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Doing Business With WordPress
You're a small business. You're thinking about adding a blog to your website but you don't know anything about blogging, or even what to use. You've got a budget and there's no budge in it, so what do you do? If only there was a short, focused, inexpensive, hands-on class to teach you the basics so that you can make an informed decision. Well, there is. Get ready to go hands-on inside the Wordpress blogging platform. This two hour all hands-on workshop will provide you with the tools you need to get started blogging on the premiere blogging platform.
Learn how to:
- Secure your Wordpress blog by taking basic steps
- Add and expand Wordpress' functionality by installing plugins
- Change your blog's appearance with themes
- Upgrade Wordpress as patches and security fixes roll out in three simple steps
- and more
Seats are limited to 20 people so sign up now!
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Project Management
Certificate Program: Online!
Open Enrollment Dates for your
Convenience!
Register Online Now for this event!
Get the knowledge, skills and tools you
need to successfully manage projects and project
teams!
This online course is designed specifically for
you! The customized program works with the
participant, their team and organization for a
unique training program that meets your individual
needs. Call for more information: 715-346-3861
or 800-898-9472.
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Conveying a Polished, Professional Image
Join us for this program to hone your
communication skills, both written and oral. You'll
learn how to present a professional image of
yourself and your organization in the email message
and other workplace documents you write and in
speeches you give to groups large or small. You will
learn how to view speaking and writing as psychology
in action; how to write clear, concise, direct, and
effective business correspondence; and how to
present a good image of yourself and your
organization before an audience, in email messages,
and on paper.
- Workplace Writing - Tuesday and
Thursday, April 6 & 8, 2010
12:30-4:30 pm; Registration Fee: $149 -
Register early, writing samples required prior
to class
- Public Speaking - Tuesday and
Thursday, April 13 & 15, 2010
12:30-4:30 pm; Registration Fee: $149
Program held at the Wisconsin Learning
Center, Stevens Point
Instructor: Professor Dan Dieterich
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Dates: March 12, March 18, and
March 31, 2010
Bring your laptop and come join us for a series of
three intense events. The first event helps you
build your own little corner of the internet in a
hands-on 1-day session.. Register Online Now for these events!
- Friday, March 12 - Build Your Business Website Workshop: Roll up your sleeves and get ready to get dirty as we go under the hood to build the foundations of your business website. This is not for the faint of heart! In this all day workshop we begin to build the basis of your business website.
Fee: $225 plus additional web hosting costs
determined by the host you choose.
Build Your Web Presence Series workshops
are held at the Wisconsin Learning Center in Stevens
Point - Highway HH & I-39, Portage County Business
Park. Bring your own laptop or use the computer lab.
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QuickBooks Training
for Small Businesses!
Dates: March 4, 11, 18, 25, 2010
(all sessions meet from 5:00-8:30 pm
Location: Wisconsin Learning Center, Stevens Point
Register Online Now for this event!
Sign up for this series of QuickBooks training
workshops to help your business prosper. Start with
the basics; learn AP & AR, Payroll, and much more.
Click the brochure for full details and registration
form.
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Get a head start in writing your business plan!
This 8-10 session series will go through all the
steps of writing a comprehensive business plan. A
grant from the Department of Commerce subsidizes 75%
of the course fee. You pay only $250 for this $1000
value. Call now for details: 715-346-3861 or
800-898-9472.
Summer 2010:
Wausau - Wednesdays June 9-August 4 - 6-9pm
Stevens Point - Tues & Thurs June 15-July 22 - 5-7pm
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This monthly program is a great first step if you're
thinking of starting your own business. Learn about
what it takes, how to get started, and a variety of
resources available to assist you in your business
start-up endeavors.
Dates: Monthly
Locations:
Wisconsin Learning Center, Stevens Point
Wausau Chamber of Commerce, Wausau
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A Peer-to-Peer program for existing businesses to
share experiences and offer solutions to colleagues.
Call 715-346-3861 for information.
Date: Ongoing
Location: Wausau - Year 5
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A variety of online workshops to help your small
business prosper. These six-week workshops cover a
multitude of topics and have staggered start dates,
all taught by top-notch instructors.
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Free online workshops sponsored by our funding
partner,
the U. S. Small Business Administration,
available 24/7!
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Infant and Child Development Series
Designed for day care providers, child care
workers, pre-school teachers, parents and expectant
parents, this series will help connect developmental
science to you. Taught by Erica Weisgram, Ph.D.,
Assistant Professor of Developmental Psychology at
UW-Stevens Point, these evening sessions will help
you understand your developing child.
Dates: Jan. 26, Feb. 23,
March 30, April 27, May 25, 2010
Time: 6:00-7:30 pm each date
Fees: $35 per session, or
$150 for all five sessions
Location: Wisconsin Learning
Center, Stevens Point
- Children Think the Darnedest Things:
Exploring Children's Cognitive Development -
Tuesday, January 26
- Learning a First Language: Exploring
Children's Language Development -
Tuesday, February 23
- Effects of Child Care on Children -
Tuesday, March 30
- Teaching Tolerance: Reducing
Children's Gender and Racial Stereotypes and
Prejudice - Tuesday, April 27
- Forming Strong Emotional Bonds:
Exploring Research on Attachment in Infancy -
Tuesday, May 25
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