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Topics > Business / Career
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Business Etiquette for Professionals
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$69.00 (1 section available)
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To succeed in business you must take the time to develop your soft skills. In this class you will gain the business etiquette knowledge that will impress clients and employers alike. Topics covered include developing your professional image, positive first impressions, navigating networking events, client entertaining, formal dining and communications. From increasing your leadership skills to boosting sales skills, this seminar covers the business etiquette techniques you need to master.
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Fear of Public Speaking
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$99.00 (1 section available)
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It's been said that most people fear public speaking more than death. This class will help you enjoy life a little more, particularly when it comes to public speaking. Fear of Public Speaking is designed for business professionals who have the desire to take the next step toward a leadership position in their career, as well as for others who simply want to improve their presentation skills -- whether for large audiences or small group settings. This class provides a fun, interactive environment that will help introverts, and even extroverts, overcome any personal reservations about talking in front of others.
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Google Analytics
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$49.00 (1 section available)
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Who are your website visitors? What are they looking at? What keywords were used? Where are they demographically and what does that mean for your business. Google Analytics is a free service designed to help website owners improve their site. By incorporating techniques of search engine optimization, website owners can increase the number of visitors while encouraging existing customers to return. This course will introduce students to Google Analytics, explain the basics of search engine optimization, and outline how the two can be used to help design a website that attracts attention.
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Hands-On Social Media for Business Workshop
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$69.00 (1 section available)
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Learn how to create an optimized your business presence on social media. Engage your current and potential customers through the use of Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Pinterest. Students should have a Twitter, Facebook , Instagram, and Pinterest account set up prior to the class.
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How to Finance Real Estate Purchases
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$39.00 (3 sections available)
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This course will explain various methods of funding single and multi-family real estate transactions and will be useful for both first-time home buyers and real estate investors. Students will learn about traditional and creative strategies for financing real estate. Also covered will be borrowing requirements, avoiding common mistakes, spotting rate trends and explanations of finance as it pertains to borrowing. Students who take this class will gain valuable insights that will be helpful whether the intent is to buy a home to live in or to buy for investment purposes.
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How to Select High Quality Tenants and Reduce Landlord Stress
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$39.00 (2 sections available)
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This course will teach present and future landlords how to reduce the risks of leasing rental units on their own and minimize the stress that comes from being a landlord and a property manager. Students will learn how to screen rental applicants, how to properly review credit reports, how to encourage the strongest applicant to apply, how to increse the pool of applicants for each unit, how to resolve conflicts and how to reduce the stress of property management.
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How to Start a Small Business
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$119.00 (2 sections available)
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In this 15-hour overview course students will learn the basics of what it takes to start a small business. Practical topics include the fundamentals of financing, laws and legal structures, marketing, selling skills, insurance, taxes and record keeping. Students will also learn about the personality of the successfully self-employed and gain links to resources that help small businesses succeed.
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How to Start Investing in Real Estate
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$39.00 (2 sections available)
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This course will introduce students to real estate investing and will cover how to buy, rehab, rent, and sell. Students will learn the main strategies for getting into real estate investing for rehab or for rent. Also covered will be the fundamentals of financing, property selection, maintenance, marketing, area consideration, building types, tenants, and contractors. Students who take this class will gain valuable insights that will help prevent costly mistakes.
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Introduction to the Enneagram
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$39.00 (1 section available)
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Which one are you?: Mediator? Perfectionist? Giver? Achiever? Individualist? Observer? Epicure? Protector? The Enneagram is a highly accurate tool that identifies our intuitive gifts, as well as how we see ourselves, how we view the world, what we seek, what we avoid, and how we use our defense mechanisms when we get triggered. (Often we can recognize these in others before we see them in ourselves). Understanding our motivations and seeing our blind spots improves how we communication, give and receive feedback, make decisions, resolve conflicts, and be more productive. Please join us to learn about his powerful system.
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Project Management Professional Certifi cation
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$2,395.00 (1 section available)
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This project management preparation program will prepare participants to sit for the Project Management Professional (PMP® certification) certification exam. The course will use the latest edition of the Project Management Book of Knowledge (PMBOK®) to learn and review project management methodology and theory. Participants will complete sample exam questions and discuss correct answers and reasoning behind them. Topic areas include: project management framework and processes, including scope, time, cost, quality, human resource, risk, procurement, Agile topics, and communication management. Application for the exam will be completed. Students will also create an application to sit for the exam and explore practice questions and exams. This course is facilitated by a practicing, certified project manager with multiple certifications.
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Step Up to Leadership
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$199.00 (2 sections available)
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Don't supervise . . . superlead your team to breakthrough performance. Supervisors and managers who understand this simple truth and know how to implement it are the ones who create impact in today's organizations. They develop high performance teams that get results because they know how to lead a team - not just manage it. When you finish this workshop, you will be able to: Create a sense of direction for your team, Lead by example, Communicate with precision, Be cool under pressure, Resolve conflicts quickly before they affect the whole group, Convert negativity into positive production, Listen effectively, Work smarter, not harder, Delegate responsibility, authority and accountability and give difficult feedback without creating resentment
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Voiceover Acting
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$139.00 (1 section available)
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Learn about voiceovers and their many applications in radio, television, films, documentaries, audio books, training and educational materials, etc. Topics include various types of voiceover narration, vocal improvement techniques, pronunciation and enunciation, reading lines and scripts, accent and character voices, and commercial voiceover opportunities. The process of making demo recordings and finding casting agents will also be discussed.
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