Training Opportunities
This page is constantly changing as programs start and finish. We’ll do our best to keep you up to date.
Current programs are to be posted on Facebook and as we head into future sessions, they will be posted here as well. Send us an email if you’d like to participate in any of these training opportunities.
Sage Accounting with the Cumberland CBDC
We are in an are where the use of computerized accounting is no longer a ‘optional’. It also doesn’t have to be overly complex. This course is designed and delivered so that you can do the day-to-day accounting activites in Sage, and not have to be an accountant to do so. We will build a businesses books from scratch and see how all the components work with each other, and what you need to pay attention to.
- Issue invoices
- Pay invoices
- Track payables & receivables
- Enter Customers & Vendors
- Journal Entries
- Tax submissions
- Bulk entries
- View reports
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Delivery Details:
Time & Day: Thursdays 8:30 am – 12:30 pm
Start Date: January 15, 2026
Location: Online via Zoom
Program Length: 10 weeks
Transformational Leadership with the Annapolis Valley Chamber of Commerce
- Identify the foundations of leadership
- Identify your personal leadership style
- Identify and apply the five levels of leadership
- Apply Covey’s seven habits when leading others in the workplace
- Demonstrate the characteristics of trust
- Effectively lead a change process in the workplace
- Identify the pillars of a respectful workplace
Delivery Details:
Time & Day: Thursdays 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Start Date: January 15, 2026
Location: Online via Zoom
Program Length: 10 weeks
Microsoft Office with the Annapolis Valley Chamber of Commerce
The concentration of this program is on word processing and spreadsheet skills. Although this
program is using the Microsoft environment and Office products, the skills and tools developed are
applicable to any Productivity Suite using any operating system. The level of complexity in the delivery
of this program is tailored to the participants in the room at any one time and, at this level, it is
intended for those who do not have, or do not feel they have, a strong foundation in computer use in a
business environment. By completing the curriculum and the associated exercises, the program
participants will be able to:
- Navigate the Windows environment
- Save, open, find & structure files & folders
- Develop text based documents using Microsoft Word
- Plan, build and use spreadsheets using Microsoft Excel
Delivery Details:
Time & Day: Wednesdays 1:00 P.M. – 5:00 P.M.
Start Date: January 14, 2026
Location: Online via Zoom
Program Length: 10 weeks
Marketing Strategies with the Downtown Kentville Business Association
This foundational course is ideal for individuals seeking to enhance their marketing capabilities and acquire transferable skills to foster business growth. Upon completion, participants can advance to more specialized marketing topics through Workplace Education programs.
This program is for you if:
- You’re a small business owner, nonprofit manager, or aspiring entrepreneur
- You’ve never taken a marketing course/program, or it has been a while
- You have marketing responsibilities
- You’re looking to develop a marketing strategy and increase the results of your marketing efforts
After completing this course, you will be able to:
- Define and identify core components of the marketing strategy
- Create a positioning statement
- Develop target markets (a.k.a. customer avatars)
- Create a value proposition
- Develop marketing objectives
- Gather and analyze data using primary research methods
- Identify components of a promotional campaign
- Define the sales cycle
- Define relationship marketing
- Create a promotional campaign
- Determine a marketing budget
Delivery Details:
Time & Day: Mondays 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Start Date: February 23, 2026
Location: Online via Zoom
Program Length: 10 weeks
