Beaufort County Community College Continuing Education, Spring 2012, Part III | Eastern North Carolina Now

For Immediate Release

BCCC to offer course in e-commerce

    The Division of Continuing Education at Beaufort County Community College is offering a course that will introduce students to electronic commerce (aka e-commerce). The course will be offered from 1 to 4 p.m. on Tuesdays, beginning March 13 and ending May 1, in Room 822 of Building 8, on the BCCC campus. The instructor is Lisa Evans. The registration fee for the 24-hour course is $65. A technology fee of $5 will also be charged. The registration fee may be waived for one course per academic semester for students 65 years old and older. The technology fee applies to all students.

    Students in the course will learn techniques of selling and marketing their businesses on the Internet, business-to-business sales strategies and ways to participate in Internet auctions. Students will also gain information on security, payment systems, and planning. Legal, ethical, and tax issues will also be discussed. For more information about any of these courses, contact Lou Stout at 940-6307. Students may register by calling 252-940-6375 or in person in room 802 of Building 8 on the BCCC campus. BCCC accepts Visa and MasterCard. Checks payable to Beaufort County Community College may be mailed to the attention of Eva Peartree, P.O. Box 1069, Washington, NC 27889. For more information about other Continuing Education classes, visit BCCC's Website at www.beaufortccc.edu/coned/.


How to Improve your Business

    What are the secrets of business success? How can you improve yourbusiness during these tough times?

    Business and Industry Services at Beaufort County Community College will host a workshop that will help business owners improve their businesses by learning to review changes in their market, customers, economy and competition. The workshop will help participants identify and evaluate important factors in their business environment, determine how those factors affect their businesses and decide the course of action their companies should take to react to those changes. The seminar will be 6 to 8 p.m., Monday, May 14, in the Room 823 of Building 8 on the BCCC campus. Instructors will be volunteers from S.C.O.R.E. A variety of resources and the opportunity for free counseling will be made available to seminar participants.

    Attendance is free of charge, but pre-registration is recommended in order to reserve seating and to allow the college to adequately prepare materials. To register, contact BCCC's Business and industry Services at 252-940-6375 or email Eva Peartree at evap@beaufortccc.edu.