September, 2013 – The Wellington Chamber of Commerce, Technology Committee And Small Business RoundTable Presented A Microsoft Workshop For Its Members

The Wellington Chamber of Commerce, Technology Committee And Small Business RoundTable Presented A Microsoft Workshop For Its Members

The Wellington Chamber of Commerce presented an informative workshop on Outlook 2013 and Microsoft Office 365 on Wednesday evening, August 21st, at Lake Wellington Professional Centre, 12230 W. Forest Hill Boulevard in Wellington, Florida. The workshop was held in the new Wellington Room which was recently unveiled and included wood floors, new tables and chairs, Wi-Fi and built-in audio/video capabilities. The workshop was instructional, hands on, and focused on familiarizing the attendees with the new Outlook 2013 and Microsoft Office 365; then teaching them how to use these latest Microsoft products on their laptops.

The speaker/instructor for the evening was Dave O’Keefe – Owner/ President of Your Computer Guy (YCG) which is also located the Lake Wellington Professional Centre. He has 15 years of experience in IT and his company is a Microsoft Silver Certified Partner. Regarding Office 365, Dave noted that the service is a paid subscription that is always up to date (no need to buy upgrades and no servers are required), data is saved to a cloud and the service allows access to your content almost anywhere on almost any devise. In addition, there are 25GB email boxes which have a 99.9% uptime, backup, shared calendars plus spam and malware protection. He also reviewed the HD videoconferencing feature and telephone support. Dave covered the updates to Office Standard 2013 which included Excel 2013, Outlook 2013, Power-Point 2013, Word 2013, OneNote 2013 and Publisher 2013.

The workshop covered a lot of territory in a two-hour session. While enjoying fresh fruit and other munchies, the attendees appeared to be engaged and soaking in the new information. Dave went tab by tab opening and explaining functions and how they can be utilized to increase efficiency in offices. There was a significant portion of time at the end dedicated to specific questions and answers plus the hands on application of new methods to make their business and personal lives operate more effectively. Overall, the session was informative, relevant, interactive and well received. Dave did an excellent job explaining and teaching a technical subject.

For more information about upcoming Small Business RoundTable sessions, contact Michela Perillo-Green at 561.792.6526 or write to [email protected].

Visit the Wellington Chamber of Commerce website at www.WellingtonChamber.com to register for the next session of the Small Business RoundTable.

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