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On-Line training:  Our brand NEW S.M.A.R.T. phone BlackBerry and Email ON-DEMAND Training Series that will start in early 2012.  The first 5 to purchase in December will get 50% off!  Use preferred rate code of "Swirl" and click here to register and pay. 

For all our training

• Discover shortcuts you didn't even know existed
• Make a huge difference in your life by making things EASIER FOR YOU!
• Become more EFFICIENT and PRODUCTIVE and fall in love with your technology.  You really will feel smarter, we promise.         

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1. When students register they will first be sent and email similar to below:

Please register for XXXXXXXXXX  on Thursday, November XX, 20XX 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM PST

 
https://student.gototraining.com/r/8624442002934957568

This workshop is designed to help users that have migrated from Office 2003/7.
Office 2010 improves оn the prior version and gives users more potential uses with the integration оf the menu bar acrоss all оf the applications.

Participants will:
✓ understand the Ribbon feature
✓ learn shortcuts that will increase their productivity
✓ customize Office according to their own needs

MS Office 2010
Excel 2010
Outlook 2010

 

After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the training.

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       2.   They click on the link above and then you are directed to REGISTER:

 

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      3.   FIll in the above REQUIRED fields. Depending on what webinar you are attending their MAY be more information REQUIRED in the fields.   Once you complete click REGISTER and you will be redirected to another web page and sent an email  that gives you similar information as below:

Please ADD TO YOUR CALENDAR here or you will also be sent an email with the same information.

NOTE:  You do NOT have to dial in, you only require speakers to LISTEN to the webinar.  There is a "chat' feature where you can type questions.

 

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     4.  You will be sent

The Organizer:

• Disable or close all applications that use the internet or slow your machine. Like:
  • Outlook
  • Jing
  • Dropbox / Google Drive
  • Virus Scanner
• Better to use a direct cable than wireless
• Have THE BEST speakers and headset available and test them!  I use FREETALK headset and love it!
• It is a good idea to have another laptop/tablet to log on as a user to see their view and hear their sound
• If you have a large monitor do NOT use it in full screen if you are training on Microsoft.  People on the other end only see tiny boxes and can't see the words.

 

SOFTWARE WE HAVE TESTED

WEBINARS

We are working on creating more info for each one we test.  Would love your comments or personal reviews!

• MeetingBurner - had a horride experience with them   Won't use again.
• Anymeeting - currently use this software as it is good and free.  I don't really see the point of ad-free when they still advertise so I no longer pay for the service and just use thier free version. 

In Progress

• InstantTeleseminar - ONLY allow powerpoint presentations and/or audio.  So if you want screenshots or video. No go.

• GoToTraining and Webinars and Meetings 

 TRAINING

• MindFlash (Nov 2011)
  • Their training for selling has no ablitity to show folders to group trainings
    
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    If you click on the Training tab you will see the New Folders button.
    

  • Currently don't have any How-to videos or tutorials,
• Knoodle

One of the reasons I chose to use MeetingBurner is that it had the ability to record.  Have you ever tried to record with GoTo (Citrix) products?  Nightmarish.

I must have spent 2 full days over a month testing this product.

COST:  It cost me a lot ( my reputation, paying  $$ for someone to be there to train)  but it actually is FREE

PRO's

• If you are just using to record with very few attendees it works
• If you only have a few attendees it works.

 

CONS

• no support other than email which isn't good if you have issues WHILE hosting a session.
• No real tutorials or training for you or attendees, though I did up this which they forwarded to their users.
• It isn't clear how to do allot of things.  Would you know that you HAVE to dial into Skype in order to use the record option?  NO!
• If you say you want to just show OUTLOOK, for example, and you open up a new email it shows grey because now you have to click and say show the email page. 
• If they attendees say full screen the mouse then doesn't keep up.  I also reported that and they said it was a setting, which I changed and still didn't work.

 

ISSUES

I had 18 people attending a webinar on Nov 1 and it was a complete disaster

• Notifications:Never sent emails to users prior
• Users couldn’t hear because of Skype where CITRIX Goto you don’t have to use. Have to use Skype if recording
• Initial signup tells them only about conference and HOST information
• Someone signed in a ME! That could have been part of the issue but I had reported that to them weeks ago that when an attendee says to add to Calendar it has the HOST information, it shouldn't.
• They couldn’t hear so dialed in causing issues like they could talk ( they were told not to and I didn’t know the command to mute)
• Some said the audio was horrible via the listen "feature"
• Some could hear but see a white screen

 

 

OVERALL

I wouldn't touch this software again if you are using it for group sessions.  One on One it seems to work ok.  Though we had some issues testing initially as well.  Had to keep logging on and off for it to eventually work.

