Chisago Lakes Community Education

“Wow, you have a great voice!” Have you heard that more times than you can count? Or maybe you listen to your favorite audiobooks, commercials, or cartoon characters and think, “I could do that!” Want to earn income using your talents from the comfort of your home? If so, then you could have what it takes to begin working as a professional Voiceover Artist. Explore the voiceover industry with your instructor, a professional, working voice actor from the voice acting training company, Voices For All, in a one-on-one, personalized, video chat setting. Discover the current trends in the industry and how easy and affordable it can be to learn, set up and work from home. In this one-time, 90-minute, introductory class, you’ll also learn about the different types of voiceovers and the tools you’ll need to find success. Your instructor will record you as you read a real script, then offer you some coaching so you can improve your delivery. Your instructor will take notes on your performance and create a professional voiceover evaluation delivered to you in a follow up call. After the class, you will have the knowledge necessary to help you decide if this is something you’d like to pursue. Learn more: http://www.voicesforall.com/ooo 18 and over. You owe it to yourself to finally explore the possibilities of this fun and rewarding field! Upon registration you will be contacted by VFA to schedule your class for a day and time of your convenience. Scheduling class times will be through the Voices For All organization. Once you register, they will connect with you on possible dates/times.

“Wow, you have a great voice!” Have you heard that more times than you can count? Or maybe you listen to your favorite audiobooks, commercials, or cartoon characters and think, “I could do that!” Want to earn income using your talents from the comfort of your home? If so, then you could have what it takes to begin working as a professional Voiceover Artist. Explore the voiceover industry with your instructor, a professional, working voice actor from the voice acting training company, Voices For All, in a one-on-one, personalized, video chat setting. Discover the current trends in the industry and how easy and affordable it can be to learn, set up and work from home. In this one-time, 90-minute, introductory class, you’ll also learn about the different types of voiceovers and the tools you’ll need to find success. Your instructor will record you as you read a real script, then offer you some coaching so you can improve your delivery. Your instructor will take notes on your performance and create a professional voiceover evaluation delivered to you in a follow up call. After the class, you will have the knowledge necessary to help you decide if this is something you’d like to pursue. Learn more: http://www.voicesforall.com/ooo 18 and over. You owe it to yourself to finally explore the possibilities of this fun and rewarding field! Upon registration you will be contacted by VFA to schedule your class for a day and time of your convenience.

“Wow, you have a great voice!” Have you heard that more times than you can count? Or maybe you listen to your favorite audiobooks, commercials, or cartoon characters and think, “I could do that!” Want to earn income using your talents from the comfort of your home? If so, then you could have what it takes to begin working as a professional Voiceover Artist. Explore the voiceover industry with your instructor, a professional, working voice actor from the voice acting training company, Voices For All, in a one-on-one, personalized, video chat setting. Discover the current trends in the industry and how easy and affordable it can be to learn, set up and work from home. In this one-time, 90-minute, introductory class, you’ll also learn about the different types of voiceovers and the tools you’ll need to find success. Your instructor will record you as you read a real script, then offer you some coaching so you can improve your delivery. Your instructor will take notes on your performance and create a professional voiceover evaluation delivered to you in a follow up call. After the class, you will have the knowledge necessary to help you decide if this is something you’d like to pursue. Learn more: http://www.voicesforall.com/ooo 18 and over. You owe it to yourself to finally explore the possibilities of this fun and rewarding field! Upon registration you will be contacted by VFA to schedule your class for a day and time of your convenience. Scheduling class times will be through the Voices For All organization. Once you register, they will connect with you on possible dates/times.

FREE LIVE Zoom fitness classes (after one-time fee). All classes are specifically intended for older adults, and concentrate on building balance, flexibility and strength to reduce falls and increase independence. Class options on Tuesday/Thursday mornings at 9 am; Monday/Wednesday/Friday 3:00 pm; and Tuesday/Thursday 3:15 pm.

