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BUSINESS & TECHNOLOGY
—JANE T., YOUR MEDICARE ABCDS
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SMALL BUSINESS ESSENTIALS: 20 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW
Joe Carreiro | Small Business Consultant
You know you have a great product; how do you turn it into a successful business? Success in small business is about the small and large decisions you make. Choosing the type of entity you should be, opening bank accounts, keeping track of income and expenses, employees, payroll, and taxes: we’ll make sense of it all. Join us to learn the ins and outs of starting a business and, if you have already started, how to get yourself on the right track.
COURSE CODE: SBQA Sec. 01: Saturday, 10am-1pm. Oct. 2 | $75
BUILD A SUCCESSFUL ONLINE CRAFTS STORE WITH ETSY
Jason Rich | Author, Entrepreneur, jasonrich.com Whether you have great products, creative arts, or handmade crafts and jewelry, turning them into a money-making business on Etsy can help you generate extra cash and transform your favorite hobby into a full-time career. You’ll learn how to get started, evaluate your products, develop a business plan for growth, market to buyers on Etsy, and attract new customers. The class is based on Jason’s book, Start Your Own Etsy Business, available on Entrepreneur Press.
COURSE CODE: ETSY Sec. 01: Thursday, 6-9pm. Oct. 28 | $75
START AN ONLINE BUSINESS USING SHOPIFY
Jason Rich | Author, Entrepreneur, jasonrich.com More than 1.7 million online businesses currently run using Shopify. Discover how to create your own home-based, online business selling tangible, digital, or drop shipped products using the Shopify platform. You’ll discover what tools Shopify offers, the costs involved with creating and managing an online business, and you’ll learn how to set up, publish, and manage all aspects of your own online-based business. Topics to be covered include how to create an eCommerce website with zero programming required, and how to use Shopify to sell products via social media, Amazon, eBay, and other popular platforms.
COURSE CODE: SHOP Sec. 01: Thursday, 6-9pm. Oct. 7 | $75
INTRODUCTION TO MAILCHIMP
Elizabeth Cerda | Design and Communications Specialist You’ll learn how to use MailChimp to generate email campaigns for your organization, website, or business. We’ll learn how to set up email campaigns, create lists, segments, groups and tags. We’ll discuss best practices for maintaining a healthy subscriber list and conducting effective email campaigns to maintain an engaged audience. We’ll learn about MailChimp’s wonderful data reporting features and integrations with other popular software. Finally, we’ll briefly discuss alternative email marketing platforms.
COURSE CODE: MCPB Sec. 01: Wednesday, 6-8:30pm. Oct. 27 | $65
SELF-PUBLISHING: PUBLISH YOUR OWN BOOK
Ashwini Ramanisankar | Entrepreneur and Self-Published Author If you have a plan to have your own published book and become an author, this class is for you. Ashwini who is a self-published cookbook author will guide you through the process of publishing your own book from scratch. It doesn’t need to be a cookbook. This class is good for any type of books you have in mind. We’ll also talk about Kindle eBook publishing and the print process. You’ll learn about formats, outlines, and potential costs including the graphics without hiring an agency. We’ll also talk about pricing and potential revenues of publishing a book.
COURSE CODE: CKBK Sec. 01: Wednesday, 6-7:30pm. Oct. 6 | $45
FINANCIAL PLANNING WORKSHOP
Sophie Kulas | Financial Professional Money is rarely taught at home or in schools. Some people can work hard to make money for an entire career but still retire broke. Maybe we do not have much money because we do not know much about it. This workshop will help you manage your personal finance. We’ll cover various topics including cash flow, debt management, financial strategies, contingency plans, and retirement plans.
COURSE CODE: FNNC Sec. 01: 5 Tuesdays, 6-7:30pm. Begins Sep. 21 | $150
SPENDING, SAVING, AND BUDGETING: DEVELOPING HEALTHY MONEY HABITS
Jimmy Becker | MBA, Yale School of Management This class is for anyone who wants to learn to save more, spend less, and improve your financial decision-making skills. You will learn how to develop healthy and sustainable spending and saving strategies, create and sustain a budget, save for retirement, mix love and money, determine how much insurance you need, and how financial institutions operate.
COURSE CODE: SSAB Sec. 01: Saturday, 1-3pm. Nov. 6 | $50
TEACHING YOUR CHILDREN FINANCIAL LITERACY
Jimmy Becker | MBA, Yale School of Management This class is for parents who want to learn how to develop their teenage and pre-teen children’s financial literacy and related decision-making skills. You will learn how to guide your kids to create good spending and saving habits, responsibly manage credit cards and student loans, work with financial institutions, and consider a Roth IRA when they have earned income. Lastly, we’ll discuss how to talk with your kids about money.
