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Certificate in Project Management

$495

with John D. Fitzgerald Jr., Jermaine Dykes MBA PMP CSM, Gail Singleton

Calendar Current session started Feb 5, 2024
1 additional session on Apr 1, 2024

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. Project management is one of the fastest paths to promotion by increasing your network through greater exposure. First, gain the skills, tools and templates to confidently develop and maintain a project. An overview of salaries, certification costs, education and experience requirements are provided. Then acquire a well-rounded knowledge of the five Project Management Processes relating to the Project Management Body of Knowledge Guide. This basic information will assist you in learning the beginnings of Project Management, whether you are interested in project management, in a project management field, or in any line of work. Finally, learn the ten Project management Knowledge Areas and their support role and relationships to the five Project Management Processes.

Classes must be taken in the following order:

- Introduction to Project Management
- Project Management Processes
- Project Management Knowledge Areas

For more information on how this class works, click HERE

Accounting and Finance for Non-Financial Managers

$195

with Sharon deFonteny

Calendar Next available session starts Apr 1, 2024

Every successful person in the workplace utilizes financial information to aid effective decision making. Accounting and Finance for Non-Financial Managers explain the financial concepts and accounting processes used in most businesses and will provide practical techniques that will increase your effectiveness and career. Get a foundation to understand the seven steps in the accounting cycle and use financial information in decision making. Come away with the knowledge to analyze resource allocation and evaluate financial performance.

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Advanced Data Analysis

$195

with Jeff Kritzer

Calendar Next available session starts Apr 1, 2024
1 additional session on Jun 3, 2024

After taking this Advanced course in Data Analysis, you will be able to perform inquiries that will be useful to your business or organization and have the skill necessary to communicate these results through graphs and text that your fellow employees will understand.  Take the guesswork out of important company decisions and make decisions based on the statistically significant information.  Whether your business is home-based or a large company, this class will take you to the next level where important decision-making is concerned.

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Advanced Excel

$195

with John Rutledge

Calendar Next available session starts Apr 1, 2024
1 additional session on Jun 3, 2024

We are faced with different types of business decisions each day that can change the data we work with along with our financial outcomes. Have you ever wondered what type of workplace skills you can learn to make wiser decisions? Learning Advanced Excel contains these tools that can help you prepare your worksheets accurately, examine your data for authentication, and then find those answers to your most difficult questions. This course will help you learn these required business functions along with the tools required to analyze data efficiently within the workplace. Save time for yourself by protecting your valuable data and know with assurance that the entered data is accurate without any errors. By completing the course, discover how to attractively visualize your data into meaningful information with confidence. 

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Advanced Marketing Concepts

$195

with William A. Draves

Calendar Next available session starts Apr 1, 2024

Acquire expertise in R,F & M Analysis. Understand the 80/20 Principle. Better know the impact of price on sales. Take your knowledge of marketing to a new level. These concepts are what the best marketers use for designing marketing strategies that improve performance and return. Gaining these advanced marketing concepts will enable you to develop more effective marketing campaigns and results. Forget the fads, dump the buzz words. Come away with an advanced level of proven marketing knowledge you will start using on Monday morning, and every week thereafter.

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Advanced Teaching Online

$195

with Mary Dereshiwsky

Calendar Next available session starts Apr 1, 2024

In the 21st century, half of all learning will be online. The opportunities are tremendous for teaching online. Discover how to plan, develop and teach an online course. Take home a ten step model for developing your online course. Experience one of the most advanced online classrooms for teachers. Learn how to create online audio lectures with slide shows. Plus, find out how self quizzes enhance learning. See an animation, drop-and-drop exercise, and dynamite welcome pages. Engage in online discussion with other teachers. An instructor’s book, Advanced Teaching Online, is included.

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Advanced Web Design

$245

with Marcus Lander

Calendar Next available session starts Apr 1, 2024
1 additional session on Jun 3, 2024

Responsive Web design enables Web designers and developers to build and maintain a single website to serve all kinds of devices sizes: smartphones, tablets, laptops and more.

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Bookkeeping Certificate

$495

with Sharon deFonteny

Calendar Next available session starts Apr 1, 2024
1 additional session

How do you manage the finances of a business? Whether you are an entrepreneur, running a family business, or just looking to advance your career and add to your skill set, this Bookkeeping Certificate will provide you with the knowledge needed to measure, and manage, the financial health of your business. This program focuses on cash basis accounting. No one will care more about the financial health of your business than you! It’s imperative that you understand how the process works and are able to complete the accounting cycle accurately and in a timely fashion. Even if you plan to outsource your bookkeeping needs, you should still understand how the process works. No one should be clueless when it comes to the finances of their business. The Bookkeeping Certificate courses must be taken in the below order

-Understanding Debits and Credits
-General Ledger and Month End Procedures
-Closing Procedures and Financial Statements

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