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	21 Questions Your Business and Business Plan Must Answer
	$59.00 (1 section available)
	Having a solid road map as to how you want to operate and grow your business will help alleviate the mystery behind the next steps that are necessary for success. Let's eliminate haphazard planning and destroy barriers that could jeopardize the overall health of your business by transforming your vision into realistic business planning. This course will cover 21 vital questions that your business must be able to answer to ensure a desired outcome. We will walk you through each question to ensure your business will have all of the answers that it needs to open the doors of success, sustainability, and growth.

	Advanced Barbering Services
	$1,029.00 (1 section available)
	This 225-hour course introduces the student to women's haircutting and styling including texturizing techniques, wet styling, blow-drying and thermal curling and straightening techniques. This module also includes chemical texture services and the effects of the service on the hair; hair coloring and lightening and the principles of color theory and relates their importance to hair coloring, nails and manicuring including disease and irregularities of the nail, procedures, implements, hand massage, equipment and products. Pre-requisite: High school diploma or its equivalent.

	Bldg a Strategic Market Plan
	$199.00 (1 section available)
	Tired of marketing on the fly? Not sure if your marketing efforts are even effective? Not certain where to begin? Then this course is for you! Learn how to develop a marketing plan-that essential roadmap to guide all of your marketing activities. We'll cover all aspects of planning, including Situational Analysis, SWOT Analysis, Objectives, Strategies, Tactics, and Measurement. Perfect for small business owners, entrepreneurs, or anyone that wants to become a more effective marketer.

	Business & Organizational Development For Entrepreneurs
	$149.00 (1 section available)
	This 36- hr. course is designed for the professional development of entrepreneurs and aspiring business owners, as well as the capacity building of their small businesses and community organizations. It will equip entrepreneurs with higher-order business development skills and systems to expand their businesses into sustainable enterprises and raise the efficacy of their business practices and ethics. It will also provide leadership and social awareness/abilities that will result in the advancement of their business brands.

	Casino Dealer Black Jack/Banked Games
	$595.00 (2 sections available)
	This 115-course will teach participants how to deal the card game black jack and other banked games successfully in a casino.

	Cebs Directing Benefits Prgm Part 1
	$395.00 (1 section available)
	The objective of this thirty (30) hour course is to examine issues in managing employee benefits risks and provide a foundational framework explaining the distinct benefit plans that comprise the health and welfare continuum. Group health, dental, behavioral health and other plan types will be reviewed. In addition this course will examine legislative and regulatory trends, innovations in wellness and cutting-edge evaluation tools to equip today's benefits professional.

	Certified Wedding & Event Planning
	$995.00 (1 section available)
	In this 40-hour course, students will receive hands-on instruction from a local, professional wedding and event planner from this area for the planning, orchestrating and delivery of social events. Tuition includes the textbook, access to event planning software and Party Planning 101, course certification exam and student networking center.

	Essentials of Leadership
	$149.00 (1 section available)
	This foundation course for all Interaction Management courses stresses how to get results through people. We'll also focus on conflict resolution and soft skills. Participants will attain the tools necessary for a successful "leadership journey." Leaders acquire a set of proven interaction skills, discover seven leadership imperatives for meeting today's challenges and realize their role as a catalyst leader who inspires others to act.

	Fear of Public Speaking
	$89.00 (4 sections available)
	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.

	Floristry Training Non-Credit Certificate
	$249.00 (1 section available)
	Do you love flowers? Consider a career in the floral industry! This intensive 10-week entry level program will prepare you for the ever-growing, ever-exciting field of floral design. Students will learn the practices, concepts, and applications used in the floral industry in order to obtain the acquired knowledge and skills needed to ensure accessibility of employment within the floristry arena. Students will earn a Certificate of Attendance. Cost of materials is extra and will be discussed at the first class.

	Google Analytics
	$79.00 (1 section available)
	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.

	Hands-On Social Media for Business Workshop
	$79.00 (1 section available)
	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.

	How to Become a Professional Organizer
	$29.00 (1 section available)
	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.

	How to Finance Real Estate Purchases
	$39.00 (3 sections available)
	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.

	How to Get the Job - Part 1
	$59.00 (2 sections available)
	Have you been recently downsized? Have you recently graduated from college? Are you reentering the workforce, or do you just want to change careers? This is the class for you! This class will help you write a winning cover letter, create a professional resume, and prepare you for your interviews.

	How to Get the Job - Part 2
	$59.00 (1 section available)
	This class will enable you to utilize LinkedIn to land your next job, with tips on how to create and optimize your profile on LinkedIn, the largest professional networking site. We will review phone and skype interview tips to land the face-to-face interview. Mock interviews will be conducted that will prepare you to ace the interview and get the offer. Students will learn proper follow-up techniques to use after the interview that will set you apart from the competition.

	How to Make More Money and Reduce Stress At Work
	$39.00 (2 sections available)
	This course will cover the four primary qualities that make employees valuable to employers. Students will learn how to create significant leverage with their employer, negotiate, overcome stress, and why some people are promoted while others are passed over. Additionally, students will learn how to create the work environment that they want and enrich themselves while working for someone else.

	How to Select High Quality Tenants and Reduce Landlord Stress
	$39.00 (4 sections available)
	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.

	How to Start a Small Business
	$119.00 (4 sections available)
	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.

	How to Start Investing in Real Estate
	$39.00 (4 sections available)
	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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