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- Smart Women Finish Rich® Seminar
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Course fee: $55.00
Dates: 5/7/2025 - 5/14/2025
Times: 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM Pacific Time
Days: W
Sessions: 2
Room: Maier Hall E244-Main Campus
Instructor: Rhonda Whitman
Refund Policy: FAQs & Policies
This seminar is based on the best-selling book by David Bach and will include the eight steps to achieving financial security. This class is open to all people.
This seminar educates and empowers women to take charge of their financial futures.
Women have unique challenges and advantages in their finances. The gender pay gap and lack of confidence can impair women's ability to succeed as investors. Women may take time out of the workforce to care for children, missing pay raises and promotions. Women still tend to outlive men, requiring a larger retirement nest egg and more estate planning decisions. We will focus on the different financial planning issues at the various stages of life. Attend this seminar to learn about the educational foundation of your financial journey.
Student Learning Outcomes:
Students will be able to assess their financial status, identify their values, and document their financial goals. They will understand the basics of financial account structures, investments, insurance, and estate considerations.
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- Human Resources (HR) Administration
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Fee: $69.00
Item Number: 38618
Dates: 5/20/2025 - 5/20/2025
Times: 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Days: Tu
Sessions: 1
Building: ARR
Room: Zoom Class
Instructor: Claudia Malone
THIS CLASS IS FULL. Please click the "Add to Waitlist" button below.
The evolution of technology has changed the way that HR manages many of its functions, including payroll. In this course you will learn the basics of the payroll process, how using HR technology can save time and money for your organization and the growing demand and importance of HR metrics. You will also discover state and federal recordkeeping requirements, what to keep in a personnel file and important HR technology terminology. This class is offered in partnership with Green River College.
This course is part of the HR Generalist Certificate Program (8 Class Series).
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- Excel Pivot Tables
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Learn how to use PivotTables to summarize, group, chart and analyze data effectively in Microsoft Excel.
Advances in technology have made it possible to store ever increasing amounts of data. Along with this, the need to analyze that data and gain actionable insight is greater than ever. You already have experience working with Excel and creating basic PivotTables to summarize data. But, Excel can do much more. Being able to harness the power of advanced PivotTable features and create Pivot Charts will help you to gain a competitive edge. You will not only be able to summarize data for you to analyze, but also organize the data in a way that can be meaningfully presented to others. This leads to data-driven business decisions that have a better chance for success for everyone involved. During this class, the instructor demonstrates the concepts while you perform the tasks at the same time.
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Pre-Requisites: Basic experience with Microsoft Excel.
Please see CEU procedure and Student Learning Outcomes.
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- Project Execution to Closing
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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. This class is offered in partnership with Green River College.
Prerequisite: Project Management Basics: Initiating the Project
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 is the third required course in the Project Management Certificate Part A (3 Class Series). For complete details about our Project Management Certificate Program, visit our Project Management Certificate overview.
PMBOK® is a registered mark of the Project Management Institute, Inc.
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- Certificate in Accounting & Finance for Non-Financial Managers
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REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. This class is already in session.
Every successful person in the workplace utilizes financial information to aid effective decision making. The Certificate in Accounting and Finance for Non-Financial Managers explains the financial concepts and accounting processes used in most businesses and will provide practical techniques that will increase your effectiveness and career.
First, get a foundation to understand the seven steps in the accounting cycle and use financial information in decision making. Come away with the knowledge to analyze resource allocation and evaluate financial performance.Then find out what you need to know about cash. Cash 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.
Finally, acquire advanced knowledge on the financial information that drives your organization. See how business reports are assessed and analyzed. An understanding of this information will help you make smart decisions when it comes to budgeting, setting goals, and assessing performance within your own area of influence.
Class Schedule:
- Accounting and Finance for Non Financial Managers: Feb 3 - 28
- Cash is King: Mar 3 - 28
- Financial Analysis and Planning for Non Financial Managers: Apr 7 - May 2
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- Assisting Aging Parents or Partners
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Course fee: $99.00
Dates: 4/9/2025 - 4/30/2025
Times: 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Days: W
Sessions: 4
Room: Zoom Class
Instructor: Janis Jasinsky
ONLINE REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. Call 360.417.5683 to register if class is not yet in session.
