Schaumburg Township District Library
130 S. Roselle Road
Schaumburg, IL   60193
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Business Information and Educational Opportunities for Library Users

January 2007

In this issue:  1.  Business Program  2.  Philanthropy Program  3. Adult Classes  4. New Business Books  5. Useful Websites  6. Quotable Quote

   

BUSINESS PROGRAMS 

Register at the Adult Information/Magazine Desk (847) 923-3349 for business programs.

  

  

SMALL BUSINESS SEMINAR  
 
Before You Start Your Business
Monday, Jan. 22        7 -9 p.m.
Rasmussen North
 
Join Jorge Phillips, small business specialist with the Small Business Development Center at Elgin Community College, for a workshop designed to be a first step for future entrepreneurs. You will learn about the services offered by the Small Business Administration and the Illinois Dept. of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, as well as local educational institutions.
 
Philanthropy Program
 
Philanthropy Center Orientation
Tuesday, Jan. 9        9 - 11 a.m.
Adult Classroom
 
Nonprofit representatives and the public can attend a free Philanthropy Center orientation. Learn how to use resources to locate potential private donors, research the philanthropic sector and learn about nonprofit management. To register, call (312) 578-0175 or send an email (including your name, organization, address, phone number and email address) to info@donorsforum.org.
 
  
ADULT COMPUTER CLASSES

For registration and fee information, call the library's Computer Assistance Desk at (847) 923 3352.

Computer Security

Saturday, Jan. 20  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . 10:30 a.m.
 
Protect your computer against hackers, popups, spyware and viruses.  Freeware programs will be used in class.
 
Microsoft Excel-Level 1
 
Sunday, Jan. 7 .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . 1:30 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 27    10:30 a.m.
 
Learn to manipulate spreadsheets for recording financial and statistical information.  Level 2 will introduce more advanced features.
 
Microsoft Excel-Level 2
Saturday, Jan. 20  .  .  .  . .  .  . .  . .  .  .  .  .  .  1:30 p.m.
 
Creating Web Sites  
Saturday, Jan. 27 .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . .1:30 p.m. 
 
This program will assist you in designing, creating and managing a website.  This class will not cover HTML code. 
  
  
NEW BUSINESS BOOKS 
Meet and Grow Rich:  How to Easily Create and Operate Your Own "Mastermind" Group for Health, Wealth, and More  650.1 Vitale, J 
 
L. L. Bean: The Making of an American Icon  650.9 Gorman, L
 
Kiss Theory Goodbye:  Five Proven ways to Get Extraordinary Results in Any Company  658 Prosen, B
 
The Starbucks Experience:  5 Principles for Turning Ordinary into Extraordinary  658.14 Michelli, J 
 
Mavericks at Work:  Why the Most Original Minds in Business Win  658.4 Taylor,W
 
Break From the Pack:  How to compete in a Copycat Economy  658.401 Harari, O
 
The Go Point:  When it's time to  Decide - Knowing What to Do and When to do It  658.403 Useem, M
 
The Power of Nice:  How to Conquer the Business World with Kindness  658.4092 Thaler, L
 
There is no Place Like Work: Seven Leadership Insights for Creating a Workplace to Call Home  659.312 Margolis, S
  
USEFUL WEBSITES 
 
Airline Arrivals

FlightArrivals.com - the Internet's most comprehensive independent real-time source of arrival and departure times for all commercial airline flights over the U.S. and Canada.

http://www.flightarrivals.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/Flights 

Weather
Accuweather.com - find 15 day forecasts and weather by ZIP code. This site provides state and international weather conditions and forecasts and one year local weather records. Check out the winter center.
http://home.accuweather.com/index.asp?partner=accuweather

National Weather Service
http://www.weather.gov/ 

Wind Chill
Wind Chill Chart - from the National Weather Service.
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/windchill/index.shtml 

Winter Driving
Accutraffic.com - choose a state for traffic and weather conditions.
http://www.accutraffic.com/www/accutraffic/traffic.html 
 
GCM Travel - Gary-Chicago-Milwaukee Corridor - find travel times and road congestion and construction year round..
http://www.gcmtravel.com/gcm/home.jsp 
Illinois - Statewide Road Conditions - from IDOT - constantly updated.
http://www.dot.state.il.us/tpublic.html 
State Department of Transportation Websites - from the Federal Highway Commission
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/webstate.htm
 
Website information provided by Claire Obrecht  
         
QUOTABLE QUOTE 

"Business is like a car:  it will not run by itself except downhill."  Anon. 
  
Thank you for subscribing to Electronically Yours, a newsletter that highlights STDL services and resources designed to help you succeed in business. Feel free to include these announcements in your newsletter or forward to your customers.

  
Electronically Yours, 

John Ericson, Corporate and Small Business Liaison

Schaumburg Township District Library   •   (847) 923-3334   •   jericson@stdl.org

 
 

 

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