BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Laurel Ridge Workforce Solutions - ECPv6.10.1.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Laurel Ridge Workforce Solutions X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://laurelridgeworkforce.com X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Laurel Ridge Workforce Solutions REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20270314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20271107T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20280312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20281105T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250114 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20280101 DTSTAMP:20261014T115447 CREATED:20250114T070000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260415T102949Z UID:10005795-1736812800-1830297599@laurelridgeworkforce.com SUMMARY:Becoming a First Time Manager DESCRIPTION:Language: English \nShort Description: First time managers have their work cut out for them\, many new skills to learn\, having to deal with different personalities\, and greater responsibilities to accomplish. The Becoming a First Time Manager course provides a new\, friendly approach for those charged with the task of management. This course encourages managers to take on the challenges of supervision and provides fast\, powerful lessons to help increase productivity\, unlock hidden talent\, work with different types of people\, communicate effectively\, and diagnose problems. This course will assist the next generation of managers to succeed with flying colors\, right from the start. \nInstructor Description: This class is an independent-study course. Students will have all the resources needed to successfully complete the course within the online material. A student helpdesk is available for technical support during the course enrollment. URL:https://laurelridgeworkforce.com/event/becoming-a-first-time-manager/ LOCATION:Online 24/7 CATEGORIES:Business Administration / Management,Business and Professional Development END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250114 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20280101 DTSTAMP:20261014T115447 CREATED:20250114T070000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260513T093653Z UID:10005833-1736812800-1830297599@laurelridgeworkforce.com SUMMARY:Self-Study: Project Management Knowledge Areas DESCRIPTION:Self-Study: Start anytime\, end anytime! \nIn today’s business environment\, there is a need for good project management. Project management provides visibility of project health to the business and the customer. Through continuous monitoring\, early detection of variations to plan\, schedule\, and budget can be communicated to stakeholders for quick resolution\, including project cancellation. The Project Management Professional community does this through the five (5) Project Management Processes supported by the ten (10) Project Management Knowledge Areas. This course introduces the student to the ten (10) Project management Knowledge Areas and their support role and relationships to the five (5) Project Management Processes. \nAgenda \nUnit 1\nProject Integration & Scope Management\n– Integration Management\n– Direct & Manage Project Work\n– Perform Integrated Change Control\n– Scope Management\n– Control Scope \nUnit 2\nProject Time & Cost Management\n– Time Management\n– Sequence Activities\n– Control Schedule\n– Cost Management\n– Plan Cost Management \nUnit 3\nProject Quality\, Human Resources & Communications Management\n– Quality Management\n– Human Resources Management\n– Communications Management \nUnit 4\n Project Risk\, Procurement & Stakeholder Management\n– Risk Management\n– Plan Risk Responses\n– Procurement Management\n– Stakeholder Management URL:https://laurelridgeworkforce.com/event/self-study-project-management-knowledge-areas/ LOCATION:Online 24/7 CATEGORIES:Business Administration / Management,Business and Professional Development END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260407 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20290101 DTSTAMP:20261014T115447 CREATED:20260407T040000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260407T040000Z UID:10005959-1775520000-1861919999@laurelridgeworkforce.com SUMMARY:Becoming a First Time Manager DESCRIPTION:Language: English \nShort Description: First time managers have their work cut out for them\, many new skills to learn\, having to deal with different personalities\, and greater responsibilities to accomplish. The Becoming a First Time Manager course provides a new\, friendly approach for those charged with the task of management. This course encourages managers to take on the challenges of supervision and provides fast\, powerful lessons to help increase productivity\, unlock hidden talent\, work with different types of people\, communicate effectively\, and diagnose problems. This course will assist the next generation of managers to succeed with flying colors\, right from the start. \nInstructor Description: This class is an independent-study course. Students will have all the resources needed to successfully complete the course within the online material. A student helpdesk is available for technical support during the course enrollment. URL:https://laurelridgeworkforce.com/event/becoming-a-first-time-manager-2/ LOCATION:Online 24/7 CATEGORIES:Business Administration / Management,Business and Professional