CodyOnSiteTraining

Realtor Training - Charleston SC

2011-09-17T11:54:00.000-07:00

Training offered to Realtors in the greater Charleston, SC area

Customized one-to-one training at your computer, or on-line (live)

Learn from a trainer/educator with over 32 years of business and marketing experience - specific focus since 1994 with training my clients on business and computer application skills.

* Effective use of the MLS - Naviation tips

* Create free unique URL's for all of your prospects (thru the MLS site) -- this is great for your prospective buyers and sellers, their very own site!

* Create and update your own website through MLS - or your own URL

* Using Centralized Showings to your Advantage

* Branding/Marketing

* Social Media

* Mail Merge

* Spreadsheets to Manage Showings...etc

* PowerPoint Presentations

* Perfecting Presentation Skills

* YouTube Videos

* Google Search Stories

* Networking with a Purpose

* Electronic File Management

* Organization - Best Practices

* Google Documents

* The Art of the Handwritten Note

* Client ~ Partnership Philisophy

* Blogs - Get search engine hits - for FREE

* .....whatever topic you need help with ....let us know...

Rate are reasonable - email today to schedule your FREE consultation:
maureen@codyonsitetraining.com

Maureen Cody is a licensed Real Estate Agent in SC and a Realtor
(Passed Broker's exam ~haven't hung that yet)

Maureen has a unique professional background in:
Residential real estate, Business skills trainer, Applications trainer, Proprietary software trainer, Online - group- indiviual training formats, Training/policy manual development and writing, Career counseling & mentoring, Former business high school teacher, Consumer product sales, Medical sales

Maureen has worked for companies such as;

Johnson&Johnson
Colgate Palmolive
Kendall Corporation
Elan Pharma
Baxter Healthcare Int'l
Clintec Nutrition Company ~ Nestle SA
Metpath Labs
CarePoint
CYDC

Maureen has worked with companies, such as the following, with customized training projects:
New York State Department of Labor
New York State Thruway Authority
Pepsi Headquarters, NY
McDonald's Corp- Regional Offices Albany NY
NYS Attorney Generals Office
Phoenix Life Insurance
General Electric - headquarters Schenectady NY
SMS

Learn from an educator and business trainer with a diverse professional background.
http://www.codyonsitetraining.com/
843-323-1013
Learn.Accomplish.Succeed

Help is Here~ Entrepreneurs Small Business Owners

2011-01-28T12:58:00.000-08:00

Are you an Entrepreneur or Small Business Owner trying to do "it all"?
Help is Here!Cody OnSite Training has been helping entrepreneurs and small business owners learn effective business skills since 1994!

What do you need to know? What do you need help with? Want to learn how to create a YouTube Search Story? (scroll down to watch one!)

OnSite or OnLine in our Virtual Meeting Room

maureen@maureencody.com

843-323-1013

http://www.codyonsitetraining.com/
http://codyonsitetraining.blogspot.com/

****************

LEARN . ACCOMPLISH . SUCCEED

****************Maureen Cody is a professional trainer who can really TEACH!

Over 32 yrs of business experience; 17 direct years of mentoring and training entreprenuers and small business owners. A former high-school teacher ~ who will give you homework!

Contact Maureen today! CLICK to watch this Search Story I created:

My Files Are Saved -- Ideas to Backup Your Files..

2009-04-09T07:11:00.000-07:00

My Files Have Been Saved!

Ideas to Back Up Your Files...

If you have been following my blog , you know that a bad virus disabled my PC on Monday.

I was so worried about losing all of my files.... but I am happy to report that my computer geek friend was able to save ALL of my files. Yeah! Even all of my Outlook folders. Life is good.

Of course I want to ensure that I avoid this stress in the future and am going to (really) back up my files on a regular basis. Just like I preach to my clients all the time.

I've had several inquiries about recommendations for how to back up files.

You could copy files to a DVD or CD or stick drive. But the advice I was given this week that I will pass along to you, is to purchase an external USB drive. It is very similar in concept to a stick (thumb) USB drive that you probably already have, but it offers more. External drives can store more data and is ideal for large files such as pictures and video, along with your important personal and business documents.

