Professional Training in Washington, DC

This course is for those professionals who have mastered the fundamentals of business writing and want to become versed in more complex forms of written communications in the workplace. The focus is on producing documents such as executive summaries, recommendations, formal reports, formal proposals and requests for proposal. The key elements of effective...

Consumer empathy. It’s the key to successful product strategy, design, and marketing. Through it, we find unanswered questions, unmet needs, and idea­ catalyzing behaviors. But building a business, product, or service around a point­-in-­time understanding of your consumer is a strategy destined to fail.  To successfully create an offering...

This is an entry level course that introduces water sources, the hydrological cycle, pre-treatment plant processes, safety, disinfection, corrosion, bacteriology and public health aspects of potable water, water distribution systems, wells, valves and pumps.   This course prepares students for the Grade I and II California State Water Treatment...

This is a 10-week part-time or 1-week accelerated course. Skills & Tools: Gain proficiency in social advertising and use Facebook, Google AdWords, and Google Analytics to find meaning in user behavior. Production Standard: Develop and plan a campaign driven by data and paid-search strategies—and measured by key performance indicators. The...

This is a 10-week part-time or 1-week accelerated course. Skills & Tools: Gain proficiency in social advertising and use Facebook, Google AdWords, and Google Analytics to find meaning in user behavior. Production Standard: Develop and plan a campaign driven by data and paid-search strategies--and measured by key performance indicators. The Big...

This is a part time course.  In this 10-week course, students will learn to plan and execute a marketing campaign, acquire and engage users, and quantify a strategy's success. Unit 1: Digital Marketing Framework & Strategy Business & Customer Strategy Define the core components of a business (value proposition, business model, customer)....

In this course, students explore different elements of English structure through readings, digital media, dialogs, songs, games, and student writing. By the end of the course, students should have a solid grasp of basic verb tenses, prepositional phrases, articles, and sentence varieties. Pre-requisites:  Students need to be levels in 3 or 4...

You want to write on a regular basis and finish an essay, a script, or a short story. Or you have writer’s block and need a cure to unstick you. Writer of a thousand talents, Matteson Perry can help! Through fun in-class exercises, you’ll generate a ton of pages and learn Matteson’s secrets for crafting likeable characters, putting an imaginative...

A follow-up to Fundamentals of Project Management (PPM0001), this course embarks on a more in-depth study of task analysis, work breakdown structure, critical path, project plan, scheduling, progress tracking, and reporting. Prerequisite: Fundamentals of Project Management (PPM0001). Note: Classroom location listings are also posted outside...

Effective learning doesn’t simply come from consuming educational content, but comes from connecting with people who are learning and teaching it. With that vision in mind, Flatiron School has brought together passionate, experienced instructors and ambitious students to achieve incredible outcomes since 2012. And now we’re bringing that vision...

Being a confident communicator is not just the way you act, talk, and look. It’s a habitual way of thinking and reacting to various life situations. In this class, you'll learn how to become an engaging and influential leader and learn the communication tools you need to effectively share your ideas. You'll learn how to break down the barriers, misconceptions,...

This course provides a strategic legal perspective to importing requirements and customs rules.  There will be a review of US Customs with an emphasis on current compliance issues. The course will also address transfer pricing, change of practice, trans-shipment, country origin rules, anti-dumping implications, customs reorganization, the penalty...

The personal is universal - and we want to hear what you have to say in only the way you can share it. Everyone is a storyteller - be it onstage, on Zoom, or just in day-day life, and this class is about crystalizing the moments of joy, hilarity, and vulnerability that make you unique.  This class will focus on how to craft five-minute personal...

This course is designed for students interested in studying business in an American university, or those who want to get a job in the business field.  Working with newspapers, internet resources, and digital media, students learn about current events and trends in economics, finance, marketing, international trade, and sustainability. In this...

Students will learn how facilities managers manage basic accounting, evaluate assets, control budgets, conduct financial audits, estimate costs for capital renewal and deferred maintenance programs, calculate lifecycle costing, payback, net present value, and depreciation.  Financial risk management, financing options for operations and capital...