♦Early Childhood Alliance will hold child care state licensing Orientation Training 1: Startup Workshop for Homes, Centers and Ministries, 9-11 a.m. Dec. 1 and 5-7 p.m. Jan. 13 at Early Childhood Alliance, 3320 Fairfield Ave. All types of child care programs (except home child care for no more than five unrelated children) must obtain state licenses or be registered. You must first call for an information packet, then register with Early Childhood Alliance to attend Orientation Training 1 (OT 1), a two-hour session on health, safety and startup requirements. After completing OT 1, participants will receive information for OT 2. Orientation sessions are conducted monthly, free of charge. Registration is required. To learn more, call 745-2501.

♦TQM Network scheduled events: Project Management & Process Improvement:
Better Together will be 5:30-8:30 p.m. Dec. 2 at Hall's Guest House, 1313 W. Washington Center Road. Dinner will be served at 6 p.m. and the presentation begins at 7 p.m. The presentation will be by a panel of certified process improvement and project management professionals. Cost: NEIC members $15 includes dinner and may bring a new guest free; nonmembers $25 includes dinner; speaker only, $5. NEIC members may register online at www.pmi-neic.org. Register by Nov. 30. Finding Calm in the Chaos: When work/life balance becomes a juggling act, a teleseminar, will be noon-1 p.m. Dec. 10. Presenter will be Kristen Bissontz of Team@Work. A phone number and password will be provided by e-mail to those who register. Cost: $69 members, $79 nonmembers. Register by Dec. 8. Best Practices in Project Management, a webinar, will be noon-1 p.m. Dec. 10. Presenter will be Mattie Watson of WCM Associates. A weblink and password will be provided to those who register. Cost: Free to members, $100 nonmembers. Register by Dec. 9. To register, call Jamie at TQM, 557-7665 or register online at http://
tqmnet.com.

♦ Fort Wayne Women's Bureau Women's Enterprise
: Business Plan Basics will be 4:30-7 p.m. Dec. 3 at Mitchell Books, 6360 W. Jefferson Blvd. Preregistration is appreciated. N
etworking 101 and Business Support will be 9-11 a.m. Dec. 7 and 14 at The Liberty Family Restaurant, 1040 Coliseum Blvd. N. Preregistration is recommended. C
ash Flow 101 Game Night will be 7-9 p.m. Dec. 8 at the Fort Wayne Women's Bureau, 3521 Lake Ave. Preregistration is required. Becoming Self-Employed - Deciding Your Future Career will be 6-7 p.m. Dec. 9 at the Fort Wayne Women's Bureau, 3521 Lake Ave. Preregistration is required. Growing Your Business on e-Bay will be 10 a.m.-noon Dec. 8 at the Fort Wayne Women's Bureau, 3521 Lake Ave. Preregistration is required. Emotional Intelligence - What is this and why is it important?, a brown bag lunch seminar, will be 11:45 a.m.-1 p.m. Dec. 8 at the Fort Wayne women's Bureau, 3521 Lake Ave. Preregistration is required. Reviewing and Managing Your Credit Report will be 5-7 p.m. Dec. 8 at the Fort Wayne Women's Bureau, 3521 Lake Ave. Preregistration is required. The Magic of Direct Mail Marketing will be 6-8 p.m. Dec. 10 at the Fort Wayne Women's Bureau, 3521 Lake Ave. Preregistration is required. Not for Profit - Legal Accounting and Reporting will be 5-6 p.m. Dec. 14 at the Fort Wayne Women's Bureau, 3521 Lake Ave. Preregistration is required. Payroll Fundamentals will be 6-7 p.m. Dec. 17 at the Fort Wayne Women's Bureau, 3521 Lake Ave. Preregistration is required. To register, call Jo Ellen Pepple at 424-7977.

♦ IPFW Division of Continuing Studies, 2101 Coliseum Blvd. E.: BUSINESS MANAGEMENT: Transforming Strategic Planning into Strategic Thinking will be 8:30 a.m.-noon Dec. 4. Cost: $99. MANUFACTURING, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING: Mistake Proofing: Poka Yoke will be 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Dec. 4. Cost: $229. PERSONAL ENRICHMENT: Gadgets and Gizmos for the Technology Challenged will be 6-9 p.m. Dec. 8. Cost: $59. A Christmas Party will be 6:30-9 p.m. Dec. 9. Cost: $35. For information or to register, visit https://learn.ipfw.edu or call 481-6619.

Excel 2007 Advanced (formulas, functions, shortcuts and macros) will be 5:30-8:30 p.m. Thursdays, Dec. 3-10. Cost: $69 includes text. Bring an inexpensive flash drive to save files. Prerequisite: Excel Beginning and Intermediate or Excel experience. For a complete catalog of courses or to register for any listing, call 467-1075 Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Register online at www.neighborhood-connection.org.


♦ExecuTrain, 7337 W. Jefferson Blvd.: Access 2003 Advanced and Excel 2007 Advanced will be Nov. 30. Configuring, Managing and Maintaining Windows Server 2008 will be Nov. 30-Dec. 4. Excel 2007 Basic and QuickBooks 2007 Basic will be Dec. 1. Illustrator CS4 Basic, SharePoint Services 3.0 Advanced and Implementing a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Infrastructure will be Dec. 1-2. Outlook 2007 Basic, Project 2007 Basic and Project 2007 Advanced will be Dec. 2. Visio 2007 Basic and Word 2003 Basic will be Dec. 3. InDesign CS3 Basic, Access 2003 Basic and Dreamweaver CS4 Basic will be Dec. 3-4. ACT! 2007 Basic and Word 2007 Basic will be Dec. 4. Daytime classes are 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Evening classes are available 6-9 p.m. Costs include all courseware. Corporate pricing available. ExecuTrain now offers Spanish instruction with conversational and industry-specific vocabulary. For information on Spanish language classes or to register for any class, call 432-9077. For information, visit www.etfortwayne.com