I encourage you to research to find the external drive that will best meet your needs.

This is a link for information about the external drive I purchased this week:

http://www.officedepot.com/a/products/403785/Maxtor-OneTouch-4-Mini-External-USB/

My next step is the Dell tech services call scheduled for tomorrow morning to reinstall my Windows operating system ... wish me luck! ... then I'll be able to easily copy my (saved) files from the new external drive to my fixed computer and I'll be back in business.

What is also very cool about the external drive is that I'll be able to schedule automatic backups of selected files/folders. Gotta love that!

In summary - you need to establish a means to back up your files. Consider an external USB drive to make it a smooth and automatic process.

My gift is being able to teach others how to use computer applications, and I am so happy there are others out there who know how to perform miracles, like saving files when computers crash:)

Happy computing!

Maureen Cody
maureen@codyonsitetraining.com
843-323-1013
www.codyonsitetraining.com
Providing customized onsite training since 1994
Online training is also available
Need one-to-one training?
Call or email for free training assessment

Cobbler Has No Shoes...Back Up Your Files!

2009-04-08T03:45:00.000-07:00

The Cobbler Has No Shoes = The Computer Trainer's Computer Crashed!

I am from the Boston area and when I was a young girl, Eastern Massachusetts was still a major player in the shoe-making industry. This meant there was a booming business for shoe repairs...and while it is a dying craft today, there were many cobblers around at the time. So the saying emerged "The cobbler has no shoes", meaning the cobbler was so busy fixing other people's shoes he didn't have time to tend to his own feet.

When my PC computer crashed yesterday, I felt like that cobbler! I am so busy helping my clients (and preach to my clients to back up their files), yet often I don't have the time (or make the time) to tend the same details on my own computers!

To my defense though, on Sunday I entered into my Outlook Task List a task to back up my files this week, really I did and can prove it because I printed my Task List before the crash :) Ugh, but ironically I didn't get to do it. I must have had a foreboding of this tragic event since I had a thought enter my mind the day before to add it to my task list.

How did this happen? I do a weekly update and scan with my McAffee virus protection application. I even performed another full system scan on Saturday, and no viruses on my computer - all was great. Somehow a Trojan worm got on my computer - I suspect through an email from a known contact- he had no idea he had he trojan on his computer. I am not too happy that McAfee allowed it past the wall since it was a known virus since 2005.... but that is another story.

The result is this trojan doesn't allow me to log on to my PC.

I am working with Dell tech support to restore the operating system.

What about all my files? I love to teach users how to use applications, but the real computer geek stuff, I leave to computer geeks.....fortunately I know a good one! He took my tower under his wing and thinks he can save my files. Holding my breath until I know for sure.

So, what are things you should consider to keep your computer in good health and to prevent going through similar stress?:

Back up your important files - schedule a weekly backup in your Calendar to remind you
Make sure you have an anti-virus software installed on your computer
Schedule weekly full system scans and updates for that anti-virus software
Delete temporary Internet files and Cookies
Never click links that seem suspicious

If you don't have an antivirus software on your computer - this site offers a free program which was recommended by my computer geek contact:

http://www.superantispyware.com/

Back up your files today!

Maureen Cody

maureen@codyonsitetraining.com

http://www.codyonsitetraining.com/

http://www.codyonsitetraining.blogspot.com/

Can Microsoft Office 2003 open Office 2007 documents? Yes...

2009-04-06T08:20:00.000-07:00

Having to work between different versions can be frustrating!

You might have one version of Microsoft Office and your clients might have another. One way to deal with it is to install a compatibility pack.

If you have Office 2003 (Word, Excel and PowerPoint) and someone sends you an email with an Office 2007 document attached it's probably not going to open....unless...

You have downloaded the FREE Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats, available on the Microsoft website:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=941b3470-3ae9-4aee-8f43-c6bb74cd1466&displaylang=en

Follow the link above and click the "Download" button.

Once installed, you will be able to open Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 documents even though you have a lower version of those applications installed on your computer. New features available in 2007, such as Smart Art may display as images and won't be editable. Most formatting should display normally and you will be able to edit the text.

