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SUMMARY:Spanish for Educators
DESCRIPTION:Spanish for Educators is a self-paced\, on-line occupational Spanish conversation course that seeks to bridge the communication gap between English and Spanish speakers. This course is ideal for teachers\, administrators\, and anyone working with Spanish-speaking students and parents. Details
URL:https://laurelridgeworkforce.com/event/spanish-for-educators/
LOCATION:Online 24/7
CATEGORIES:Business and Professional Development,Career Enhancement
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SUMMARY:Spanish for Social Services
DESCRIPTION:Spanish for Social Services is a self-paced\, online Spanish course designed for social workers\, counselors\, non-profit office staff and administrators\, ministers\, and anyone working with Spanish-speakers in an outreach capacity.  In addition to basic greetings and general Spanish vocabulary\, the course also covers job titles and people\, the outreach visit\, social work terms\, interview phrases\, insurance vocabulary\, medical history\, feelings\, agency services\, common places\, accidents/common injuries and emergencies. Details
URL:https://laurelridgeworkforce.com/event/spanish-for-social-services/
LOCATION:Online 24/7
CATEGORIES:Business and Professional Development,Career Enhancement
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SUMMARY:Spanish for Law Enforcement
DESCRIPTION:Spanish for Law Enforcement is a self-paced\, online Spanish course designed for Police Officers and Law Enforcement Personnel wanting to communicate with the Spanish-speaking public. Details
URL:https://laurelridgeworkforce.com/event/spanish-for-law-enforcement/
LOCATION:Online 24/7
CATEGORIES:Business and Professional Development,Career Enhancement
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SUMMARY:Life Coach
DESCRIPTION:Life Coaching is quickly becoming one of the most in-demand professional services.  Life Coaches work with clients to help them establish and achieve their professional goals\, as well as personal aspirations.  This course will provide you with the skills you need to become a successful life coach.  Through theoretical and practical applications\, you will learn how to work with clients in every aspect of life.  You will learn coaching fundamentals\, including listening skills and the language of coaching.  From there\, you will go beyond the basics to learn how to work with individual clients to help them establish their personal and professional goals.  When a student completes this course\, they will be fully prepared to help individuals through one-on-one and group coaching. Details
URL:https://laurelridgeworkforce.com/event/life-coach/
LOCATION:Online 24/7
CATEGORIES:Business and Professional Development,Career Enhancement
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SUMMARY:Travel and Tourism Agent
DESCRIPTION:This course will look at the tourism industry through the lens of business\, specifically by considering the management\, marketing\, and finance issues most important to industry members. The course will start with a comprehensive model of tourism and continue with individual sections that provide a thorough understanding of all sectors of travel and tourism. The role of the travel agents\, technology\, transportation modes\, accommodations\, cruise lines\, destinations\, attractions\, and food and beverage operations are all covered in detail. Details
URL:https://laurelridgeworkforce.com/event/travel-and-tourism-agent/
LOCATION:Online 24/7
CATEGORIES:Business and Professional Development,Career Enhancement
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SUMMARY:Florist
DESCRIPTION:In this course\, we will learn and apply the principles of floral design\, explore the history of floral arranging\, and become familiar with the various groups\, classifications\, and names of flowers and foliage\, along with the opportunities in the floral design industry. Details
URL:https://laurelridgeworkforce.com/event/florist/
LOCATION:Online 24/7
CATEGORIES:Business and Professional Development,Career Enhancement
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SUMMARY:Day Care Administrator
DESCRIPTION:In this course\, we will become familiar with the development and management of a child daycare center\, including such elements as child development theories\, legal considerations\, bookkeeping\, staffing\, site management\, and parental involvement.  The goal of a quality day care facility is to provide child care that meets the needs of each child and family in a safe\, educational environment.At a quality center\, the workers and management strive to meet the individual needs of each child\, while providing quality\, reliable and safe child care. Read the full course description.
URL:https://laurelridgeworkforce.com/event/day-care-administrator/
LOCATION:Online 24/7
CATEGORIES:Business and Professional Development,Career Enhancement
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SUMMARY:Start Your Own Business in Career Coaching
DESCRIPTION:This course\, Start Your Own Business\, it  will prepare the individual to launch his or her own small business.  Life Coaching is quickly becoming one of the most in-demand professional services.  Life Coaches work with clients to help them establish and achieve their professional goals\, as well as personal aspirations.  This course will provide you with the skills you need to become a successful life coach.  Through theoretical and practical applications\, you will learn how to work with clients in every aspect of life.  You will learn coaching fundamentals\, including listening skills and the language of coaching.  From there\, you will go beyond the basics to learn how to work with individual clients to help them establish their personal and professional goals.  When a student completes this course\, they will be fully prepared to help individuals through one-on-one and group coaching. Details
URL:https://laurelridgeworkforce.com/event/start-your-own-business-in-career-coaching/
LOCATION:Online 24/7
CATEGORIES:Business and Professional Development,Career Enhancement
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SUMMARY:Extraordinary Customer Service
