May 2009 Newsletter

What perfect weather for Memorial Day Weekend – a great start to the summer season! We hope you enjoyed the beaches, the trails, and the barbeques like we did. We’re not letting the sunshine distract us from expanding our corporate training offerings for you … we’re growing our curriculum every month. Call us for the latest in our Professional Development training classes from Business Magic Training.

Summertime discounts are in play at Computer Magic Training! If you want to take advantage of spectacular corporate volume pricing during the summer months, contact Sharon@ComputerMagicTraining.com right away.

NEW July-December 2009 Computer Class Schedules

• Online Class Schedule and Registration
  
• Printable Class Schedule brochure

NEW Professional Development Classes
We’ve been busy building our outstanding new curriculum! Business Magic Training is pleased to announce new additions to our line of Professional Development Classes, delivered by our fantastic professional facilitators:

Deciding to Decide: A Decision-Making Workshop
Productive Problem Solving
Delegating Skills
Managing Conflict
6 Key Skills for Leaders and Managers
High Impact Communication
Interviewing Skills
Communicating with Your Manager
Providing Feedback
Performance Review Series (3 modules):

• Skills for Writing Reviews
• Skills for Delivering Reviews
• Self-Appraisal and Collaboration on Your Review

And a number of others to be announced soon … let us know what YOU need so we can design and customize a course just for you!

Computer Tips & Tricks – Outlook 2007

Multiple Windows: Outlook 2007 supports the use of multiple windows, so you can keep your Input open and check your Calendar and Tasks quickly in another window. If you’re in (for example) the Inbox folder, right-click another folder (like Calendar) in the Navigation Pane on the left side. This brings up the shortcut menu; then select the Open in New Window command, and your Calendar will now be available as a separate window. You can open multiple folders, each in its own window, this way, keeping your existing folder open in the current window.

Safe Recipients List: If you belong to a mailing list or a distribution list, you can add the list sender to the Safe Recipients List. Messages sent to these e-mail addresses or domain names are never treated as junk, regardless of the content of the message.

On the Tools menu, click Options to open the Options dialog box.
On the Preferences tab, under E-mail, click Junk E-mail to open the Junk E-mail Options dialog box. Click the Safe Recipients tab. Click Add.
In the ‘Enter an e-mail address or Internet domain name to be added to the list’ box, enter the name or address that you want to add. For example, you can

• add a specific e-mail address, such as Sharon@ComputerMagicTraining.com,
• or an Internet domain, such as @ComputerMagicTraining.com,
• or simply ComputerMagicTraining.com.

MURPHY’S MANNERS
POLISHING YOUR PROFESSIONAL IMAGE

Dear Murphy,
I was in a meeting this morning and the woman next to me kept tapping away on her BlackBerry. I found it very annoying. Do I have the right to expect that I am not disturbed by a flurry of activity in the seat next to me?

Dear BlackBerry-Annoyed,
Your co-worker who is locked in “The BlackBerry Prayer” during a meeting is sending a silent message to those around her. She is indicating to the person who called the meeting that purpose of the meeting is not as important as her BlackBerry business. She is letting the speaker know that what he has to say is not as important as what is happening on her BlackBerry. She is signaling to the other meeting attendees that they don’t have the right to expect a rat-a-tat-tat-free meeting. She is also potentially giving the impression that she is disorganized, unrestrained, and self-absorbed. This image doesn’t work well if you’re interested in a promotion. A meeting is a professional setting, and a professional demeanor is appropriate.

Benefit from Murphy’s professional development classes at Business Magic Training – her popular classes include:

• Effective Business Writing and Email Etiquette
• Effective Technical Writing
• Business Class Etiquette for the 21st Century

Let us empower you and your employees to achieve success in your professional goals and increase your productivity with individual or group classes of the highest quality! Please call us at (408) 261-2600 or email us at info@computermagictraining.com. Or visit us at www.computermagictraining.com and www.businessmagictraining.com for more information & on-line registration!