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MS Excel for Business

$49

with Elaine Moore

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

In this 1-hour workshop, learn and explore business functions in Excel to help you lookup items in a table or list, transcribe formulas from a book to Excel, and more.  This workshop will investigate how to use functions like: Vlookup, Sum, Average, If and others.

Course Format: This course is offered using Zoom.  

MS Excel – Building Charts
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MS Excel – Building Charts

$49

with Elaine Moore

Come listen and learn in this virtual seminar and see how to build a chart that everyone can understand using Excel.  You will be able to create a chart to reveal data trends in any business.  These charts will change when the data changes.  They can be linked into other software packages to enhance your reports.

Class Format: This course is offered using Zoom.

Mastering Project Management: Strategies for Success

$349

with Cesar Rodas

Calendar Next available session starts Apr 11, 2025 at 1 pm, runs for 4 weeks

Successful project management is less about rigid deadlines and more about effectively managing expectations. In today's fast-paced global business environment, the ability to juggle multiple projects, resources, and budgets is essential. This comprehensive Project Management course provides both theoretical insights and hands-on experience to equip you with the skills needed to drive projects to success—no prior project management experience required.

Through structured workshops, you’ll gain practical expertise by designing and implementing simulated project plans. You'll learn how to organize, plan, and control project deliverables using industry best practices. By the end of the course, you’ll understand why project management demands a high level of professionalism and attention to detail—and how to apply these principles in real-world scenarios.

Key topics include the roles and responsibilities of a project manager, the project lifecycle, and essential techniques for work planning, control, and evaluation. You’ll also explore system tools and project management methodologies to ensure project objectives are met efficiently and effectively.

This course is your gateway to mastering project management with confidence and precision.

Topics:

  1. What makes a good project?
  2. Documentation of a project
  3. Common pitfalls
  4. Ownership versus governance of the project
  5. Project communication
  6. What to do when things go wrong
  7. What to do when things go right

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.  

MS Excel for Self-Taught Users (WIT281-65)

$219

with Elaine Moore

Calendar Next available session starts Apr 23, 2025 at 5 pm

Build on your existing Excel skills in this course designed for self-taught users. Learn how to freeze and unfreeze cells, apply conditional formatting, protect worksheets, and explore a variety of other useful functions to boost your efficiency and confidence.

We will also explore how to create a multiple sheet workbook and link the formulas between the sheets. This will include the difference between Relative and Absolute cell referencing, Pivot Tables and Charts, and a review of Protecting a worksheet.  You will also learn how to use the IF and Vlookup along with other functions.

Course format: This program is offered in-person. 

People Skills in the Workplace

$69

with Monet Viens

Calendar Next available session starts Apr 23, 2025 at 6 pm

We’ve all met and/or worked with someone whose communication skills drew us in, and we wished we could be just as skilled. Good news: people skills can be learned! We don’t all have to be natural-born people-persons to have good people skills. This course sets the foundation for improving your relationships, communications, rapport, and first impression, all through people skills. Additional learning points will include:

  • Self-awareness
  • Persuasion and influence
  • Assertive communication and being able to say ‘no’
  • Active listening
  • Navigating various situations such as business lunches, networking, and more! 

Who Should Attend? 

This course is an excellent introduction or refresher for supervisors/managers, executives, owners, and HR professionals. Attend this course as part of the bundle program for a well-rounded learning experience and a plethora of information to set a foundation for success.

About the Instructor: 

For over 10 years, Monet Viens has been helping a wide variety of businesses with their HR and employee needs. As an adaptable and innovative HR professional, she has a keen ability to translate visions and strategies into actionable goals, strengthen processes, and increase efficiencies.

Monet’s favorite aspect of human resources is training and development. Having been an HR department of 1 for her entire career, she enjoys coaching, mentoring, and guiding other professionals through the tricky waters of HR so they don’t have to learn the hard way. Monet’s initiatives extend beyond HR, as she also provides training and development in topics such as communication, supervisor skills, management, leadership, and much more. Monet currently teaches per-diem at Cape Cod Community College and Bristol Community College. She has also been a keynote speaker for NEHRA, SCORE, and the One SouthCoast Chamber.

MS Excel for Self-Taught Users (WIT281-67)

$219

with Elaine Moore

Calendar Next available session starts Apr 24, 2025 at 10 am, runs for 3 weeks

This virtual seminar will explore how to freeze and unfreeze cells, conditional formatting, protecting a worksheet, and many functions.  Some of these functions are commonly used and other are not used very much. This is to give you experience using different functions. We will also explore how to create a multiple sheet workbook and link the formulas between the sheets. This will include the difference between Relative and Absolute cell referencing, Pivot Tables and Charts, and a review of Protecting a worksheet.  You will also learn how to use the IF and Vlookup functions among a few other.

Course format: This program is offered using Zoom. 

MS Excel Advanced in the Workplace

$219

with Elaine Moore

Calendar Next available session starts Apr 29, 2025 at 2 pm, runs for 3 weeks

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; Improving Business Communications

$279

with Red Hilton

Calendar Next available session starts Apr 29, 2025 at 3 pm, runs for 4 weeks
1 additional session on Apr 29, 2025

E3 ( Explore, Engage, Execute ) is a dynamic employer-focused training course designed to improve communication, collaboration, and adaptability in a business environment. Over three 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.