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Career Development
Register now for Fall 2010 classes. Hurry! Many classes fill quickly.
Only online registration being taken at this time.
(Other methods of registration available in early August: in-person, phone, fax, mail.)

What Should I Do With My Life?

If you are:
• Tired of your current job…
• Ready to return to work, but not sure what to do…
• Retired, but not ready to sit home and relax…

Come spend a lively 3 hours to focus on your options. Students examine their own background, personality, strengths, and talents in a fun, informal series of exercises. See if you’ve got what it takes to start your own business, or determine the area of focus for the job of your dreams. Bring a pad and pencil and be prepared to start answering the questions that will help lead you back into the workplace on your own terms.

Instructor: Anthony Mitchell, MS, CPCC, ACC is a life and business coach with his own practice, Coach2You (www.coach2you.com). He focuses on personal/ professional development and career planning for individuals, and team/management development in organizations.

Saturday, Oct 9, 2010
9:00am – 12:00pm
Conejo Valley Adult School
Room 5
Cost: $35 plus a $10 materials fee payable to instructor
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Networking for Success
Back by popular demand, instructor Deborah Gallant, a business coach and self-confessed Master Networker will help you jump-start your career with this fast-paced (and fun) two- hour class. Whether you are job-hunting or a small-business owner, your success depends on your ability to network and reach out for what you need. No matter what your goals, or even if you’re shy, you’ll learn to work your contacts and ask for what you want in this seminar.

Instructor: Deborah Gallant is the Fearless Leader of Bold Business Works (www.boldbusinessworks.com) which provides tools and training to entrepreneurs. She offers individual coaching, workshops and a do-it-yourself website builder to empower small business success. More about Ms. Gallant...

Wednesday, Oct 20, 2010
6:30 – 8:30pm
Conejo Valley Adult School
Room 5
Cost: $25
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How to Promote Your Business on the Internet
If you’ve got a small business, having an Internet presence is no longer optional. Feel overwhelmed? Learn what you need to know to finally get going. (This is not a get-rich-quick scheme and we won’t be talking about turning you into an eBay millionaire!) Whether you’ve got a new business or you’re already established, you need to have a professional web presence and reach new and existing customers online. Deborah explains it all in plain English. Get the necessary information to make an actionable to-do list to kick-start your Internet marketing efforts. Bring questions!

Instructor: Deborah Gallant is the Fearless Leader of Bold Business Works (www.boldbusinessworks.com) which provides tools and training to entrepreneurs. She offers individual coaching, workshops and a do-it-yourself website builder to empower small business success. More about Ms. Gallant...

Saturday, Oct 23, 2010
9:00am – 12:00pm
Conejo Valley Adult School
Room 5
Cost: $35 plus an optional $20 book fee payable to instructor
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Starting Your
Own Business

Are you one of those “closet” entrepreneurs with a business idea? Or maybe a reluctant entrepreneur not having any luck in the job market? This practical class will help you finally get going. Make sure you have what it takes to be a successful entrepreneur. Bring a pad and pencil to capture all the ideas and action items you’ll want to undertake after learning the basics of business start-ups. You’ll get lots of ideas and resources to help ensure that your business will take off.

Instructor: Deborah Gallant is the Fearless Leader of Bold Business Works (www.boldbusinessworks.com) which provides tools and training to entrepreneurs. She offers individual coaching, workshops and a do-it-yourself website builder to empower small business success. More about Ms. Gallant...

Saturday, Oct 16, 2010
9:00am – 12:00pm
Conejo Valley Adult School
Room 5
Cost $35 plus a $10 materials fee due to instructor
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Build Your Own Website for $5 a Month

You can have your own Web site for as little as $5 a month. You don’t have to be a programmer to design professional looking and cost effective websites, but you do have to decide what you want the website to do, what you put on it, and how you promote it.
Don’t be deceived by website designers that insist that creating a website will take thousands of your dollars, weeks to complete and insist that they be paid ongoing charges for changes that only they can make.
This workshop requires no prior website development experience and is suitable for:
• We site beginners
• Web experts
• Managers
• Web designers

You’ll learn how to:
• Improve your business with a Web site
• Analyze your needs and select the best Web design criteria
• Make the site user friendly
• Get a FREE shopping cart that only costs if sales are made
• Promote your website and link with search engines to make sure you can be found

Instructor: Mike Rounds has been called by Turner Communications “one of the country’s most knowledgeable individuals on the topic of effectively creating websites for business.” He has written over a dozen books on the Internet and more than 200 published works overall. His ability to explain Internet technology simply guarantees that you’ll understand exactly what you need for Web success.

Saturday, Oct 2, 2010
1:00 - 4:00 pm
Conejo Valley Adult School
Room 5
Cost: $35 + a $30 mandatory book fee payable to the instructor for the book, Fishin’ With A Net (978-1-891440-55-7).
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Write Your Way to Career Advancement

If you're someone on the way up and don't make yourself stand out in your industry, you're just another me trying to get ahead. Since our culture equates an author with being an expert, why not advance your career by becoming a published author in your area of expertise? Think of the impact on your career by being
the one that literally wrote the book!
Writing the great American novel may take years but creating a useful and impacting book about your area of expertise doesn't, it just takes know-how to put it all together in a
finished piece of work.

In this entertaining and informative program, you'll learn to:
• Be published quickly and easily
• Create marketable e-books for free
• Select publishers that will get you published inexpensively
• Locate royalty-free graphics for use in your work
• Create booklets and quick tips products in a day
• Turn PowerPoint into products
• Produce audio products in 30 days
• Protect your work with copyrights and
trademarks
• And much more!


Instructor: Mike Rounds has been called by Turner Communications “one of the country’s most knowledgeable individuals on the topic of effectively creating websites for business.” He has written over a dozen books on the Internet and more than 200 published works overall. His ability to explain Internet technology simply guarantees that you’ll understand exactly what you need for Web success.

Saturday, Oct 2, 2010
9:00-12:00pm
Conejo Valley Adult School
Room 5
Cost: $35 plus mandatory $30 book fee
payable to instructor
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