Thursday August 26th 7-9PM

Learn how to get results using Facebook.  Presenter Irene Koehler will guide us through the best practices with Facebook Fan Pages – everything from creating good pages to how to engage and excite your community.  

More information:  http://www.meetup.com/Eastbay-LocalPreneurs-Meetup-Group/

Sunday, August 22nd, 2010 1 – 3PM

BuddyPress: Build a Social Network on WordPress

BuddyPress has been described as “Facebook in a box.” It used to be that you could only use it with WordPress MU, but now we have WP 3.0 and BuddyPress works whether or not you have Multi-site enabled. Set up groups, forums, detailed user profiles, group blogs, activity streams (status updates), etc. Import your no-longer-free Ning group.

As usual, we will start with introductions and an open Q&A period. I’ll try to stick to the schedule this time, to make sure we end by 3 PM to leave time for networking. The more people who can show up in time to start at 1 PM, the better.

Note that parking is sometimes challenging, so give yourself an extra 10 minutes.

Soft drinks will be provided but snacks are not guaranteed: eat beforehand or bring your lunch.

Price: $3.00 per person

Learn more here:
http://www.meetup.com/Eastbay-WordPress-Meetup/calendar/14175555/

Learn CSS and HTML basics, including CSS3 and HTML5. This 2-day class is suitable for web designers and developers who want to learn more about making attractive, standards-compliant sites that work on a variety of browsers and platforms.

There are two sessions offered:
Thursday August 19th & Friday August 20th 5:30 – 8:30 PM
Monday August 23rd & Tuesday August 24th 5:30 – 8:30 PM

Each session will consist of two lessons.

CLASS COST

$60 per 2 day session.

Session 1 – Aug 19 & Aug 20 – $60 Session 2 – Aug 23 & Aug 24 – $60

CLASS DESCRIPTION

What is this class?

The HTML and CSS Foundations Class is a two-day course for developers, designers, artists and business people that covers foundational skills and concepts for web page layout taught through activities for you to apply on your own.

Who is this class for?

This class is for hobbyists with personal websites, for writers, artists and designers creating online portfolios, and for business people learning to create an online presence. It is expected that students have familiarity creating HTML.

What will you learn?

You will learn the history of stylesheets, how they work, and all about the “cascade” in cascading style sheets (CSS). This class covers web page structure, color and image handling. Specifically, we will look at the difference between block and inline elements, absolute and relative position, floats, and sprites (large graphics that mimic animation). If these terms are new you, then this is the class for you!

What is required?

It is recommended that you have familiarity with HTML to understand CSS. Additionally, having a laptop with a browser and a basic text editor is ideal to get the most out of the class, as there will be activities throughout.

About the instructor

Louis Rawlins is a media educator, artist and engineer. Trained in mathematics and the arts, he has worked fifteen years with digital images, sound and video. He teaches to guarantee every person has a voice in the future media and works as a website project consultant and production designer. Often outdoors, he can be found in the forest or on the streets of Oakland.

Thursday, August 5th, 2010 7-9PM

Join best-selling editor Beth Barany as she shares with you how you can get access to learn how to become a bestselling author.

• Have you published a book, and had the thought, “My book should have double the number of sales!” Have you ever asked yourself, “I know my book is good — how can I have more people lining up to buy it from me?”?

• Are you stuck with the same number of people who tend to buy your book, or say they’ll buy your book?

• Does the idea of increasing the number of people on your mailing list, your author platform, scare you?

• Are you afraid that the work of building a loyal readership may be too hard for you to do? Does it ever seem hopeless?

• Do you worry that your business may never grow beyond natural word-of-mouth? That you’ll basically remain anonymous beyond your small group of family and friends? ?

If any of these questions were a “yes” for you, then you need to attend a free introduction I’m giving on “How to Be A Bestselling Author: 3 Essential Tips to Building Your Author Platform Now (Whether You’re Published or Not!)”

This evening is specifically designed for you if:

• You are already published or are working on a book, but you want to be a world-class bestselling author. ?
• You have a reasonable online presence — such as Facebook, Twitter, or LinkedIn – -and you want to go from spending your time with online socializing to doing online social networking and selling your books through your social networking. (It can be done!)?
• You want to build your audience by building your list in a way you feel comfortable doing.?
• You just *know* that you’d be living your true purpose if your book sold to large audiences. ??

