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Accounting Fundamentals - Demand for accounting professionals currently exceeds supply. If you're interested in increasing your financial awareness and accountability while also gaining a marketable skill, this course is for you. You'll learn the basics of double-entry bookkeeping, while also learning how to analyze and record financial transactions, as well as prepare various financial reports at the end of the fiscal period. Accounts receivable, accounts payable, payroll procedures, sales taxes, and various common banking activities will be discussed. We'll cover all the bases, from writing checks to preparing an income statement and closing out accounts at the end of each fiscal period.

Accounting Fundamentals II Department: Accounting - While it is true that accounting professionals are scarce, those with corporate accounting experience are even more rare. This course will build on the knowledge you gained in our "Accounting Fundamentals" course to provide you with a solid understanding of corporate accounting practices. You'll be able to analyze transactions and prepare various corporate financial reports. You'll also gain practical experience working with dividends, plant assets, depreciation, accrued revenue and expenses, retained earnings, stockholders' equity, and more.

Creating a Successful Business Plan - Turn your business ideas into a solid plan for financing and long-term success. Committing your idea to paper in the form of a business plan not only increases your chances of obtaining financing, but also in keeping your business strategically focused. With the support of your instructor and a network of like-minded students, you'll work through all of the major components of a business plan and emerge with your first draft in hand. And most importantly, you will have completed the first--and most difficult--step on the path to small business success.

Start Your Own Consulting Practice - Do you have training or knowledge that could be useful to others? Have you ever considered becoming a consultant? This course is designed to help those who wish to set up a consulting practice get started. Topics will include skills assessments, pricing policies, contracting, marketing, and more.

Become a Grant Writing Consultant - Good grant writing consultants are always in demand. Learn how you can use a basic knowledge of grant or proposal writing to become an expert in the red-hot grant consulting field. This is one field where your creative writing skills can touch thousands of people and literally make a difference in their quality of life.

Start & Operate Your Home-Based Business - Home-based businesses are the hottest business trend of the decade! Learn how to be your own boss and eliminate the stress of having a job. The benefits of working from home are endless! Earn what you deserve, be independent, have tax deductions, do away with traffic, office politics and more! Learn how to develop the entrepreneurial qualities - motivation, discipline, creativity - that you will need to succeed! This class is a great way to start your own business or enhance the one you already have.

Start & Marketing Your Business on the Internet - Find out how you can affordably market your business on the Internet from an e-commerce expert. In this practical, hands-on course, you'll learn little-understood secrets about the types of businesses that thrive on the Web. Then, you'll discover proven methods that will help you establish an Internet presence and build an online brand identity. You'll even learn several low-cost promotion strategies that you can use to drive visitors to your site.

Growing Plants for Fun and Profit - This course is your practical guide to licensing, site preparation, equipment, how and where to find supplies, how to select and produce plants appropriate to your climate zone, how to produce quality material and, most importantly, how to market your product.

Successful Construction & Consulting Business Operations - Your contracting business can gain a powerful and permanent advantage over the competition by practicing expert business management. You and each person on your management staff can reap the business rewards from this complete, hands-on approach to expert management practices. This course can help you design and construct a superior business operation that serves your customers better and keeps them coming back. Better business operations usually keep talented employees happy and loyal too. Learn business skills the same way you learned your trade: one step at a time and with an eye on how the pieces go together successfully.

Learn to Buy and Sell on eBay - Online auctions match buyers with sellers in a global marketplace for almost any item. If you've ever dreamed of working from home or just earning extra income by buying and selling goods online, our experienced instructors will guide you every step of the way. You'll learn how to create titles that get noticed, how to craft advertising copy that sells items quickly and for top dollar, and how to create and upload photos of the items you are selling. You'll also learn how to safely conduct financial transactions, how to accept credit card payments, and how to pack and ship any item hassle-free. If you're a buyer, you'll learn how to value almost any item up for auction, how to get the best possible price, how to protect yourself against fraud, and how to compete effectively against other bidders.

Get Paid to Travel (Tour Directing) - Do you love to travel and enjoy working with individuals? If so, then tour directing may be the career for you! Tour directors are hired to escort local, domestic, and international tours and cruises, earning as much as $1900 per week. Learn everything you need to start your new and exciting career as a professional tour director. Topics covered will include group procedures, documentation, and emergencies. You will also gain information on full and part-time career opportunities, as well as where to look for prospective employers and much, much more. Don’t wait any longer - start today!


