JAMESTOWN, N/D. (NewsDakota.com) – Employees of several local businesses recently attend a day-long business training class in Microsoft Excel 1, which was provided by a TrainND in partnership with the chamber and the Jamestown Stutsman Development Corporation.

The participants included front row, left to right: Tracy Ruggles, Cargill Malt; Brenda Moritz, South Central Dakota Regional Council; Bethany Gurrieri, Agri-Cover; and back row, left to right: Kristin Larson, Foster County Public Health; Barb Johnson, Cargill Malt; Janet Steinberger, Cargill Malt; Tim Eggers and Marty Bauer, Dakota Central and trainer, Ed Cronin. Participating, but not pictured is Colleen Sweet from Foster County Public Health.

Trainer, Ed Cronin, Adjunct Professor, provided an in-depth, hands on opportunity for the attendees to learn the basics of the software program, and to address some of their questions about how to best utilize the program. A comprehensive manual, and ability to actually work on the computer the entire day, was a component of the training.

The partners are providing additional business training in various software, including a Microsoft WORD 2 class to be held on Wednesday, April 11th and an Excel 2 class to be held on Wednesday, April 25th. Several more classes are planned for this spring and summer.

For more information, check out the chamber website under business training at www.jamestownchamber.com or contact Becky Thatcher-Keller by emailing: director@jamestownchamber.com or call the chamber at 701-252-4830.

Information and photo courtesy of the Jamestown Area Chamber of Commerce.