In this course, you will learn how to post journal entries to the correct general ledger accounts impacted by each transaction. This course will show you how to make sure your general ledger balances at the end of each month by preparing an unadjusted trial balance. You will learn how to look for errors when you don’t balance, and how to determine to correct entries. After posting correcting entries and/or adjusting entries, you will verify debits and credits equal with an adjusted trial balance. This course also goes through the steps of performing monthly bank reconciliations. This class will be held virtually. You will receive an email to log into the class. And there is no specific time. The course is already prerecorded. Class will be held starting on July 5th-July 29th. In order to receive the Bookkeeping Certificate, you must complete the following classes in order: 1. Understanding Debits and Credits 2. General Ledger and Month End Procedures 3. Closing Procedures and Financial Statements

This course shows you how to create a worksheet used to adjust the account balances and prepare the financial statements. Use your financial statements to measure performance, make improvements and set goals. The final step covered in this course is closing your books and preparing them for the next accounting period; this is done by journalizing and posting closing entries. This class will be held virtually. You will receive an email to log into the class. And there is no specific time. The course is already prerecorded. Class will be held starting on August 1-August 26. In order to receive the Bookkeeping Certificate, you must complete the following classes in order: 1. Understanding Debits and Credits 2. General Ledger and Month End Procedures 3. Closing Procedures and Financial Statements

Cash is arguably the most important factor in business success. D&B reports 90% of all small business failures are due to poor cash flow—more money gets paid out than collected. It is the non-financial manager who really makes a difference in the day-to-day cash activities. Discover how to maximize cash flow, learn the importance of cash and find out your role in cash flow success. This class will be held virtually. You will receive an email to log into the class. And there is no specific time. The course is already prerecorded. Class will be held starting on July 5th-July 29th. In order to receive the Certificate in Accounting and Finance for Non-Financial Managers, you must complete the following classes in order: 1. Accounting and Finance for Non-Financial Managers 2. Cash is King 3. Financial Analysis and Planning for Non-Financial Managers

With the demands of daily operations, non-financial managers may put financial reports on the shelf. But take a look at some of the most admired companies like Apple, Google, and Berkshire Hathaway. Sure, they are evaluated by their products, innovation, and culture but they wouldn’t be in the limelight without profits. Money matters! This course will help you build on your understanding of financial concepts and help you establish your role in the financial success of your organization. Designed for non-financial managers, business owners, entrepreneurs, and other decision-makers, this advanced course will take the mystery out of money matters. Throughout this course, financial information that drives your organization, as seen on the business’s reports, will be assessed and analyzed to understand it. An understanding of this information will help you make smart decisions when it comes to budgeting, setting goals, and assessing performance within your own area of influence. This class will be held virtually. You will receive an email to log into the class. And there is no specific time. The course is already prerecorded. Class will be held starting on August 1-August 26. In order to receive the Certificate in Accounting and Finance for Non-Financial Managers, you must complete the following classes in order: 1. Accounting and Finance for Non-Financial Managers 2. Cash is King 3. Financial Analysis and Planning for Non-Financial Managers

Worldwide, video game sales including consoles, online, and mobile games are projected to reach $111 billion dollars this year. Mobile games are the fastest-growing segment of the market as more and more people play casual games. In this intermediate introductory course, you will learn the basics of video game design process, learn about the main video game genres, and use a game development application to begin your journey of making games. This class will be held virtually. You will receive an email to log into the class. And there is no specific time. The course is already prerecorded. Class will be held starting on July 5th-July 29th. In order to receive the Certificate in Basic Game Design, you must complete the following classes in order: 1. Introduction to Game Design 2. Intermediate Video Game Design

Have you ever wondered why Excel is one of the most powerful applications used today by many businesses? Excel is one of the most important applications that you can study now to take your skills to the next level! This course will help you increase your efficiency by learning how to organize, display and calculate your data into useful information. Find out how you can consolidate your data proficiently into readable rows and columns using different table designs and styles. Create a unique style for yourself to improve your spreadsheet appearance to make the content easier to understand for your target audience. Learn from the trainer on how beneficial it is to become more productive in generating different everyday business functions. Discover how easily pivot tables can be created to quickly summarize large amounts of data. Through this course, these tasks will make your work outstanding and unique in what you do. This class will be held virtually. You will receive an email to log into the class. And there is no specific time. The course is already prerecorded. Class will be held starting on July 5th-July 29th. In order to receive the Certificate in Mastering Excel, you must complete the following classes in order: 1. Mastering Microsoft Excel 2. Intermediate Excel 3. Advanced Excel

