Join us for a welcoming, in-person course that demystifies artificial intelligence in just two engaging sessions. Designed for adult learners from all backgrounds, this course requires no technical background—just bring your curiosity and an open mind.

Explore how AI is already shaping our daily routines, workplaces, and communities—including right here on Cape Cod. You'll learn how to use AI tools to simplify everyday tasks, support personal projects, and spark new ideas for small businesses or creative pursuits.

Whether you're a professional, retiree, entrepreneur, or simply someone eager to stay current in a fast-changing digital world, this course offers hands-on guidance in a relaxed, supportive setting. Sessions take place in our comfortable computer lab so you can follow along step-by-step.

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

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

Join us as local Computer Science Engineer and Bitcoin teacher, advisor and author, Tom Whitehill, provides insights into why Bitcoin is undergoing global adoption by individuals, families, businesses, institutions, governments and nation states. This will not be a technical discussion, rather it will focus on Bitcoin as a monetary innovation and how Bitcoin is one in a long series of historic innovations with global impact. Let's learn all about it together!

About Bitcoin: Bitcoin began in 2009 as an ‘engineered money’ project created by a pseudonymous cryptographer named Satoshi Nakamoto. Over the past 16 years, Bitcoin has become globally recognized as an important monetary innovation which is influencing change in financial industries worldwide.

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

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

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.

Join us for an informative and hands-on seminar designed for gardeners, landscapers, and plant enthusiasts of all levels. This session will explore the vital role soil plays in plant health and garden success. You'll gain practical knowledge about different soil types, how to assess and improve soil quality, and the importance of soil amendments in creating optimal growing conditions.

We'll also cover the best practices for planting and transplanting – from preparing the site and choosing the right time, to techniques that minimize transplant shock and encourage healthy root development.

Whether you're starting a garden from scratch or improving an existing landscape, this seminar will equip you with the tools and confidence to grow thriving plants.

Topics Covered:

• Soil composition and structure
• Testing and interpreting soil quality
• Organic and inorganic soil amendments
• Proper planting techniques for annuals, perennials, shrubs, and trees
• Transplanting strategies for success

Who Should Attend:
Home gardeners, landscape professionals, urban farmers, and anyone interested in building healthier soil and stronger plants.

Format:
This program is taught in person.

• Lectures: Wednesdays, 11/5, 11/12 & 11/19; 5 - 7pm, at the CCCC Hyannis Center
• Nature Walk: Saturday, 11/22; 9 - 11am, location TBD

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 via Zoom.

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, Program Coordinator, at ebrown@capecod.edu or 508-375-5017.

Join us for an informative seminar designed for landscapers, gardeners, and property managers focused on essential winter landscape care. This session will cover three key areas:

• Winter Landscape Preparation: Learn best practices for preparing your landscape for the cold season, including soil protection, mulching, irrigation shutdown, and safeguarding vulnerable plants.
• Winter Plant Identification: Discover how to identify trees, shrubs, and perennials during dormancy. We’ll provide tips and tools for recognizing plant species without foliage and using bark, buds, and branching patterns.
• Pruning & Trimming Techniques: Understand the proper timing, tools, and methods for winter pruning. Learn which plants benefit from winter trimming and which should be left until spring.

Whether you're maintaining residential gardens or managing large commercial properties, this seminar will equip you with the knowledge to protect and enhance your landscapes during the winter months and set the stage for a healthy spring.

Who Should Attend:
Landscape professionals, groundskeepers, horticulture students, and avid gardeners.

Format: 
This program is taught in person.

• Lectures: Wednesdays, 12/3, 12/10 & 12/17; 5 - 7pm at the CCCC Hyannis Center
• Nature Walk: Saturday, 12/20; 9 - 11am, location TBD

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