The 40-Hour Real Estate Salesperson Exam Prep Course is open to anyone who wishes to sit for the Massachusetts Real Estate Salesperson Exam.

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. 

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.

Course Format:
In-person at the Cape Cod Community College, Hyannis Center. 

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

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.

In this virtual 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.

Format: In-person at the Cape Cod Community College, Hyannis Center location, 540 Main St., Hyannis.

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

Strengthen judgment and problem-solving with practical tools grounded in everyday psychology and clear-thinking strategies. This workshop explores how stress, emotion, and mental shortcuts shape the way people make decisions, and how simple, evidence-supported techniques can boost focus and clarity. Participants learn straightforward decision frameworks that help them sort information, weigh options, and choose next steps with confidence. Through realistic scenarios, they practice making decisions that are faster, clearer, and more effective.

Ideal for: Managers, professionals, analysts, educators, emerging leaders.

Take away: A decision-mapping template and a cognitive-bias checklist.

Format: In-person at the Cape Cod Community College, Hyannis Center location, 540 Main St., Hyannis.

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

Develop the practical skills needed to stay competitive as industries and roles evolve. Participants review real labor-market trends, assess the skills employers are prioritizing, and pinpoint their own strengths that can transfer across roles or sectors. They create a personalized upskilling plan that includes targeted learning goals, microcredentials, and career milestones. The session focuses on clear next steps, practical tools, and building a career strategy that can adapt as the workplace changes.

Ideal for: Faculty, mid-career professionals, job seekers, students.

Take away: A personalized Future-Readiness Career Plan.

Format: In-person at the Cape Cod Community College, Hyannis Center location, 540 Main St., Hyannis.

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

Learn exactly how to turn your passion into a structured, mission-driven organization that can attract funding and deliver real impact. This three-session course breaks down the full startup process, including defining your mission, choosing the right 501 category, forming a board, and completing required state and federal filings. Participants also learn how to prepare for fiscal sponsorship as an early strategic step, including what sponsors look for and how to position your organization for acceptance and participants receive practical templates to move their nonprofit forward with confidence.

Ideal for: Entrepreneurs, community organizers, educators, veterans’ groups, nonprofit starters.

Take away: A Nonprofit Startup Action Plan, Board Engagement Template, and Structure Checklist.

Format: In-person at the Cape Cod Community College, Hyannis Center location, 540 Main St., Hyannis.

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

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.

In this virtual 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: This course is offered using Zoom. 

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