Do you love writing and building rewarding, long-lasting relationships? Do you have a passion for a cause? As a grant writer, you can help nonprofit organizations, schools, religious institutions, and research organizations acquire the funds they need to operate and to thrive. In this A to Z Grant Writing class, you'll learn how to put together a Gold Medal Proposal Package-one that will capture the attention, and the funds, of donors.

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In this hands-on training, you will learn about the brain's natural tendencies and get the visual tools/strategies that best support the brain to get things done. You will also discover how to improve your ability to focus, avoid procrastination, prioritize your tasks and stop feeling overwhelmed. You will leave this 3-hour hands-on course with an easy-to-follow action plan.

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Tuesday, November 10, 2026 | 9:00am-12:00pm PST | Online

In this hands-on training, you will learn about the brain's natural tendencies and get the visual tools/strategies that best support the brain to get things done. You will also discover how to improve your ability to focus, avoid procrastination, prioritize your tasks, and stop feeling overwhelmed.

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Wednesday, August 19, 2026 | 9:00am-12:00pm PDT | Online
Friday, November 6, 2026 | 9:00am-12:00pm PST | Online

These courses offers instruction on crafting many of the most common business communication formats: memos, reports, brochures, proposals, presentations, catalogs, and websites. Topics include formal and informal outlining techniques, using email appropriately in an organizational setting, and revising for wordiness, unnecessary phrases, redundancy, and jargon.

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Strengthen your leadership skills and build a more effective workplace with this practical, hands-on professional development series from the Central Oregon Community College Center for Business. Designed for supervisors, managers, business owners, and aspiring leaders in Crook County, this program focuses on the real-world skills needed to lead people, improve customer relationships, and build strong teams. Offered through the COCC Prineville Campus, the series consists of one class per month over three months. Participants may complete the entire series as a comprehensive leadership program or enroll in individual classes based on their professional development needs. Featured Courses: Supervising Teams, Working with Difficult Customers, Recruiting & Retaining Great Employees.

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October 6, 2026 to December 1, 2026 | 8:30am-12:00pm PDT | Prineville

Recruiting good employees can be challenging in the best of times. Since the pandemic of 2020-2021, many businesses have struggled to find interested and capable employees with the potential for growth who will commit longer-term (e.g. a year or more). Ten to hundreds of hours can be spent building recruitment systems, completing outreach, soliciting applications and resumes, conducting interviews, checking references, following up and communicating with applicants, and making selections. Once hired, even more hours and costs are invested including training and orientation. To hire employees who are retained less than a year, is hard on some industries. Hiring employees with great potential who want to stay and learn a business is the focus of this course along with retention and creating an highly desirable work environment.

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Tuesday, December 1, 2026 | 8:30am-12:00pm PST | Prineville

Management and supervision are both challenging and rewarding endeavors in business. To effectively supervise and/or manage a team of people takes specific skills associated with communication, direction, decision making, flexibility, and organization. This course will provide practical skills to employees at any level of an organization tasked with supervising and/or managing a team. Techniques shared are adaptable and will work for businesses with teams of any size. Opportunities for interactive question and answer sessions will also be a part of the class, allowing participants to share specific issues that the instructor will troubleshoot with them.

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Tuesday, October 6, 2026 | 8:30am-12:00pm PDT | Prineville

The customer is always right and sometimes they need help finding the truth. Most customers are respectful and have straightforward needs. However, in some instances, customers can become confused, overbearing, disrespectful, and even hostile. It is important for employees to understand how to defuse challenging situations, refocus them on a common purpose, and find the best path forward for the business, while addressing customer needs. This course will provide skills and strategies, based upon real world situations, that employees at any level in an organization can use to work with and successfully respond to difficult customers. Techniques shared are adaptable and will work for businesses with teams of any size. Opportunities for interactive question and answer sessions will also be a part of the class, allowing participants to share specific issues that the instructor will troubleshoot with them.

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Tuesday, November 3, 2026 | 8:30am-12:00pm PST | Prineville

Do you have a knack for explaining complex subjects in a way that makes them easy to understand? If so, you should consider entering the well-paying field of technical writing. This course will teach you the fundamentals techniques that all successful technical writers use. You will learn how to translate complex information into easily understood language, and how to become a wizard at marrying the art of publishing with the science of technology.

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For the first time in history, five generations are present in the workplace, Traditionalists, Baby Boomers, Generation Xers, Millennials and Generation Z. In a few short years Generation Alpha will also be entering the workforce. This means that, in general, there are at least five different cultures mixing and interacting in any one organization, office, meeting, etc. What does this mean for leaders and supervisors? With so many different generations interacting, conflict and communication challenges are likely. This seminar will provide an overview of the different generations currently in the workplace, layout strategies for successful leadership and team facilitation, and break down stereotypes that can inhibit successful communication.

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Tuesday, December 8, 2026 | 1:00pm-5:00pm PST | Bend

Even well-designed change initiatives can struggle when leaders don't understand how people experience change internally. This applied leadership lab helps participants understand the emotional, cognitive, and behavioral dynamics that shape how individuals and teams respond to change-and what leaders can do to guide transitions more effectively.Participants will explore key energy states (catabolic and anabolic), fixed versus growth mindsets, and how these influence motivation, resistance, and engagement during change initiatives. Using the SCARF Model and the William Bridges Transition Model, the lab provides practical tools for recognizing common change responses, strengthening psychological safety, and supporting teams through uncertainty. Interactive exercises focus on translating insight into workplace-ready strategies participants can apply immediately.

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Tuesday, November 10, 2026 | 8:30am-11:30am PST | Redmond

This practical Spanish course is for those who wish to learn basic language skills to communicate with Spanish-speaking customers and community members. It will include customer service phrases and conversations related to common workplace transactions in a customer service setting.

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October 7, 2026 to November 4, 2026 | 3:00pm-4:30pm PDT | Bend

Research is clear that the habits most likely to stall women's advancement are rarely about capability. They're about the deeply ingrained patterns that can limit visibility, voice, and influence at work: people-pleasing, perfectionism, over-explaining, and holding back in rooms where they fully belong. This workshop invites participants to examine the unwritten rules they have been following and begin the work of rewriting them. Attendees leave with greater self-awareness, practical strategies, and the confidence to lead on their own terms.

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Tuesday, December 8, 2026 | 9:00am-12:00pm PST | Bend