Lunch and Learn

SMACNA Greater Chicago Lunch Remote Session

We're Serving Up New Offerings!

The technology used throughout your day should help you work smarter, not harder. And with the right training, you can drastically improve your skills in programs like Excel, Word, Outlook and Bluebeam. This fall and winter, join industry tech expert Ginnie Floraday for a series of virtual Lunch & Learn classes, where she’ll introduce basic time-saving tricks, productivity improvements and delve into some more advanced features to keep your business moving.

All Lunch & Learn sessions are remote, so you can join from the comfort of your office.

To register, call or email Laurie: Laurie@SMACNAGreaterChicago.org or 708-544-7007.

BLUEBEAM POP-UP

PART 2: THE TREASURE CHEST OF BLUEBEAM, TOOL CHESTS
Date: Tuesday, March 18, 2025
Time: 11 a.m. – Noon

Registration deadline: 3/11/25.

Tool Chests allow you to store your frequently used customized markups and measurements. Learn how easy it is to create and save multiple types of markups, create a dynamic legend that counts each markup and share custom tool chests so your markups are consistent across all drawings. Topics covered during this session include: custom tools, scaling the toolset, sequencing markups, attaching tools to layers and sharing toolsets.

To register, call or email Laurie: Laurie@SMACNAGreaterChicago.org or 708-544-7007.

EXCEL CUSTOM LISTS AND FORMULAS

PART 1
Date: Tuesday, April 15, 2025
Time: 11 a.m. – Noon

Registration deadline: 4/8/25.

In Part 1 of this two-part series we will learn the best way to manage lists of information in Excel. After formatting the list as a table, we will expand our knowledge of making our list more usable. Some formulas that are commonly used with data lists will be explained.

To register, call or email Laurie: Laurie@SMACNAGreaterChicago.org or 708-544-7007.

EXCEL CUSTOM LISTS AND FORMULAS

PART 2
Date: Tuesday, April 29, 2025
Time: 11 a.m. – Noon

Registration deadline: 4/22/25.

After mastering how to work with a formatted table, we’ll take the next step by learning how to create reports from a table. This session will explain how to create a formatted table that will easily set filters and display subtotals based on those filters. Students will also learn to build dynamic Pivot table reports.

To register, call or email Laurie: Laurie@SMACNAGreaterChicago.org or 708-544-7007.

WORD TIPS FOR NON-WORD USERS

PART 1
Date: Tuesday, May 6, 2025
Time: 11 a.m. – Noon

Registration deadline: 4/28/25.

Word has some built-in features to help eliminate the stress of formatting a document. With this session, you will learn how to save blocks of text, navigate through large documents more quickly, create columns in under a minute, tricks behind setting tabs, inserting Excel workbooks and more.

To register, call or email Laurie: Laurie@SMACNAGreaterChicago.org or 708-544-7007.

WORD TIPS FOR NON-WORD USERS

PART 2
Date: Tuesday, May 20, 2025
Time: 11 a.m. – Noon

Registration deadline: 5/13/25.

Part 2 is designed to expand on the knowledge and lessons learned from the first session. By the end, participants will become more comfortable and efficient using Word.

To register, call or email Laurie: Laurie@SMACNAGreaterChicago.org or 708-544-7007.

Member Benefit Free 2-Hour Tech Help

Ginnie Floraday will remotely help individual companies work through any specific computer/software needs. Classes can include up to 25 participants, be customized for new hires or internal promotions and can be recorded for future use. This is an annual benefit - schedule yours by emailing gfloraday@comcast.net.