Business Classes Rochester, NY

In this comprehensive nine-day program, participants will learn three levels of Excel, two levels of PowerPoint, two levels of Word, and two levels of Outlook classes. Participants will learn to analyze data and create visualization with Excel, manage email and contacts with Outlook, creating compelling presentations with PowerPoint, and edit, design, and collaborate on documents with Word. The program is open to beginners and has flexible scheduling options available on weekdays, weeknights, and weekends online or in NYC. Tuition includes hands-on training, a free retake, and training manuals for each course.

This 3-day Microsoft Excel Bootcamp consists of three courses and helps students with little to no prior Excel experience go from novice to pro in a couple of days. The first course, Excel for Business Fundamentals, covers the basics, including writing formulas, using absolute references, formatting, common charts and designs, as well as general workbook best practices. The second course, Intermediate Excel for Business, introduces students to more advanced topics, including advanced paste functions, working with text, VLOOKUP, PivotTables, statistical functions, and some advanced charts. The third and final course, Advanced Excel for Business, walks students through some common skills used primarily by more experienced Excel users, including cell management, nested IF statements, What If analysis, advanced analytical tools, INDEX-MATCH, and macros to help automate repetitive tasks. Each course concludes with a final project to help cement the skills students learn in each course.

This course covers the skills needed to become a Data Analyst or Business Analyst, including data analytics fundamentals, visualization with Tableau, using Python to clean and manipulate data, and how to work with relational databases. One-on-one mentoring is included.

The Marketing Strategy course covers marketing principles, market research techniques, digital marketing channels, and campaign measurement using KPIs. Students learn to develop comprehensive marketing plans, including setting objectives, defining strategies, and implementing actionable steps. The course emphasizes a customer-centric approach and explores tools like social media, email marketing, and SEO.

The Leadership & Management course teaches leadership skills, including different leadership styles, persuasive communication, team management, conflict resolution, and time management. The course provides practical tools to help participants become confident leaders capable of motivating high-performing teams and fostering a collaborative work environment.

This 3-day course for project managers teaches the essentials of project management. Students will learn to handle all aspects of a project from beginning to end. They will learn how to launch a project, create estimates, develop a project schedule and budget, allocate resources and manage procurements. They will also learn how to handle communications and manage relationships among stakeholders.

In this one-day program, students will learn the fundamentals of change management. The course will cover topics such as readiness and resistance to change, effective communication, WIFM, building consensus, planning, and implementation. Students will also learn about some of the psychology of change, motivation, and leadership.