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  • Getting the Most from Your Meetings
    • Fee: $139.00
      Item Number: 40727
      Dates: 4/28/2025 - 4/30/2025
      Times: 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
      Days: M W
      Sessions: 2
      Building: ARR
      Room: Remote Teaching
      Instructor:  
      Discover why some meetings fail and learn proven techniques for making meetings more productive. Gain tips related to the four essentials of productive meetings: planning, participating, presenting and producing. Other topics include meeting formats and when to vary them, responding to conflict in a meeting and meeting follow-through. A key component of this course is utilizing effective communication strategies before, during and after your meetings. This course is offered in partnership with Green River College.

 

 

  • Leadership Series
    • Fee: $299.00
      Item Number: 42977
      Dates: 5/8/2025 - 5/22/2025
      Times: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
      Days: Th
      Sessions: 0
      Building: CLCTC
      Room: Columbia Tech Center 0338
      Instructor:  
      Effective Leaders require communication skills that demonstrate confidence, candor, and authenticity. This series is experiential in design and invites the opportunity for participants to assess their baseline communication and speaking style for the purpose of discovering & learning practical behaviors that will result in up-leveling their confidence and presence in front of their peers, colleagues, clients/customers and leaders. This series is for any professional who leads meetings, speaks publicly and provides feedback to others. Whether you present your ideas on a regular basis or need to find your courage to speak up in meetings, this is the course for you.

 

 

  • Motivating for Success
    • Fee: $139.00
      Item Number: 40730
      Dates: 5/5/2025 - 5/7/2025
      Times: 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
      Days: M W
      Sessions: 2
      Building: ARR
      Room: Remote Teaching
      Instructor:  
      Want more creative, motivated employees who are eager to work hard and satisfy both internal and external customers? Good leaders empower their employees to feel confident, valued, and motivated. In this course discover what motivates people, how to resuscitate motivation and how personality affects motivation. You will also learn how to give clear and motivating directions, set realistic and achievable standards, and provide effective feedback, praising good results and correcting unsatisfactory performance. This course is offered in partnership with Green River College.

 

 

  • Problem Solving and Decision Making Strategies
    • Fee: $139.00
      Item Number: 40734
      Dates: 5/19/2025 - 5/21/2025
      Times: 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
      Days: M W
      Sessions: 2
      Building: ARR
      Room: Remote Teaching
      Instructor:  
      Creative problem-solving and effective decision-making skills are essential in today's workplace. Through the use of real-life case studies, you will discover four primary problem-solving tools, learn a format for group problem-solving, methods for effective decision-making and techniques to minimize conflict and dissension. This course concludes with an interactive problem-solving group exercise. Concepts taught in this course can be applied to all facets of life. This course is offered in partnership with Green River College.

 

 

  • Project Execution to Closing
    • Fee: $339.00
      Item Number: 40715
      Dates: 6/2/2025 - 6/16/2025
      Times: 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
      Days: M W
      Sessions: 5
      Building: ARR
      Room: Remote Teaching
      Instructor:  
      Your Project Management Plan is approved and accepted. What's next? This course shares best practices for implementing and controlling the project to success. Learn how to manage quality, develop and manage a project team, effectively communicate, manage risk and engage stakeholders. Key tools and techniques and valuable tips will be introduced, shared and applied - all to ensure that your project is successful. TEXTBOOKS (available through Amazon): Required--The PMBOK® Guide - 7th Edition, Project Management Institute, Inc., 2021, ISBN-13: 978-1628256642; Recommended--Project Management Made Simple and Effective, Yeomans, 2016, ISBN-13: 978-1457549816. This course is a partnership with Green River Community College.

 

 

  • Project Planning and Scheduling Essentials
    • Fee: $479.00
      Item Number: 40714
      Dates: 5/5/2025 - 5/28/2025
      Times: 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
      Days: M W
      Sessions: 8
      Building: ARR
      Room: Remote Teaching
      Instructor:  
      It is said, "If you fail to plan, you plan to fail." Discover the 24 key planning processes needed to plan and implement a successful project, and learn the order in which they should occur. Identify the key tools and techniques to effectively plan for scope, schedule, cost, quality, human resources, communications, risk, procurements and stakeholder management. This course keys on both predictive (Waterfall) and adaptive (Agile) planning techniques. TEXTBOOKS (available through Amazon): Required--The PMBOK® Guide - 7th Edition, Project Management Institute, Inc., 2021, ISBN-13: 978-1628256642; Recommended--Project Management Made Simple and Effective, Yeomans, 2016, ISBN-13: 978-1457549816. This course is a partnership with Green River Community College.

      No Class 5/26/2025.

 

 

  • Working Smarter
    • Fee: $139.00
      Item Number: 40732
      Dates: 5/12/2025 - 5/14/2025
      Times: 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
      Days: M W
      Sessions: 2
      Building: ARR
      Room: Remote Teaching
      Instructor:  
      Time is a valuable resource that can be costly to a company when wasted. In this course you will develop communication strategies to minimize time loss, evaluate personal and organizational time-wasters, learn to establish meaningful priorities and determine ways to deal with disruptions and unanticipated drains on time. Additional topics include schedule planning, prioritizing, delegation, and large project completion. This course is offered in partnership with Green River College.

 

 

  • Accounting Fundamentals
    • Fee: $129.00
      Item Number: 40445
      Dates: 4/7/2025 - 6/20/2025
      Times: 8:00 AM - 8:00 PM
      Days:
      Sessions: 0
      Building: CLONLINE
      Room: Online-no scheduled meetings
      Instructor:  

      Learn the basics of double-entry bookkeeping, as well as how to analyze and record financial transactions. You will get hands-on experience with handling accounts receivable, accounts payable, payroll procedures, sales taxes, and various common banking activities.

      To REGISTER click this link: More Details and Registration Here


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  • Project Management Certificate Part A (3-class series)
  • Fee: $969.00
    Item Number: 40709
    Dates: 4/16/2025 - 6/16/2025
    Times: 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
    Days: M W
    Sessions: 18
    Building: ARR
    Room: Remote Teaching
    Instructor: 
    This class is in session.  For more information please call Registration at 360-992-2939.
    The Project Management Certificate is designed for working professionals who are either starting out or moving up as project managers. Courses are taught with a practical approach that equips participants with the skills and knowledge that can be applied immediately to the workplace. The Project Management Certificate consists of seven required courses totaling 108 hours of course work. Most people are able to complete the Certificate in two quarters. You may register for the courses individually, or you can save money by registering for a series of courses. This program is a partnership with Green River Community College. This program is offered in partnership with Green River Community College.

    No Class 5/26/2025.
 

  • Introduction to QuickBooks Online
    • Fee: $139.00
      Item Number: 40446
      Dates: 4/7/2025 - 6/20/2025
      Times: 8:00 AM - 8:00 PM
      Days:
      Sessions: 0
      Building: CLONLINE
      Room: Online-no scheduled meetings
      Instructor:  

      Manage the financial aspects of your small business quickly and efficiently using QuickBooks Online. This course will give you hands-on experience recording income and expenses; entering checks and credit card payments; tracking your payables, inventory, and receivables; and much more.

      To REGISTER click this link: More Details and Registration Here


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