COURSE CODE: KDFN Sec. 01: Saturday, 10-11am. Nov. 6 | $35
ESSENTIAL TOOLS FOR FINDING, BUYING, AND KEEPING A HOME
Jamie Keefe | Realtor, jamiekeefere.com Whether it’s a condo or a single-family house, learn to be an informed buyer and knowledgeably hire trade professionals to maintain or improve the property. We’ll discuss how to critically examine and compare properties, review essential questions to ask the seller/agent, and outline the purchasing timeline and action items. You’ll learn about the home inspection process, how to choose a building contractor, and the importance of clear contracts when engaging their services for your new home.
COURSE CODE: FBKH Sec. 01: Saturday, 9:30am-12:30pm. Nov. 6 | $75
TRADING EQUITY OPTION
Craig Forman | MBA, Professional Trader, Personal Portfolio Manager Trading in equity options has exploded in recent years due to low commissions, excellent free trading tools, and the emergence of weekly options. We’ll explain how options work, how to trade them, and how to use them to control risk and enhance returns. You will learn strategies for naked options, option spreads, and stock/option combinations. We will also explore risk management, volatility, and adjustments. For beginning and seasoned investors who want to add options to their trading toolset.
COURSE CODE: TRWO Sec. 01: 4 Mondays, 5:30-7:30pm. Begins Oct. 18 | $150
SAVING FOR RETIREMENT
Jimmy Becker | MBA, Yale School of Management This class is for adults of all ages who want to learn how to achieve a financially secure retirement. You will learn about different retirement plan structures (401ks and IRAs, Roth versus Traditional), Social Security, annuities, how much you need to save, different saving strategies, how and where to invest your savings, understanding investment risks, and the importance of minimizing fees.
COURSE CODE: SAVR Sec. 01: Saturday, 10am-12pm. Oct. 16 | $50
YOUR MEDICARE ABCDS
Elaine Miller | Regional SHINE Program Director, Minuteman Senior Services Are you eligible for Medicare? Do you know the costs of Medicare and the types of services it covers? Do you know when to enroll to prevent permanent premium increase penalties? We will cover these topics as they apply to Medicare Part A (hospital coverage), Part B (medical coverage), Part C (Medicare Advantage), and Part D (drug coverage). We’ll discuss how having employer-sponsored insurance coverage after retirement impacts your Medicare choices and whether you should consider enrolling in a Medigap supplemental insurance plan.
COURSE CODE: ABCD Sec. 01: Thursday, 5:30-7:30pm. Sep. 30 | $70
HOW TO MAKE AN ESTATE PLAN
Stephanie Mandell | Attorney We all know that everyone should have a will, and yet many of us put this off. This class will motivate you to organize your assets and create an estate plan, including documents that can assist in case of incapacity. You will receive an introduction to the common terms and options, including how to specify personal representatives (formerly called “executors”) and guardians in a will and the differences between wills and trusts. You will also get tips for estate planning that go beyond the legalese found in estate documents.
COURSE CODE: ESTP Sec. 01: Sunday, 2-4pm. Oct. 24 | $50
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FINANCIAL PLANNING DURING RETIREMENT
Jimmy Becker | MBA, Yale School of Management This class is for anyone already retired or planning to do so in the next few years. You will learn about investment strategy and determining how much risk to take, which assets to draw down first, the importance of minimizing fees, Social Security claiming strategies, the role of annuities, a safe level of spending, reverse mortgages, Medicare surcharges, and whether long-term care insurance makes sense.
COURSE CODE: FPRE Sec. 01: Saturday, 1-3pm. Oct. 16 | $50
HOW TO USE YOUR APPLE DEVICE
Marjorie Wein | Wize Guides You have an iPhone or iPad, now use it to its full potential. Learn how to set up WiFi networks, install and organize apps, set up email, and take, edit, and send photos. You’ll learn some of the hidden features that will make using your Apple device more pleasant and productive. Please bring your iPhone 6 or newer and/or iPad Air or newer.
COURSE CODE: SMRT Sec. 01: 3 Thursdays, 3:30-5:30pm. Begins Sep. 23 | $150
BASIC WINDOWS SKILLS
Marjorie Wein | Wize Guides You may feel comfortable writing a quick email or searching for a great restaurant but still be mystified by the many other things your computer can do. We provide a firm foundation for people new to computers including learning how to manage files and folders, mastering the basics to keep your computer secure and healthy, working with email attachments, and knowing what to do when your kids won’t help you anymore. Students must bring their own laptops.
