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An experienced entrepreneur teaches you how to develop the motivation, discipline, and creativity to quit your job and be your own boss. Requirements: Internet access, email, Internet Explorer or Netscape or Firefox Web browser.

An industry professional teaches you everything you need to prosper in the backyard nursery business. Requirements: Internet access, email, Internet Explorer or Netscape or Firefox Web browser.

Learn how to research and develop relationships with potential funding sources, organize grantwriting campaigns, and prepare proposals. Requirements: Microsoft Word, the free Adobe Acrobat reader, Internet access, email, and the Internet Explorer or Netscape or Firefox Web browser. Eligible for 24 PDPs

This course teaches medical terminology according to each body system. Multiple graphics, study tips and unusual facts make for a most enjoyable course. Requirements: Internet access, email, Internet Explorer or Netscape or Firefox Web browser. No medical background is necessary.

Design a life that makes you happy by learning how you can use work to express yourself and share your interests and talents. Requirements: Internet access, email, and the Internet Explorer or Netscape or Firefox Web browser.

Master the English language. Gain confidence in your ability to produce clean, grammatically correct documents and speeches. Requirements: Internet access, email, and the Internet Explorer or Netscape or Firefox Web browser. Please note: this course teaches American English grammar. Also, this course is not designed for ESL students. If you are an ESL student, please consider enrolling in Grammar for ESL Students with Sabri Bebawi.

Learn how to use humor to speak more effectively, write better, and increase your popularity. Requirements: Internet access, email, and the Internet Explorer or Netscape or Firefox Web browser.

Master twelve career-enhancing skills including goal setting, time management, personal organization, and creativity. Requirements: Internet access, email, and the Internet Explorer or Netscape or Firefox Web Browser.

Demand for accounting professionals currently exceeds supply. If you're interested in increasing your financial awareness and accountability while also gaining a marketable skill, this course is for you. Learn the basics of double-entry bookkeeping, how to analyze and record financial transactions, and prepare various financial reports at the end of the fiscal period. Accounts receivable, accounts payable, payroll procedures, sales taxes, and various common banking activities will be discussed. Writing checks to prepare an income statement and closing out accounts at the end of each fiscal period are covered. Requirements: Internet access, email, Internet Explorer or Netscape or Firefox Web browser, Acrobat Reader, and access to a calculator or adding machine.

This powerful course teaches six easy recipes you can use to glue Spanish words together into sentences. With the powerful methods taught in this course, you'll be able to engage in conversational Spanish in no time. Que Bueno! Requirements: Internet access, email, Internet Explorer or Netscape or Firefox Web browser. Eligible for 24 PDPs

Learn to prepare grant proposals that get solid results for your favorite organization or charity. Over $200 billion annually is available for worthy causes and most people don't know how to prepare the application that will deliver needed funding. Avoid the mistakes that get applications for wonderful projects tossed into the wastebasket! Learn how to write professional proposals that actually succeed. Requirements: Internet access, email, and the Internet Explorer or Netscape or Firefox Web browser.

Develop the skills and strategies you need to become an integral part of one of America's fastest growing service sectors. A seasoned veteran in the non-profit management field will show you how to transform your good intentions into a professional plan of action. You'll understand the unique characteristics of nonprofit organizations while mastering the core knowledge necessary to become an effective leader in the nonprofit arena. Requirements: Internet access, email, and Internet Explorer or Netscape or Firefox Web browser.

Turn your business ideas into a solid plan for financing and long-term success. Committing your idea to paper in the form of a business plan increases your chances of obtaining financing, and keeping your business strategically focused. With the support of your instructor and a network of like-minded students, work through all of the major components of a business plan and emerge with first draft in hand. And most importantly, you will have completed the first, and most difficult, step on the path to small business success. Requirements: Microsoft Word or other word processing program, Internet access, email, and the Internet Explorer or Netscape or Firefox Web browser.

Learn how to be an effective manager or supervisor. Master the basics of business and organizations, learn the people skills required to motivate and delegate, and learn tools for solving problems and resolving conflicts. Requirements: Internet access, email, and the Internet Explorer or Netscape or Firefox Web browser.

Learn how to be an effective manager or supervisor. Master the basics of communicating effectively and learn tools for developing your own interpersonal skills. Requirements: Completion of Fundamentals of Supervision and Management I (or equivalent experience), Internet access, email and Internet Explorer or Netscape or Firefox Web browser.

Develop new skills in identifying and satisfying customer needs. Discover the best methods for measuring customer service and applying the principles of consumer behavior to your business. Master customer service concepts, including target marketing, market segmentation, the marketing mix and quality function deployment. Learn to differentiate between industrial and consumer marketing; how to support new product introductions; satisfy international customers; work in a call center; and minimize customer complaints. Requirements: Internet access, email and the Internet Explorer or Netscape or Firefox Web browser.

Discover and master the essentials of managerial and staff support, information and records management, communications technology, travel and meeting coordination, space planning, and office ergonomics. Requirements: Internet access, email, and Internet Explorer or Netscape or Firefox Web browser.

Good grant writing consultants are always in demand. Learn how you can use a basic knowledge of grant and proposal writing to become an expert in the red-hot grant consulting field. This is one field where your creative writing skills touch thousands of people and literally make a difference in their quality of life. Requirements: A basic understanding of the grant writing process, Internet access, email, and the Internet Explorer or Netscape or Firefox Web browser.

Do you know the best way to present information in a grant proposal? An experienced grant writer will show you how to research and write proposals that get funded. Learn what to do--and more importantly what not to do--on every part of your proposal. Gain a full understanding of the criteria funders use to determine whether your grant proposal gets funded or rejected. Discover a number of significant finishing touches that can give your project the edge over others. Requirements: Completion of an introductory grant writing course or equivalent experience, Internet access, email, and the Internet Explorer or Netscape or Firefox Web browser. Eligible for 24 pdps.

Today, there are no shortages of opportunities for skilled salespeople. In good times or bad, companies never stop looking for sales representatives that can help them meet their financial goals. If you've always dreamed of becoming successful in sales, this course is exactly what you need. Learn how to: turn prospects into buyers, provide proper customer service, develop a sales plan, and more! Requirements: Internet access, email, and the Internet Explorer or Netscape or Firefox Web browser.

Learn the secret to converting a potential customer into a long-term asset. Find out how to lay the groundwork for repeat business and your future success. Requirements: Internet access, email, and the Internet Explorer or Netscape of Firefox Web browser.

Would you like to prepare for a career as a veterinary assistant? Learn from a practicing veterinarian and college instructor-- how to counsel veterinary clients on pet nutrition, vaccinations, worms, fleas, first aid, euthanasia, and alternative medicine. Get a taste of how a veterinary hospital runs as a small business by focusing on billing, workforce safety, and marketing through client education programs. Requirements: Internet access, email, and the Internet Explorer or Netscape or Firefox Web browser.