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SUMMARY:Patriots Day - CPCS Offices Closed
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URL:https://intranet.publiccounsel.net/event/patriots-day-cpcs-offices-closed/
LOCATION:Zoom\, MA\, United States
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SUMMARY:New Employee Orientation
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URL:https://intranet.publiccounsel.net/event/new-employee-orientation/
LOCATION:Worcester Training Center\, 120 Front Street\, Worcester\, 01608\, United States
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SUMMARY:New Employee Orientation
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URL:https://intranet.publiccounsel.net/event/new-employee-orientation-2/
LOCATION:Worcester Training Center\, 120 Front Street\, Worcester\, 01608\, United States
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SUMMARY:Admin Skills Training
DESCRIPTION:1/27/26 \nAcrobat DC: Beyond the Basics (9:00 AM – 10:00 AM)\nThis course is a general introduction to some of the more advanced features in Adobe Acrobat. Students will learn how to make documents professional and user-friendly by automating tasks\, attaching files and other media to PDF files\, and finalizing documents for publication. \nExcel: Build Muscle with Macros (10:30 AM – 11:30 AM)\nLearn how to use Macros to automate repetitive tasks and gain control of your data. Create and run macros with coding in Visual Basic for Applications (VBA). \nMicrosoft 365: Planner (1:30 PM – 2:30 PM)\nDiscover how to effectively use Microsoft Planner to organize\, track\, and collaborate on tasks. Explore creating new plans\, managing tasks\, navigating views\, and customizing your team\’s workflow for increased productivity. Gain the skills needed to manage and track projects with ease using Microsoft Planner. \nOutlook: Keep your Mailbox Clean (3:00 PM – 4:00 PM)\nExplore the tools needed to maintain an organized email account. Learn to efficiently clean your mailbox\, back up data\, and work with features to save space and time. \n1/29/26 \nAcrobat DC: Creating Interactive Forms (9:00 AM – 10:00 AM)\nThis course is designed to give students everything they need to know about creating interactive forms in Adobe Acrobat. From surveys to order forms\, students will learn how to collect data by designing forms that users can fill out with any kind of information. \nExcel: Get your Sheets Together (10:30 AM – 11:30 AM)\nTour the Excel interface while learning to navigate Excel\, input data and create formulas. Use tools to improve your worksheets and best practices for formatting data. Create spreadsheets with formulas that work and look great. Creating new workbooks\, save\, print\, and manage worksheets. \nOutlook: Schedule\, Meet\, ToDo’s and Tasks (12:30 PM – 1:30 PM)\nExplore the robust Outlook Calendar\, manage meetings\, ToDo’s and Tasks and organize your work. Learn valuable tips to maximize the calendar tools. \nWord: Get Your Docs Together (3:00 PM – 4:00 PM)\nExplore how to quickly solve all your document development requirements\, may it be a simple letter\, a colorful brochure\, or an official portfolio for a product. Get shortcuts and best practices to use Microsoft Word. \n2/12/26 \nAcrobat DC: Getting Started with Acrobat (9:00 AM – 10:00 AM)\nThis course is a general introduction to Adobe Acrobat DC. Students will learn about the Adobe Acrobat software and the concepts of PDF creation and editing. The lessons in this course mostly involve navigating the Acrobat interface and navigating within documents\, so this course is ideal for any beginner to working with PDFs. \nExcel: Make It Workbook (10:30 AM – 11:30 AM)\nWork with linking worksheets and use methods for analyzing multiple worksheets and workbooks. Evaluate and interpret data\, to create an accessible and multi-functional workbook. \nOutlook: Format it Write! (1:30 PM – 2:30 PM)\nLearn to write emails that get attention. Explore how to make your emails impactful. \nPowerPoint: Format & Design (3:00 PM – 4:00 PM)\nHarness essential PowerPoint techniques—from formatting text and images to creating SmartArt and organizing slide elements—to craft visually stunning and professional presentations. \n2/19/26 \nAcrobat DC: Polishing and Perfecting PDFs (9:00 AM – 10:00 AM)\nThis course includes lessons on putting the final touches on PDF documents before publishing. Students will learn how to fine-tune edits to text and images\, how to perfect the structure and organization of documents\, and how to mark documents as final. \nExcel: Functional Logic (10:30 AM – 11:30 AM)\nLearn to apply conditional logic to data with formulas and in-depth data analysis. Check that a range of data meets certain criteria and apply functions to specific data. Learn when and why to execute functions. \nOutlook: Make it automatic (1:30 PM – 2:30 PM)\nLearn how to save hours of time\, reduce email volume\, and find information instantly using Outlook. Explore new ways to let the application work for you. \nPowerPoint: Creating Dynamic