SkillsNYC http://skillsnyc.org New Skills for a New Economy Tue, 05 Oct 2010 02:11:19 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 SkillsNYC @ Brooklyn Skillshare on 10/9/2010 http://skillsnyc.org/2010/09/24/skillsnyc-brooklyn-skillshare-on-1092010/ http://skillsnyc.org/2010/09/24/skillsnyc-brooklyn-skillshare-on-1092010/#comments Fri, 24 Sep 2010 14:56:59 +0000 SkillsNYC http://skillsnyc.org/?p=366 The Second Annual Brooklyn Skillshare will be held on Saturday, October 9th, 2010 at The Brooklyn Community Arts & Media High School in Bed-Stuy and SkillsNYC will be giving a free workshop!

Our hour-long Create Your Own Website class will be at 2:15. For more information on the SkillsNYC class, click here.

Be sure to also check out 20+ other classes being taught that day! Its going to be an exciting day. We’ll see you there!

]]> http://skillsnyc.org/2010/09/24/skillsnyc-brooklyn-skillshare-on-1092010/feed/ 0 Implement an Online Store in Seconds http://skillsnyc.org/2009/07/30/implement-an-online-store-in-seconds/ http://skillsnyc.org/2009/07/30/implement-an-online-store-in-seconds/#comments Thu, 30 Jul 2009 21:43:17 +0000 SkillsNYC http://skillsnyc.org/2009/07/30/implement-an-online-store-in-seconds/ Google just released a store gadget that you can easily embed in a website in a matter of minutes — no coding necessary. It uses Google Spreadsheets as the database back-end and Google Checkout as the transaction engine.

No complicated coding or technical tasks are required. You can get your first online store up-and-running in under five minutes.

1. Sign up for Google Checkout
2. List products you want to sell in a Google spreadsheet
3. Place the Google Checkout store gadget on your website. (Also supported: Google Sites, Blogger, and iGoogle).

Follow along here: http://googledocs.blogspot.com/2009/07/use-google-docs-google-checkout-to-sell.html

]]> http://skillsnyc.org/2009/07/30/implement-an-online-store-in-seconds/feed/ 0 Upcoming Workshops @ New Work City http://skillsnyc.org/2009/06/09/upcoming-workshops-new-work-city/ http://skillsnyc.org/2009/06/09/upcoming-workshops-new-work-city/#comments Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:33:07 +0000 SkillsNYC http://skillsnyc.org/?p=187 We’re excited to announce our upcoming workshop series will be held at New Work City, a coworking space in Manhattan.

This series of workshops is composed of:

  • The Personal Website July 9th— create your website, learn how to maintain and update
  • The Social Web July 23rd — get yourself on the social web and forge connections! The basics of Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and more!

We’ll see you at New Work City!

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Some basic takeaways:

  • Determine what skills you have and how they can be reapplied to a new industry.
  • Determine what skills you lack and how you will go about attaining them.
  • Educate yourself on the major players (both companies and individuals) and get to know them. Read blogs, network online and in person, forge connections, and put yourself out there!
  • Be prepared, and allow for a transition period. This may be a period of unemployment, or a position/freelance role somewhere in between your previous and dream job.
]]> http://skillsnyc.org/2009/06/05/resources-for-reinventing-yourself/feed/ 0 Essential Tools for Starting Up Your Side Business http://skillsnyc.org/2009/06/02/essential-tools-for-starting-up-your-side-business/ http://skillsnyc.org/2009/06/02/essential-tools-for-starting-up-your-side-business/#comments Wed, 03 Jun 2009 00:03:17 +0000 SkillsNYC http://skillsnyc.org/?p=72 Lifehacker recently had a great post on tools for starting up your side business. Check it out here.

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