The following ed2go classes are available for Wakulla County Chamber of Commerce members and employees from January through June of 2012.

2012 ed2go Class List

Ed2Go –Online Learning offered January through June 2012 through the Burt Poole Scholarship Fund, established by the Wakulla County Chamber of Commerce.  Please email the Chamber office at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it for registration form and enrollment instructions.  All registrations have to be submitted to the Chamber office for member verification.

Class dates are as follows:

Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Additional dates provided by request.

Administrative Assistant Fundamentals

This course will help you discover and master the essentials of managerial and staff support, information and records management, communications technology, travel and meeting coordination, space planning, and office ergonomics.

Requirements:  Internet access, e-mail, and the Microsoft Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox Web browser.

Administrative Assistant Applications

Gain the skills and knowledge you'll need to prepare for the Certified Administrative Professional exam and begin a rewarding career as an administrative assistant.  Discover how time management, accounting, business law, organizational behavior, and management affect administrative assistant responsibilities and activities.  Learn the basics of accounting, including the general ledger and key accounting terms, and see how financial statements and controls help keep your organization moving in a positive direction.

Understand the fundamentals of business law, contracts, and the principal-agency relationship; discover ethics and organizational politics; and understand the basics of human resources management.  Learn about key management functions such as planning, control, motivation, and organization, discover how to increase creativity, and find out how marketing differs from sales.  Learn the basics of operations management.

Requirements:  Completion of Becky and Tony Swaim's Administrative Assistant Fundamentals course (or equivalent experience).  Internet access, e-mail, and the Microsoft Internet Explorer, or Mozilla Firefox Web browser.

Marketing your Business on the Internet

Find out how to market your business on the Internet, even if you have little or no money to spend! In this practical, hands-on course, you'll discover proven methods that will help you establish an Internet presence and build an online brand identity.  You’ll learn how search engine optimization (SEO) works and how to track your site’s performance using Web analytics.  You'll understand how to use online advertising, email marketing, and social media (including blogs) to drive business to your Web site. Finally, you’ll learn how to keep your visitors coming back again and again!

Requirements:  Completion of Richard Blum's Designing Effective Websites online course (or equivalent experience) and Craig Power's Creating Web Pages online course (or equivalent experience) is helpful but not required.

Writing Effective Grant Proposals

Preparing successful grant proposals to receive funding from corporations or foundations requires careful research, meticulous preparation, and graceful writing.  Grant administrators tell us that many grant requestors have no real understanding of the proposal writing process and as a result, their worthy causes lose out.

If you learn how to avoid the errors that lead to the rejection of your proposal, you will be better prepared to help the causes you most admire.  This course will walk you through all of the essential steps--including an important discussion of what you must do when the grant arrives!

In this course, you’ll learn how to become fully familiar with the institution or project for which you are requesting support.  You’ll get valuable guidance in preparing a background statement and a brief financial statement to support your request.  You’ll also research some charitable foundation and corporate giving sources.

Then, you'll learn how to put everything together so you can assemble, write, and submit complete grant proposals to foundations, corporations, and wealthy individuals for any number of your pet projects.

Requirements:  Internet access, e-mail, the Microsoft Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox Web browser, and the Adobe Flash and PDF plug-ins (two free and simple downloads you obtain at http://www.adobe.com/downloads by clicking Get Adobe Flash Player and Get Adobe Reader).

Requirements for 2010:  http://www.ed2go.com/tcc/online_course/ixt/requirements/Introduction_to_Microsoft_Excel_2010.html

Intro to Quick Books 2010

QuickBooks is designed for the small to midsized business owner who enjoys Quicken's ease of use but prefers a more traditional approach to accounting.  Learn how this well-designed accounting program can make it a snap to set up a chart of accounts, reconcile your checking account, create and print invoices, receipts, and statements, track your payables, inventory, and receivables, create estimates, and generate reports.

Requirements:  http://www.ed2go.com/tcc/online_course/q10/requirements/Introduction_to_QuickBooks_2010.html

or 2011

Use the power of QuickBooks  software to take control of your business finances!

In these lessons, you’ll learn how to set up a chart of accounts, pay bills, invoice customers, create receipts, and reconcile your checking account.  In addition, you’ll discover how to track your accounts payable and receivable, manage your assets, control inventory, and generate estimates and reports.

This course is perfect for beginners or experienced QuickBooks users, and it’s also ideal if you’re a Quicken user who’s seeking a more traditional approach to accounting.  As you build your abilities step-by-step in each lesson, you’ll be amazed at how quickly you master a wide range of accounting skills that will save you time, effort, and money.

