Professional Training in Washington, DC

These are exciting times to be a screenwriter. With more shows and television channels than ever, the opportunities for inventive ways of storytelling increase daily. This hands-on workshop will guide beginning and intermediate screenwriters through the process of crafting a professional-grade screenplay and/or TV pilot.  Participants will examine...

Enterprise and Solution Architecture (E&SA) Avancier Certification Option delivers a powerful method to learn the tools and gain the skills of a modern Solution Architect. This class prepares for Avancier Certification. This course includes presentations, discussions, class exercises, and case studies. It covers a broad sweep of architecture...

Corporate Sales Expert aims to provide fast, friendly service by actively seeking out customers to access their needs and provide assistance. Professionals in this position know how to greet, qualify, recommend and close every customer in their department, and know how to handle basics in adjacent departments. Professionals in this position know how...

Leadership, delegation, motivation, communication, and vision are key components that make up an effective and successful manager. In this training course, you learn best practices and behaviors to help you build these components, leverage powerful techniques for getting the best from people, and use proven management models to design a blueprint for...

Hyper-partisanship, midterm elections and high-stakes policy debates will be keeping government relations professionals on their toes. And success may be tied to having the right assets at the right time and in the right place. This workshop will look at the unique challenges of 2018 and provide best practices and key insights for assessing: When...

This PMP Boot Camp is designed for individuals studying for the Project Management Professional (PMP Certification). The boot camp will ensure that individuals have a solid understanding of the PMBOK Guide's 10 Knowledge Areas, 5 Process Groups and essential information required to pass the exam. Upon completion of the boot camp, students will have...

Effective time management helps professionals make better decisions, meet deadlines, and achieve their goals. In this training course, you learn to develop a clear sense of purpose, structure priorities, overcome negative behavior patterns, and leverage practical strategies, tools, and techniques to develop and implement an effective time management...

Corporate Sales Specialists manage the complete sales process—including the pre-sales processes of understanding the company’s sales value proposition, creating a suitable sales channel network, planning sales governance, setting sale targets, creating appropriate marketing assets and creating compensation structures.  They can also oversee...

This class will examine some of the more challenging and unusual metaphors that contemporary poets have used to bring their poems to life. This workshop will discuss how to choose between simile and metaphor, how to control and extend an image, and how to avoid using clichés.  There will be a writing exercise designed to challenge image-making...

Those who communicate with assertiveness, rather than passivity or aggression, are more likely to maintain positive workplace relationships while meeting their goals. Through video demonstrations, role-playing activities, journaling, and practical workshops, this training course will help you leverage proven techniques to become self-aware of behavior...

Provide a means of centralization, standardization, and greater project oversight within your organization by building an effective Project Management Office (PMO). In this training course, you gain the skills and competencies needed to structure a PMO — including how to analyze portfolio and project success, implement a governance model, and conduct...

Looking for a one-stop shop to get your work closely read before submitting? This one-day workshop will be dedicated to generating a couple new poems, critiquing a few older poems, and creating a list of literary journals and contest to submit work. Please submit three poems to [email protected] for the workshop leader to review prior to the...

This roundtable-style seminar empowers women to identify, develop, and ultimately contribute their unique qualities to meet the challenges in this evolving work environment. You Will Learn How To: Identify and tap into your full potential as a leader Address and challenge barriers women face in leadership roles Develop strategies and tools to...

Feeling stuck in an unfulfilling career path? Hungry for something better? We’re here to help you figure out what you want next out of your career!   The Career Pivot Fellowship is an in-person, nights-and-weekends program for professionals who are ready to make a career change but need help figuring out exactly what comes next. We bring together...

Call it memoir, creative non-fiction, autobiography, journaling, or memory writing. Your inspired-by-life stories may be intended “for the grandkids,” or become a got-to-read bestseller. If you hope to share your life with others, you’ll want the writing to be appealing and the best it can be.  This half-day course will discuss basic guidelines,...