Catalog of Toolie's Programs
Here is a complete list of Toolie's keynotes, workshops, tech camps, and other products and services.
Better Skills for Better Business - Keynote |
| There is a sometimes hidden but always insideous cost associated with hiring employees whose computer skills aren't up to the task. Toolie helps you identify the skills your staff needs and teaches you how to detect when your employees are struggling. |
  45 Minutes |
Better Skills for Better Business - Workshop |
| There is a sometimes hidden but always insideous cost associated with hiring employees whose computer skills aren't up to the task. Toolie helps you identify the skills your staff needs and teaches you how to detect when your employees are struggling. In this workshop participants devise a plan for updating their company job descriptions and learn where they can get help and training through online sources. |
 90 Minutes |
Computer Skills Coaching for Executives |
| Strong computer skills are just as important for busy executives as they are for the staff that supports them. Finding time to get answers to computer questions and improving personal productivity through technology is an activity that typically falls to the bottom of the priority list. To assist your decision-making executive Toolie® can provide coaching on computer skills. This discreet private 90-minute session is completely customizable to their needs. Your executive can either submit a list of questions to be addressed or request instruction on a particular topic or piece of software. |
| Prerequisites: Book Toolie for Full-Day or Multi-Day Program |
 90 Minutes |
Customizing Web Site Templates |
| A web site template is only as good as your understanding of how it's put together. In this advanced session Toolie delves into the structure of pre-selected web site templates and shows you how to make changes so that your site is unique. |
| Prerequisites: HTML and Cascading Style Sheet knowledge. Suggested course: Website Weekend Tech Camp. |
 Half-Day |
Demystifying Internet Marketing |
| The Internet presents small businesses with the opportunity to market themselves just like big companies do. However there are specific steps you must take to lay the groundwork for communicating and attracting customers over the Internet. In this 90-minute workshop Toolie shows your audience the most important steps to ensuring a successful online presence for small businesses. |
| 90 Minutes |
Getting the Most from the Internet |
| A search engine is only as good as the instructions you give it! With a little knowlege you can find what you need on the Internet and have the world come to you. Whether it's email or shopping or connecting with like-minded individuals the Internet can help you connect with others no matter where you live. In this free 1-hour program Toolie teaches you how to find what you looking for by using effective and well-crafted search entries. Toolie also introduces you to public web sites like www.Snopes.com that can help you sort out fact from fiction so that you surf safely online. These skills work for both PCs and Macintosh computers. |
| Prerequisites: Book Toolie for Full-Day or Multi-Day Program |
 1 Hour |
Getting Your Parents (Aunts, Uncles, and Grandparents) Onto the Internet! - Keynote |
| What do you need to prepare older adults to join the Information Superhighway? You need more than a just the computer equipment; you need an understanding of what your senior citizen does not yet know about the logic and assumptions behind computing that are second nature to you. In this thoughtful presentation Toolie reminds you of the simple concepts and assumptions behind everyday computing and suggests ways that you can teach and encourage your elder without frustrating either of you. Also see Workshop. |
| Prerequisites: Patience and a willing attitude |
 45 Minutes |
Getting Your Parents (Aunts, Uncles, and Grandparents) Onto the Internet! - Workshop |
| What do you need to prepare older adults to join the Information Superhighway? You need more than a just the computer equipment; you need an understanding of what your senior citizen does not yet know about the logic and assumptions behind computing that are second nature to you. In this thoughtful presentation Toolie reminds you of the simple concepts and assumptions behind everyday computing and suggests ways that you can teach and encourage your elder without frustrating either of you. In this 2-hour workshop Toolie adds a step-by-step plan for introducing the equipment vocabulary and support methods to bring your senior citizen up to speed. Toolie also reviews public information sites such as www.Snopes.com that your elder can use to separate fact from fiction as well as techniques for evaluating emails to avoid fraudulent and dangerous content. Also see Keynote. |
| Prerequisites: Patience and a Willing Attitude |
| 2 Hours |
I Found Your Website Now What Do I Do? |
