Monthly Archives: December 2019

Have you signed up for CAFRA’s FREE* Google Training course yet? Check your e-mail or see more information under Events on this page. Remember – this is in place of our January membership meeting. Sign up here: https://signup.com/go/xsCxTfd
*FREE for CAFRA members

Here are the details again:

After reviewing the technology needs survey we have arranged for Metro Continuing Education to deliver a Google Essentials workshop on Thursday, January 16.  The training will be delivered twice to ensure small group sizes of  20 people max. Organizations are asked to limit sign up to one person to give all programs the opportunity to attend.  Should space be available near the cut off time, you will be invited to sign up a second person from your organization.  We are pleased to offer this training as part of our professional development commitment for 2020, at no additional cost to the member.

Course Description We all know that Google is a big part of the online landscape—but does your Google savvy go beyond the search engine? Join us for a relaxed introduction to a series of Google’s most useful apps, including Google Drive, Docs, Sheets and Slides. We’ll also cover Gmail. By the end of the course, you’ll have a handle on what these apps do and how they work together. 
Course Location Metro Continuing Education, 7835 – 76 Ave NW, Edmonton
Course Date Thursday, January 16, 2020 (in lieu of CAFRA meeting)
Course Times 9am to noon OR 1pm to 4pm
Course Facilitator Shawn Gramiak
Please follow this link to signup  Registration will close on January 6.

In response to several requests for the opportunity to discuss recent cuts to the Benefit Contribution Grant we have decided to modify Thursday’s event’s agenda. The first 45 minutes of the morning will be used for round table work: 10 minutes venting and the next 35 minutes brainstorming solutions and a CAFRA position. We’ll then put it aside and focus on being with one another in play and celebration of successes.

If you did not RSVP yes for this event, but would like to participate in the the round table conversation, please respond to Shea at director@southsidemothers.com directly.

CAFRA Christmas Lunch
Watch for your Evite to the Christmas lunch, coming soon! The Christmas Lunch will be held at Mckernan Baptist Church from 10am to 2pm on December 19. The deadline to RSVP will be December 13. If you have any dietary restrictions you would like accommodated, you MUST let Vicki know before December 5. Send your dietary requests to her at admin@cafra.ca.

2020 Essential Pieces Conference Seeks Presenters
The 2020 Essential Pieces Conference will be held on April 25, 2020.

AECEA’s 2020 Essential Pieces Conference Committee is working hard on putting together an inspiring, professional conference for you for the 2020 conference. Look for registration details in January 2020.

In planning this conference, they would like to have workshop sessions that are relevant to the work that you do and topics that you want to learn more about. Therefore, they are putting out a call for presenters and would like your assistance in forwarding the form to presenters that you think may be relevant to AECEA members. It may be someone you have heard that has inspired you in your work and/or a session that you would like to participate in or it may be a session you present.

The deadline for proposals is Friday, December 6, 2019, all proposals must be submitted through the online form by that date in order to be considered. Find the Presenter Application Form here.