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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This course is for advanced Spanish-speaking students who want to practice speaking the language and incorporate it into their everyday lives. Develop your Spanish speaking and comprehension skills through literature and conversation. New materials are added each session so returning students are always welcome.

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October 5-26, 2026 | 12:00pm-1:00pm PDT | Online

Develop your comprehension skills, grammar base and passion for the Spanish language with music. Using a different song each week, this contextually rooted and culturally rich medium will guide you through the practice of speaking Spanish and incorporating it into your everyday life. New materials are added each session, so returning students are always welcome. Recommended preparation: Intermediate to Advanced Spanish language skills.

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November 16, 2026 to December 7, 2026 | 12:00pm-1:00pm 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. 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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The Centering Lab is a hands-on leadership series that uses the complete arc of pottery making as a living metaphor for how leaders grow. From the first moment of wedging raw clay at the wheel, to the patience of trimming and firing, to the artistry of glazing and the anticipation of the final reveal, each stage mirrors something real about the leadership journey: the effort to align before acting, the discipline of refining what isn't working and the courage to put your work into the fire and see what emerges. Over three 3-hour sessions at Sisters Clay Collective in Sisters, Oregon, participants don't just learn about leadership; they practice it with their hands in clay, carry the metaphors back to their teams and leave with a finished piece they made themselves and the leadership insights that go with it. All materials, including clay, provided. Please NOTE: This is a leadership class, not intended for general or production pottery students.

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November 5-19, 2026 | 5:30pm-8:30pm PST | Sisters

Conversational Spanish II will pick up where Conversational Spanish I left off. This course is for novice students with some Spanish language instruction. Students will spend time in class expanding grammar, conversational expressions and vocabulary as well as working on listening and speaking skills through a variety of activities. This course is taught primarily in Spanish, with some English to support learner's comprehension.

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September 16, 2026 to November 25, 2026 | 6:00pm-8:00pm PDT | Redmond
September 22, 2026 to November 24, 2026 | 2:00pm-4:00pm PDT | Bend
November 2, 2026 to December 7, 2026 | 5:30pm-7:30pm PST | Online

Take your Spanish-speaking skills to a higher level in this intermediate language class. Build confidence in daily conversation and gain additional vocabulary and communication skills. Students and instructor will converse primarily in Spanish to give a full immersion experience and to train students to hear the language as well as speak it. Students must have completed Conversational Spanish II or have had recent Spanish language experience. In this class, we will cover present and past tenses.

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January 13, 2027 to March 17, 2027 | 6:00pm-8:00pm PST | Redmond

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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This powerful and interactive session challenges you to increase awareness of how your communication approach helps or hinders your effectiveness with others. Explore how to adapt your communication and approach with both internal and external clients based on the situation and/or person. This session utilizes DiSC profiles as a guide and tool for understanding communication styles and adapting strategies for increasing communication and collaboration skills. You will receive a link to complete your DiSC assessment prior to the session.

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Tuesday, October 20, 2026 | 12:30pm-5:00pm PDT | Bend

Designed for leaders moving into senior and executive roles, this course closes the gap between strong people management and organizational strategy. Participants learn to build culture intentionally, align team performance to business goals and make the case for people investment at the leadership table. It's the bridge from great manager to strategic executive.

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Thursday, November 12, 2026 | 1:00pm-4:00pm PST | Redmond

Today's workplace may include members of five generations: Traditionalists, Baby Boomers, Gen X, Millennials and Gen Z. Gen Alpha is also approaching working age, with its oldest members beginning to take part-time and entry-level jobs. A multigenerational workforce brings a wide range of experiences, career stages, communication habits and expectations. These differences can enrich teams, but they can also create misunderstandings when leaders rely on assumptions or stereotypes. What does this mean for supervisors and team leaders? This seminar provides an overview of the generations represented in today's. Participants will explore strategies for effective leadership, communication and team facilitation and examine stereotypes that can interfere with workplace relationships.

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

As AI reshapes the workplace, the leaders who thrive are the ones who've built what AI can't replicate: relational trust, ethical judgment, adaptive thinking, and the emotional attunement that actually moves people. This course builds directly on the Leadership Lab's Emotional Intelligence foundation and gives leaders the skills and confidence to lead in an AI-shaped world without losing what makes them irreplaceable.

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Wednesday, October 21, 2026 | 9:00am-12:00pm PDT | 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