We are faced with different types of business decisions each day that can change the data we work with along with our financial outcomes. Have you ever wondered what type of workplace skills you can learn to make wiser decisions? Learning Advanced Excel contains these tools that can help you prepare your worksheets accurately, examine your data for authentication, and then find those answers to your most difficult questions. This course will help you learn these required business functions along with the tools required to analyze data efficiently within the workplace. Save time for yourself by protecting your valuable data and know with assurance that the entered data is accurate without any errors. By completing the course, discover how to attractively visualize your data into meaningful information with confidence. This class will be held virtually. You will receive an email to log into the class. And there is no specific time. The course is already prerecorded. Class will be held starting on August 1-26. In order to receive the Certificate in Mastering Excel, you must complete the following classes in order: 1. Mastering Microsoft Excel 2. Intermediate Excel 3. Advanced Excel

Increase your business with YouTube, the online video site and now the second largest search engine. Discover the power of video for your organization, and how to use video as a marketing tool to reach and serve more people. Find out what types of video work best on YouTube, how other business organizations are using YouTube, how to create your own YouTube channel, and the techniques of adding captions, annotations and other extra features. YouTube can enhance your current marketing and communication strategy. After attending this course you will take back proven strategies and techniques for making YouTube work successfully for your organization. YouTube, as the second largest search engine can no longer be ignored by businesses and organizations. YouTube reaches a broad age and gender demographic and is the largest video search/discovery destination with over 35 hours of video being uploaded every minute. YouTube is now accessible from nearly every top mobile device as well as from your TV. How can your videos rise above the music mashups and cat antics? Learn how to get your YouTube video on the first page of Google Search. Just like Facebook, YouTube is a social network that needs to be set-up, optimized, and used regularly to be effective. Your patters of behavior on YouTube may be working against you. Learn how YouTube can compliment your current marketing and social media strategy and how to maximize your YouTube Channel to get the greatest return. This class will be held virtually. You will receive an email to log into the class. And there is no specific time. The course is already prerecorded. Class will be held starting on July 5th-July 29th. In order to receive the Digital Marketing Certificate, you must complete the following classes in order: 1. Video Marketing 2. YouTube for Business

The benefits of social media make it an essential part of a business plan. Social Media Marketing has become more than running digital advertising campaigns; it allows your business to build a following of loyal customers through authentic posts and interactions creating excitement for your business as it grows. Each platform gives your business the tools to successfully build your brand, connect with your customers, and track analytics. This course will focus on Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, Pinterest, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Nextdoor. This class will be held virtually. You will receive an email to log into the class. And there is no specific time. The course is already prerecorded. Class will be held starting on July 5th-July 29th. In order to receive the Social Media for Business Certificate, you must complete the following classes in order: 1. Introduction to Social Media 2. Marketing Using Social Media 3. Integrating Social Media in Your Organization

Take away a practical strategy and techniques for implementing a social strategy for your organization or business. Learn the top five considerations when starting a social network as well as tips to manage an online community. Discover how to create your own private social network using the Ning platform. Discuss the top tools to use to manage your social media life and build integration into your website. See how Google Docs and Calendars work and how to use online video to further your business goals. Hear about mobile check-in applications and how companies are using coupon and deal sites. Get your company listed properly on local search engines so more customers can find you. Discuss how web design has changed and get feedback on your website while discovering usability testing and user interface design. Finally, learn how to manage this influx of information created by the new media revolution. Develop a manageable workflow and get productivity tips to be more efficient. Learn what you might be doing wrong in social media as well as essential policies to have in place for your employees and company. See what trends are on the horizon and where your goals fit with those new trends. This class will be held virtually. You will receive an email to log into the class. And there is no specific time. The course is already prerecorded. Class will be held starting on August 1-26. In order to receive the Social Media for Business Certificate, you must complete the following classes in order: 1. Introduction to Social Media 2. Marketing Using Social Media 3. Integrating Social Media in Your Organization

Anyone wanting to find out how to create effective and dynamic websites/applications will want to take this course. You may be a webmaster or a graphic designer already creating static websites wishing to take your skills to the next level. You will acquire the fundamentals of the most popular Web 2.0 technologies. You will take away a functioning web application hosted on a web server that is both accessible and Search Engine Optimized. This class will be held virtually. You will receive an email to log into the class. And there is no specific time. The course is already prerecorded. Class will be held starting on July 5th-29th. In order to receive the Certificate in Web Design, you must complete the following classes in order: 1. Introduction to Web Design 2. Intermediate Web Design 3. Advanced Web Design

