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In this course, you will expand your knowledge of relational database design, write advanced queries, structure existing data, validate data entered into a database, and customize reports. Extending your knowledge of Microsoft Access 2016 will result in a robust, functional database for your users.

Have you ever wondered why it seems so difficult to talk with some people and so easy to talk with others? Can you recall an occasion where you met someone for the first time and immediately liked that person? Something about the individual made you feel comfortable. A major goal of this workshop is to help participants understand the impact that their communication skills have on other people. They will also explore how improving these skills can make it easier for them to get along in the workplace, and in life.

This one-day workshop teaches participants to:

This one-day workshop teaches participants to:

• Think critically when choosing a project team
• Make the best of an assigned project team
• Help teams move through various stages to become a high-functioning unit
• Maximize productivity at team meetings
• Reward and motivate a team
• Develop and execute a communication plan
• Communicate with sponsors and executives more effectively
• Identify strategies for working with problem team members

This course provides the basic concepts and skills to start being productive with Microsoft Word 2016, including how to create, format, and set up a document, and how to add graphics and tables. This course, and the two that come after, map to the objectives of the Microsoft Office Specialist and Expert exams for Word 2016. Objective coverage is marked throughout the course.

Please join us on Friday, June 9, for the annual MARC Regional Assembly. The event will feature keynote speaker Valerie Lemmie, director of exploratory research at the Kettering Foundation, and the 2023 Regional Leadership Awards. 

Networking begins at 11 a.m. The program will start promptly at 11:30 a.m.

Registration is now open. Individual tickets are $65, tables of 10 are $600. 

The 2023 Social Equity Leadership Conference, Social Equity in Action, will focus on helping public administration practitioners advance social equity in policy and practice. 

MARC is a partner for this event. Please visit the conference website for more information and to register.

Excel Basic provides the basic concepts and skills to start being productive with Microsoft Excel 2016: how to create, save, share, and print worksheets that contain various kinds of calculations and formatting. This course, and the two that come after, map to the objectives of the Microsoft Office Specialist and Expert exams for Excel 2016. Objective coverage is marked throughout the course.

Excel 2016 Level 2 builds on the basic concepts and skills of our Level 1 course to provide more advanced tools for analysis and presentation of complex, realistic data in Microsoft Excel 2016: how to manage complex workbooks, build more complex functions, use data analysis tools, make an impact with powerful chart and presentation features, and collaborate with other users.

This course covers OSHA's stringent guidelines concerning confined space areas. OSHA Standard 1910.146 requires employers to develop and implement a comprehensive program to minimize risk when working in confined spaces. This course is designed to increase knowledge of hazards associated with confined space entry.

Hybrid format: limited attendees in MARC’s Board Room with a remote option via Zoom.