Got smarts? Get Savvy!
We offer FileMaker-authorized instruction in our spacious, comfortable classroom at the water's edge of San Francisco Bay. We also provide on-site training, customized to your needs, schedule, and budget.
"The FileMaker community has always been generous and supportive and fun-loving, and we try to demonstrate those same values as often as we can." says Lee Lukehart, SavvyData founder and president. "As an authorized instructor, I live for seeing a student's enthusiastic spark when they 'get' some new concept or cool FileMaker technique."
Classroom Courses
All classes are held at our professional training facility in Redwood City, centrally located to the San Francisco Bay Area . All of our classroom courses come with a money-back satisfaction guarantee. Training schedule and registration links are located on the description page of each course.
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"Lee, I really enjoyed the class! You did a great job being responsive to the needs of a group with fairly diverse levels of experience. That was impressive—I know it is not easy to do."
- S.W., Pixar
Savvy FM Intro (1-day class) $295
Our entry-level course on FileMaker Pro. Savvy FM Intro is a well-structured first introduction to using and customizing FileMaker Pro. We provide training workstations (or bring your own laptop with FileMaker Pro 11 installed) for a personal, fun, hands-on approach.
Savvy FM Essentials (3-day FTS course) $495/day
Part of the official FileMaker Training Series, solving the "you don't know what you don't know" problem. This 3-day
course helps you master the essential skills required for developing and deploying solutions in FileMaker Pro 11, FileMaker Pro Server, and FileMaker Go for iPhone and iPad. Highly interactive instruction and hands-on exercises focus on providing students with a solid foundation in using the FileMaker Pro family of technologies.
Savvy FM Mastery (2-day intensive)
An insider's fast-track to learning professional development tricks & techniques
‘Ace of Charts’ (1-day workshop)$495
The Art and Science of adding dynamic charts & graphs to your FileMaker solutions. ‘Ace of Charts’ is an eye-opening examination of the means and mechanisms for adding attractive, useful charts & graphs to existing FileMaker solutions. Learn to make embedded dynamic graphs that update on-demand or automatically. You'll leave this class with an understanding of the four distinctly different techniques for implementing charting in FileMaker Pro, along with working example files for each that you can adapt for your own solutions.
‘Ace of Charts’ (webinar series) New Offering!
The Art and Science of adding dynamic charts & graphs to your FileMaker solutions — now via the Web
‘Dashing Dashboards’ (1-day class) $495
Creating graphical information dashboards to monitor your organization's data and performance. The 'Dashing Dashboards' class provides a revealing look into the current thinking and best practices around data visualization.
On-site / Custom Training
Our expert instructors will travel to your location to save time and expense for you, your staff and your organization. Tell us your situation and we'll construct the best possible agenda. Contact us for examples.
Instructors
Our instructors are FileMaker Certified Developers and practicing consultants who bring valuable real-world experience and best practices to the classes they teach.
Lee Lukehart is a FileMaker authorized trainer and has earned every developer certification that FileMaker has offered (11/10/9/8/7). He authored the popular white paper on FileMaker Pro Charting and the TechNet webinar on advanced charting techniques.
An enthusiastic FileMaker advocate, Lee has presented sessions at Macworld Expo, Bootcamp for FileMaker, and the last four FileMaker Developer Conferences (DevCon). He has written articles for FileMaker Advisor, and served for a year as the "Advisor Answers" columnist in Advisor Basics for FileMaker magazine.
Lee has been using FileMaker to solve client problems for more than two decades, and he began creating and providing FileMaker instruction formally in 2004. His students appreciate his attentive manner and patience in the classroom, and they say his responsive training style makes learning new skills fast and fun.
