About
Be An Active Learner
Classroom instruction doesn't work for everyone.
Sitting for hours while someone points at a Powerpoint can be pretty boring.
People often learn best when they take and active role in learning new information. Hands-on experience and the ability to ask questions goes a long way towards retaining new information.
Stop feeling frustrated with boot camps!
Enjoy Small Class Sizes
Our workshops focus on your learning. This means you receive hands-on training and class sizes are small (usually 12 per workshop) so you are guaranteed to get help every step of the way!
Save Money on Travel
In this fast moving world of the Internet, things can get expensive! Traveling to another state for training is expensive and can prevent people from gaining the valuable experience they need to change their lives for the better. Freshworkshops focuses on providing value where you need it the most; at your own computer.Training For Busy People
You don't have time to take a week off work to learn Wordpress, Joomla, website development, SEO or many of the Social Media apps including: Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, YouTube, LinkedIN. We teach you what you need to know to get started on work projects immediately.
Learn how to:
- Keep your email inbox productive
- Update your own website
- Post blog articles that draw traffic
- Understand your website traffic for better SEO
- Manage images and photos
- Use Microsoft Office effectively
- Use FTP and HTML editing apps
Use smart business tools to:
- Track your time and invoice online with ease
- Manage your contacts and leads
- Best mobile devices for your business
- Social media strategy for business and bloggers
- Buying the right computer
- Manage your presence with Google
Meet Your Instructor
Adria Richards is the founder of Freshworkshops. She is an Organic Technology Consultant who helps business owners generate more revenue in less time. Adria works with individuals and organizations to help them better understand how to use blogs and technology.
She began teaching technology classes in 2007. She became frustrated with slow computers being used at the local community education programs. She reached out to several local organizations about having online classes but none seemed too interested.
With the popularity of her live, online show where people could ask questions on a specific technology topics in real time, Adriabegan to hold online training workshops in March 2009. Freshworkshops officially launched June 18th, 2009 to offer in-depth, live and hands-on training!
Combining her 10 years of technical expertise with a passion for empowering people, Adria turns complex topics into everyday examples that make technology fun and effective. Adria holds MCSA, MCDST and A+ certifications and is currently pursing her Comptia Certified Technical Trainer.
Previous Technology Training Experience Adria Richards has created curriculum for and taught the following classes:- Install Joomla from Scratch (Freshworkshops)
- A+ hardware certification course in at the Minneapolis Urban League
- Microsoft Word at Saint Paul Public School Community Eductation (SPPS)
- Microsoft Excel at Saint Paul Public School Community Eductation (SPPS)
- Microsoft PowerPoint at Saint Paul Public School Community Eductation (SPPS)
- Introduction to Microsoft Windows XP at Saint Paul Public School Community Eductation (SPPS)
- Microsoft Windows XP Intermediate at Saint Paul Public School Community Eductation (SPPS)
- Internet Resources at Saint Paul Public School Community Eductation (SPPS)