On the other hand if you have Office 2007 and open an earlier version, you will notice it opens in "Compatibility" mode and will stay in the lower version file format unless you click "Convert" off the Office Button menu.

Good luck with your versions!
Maureen Cody
www.codyonsitetraining.com
maureen@codyonsitetraining.com
Providing customized computer application training to individuals since 1994

April 1st Conficker Worm

2009-04-01T05:28:00.000-07:00

You should always make sure your antivirus software is up to date. If you've been doing your weekly scans and software updates you are probably at little to no risk for this April 1st conficker worm. You can configure your virus protection software to perform an automatic scheduled scan.

The news this morning indicates that little to no damage reported on computers so far.

One quick test is to try to go to www.microsoft.com . If you are unable to access the microsoft site, you probably have the worm on your computer since one of the April 1st actions is to block the user from going to sites with fix instructions (such as microsoft).

To learn more, here are a couple of links:
http://www.symantec.com/norton/theme.jsp?themeid=conficker_worm&inid=us_ghp_link_conficker_worm

http://www.microsoft.com/protect/computer/viruses/worms/conficker.mspx

Specific Skills Employers Seek!

2009-03-31T07:09:00.001-07:00

What are specific skills employers expect?

Get the edge over other candidate by bringing to the table computer skills that will catch the attention of prospective employers.

Use the following as your personal checklist. Let the employer know you have these skills to offer.

Word Skills:

Templates
OnLine Forms
Tables
Numbered and Bulleted lists
Advanced Formatting
Mail Merge
Track Changes
Images and clip Art
Paragraph Spacing
Headers and Footers

Excel Skills:

Repeat Titles
Headers and Footers
Managing Worksheets (create new, rename, delete, move/copy, navigate)
Basic Functions and Formulas
3 Dimensional Formulas (using data from another worksheet)
Paste Special
Drawing Toolbar
Data lists
Charts
Sort
Auto Filter
Pivot Tables

Outlook Skills:

Create New: Contacts, Appointments, Emails, Task items
Email management (creating folders and subfolders for emails)
Email Forward, Reply vs Reply to All
Email Flagging
Calendar management: recurring appointments, move/copy appointments, meetying requests, categories, printing
Tasks management: assigning, notes, categories, updating
Contact management: categories, distribution lists

If you don't have any of the above skills or want to learn what additional computer skills are expected by employers, Cody OnSite Training can help you. Customized training is available for individuals on a one-to-one setting. http://www.codyonsitetraining.com

Never Too Late to Learn!

2009-03-23T12:27:00.000-07:00

I was watching a segment on the news a few days ago about out of work over “forty-somethings” working as interns to gain work experiences. They were interning for positions under younger (much younger) men/women.

My hat goes off to these "older" interns! They are a testament to the fact that it is never to late to learn.

Who are you?
* displaced worker
* laid off worker
* looking to improve your career

You too can learn to reach you career goals.

When I went to college it was well before the PC was invented - I had to learn how to use the computer on my own. In 1994 I decided to start a business offering computer training to individuals because I realized if I wanted to learn more, I figured others must want to figure their computers out too. Over the years if I didn't know the answer to a question, I researched it. There is a huge population of our baby boomer generation who assume everyone else knows all there is about using a computer and you are the only one that doesn't.

WRONG! :)

The truth is, most people only know what they have figured out.
Get this-- even recent college graduates don't know how to use computer applications in a business setting. Yes, college graduates could benefit from computer training.
The difference is the younger generation is not afraid to learn; they are highly trainable.
The baby boomers just need to realize they are not the only one out there that doesn't understand how to locate a document they created yesterday. You have to believe you can learn new things!

The good news is that with effective computer training the mountain can be turned into a mole hill. We baby boomers can learn. It is possible. You can even learn how to use Excel - Really!

With our uncertain economy - what each of us should be doing is LEARNING! Education is the key. We need to all be actively learning new skills/information in order to expand our knowledge base, to secure our futures.
I challenge you to take classes, read books, talk to experts, share experiences and knowledge with friends…. No matter your age.

It's never too late to learn!