Calendar

Monday

AutoCAD 3D Drawing and Modeling or Great Plains 8.0 General Ledger 1, Skills and Technology Training Center, Fargo. (701) 231-6900.

tuesday

Cass County Toastmaster Club, 6:30 to 7:30 a.m., Expressway Inn, Fargo. Group meets every Tuesday. (701) 281-0362.

Starting a Business, 11 a.m. to noon, Small Business Development Center, 51 Broadway, Suite 505, Fargo. The class is free to North Dakota residents.

Financial Decision-Making At Retirement, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Moorhead High School, 2300 4th Ave. S. This class will help participants sort through the many components of decision making at retirement. Cost is $22 ($20 reduced fee for Moorhead School District residents). (218) 284-3431.

Top O' the Morning Toastmasters, noon to 1 p.m., Sons of Norway, 722 2nd Ave. N., Fargo. Guests are welcome.

Acrobat Professional 6.0 or Word 2003 Level 2 or Great Plains 8.0 Payables Management 1, Skills and Technology Training Center, Fargo. (701) 231-6900.

Adobe Acrobat 6.0, 8:30 a.m. to noon, Skills and Technology Training Center, Fargo. (701) 231-6900.

Wednesday

FLASH! MX 2004 Intro or Excel XP Level 2 or Great Plains 8.0 Receivables Management, Skills and Technology Training Center, Fargo. (701) 231-6900.

Microsoft Excel XP Level II, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Skills and Technology Training Center, Fargo. (701) 231-6900.

Thursday

Stretch Your Dollar, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Moorhead High School, 2300 4th Ave. S. Cost is $9 ($7 reduced fee for Moorhead School District residents). (218) 284-3431.

Great Plains 8.0 Fixed Assets or Management Training, Skills and Technology Training Center, Fargo. (701) 231-6900.

Management Training, 8 a.m. to noon, Skills and Technology Training Center, Fargo. (701) 231-6900.

Friday

Classical Perspectives and Contemporary Business Ethics: How the Greeks Influenced Our Way of Thinking, noon to 1:30 p.m., Birkeland Alumni Lounge, Concordia College, Moorhead. This session will explore the issues of power and justice from a historical perspective and relate to today's business ethics. The presenter is Olin Storvick, a classicist-in-resident at Concordia. Cost is $10. Reservations or cancellations are required by Monday. (218) 299-3305.

How to Do Everything with Your PDA - Palm Pilot, 10 a.m. to noon, Skills and Technology Training Center, Fargo. (701) 231-6900.

Fall Leadership Conference of the Eighth District of the American Advertising Federation, Doublewood Inn, Fargo. The annual conference will feature presentations from Tom Laughon and Gail Nelson. The conference is open to the public. Registration fees vary depending on the number of sessions attended. (218) 233-2371.

Oct. 10

Upper Great Plains Technology Conference & Trade Show, Fargodome. The conference features major presentations from the nation's top technology executives on the future of high-tech industries and growth opportunities for rural America, in-depth workshops on innovative uses of technology in businesses, homes, schools and communities, and an elaborate display of new technologies at the region's largest information and communications technology trade show. (218) 233-1100.

Microsoft Course #2277: Implementing, Managing and Maintaining a Windows server 2003 Network Infrastructure, Skills and Technology Training Center, Fargo. (701) 231-6900.

Welding for General Manufacturing, 6 to 9 p.m., Skills and Technology Training Center, Fargo. (701) 231-6900.

Oct. 11

Starting a Business, 11 a.m. to noon, Small Business Development Center, 51 Broadway, Suite 505, Fargo. Cost is free.

Upper Great Plains Technology Conference & Trade Show, Fargodome. (218) 233-1100.

Financial Decision-Making At Retirement, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Moorhead High School, 2300 4th Ave. S. This class will help participants sort through the many components of decision making at retirement. Cost is $22 ($20 reduced fee for Moorhead School District residents). (218) 284-3431.

Top O' the Morning Toastmasters, noon to 1 p.m., Sons of Norway, 722 2nd Ave. N., Fargo. Toastmasters focuses on improving public speaking skills. Guests are welcome.

InDesign Level 2 or Access XP Level 2, Skills and Technology Training Center, Fargo. (701) 231-6900.

Microsoft Access XP Level II, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Skills and Technology Training Center, Fargo. (701) 231-6900.

Business Writing, 8:30 to 11:30 a.m., Skills and Technology Training Center, Fargo. (701) 231-6900.

Oct. 12

American Society for Training & Development, FM Chapter monthly lunch and program, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Skills & Technology Training Center, Fargo. Program: Making the 'E' in Learning Effective. During this session, we will explore eLearning buzzwords and how the various tools work together. We will discuss some of the myths and often forgotten principles of eLearning design. Cost is free for members and $20 for guests. (701) 234-3349.

Publisher 2003 Introduction, Skills and Technology Training Center, Fargo. (701) 231-6900.

Intro to Writing a Business Plan, 6:30 to 9:30 p.m., West Central Initiative, Prairie Conference Room, 1000 Western Ave., Fergus Falls, Minn. The workshop will cover the basics of writing a business plan and is aimed at people just starting a new business or those who will approach a bank for financing. (218) 477-2289 or e-mail seifertj@mnstate.edu before Oct. 10.

The Hiring Process, 9 to 11 a.m., Skills and Technology Training Center, Fargo. (701) 231-6900.

Microsoft Publisher 2003 I, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Skills and Technology Training Center, Fargo. (701) 231-6900.

Oct. 13

Quickbooks: Managing Your Bank Accounts, 9 a.m. to noon, 51 Broadway, Suite 505, Fargo. This is a beginner's class. Contact Aimee Schwartzwalter at (701) 235-1495 for more information. Cost is $60

Help! I've Been Appointed Executor or Personal Representative, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Moorhead High School, 2300 4th Ave. S. This class is for anyone who has been or may be appointed as an estate executor, personal representative or someone who is going to decide who to appoint. Attorney Ken Norman will explain the responsibilities of executors, take participants through the steps of a typical probate proceeding and answer questions. Cost is $11 ($9 reduced fee for Moorhead School District residents). (218) 284-3431.

Time Management or Excel 2003 Intro, Skills and Technology Training Center, Fargo. (701) 231-6900.

Intro to Writing a Business Plan, 6:30 to 9:30 p.m., Minnesota State University Moorhead Center for Business 111, Moorhead. The workshop will cover the basics of writing a business plan and is aimed at people just starting a new business or those who will approach a bank for financing. (218) 477-2289 or e-mail seifertj@mnstate.edu before Oct. 10.

Time Management, Multitasking and Organizing, 8:30 to 11:30 a.m., Skills and Technology Training Center, Fargo. (701) 231-6900.

Oct. 14

PowerPoint XP Level 2, , Skills and Technology Training Center, Fargo. (701) 231-6900.

Microsoft PowerPoint XP Level II, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Skills and Technology Training Center, Fargo. (701) 231-6900.