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 2005 - 2008 Schedule Course Descriptions Classwork Example |
Creating the Next WaveTechnology innovation over the past two decades has triggered important changes to the business world. Corporations were first to enjoy cost benefits through automated processes. These same tools moved quickly to small businesses and have spread globally. Anything that can be done by phone or Internet is subject to outsourcing, anywhere in the world. Today raw technology skills are not enough. To be competitive, the technical worker must communicate, design and implement applications that meet the needs of business people served. This cannot be done without solid business knowledge. Those with the ability to wear two hats – technology and business – can be difficult to find and often command the best jobs. We are pleased to announce a new technology program integrating business and technical knowledge. Our goal is to prepare the beginning technologist to competitively serve the business world.Our Training GoalsOur goal is for every student to understand how a business operates, its opportunities and risks. Our next goal is for each student to achieve at least a Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) certificate. Our vision however, is to not emphasize the certification, but to develop cognitive skills. We want students to develop fully, not just memorize material, but also learn to use their perception, intuition, and reasoning skills and apply them to real world situations. CertificationsOur courses are designed to give the student the skills to pass not only the MCP but also the Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE), and the Microsoft Certified Database Administrator (MCDBA). The latter two exams are much more involved and require a high commitment from the student to complete. Our basic program is for two years, and by the second year the student should be able to pass a MCP certification. Advanced students should be able to pass MCDBA and/or MCSE certifications.
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The Center for Empowerment and Media Logic are pleased to offer training for those communities that have not traditionally had access to information, training, and careers in the field of technology. Together, we offer free scholarships for to those who apply and qualify for the program.
For information on how to begin the screening process and qualify for a scholarship valued at $4000.00 per course, please contact the Center for Empowerment at 206.722.7310, or register online at http://www.centerforempowerment.org/contact.htm.
For more information about these programs and to find out how to enroll, please contact: Center for Empowerment-Cassandra Williams Description
Seminar overview of primary functional areas in managing a small business and the corresponding technologies to reduce operational cost, improve efficiencies and enhance the bottom line.
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This course starts from a beginner's understanding of spreadsheets and builds advanced skills that assist the business owner in financial management. It will teach how to build reports necessary for obtaining capital (banks, grants, venture capital), managing cash flow and anticipating problems before they happen.
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This course is a step-by-step instruction in how to setup a new business in the world's most popular small business accounting system, or how to migrate an existing system. It will focus on specific skills that save money, reduce bookkeeping time, reveal problem areas and ensure the business owner understands cash position at all times.
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This course starts from a beginner's understanding of word processing and builds advanced skills essential to marketing and sales, such as mail merging, label making and specialized forms.
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This course shows how to create organizational charts, present a business concept, show business processes and other information for streamlining your operation or demonstrating how your products will do the same for your client.
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This course shows how to create professional presentations crucial to successful sales.
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This course explains the strategic importance of web presence for business sales, what needs to be done to get a web site and how to do it - on a budget.
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This course is designed for the business owner or beginning technologist who wants to design, implement and maintain a business web site that attracts traffic and sales.
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This course is designed for the beginning technologist who seeks to build simple business applications requiring stored information. Coursework will stress actual business application projects to be used by businesses when complete.
Introduction
This course is designed to train the student in the organization of a typical Personal Computer (PC).
The hardware level is examined in popular operating systems environment. Terminology and concepts related to
major PC hardware components and their functions will be discussed. Entry level hands-
on skills as well as theoretical knowledge in handling PC hardware will be covered.
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Prerequisites:
Before beginning this course, students should have:
Proficiency using the Windows interface to locate, create, and manipulate folders and files and to configure the desktop environment.
General knowledge of computer hardware components, including memory, hard disks, and central processing units.
Learn how to deliver exceptional performance and scalability to your business information
systems—and prepare for the Microsoft® Certified Professional (MCP) exam.
Work with our highly experienced instructors as they bring a system of lessons and
hands-on exercises to gain practical experience installing, configuring,
and troubleshooting SQL Server™. As you build these real-world database administration
skills, you’re also preparing for MCP Exam 70-228—an elective for MCSE/MCSA certification
and a core exam on the MCDBA track.
Part I Topics:
Part II Topics:
Prerequisites: Before beginning this series, students should have: Business Technology series, Risk Assessment and A+ courses or demonstrated ability to use Microsoft Visio, Excel, Word, Intuit Quickbooks (or similar accounting package) and other office products. Students must demonstrate a basic understanding of computer components and systems. Database Administration Part I required for Part II. Database Implementation (Parts I and II)Learn how create, script and develop a professional database system—and prepare for the Microsoft® Certified Professional (MCP) exam. Work with our highly experienced instructors as they bring a system of lessons and hands-on exercises to gain practical experience designing, implementing and tuning SQL Server™. As you build these real-world database administration skills, you’re also preparing for MCP Exam 70-229—an elective for MCSE/MCSA certification and a core exam on the MCDBA track. Part I Topics:
Part II Topics:
Prerequisites: Before beginning this series, students should have: Risk Assessment, A+ course, Security I, TCP/IP Protocol Stack, Database Administration I and II,
Database Implementation Part I required for Part II.
(Media Logic Community Database Project)
The class will break up into groups of two or three. Each student will play several roles throughout the project.
Business Analyst - Interviews the client to build a business case for the database. The analyst should come up with a vision statement. The statement should include business, fiscal, and functional objectives.
The statement should:
The vision statement documents the database environment and provides the basis for the scope document and conceptual model. Project ScopeArchitect - Will work with the business analyst to justify, design and implement the database. The architect will be responsible for creating the project scope that expands the vision statement and functional objectives with specific details, including the business case for physical deployment, features, resources, and scheduling. It should be used as a guide for deploying the database and establishing the project's limits. Keep it to one to two pages, and make sure it identifies:
The project scope must also include the following:
The Architect will also be responsible for creating the high level conceptual design. Use the vision/scope findings to diagram the interrelationship of the database environment, applications, and users. Now it's time for the actual design work that the architect will use to develop his/her database. The Conceptual Data ModelThis model, or diagram, deals with entities and relationships. This is where the architect describes the information to be stored in the database. Each entity corresponds to the real-world set of objects to be modeled. Entity attributes describe specific aspects about an entity, such as Customer - name, address and phone number. Don't forget to provide the relationships between the entities. The conceptual model will be used to develop the logical and physical data models in the second part of this class database project.
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