Upcoming Education Courses

SMACNA Greater Chicago continues to work hard behind the scenes to provide members with the tools and resources they need to be the best in the business. Join us for a number of engaging and informative educational sessions this spring!

World Class Negotiating

Presented by Darryl Harris
The Carroll-Keller Group
Regency Towers Conference Room
Wed., April 19 | 8 a.m. – Noon

No matter your role, good negotiating skills are critical to your personal and professional success. Enhancing your communication, unlocking ways to overcome potential challenges, preparing and formulating strategies and applying proven principles to make any negotiating transaction productive will be discussed during this half-day course.

Working Without Stress

Presented by Alex Willis
CEO of Leadership Surge
Regency Towers Conference Room
Thu., April 27 | 8 a.m. – Noon

Nearly everything in your life can cause stress if you let it. Although some stress is normal, when left unchecked, it can take a negative toll on you. During this time of unprecedented global change, people must address their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors to be able to adapt. This training program focuses on what it feels like during a workplace shakeup or a personal change, with the goal of giving you a set of tools and techniques of self-awareness and assessment to take responsibility for how you react and respond to a change.

Register online at SMACNAGreaterChicago.org/Stress-Workshop

Lunch and Learns

Presented by Ginnie Floraday
All classes are from 11 a.m. – Noon on Tuesdays
Remote Classes

Join longtime technology expert Ginnie Floraday in her “Use It or Lose It” series, where she’ll take participants through the basics of each program in Part 1, and apply those skills in Part 2. All Lunch & Learn sessions are remote, so you can join from the comfort of your office.

WORD DOCUMENT BUILDING TOOLS

Word has many features designed to make document preparation easy, but some tools need a quick explanation. In Part 1, you’ll learn shortcuts to correctly format your documents. Part 2 will take your knowledge to the next level and teach you how to fix broken documents.

PART 1: Basic Formatting Rules
APR 4 | Register by 3/28/23

PART 2: Fixing Badly Formatted Documents
APR 18 | Register by 4/11/23

EXCEL DATA LISTS AND FORMULAS

In Part 1, you’ll learn the best way to manage lists of information in Excel through commonly used formulas. Part 2 will explain how to create a formatted table that will easily set filters and display subtotals based on those filters. Create reports from your table with Pivot tables.

PART 1: Building Data Tables and Adding Formulas
MAY 2 | register by 4/25/23

PART 2: Designing Pivot Reports from Formatted Tables
MAY 16 | register by 5/9/23