Development END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260407 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20290101 DTSTAMP:20261014T115447 CREATED:20260407T040000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260407T040000Z UID:10006688-1775520000-1861919999@laurelridgeworkforce.com SUMMARY:Self-Study: Project Management Knowledge Areas DESCRIPTION:Self-Study: Start anytime\, end anytime! \nIn today’s business environment\, there is a need for good project management. Project management provides visibility of project health to the business and the customer. Through continuous monitoring\, early detection of variations to plan\, schedule\, and budget can be communicated to stakeholders for quick resolution\, including project cancellation. The Project Management Professional community does this through the five (5) Project Management Processes supported by the ten (10) Project Management Knowledge Areas. This course introduces the student to the ten (10) Project management Knowledge Areas and their support role and relationships to the five (5) Project Management Processes. \nAgenda \nUnit 1\nProject Integration & Scope Management\n– Integration Management\n– Direct & Manage Project Work\n– Perform Integrated Change Control\n– Scope Management\n– Control Scope \nUnit 2\nProject Time & Cost Management\n– Time Management\n– Sequence Activities\n– Control Schedule\n– Cost Management\n– Plan Cost Management \nUnit 3\nProject Quality\, Human Resources & Communications Management\n– Quality Management\n– Human Resources Management\n– Communications Management \nUnit 4\n Project Risk\, Procurement & Stakeholder Management\n– Risk Management\n– Plan Risk Responses\n– Procurement Management\n– Stakeholder Management URL:https://laurelridgeworkforce.com/event/self-study-project-management-knowledge-areas-2/ LOCATION:Online 24/7 CATEGORIES:Business Administration / Management,Business and Professional Development END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270301 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270302 DTSTAMP:20261014T115447 CREATED:20260407T040000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260407T040000Z UID:10006431-1803859200-1803945599@laurelridgeworkforce.com SUMMARY:Cash is King DESCRIPTION:Cash is arguably the most important factor in business success. Dun & Bradstreet (D&B) reports 90% of all small business failures are due to poor cash flow—more money gets paid out than collected. It is the non-financial manager who really makes a difference in the day-to-day cash activities. Discover how to maximize cash flow\, learn the importance of cash and find out your role in cash flow success. \nAgenda \nUnit 1\nCash Flow Strategies\nWhy cash is so important in business\nWhat are the cash-critical stages in business\nWhat internal sources of cash are possible\nWhat potential external sources of cash there are \nUnit 2\nReporting and Evaluating Cash Flow\nReview of the Cash Flow Statement\nReview of Projected Cash Flow Report\nWhat the Cash Cycle communicates\nWhat improvements can be made to shorten the cash cycle\nCalculating cash cycle \nUnit 3\nProjecting Cash Needs\nHow much cash the business needs\nWhen cash injections are needed\nWhich cash needs will internal sources be able to cover\nWhich cash needs must be met through external sources\nMaking comparisons with other businesses in the same industry \nUnit 4\nFunding Requests\nWhat debt sources of cash are possible\nWhat are the potential equity sources of cash\nWhat requirements different funding sources have\nMaking a pitch to investors\nApproaching potential lenders for financing URL:https://laurelridgeworkforce.com/event/cash-is-king/ LOCATION:Online 24/7 CATEGORIES:Business Administration / Management,Business and Professional Development END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270301 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270302 DTSTAMP:20261014T115447 CREATED:20260407T040000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260407T040000Z UID:10006440-1803859200-1803945599@laurelridgeworkforce.com SUMMARY:Intermediate Data Analysis DESCRIPTION:Many of your business decisions involve comparing groups for differences. For example\, would men and women prefer different product features? In addition\, you may look at relationships between variables. Does product recognition relate to subsequent product purchase? This Intermediate Data Analysis course will introduce you to the statistics behind these group differences and relationships. In addition\, you’ll learn how to work with ratings\, graphs and user-friendly reports of statistical results. \nAgenda \nUnit 1\nLooking for Differences between Groups\n-Two separate groups\n-Two related groups\n-Three or more groups \nUnit 2\nLooking for Relationships\n-Pairs of variables\n-Clusters of variables\n-Predicting one variable from one or more variables \nUnit 3\nLooking at Ratings\n-Tests of difference using ratings\n-Tests of relationship using ratings \nUnit 4\nLooking at How to Report the Results\n-Visual displays\n-How to draft the narrative\n-How to engage your audience URL:https://laurelridgeworkforce.com/event/intermediate-data-analysis/ LOCATION:Online 24/7 CATEGORIES:Business Administration / Management,Business and Professional Development END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270301 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270302 DTSTAMP:20261014T115447 CREATED:20260407T040000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260407T040000Z UID:10006452-1803859200-1803945599@laurelridgeworkforce.com SUMMARY:The Business Plan DESCRIPTION:Whether starting a business or growing the one you have\, a business plan serves as a roadmap and can help secure needed funding. In this course\, you evaluate the many aspects and potential hurdles of the business and build the Business Plan\, one step at a time. This practical\, hands-on approach encourages you to immerse yourself in the vision and planning aspects of your business. Focusing on the most critical components of the Business Plan enables you to uncover hidden risks and assess the business from a marketing\, management\, and financial vantage point. \nAgenda \nUnit 1\nGetting Started—Refine your concept and begin your plan.