Need a QuickBooks checkup? Wonder if you are using QuickBooks in the most effective way for your organization? This fall The Nonprofit Center will hold monthly half-day Basic and Intermediate sessions featuring lots of one-on-one time for hands-on practice, questions and troubleshooting.

The Basic Clinic will focus on Chart of Accounts, Customers, Jobs and Classes. The Intermediate Clinic will look at Tracking Restricted Funds, Entering Payroll and Setting Up Budgets. Class size limited to five.

Classes will run from 9:15 am to 12:30 pm. Each participant must bring a back-up disk of their QuickBooks company file (or a laptop with the file on it). Here's the schedule:

*To be held at Korean Women's Association International Place (1701 E 44th St. Tacoma, WA 98404)

Another feature of the Center's partnership with the Puget Sound Grantwriters Association is a three-part seminar series for advanced grantwriters also taught by Joyce Mork O'Brien. As with the Beginning Series, each seminar is a stand-alone with an extra discount for those who register for all three. PSGA members receive the Center members' discount. During this series of seminars each participant will apply the fundamentals of grantwriting to prepare an actual grant proposal based on their program needs and corresponding funder prospects. Prerequisite: completion of a beginning grantwriting course of at least eight hours duration or at least two years of grantwriting experience.

It's alive, it's your baby and it's on the loose. It's a special event. In this workshop you will learn to create monstrously successful events that won't devour your organization. Learn how to distinguish good events from bad, set clear and realistic goals and have the most exciting event possible. This is a fast paced and fun workshop led by Miriam Barnett, YWCA, and Benjii Bittle, Broadway Center.

Last fall's session on this topic received rave reviews and requests to delve more deeply into the issues surrounding communications with high-needs people, be they clients, co-workers, or community members. It can be especially challenging to communicate well when people are experiencing trauma in their lives and/or they are angry. Positive communication is the key to success. Explore techniques that will help you meet people's needs, in the process, you will become a better communicator at home, in the workplace and with your friends. Presented by Miriam Barnett, YWCA.