Workshop: Up, Up and Away! A Four-Week Course that will Change your Relationship with your Computer
With Meri Walker
Cost: $179 pays for four lively, hands-on sessions of 90-minutes. Maximum 12 participants per class! REGISTER NOW to save your place in the next session. Call 541-488-7942 or email Meri today at thevmcoach@gmail.com to hold your spot!
Workshop Description:
What is "Up, Up and Away?" And Why Should Baby Boomers & Seniors Care?
"Up, Up and Away" as a 4-week hands-on workshop where people over 50 can easily learn the essential skills and attitudes you need to communicate with family and learn online - using an inexpensive laptop or netbook - anywhere you can get on a WIFI connection.
Over the 4 weekly sessions, together we will let go of painful, frustrating habits associated with "desktop computing" and get ourselves mobile and up "in The Cloud" where software is FREE and your data won't get lost anymore!
In "Up, Up and Away" you will learn how to set up a personal online learning space, connect to social networks where people care about the things you care about, and start sharing your stories and pictures using simple, FREE online tools. We'll use Google mail, Google Docs, free blogging software, simple social media (including Facebook, if you want), Skype, free online picture and video editors, free music and audio books, and other FREE applications.
Are you tired of computing being an isolated experience that leaves you frustrated, confused, and spending much more time and money than you'd like? Then please take this 4-week opportunity to change your relationship to your computer, the Internet, and the joy of lifetime learning!
"Up, Up and Away" will transform your experience of computing from slow, confusing and frustrating to fast, easy and more FUN than you ever imagined! What's more, you will open new doors that equip you to live independently and safely for many years to come. When you can use your own mobile computer to communicate easily and confidently, you and your family will connect more easily. And everyone will rest easier, too. Looking towards the future, you'll also be preparing yourself to connect directly with professionals on your healthcare team, too. This isn't science-fiction! Many low-cost telemedicine and telehealth support services are available now and just waiting for you to get online and try them!
To read some of my thoughts about Cloud Computing, Web 2.0, and the process of building trust in online relationships, please visit my blog:
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http://virtualmeetingcoach.com. Or feel free to sign up for my free 10-day e-course at
http://virtualmeetingstartup.com to get a taste of the way I teach.
What Does It Cost?* Only $179 pays for 4 lively, hands-on sessions of 90-minutes. If you'd like to add a 90-minute private tutorial, you can also get a 1-on-1 session focused on whatever you want special help with for an additional $99. This is a special discount on my regular coaching fee made available only to participants enrolled in this course. The coaching value alone is worth $225.
*I want to be able to provide Rogue Valley Baby Boomers and Seniors with high-quality, high-value support for building your 21st century computer literacy, regardless of the size of your budget. I know times are tough... and it's also way past time for aging Baby Boomers and seniors to get comfortable using mobile computers to connect with our grandchildren and the entire global community of adults learning online.
Because of this, I have established a sliding scale for this class and I will trust people who want to enroll to request a cash fee that works best for you. If your financial situation is tight, I suggest you offer a 60-70% cash payment and supplement it with whatever other creative reimbursement strategies you want to propose. I encourage anyone who wants to enroll to engage me in an honest conversation about your situation. I will let you know what I'm needing at the moment - besides cash - and trust that we can come up with smart ways you can help me obtain some other things I need.
How Does This Work?
1. You provide your own wireless-ready laptop or netbook. PC or Macintosh-based, it doesn't matter which. Bring your laptop or netbook with you to class every time ready to get online.
2. At the beginning of the course, you will learn to use a private online WIKI, an easy online classroom environment that allows you to access private course materials throughout the week, between our live sessions.
3. At the first session, you will be matched with a learning partner. The two of you will coach each together, both in class and between sessions, using the course WIKI.
4. Between live class sessions, you will complete some simple assignments to help you get the maximum benefit from our face-to-face sessions.
5. If you choose to schedule a private, 1-on-1 tutorial, you will schedule your session with Meri at a time that is mutually workable. (This tutorial is a time to get Meri's full attention and help in any areas of special importance to you.)
Presenter's Biography:
Meri Aaron Walker is "The Virtual Meeting Coach." I love helping people learn to use the right virtual meeting tools and other social media to connect with clients, customers, and friends so you can cut costs, build relationships and revenues, and improve operational efficiencies in this tough economy.
I'm also the co-author of Teamwork is An Individual Skill: Getting Your Work Done When Sharing Responsibility (Berret Kohler, 2001). A popular speaker, I regularly share my insights with business and government leaders and at universities and work with creative teams and business leaders acrossNorth America and Europe. I spent nearly two decades as a close adviser to senior management teams in real estate, health care, long-term care, andtechnology companies in Austin, TX, helping leaders tackle and surmount the challenges of collaboration in an expanding global economy.
Since I relocated to southern Oregon in 2006, I've become a social media evangelist, helping people use free media and virtual meeting tools to strengthen local and distance relationships. I blog as "The Virtual Meeting Coach" and train clients face-to-face and online through my company, Virtual Meeting Startup. My popular online short course, 21 Sure-Fire Ways To Build Trust Working With Others Online, is available free at VirtualMeetingStartup.com.
Here in the Rogue Valley, I'm teaching two local courses: "Up, Up and Away," a 4-week hands-on workshop that takes people from "Technology Hell" to easy, fun mobile computing using cheap laptops and netbooks and free online software. "The Coach's Short List" half-day and full-day workshops help business people learn to make smart use of free virtual meeting tools to save time, money and fuel.
When I'm not working, I love dancing, gardening, hiking, biking, and fishing the wild rivers of Southern Oregon with friends and my sweet dog, Lady.
Maximum 12 participants per class! REGISTER NOW to save your place in the next session.
More information: Call 541-488-7942 or email Meri today at thevmcoach@gmail.com to hold your spot!
Website:
http://virtualmeetingcoach.com
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