Marketing Tools for Actors - You've taken acting classes, but do you know how to get a job? Learn from a working casting director how to market yourself locally for film and television work. This course covers training, headshots, resumes, agents, scams, getting on-camera experience, questions to ask (and NEVER ask) a casting director, and more.

Effective Selling - The goal of 'Effective Selling' is not to teach you how to make a sale today, but to help you discover how you can easily convert a potential customer into a long-term asset. 'Effective Selling' will help you lay the groundwork for repeat business and your future success. In sales, there are no quick fixes. However, with the knowledge, planning skills, communication techniques, and the understanding of human nature that you will gain from this course, your sales will grow as if by magic.

Professional Sales Skills - Today, there are no shortages of opportunities for skilled salespeople. In good times or bad, companies never stop looking for sales representatives that can help them meet their financial goals. If you've always dreamed of becoming successful in sales, this course is exactly what you need. You'll learn how to turn prospects into buyers, how to provide proper customer service, how to develop a sales plan, and more.

Effective Business Writing - Do you have a nagging suspicion that a small improvement in your writing skills might also improve your career prospects? Don't let small gaps in your business writing skills prevent you from reaching your full potential. It doesn't matter whether you're a clerical worker, an engineer, or an executive. If you communicate with others in writing, this course can help you identify and eliminate problem areas. By the end of this course, you'll know the secret to developing powerful written documents that immediately draw readers in and keep them motivated to continue until your very last, well-chosen word.

Beginning Braille Transcription - Prepare for a rewarding career as a Braille transcriber by learning to write and read the tactual language of the blind. You'll learn the history of Braille, and different ways of producing the Braille English alphabet, Braille numbers, Braille punctuation, and more. You'll also learn about employment opportunities for Braille Transcribers.

Intermediate Braille Transcription - Learn Literary Braille and prepare for the Library of Congress Braille Transcriber's Certification exam. Explore the 63 contractions that make up Grade II Braille. These contractions are used to increase your efficiency with Braille by decreasing the amount of space required to produce words or parts of words. After you complete this course, you'll be comfortable with reading and brailling the complete Literary Braille Code. You'll also learn about employment opportunities for those who are proficient at producing Braille.

Become a Veterinary Assistant - Do you like animals? Would you like to prepare for a career as a veterinary assistant? This course, taught by a practicing veterinarian and college instructor, will give you the information you need to counsel veterinary clients on pet nutrition, vaccinations, worms, fleas, first aid, euthanasia, and alternative medicine. You will also get a taste of how a veterinary hospital ticks as a small business by focusing on billing, workplace safety, and marketing through client education programs.

Become a Veterinary Assistant II: Canine Reproduction - This course is the definitive guide to the principles of sound dog breeding practices leading to the production of healthy puppies. If you're a veterinary assistant or preparing to become one, this course will help you understand the essential facts so you can knowledgeably converse with clients on the complexities of canine reproduction. This course covers every essential facet of dog breeding, including assessing the health of candidates, common reproductive problems, determining pregnancy, finding out why a pregnancy fails, postpartum complications, caring for puppies, and more.

Become a Veterinary Assistant III: Practical Skills - Learn the practical skills you'll need to be a valuable veterinary assistant or educated pet owner. Taught by a practicing veterinarian, this course is the third installment in our "Become a Veterinary Assistant" series. Exciting videos and interactive graphics will put you right in the hospital. You'll learn restraint techniques and examination procedures, as well as how to collect and interpret blood and urine samples, assist in surgery, perform basic hygiene, take radiographs, and administer medications and vaccines.

Secrets of the Caterer - Do you love to cook and plan parties? Then start your own catering business and make money doing what you love! In this course, you learn how to become an effective and reputable caterer. Learn the business and the tricks of the trade, including many delicious catering recipes.

Start Your Own Business - Learn how to take your dream of starting a business and put it into action. In this class, you'll learn everything you need to know about starting a business including start-up options, proven marketing techniques, unique financing options, and easy employee-management tips. You'll discover the secrets that separate the successful entrepreneurs from the struggling ones

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