Technology Classes for Small Businesses

Times are changing, and so is the way that we are doing business. In today’s world, information is available at the click of a mouse, making first impressions all the more important. Strengthen your business and leave the sagging economy behind. Learn how to take your brand or business online, improve its visibility, and increase your bottom line through a new set of workshops offered at The Boston Center for Adult Education. Designed especially for small-business owners who would like to leverage today's computer technology for greater profitability, the workshops include: Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Introduction to VMware: Virtualization Made Easy, Open Source Content Management Systems,  and How to Build a Mobile Website. With these one session classes there is no excuse not to take your business to the next level.

Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

Improve the visibility of your website. Learn some sure-fire ways to improve the indexing of your site in Google and other popular search engines. You'll walk away with knowledge you can immediately implement on your Web pages, and with a marketable skill you can add to your resume as well. We'll demonstrate the best ways to utilize titles, link juice, meta data, and Google’s keyword tool, and discuss best practices for using social networking sites to drive traffic to your website. Saturday, May 14^th, 2011 from 1:30PM to 4:00PM; 1 session. $49/ $42 Members.

Introduction to VMware: Virtualization Made Easy

VMware is the industry leader in software virtualization technology, which allows multiple operating systems to run on a single physical computer.  This enables lower capital costs, fault containment, more efficient use of hardware, improved disaster recovery, and the ability to migrate to new hardware or to experiment with new software or operating systems without having to invest in new hardware. It can even enable you to run a virtual copy of an old PC so you can recycle the one you’ve stored in the closet, or to run legacy Windows XP applications that may not be compatible with your current operating system. We'll discuss the features and capabilities of VMware's free and retail products, and demonstrate installing multiple operating systems on virtual machines, cloning virtual machines, and configuring virtual hardware on those machines. Sunday, May 15^th, 2011 from 11:00AM-5:00PM; 1 session. $99/$84 Members.

Open Source Content Management Systems

Freely available content management systems (CMS’s) are revolutionizing the Web. Drupal, Joomla and Wordpress are among the most powerful. Learn how easy it can be to implement a CMS for your website. Features of CMS’s discussed will include blogs, bulletin boards, shopping carts, calendar systems, upload/download capability, and imbedded flash and video. An excellent introduction to CMS’s. Get started on an easily managed website today! Friday, May 20^th, 2011 from 1:30PM-3:30PM; 1 session. $39/$33 Members.

How to Build a Mobile Website

Make your website display on any mobile/handheld device. In this seminar you will be introduced to techniques for making your website friendly to mobile devices. CSS and the mobile stylesheet, Client and Server Side Scripting, RSS, and page size considerations will be discussed. Special concerns for iPhones and iPads will be covered. Friday, June 10^th, 2011 from 1:30PM-3:30PM, 1 session. $39/$33 Members.

Registration is necessary. Please visit www.bcae.org or call the Boston Center for Adult Education at 617-267-4430 to sign up.