Career and Business   

Have the vision but need the business plan?  Learn how, when, and where to market yourself. 

In a world where you can technically make an IG account and call yourself a business owner, what does it mean to actually build your brand and own your career? Mira Kraft, founder and CEO of the brand development company MKPR, will be diving into the many moving parts to be aware of when building your brand. In this class you will learn how to make a blueprint for your ideas/ business, Identify your campaign niche, and learn how to properly market yourself.

Join presenter Lynne Dean, a forensic scientist and retired latent fingerprint examiner with the King County Sheriff's Office in Seattle, Washington, as she explores how crime scenes are processed for evidence. You will learn how a forensic fingerprint laboratory works, discuss photographs from real crime scenes, and determine what YOU see as evidence. You'll also participate in hands-on exercises at home to give you a true "feel" for working with evidence and discover how to distinguish fact from fiction when it comes to your favorite CSI-style TV shows. Student participation is encouraged! This class is for students 18 and older, as some of the content and photos are considered graphic. In addition, participants will need a roll of clear tape (like Scotch tape) and their choice of one of the following: clear plastic water bottle OR ceramic mug (like a coffee cup) OR clear sheet protector. Those items will be part of the hands-on exercises they will do during the Zoom presentation.

Share the stories of your life by creating a photo legacy for you, your family and friends. In this course, you will learn how to set up a permanent online home for preserving your memories. Begin curating a collection of your most cherished photos, videos, audio files and documents such as family recipes and letters. Bring your Windows PC or Mac laptop to class. Instructional handouts will be provided and take-home assignments given each week.

Podcasts are hot. As of June 2022, there were over 2.4 million podcasts with over 66 million episodes between them. According to the latest projections, there will be over 100 million active podcast listeners in the U.S. Want to get in on the podcast craze? You don't have to be a veteran producer at an NPR station. You just need a primer on the basics taught by a local podcast producer who's made his share of mistakes getting started. John Yeager started Bloodworks 101 in 2020 with no budget and a couple of co-workers, Today, the podcast has a listener base of 14,000 downloads and an Anthem Award presented by the Webby Awards organization. In this three-part class you'll learn how to narrow down a mission statement, identify your audience, have realistic goals about how to grow that audience, how to interview a subject, what kind of equipment to buy and what kind of podcast platform to use. By the end of the class, you'll learn how to produce your own podcast.