Our classes

Zinnia Wellness Painting Workshop

A Guided Art Experience to Help Busy Professionals Decompress, Connect, and Refocus.

Step away from deadlines and bottomlines... join us in a relaxing and calming hands on art making workshop to destress after work. In my hands-on wellness painting program, designed for non-artists, we work with nontoxic watercolor paints and oil pastels to create an abstract zinnia flower. The focus is on the process of making, not just the end result. Staying mindful, participants seek to find a sense of calm through imperfection.

Google Career Certificate Open House

Curious about starting a new career in tech or growing your digital skills? Join us for an informative Open House at the Charleston Learning Center to explore the Google Career Certificate program.

Strategic Advisory Forum - Leadership Lab

Strategic Mini-Conference For Growth Minded Business Owners

2 hours of great content, riveting Q&A, and networking with drinks and food.

The Essential Sales Playbook - Part 1

Establishing a solid foundation

Are you a business owner, entrepreneur or sales professional focused on a business-to-business environment? Learn how to close more deals and increase your company revenue by developing a strong value proposition for your brand.

The Essential Sales Playbook - Part 2

Driving revenue

Discover strategies to convert leads into sales with hands-on breakout sessions. This class will guide you in scaling your sales process and crafting compelling presentations that drive revenue. Join us for the second installment of this three-part series.

The Essential Sales Playbook - Part 3

Building and managing an effective sales team

Elevate your career from a jack-of-all-trades to a leadership role by learning how to build and manage a high-performing sales team.

Strategic Communication for Sales Success

Rethink how you communicate to win business.

Clear, precise communication is essential for success. By understanding your audience and engaging effectively, you can drive greater revenue.

How to Navigate Pricing Conversations

How much revenue are you leaving on the table?

Master the art of price negotiation. Discover when, where, and how to discuss pricing effectively–-skills that can transform your bottom line. Learn and apply these essential techniques to make a lasting impact.

The Entrepreneur's Legal Essentials

Avoiding Legal pitfalls that many startups and growing businesses encounter

Ready to supercharge your business with solid legal foundations? Don't let common legal missteps derail your growth–-join this dynamic course, led by a trusted legal expert, and gain critical insights to protect and empower your business journey. Designed

The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Raising Capital

Understanding the investor mindset and what entrepreneurs must do

Any entrepreneur will tell you that raising capital is hard. In this class you will understand the perspective from both a venture capitalist (investor) and items to understand and prepare for when accepting capital (legal).

How to Track and Measure Your Business Performance with Data in 30 Days

Unlock the power of data and gain clarity in your business performance with this hands-on, four-session course led by Sarah Nell-Rodriquez, a data education expert with experience at Tableau, Salesforce, and Qlik. This course is designed for small business owners and entrepreneurs who want to take control of their business insights–-without feeling overwhelmed by complex analytics.

Ignite Performance - The Art of Impactful Feedback

Unlock the power of feedback as a catalyst for growth, performance, and collaboration. Ignite Performance is an interactive, hands-on workshop designed to shift your perspective on feedback–-from a dreaded conversation to a powerful enabler of success. Whether you're a leader, team member, or aspiring professional, this session will equip you with the mindset, strategies, and tools to give and receive feedback with confidence and impact.

The EQ Advantage – The Power of Emotional Intelligence

Emotional Intelligence (EQ) is a critical skill that drives leadership effectiveness, enhances teamwork, and strengthens decision-making. In today's dynamic work environment, the ability to manage emotions, build relationships, and navigate challenges is a key differentiator for professional and personal success. This interactive workshop will equip participants with practical strategies to develop and apply EQ, fostering resilience and workplace effectiveness.

Developing and Prototyping with AI

Build an app in 2 hours

In this class, we will collaboratively build a fully functional app while sharing useful tips and tricks for software engineering with AI.

Introduction to ChatGPT

Understanding the basics

The "Introduction to ChatGPT" class provides a detailed walkthrough of ChatGPT, covering its brief history, capabilities, and practical applications. This course is designed to help participants effectively engage with ChatGPT by understanding basic terminology, setting up and navigating the interface, and mastering prompts.

Charleston Lean Proof Assistant Meetup

Lean is a functional programming language with a highly expressive type system. It can be used to produce performant programs that are guaranteed to meet their specifications, which proves that a large class of bugs cannot exist in your program.

TriSecAI Charleston Meetup

Convergence of Cyber and AI

Join cybersecurity expert Tom Scott and AI strategist Jake Dustan for a thought-provoking meetup exploring the intersection of cybersecurity and artificial intelligence.

Charleston Data Science Meetup

Agentic AI for Amateurs- Using Manus AI for small businesses and entrepreneurs

This talk will introduce Manus AI, a powerful general AI agent designed to revolutionize productivity for small businesses, entrepreneurs, and solopreneurs.

Everyday STEM Camp

Explore, Collaborate, Design, Build, and Code Your Own Robot

The Everyday STEM Camp for middle schoolers offers an exciting and hands-on exploration of the principles, applications, and creative possibilities of STEM fields.

AI for Students

Learn an Essential Skill. Support a Powerful Cause.

Artificial Intelligence is rapidly changing the way we live, learn, and work but many students, and parents are still unsure what it really is or how to use it wisely. This workshop offers a clear, hands-on introduction to AI that empowers students to understand the technology shaping their future.

Even better? Every dollar raised supports Shared City, a Charleston-based nonprofit working to strengthen our city's charitable ecosystem through training, connection, and collaboration.