\n• Prepare your concept statement—What\, Who\, Why\, When\, and How.\n• Identify product/service features and benefits.\n• Identify limitation\, liabilities\, and regulations.\n• Write your Business Description and evaluate it against a Business Description checklist. \nUnit 2\nPrepare the Marketing Plan\n• Conduct an industry and competitive analysis.\n• Perform a market analysis and identify target markets and a market penetration strategy.\n• Identify your pricing strategy.\n• Write your Marketing Plan and evaluate it against a Marketing Plan checklist. \nUnit 3\nPrepare the Management and Financial Plans\n• Identify key people and positions\, duties and responsibilities.\n• Determine funding needs and sources.\n• Create sales and expense estimates.\n• Write your Management and Financial Plans and evaluate them against checklists. \nUnit 4\nComplete the Business Plan and Assess Business Feasibility\n• Polish the plan and add final elements—Cover Page\, Executive Summary\, Table of Contents.\n• Evaluate business plan against checklist and identify items in need of additional work.\n• Assess business against feasibility checklist.\n• Identify next steps. URL:https://laurelridgeworkforce.com/event/the-business-plan/ LOCATION:Online 24/7 CATEGORIES:Business Administration / Management,Business and Professional Development END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270301 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270302 DTSTAMP:20261014T115447 CREATED:20260407T040000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260407T040000Z UID:10006521-1803859200-1803945599@laurelridgeworkforce.com SUMMARY:Project Management Processes DESCRIPTION:Acquire a well-rounded knowledge of the five Project Management Processes relating to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) Guide. This basic information will assist you in learning the beginnings of project management\, whether you are interested in project management\, in a project management field\, or in any line of work. Come away with a solid foundation of the five processes to learn and use when any type of project occurs in your employment arena. \nAgenda \nUnit 1\nProject Management Process Welcome & Initiating Process Group\n-What is Project Management\n-What is a Process\n-Initiating Process Group \nUnit 2\nPlanning Process Group\n-Developing the Project Management Plan\n-Planning strategy\n-Planning for desired project objectives \nUnit 3\nExecuting Process Group and Monitoring & Controlling Process Group\n-What differs between Executing and Monitoring & Controlling process groups\n-Analysis and risks\n-When to make changes and how \nUnit 4\nClosing Process Group & Farewell\n-How to be aware of what should be thought of when closing a project\n-Review of lessons learned and why it is important\n-Review acknowledgement of all five process groups URL:https://laurelridgeworkforce.com/event/project-management-processes/ LOCATION:Online 24/7 CATEGORIES:Business Administration / Management,Business and Professional Development END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270301 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270302 DTSTAMP:20261014T115447 CREATED:20260407T040000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260407T040000Z UID:10006536-1803859200-1803945599@laurelridgeworkforce.com SUMMARY:The Basics of Bookkeeping DESCRIPTION:How do you keep track of the day-to-day financial transactions of a business? Whether you are looking to advance in your career\, or you’re an entrepreneur\, (or maybe you are a part of a family business)\, this course will help you if you are looking to understand the numbers. The Basics of Bookkeeping course will help you understand\, and know how to record\, every penny that comes into your business and every penny that goes out of your business. This course shows you how to create a chart of accounts that will meet your needs. All of the money you spend and all of the money you earn have a place to go. How do you record them? What are debits and credits? What do the numbers mean? How do you label accounts? Even if you outsource your bookkeeping needs\, you should still have a basic understanding of what happens with the money earned and the money spent. No one should be blind to his or her finances! In this course you will learn where the numbers go and why! You will learn bookkeeping terminology\, as well as what it means to keep track of the numbers. At the end of the cycle\, what do the numbers mean? The Basics of Bookkeeping will show you how to keep track of the numbers and why! URL:https://laurelridgeworkforce.com/event/the-basics-of-bookkeeping/ LOCATION:Online 