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Excel at Lunch: Getting Started with Spreadsheets

$49

with Elaine Moore

Calendar Next available session starts Jul 8, 2025 at 12 pm

Join us mid-day for a quick and practical overview of Microsoft Excel!

Designed for beginners or anyone needing a quick refresher, this 1-hour lunchtime session will guide you through the basics of creating spreadsheets and introduce a few essential keyboard commands to boost your efficiency.

Whether you prefer to watch or follow along, you'll pick up helpful tips to get started with confidence. Stick around after the session for a brief Q&A—perfect for getting your questions answered in real-time.

Questions?
Contact Elaine Brown, Program Coordinator, at 508-375-5017 or ebrown@capecod.edu. 

Excel at Lunch: Mastering Basic Formulas

$49

with Elaine Moore

Calendar Next available session starts Jul 17, 2025 at 12 pm

Join us mid-day for a quick and focused overview of Microsoft Excel formulas!

In this 1-hour lunchtime session, you'll learn how to effectively and efficiently use formulas to calculate and manage numerical data. Designed for beginners and those looking to refresh their skills, this session will cover the most commonly used formulas in Excel and how to apply them in everyday work scenarios.

Whether you're watching or following along, you'll walk away with practical knowledge you can use right away. A Q&A session will follow the presentation—bring your questions!

Questions?
Contact Elaine Brown, Program Coordinator, at 508-375-5017 or ebrown@capecod.edu. 

Excel at Lunch: Tips, Tricks & Time-Savers

$49

with Elaine Moore

Calendar Next available session starts Aug 5, 2025 at 12 pm

Boost your Excel expertise in just one hour!

This lunchtime session is packed with valuable tips and tricks to help you work smarter, not harder. Discover new keyboard shortcuts, hidden features, and time-saving techniques that will enhance your productivity and streamline your workflow in Excel.

Whether you're a regular user or just looking to sharpen your skills, this session is designed to take your Excel game to the next level. Stay after the presentation for a brief Q&A—bring your questions and get expert answers!

Questions?
Contact Elaine Brown, Program Coordinator, at 508-375-5017 or ebrown@capecod.edu. 

The Advanced Manager

$349

with Angela Ackerman

Calendar Next available session starts Aug 6, 2025 at 9 am, runs for 4 weeks

Elevate Your Leadership for Greater Impact!

Take your leadership to the next level with The Advanced Manager, a high-impact course designed for managers ready to tackle complex workplace challenges and drive strategic results. Building on the foundation of the Essentials course, this program expands your leadership toolkit to help you lead people and projects with confidence, empathy, and clarity.

Participants will learn how to:

  • Coach individuals effectively and build high-performing teams
  • Strengthen organizational competencies by applying emotional intelligence (EQ) and cultural intelligence (CQ)
  • Address difficult employees and sensitive situations with professionalism
  • Engage and motivate both in-person and remote staff
  • Use strategic thinking to align leadership with organizational goals

This course combines leadership theory with practical application through a variety of engaging methods:

  • Instructor-led presentations
  • Individual and group exercises
  • Peer discussion and real-world case studies
  • Hands-on projects
  • Self-assessments and guided reflection

Designed for experienced managers looking to grow, this course offers tools you can immediately apply to lead with purpose and precision.

Questions?
Contact Elaine Brown at 508-375-5017 or ebrown@capecod.edu

Reclaim Your Time!

$69

with Elise Tofias Phillips

Calendar Next available session starts Aug 12, 2025 at 12 pm
1 additional session on Nov 4, 2025

Reclaim Your Time! Are you constantly trying to get things done? Are you struggling to accomplish all the things that need to happen? Are you looking for more balance in your life, while getting to do the things you enjoy?

Did you know most people do not use a time management system? Are you looking for a time management system that is results-oriented and supports you to become more organized, efficient, effective?

Join us for this time management course where you will learn a system that really works: from identifying and eliminating time wasters, determining priorities, creating lists that really work, prioritizing, breaking up and managing large and small projects, tips for digital and paper planning, and developing daily habits that will support your needs to accomplish what is most important to you professionally and personally.

This course will support the balance in your life that you have been craving.

Goal: To learn a result-oriented time management system that will support getting more accomplished for a more balanced life.

Participants will learn to:

  • Develop positive time management strategies and systems that really work
  • Identify and eliminate time wasters· Understand priorities
  • Set daily goals
  • Prioritize what needs to be accomplished
  • Calendar
  • Develop to do lists
  • Develop daily habits to support managing personal and professional time
  • Plan time digitally and on paper

Class Format
This course is offered live via Zoom. 

Questions?
Contact Elaine Brown, Program Coordinator, at 508-375-5017 or ebrown@capecod.edu.

 

Burnout: Renew Your Energy and Focus

$69

with Elise Phillips

Calendar Next available session starts Sep 9, 2025 at 12 pm

Do you feel like you're burning the candle from both ends? Are you craving time to feel more balance, energy, and excitement? During this zoom session we will explore what burnout is, how it is affecting you, how to acknowledge and manage these feelings, and how to set priorities and boundaries.

We will look at how to notice and reframe the narrative you may be experiencing, and ways to integrate personal time into your daily life so that you feel refreshed and engage with renewed energy. You will leave this session with a plan that includes reframing your thoughts, and goals and strategies for change.

Goal: To understand and manage burnout for renewed energy

You will learn:

  • What burnout is and ways to change and manage the narrative
  • How burnout affects you
  • How to set boundaries and priorities
  • Strategies to become refreshed with renewed energy

Course format:
This class is offered using Zoom.

Questions?
Contact Elaine Brown, Program Coordinator, at ebrown@capecod.edu or 508-375-5017.

Excel for Self-Taught Users

$219

with Elaine Moore

Calendar Next available session starts Sep 10, 2025 at 6 pm, runs for 3 weeks

In this in-person seminar, you'll dive into a variety of Excel tools and functions—both commonly and less frequently used. Topics include freezing and unfreezing cells, applying conditional formatting, and protecting worksheets.

You’ll gain hands-on experience working with different functions, creating multi-sheet workbooks, and linking formulas across sheets. The session will also cover key concepts like Relative vs. Absolute cell referencing, Pivot Tables and Charts, and essential reference functions such as IF and VLOOKUP.

Course Format:
CCCC Hyannis Center, 540 Main St., Hyannis

Questions?
Contact Elaine Brown, Program Coordinator, at ebrown@capecod.edu or 508-375-5017. 

Mastering Stress: Practical Strategies for a Balanced Life

$69

with Elise Phillips

Calendar Next available session starts Sep 16, 2025 at 12 pm

Are you juggling multiple balls in the air with your busy professional and/or personal life? Are you always trying to develop strategies that can help you to navigate and manage your stress well?

During this course you will learn an innovative approach and practical strategies to help you to navigate your life by managing stress. We will explore current symptoms of stress, stressors, triggers, and thought traps and learn positive and practical strategies for managing and re-framing by exploring current skills. Give yourself a gift and join us. Continue to be a lifelong learner and promote positive wellbeing skills through managing stress that will enhance your life.

Outline of Course:

  • Learn the basics of stress
  • Identify stressors, sources of stress, and triggers
  • Develop positive strategies to manage stress
  • Develop a results-oriented stress management plan
  • Learn a 6-step approach to manage stress - anywhere!

Course Format: 
You can participate in this course via Zoom while eating lunch at your desk, walking on the beach, or in the woods. Just carve out a time and place that works for you.

Questions?
Contact Elaine Brown at ebrown@capecod.edu or 508-375-5017.

 





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