DESCRIPTION:Transform your customer service into something extraordinary. As a result more repeat business will improve your bottom line.  Customer service separates you from your competition. Extraordinary customer service comes from focusing on the few essential elements that yield big results. Discover how easy it is to tweak your customer service from the ordinary to the extraordinary. You”ll take away a customer service plan that will help you focus on the key elements that will get you started on your pathway to success.  \nAgenda \nUnit 1: Understanding Your Customer\nWhy customer service is important\nKnowing your customer\nCustomers are constantly evaluating you\nBasic customer service skills you may not have thought of \nUnit 2: Setting Customer Expectations\nAnalyzing customer contacts\nDeveloping internal customer targets\nHow to easily exceed your customers” expectations \nUnit 3: Developing Effective Processes\nWhat is working for your customers\nRe-engineering your process\nWays to give the best information\nHandling complaints \nUnit 4: Marking Customer Service Extraordinary\nTweaking the customer”s experience\nTelling the world how great you are\nHaving fun
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CATEGORIES:Business and Professional Development,Career Enhancement
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SUMMARY:Effective Copywriting
DESCRIPTION:Whether you are sending out a press release\, communicating internally with a memo or promoting your own skills on LinkedIn\, strong writing skills are the key to success.  Come away with the tools and techniques you need to improve your copywriting skills and learn how to avoid the common writing mistakes that can hold you back. \nAgenda \nUnit 1\nCopywriting Essentials\nHow to tell the difference between bad copy and good copy\nThe art of the perfect sentence\nDeveloping your message\nCrafting your document roadmap\nAdapting your style to the audience and message \nUnit 2\nGetting to the Point\nClarity and brevity: Less is more\nActive vs. Passive Voice\nCutting the clutter\nUsing concrete examples and avoiding unwarranted superlatives \nUnit 3\nSelf Editing\nLeaving yourself time for revisions\nAvoiding common grammar mistakes and punctuation pitfalls\nSubject\, verb and object agreement\nFact checking\nThe benefits of having an in-house style guide \nUnit 4\nCreating Attention-grabbing Press Releases\nWriting benefit-driven copy\nSetting the right tone\nLanguage to use and language to avoid\nWriting a great headline
URL:https://laurelridgeworkforce.com/event/effective-copywriting/
LOCATION:Online 24/7
CATEGORIES:Business and Professional Development,Career Enhancement
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SUMMARY:Intermediate Video Game Design
DESCRIPTION:Worldwide\, video game sales including consoles\, and online and mobile games are projected to reach $111 billion dollars this year. Mobile games are the fastest-growing segment of the market as more and more people play casual games. By 2019 Price Warehouse predicts social and casual game sales will exceed traditional game sales. In this intermediate introductory course you will learn the basics of video game design process\, learn about the main video game genres\, and use a game development application to begin your journey of making games.  \nAgenda \nUnit 1\nA brief history of Video Game Development\n– Arcades & Consoles\n– From PCs to Multiplayer\n– Play a Game -Game Analysis\n– Game Maker Introduction \nUnit 2\nPlayer Motivation\n– Geographics\, demographics\, and psychographics\n– Who Plays\n– Why We Play\n– Game Maker Making Art: About Sprites\, Objects\, Rooms \nUnit 3\nPlatforms\, Genres and Story Elements\n– Game Application: The Audience\n– Platforms & Player Modes\n– Story Elements: Premise\, Backstory\, Synopsis\, Theme\, & Setting\n– Character Archetypes & Character Development\n– Game Maker: Programming Events & Actions \nUnit 4\nThe Production Process\n– Documentation: The Game Design Doc\n– Creating the Team\n– Production Phases\n– Marketing\n– Game Maker: Your First Game
URL:https://laurelridgeworkforce.com/event/intermediate-video-game-design/
LOCATION:Online 24/7
CATEGORIES:Business and Professional Development,Career Enhancement
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SUMMARY:Intermediate Excel
DESCRIPTION:Have you ever wondered why Excel is one of the most powerful applications used today by many businesses? Excel is one of the most important applications that you can study now to take your skills to the next level! This course will help you increase your efficiency by learning how to organize\, display and calculate your data into useful information. Find out how you can consolidate your data proficiently into readable rows and columns using different table designs and styles. Create a unique style for yourself to improve your spreadsheet appearance to make the content easier to understand for your target audience. Learn from the trainer on how beneficial it is to become more productive in generating different everyday business functions. Discover how easily pivot tables can be created to quickly summarize large amounts of data. Through this course\, these tasks will make your work outstanding and unique in what you do. \nAgenda \nUnit 1 – Organizing Worksheet and Table Data\nIntroduction to tables\nFormatting tables using styles\nUsing formulas in tables\nSorting and Filtering table data \nUnit 2 – Understanding Popular Excel Functions\nUnderstanding Name Manager\nApplying business functions\nCreating functions that handle text\nPerforming basic lookup functions\nCreating functions that work with dates and times \nUnit 3 – Improving Worksheet Appearance\nFormatting cells in worksheets\nCorrecting common function errors\nCreating and using worksheet outlines\nCustomizing Excel user interface \nUnit 4 – Analyzing Data Using Data Validation and Pivot Tables\nUnderstanding how to convert text to columns\nUnderstanding how to analyze spreadsheet data\nUnderstanding the basic pivot table layout and key terms\nCreating and formatting simple pivot tables
URL:https://laurelridgeworkforce.com/event/intermediate-excel/
LOCATION:Online 24/7
CATEGORIES:Business and Professional Development,Career Enhancement
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SUMMARY:Intermediate Web Design
DESCRIPTION:Anyone wanting to find out how to create effective and dynamic websites/applications will want to take this course. You may be a webmaster or a graphic designer already creating static websites wishing to take your skills to the next level. You will acquire the fundamentals of the most popular Web 2.0 technologies. You will take away a functioning web application hosted on a web server that is both accessible and Search Engine Optimized.
URL:https://laurelridgeworkforce.com/event/intermediate-web-design/
LOCATION:Online 24/7
CATEGORIES:Business and Professional Development,Career Enhancement
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