Join us for this welcoming 4-session virtual course exploring artificial intelligence and its everyday applications. Designed for adult learners of all backgrounds, this class requires no technical experience—just bring your curiosity! We'll focus on practical ways AI is already affecting our lives and work on Cape Cod and beyond. Learn how to use AI tools to simplify tasks, explore applications for personal projects and small businesses, and gain confidence navigating this new technology. Perfect for professionals, retirees, creative individuals, and anyone interested in keeping up with today's rapidly changing digital landscape. This accessible course meets online once weekly, allowing you to participate from the comfort of your home or office.

This virtual, interactive and hands-on course will explore additional formulas and functions and address absolute verse relative cell referencing, multiple worksheets and displaying of data using charts. It is appropriate for users that need to customize their worksheets, present data through charts, and/or develop long-range spreadsheets for data tracking. Attendees will learn how to expand their knowledge and use of functions and the creation of charts.

Individuals are encouraged to bring current spreadsheet projects with them to work on in real-time, privately with the instructor.

Topics covered include, but are not limited to:

• Functions in Excel
• Cell Referencing
• Creating and Linking Multiple Sheets in a Workbook
• Creating Charts
• Filtering and Sorting Data
• Inserting and Using a Pivot Table

All individuals participating in this training via Zoom are encouraged to have a second monitor, iPad or other tablet device to watch while you participate on your own computer.

Who Should Attend
This course is designed for individuals who are looking to learn more and enhance their MS Excel skills in the workplace. 

Class Format
This course is offered using Zoom. 

E3 ( Explore, Engage, Execute ) is a dynamic employer-focused training course designed to improve communication, collaboration, and adaptability in a business environment. Over four interactive sessions, participants will Explore how to properly communicate their own value proposition, Engage effectively with others, and Execute strategies to enhance team cohesion, leadership, or client satisfaction.

This program is ideal for professionals in sales, leadership roles, or anyone looking to enhance their communication skills. Whether task-oriented, people-oriented, outgoing, or reserved, participants will gain tools to improve their business interactions or drive team success.

Are you ready to master the fundamentals of HR? 

Our SHRM Essentials of Human Resources program provides a foundational overview of HR practices and behaviors. Through real-world applications and scenarios, you will be introduced to fundamental HR topics to help you effectively approach the challenging situations that you face in the workplace. 

Developed by SHRM, the world’s largest HR association and leading advocate for HR professionals, the SHRM Essentials of Human Resources course helps you discover the key value HR brings to the workplace. 

Whether you’re a student, new to HR, or in a small business environment, our course will help you develop the critical HR competencies and learn how to apply them on the job. 

Build a solid foundation in Human Resources skills. 

By covering a breadth of practical HR topics, the SHRM Essentials of Human Resources course provides the knowledge to perform daily tasks. Here’s a look at what we cover in the course:

• Leads with Purpose: Understand HR’s role in the workplace 
• Maximizes Talent: Learn how HR influences employee experience        
• Champions Culture: Discover how to promote equity in company culture   
• Optimizes Intelligence: Understand how to maximize efficiency with HR technology  
• Accelerates Performance: Learn how to create a measurable impact        
• Knows the Law: Stay up to date on U.S. state and federal laws

Gain critical HR competencies with our SHRM Essentials of Human Resources course.

The goal of this course is to help you develop the following critical HR competencies:

• Identify where and how HR should be a strategic partner to your organization.
• Build your knowledge of HR practices, behaviors, and activities.
• Apply newly learned HR knowledge to practical activities you complete every day
• Plan for ways to transfer the knowledge and skills learned from training to on-the-job tasks.
• Explore career opportunities within the world of HR and how you can drive your future. 

Course materials are included with the cost of this program. 

Who Should Attend
This program is ideal for small business owners, those who are new to human resources, and/or any manager or professional with HR responsibilities. 

No class 6/19/2025.

Course Format
This course is offered using Zoom. 

Attention Employers: This Training is Eligible for Reimbursement!
Click here for eligibility and application process information. Or join us for an upcoming information session. Click here for the schedule and to register for a session. 

Scholarships Available! With support from the Cotton Center for Real Estate Studies, we are able to offer a $400 scholarship based on student need. The scholarship reduces the cost per student to $99.

Massachusetts requires 40 hours of pre-license training prior to the real estate salesperson exam. This course will prepare students for the license exam. It is approved by the MA Board of Registration for fulfilling its licensing requirements. 

Who Should Attend?
Anyone who wishes to sit for the Massachusetts Real Estate Salesperson Exam.

Course Format: This program is offered in person. 

The Massachusetts Approved Hoisting 2A/1C Test Prep classes are designed to prepare students for the 2A and 1C hoisting exams. These classes cover essential topics, including safety protocols, equipment operation, maintenance, and regulations. With industry experience instructors (who hold valid hoisting licenses) and our comprehensive study materials, students gain the knowledge and confidence needed to pass the exams and obtain their licenses. Whether you are new to the field or looking to upgrade your skills, these test prep classes provide the support and training necessary for success.

 2A hoisting license allows the holder to operate crawler and rubber-tired excavators, backhoes, and loaders, including combination loader/backhoe machines, front-end loaders, bobcats, and uni-loaders and compact hoisting machinery with a gross vehicle weight not exceeding 10,000 pounds (excluding Class 1, Class 3, and Class 4 Hoisting Machinery) 

1C license allows the holder to operate equipment with hydraulic telescoping booms and any other hydraulic equipment designed for the purpose of hoisting, excluding those with wire rope hoist lines and all equipment listed in class 1D. (General industrial warehouse Fork Lift equipment primarily used in indoor facilities.) 

Hoisting license applicants must be 18 years old, complete an application, and successfully pass an exam, administered by the OPSI (Office of Public Safety and Inspections). To pass, you must earn a minimum grade of 70%. This exam will cover all working parts of hoisting machinery, safe operating practices, hand signals, and inspection procedures. Licenses must be renewed every 2 years.

Ready to take your gardening skills to the next level?

Join our exclusive Horticulture Lecture Series with expert Diane Guidebeck and discover professional techniques to elevate any garden!

Each session includes:
· Engaging classroom-style lectures and presentations
· A live Q&A to get all your gardening questions answered
· A 2-hour, topic-driven field trip featuring in-person demonstrations and expert guidance 

In this interactive session, you’ll learn:

• The difference between pruning and trimming, plus expert techniques for roses and hydrangeas
• The best times to prune (with a seasonal calendar handout!)
• How to compost effectively and enrich your soil
• The importance of soil testing and how to improve plant health
• Mulching techniques to protect and nourish your plants

Lecture dates: Wednesdays, 5/7 & 5/14; from 5pm - 7pm
Location: 4Cs Hyannis Center, 540 Main St., Hyannis

Field trip date: Saturday, 5/17 from; 9am - 11am
Location: TBD

Grow your knowledge and your garden—reserve your spot today!

This introductory course will expose first time supervisors/managers to the fundamentals and intricacies of this new role and responsibility. Attendees will learn how to define their role and themselves as supervisors and explore current challenges they will face in this role.

Additional learning points will include:

• Techniques for managing time and priorities
• Communication challenges and solutions
• Constructive feedback
• Maintaining and boosting team morale
• Change management FMLA

Course format: This course isoffered using Zoom.