Classes:

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Online Shopping Carts
Whether you are selling small specialty items to a few people, or bulk sales of digital goods, a shopping cart is necessary to sell products on the internet. This class looks at some of the common and safe ways to sell online, ranging from third-party companies like PayPal to self-contained systems like ZenCart.
Ben Howard
751W13 / $195 / TAKE 10% OFF
A > TuTh 5:30PM - 8:30PM 4/9 - 4/11 2x

Microsoft Access Intermediate
Discover the power of Access! Learn to create relational databases, queries, and forms as well as reports based on more than one table. Other topics include: calculations, functions, data validation, macros, database automation, plus formatting for more accurate and consistent data input.
Requirements: Microsoft Access - Essentials or trainer’s permission.
Doug Rice
727W13 / $295 / TAKE 10% OFF
A > MW 5:30PM - 8:30PM 4/15 - 4/24 4x

Exploring the iPad & iPad Mini
Welcome to a new way of computing. This is an on-hands course, which will show you how to use the new Apple iPad. The course covers use of the Multi-Touch screen, setting up Internet access, email, iBooks, music, videos, and downloading additional applications. The course will also discuss add-on accessories that can enhance the use of the iPad.
Requirements: Must have an iPad and basic computer skills.
Rick Ortiz
814W13 / $89 / TAKE 10% OFF
A > Sat 9:30AM - 12:30PM 4/20 1x

Computer Cleanup: Keep Your Computer Fast and Happy
This class shows you the basic steps in home computer maintenance. Simple and free tools to organize your hard drive, clean up spyware, and generally keep the system running as smoothly as possible. Most of the demonstrations are intended for Windows computers, but much of the theory and terms are applicable to other systems such as Macs, as well.
Ben Howard
778W13 / $149 / TAKE 10% OFF
A > TuTh 5:30PM - 8:30PM 4/23 - 4/25 2x

Microsoft Excel - Essentials
Excel is the easy way to combine text, graphics, and numeric data. Gain knowledge of the basics of creating, editing, and manipulating Excel spreadsheets. Go beyond the basics and learn how to write a formula, work with a built-in function, create a chart and organize data in a list.
Requirements: Spreadsheets for Beginners or previous experience with Excel, Quattro Pro, Lotus 1-2-3, or other spreadsheet program. Follow-up Courses: Microsoft Excel - Intermediate.
Doug Rice
720W13 / $295 / TAKE 10% OFF
B > TuTh 9:00AM - 12:00PM 4/23 - 5/2 4x

iWork-Office Suite for Your Mac
Explore the three great office applications on your Mac that bring your ideas to life. This course will introduce you to Pages, a streamlined yet powerful word processor that lets you create everything from letters and newsletters to brochures. Keynote is the second application that lets you create stunning presentations, photography portfolios, and animated storyboards. Numbers completes the office suite in allowing you to create stunning spreadsheets and charts. This is a hands-on course so bring your creative ideas with you.
Requirements: Previous Macintosh Experience, Introduction to Macintosh or trainer’s permission.
Rick Ortiz
809W13 / $89 / TAKE 10% OFF
> Sat 9:30AM - 12:30PM 4/27 1x

Property Management for Community Associations
This course is an intensive 16 hour training program which will allow a new PM to immediately enter the field with a level of confidence and integrity. The program focus is on fiscal and physical property management knowledge with additional emphasis on organization, communication, ethics, flexibility, sense of humor, team mentality, record keeping and, finally, knowing how to put it all together to accomplish actual successful management.
Donna Davidson
421W13 / $195 / TAKE 10% OFF
A > MWThF 1:00PM - 5:00PM 4/15 - 4/18 4x

Customer Success: The Secrets of the Successful Salesperson
You will learn the basics of professional Relationship Selling. Through practice and application, you’ll gain a working knowledge of the “Selling Cycle” and the methods that enable you to sell yourself, sell your company and sell your product/service. You’ll explore and demonstrate the poise, professionalism, integrity and accountability that is required of today’s successful salesperson—to make Customer Success a reality. Come and learn these basics.
Ryan Frazee
533W13 / $79 / TAKE 10% OFF
A > Sat 9:00AM - 12:00PM 4/20 1x

Delegating For Results: All is Possible with Successful Delegation
Effective delegation is a critical skill set for all those that are in positions of leadership and management. Consider asking yourself this very real question: Do I have too much to do in the time that I have? The focus becomes: Doing The Right Things, The Right Way With The Right Resources...This frees you up to complete those “Top Priority” projects that only you are capable of achieving. Delegation when used effectively, taps into the previously hidden potential of your entire staff. Let’s put real life work scenarios into their proper results perspective for the utmost in productivity.
Tom Feltz
408W13 / $89 / TAKE 10% OFF
A > Tu 1:00PM - 5:00PM 4/23 1x

Manage Effectively by Understanding Work Styles
Learn to manage your team by understanding yours and others work styles. By using a simple tool known as the DiSC work style assessment, you will discover the strengths of your own work style; understand how your work style influences others; and, increase your team’s effectiveness by focusing on their varying style differences and strengths. This is a proven method for overcoming conflicts, misunderstandings and team disharmony because it depersonalizes these issues and helps everyone focus on the problem and not the person.
Note: Discounts apply to tuition portion only.
Sue Feltz MS
405W13 / $99 / TAKE 10% OFF
B > Tu 5:00PM - 8:30PM 4/23 1x

