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Biddeford Adult Education



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Financial Analysis and Planning for Non-Financial Managers

$195

with Jodie Trana

Calendar Next available session starts Jun 2, 2025
1 additional session on Aug 4, 2025

With the demands of daily operations, non-financial managers may put financial reports on the shelf. But take a look at some of the most admired companies like Apple, Google, and Berkshire Hathaway. Sure, they are evaluated by their products, innovation, and culture but they wouldn’t be in the limelight without profits. Money matters! This course will help you build on your understanding of financial concepts and help you establish your role in the financial success of your organization.  

Designed for non-financial managers, business owners, entrepreneurs, and other decision-makers, this advanced course will take the mystery out of money matters. Throughout this course, financial information that drives your organization, as seen on the business’s reports, will be assessed and analyzed to understand it. An understanding of this information will help you make smart decisions when it comes to budgeting, setting goals, and assessing performance within your own area of influence. 

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Integrated Marketing Best Practices

$195

with William A. Draves

Calendar Next available session starts Jun 2, 2025
1 additional session on Aug 4, 2025

Enter the fascinating and emerging field of integrated marketing. Explore how to move potential customers from one media to another, increasing their interest and purchasing. See how different media complement each other. Take home an Integrated Marketing Model to help you choose what’s best for your business and industry. Put it all together with a one-year integrated marketing plan that engages your customers, moves inquiries to customers, and projects a positive image for your organization and efforts.

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Integrating Social Media in Your Organization

$195

with Jo-Carolyn Goode

Calendar Next available session starts Jun 2, 2025
1 additional session on Aug 4, 2025

Take away a practical strategy and techniques for implementing a social strategy for your organization or business.  Learn the top five considerations when starting a social network as well as tips to manage an online community. Discover how to create your own private social network using the Ning platform. Discuss the top tools to use to manage your social media life and build integration into your website. See how Google Docs and Calendars work and how to use online video to further your business goals. Hear about mobile check-in applications and how companies are using coupon and deal sites. Get your company listed properly on local search engines so more customers can find you. Discuss how web design has changed and get feedback on your website while discovering usability testing and user interface design. Finally, learn how to manage this influx of information created by the new media revolution. Develop a manageable workflow and get productivity tips to be more efficient.  Learn what you might be doing wrong in social media as well as essential policies to have in place for your employees and company. See what trends are on the horizon and where your goals fit with those new trends.

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Online Advertising

$195

with Dan Belhassen

Calendar Next available session starts Jun 2, 2025
1 additional session on Aug 4, 2025

Get the keys to making online advertising work for you and your organization.  See how pay-per-click advertising with Google AdWords works.  Find out how to test low budget Adword campaigns. Learn how you can target local audiences.  Then discover Facebook advertising and how you can determine the demographics and even numbers of people you want to reach. No experience necessary, but if you are at an advanced level, your instructor is an online ad expert and can answer your toughest questions as well.

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Project Management Knowledge Area

$195

with Gail Singleton

Calendar Next available session starts Jun 2, 2025
1 additional session on Aug 4, 2025

In today’s business environment, there is a need for good project management.  Project management provides visibility of project health to the business and the customer.  Through continuous monitoring, early detection of variations to plan, schedule, and budget can be communicated to stakeholders for quick resolution, including project cancelation.  The Project Management Professional community does this through the five (5) Project Management Processes supported by the ten (10) Project Management Knowledge Areas.  This course introduces the student to the ten (10) Project management Knowledge Areas and their support role and relationships to the five (5) Project Management Processes.

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Using Personality Profiles for Better Work Performance

$295

with Sally Klauss

Calendar Next available session starts Jun 2, 2025
1 additional session on Aug 4, 2025

Understanding yourself and others will increase your overall effectiveness at work, home, and in all of your relationships. Learn how to improve your communication with others, convey your ideas effectively, and improve your ability to understand what is important to those who don’t share your same style. Course fee includes your own DiSC Behavioral Personality Profile assessment and review.

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Writing Marketing Copy

$195

with William A. Draves

Calendar Next available session starts Jun 2, 2025
1 additional session on Aug 4, 2025

Power-up your copy. Acquire practical, how-to tips in writing marketing copy. Move ordinary words to savvy copy and greater results. Whether writing for email promotions, website, or print marketing, discover the keys to tapping into the reader's emotions. Discover the secrets of two of the masters in writing marketing copy. Secure specific practical techniques to start using on Monday morning. Score with new-found steps and no-nonsense tips to delight your audience.

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Acrylic Painting for Beginners Part 2

$49

with Kyle Durkin

Calendar Next available session starts Jun 4, 2025 at 6 pm
1 additional session
This is a class for people who have taken my first Acrylic Painting for Beginners class or for people who have some acrylic painting experience. You will need to know how to use acrylic paint and how to mix color already to join this class. We will work on more tutorials and expand your skills. Join us and create more exciting paintings to take home!




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