Requirements:  http://www.ed2go.com/tcc/online_course/q11/requirements/Introduction_to_QuickBooks_2011.html

Speed Spanish I, II, III

Have you ever seen a non-native speaking Spanish fluently?  Were you impressed?  Would you like to become more conversational and more comfortable in Spanish-speaking situations?  Now you can.  Our Speed Spanish courses are unlike any other Spanish classes you may have ever taken.  You'll see words, hear them pronounced properly, and be granted plenty of opportunities to practice your pronunciation.  Then, you'll learn several clever recipes that you can use to glue the words together into sentences.  Enroll in Speed Spanish II, and you'll see an immediate improvement in your Spanish fluency from the very first lesson.

Requirements:  Internet access, e-mail, the Microsoft Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox Web browser, and the Adobe Flash and PDF plug-ins (two free and simple downloads you obtain at http://www.adobe.com/downloads by clicking Get Adobe Flash Player and Get Adobe Reader) and a computer equipped with working speakers or headphones.

Intro to CSS & XHTML

Learn how to create state-of-the-art Web sites using modern CSS and XHTML techniques.  Take your existing HTML skills to the next level and start building sites like the pros.  If you want to survive and excel in the fast-paced world of Web publishing, you're going to need to keep up with ever-evolving standards.  The new standard for Web developers is to use CSS and XHTML.

Requirements:  A text editor (like Windows Notepad); basic computer skills; familiarity with files, folders, text editing, and copying and pasting; Internet access, e-mail, the Microsoft Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox Web browser, and the Adobe Flash and PDF plug-ins (two free and simple downloads you obtain at http://www.adobe.com/downloads by clicking Get Adobe Flash Player and Get Adobe Reader).  Completion of our online Creating Web Pages course (or equivalent experience with HTML and Web publishing) is recommended.

Small Business Marketing on a Shoestring

As you build your own customized marketing plan step-by-step, you'll discover how to attract your target audiences, entice customers to buy your product or service, and keep buyers coming back for more.  In addition, you'll find out how to generate the referrals that are crucial to your company's success.  You'll get tips on evaluating your tactics, tracking your results, and fine-tuning your approach so it gets better every year.

Requirements:  Internet access, e-mail, the Microsoft Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox Web browser, and the Adobe Flash and PDF plug-ins (two free and simple downloads you obtain at http://www.adobe.com/downloads by clicking “Get Adobe Flash Player” and “Get Adobe Reader”).

Intro to Word 2007 or 2010

Master the basics of the word processor PC Magazine ranked as one of the “strongest and most intelligent programs ever written.”  In this hands-on workshop, you’ll learn how to add, move through, and edit text; move words from one part of your document to another; work on two or more documents simultaneously; change the size or appearance of text; change margins and tab settings; automatically center, right align, justify, and indent text; run the integrated grammar and spelling checker; use the thesaurus; and save, retrieve, copy, organize, and print your documents.  By the time you’re done with the step-by-step lessons and hands-on activities in this course, you’ll be able to use Word confidently at home or on the job.

Requirements for 2007:  http://www.ed2go.com/tcc/online_course/iw7/requirements/Introduction_to_Microsoft_Word_2007.html

Requirements for 2010:  http://www.ed2go.com/tcc/online_course/iwt/requirements/Introduction_to_Microsoft_Word_2010.html

Intro to Excel 2007 or 2010

Do you work with numbers?  Then you need to master Microsoft Excel 2007 or 2010—and this is the place to do it.  Even “non-techie” beginners will find it easy to learn Excel in this fun, step-by-step online course. 

These lessons will teach you dozens of shortcuts and tricks for setting up fully formatted worksheets quickly and efficiently.  You'll also learn the secrets behind writing powerful mathematical formulas and discover how to use the function wizard to quickly and automatically calculate statistics, loan payments, future value, and more. 

In addition, you'll get tips on sorting and analyzing data, designing custom charts and graphs, creating three-dimensional workbooks, building links between files, endowing your worksheets with decision-making capabilities, and automating frequently-repeated tasks with macros and buttons. 

This is not a tutorial, but an in-depth class where you’ll get training, help, and personal support from an experienced instructor as you’re learning Excel basics step-by-step.  By the time you’re done, you’ll be using this vital Office tool like a pro.

Requirements for 2007:  http://www.ed2go.com/tcc/online_course/ix7/requirements/Introduction_to_Microsoft_Excel_2007.html

Click here to download a .pdf file of the 2012 ed2go Class List.