Do you have an aging parent or partner with declining health? Explore the complex issues you may encounter when assisting the elderly. Learn the key legal issues and documents relevant to elder care, the differences in medical insurance, the different types of housing/medical assistance available to the elderly, and the potential role of hospice or palliative care. Please note: This class is offered in partnership with Clark College.
Syllabus
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- Leadership and Supervision Certification
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Course fee: $599.00
Dates: 4/14/2025 - 5/21/2025
Times: 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Days: M W
Sessions: 12
Room: Zoom Class
Instructor: Sara Johnson
ONLINE REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. Call 360.417.5683 to register if class is not yet in session.
Develop your leadership, communication, motivation, and problem-solving skills with the Supervision Certificate. Through a series of six courses, you will acquire the interpersonal skills needed to interact successfully in a supervisory role. Topics include turning negative situations into positive outcomes; identifying your leadership traits through personal assessment; leading effective meetings; providing feedback; establishing priorities; problem-solving techniques, and more! This class is offered in partnership with Green River College.
See overview to learn more about this Certificate. Earn the certificate by taking the courses individually or register for the series and save.
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- PM Basics: Initiating The Project
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Course fee: $339.00
Dates: 4/16/2025 - 4/30/2025
Times: 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Days: M W
Sessions: 5
Room: Zoom Class
Instructor: Daniel Yeomans
ONLINE REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. Call 360.417.5683 to register if class is not yet in session.
Discover the science and art of effective project management, and learn why 75 percent of all projects fail! Summarize the five Process Groups, 10 Knowledge Areas and 49 processes recommended for application in the PMBOK® Guide (Project Management Body of Knowledge). Learn about the Initiating Process Group, and discover how to develop a business case, create a Project Charter, identify and document stakeholders and effectively present a project to decision-makers using a winning methodology. This class is offered in partnership with Green River College.
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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 is the first required course in the Project Management Certificate Part A (3 Class Series). For complete details about our Project Management Certificate Program, attend a free Project Management Information Session and/or visit our Project Management Certificate overview.
PMBOK® is a registered mark of the Project Management Institute, Inc.
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- Excel Level 1
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Course fee: $169.00
Dates: 4/21/2025 - 4/28/2025
Times: 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM Pacific Time
Days: M
Sessions: 2
CEUs: 0.7
Room: Zoom Class
Instructor: Cliff Hanks
ONLINE REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. Call 360.417.5683 to register if class is not yet in session.
Organize, calculate, analyze, revise, update, and present your data in ways that help the decision makers in your organization. This course provides you with a foundation for Excel knowledge and skills, which you can build upon to eventually become an expert in data analysis.
Required:
Please see CEU procedure and Student Learning Outcomes.
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- Smart Women Finish Rich® Seminar - Port Townsend
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Course fee: $55.00
Dates: 4/23/2025 - 4/30/2025
Times: 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Days: W
Sessions: 2
Room: PT210-Port Townsend Campus
Instructor: Rhonda Whitman
ONLINE REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. Call 360.417.5683 to register if class is not yet in session.
This seminar is based on the best-selling book by David Bach and will include the eight steps to achieving financial security. This class is open to all people.
This seminar educates and empowers women to take charge of their financial futures. Women have unique challenges and advantages in their finances. The gender pay gap and lack of confidence may impair women's ability to succeed as investors. Women may take time out of the workforce to care for children, missing pay raises and promotions. Women still tend to outlive men, requiring a larger retirement nest egg and more estate planning decisions. We will focus on the different financial planning issues at the various stages of life. Attend this seminar to learn about the educational foundation of your financial journey.
By the end of this course, students will be able to assess their financial status, identify their values, and document their financial goals. They will understand the basics of financial account structures, investments, insurance, and estate considerations.
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- Getting the Most from Your Meetings
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Course fee: $139.00
Dates: 4/28/2025 - 4/30/2025
Times: 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Days: M W
Sessions: 2
Room: Zoom Class
Instructor: Sara Johnson
ONLINE REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. Call 360.417.5683 to register if class is not yet in session.
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.
For more information, please refer to our course outline.
This is the third course in the Supervision Certificate (6 Class Series).
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