Events for February 2016

Discover how to effectively plan and learn the basic of a project using Microsoft Project. In the session, you'll learn how to use Project to think through and organize your project's details, plan a schedule, sequence tasks, produce a baseline, assign resources and costs, track your progress, identify and analyze variances, and revise your project plan. Once you've constructed to a basic schedule, you'll see how to enlarge it, share it with clients and coworkers. In addition, you'll learn Project's techniques for fine tuning different aspects of your projects, including splitting tasks for work interruptions and defining material consumption rates.

Learn how to fine tune different aspects of your project, including splitting tasks for work interruptions and defining material consumption rates. After completing the course, you'll know how to develop, implement, and control a project plan that meets organizational and customer objectives. Course Objectives: Create a project plan and manage tasks in that plan. Assign and manage resources, work schedules,and calendars. Fine-tune task, resource, and assignment details. Finalize the project plan and critical path by shortening the project duration and settling the baseline. Print summary reports.

South Arkansas Administrative Professionals presents Aletha Sanders of H&R Block with a special Q&A session on taxes.

Please join Mi Familia Mexican Restaurant for their Ribbon Cutting Ceremony located 4 miles W of El Dorado on HWY 82.

The Chamber's Economic Outlook Luncheon, sponsored by Waste Corporation of Arkansas, during which representatives from each community in Union County will have the opportunity to report what's going on in their backyard. It will be held at First United Methodist Church, 500 West 7th Street Smackover, AR 71762. This is a great opportunity to learn about so many of the good things taking place around Union County and to meet the leaders who are making them happen. Arkansas General Attorney Leslie Rutledge will be the guest speaker. Reservations required to (870) 863-6113 or stephanie@goeldorado.com. The cost for members is $15.00.

Course Objectives: -Overview of the Excel interface and description of the key functions. -Creating, saving and opening existing workbooks. -Basic data entry, formulas, and formatting. -Moving data and modifying worksheets. -Chart types and creating charts from data. -Importing objects and protecting data.

Course Objectives: -Overview of the Excel interface and description of the key functions. -Creating, saving and opening existing workbooks. -Basic data entry, formulas, and formatting. -Moving data and modifying worksheets. -Chart types and creating charts from data. -Importing objects and protecting data.

Classical guitarist, Peter Fletcher, will be visiting El Dorado on Friday, March 11th at 7pm. Peter has been giving over 100 concerts a year since 2003, and "every time he has played Carnegie Hall he has packed the house." The event is brought to the community by Barton Library and will be held at the SouthArk College Auditorium. Come ready to enjoy something spectacular!

The Union County Master Gardeners will demonstrate pruning of crepe myrtles and roses. No more "crepe murder"!!

CLASS WILL MEET EACH MONDAY FOR 12 WEEKS! This effective communication training course will help you master the human relation skills demanded in today's tough business environment. You'll learn to improve human relations skills, strengthen interpersonal relationships, manage stress and handle fast-changing workplace conditions. You'll develop more effective communication skills and be better equipped to perform as a persuasive communicator, problem-solver and focused leader. What's more, you develop a take-charge attitude to initiate with confidence and enthusiasm.

Designed for working professionals, learn how to communicate clearly and concisely for a variety of writing purposes from simple information requests to effectively delivering bad news. Learn organizational patterns that can be used and adapted to fit most any audience or writing task. Students will get hands-on experience writing effectively, audience-centered e-mail, direct, persuasive, and bad news messages. Additional topics including improving your writing by overcoming bias, eliminating redundancies, and emphasizing the positive in your messages.

Join us for an afternoon of turning your passion into a creative business. Learn what products are good fit for the Etsy Marketplace, the fees involved, and best practices for selling your handmade and vintage items online.

We will have over 50,000 items for children(newborn through teen sizes) that will include: clothing, baby equipment & gear, indoor & outdoor toys, DVD's, furniture and more! We accept credit & debit (with a valid ID) and cash.

This course covers how to apply creativity skills and innovative thinking to the workplace. Some objectives include, but are not limited to, define creativity and innovation, use the creative cycle in a workplace example, and identify symptoms of job burnout and mitigation strategies.