Classes

About my classes

I've developed and taught courses in topics such as Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence, Database Marketing, Web Development, SQL, Online Job Searching, and Social Media.

While I worked there full-time, Cleveland State University classified me as an "expert" on the topics of databases, data warehousing, data administration, teaching information technology, and data analysis [screenshot of the Experts page at that time].

I regularly teach at the CSU Division of Continuing Education. I have also taught courses at Case Western Reserve University, Medical Mutual, Antares Management Solutions, Ceres Group, Inc., The Computer Workshop, and Hudson Community Education & Recreation.

Note

The content of this page will eventually be expanded to cover all my classes, and moved to a separate website, with a link to that website appearing here.

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LinkedIn for Professionals

LinkedIn is the primary social networking tool for career-driven professionals. In today's knowledge economy, it is an essential part of any personal branding strategy. Professionals use LinkedIn to network with each other and with recruiters, to find job openings only available to LinkedIn members, and to share their knowledge with others, enhancing their own reputations.

This class will focus on those features available in a free LinkedIn membership. Learn to create an effective profile, search for and initiate contact with others, build and grow an effective network, find job openings, find and join groups, understand the importance of giving and receiving recommendations, use the answers feature to learn and gain recognition and use LinkedIn as part of a comprehensive career-driven social networking strategy. Participants can use their own laptop computer with Internet Explorer of 6.0 or higher, or use one provided by the school.

Fee: $75 per person

# 921 Saturday 3/13/2010 - 9:00 a.m. - 12 Noon

Hudson High School Room B103, Entrance B

You can register in one of the following ways:

  1. ONLINE REGISTRATION - Go to http://www.hudson.edu/hcer. Click on "Register Online" at the top of the page. This link directs you to our online registration system. Simply find the class you are interested in, and follow the steps as directed to register.
  2. IN PERSON - You may register in person at the HCER office at 2440 Hudson-Aurora Rd during office hours (Monday - Friday, 8:30 am- 4:30 pm).
  3. PHONE-IN - Call 330-653-1210 during office hours. Have your Visa or Mastercard # and expiration date ready.
  4. DROP-IN DOOR - Drop registrations through the slot in the front door at any time of day or night. The registration form is available for download at http://www.hudson.edu/hcer/classes/registration-form.
  5. FAX - If paying by credit card, fax registrations to (330) 653-1366. The registration form is available for download at http://www.hudson.edu/hcer/classes/registration-form. You may call the office to confirm receipt of your fax.

A map and directions are available on Google at http://tinyurl.com/hcer-linkedin.

HTML Advanced

Supplemental course information/materials:

  1. Submitting your website to a search engine:
    • Submit your website to Google.
    • Submit your website to Yahoo!.
    • Submit your website to the Open Directory Project (DMOZ). This is an important site because the "Open Directory powers the core directory services for the Web's largest and most popular search engines and portals, including Netscape Search, AOL Search, Google, Lycos, HotBot, DirectHit, and hundreds of others." (quoted from http://dmoz.org/about.html).
    • The procedure for MSN is different. First, search for your website on MSN. If it isn't found, then you should be prompted to send the address to them.
  2. Submitting a sitemap to a search engine:
  3. A robot is "a program that automatically traverses the Web's hypertext structure by retrieving a document, and recursively retrieving all documents that are referenced" (quoted from the The Web Robots FAQ.) Many websites use a robots exclusion file to influence the way in which robots traverse them. Here is the robots exclusion file used by this website. Other examples include the Google robots exclusion file, and the ABCNews.com robots exclusion file. Learn more about robot exclusion on the Web Robots Pages.
  4. Here is the favicon used by this website. Favicons should be loaded to the website's root directory, and are usually 16 pixels x 16 pixels. Older versions of Internet Explorer may have a problem displaying your favicon.
  5. Here is the cascading style sheet used by this website.