More Professional Classes in Los Angeles, CA

In this class, you will learn first and foremost that you can write—and write well! In fact you will surprise yourself by the work you’ll be producing. The class is designed to enhance your creativity, imagination and personal voice while also teaching the skills of creative writing—memoir and fiction. We use calming...

Are you contemplating divorce? Has your spouse said the "divorce" word? Do you have a relative or friend on the brink of divorce? Attend a highly educational class designed to give you an overview of the legal, financial, family and emotional issues of divorce.  This class is co-taught by a family law attorney, a divorce financial specialist,...

In the peaceful atmosphere of the Saturday workshop, and with the help of meditations that quiet the critical mind, writing becomes possible, cathartic, transformational. You can write memoir or fiction. Each workshop is focused around an inspirational theme or myth. You’ll write three times for about one hour each time, and receive constructive,...

The focus of the training is to ensure increased customer satisfaction, increased repeat business, increased customer referrals, increase sales and a decreased staff turnover. Learning Objectives: Making a good first impression Maintaining a positive and courteous attitude  Reading body language  Asking questions and listening skills ...

WordPress is the premier content management system for those seeking an easy, user-friendly way to set up and maintain a website. In this class, you’ll walk through the basics of getting your site live quickly and discover various free templates as well as premium resources that require little to no coding skills and will have your site looking polished...

Pricing is much more than setting a price. Pricing is one of the most powerful tools an entrepreneur, startup founder and business leader has to grow their company. For the average company a 1% price improvement will create up to 4x impact on profitability versus a 1% increase in volume. Unfortunately, many of the best companies are better at creating...

Nov 7 Getting an essay in the New York Times is the crown jewel of personal essays in terms of bragging rights and future book deals. In this five-week Los Angeles NY Times Worthy Personal Essay class, Times Contributor Rich Monahan will share his insight into securing this prestigious but elusive prize. Through fun, in class exercises, an informative...

Discover if your item will sell or not in just one minute! Learn how to create a Seller account, upload photos, accept PayPal payments, and determine shipping costs. Class includes insider tips, tricks and traps, what to sell and not sell, where to get free shipping supplies and free home pickup. Learn proven listing strategies that get the most clicks,...

Have you ever wanted to talk to a real agent or publisher? Are you tired of having your manuscripts critiqued by non- professionals or paying an editor too much money to change your writing to their voice? Bring your in-progress manuscript for an in-class critique of one page of your poetry, article, short story, screenplay, novel, non-fiction book,...

Self Publishing is all the rage, but is it the best option for YOU? (participants must attend “Beginner’s Guide to Getting Published”) And, can you do both? You will discover the pros and cons of all the self publishing options, including print-on-demand and e-book publishing, as well as the Amazon option of Create Space.  You will leave...

Traditional marketing is dead. Consumers today are highly skeptical of corporate-style disruption advertising. In the age of Instagram and direct-to-consumer ecommerce, you build a brand by building a following first. But how do you rise above the noise to attract these passionate fans? Start with a great story. A brand story with the right emotional...

This course includes 5 meetings with a maximum of 5 students per course. Course Objectives: HIS Certification Introduction - Home improvement Salesperson basics and introduction to the CSLB guidelines. Responsibilities required to be an HIS. Detailed guidance on the most popular home improvement projects. Sales techniques and becoming a home...

Lean Six Sigma Black Belt primarily focus on project execution. Six Sigma is a standard approach to improve the quality and maintain consistency by minimizing the defect rate in delivery of services and products. Whereas Lean is a method that help you to reduce the waste while delivering the product. Our Lean Six Sigma Black Belt training helps professional...

Students will learn how to start spray tanning like a pro, including advanced spray tan techniques that only a handful of tanning specialists in the world know. While we do extensively cover theory, equipment, products, solutions, creating formulas and more, the core of your program will be hands-on training with real live models. You will also be...

The Psychology of Succeeding at Sales: How to Sell Anything to Anyone Whether you are a one-person working crew or the SVP of Sales for a large corporation, there will be take-aways from this class. Is selling your main priority—or perhaps you are a software engineer who loathes the idea of a sales call, but you have to? We’ll discuss strategies...