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Topics > Business / Career
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Career Mobility
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$39.00 (1 section available)
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Development is no longer optional; it is necessary to stay relevant in today's evolving workplace. In this class, you will learn how to enhance your skills and drive your career with relevant and unique techniques that focus on effective communication, leadership presence and numerous ways to execute better.
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Event Planning
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$79.00 (2 sections available)
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Discover the world of event planning. Learn the skills needed to become a successful event planner. Planning details of various types of events will be explored and students will have the opportunity to present their mock event for the class. The class will also go over budgets, project management, building customer relationships, and so much more. This class will also show you how to create your own event planning business and do the marketing for it. Learn from a certified event planner.
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Fear of Public Speaking
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$89.00 (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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Grant Writing
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$79.00 (1 section available)
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Learn the process for successful grant writing. We'll discuss how to identify resources and supports for proposal submission; the common grant application; how to write an effective executive summary and outline a funder approved evaluation segment.
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Hands-On Social Media for Business Workshop
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$69.00 - $79.00 (2 sections 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 Become a Professional Organizer
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$29.00 (1 section available)
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Learn how to develop your passion for organizing into a career. In this workshop, learn the steps required and skills needed to become a professional organizer.
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How to Finance Real Estate Purchases
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$39.00 (2 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 (1 section 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 (1 section 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 (4 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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Planning and Promoting Your Business on The Internet
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$49.00 (1 section available)
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If you have a business and no website, or if you want to better your website, this course is a must to start that journey whether you have 50 employees or just one. Learn about the tools you need to launch on-line promotions that will drive prospective customers or clients to your website. In this workshop topics will include: Website Development Stages, Website Costs, Website Templates, Finding a Web Hosting Service, Considering Affiliate Programs, Domain Names, Free Website Hosts, Databases, Business Email, Banners, Measuring Progress, Hiring a Website Designer, and Creating Your Own Website.
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Smartphones - How to Use It
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$39.00 (2 sections available)
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Smartphones offer the features you need to manage the myriad details of your life whether that includes scheduling business meetings, tracking your family's schedule, reading email, or surfing the web. Learn how your smartphone can help you streamline, organize, and enrich your life. The course covers Android, Windows, and iPhone functions and apps.
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Starting a Consulting Business
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$39.00 (1 section available)
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Learn how to step a consulting practice based on your specific skill set and knowledge. We'll also discuss finances and how to market you consulting business.
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Starting a DIY Etsy Business
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$49.00 (2 sections available)
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Learn how to set up your own DIY business on Etsy! Students in this course will gain a basic grasp of using Etsy from creation of a site to maintaining a successful shop.
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Step Out From Behind the Curtain: Let People See You!
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$39.00 (1 section available)
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Remember the Great Wizard behind the curtain in the Wizard of Oz? Is that you? Are you as visible as you should be with your business? Do you struggle with how to be more active on social media? Do you have trouble explaining what exactly you do? If so, this presentation will benefit you and give you some action steps to implement today! Learn different types of social media and posts you can use to increase your presence. Discover new ways to network and meet the "right" audience you are looking for to make that sale. Explore some other ways to get your name and face in front of people to increase your visibility. Remember your network influences your net worth.
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Step Up to Leadership
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$199.00 (1 section 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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The Business of Blogging
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$69.00 (3 sections available)
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Blogging has become big business and some bloggers are reporting six-figure incomes. How do bloggers become entrepreneurs and turn their blogs into profitable businesses? In this course bloggers will learn simple and creative ways to market and monetize their blogs-whether they are novices looking for extra income or pros who want to increase revenue and go the next level. Topics include promoting a blog and building an audience; staying true to a voice; marketing through social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and Tumblr; using Google Analytics; writing a media kit; and numerous methods to make money, including Google's Adsense and merchandising.
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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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