 

Don't forget to register for our May Time Management Webinar with Linda Chu of Out of Chaos Professional Organzing Solutions. You may have heard of Linda from Studio 4 with Fanny Kiefer, Breakfast Television and Urban Rush. Linda and I will be co-hosting this one of a kind Webinar.  To be notified when this Webinar will be hosted just email me by clicking here.

WiFi - USE IT!

If you have a phone that has WiFi you should definitely take advantage of this great cost savings feature!  Almost every cafe, restaurant or hotel has Wi-Fi.  Most are free and some are paid services.   So go grab a coffee and a muffin and happily work away for free using someone else's network.  How cool is that?   Now Wifi generally will only allow you to use your data portion: email, bbm, pin, browse, etc...  Not Voice.  Though that isn't totally true as some devices have the right chipset to be able to use VOIP but that is another article.

Skype and Phone Cards

Skype is a great and free if the other person has it  (Skype to Skype). For a quick call when not online, it’s usually far cheaper to use a calling card and a payphone, especially in Latin America. i.e.  Mexican payphone costs about 50 cents a minute to the US and using your cell phone without an add-on plan will cost at least 3 x as much. Using your calling card generally cost much less per minute but hotels usually charge $1 to $2 dollars per call on top of the per minute fee, so find out if that equates to savings in your case!

SIM Card Swaps

If you are a talker and need to make alot of calls purchase a SIM card when you arrive at a new destination.  (Usually they even have them at the airport).  Just swap your SIM card (that is the white small card in your phone) and pay their local rates.  Once your minutes are expired you can reload them almost anywhere.

Phone and Blackberry Rentals

Did you know you can rent a phone?  One place is  Travelcell (www.travelcell.com). You pay only for the minutes you use and sometimes incoming  calls are free.  Usually outgoing calls are the same or  lower than what your own carrier charges.

CALL YOUR CARRIER

I cannot stress this enough.  Before you go on any trip.  Please, Please, Please, call your carrier.  Ask about their add on plans.  Even if you are going to the states.   Generally I use WiFi where ever I go but the last 3 day trip to the USA I thought I would pretend to be a normal user, I know...very hard.  ha ha and used my phone, browsed the internet, used the mapping feature and my phone bill was $130 more that normal.  Imagine if I was there a week or if I was in Europe?  Yikes.  I have personally had clients come back after a trip with $400, $2500 and $17000 dollar bills!  There are ways to mitigate these costs.

Want to know more?

We offer a private webinar just for you to go over the information above and many more tips on travel.  Click here to register.

What are the true costs?

March 11, 2011 Just FYI....This is how an addon plan with BELL would work if you were going to Mexico WITHOUT A MEXICO ADD ON PLAN WITH BELL MOBILITY: VOICE: gasp $2.99 a minute TEXT: 75 Cents to send and 15Cents to recieve DATA: Bigger GASP!!!!  $52.10 per MB for browsing, email, BBM,  etc... 1 MB is approximately 100 BBM messages Can you see how this would add up to a HUGE bill? WITH AN ADD ON PLAN WITH BELL MOBILITY: DATA:

• $10 lowers  your DATA to $15 MB
• $50  includes 10 MB and after is $5 MB

TEXT:

• $10 Outgoing 25 cents - incoming unlimited.

VOICE:

• $25 -  15 minutes anywhere to USA/Canada/Mexico after that it is $1.67 a minute.

• $70- 50 minutes USA/Canada/Mexico after that it is $1.40.

ROGERS WITHOUT:

ROGERS WITH AN ADD ON PLAN FOR MEXICO:

DATA:

• $50  includes 10 MB and after is $5 MB

TEXT:

• $12.50  for 25 outgoing (50 cents a text)

VOICE:

• $20 -  15 minutes anywhere to USA/Canada/Mexico after that it is $1.33 a minute.

• $50- 40 minutes USA/Canada/Mexico after that it is $1.25.

Join us for this captivating and interactive one hour session. Understand some key features better and get some valuable insiders knowledge. You can start to master your device and become more productive immediately after the session. Don’t be stumped on how to get Voice Activated dialing to work or even stop that “say a command’ feature. Learn about some helpful driving applications so you can be safe on the road and demystify some confusing terminology like PIN, BBM, SMS, WIFI. Promo code BLACKBERRY40 when you register. GASTOWN SEMINAR (LUNCH INCLUDED) 40% OFF: Tuesday October 19th, 12PM to 1PM We are offering 4 one hour Lunch and Learns in a beautiful gastown heritage building. All are sold out except October 19th.   We would like to offer the last few seats at a discount.  Come see us.  Learn how to save money and enjoy lunch from the fantastic Bonchaz. Retweet and you will be entered into a draw to attend for FREE!

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