| The answer to the title question starts long before you create a web site or hire web designer. If you start with a purpose statement and define what your web site will provide then visitors to your site will know what you want them to do! In this 90-minute session Toolie outlines best practices for determining what a web site should contain and how to design your site so that visitors stay once they find you. |
| 90 Minutes |
Internet Power Tips™ |
| Your Internet search is only as good as the keywords and phrases you feed it! Learn how to refine your seaches and zero in on the results you seek. This 90-minute session teaches you how to combine your search terms effectively so that you weed out all but the most relevant results. Stop wasting clicks and get what you need from Google. |
| 90 Minutes |
Membership Websites for Associations |
| A membership website gives your association a chance to build a community online and provides networking opportunities that extend beyond your monthly meetings. Toolie discusses available software solutions techniques for identifying common interests and corresponding forums and ideas for encouraging your members to use the site to connect with each other on an ongoing basis. |
 90 Minutes |
Online Sales and Marketing Tech Camp |
| Combine the Writing Sales Copy for the Internet and the Shopping Cart Skills for Successful Sales half-day workshops into a full-day Tech Camp for an accelerated program on Internet communications and automated customer contact. |
| Prerequisites: Account with 1ShoppingCart or one of the private label versions |
 Full-Day |
Online Services That Can Save You Money |
| With broadband access becoming more and more prevalent it's easier now than ever to collaborate with others over the Internet. This fast-paced workshop shows you numerous ways you can manage projects meet online track business contacts store information and other important business functions with these free or low-cost services. |
| 90 Minutes |
Outlook Power Tips™ |
| Make Outlook work for you instead of the other way around! Learn how to zip through email in half the time; organize your contacts emails and appointments using categories; and keep notes and records of client conversations using the Journal features. Fasten your seat belt; this 90-minute session will kick up your productivity in no time! |
| 90 Minutes |
PC Power Tips™ Tech Camp |
| Combine the Windows Power Tips, Outlook Power Tips and Internet Power Tips and Online Services That Can Save You Money workshops into a Full-Day Tech Camp that jumpstarts your productivity and helps you work successfully over the Internet. |
| Prerequisites: General computer skills; Windows XP or Windows Vista user |
| Full-Day |
Shopping Cart Skills for Successful Sales |
| 1ShoppingCart is one of the most strategic pieces of software you need to know and understand to successfully sell over the Internet yet many cart owners have not fully utilized its power. In this half-day workshop 1ShoppingCart owners get strategic advice and hands-on experience in setting up a sales process from product to autoresponder to sales tracking to post-sales followup. |
| Prerequisites: 1ShoppingCart account (or an account with any of the private-label brands) with a Starter Basic or Professional plan. |
| Half-Day |
Small Business Website Tech Camp |
| Combine the I Found Your Website Now What Do I Do? and the Demystifying Internet Marketing programs into a half-day Tech Camp for Small Business Owners who are trying to create an online presence for their businesses. |
| Half-Day |
The Top Ten Things Association Leaders Need to Know about Technology |
| Technology is alternately the joy and bain of our existence: sometimes it helps sometimes it seems to get in the way of truly serving our members. In this program Toolie identifies the (sometimes) hidden factors that determine whether associations actually make good use of the technology that is meant to help them. She outlines 5 tactics and strategies for improving internal association use of technology and 5 for leveraging technology in outbound communications and activities with association members. |
| 45 Minutes |
Weekend Website Tech Camp |
| This two-day event is a live version of Toolie's popular Create Your Own Web Site course. Participants learn basic web design and usability HTML and Cascading Style Sheets for formatting tables for layout and learn how to manipulate and insert graphics and menus into the web site templates they create for themselves during class. Full details... |
 2 Days |
Windows Power Tips™ |
| In this fast-paced 90-minute presentation Toolie reveals insider's productivity secrets for Windows! As a former member of the Microsoft. Windows. Team Toolie knows how to tame tune up and turbo-charge your Windows user experience. Get more done in less time with these tips and techniques. |
| 90 Minutes |
Writing Sales Copy for the Internet |
| Writing words that sell and communicate your product or service's value over the Internet is a specific and achievable skill. In this half-day workshop Toolie takes you step-by-step through the planning and thought processes that lead you to write effective sales copy. |
| Half-Day |
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