CTP Skill Center

Whoohoo, today’s class time is over. It was interesting working on the spreadsheet and being able to complete a realistic, but fictional, project. The data entry in Sheets is probably my strong suit, even though usually in excess, I don’t like doing it. It was good practice following the steps and checking in with the instructor up until step 8, which was the extra credit mail merge.

After putting the Avery Labels Merge add-on into my google docs, I could find and run the extension, pull the data from the google sheets I had just created, and neatly display mail merge information on the name labels for the investor conference. I like feeling like a lot of computer work has been accomplished with a click of a button, so I enjoyed this part.

It being Tuesday, I feel like I also have a head start on my accountability homework due on Thursday. I’m spending some time answering the questions to help improve my knowledge and ability around focusing. I don’t feel like a particularly struggle with focusing, but I do try to work on similar activities throughout the day to improve my overall productivity.

Today I worked on the BerkMart conference coordination project. I learned how to do the “COUNTIF” function in Sheets, which is very useful!

We started typing. Today was not my day; I got low scores for typing. We have our good days and bad days. Then we worked on the BerkMart Conference sheets, and I finished and think I like what I did. My perfection came into play when doing the spreadsheet; I got it done in time. I had a lot of fun.

August 3, 2026: Today, I got started on my Computer Technician Training class. We had an orientation after we greeted each other and I got my browser set up for the class with the necessary extensions. After that, I started to work on Percipio.

(8/3/2026)-Yesterday- I came to class and got to meet some of the other classmates before we split into different groups. I worked on the CTT labs, which helped me get familiar with Google Chrome and set up a profile for this class, which is cool. Also, at the end of class, I got to set up accounts for Homebase and Bitwarden.

(Yesterday, 8/3) Today was my first day of afternoon training at CTP. We reviewed the Core Orientation and met the staff and fellow participants. Then we split up and started working on CTT Setup Labs. At the end of the day, we finished with Skillsoft.
The skills I am hoping to work on this week are organizing my browser, saving bookmarks, and getting comfortable with a password vault.

Thank you to Mike for the orientation at the beginning of class today- v.e.r.y helpful for my realization of responsibility and treating class as work, instead of school. Helps me reevaluate my flow (though I need to focus more on that redevelopment)! Thank you also for checking in on me in class at work today; much appreciated!

The project we started in class is, of course, exciting for me because it involves a lot of planning; I genuinely enjoy it. It takes “a little” longer because formatting and aesthetics for work usually get me wrapped up in my flow. I feel it is easier and better for employees, however, to understand when something can be edited later and needs to be efficient for production right now. It is a space I’ve needed to work on for some time, and I appreciate the ability to work on myself.

Today I did an event planning activity (BerkMart conference coordination). I found a cool historic conference room here in SF for the conference. I sent out an email about it, and I also created the registration form.

Today, my main responsibilities as an administrative associate are my daily task for the day to research and post job listings onto the CTP skill center website, and my main tasks for the day is to research general emails and contact information for foundations from a provided list, and then send email messages to the applicable foundations, as well as send out fundraising emails to former CTP graduates from a provided list using the provided email template to message them. I also started calling former CTP graduates with the call and voicemail script.

I messaged around 3 more foundations using the provided email template, and I sent 8 emails to former CTP graduates using the provided email template.