Filter by Subcategory
Small Business Operations
Excel Beginner Basics
with Elaine Moore

This beginner-friendly, three-session course is designed to help you build a strong foundation in Excel. Across the sessions, you’ll explore Tabs and Ribbons to locate key commands, practice essential keyboard shortcuts, and learn basic formatting tools. You’ll also be introduced to creating formulas using the Order of Operations, as well as building simple worksheets and charts.
Course Format:
This course is offered live via Zoom
Questions?
Contact Elaine Brown, Program Coordinator, at ebrown@capecod.edu or 508-375-5017
Excel at Lunch: Excel Efficiency
with Elaine Moore

Join us for this 1-hour Lunch & Learn session filled with practical tips for working more efficiently in Excel. You'll discover faster ways to enter data, create functions, format cells, and organize your spreadsheet layout. Walk away with time-saving techniques that help streamline your workflow and free up time for other tasks.
Course format:
This program is offered using Zoom.
Questions?
Contact Elaine Brown, Program Coordinator, at ebrown@capecod.edu or 508-375-5017.
Excel for Self-Taught Users - Speed Class
with Elaine Moore

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 program is offered via Zoom.
Questions?
Contact Elaine Brown, Program Coordinator, at ebrown@capecod.edu or 508-375-5017.
Marketing Strategy for Everyday Impact
with Cesar Rodas

Take your marketing expertise to the next level with Marketing Strategy for Everyday Impact, taught by industry expert Cesar Rodas. Designed for participants with a basic understanding of marketing principles, this course dives deeper into strategic planning, ethical decision-making, and the application of marketing in real-world business scenarios.
You’ll strengthen your ability to analyze market trends, develop strategic marketing solutions, and collaborate across disciplines. Through hands-on projects and case studies, you’ll gain the confidence to navigate complex marketing challenges and make data-driven, ethical decisions in a global context.
What You’ll Gain:
- A deeper understanding of how marketing integrates with broader business strategies
- Tools to evaluate and refine marketing strategies based on real data and global trends
- Practical experience communicating marketing insights and leading collaborative analysis
- Frameworks for identifying and addressing ethical dilemmas in marketing
- Confidence to assess the risks, tradeoffs, and potential of competing strategic options
Course Format:
This course is offered via Zoom. No class Friday, Nov. 28.
Questions?
Contact Elaine Brown, Program Coordinator, at ebrown@capecod.edu or 508-375-5017.
Word at Lunch: Set Tabs, Modify & Create Styles and More
with Elaine Moore

Discover the full potential of MS Word during this 1-hour, Lunch & Learn session. Learn how to set tabs, create and modify styles, and explore a variety of other powerful features. Join us to enhance your Word skills and unlock new ways to streamline your work.
There will be time for questions after the hour presentation.
Course Format:
This course is offered via Zoom.
Questions?
Contact Elaine Brown at ebrown@capecod.edu or 508-375-5017.
Intro to QuickBooks Online
with Jane Joyce

QuickBooks Online offers a powerful suite of features tailored for small businesses and contractors, making it easy to manage vendors, customers, and financial accounts—all in one place.
This course is designed to help you confidently navigate and utilize QuickBooks Online as your go-to accounting software. Whether you're new to QuickBooks or transitioning from a desktop version, you'll gain the essential skills needed to streamline financial management and improve efficiency.
Who Should Attend:
This course is ideal for beginners and intermediate users looking to enhance their QuickBooks expertise, whether for personal business use or professional development.
Course Format:
This course is offered using Zoom.
Questions?
Contact Elaine Brown, Program Coordinator, at ebrown@capecod.edu or 508-375-5017.