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Learn essential life skills such as financial literacy, communication, and time management in Chicago's Life Skills classes, equipping participants with the knowledge and tools to thrive in various aspects of their personal and professional lives.

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Developing Your Emotional Intelligence

Global Knowledge @ 500 W Madison St, Illinois City, IL

Enhance your self-awareness and make emotions work for you to build more productive relationships, professionally and personally, through emotional intelligence training. Understanding and improving the connection between emotions and actions is crucial to business and personal success. Without such insights, even seemingly successful relationships may be courting disaster. Emotional intelligence (EI) and emotional intelligence training are very...

(12) All levels 18 and older
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$2,345

2 sessions

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Critical Thinking

Global Knowledge @ 1500 McConnor Pkwy, Schaumburg, IL

Master and apply critical thinking skills to make better business decisions. Critical thinking is the ability to correctly understand information, a situation, or problem from different perspectives in order to take or suggest the best possible action. In business, it's truly an essential skill for success-and a proven way to distinguish yourself and your organizational contributions. Critical thinking skills provide ways to arrive at better decisions...

(12) All levels 18 and older
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$2,445

2 sessions

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Four Seasons of Beauty: Garden Container Series

Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL

This series of workshops and Garden walks features the diversity and creativity of four seasons of Chicago Botanic Garden container gardens. Each season you will explore the Garden grounds with Heather Sherwood and discover an array of striking plants, interesting color and texture combinations, and unique container arrangements. She will then help you create a seasonal container for your sun or partial shade patio or porch.

(122) All levels 18 and older
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$320
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Deciduous Trees and Saturday Walks

Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL

Learn to identify more than 50 large deciduous trees, gain a greater understanding of the multitude of functions they serve in gardens and the landscape, and discover the wonders they offer year-round. Develop your ability to identify trees using their buds, bark, and habit, in addition to leaf shape and other characteristics.  OPC, PGL 1, PGL 2, and GDC requirement

(122) All levels 18 and older
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$337

13 sessions

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Gardening Techniques

Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road Glencoe, Chicago, IL

Students will be introduced to professional gardening through a combination of lecture and hands-on activities. Focus is on acquiring solid gardening skills, learning about a variety of techniques, and developing the ability to determine best practices.  Topics range from plant selection to the identification and control of weeds and other horticultural practices.  Prerequisite:  Botany 1 Note: PGL 1, PGL 2, GDC requirement

(122) All levels 18 and older
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$312

6 sessions

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Gardening Techniques: Session A

Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL

Online and On-site Hybrid Learn tips and techniques used by professional gardeners through a combination of lecture and hands-on activities. Acquire solid gardening skills and determine best management practices. We will cover fall planting, bulbs, turf care, plant wildlife protection, garden maintenance, and winterization.  Dress for the weather. A supply list will be sent with your confirmation.

(122) All levels 18 and older
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$312

6 sessions

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Open Studio

Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL

This studio class is open to all levels. You may bring a project of your choice in any medium, or work with plant subjects to create a new art piece. Lectures and demonstrations illustrate principles that pertain to all media. A supply list will be sent. 

(122) All levels 18 and older
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$298

5 sessions

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Overcome Your Public Speaking Fear - Online - Chicago

Zenspeak - Public Speaking Center

This is an online course. Zoom link will be sent to you upon enrollment. Overcome public speaking fear with gradual exposure, in a supportive environment. Based out of New York City for 30 years, we are now offering these classes online to an international audience. Once the 10 session package is purchased, the student may use their sessions however they choose. The course is ongoing, so each session has participants at all levels. We use a workbook...

(59) All levels 18 and older
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$425

10 sessions

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Gardening Techniques: Session D

Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL

Learn tips and techniques used by professional gardeners through a combination of lecture and hands-on activities. Acquire solid gardening skills, learn a variety of techniques, and determine best management practices in the field of horticulture. Gain applicable skills in plant selection, perennial and annual care and maintenance, pruning techniques, tool maintenance, and identification and control of common weeds. Dress for the weather. A supply...

(122) All levels 18 and older
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$374

6 sessions

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Herbaceous Perennials

Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL

Discover ornamental qualities, identification techniques, cultural practices, and landscape uses of more than 60 herbaceous perennials for the Midwest. Plants studied will include favorites such as astilbe and hosta, in addition to lesser-known plants including meadow rue and toad lily. Prerequisite: Botany 1. A supply list will be sent with your confirmation.

