GIS 101: Learning to Map in the Digital Age
9am to noon - Durham, NH

Participants learn the basics of Geographic Information System (GIS) mapping software and discover a variety of free GIS programs (for PC's and Macs). Useful as a comfortable first step for people with no GIS experience, as well as for relatively new GIS users looking for more information. The course will give you a solid background on GIS concepts and the range of free software mapping options you can use to make maps in your community and beyond.
This workshop is the ideal starting point for those new to GIS, and provides a good leaping off point for our other workshops on free GIS software (GIS on Pennies a Day: Test Drive), ESRI software (ArcGIS Drivers Permit (10.0)), and Google mapping (Making Maps the Google Way).

NH Building Officials Monthly Meeting: Various State laws and rules affecting Building Inspectors & Code Enforcement Officers
8 am to 2 pm - Concord, NH

International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Union Hall (IBEW)
48 Airport Road, Concord, NH

Presented by: State Fire Marshal’s Office, Wetlands Bureau & DES Subsurface Systems Bureau

Register by Friday, January 6th -  Erica Johnson at the NH Local Government Center email (nhboa@nhlgc.org) phone (603.224.7447 ext. 120).

Getting to Know ArcGIS Online
1pm to 4pm - Durham, NH

This hands-on training will introduce students to ESRI's new online mapping service, ArcGIS Online. The training will explore the ready to use maps available and also explore the basic functionality of the applications.

This workshop will explore the mapping and querying tools of the ArcGIS Explorer Online application and the ArcGIS Viewer application. We will also focus on the maps available in New Hampshire and on creating your own maps. You will create your own maps, your own data and share these maps via email, Facebook, Twitter or embed the code into your own website.

This course is intended for those who work with geographic data, but requires only a modest level of technical skill. No prior GIS knowledge is necessary!

Make great online maps with little work (even with your own data!)

http://extension.unh.edu/GISGPS/workshops/ArcGIScom.htm

The New Hampshire Creative Communities Network and one of its members, Creative Concord/Greater Concord Chamber of Commerce, is presenting a free workshop
9:30 am - 11 a.m. at the League of NH Craftsmen
49 South Main Street in Concord. 

The workshop  will focus on the model partnership between Creative Concord and the Concord Chamber and their successful projects to strengthen the Concord area's creative economy, including  their partnerships with a local developer and Concord  Area Trust for Community Housing, resulting in affordable housing units for artists and a new downtown  home for the League of NH Craftsmen. Tim Sink, Executive Director of the Greater Concord Chamber of Commerce, and Byron Champlin, AVP-Program Officer at Lincoln Financial Group and Chairman of Creative Concord, will be presenting this session.

For additional information about Creative Concord, visit:
http://www.concordnhchamber.com/creative_concord_welcomes_you.html
There is a link here to Mennino Place, Concord's newest affordable housing community which has half its units designated for artists.

The attached Creative Communities Network overview will provide more information about our unique statewide consortia and its members whose mission is; To strengthen and promote economic and community development across New Hampshire through the arts, artists and creative industries. 

Introduction to ArcGIS 10
9am to 4pm - Concord, NH

Learn the basics of working with ArcGIS 10 in a hands-on learning environment! This course is useful for people who have no prior GIS experience, as well as those who have used ArcGIS, but are new to ArcGIS 10. Familiarity with Windows is highly recommended.

With a focus on New Hampshire data and applications, participants learn how to use ArcGIS 10 to produce attractive, effective maps. In addition, each participant receives their own detailed step-by-step manual to use as a reference after the course is over.

Learn how to make maps, edit data and conduct geoprocessing using ArcGIS 10

http://extension.unh.edu/GISGPS/workshops/IntroArcGIS10.htm 

2012 New Hampshire Water & Watershed Conference
9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

The Hartman Union Building, Plymouth State University, High Street, Plymouth, NH

Save the Date!

The New Hampshire Water and Watershed Conference is designed to meet the information and networking needs of scientists; educators; consultants; students; lake, river, and watershed groups; environmental organizations; volunteer monitors; municipal board and staff members; elected officials; local and regional planners; and policy makers. more...

2012 Local Energy Solutions Conference

Merrimack Valley High School

Save the Date!

The Local Energy Working Group is proud to announce the date of our fourth annual Local Energy Solutions (LES)Conference. On Saturday, March 31st, 2012, at Merrimack Valley High School in Penacook, NH (just north of Concord), we will again deliver a content rich series of plenary and breakout sessions to help local energy committees, municipalities and schools plan for and address local energy issues. Dozens of exhibitors of energy services and technologies will be on hand to answer your questions. And the phenomonal staff of Merrimack Valley High School will again provide tours of their groundbreaking energy projects and keep attendees well fed and comfortable. more...