Customer Success: Winning the Customer & Closing the Deal
What are your customer’s expectations? Once you have Selling basics, you’ll discover the Five Phase Relationship Selling Process that delivers results; the differences between product selling and relationship selling as well as how to create a more positive buying experience vs selling experience and experience Closing Techniques—proven techniques to reach your goals. Each phase has a length of time and level of detail.
Ryan Frazee
534W13 / $79 / TAKE 10% OFF
A > Sat 9:00AM - 12:00PM 5/4 1x

Winning Telephone Techniques
Discover the secrets of great telephone etiquette and create outstanding customer service for your organization. The telephone is often the first point of contact with your customer. Make sure it is positive and win that customer for life. Learn how to use your voice effectively, take messages accurately, end conversations graciously, plus put callers on hold, transfer calls, and leave messages. You will learn how to excel at customer service for your company.
Joanne Doell BA, MA
424W13 / $55 / TAKE 10% OFF
B > M 5:30PM - 8:30PM 5/6 1x

HOT HULA fitness®
HOT HULA fitness® is a fun, new and exciting dance workout. It provides a “total body workout” in 6o minutes. HOT HULA fitness ® isolates your larger muscle groups, increasing strength and definition to your core with specific emphasis on the abs, glutes, quads and arms. Inspired by the dances of the Pacific Islands, HOT HULA fitness® incorporates easy to perform dance movements set to the sounds of traditional Polynesian drum beats fused with funky Reggae music, resulting in a modern, hip fitness workout. All ages and fitness levels will enjoy HOT HULA fitness®.
Nicole Jackson
343W13 / $89 / TAKE 10% OFF
A > Th 6:30PM - 7:30PM 4/11 - 5/30 8x

Beginners Jewelry Making Class
Are you interested in making your own jewelry? Whether it’s to wear yourself, to give as a gift, or to sell for extra money, jewelry making is a rewarding and fun activity for you to enjoy. In this class, you will learn the basics skills necessary to create a beautiful, yet simple, bracelet and earring set. You will learn how to use different jewelry tools and materials including glass beads, jewelry wire, crimps, clasps, headpins and earring wires.
Francine M. Fernandez
345W13 / $94 / TAKE 10% OFF
A > Sat 9:00AM - 3:00PM 4/13 1x

Conversational Spanish Level I (Ages 13+)
Learn conversational Spanish for everyday situations. This course offers introductory skills in pronunciation, using the alphabet, vowels, numbers, days of the week, months, and telling time. You will learn basic words and phrases in the context of gathering and sharing information when traveling in Latin America or communicating with Spanish speakers. There are no prerequisites. Make sure you bring your Spanish dictionary!
Saudina Torres
331W13 / $144 / TAKE 10% OFF
A > MTh 6:30PM - 8:30PM 4/15 - 5/2 6x

Dragon & Tiger Medical Chi Gung
Dragon & Tiger is a 1500-year old Buddhist medical meridian line chi gung system from the Shaolin Temple. There are only 7 movements to this form. This form teaches you to project and absorb energy from your hands, builds your internal energy, clears your channels, disperses stagnant energy, and releases the nervous system. This is an excellent form for anyone who works with people (massage therapists, healers. ministers, etc), or anyone who wants to build their internal energy (martial artists, dancers, athletes, etc).
Kurt Miyajima
338W13 / $89 / TAKE 10% OFF
A > Sat 8:30AM – 9:30AM 4/20 - 5/25 6x

Two Day Film School
Have you ever wanted to write a script and make a movie? In this exciting course, you will learn about the nuts and bolts of filmmaking. From script to screen, we’ll review how to write, produce, and direct a film or video. Day 1 of the course will cover all the fundamental phases of filmmaking, from concept and story development through production, postproduction, and how to share your film with the world. Day 2 of the course will be a practical application of everything learned on Day 1 where class participants will collaborate and collectively create a short film. Participants will receive a certificate of completion.
Jonathan Yudis
302W13 / $199 • NOW ONLY $159
A > Sat 9:00AM - 5:00PM 4/20 - 4/27 2x

Alzheimer’s Disease and Nutrition
The latest research linking Alzheimer’s disease to nutrition will be presented. Alzheimer’s disease is the 6th leading cause of death in the United States. Care for its victims costs more than the expense of heart disease and cancer combined. This class and slide show is based on the latest scientific research from leading journals worldwide. Medical studies will be presented linking the risk of Alzheimer’s disease to intake of antioxidant fruits and vegetables. Research suggests that lowering saturated fats in the diet can result in better blood flow to the brain. Learn how folate and cobalamin lower homocysteine and why they are crucial for lowering the buildup of amyloid plaques. Recent research shows that frying and broiling can result in AGEs (Advanced Glycation Endproducts) that are a major cause of the inflammation and oxidation in Alzheimer’s disease. See double-blind studies that show which supplements and medical plants have been shown to be effective in reducing the risk and progression of this common dementia. References will be cited.
Steve Blake
317W13 / $89 • NOW ONLY $71
A > M 9:00AM - 11:00AM 4/22 - 4/29 2x

Reincarnation: What It Means for You and Your Life
Reincarnation is the ancient and widespread belief that souls experience different lives in different bodies. What is the purpose of it? How did we begin reincarnating and will it ever end? Where do we go between incarnated lives? Do we reincarnate on other planets? Do we reincarnate as animals and vice versa? All these questions and more will be addressed and explained. Topics include karma, birth selection, multiple realms, amnesia between lives, among others. This class pieces together a variety of concepts from different sources in order to make sense of the big picture. This class does not attempt to prove reincarnation or defend it, but demystify it so you can draw your own conclusions, and in participating in self-exploration, discover the implications of reincarnation for you.
Frances Ku
314W13 / $89 • NOW ONLY $71
A > M 6:00PM - 8:00PM 4/22 - 4/29 2x



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