instructor led class will teach you how to create a basic database to track client, donor or event information using hands-on examples.

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Unleash Your Inner Asker

Presented by: Sponsored by Carole Haas Gravagno, In collaboration with the Ithaca Institute and the Asking Matters website

Carole Haas Gravagno is experienced as a volunteer fundraiser, as a donor and as someone who cares deeply about the work done by the not-for-profit community to strengthen the region.  

 
The workshop facilitators, Andrea Kihlstedt of Asking Matters and Paula Peter of the Ithaca Institute have decades of experience as fundraising consultants working with large and small organizations throughout the country. They will be joined by Carol Wishcamper, an organizational development consultant and philanthropist from Maine. Together, they share a highly experiential approach to learning and an iconoclastic willingness to re-examine existing methods to bring you fresh ideas and approaches to fundraising. 
 
Fundraising is challenging and critical to organizational well-being. The workshop will explore a way to be more effective in asking for money organizations need to carry out their mission.
 
A 50% scholarship rebate (a $162.50 value) will be offered for a limited number of registrants. Scholarships will be awarded on a first-come, first-served basis and are limited to two per organization.  
  
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The Small Museum Association’s Annual Conference

Presented by: Small Museum Association
The Small Museum Association’s Annual Conference will be held in Ocean City, Maryland from February 19-21, 2012.

Entitled Adapt & Reuse: Fresh Ideas and New Approaches, more than two hundred museum professionals, volunteers, students and enthusiasts are expected to attend with many opportunities to network with one another.  

Discover how to make the most of what you have from sessions on grantwriting, education, collections care and much more.  The conference, still at a great bargain price for registration and lodging, is wonderful for emerging and experienced museum professionals.  There will also be a Resource Hall with vendors willing to work with you and your institution.  For more information and to register, visit www.smallmuseum.org or email conference@smallmuseum.org. 

 
There are still spaces available for vendors at the conference.  To request information on the Vendor Hall, contact Andrew Zellers-Frederick at 757-220-7466 or email azellers@cwf.org. 
 
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Informing Teaching & Learning through Assessment - Feb. 29

Presented by: Stockton Rush Bartol Foundation and Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance
Are you looking to learn how to design informative and manageable approaches to assessing the effectiveness of your arts education programs? Join us for this session with Anne Harrison, Manager of Children and Youth Programs at Fleisher Art Memorial as she shares how Fleisher has worked with its teaching artists to create simple assessment strategies that inform teaching and learning on an ongoing basis.

Designed for small organizations or those new to assessment, this workshop will include extensive time for you to begin to draft an outline of an assessment plan for your arts education programs based on your goals and resources. You are encouraged to bring a team of a program staff person and a teaching artist to this working session. Each person from the organization must register separately.

This workshop is co-presented by Stockton Rush Bartol Foundation and the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance. For questions, please contact the Bartol Foundation at 215-545-4037.

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2nd Annual Town Hall

Presented by: Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy

 How can we make Philadelphia the best possible place to work, play, learn and live creatively? Philadelphia’s Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy invites you to join the conversation at our 2nd Annual Town Hall meeting on Thursday February 9th at WHYY from 5:30pm to 8:30pm.

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