Presentation using Excel (3:00 PM – 4:00 PM)\nRaise the value of your presentations and reports by mastering techniques to seamlessly integrate Excel and PowerPoint. Learn to work efficiently with tables\, optimize data transfers\, and create animated charts for impactful results. \n3/3/26 \nWord: Track and Share Changes (9:00 AM – 10:00 AM)\nDiscover how to keep track of and manage alterations to documents. Learn how to collaborate with others and how to take different versions of files and effortlessly merge them into one. \nExcel: Plain and simple lookups (10:30 AM – 11:30 AM)\nLearn the types of lookup functions\, when to use them\, and how to quickly find answers within a dataset. \nOutlook: Schedules\, Meet\, TO DO’s and Tasks (1:30 PM – 2:30 PM)\nExplore the robust Outlook Calendar\, manage meetings\, ToDo’s and Tasks and organize your work. Learn valuable tips to maximize the calendar tools. \nWord: Friendly Forms (3:00 PM – 4:00 PM)\nLearn how to create standardized documents easily\, allowing users to enter only the information that changes from one document to the next. \n4/23/26 \nExcel: Lookups from X to V in 365 (9:00 AM – 10:00 AM)\nTake a deep dive into the new XLOOKUP function\, VLOOKUP\, and HLOOKUP functions. Learn the different uses for XLOOKUP for vertical and horizontal lookups. Use XLOOKUP to return multiple values\, two-way lookups\, and compare two lists. \nWord: Get Organized with Lists and Tables (10:30 AM – 11:30 AM)\nGet total control over list creation and formatting. Explore how tables can make otherwise unachievable graphic and text positioning. \nExcel: Simple Formulas (1:30 PM – 2:30 PM)\nUse tools to automate formulas and simplify analysis. Build basic formulas with FlashFill\, and write basic functions in a cell. Learn how to create relative\, absolute and mixed cell references. \nWord: Make it Automatic (3:00 PM – 4:00 PM)\nExplore how you can be more productive in Word with tools that translate other languages\, check for accessibility\, allow you to quickly create and re-use words\, phrases and more. Learn how to make Word work for you.
URL:https://intranet.publiccounsel.net/event/admin-skills-training-potential-dates/2026-04-23/
LOCATION:Zoom\, MA\, United States
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SUMMARY:Understanding Youth Behavior Through a Trauma\, Equity\, and Resilience Lens
DESCRIPTION:The Office of the Child Advocate has coordinated this full-day training opportunity for anyone who works in the juvenile court with a focus on delinquency and child requiring assistance cases. The goal is to give you the knowledge and tools you need to apply a trauma-responsive\, developmentally-informed\, equity-centered lens in your work. The training is free\, each session is approved for 5.5 CLE for YAD and CAFL\, and breakfast and lunch is included. To maximize accessibility\, this training will be delivered four times in different locations: \n  \nApril 23\, 2026\, 10:00am-4:00pm: McCormack Building\, Boston\, MA \nMay 28\, 2026\, 10:00am-4:00pm: YWCA of Western MA\, Springfield\, MA \nJune 10\, 2026\, 10:00am-4:00pm: UMass Dartmouth School of Law\, Dartmouth\, MA
URL:https://intranet.publiccounsel.net/event/understanding-youth-behavior-through-a-trauma-equity-and-resilience-lens-2/
LOCATION:McCormack Building\, Boston\, MA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260423T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260423T150000
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SUMMARY:NLT/Zealous Advocacy Certification
DESCRIPTION:Certification Training for Bar Advocates and New CPCS PDD and YAD Staff Attorneys \nThe Zealous Advocacy Training Program involves two in-person training days per week (9:30 am to 4:30 pm) for a total of 8 in-person training days over 4-5 weeks. \nIn addition to the in-person sessions\, each week you will complete work using our online learning platform\, to prepare for the upcoming weeks’ live session skills exercises.  The self-directed learning on Talent LMS will include watching recorded lectures and other videos\, reading articles and cases\, and completing written assignments. Some of this work must be completed before the training begins; the rest must be done between the live sessions. You should expect 8-10 hours of this self-directed work per week\, in addition to the live sessions. The live sessions include discussions and small group skills exercises that you prepare for in advance. The prep time for the skills based exercises is 2-3 hours per week. \nTraining dates: \nThursday\, April 23\, 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm – Welcome and Intro day (on Zoom) \nApril 24-27  (Pre work on your own on Talent LMS (online learning management system) \nLive sessions:  9:30 am to 4:30 pm (Boston\, Worcester) \nApril 28\, 29\, 30\, 2026 (Tuesday\, Wednesday\, Thursday) \nMay  7\, 8\, 2026  (Thursday\, Friday) \nMay 12\, 13\,15\, 2026  (Tue\, Wed\, Friday)
URL:https://intranet.publiccounsel.net/event/nlt-zealous-advocacy-certification/2026-04-23/
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