Responsive Web design enables Web designers and developers to build and maintain a single website to serve all kinds of devices sizes: smartphones, tablets, laptops and more. This class will be held virtually. You will receive an email to log into the class. And there is no specific time. The course is already prerecorded. Class will be held starting on August 1-26. In order to receive the Certificate in Web Design, you must complete the following classes in order: 1. Introduction to Web Design 2. Intermediate Web Design 3. Advanced Web Design

This course covers all the basics of HTML coding language. You will learn building simple web pages by hand coding, using HTML tags to create paragraphs, heading, lists, links, insert images and tables and more. We also cover creating a simple multi-page website with images, text and a navigation bar. This class will be held virtually. You will receive an email to log into the class. And there is no specific time. The course is already prerecorded. Class will be held starting on July 5th-29th. In order to receive the Certificate in Coding, you must complete the following classes in order: 1. Introduction to Coding 2. HTML Fundamentals 3. CSS Fundamentals

In this introductory course, you will learn how to style web pages using Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) coding language. Topics include using inline, internal, and external CSS, web typography, formatting text, working with web colors, using Google fonts, working with id and class selectors, working with elements, creating page layouts using elements, and CSS box model. This class will be held virtually. You will receive an email to log into the class. And there is no specific time. The course is already prerecorded. Class will be held starting on August 1-26. In order to receive the Certificate in Coding, you must complete the following classes in order: 1. Introduction to Coding 2. HTML Fundamentals 3. CSS Fundamentals

This fundamental course covers Adobe Photoshop CC most commonly used tools, menus and panels. You’ll learn all the basics of Photoshop to effectively work with selection and editing tools, layers, and masks to edit, retouch and enhance existing images or create your own composite digital art work. Impress your business organization, friends and family by enhancing their photos and create magazine cover quality enhanced images. Access to Adobe Photoshop software required. This class will be held virtually. You will receive an email to log into the class. And there is no specific time. The course is already prerecorded. Class will be held starting on July 5th-29th. In order to receive the Graphic Design Software Essentials Certificate, you must complete the following classes in order: 1. Adobe Illustrator Essentials 2. Adobe Photoshop Essentials 3. Adobe InDesign Essentials

Adobe InDesign is the industry standard page-layout program that works with Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop seamlessly. InDesign allows you to create simple to complex multi-page documents such as brochures, flyers, books and magazines. This course is a comprehensive exploration of InDesign tools and capabilities to create professional documents. You will learn how to manage the InDesign environment, create, setup, design, enhance and finalize multi-page documents. Access to Adobe InDesign This class will be held virtually. You will receive an email to log into the class. And there is no specific time. The course is already prerecorded. Class will be held starting on August 1-26. In order to receive the Graphic Design Software Essentials Certificate, you must complete the following classes in order: 1. Adobe Illustrator Essentials 2. Adobe Photoshop Essentials 3. Adobe InDesign Essentials

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Join us as we meet with older, active adults who want to stay connected with others in our community. The members of this group will do things together - go on day trips, learn new skills and activities and participate in anything the group deems worthy. We will meet Tuesdays from 1:00-2:30 pm, at the Wildcat Community Center unless otherwise noted. $25/person annually Sept 2021-Aug 2022 Upcoming Schedule: Jan 11 – First Meeting of 2022 – 1:00 p.m. Jan 25 – Luncheon & One Act Play Feb 8 – Meeting & Speaker – Nature Education Feb 22 – Meeting & Speaker – Moving in the Right Direction Mar 9 – Wednesday – Chanhassen Theater & Luncheon Mar 22 – History Center Tour Apr 5 – Meeting & Maple Syrup lesson – weather permitting Apr 19 – DayTrippers Theater & Luncheon May 3 – Tour of Lindstrom May 19 – Thursday – American Swedish Institute July 19 - Let's Go Fishing- register ahead Blandin Foundation Grant Technology Project: Free Classes & Labs Register now for the next class on April 28, 2:00 pm - All About Photos~ finding, editing, organizing thru google.