Topics covered 1)Strategic and tactical planning for small businesses, 2) Developing frontline, measurable goals and quick, effective performance reviews, 3) Hiring talent, not credentials or skills, 4) Confronting marginal performances in family and small businesses, 5) 12 hurdles to effective leadership, and 6) Overall blueprint/recipe for building high performing, small business organizations.
Instructor: Ken Riemer, Riemer & Associates
Learn the basic principles and elements of graphic design, and how to use them when creating marketing and promotional materials such as brochures, business cards, web sites, and more!
Instructor: KJ Kahnle, Beyond the Image Graphic Design
Course examines strategies for creating a social media business and/or organizational presence. Topics will include creating a social media strategy, branding with social media, and engaging versus sales using social media. Prerequisite: all students have an established social media account (ex.: Facebook or LinkedIn) and have prior experience with social media.
Instructor: Bella Stolz, Marketing Consultant
A complete overview for setting up your business - chart of accounts, accounts receivable, accounts payable, bank reconciliation, memorizing reports/transactions, and setting up inventory basics. Will be taught on QuickBooks 2012 (QB 2012), but content applies to earlier versions; instructor can speak on any version. First class will be a primer on essential bookkeeping concepts and terminology along with setting up your business in QB 2012. Prerequisite: basic computer knowledge.
Instructor: Alice Mariana, RCEDA Business Manager
Learn to properly set up a payroll system in QuickBooks (QB 2012) - create paychecks, pay tax liabilities, and generate payroll forms and reports. Find out how to track employee time, create job cost data, and troubleshoot common problems and mistakes. Prerequisites: basic computer knowledge and basic QuickBooks knowledge.
Instructor: Alice Mariana, RCEDA Business Manager
What do you need to know about computers for your business, to get a job in today's world or to start college? What can a computer do for you at home? This class is a hands-on, very basic computer operations course covering: using a mouse, navigating through computer screens, creating and managing files, sending and receiving emails, attaching files to emails, and basic internet searching. Also covered are the fundamentals of computer keyboarding by touch with an emphasis on learning the keyboard and building keyboarding accuracy and speed.
Instructor: Lee Tickell, Bitterroot College Business Technology Adjunct Faculty and Certified Microsoft Trainer
Explore the basics of spreadsheet functions. Learn short cuts to assist in data entry, how to create formulas and basic formatting. Learn how to print in Excel and how to manage an Excel workbook, cross sheet formulas and viewing multiple sheets. Prerequisite: basic computer knowledge.
Instructor: Lee Tickell, Bitterroot College Business Technology Adjunct Faculty and Certified Microsoft Trainer
Outlook 2010 includes new features and capabilities to help you stay connected with people and better manage your time and information. This class will cover all the features in Outlook 2010, including Mail, Calendar, Contacts, Tasks, Notes, Journal, and Folders. Class will focus on how to make Outlook 2010 your personal information manager for all your email accounts. Prerequisite: basic computer knowledge.
Instructor: Lee Tickell, Bitterroot College Business Technology Adjunct Faculty and Certified Microsoft Trainer
PowerPoint 2010 is a visual and graphical application, primarily used for creating presentations. With PowerPoint, you can create, view, and present slide shows that combine text, shapes, pictures, graphs, animation, charts, videos, and much more. This class will focus on the most common features used for creating presentations for your business, club, church, organization, or any group where you need to present information. You will learn how to create, manage, and collaborate with other people, enrich your presentations with video, picture, and animations, and deliver and share your presentations more effectively. Prerequisite: basic computer knowledge.
Instructor: Lee Tickell, Bitterroot College Business Technology Adjunct Faculty and Certified Microsoft Trainer
Learn the basics of how to create professional-looking Word documents. Topics include text and page formatting, bullet and table creation, and understanding the ribbon. Prerequisite: basic computer knowledge
Instructor: Lee Tickell, Bitterroot College Business Technology Adjunct Faculty and Certified Microsoft Trainer
This course is a hands-on photo editing and "collage" class using Photoshop CS5. Learn how to: make color adjustments and sharpen photos, "clone out" small things that "shouldn't be there," and crop photos. Instruction will also include: the type tool, making selections, an introduction to layers, an introduction to masking, resizing for print and web, and managing your photos files. Prerequisite: basic computer knowledge.
Instructor: KJ Kahnle, Beyond the Image Graphic Design
This course will help participants gain an in-depth understanding of the new Common Core Standards in Math. The goal of these standards is to prepare students to have a deep understanding of mathematical ideas and the ability to apply this knowledge in a variety of situations. Teachers must have a solid understanding of the focus areas and concepts expected for their grade level. They must also be able to adjust instructional practices to promote fluency of the mathematical practices outlined in the standards. This course will take teachers through the standards. Instructional strategies to be used in the math classroom will be presented and modeled
Instructors: Kathleen Dent, M.Ed. & Hamilton School District Curriculum Coordinator and Wendy Ihde, M.Ed. & Corvallis School District Curriculum Director
Seminar topics: 1) state of the Bakken oil and gas industry, including rig counts, maps, wells, water, transport, jobs, and housing; 2) history of the Bakken area, including homesteaders use of coal, discovery of oil, recent horizontal drilling and fracking revolution; 3) overview of Bakken geology; 4) overview of oil well drilling process, including permitting, rig operations, and fracking process; 5) overview of oil and gas transportation; and 6) life of an oil well industrial site. Information presentation includes liberal use of diagrams, photographs, and videos to illustrate the evolution & occurrence, search, discovery, processing & production, and transportation of oil and gas. Time allotted for discussion.
Instructor: George Furniss, MS Geology, Bitterroot College Geosciences Adjunct Faculty
