SharePoint Training for Church Consultants/Vendors!

An update to our SharePoint Training we will be offering on January 7-11.

Bill English has extended a very gracious offer for Consultants/Vendors who serve the church.  Previously we had limited the training to individuals directly employed by a church or ministry and no-one in the profit sector, serving a church or otherwise could attend.  Well that has changed.  We are now able to welcome individuals or employees of companies that provide services to the church.

The news even gets better, Bill has discounted the training by almost $1000.  The cost of the training including all the courseware is $2495.

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SharePoint Training

- SharePoint Training Registration

- SharePoint Training Travel Info

- SharePoint Training Hotel Info

- SharePoint Training for Church Consultants/Vendors

- Travel Needs/Rides to Share (added 1/2/08)

- Driving Directions (added 1/2/08)

                                  - Virtual PC Pre-Req, Syllabi, Monday Schedule (added 1/3/08)

                                  - Last Minute Info: Monday Start Time, Sunday Night Dinner (added 1/5/08)

                                  - Day 3 Photos (added 1/09/08)

                                  - Group Photos (added 1/11/08)

SharePoint Training – Hotel Info

The recommended hotel during the SharePoint Training is the Peoria AmericInn Lodge and Suites which is 2.4 miles from Northwoods.  When placing a reservation mention “SharePoint Training” and you will receive the discounted rate of $79.90 per night (2 Queens or 1 King non-smoking room)

AmericInn Lodge and Suites
9106 N. Lindberg Drive
Peoria, IL 61615
866-447-4897 or (309) 692-9200
E-mail:info@americinnpeoria.com

Other local hotel information can be found at the Peoria Area Convention and Visitors Bureau.

Northwoods Community Church – Travel Info

Northwoods Community Church (Directions)
10700 N. Allen Road
Peoria, IL 61615

Updated 11/17/07: Please use this link for directions rather than plugging our address into Mapquest, GoogleMaps, etc.  Our Postal address displays as 1/2 mile south of our location on these mapping programs.  Please use 2210 W Wilhelm Rd, Dunlap, IL 61525 as the address when you look up your travel directions.

Local Airports:

• Greater Peoria Regional Airport -  Airport code: PIA – 15 min from NWCC
  • Direct flights from Chicago (AA and United),  Dallas (AA),  Minneapolis and Detroit (NWA), Atlanta (Delta)  Denver (United) Las Vegas, Ft. Lauderdale, Orlando, Phoenix, Tampa/St Pete (Allegiant Air).
• Central Illinois Regional Airport – Airport Code: BMI  – 45 minutes from Peoria in Bloomington/Normal
  • Direct flights from Chicago (AA and United),  Detroit (NWA), Atlanta (Delta and AirTran), Orlando and Las Vegas (AirTran).

SharePoint Training – Registration

As Jason Powell mentioned over on his blog a few weeks ago, Bill English Co-Owner of MindSharp will be presenting free SharePoint Administration training on January 7th – 11th.  I am excited to announce the registration for the SharePoint Training is now Open.

Event Info:

• January 7th – January 11th (Monday through Friday) 9 am- 5 pm.
• Location: Northwoods Community Church (10700 N. Allen Road Peoria, IL 61615)
• Attendees:
  • Slots available for up to 100 attendees
    • Small teams are encouraged (Director/Project Manager + IT/Web)
  • All participants must be directly employed by a church or ministry and he/she will not profit or further a for-profit business by this training.
  • If you are the IT Volunteer for your church and not a consultant please shoot me a email and we’ll discuss options.
  • Participants should be technically-oriented and are expected to understand and/or perform the following administrative activities: 
    • DNS – including creating alias records and A records in the Hosts File
    • IIS – creating new web sites, host headers and working with site security
    • Active Directory Users and Computers – create new user accounts, reset passwords and general user and group account activities
    • SQL Server – basic understanding of how to apply permissions to a database
    • Windows 2003 Server – basic understanding of Active Directory
    • Networking – basic understand and abilities in assigning IP addresses, host names and general connectivity issues. 
  • Each person must have his/her own laptop with 2GB Ram and 20GB free Disk space
    • 1.5GB of the RAM will be completely used by the image that will be provided to you.
    • UPDATE 11/14/07: Bill English has ask that we note it is extremely important that the system you bring to the training have the 2GB of Ram and 20GB of free space or you will be very disappointed with the performance of your workstation during the training.
    • Laptop Rental is OPTIONAL as part of the registration process: Weekly Rental Rate: $185.00 (includes 2 way shipping).
• Event Registration: Fee $125.00 
  • This includes snacks and lunch each day, and event costs.
• Training: Will be focused around the SharePoint Server 2007 product.  An understanding of SharePoint Server 2007 will allow users to also implement Windows SharePoint Services (the free version).

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