COURSE CODE: WNDO Sec. 01: 2 Thursdays, 3:30-5:30pm. Dec. 2 & 9 | $110
INTRODUCTION TO EXCEL: PART 1
Karen Carone | Manager of Data and Analytics This is an intensive introduction to Excel for people who want to be able to use this spreadsheet program effectively in home or office procedures. You will learn to enter and edit data, use basic calculations, apply formatting, and design and use simple spreadsheets. Participants can expect to take away with them spreadsheets that they have designed that may be put to work immediately in their office or home. Students need to know how to download files from your email. If not, please take basic window skills before this class.Please have your Mac or PC with Excel 2007 or newer installed.
COURSE CODE: EXPC Sec. 01: 3 Tuesdays, 6-7:30pm. Begins Sep. 21 | $145
INTRODUCTION TO EXCEL: PART 2
Karen Carone | Manager of Data and Analytics Think Excel is just for storing tables? Think again. This class is designed to be a follow-up to our Introduction to Excel class, and will help you take your basic Microsoft Excel skills to the next level. You will learn how to manipulate and analyze data, write your own formulas, use Pivot tables, create charts, and more. You will learn to write your own Excel formulas that will help make you more valuable at work and in the job search. Please have your Mac or PC with Excel 2007 or newer installed.
COURSE CODE: EXPW Sec. 01: 3 Tuesdays, 6-7:30pm. Begins Oct. 19 | $125
INTRODUCTION TO WORDPRESS
Ben Vivante | Web Developer, vivante.us WordPress is one of the most easy-to-use blogging and content-management systems available. You can build almost anything from a personal or business website to everything in between. Join us for a quick overview of this powerful software. You will learn the ins-and-outs of WordPress so you can begin building your site today! Basic computer skills and Internet literacy are required. Bring your own web-ready laptop.
COURSE CODE: WRDP Sec. 01: 5 Mondays, 6-7:30pm. Begins Sep. 13 | $150 No class Oct. 11
INTRODUCTION TO MODERN WEB DESIGN
Rob Reed | M.S., Computer Science, IT and Web Developer You can publish content on the web without knowing much about the technology itself. That isn’t what this class is about. This is an in-depth course on the fundamentals of modern web design, primarily HTML and CSS, with emphasis on responsive design practices. Not a cursory overview, we’ll start from the beginning, building up our knowledge of the components of these languages, and layering on the techniques necessary to work toward becoming competent, effective web designers. This is a beginner-friendly course. No prior knowledge is required.
COURSE CODE: CODE Sec. 01: 6 Tuesdays, 5:30-7:30pm. Begins Sep. 14 | $220
PROGRAMMING WITH JAVASCRIPT
Rob Reed | M.S., Computer Science, IT and Web Developer The class will introduce students to programming with JavaScript, one of the most widely used programming languages in the world today. It is intended to be a first programming class, and as such will cover fundamentals of programming common to all languages and areas of interest. We’ll discuss JS in two contexts, the web browser and the Node.js JavaScript runtime environment. Our goal will be to cover a useful amount of JavaScript, while also laying a strong foundation for those wanting to continue on with programming as a hobby or career. This is a beginner-friendly course. No prior knowledge is required.
COURSE CODE: INJS Sec. 01: 5 Tuesdays, 5:30-7:30pm. Begins Nov. 2 | $200
COMPUTER SECURITY FOR HOME AND SMALL BUSINESS USERS
Vadim Droznin | CEO Q.E.D. Systems, Inc. This class is intended to educate students about the latest IoT (Internet of Things) security practices. It starts with a basic introduction about past and current computer and network threats. You will learn how to defend and protect your home and business computers, networks, mobile devices, and other IoT against cyber threats. We will discuss protection against Viruses, Malware, Ransomware, SPAM, and others. Students will learn how to create complex passwords and protect their personal Wi-Fi and important data.
COURSE CODE: CSEC Sec. 01: Wednesday, 5:30-7:30pm. Sep. 29 | $50
INTRODUCTION TO SKETCHUP
Steven Santosuosso | Interior Designer SketchUp is a free 3D digital modeling program used by architects, interior designers, product designers, and sculptural artists. 3D rendering can be used for interior design, product visualization, and even 3D printing. We will learn fundamental concepts and techniques, including modeling, inferencing, and styling, to create 3D models of both real life objects and the construction of a 3D birdhouse.
COURSE CODE: SKUP Sec. 01: Saturday, 10am-4pm. Oct. 23 | $120
