Description

New Beginnings is a privately funded non-profit that is open to the general public and is geared towards helping people reach their personal, economic or employment related goals. To do this New Beginnings offers seminars, goal modules, one on one support, referrals and computer access and training. All services are open to anyone over 18 and are FREE.

Resources

Software

· MS Office 2000 Professional
· MS FrontPage (web publishing)
· Quicken 2001
· Quickbooks 2000
· Typing Tutor 7

Special

· open computer access

· digital camera
· CDRW (CD burner)

Training

New Beginnings offers supervised self-paced tutorials in Typing, Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint. We also offer seminars in "Introduction to Computers" and "Introduction to the Internet". Admission to the training is rolling. All people who want to take advantage of the trainings must attend a two-part orientation (each part is about an hour). Orientations are offered every other week, so call to find out when the next one starts.

Fees

All services are free. Members are asked to volunteer 1 hour a week.

Future

New Beginnings plans to update its self-paced training to make it more relevant to people's needs (personal finance, family health, etc.). New Beginnings has had much success with the Project Base Microsoft Word training, and is hoping to have a project-based training for Excel completed by February 2003. Classroom-style courses may also be available in the future to supplement the self-guided tutorials currently offered at the center.