24/7 CATEGORIES:Business Administration / Management,Business and Professional Development END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270301 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270302 DTSTAMP:20261014T115447 CREATED:20260407T040000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260407T040000Z UID:10006554-1803859200-1803945599@laurelridgeworkforce.com SUMMARY:Intermediate Six Sigma Green Belt DESCRIPTION:To be successful\, organizations must manage by fact. As such\, organizations depend on the measurement and analysis of performance to make key decisions that affect the organization. This Intermediate Six Sigma Green Belt course builds on the ideas and skills learned in the Introduction to Six Sigma Green Belt course that organizations use\, specifically their Six Sigma teams\, to improve. In this second course in the certification program\, participants will learn process analysis\, data collection and analysis\, probability and valid statistical conclusions\, and hypothesis testing. Many participants find this course to be the most challenging of the certification courses. URL:https://laurelridgeworkforce.com/event/intermediate-six-sigma-green-belt/ LOCATION:Online 24/7 CATEGORIES:Business Administration / Management,Business and Professional Development END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270301 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270302 DTSTAMP:20261014T115447 CREATED:20260407T040000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260407T040000Z UID:10006584-1803859200-1803945599@laurelridgeworkforce.com SUMMARY:General Ledger and Month End Procedures DESCRIPTION:In this course\, you will learn how to post journal entries to the correct general ledger accounts impacted by each transaction. This course will show you how to make sure your general ledger balances at the end of each month by preparing an unadjusted trial balance. You will learn how to look for errors when you don’t balance\, and how to determine to correct entries. After posting correcting entries and/or adjusting entries\, you will verify debits and credits equal with an adjusted trial balance. This course also goes through the steps of performing monthly bank reconciliations. \nAgenda \nUnit 1: The General Ledger\n· What is the General Ledger\n· Why must the general ledger balance\n· Posting to the general ledger\n· Activity ~ Posting to The General Ledger \nUnit 2: The Unadjusted Trial Balance\n· What is the unadjusted trial balance\n· Verify debit and credit balances\n· Finding errors\n· Activity ~ Find The Errors \nUnit 3: Correcting Entries and Adjusting Entries\n· Determine correcting entries\n· Adjusting entries and how to prepare them\n· Posting correcting entries and adjusting entries to the general ledger\n· Activity ~ Preparing Entries and Posting to General Ledger \nUnit 4: The Adjusted Trial Balance\n· Verify the accuracy of the adjusted trial balance\n· Prepare monthly bank reconciliations\n· Activity ~ Prepare a Bank Reconciliation URL:https://laurelridgeworkforce.com/event/general-ledger-and-month-end-procedures/ LOCATION:Online 24/7 CATEGORIES:Business Administration / Management,Business and Professional Development END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270301 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270302 DTSTAMP:20261014T115447 CREATED:20260407T040000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260407T040000Z UID:10006616-1803859200-1803945599@laurelridgeworkforce.com SUMMARY:Intermediate Power BI DESCRIPTION:Delve further into Power Query to ETL (Extract\, Transform and Load) your data. Build the Data Model using modeling features and relationships. Perform calculations using DAX (Data Analysis Expressions) functions. Utilize Time Intelligence functions to view YoY or YTD reports. Add user friendly features to enhance your reports. \nAgenda \nUnit 1: Power Query\n-Review the ETL Process\n-Insert columns using different methods\n-Group\, Summarize\, Pivot\, and UnPivot data\n-Merge and Append queries \nUnit 2: Data Modeling\n-What Data Modeling is\n-Modeling Options\n-Create and manage relationships\n-Create Date table \nUnit 3: DAX\n-Introduction to DAX\n-Calculate columns and measures\n-Time Intelligence functions\n-Quick Measures \nUnit 4: Reports\n-Filters versus Slicers\n-Visual Hierarchies and Drill downs\n-Drillthrough\n-Define visual interactions\n-Apply conditional formatting URL:https://laurelridgeworkforce.com/event/intermediate-power-bi/ LOCATION:Online 24/7 CATEGORIES:Business Administration / Management,Business and Professional Development END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270301 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270302 DTSTAMP:20261014T115447 CREATED:20260407T040000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260407T040000Z UID:10006653-1803859200-1803945599@laurelridgeworkforce.com SUMMARY:QuickBooks Online Level 2 DESCRIPTION:Now know how to work with more advanced QuickBooks Online topics. Become capable with such skills as how to customize settings\, banking\, credit cards\, foreign currencies\, statements for debts collection\, using tags and projects. \nAnd come away with your Certificate in Quickbooks Online. URL:https://laurelridgeworkforce.com/event/quickbooks-online-level-2/ LOCATION:Online 24/7 CATEGORIES:Business Administration / Management,Business and Professional Development END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR