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Accounting Fundamentals
Instructor: Charlene Messier

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. You'll learn the basics of double-entry bookkeeping, while also learning how to analyze and record financial transactions, as well as 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. We'll cover all the bases, from writing checks to preparing an income statement and closing out accounts at the end of each fiscal period.

Accounting Fundamentals II
Instructor: Charlene Messier

While it is true that accounting professionals are scarce, those with corporate accounting experience are even more rare. This course will build on the knowledge you gained in our Accounting Fundamentals course to provide you with a solid understanding of corporate accounting practices. You'll be able to analyze transactions and prepare various corporate financial reports. You'll also gain practical experience working with dividends, plant assets, depreciation, accrued revenue and expenses, retained earnings, stockholders' equity, and more.

Creating a Successful Business Plan
Instructor: Carol Parenzan Smalley

Success in business begins with a plan. By committing your idea to paper, you face tough questions and identify strengths and weaknesses. Business plans are not just for financing purposes; they are working documents to guide your business. For new and established small business owners, the course will start you down the path of small business success.

Introduction to Microsoft Excel 2007
Instructor: Craig Power

Discover dozens of shortcuts and tricks for setting up fully formatted worksheets quickly and efficiently. Learn the secrets behind writing powerful formulas, using functions, sorting and analyzing data, creating custom charts, creating 3-dimensional workbooks, building links, and creating macros and custom toolbar buttons.

Introduction to Microsoft Excel 2003
Instructor: Craig Power

Discover dozens of shortcuts and tricks for setting up fully formatted worksheets quickly and efficiently. Learn the secrets behind writing powerful formulas, using functions, sorting and analyzing data, creating custom charts, creating 3-dimensional workbooks, building links, and creating macros and custom toolbar buttons.

Intermediate Microsoft Excel 2003
Instructor: Craig Power

Learn how to work faster and more productively by using many of Excel 2003's powerful features, such as the PivotTable, Solver, and AutoFilter. Build worksheets with decision-making capabilities, and learn to use advanced graphing techniques.

Advanced Microsoft Excel 2003
Instructor: Chad Wambolt

Maximize your investment in Microsoft Excel by learning advanced techniques that most users don't even know exist. In this practical, hands-on course, you'll learn how to use scenarios and data tables to quickly perform multiple what-if analyses. You'll discover a variety of advanced pivot table techniques, like creating calculated fields and calculated items. You'll be able to use validation to protect the integrity of your worksheets from other, less experienced users. You'll become adept at consolidating and importing data, and you'll master the art of conditional formatting to highlight duplicate entries and other common worksheet problems. Impress your coworkers by learning how to add functional and eye-catching controls to any worksheet, and find out how to nest one function inside another to accomplish just about anything Excel has to offer.

Introduction to QuickBooks 2007
Instructor: Craig Power

Learn how QuickBooks makes it easy to set up a chart of accounts, reconcile your checking account, create and print invoices, receipts, and statements, track your payables, inventory, and receivables, create estimates and generate reports.

QuickBooks for Contractors
Instructor: Scott Paxton

Designed specifically for the construction industry, QuickBooks for Contractors uses the Premier Contractor Edition of QuickBooks to show you how to utilize this powerful program to create estimates, progress invoices, and even job cost reports. You'll avoid making common mistakes by learning the proper file setup techniques for contractors, and you'll discover the secrets to help you create useful and dynamic management reports.

Performing Payroll in QuickBooks 2009
Instructor: Scott Paxton

Learn how to use QuickBooks 2009 to process payroll quickly and easily. You'll discover all the steps you need to take to properly set up your payroll system, troubleshoot common problems, and avoid mistakes.

Performing Payroll in QuickBooks 2007
Instructor: Scott Paxton

Learn how to use QuickBooks software to process payroll quickly and easily. You'll discover all the steps you need to properly set up your payroll system, troubleshoot common problems, and avoid mistakes.

Performing Payroll in QuickBooks
Instructor: Scott Paxton

QuickBooks software can be used to process payroll quickly and easily. This course details all the steps needed for proper set-up and even includes troubleshooting tips and solutions for common problems and mistakes.

Introduction to QuickBooks 2008
Instructor: Craig Power

Learn how QuickBooks makes it easy to set up a chart of accounts, reconcile your checking account, create and print invoices, receipts, and statements, track your payables, inventory, and receivables, create estimates and generate reports.

Introduction to Microsoft Office Accounting Professional 2008
Instructor: Mary Salzman

Learn how to use Microsoft Office Accounting Professional 2008 from a Certified Public Accountant who specializes in small-business accounting. Because it's tailored for small businesses with fewer than 25 employees, you'll find it easy to set up Microsoft Office Accounting Professional 2008 to meet your specific needs. Through easy-to-follow instructions and hands-on activities, you'll get comfortable with every major accounting task you need to do—from balancing the company checkbook, to preparing financial statements, to creating listings on eBay.

Introduction to Peachtree Accounting 2009
Instructor: Diane Koers

Get the training you need to perform everyday accounting tasks using Peachtree Accounting software. First, you'll set up vendors, customers, and inventory items. Then you'll see how easy it is to record typical tasks such as goods purchased, bills paid, items sold, and payments collected. You'll also learn how to handle end-of-month procedures.

Intermediate Microsoft Excel 2007
Instructor: Chad Wambolt

Master advanced features of Microsoft Excel 2007, including charting and PivotTables, and discover how this powerful MS Office program can boost your productivity. Learn how to create informative and eye-catching charts, as well as how to harness the power of Excel 2007's filtering techniques. Become adept at using Excel 2007 to gain further insight into your valuable data. Find out how to create macros that eliminate repetitive tasks, and set yourself apart from the casual Excel user by understanding VLOOKUP, INDEX & MATCH, and Excel's other time-saving functions. These practical, hands-on lessons are guaranteed to take your Excel skills to the next level!

Introduction to QuickBooks 2009
Instructor: Craig Power

In this QuickBooks class, you'll get the training you need to start using this accounting program to set up a chart of accounts, reconcile your checking account, create and print invoices, receipts, and statements, track your payables, inventory, and receivables, create estimates, and generate reports. You'll learn how to use QuickBooks 2009 to gain control over all financial aspects of your business!

QuickBooks 2009 for Contractors
Instructor: Scott Paxton

Designed specifically for contractors, this course addresses the unique accounting needs of the construction industry. We'll focus on how to use the Premier Contractor Edition of QuickBooks 2009 to run your contracting business more efficiently. Clear lessons and step-by-step instructions in plain language will give you hands-on practice using the features that you're sure to use on a daily basis. You'll find out how to enter accounting entries, generate powerful reports, maximize efficiencies, and much more.