(122) Intermediate 18 and older
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$499

13 sessions

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Future Champions Camp Chicago

Lincoln Square Fencing @ 2500 W Wilson Ave, Chicago, IL

Summer Camp is open to everyone ages 7-18! No experience or equipment necessary!  Join Future Champions Camp and Lincoln Square Fencing for a unique training camp opportunity with Marco Russo, Italian Junior National Coach. 2x olympian Rosella Gregorio, current member of the Senior National Team Lapo Pucci, member of the Junior National Team Violetta Piergiacomi: FCC official conditioning trainer The goal of the camp is a fluent...

(9) All levels 7 - 18 years old
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$900

5 sessions

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Soil Basics, Intensive Session

Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL

Soil is an irreplaceable natural resource that affects plant selection and growth. Learn to maintain healthy soil; use compost, fertilizers, soilless and potting mixes, and other amendments. Discover how water cycles through a garden and affects soils and plants. A supply list will be sent.

(122) All levels 18 and older
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$374

3 sessions

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Conifers and Broad-Leaved Evergreens

Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL

Discover more than 60 outstanding conifers and broad-leaved evergreens for the Midwest. Students will learn identifying characteristics, cultural requirements, and landscape uses of conifers and broad-leaved evergreens ranging from shrubby dwarfs to towering trees.   Prerequisite: Botany 1 Note: Classes are held on Tuesdays at Classroom 1, Learning Center. Walks Meet on Saturdays at Visitor Center

(122) Intermediate 18 and older
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$499

13 sessions

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Plant Propagation Techniques

Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL

Discover the fundamental principles involved in plant propagation. Each session is scheduled at the ideal time of year to ensure success of the technique covered.  Detailed laboratory sessions will cover seed collection and growing, hardwood cutting of flowering shrubs and conifers, grafting of conifers and flowering trees, and the division and layering of perennials and flowering shrubs. 

(122) Beginner 18 and older
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$312

2 sessions

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Seasonal Container Series

Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL

Each season, you will explore the Garden grounds and discover an array of striking plants, interesting color and texture combinations, and unique container arrangements. You will create a seasonal container at each session for your sunny or partial-shade patio or porch.

(122) All levels 18 and older
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$356

4 sessions

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Art Institute of Chicago: Drag Queen Un-Highlights Tour

Museum Hack @ 111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL

Come through ladies and gentlemen, we’ve got a Queen in the house! We took our Un-Highlights tour and turned up the fabulousness with special guest appearances by Chicago Queen, Wanda Screw of Sadhaus. She’s serving face and serving up the juiciest stories from the Art Institute. Trust us - this ain’t some busted boring museum tour. Join our renegade tour guide + Wanda for a fierce, high-energy, two-hour group tour as you sashay away through...

(428) All levels 16 and older
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Mini Retreat: Living Closer to the Earth

Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL

Reconnect to the earth the way nature intended at this mini wellness retreat with certified holistic health coach and yoga instructor, Pam Gross. Using natural healing practices to support our well-being, we’ll unplug and relax into the Garden through soulful yoga, nature bathing, harvesting, and cooking with healing herbs.  Meet with Garden horticulturist Lisa Hilgenberg at the Regenstein Fruit & Vegetable Garden and learn about the...

(122) All levels 18 and older
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$139
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After Hours A+ Certification 2012

ONLC Training Centers

If you are getting ready for a career as an entry-level information technology (IT) professional or personal computer (PC) service technician, the CompTIA® A+® Certification course is the first step in your preparation. The course will build on your existing user-level knowledge and experience with personal computer software and hardware to present fundamental skills and concepts that you will use on the job. In this course, you will acquire the...

(7) Beginner 18 and older
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Mastering Your Presentations

Turpin Communication

Are you looking to enhance your presentation skills? Does your team or team member need help to be a more efficient and effective presenter? This two-day comprehensive and interactive mastery-level workshop can meet those goals and help to improve leadership skills.  It builds the skills business presenters need to more effectively communicate their message and move the business forward. Throughout the class, you will work on your own real-life...

(2) All levels 18 and older
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Introduction to Cannabis Cultivation (Online)

Discovery Center @ Virtual Classroom

This course is designed as an introduction to home organic cannabis cultivation for Illinois medical marijuana patients and caregivers. Cultivation topics will include: Cannabis growing strategies: Organic vs. Traditional Cannabis harvesting, trimming, drying, curing Cannabis strains, genetics, methods of use. Overview on legal and social issues associated with this endeavor Get a comprehensive understanding in the arts of growing cannabis...

(279) Beginner 16 and older
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