Speaking Engagements
Elaine provides informative, engaging and cutting-edge presentations about all things technology and IT training related.
Previous speaking engagements include professional associations, Government Departments and both domestic and international corporations.
Upcoming Events
Photoshop Magic!
10 April 2008 - North West Mac Group
Frustrated or flummoxed by Photoshop? Then tonight’s for you!
Elaine will be demonstrating some useful photo enhancing techniques and taking questions about all things Photoshop related.
You are most welcome to bring your own photos whether they need colour correction, sharpening or repairing. In fact bring your photos along even if you’re not sure what they need!!
Whether you just dabble with Photoshop, work extensively with it or want to know what all the fuss is about come along to the NWMUG April meeting and enjoy some demonstrations, take the opportunity to ask questions and be part of our thriving social community. There’ll be something for everybody!
Google’s FREE Office Suite - Part 1
15 April 2008 - North West Institute of IT Training
OK. You’ve probably already got Microsoft Office, so why do you need Google Docs?
Simple … for all the things Microsoft Office was never intended to do and for FREE!
- Google Docs and your files can be accessed from any Internet-enabled computer.
- You can control the sharing of your online files with others.
- Google Docs requires no configuration or installation.
- Google Docs can be completely integrated with your current workflow including Microsoft Office.
- If you can use Microsoft Office then Google Docs will be a breeze.
Interested? Come along and find out more, you’d be mad to miss it.
You’ll be up and running in minutes. In fact, since the meeting is online, why not follow along with our live and interactive demonstrations.
The presentation will cover all you need to know to get the best out of Google Docs, we’ll be demonstrating file management, file creation and much much more. In fact, the Suite is packed so full of features that we are running this event over 2 months.
Adobe Acrobat Connect & Photoshop Express
16 April 2008 - North West Adobe Group
Ever wondered what the Start Meeting button in Adobe Reader does? Well wonder no more! Tonight you are invited to join an online event using Adobe Acrobat Connect.
Adobe Acrobat Connect is the next generation of web conferencing software that enables instant communication and collaboration via easy-to-use, easy-to-access online personal meeting rooms. It is a complete web communications solution for rapid training, marketing and enterprise-wide web conferencing.
After a demonstration of all the features of Connect, the second part of the evening will be an introduction to the newly released FREE online version of Photoshop - Photoshop Express. This online service is currently in Beta and includes 2GB of online storage for your photos.
Google’s FREE Office Suite - Part 2
28 April 2008 - North West Institute of IT Training
After last month’s introduction we take the opportunity to examine the more powerful features of Google Docs.
We’ll be taking a look at
- Advanced online file management
- Collaborative working
- Managing revisions
- Online publishing features
- Document delivery options
Remember the meeting is online, why not login and follow along with our live and interactive demonstrations!
If you missed part 1 last month you can always catch up by downloading a recording of the meeting or watching the streaming version available online. For more details visit our Centra Learning Centre.
Previous Events
Getting Things Done
26 November 2007 - North West Institute of IT Training
Getting Things Done is the title of one of the most popular self-management books of the information age. David Allen outlines an intuitive approach for managing the ever increasing intensity and volume of communication, workflow and responsibility ever present in today’s working environment.
The system is immediately practical and simple to follow but immensely powerful. Not linked to any specific software or paper based system it is flexible enough to apply in a wide range of situations.
So find out how to save couple of hours a week and your sanity when facing information overload.
Lightroom to Photoshop: A Digital Photography Workflow
11 December 2007 - North West Adobe User Group
Elaine will be demonstrating how to use Lightroom to streamline the process of importing, managing, developing and presenting any quantity of images before moving on to explore nondestructive image processing working with the tone curve, white balance adjustments, fine-tune vibrance and saturation and easily make colour corrections.
The second half of the presentation will show how well Lightroom integrates with Photoshop CS3 and include a demonstration of tools new in CS3.