RSVP here

Starting July 13th 10AM – 12PM

Do you have more questions than answers?

• How can grow my business in this economy?
• How can I be more satisfied as an owner?
• Can I use more of my creativity?

Register NOW and know what it takes to increase sales by 100%, 50% or 25%.

In four interactive workshops use proven tools to increase sales and profitability:

• Seek out new market opportunities
• Clarify products & services
• Build a roadmap to results and set priorities

Dates: Tuesdays July 13th, 20th 27th and August 3rd, 2010

Time: 10AM – 12Noon

Cost: $200 for the series (ask about affiliate discounts)

To register contact Darlene Crane at (510) 886-4483, dcrane@pcicraneconsulting.com or register on the home page of www.pcicraneconsulting.com.

Saturday Mornings, 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM

Join us for a 5-week course that will get you started with the WordPress blogging platform.

We will cover the following subjects:

Week 1: July 10 – Why WordPress? WordPress.com vs. WordPress.org, and how to install.
Week 2: July 17 -  The basic components of WordPress content:  Posts, pages, Categories, Links, and Media. How to think of your site to take the most advantage of WordPress.
Week 3: July 24 – Choosing a Theme, and WordPress theming.
Week 4: July 31 – Plugins, Widgets, and other ways to extend your site’s functionality.
Week 5: Aug 7 – Basic Customization of your site

Each session is $20, or you can register for all 5 in advance for $90 (a 10% discount).

You can pay in person, or register online using PayPal. Class is limited to up to 10 students per session, so register soon!

Number of classes

All 5 classes $90.00 Individual Class $20.00

Come join us Friday July 9th for Tech Liminal’s First Anniversary party!

We’ll have our doors open from 6-8PM on Friday so come down and celebrate our first year of business with us with some snacks and drinks and great people!

Light up your life with Electroluminescent Wire
Tuesday, July 6th, 7:30 PM – 9 PM

In this mini workshop, we will teach you how to work with Electroluminescent (EL) wire. EL Wire lights up like neon, yet is flexible enough embellish clothing, bikes, computers and more. When combined with a driver, it can glow, blink, or even be programmed in complex sequences that produced animations.

In the workshop, we will cover the basics – soldering the EL Wire to the connector, which allows it to be attached to the driver, which powers the wire; and working with EL Wire to attach it to a stable shape, such as an item of clothing.

Kit Cost: $10.
Includes a driver, 18 inches of wire (blue, white, red, orange, green or yellow), and connectors.

You provide the item to which you wish to attach the wire. Jackets, hats, bracelets, bikes, and even laptops might be good candidates.

Friday, July 2nd 6 – 9PM

Join us for snacks and art as part of Oakland’s First Fridays Art Walk!

Artists come check out our space, we’d love to show your art!

For July and August we will be showing the photographic works of Brennan O’Brien.

Brennan O’Brien has been studying photography since 1974, including course work at UC Berkeley, and sees no reason to stop. He has shot with large format, medium format, 35mm and oatmeal boxes. Since converting from film to digital in 2003 a new horizon has opened in his photography.

Brennan travels the Bay Area with his camera, capturing the western light and spectacular natural forms that make this region a destination for visitors from around the world. Locals will appreciate the powerful images of our familiar buildings, bridges, and skylines that he has captured with his digital lens.

He is a regular contributor to DPC, the online website of the Digital Photo Challenge. Portraits, photoshopped montages, and landscapes are all submitted for judgment by other photography enthusiasts. Every summer he teaches a digital photography workshop at Cazadero Performing Arts Family Camp, where, between classes, he can shoot photos of towering redwoods, youthful clowns, inspired musicians, and meandering creeks.

You can see more of Brennan’s works on the Digital Photo Challenge site.

Tuesday June 22nd 6 -8 PM

Concerned about the recent discussion around Facebook and Privacy?  Want to learn how to keep in touch with friends and family without leaving your life an open book to marketers and scammers?   Facebook is undoubtedly a wonderful place to congregate online, but as it has become more popular and more “open” you risk giving away more than you intend.

Bring your laptop to this workshop, where you will learn how your information is used on Facebook, how it appears to others, and how you can keep things private.  We will go through Facebook’s Privacy and Application Settings menus, clean up app clutter, and close down any unwanted views into our personal news stream.

Cost: $15