The Wedding Planning Certification Course is perfect for the individual looking to get started as a professional wedding planner right away. This comprehensive program covers everything an aspiring wedding planner needs to know to get started in the business, including contracts, etiquette, flowers, music, “Day Of” services, marketing, business practices, trade secrets, and industry specific applications. Whether you plan on working part-time and planning only a few weddings a year or a full-time career, this program will provide all the tools necessary to work as a professional wedding planner or start your wedding planning business. No class July 6.

Subject: Cont_ed Course #300-10076

Class #24136
June 1 – July 27, 6–8:30pm
Fee: $995
Mon/Wed M101

Consulting has become a big industry that offers opportunity in good, as well as bad times. The process of becoming a successful consultant includes five essential steps:

1. Making the decision
2. Getting started
3. Developing strategies
4. Marketing your skills
5. Getting and keeping clients

This course examines each of these steps with considerable interaction between students and the instructor.

Instructor: John Riley
Subject: Cont_ed Course #300-10075

Class #24105
June 9 – 30, 5:30 – 7:30pm
Fee: $65
4 Tuesdays M101

A bachelor degree is enough to get you started on the path to becoming a Certified Substitute Teacher. Men, women, semi-retired, or retirees seeking extra income can benefit from this course. Work in the district of your choice-elementary, middle or high school. In this informative class, we will cover details, contacts, expectations, lesson plans, discipline, forms and how to run a successful class.

Instructor: Daniel Cain
Subject: Cont_ed Course #300-10023

Class #22760 June 4 6 - 9pm
Fee: $39 1 Thursday M123

Class #16446 July 16 9am - 12pm
Fee: $39 1 Thursday M126

Are you tired of working for someone else? Do you need to make more money? Turn your talents and hobbies into profits at home by learning how to start a home-based business from a Chamber of Commerce past president and successful southern California entrepreneur.

During this comprehensive, informative workshop, you will discover:

• More than 100 home business ideas
• Mandatory legal documentation
• Many ways to market your product/service
• How to take tax deductions
• Free future Q&A opportunities

If you really want to succeed in a home business, this step-by-step workshop is a must! Required materials fee of $20 is payable to instructor in class.

Instructor: LeeAnne Krusemark
Subject: Cont_ed Course #300-10002

Class #24857 June 29 6:30 – 8:30pm
Fee: $49 1 Monday J138

If you can type, then you can make money at home using your typewriter/word processor or computer. Discover secrets to profits including:

• How and where to find clients
• 50 ways to advertise/market your services
• Effective home office equipment choices
• 100 ways to make money with a computer
• Free national networking information

Required materials fee of $10 is payable to instructor in class. Prerequisite: Ca$h In with a Successful Home-Based Business.

Instructor: LeeAnne Krusemark
Subject: Cont_ed Course #300-10003

Class #24858 June 29 8:30 – 9:30pm
Fee: $29 1 Monday J138

Attention coaches, speakers and expertise-based business owners! Are you struggling to reach profitability? Are you spending more time looking for prospects than helping your clients? If you answered yes, then you are working too hard! This course shows you how to build a successful marketing system, helping you create a rewarding and lucrative business – even on a shoestring budget. You will learn how to lay the foundations for a successful business and marketing system, define and qualify your niche, and be clear on how to communicate with your target market.

Instructor: Carma Spence-Pothitt
Subject: Cont_ed Course #300-10068

Class #24140 May 27 – June 17 6:30-8:30pm
Fee: $69 4 Wednesdays M127

Attention coaches, speakers and expertise-based business owners! Do prospects flock to your practice? Do you have all the repeat business and referrals you can handle? If not, you have a faulty marketing funnel. This course shows you how to build a magnetic funnel, then transform it into a prospect-attracting vortex that builds your business on autopilot – even on a shoestring budget. You will learn how to develop a solid and functional marketing funnel, understand how to attract prospects to your practice and how to build strong relationships with your clients so you have all of the repeat business, and referrals you can handle!

Instructor: Carma Spence-Pothitt
Subject: Cont_ed Course #300-10069

Class #24141 June 24 – July 29 6:30 - 8:30pm
Fee: $89 6 Wednesdays M127

What is podcasting? Internet radio has taken its toll on regular terrestrial radio and for good reason. Want to host a radio show of your own online? Want to learn the mechanics of what equipment is necessary to broadcast worldwide? Learn from the longest running podcast on the net how to get started, what it takes and how to keep your audience coming back for more. Come learn what it takes to get YOUR message out to the world with simple and affordable tools. Originally called “webcasting”, today’s technology podcasting has taken over. Imagine people carrying your voice with them wherever they go. If you’ve ever had the desire to do radio, podcasting is the radio of today and the future.

Instructor: Meria Heller
Subject: Cont_ed Course #300-10074

Class #16447 July 21 6:30 – 8:30pm
Fee: $39 1 Tuesday M123

Completion of 'Should I Start my Own Business?' and a business plan or feasibility study makes you eligible for free counseling from the qualified business analysts at the SBDC. Any existing small business firm or individual interested in owning a business may also receive assistance from SBDC. There are no charges associated with one-on-one counseling. Small fees may be charged for costs associated with training courses. All counselors from SBDC are current or former small business owners. To schedule an appointment for your free counseling session, or for more information on business services, please call the SBDC at (480) 784-0590 or click here.

Are you thinking about starting a business? Are you looking for marketing research for your new business? Do you need help with writing a business plan for your new business? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then this seminar is for you. The seminar will provide information on how to start a business. Learn about: what it takes to be an entrepreneur; how to determine the feasibility of your idea; business structure options; business finance options; marketing strategies and market research.

Instructor: John Henry Smith,
Maricopa Community Colleges Small Business Development Center (SBDC).
Cont_ed #300-10009

Class #22762 June 10 6-8pm
Fee: $10 1 Wednesday J138

Class #14670 July 15 6-8pm
Fee: $10 1 Wednesday J138