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Grow with Google
Free digital skills workshops and one-on-one coaching
Wednesday, March 20
10:30am - 5:30pm
Main Library
Meeting Room 2ABJoin Google for free workshops to help you grow your skills, career, or business. Learn how to reach customers online, get found on Search and Maps, and more.
Digital Skills for Your Community: Learn about free tools and resources that you can use to assist job seekers in conducting an online job search and learning new digital skills, and help small businesses learn how to reach customers online. This workshop includes a curriculum that you can tailor for your own community needs. Note: This session is for library, education and nonprofit professionals only. 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Reach Customers Online with Google: Anyone who wants to learn new marketing skills or reach potential customers online will learn about search engine optimization (SEO), search engine marketing (SEM), content marketing, and social media marketing. The result? A strategy that can get your organization, business or event in from of your target audience. 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Get Found on Google Search and Maps: Explore Google My Business, a free tool for local businesses who want to connect with customers on Google Search and Maps. Get hands-on help creating or updating your listing, and learn how to make a free website. 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Get Started with Email, Spreadsheets, and Presentations: Do your best work from wherever you are. In this interactive workshop for beginners, anyone interested in learning more about Gmail, spreadsheets, and presentations will gain first-hand experience using these products and learn helpful tips on how to collaborate and stay organized. 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
This event is FREE. Details and registration available at https://events.withgoogle.com/join-google-in-ohio/
AGE GROUP: | Adults |
EVENT TYPE: | Job Skills & Career | Computers & Technology | Business & Personal Finance |
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About the branch
Drive-up Window closes fifteen minutes before the building closes for the day.
Main Library, located in the heart of downtown Akron, combines compelling public space with meaningful and relevant public library services for all members of our community. Since opening in 2004, the downtown library welcomes more than one million visitors each year.
Subject divisions include: Business, Government & Science, Culture & AV, Magazines & Newspapers, Special Collections (local history & genealogy), TechZone@Main, Teen, and a 12,000 square feet Children's Library.
Special services available at Main Library include: a Patent & Trademark Resource Center; U.S. Passport and Notary services; a Microbusiness Center; a Maker Space; a resource lab for early childhood educators; and regularly scheduled computer training classes. Also available at Main Library are more than 125 public access computers, color photocopiers/printers, laminating, scanning, faxing, and free Wi-Fi.
Specialized spaces include a 425-seat auditorium, public meeting rooms, and a used bookstore. An interior glass block walkway leads to a 600-space parking garage owned by the City of Akron. An outdoor amphitheater and landscaped park complete the complex.