Cokie Roberts to headline Women Leading Kentucky’s Business and Leadership Conference May 16

Meetings

The University of Kentucky Alumni Association Job Club will meet from 9 to 10:15 a.m. April 25 at Fayette County Cooperative Extension Service, 1140 Red Mile Place. Topic: Networking and Collaboration: The Cornerstones of Career Success. Information: 859-257-8905 or Ukalumni.net/jobclub.

Events

Women Leading Kentucky’s 18th annual Business and Leadership Conference will be from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. May 16 at the Marriott Griffin Gate on Newtown Pike. Speaker: Journalist and author Cokie Roberts, ABC News and NPR. Topic: Advancing Leadership: Step Up and Step Out. Cost: $55-$145. Information at Womenleadingky.com. Register at Womenleadingky.com/conference-online-registration/.

Workshops and classes

The Center for Rural Development in Somerset will offer the following Business and Community Training Center classes. All of these training classes are instructor-led and held from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (unless otherwise noted) at the Center for Rural Development, 2292 South Highway 27, Somerset. The cost is $99 per class. To register, call Robyn at 606-677-6000 or go to Centertech.com.

▪ Microsoft Office Excel 2016 Part 1, April 19

▪ Microsoft Office Excel 2016 Part 2, April 21

▪ CyberSAFE (Securing Assets for End Users), 9 a.m.-3 p.m. April 27. Approved for six EILA credit hours.

The Central Kentucky Computer Society offers the following at 160 Moore Drive, Suite 107. Information: 859-373-1000 or at Ckcs.org.

Workshops:

▪ FastStone Photo Manipulation, 1 p.m. April 10, $30

▪ Secrets of the iPhone, 1 p.m. April 12, $30

▪ Android, 7 p.m. April 18

▪ Secrets of the iPad, 1 p.m. April 19, $30

▪ Microsoft Access, 7 p.m. April 20

▪ Secrets of the iPad, 9:30 a.m. April 22, $30

▪ Photo Coffee, 9 a.m. April 27 and May 4.

▪ Database, 7 p.m. April 24.

▪ Digital Photography, 7 p.m. April 25.

▪ Unix / Linux, 7 p.m. April 27.

▪ Word Processing, 1:30 p.m. May 2.

▪ Tech Chat, 1:30 p.m. May 4.

Classes:

▪ Microsoft Excel starts at 10 a.m. April 24, $60

▪ Windows 10 starts at 1 p.m. April 24, $60

▪ Adventures in Photography starts at 1 p.m. April 24, $60

▪ Getting the Most out of Your iPhone starts at 1 p.m. April 25, $60

▪ Advanced Digital Imaging – Independent Work starts at 10 a.m. April 26, $60

▪ Getting the Most out of Your iPad starts at 1 p.m. April 26, $60

▪ Computer Basics starts at 10 a.m. April 27, $60

The Kentucky Small Business Development Center and the LFUCG will offer the following workshop: The Two C’s in Success, Capital and Contracting, 2-4 p.m. April 18, 200 East Main Street, Room B109. For more info, go to Ksbdc.org. Register at Kysbdc.ecenterdirect.com/events.

Compiled by Dorothea Wingo

This story was originally published April 16, 2017 at 10:12 AM with the headline "Cokie Roberts to headline Women Leading Kentucky’s Business and Leadership Conference May 16."