91PORNA

Lifelong Learning Programs

Programs:

Tailored Contract Training

Location: Your Preference

Flexible

Why hire a private consulting firm that tries to sell you one solution when you can partner with a world-class university whose performance consultant...

5s+/Visual Workplace

Location: Your Preference

5S+ is the foundation for a disciplined approach to organizing and standardizing the physical condition of the workplace. Explore and practice the con...

Adobe Illustrator Essentials

Location: Online - Self-paced

Summer

Course OverviewAdobe Illustrator is the industry standard computer illustration software. Use Illustrator to draw shapes and design logos, flyers, pos...

Adobe InDesign Essentials

Location: Online - Self-paced

Summer

Course OverviewAdobe InDesign is the industry standard page-layout program that works with Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop seamlessly. InDesign allows...

Adobe Photoshop Essentials

Location: Virtual

Summer

Course OverviewThis fundamental course covers Adobe Photoshop CC's most commonly used tools, menus and panels. You'll learn all the basics of Photosho...

Advanced Data Analysis

Location: Online - Self-paced

Summer

Course OverviewAfter taking this Advanced course in Data Analysis, participants will be able to perform inquiries that will be useful to the business ...

Advanced Power BI

Location: Online - Self-paced

Fall, Summer

Course OverviewExpand your knowledge of Power BI Desktop to the highest level. This course focuses on the advanced capabilities of Power Query, Data M...

Advanced Skills for Managing Projects

Location: North Canton, Independence, Live Virtual Meeting through Zoom

Fall, Spring

*Essential Skills for Managing Projects is a prerequisite for this programThis one-day program focuses on the dynamics of communication on projects. ...

An Introduction to Lean Six Sigma

Location: Your Preference

For years many companies have struggled with the dilemma of which improvement program to use: Lean or Six Sigma. While some continue to debate the iss...

Being an Accountable Employee

Location: Your Preference

In today’s workplace, employees are accountable for taking action, not placing blame. In this program, participants will identify the communication be...

Blueprint for Building Trust

Location: Your Preference

In this program, the 91PORNA facilitator will assist participants with understanding the impact their behavior has on the rest of their organizatio...

Bookkeeping Certificate

Location: Online - Self-paced

Summer

How do you manage the finances of a business? Whether you are an entrepreneur, running a family business or just looking to advance your career and ad...

Building a Coaching Culture

Location: Your Preference

Coaching is no longer restricted to private conversations for the privileged few at the top. It is not just a perk for rising stars. Today coaching is...

Building a Culture of Accountability

Location: Your Preference

In this program, participants will learn the importance of building relationships that support maximum accountability for achieving organizational suc...

Building the Spirit of Teamwork

Location: Your Preference

Are you looking for a better understanding of the team building process? If so, this program will guide you through the four basic stages of team deve...

Business Writing

Location:

Summer

Course OverviewTake away the key practices you need to develop and hone your business writing communication effectively and successfully. Get the best...

CELEMI Agile Move™

Location: Live Virtual Meeting through Zoom

Fall, Spring

In CELEMI Agile Move™, participants work in teams to explore and develop an Agile mindset. This digital business simulation is set in a fictitious com...

CELEMI Decision Base™-Sharpening Your Strategic Business Acumen

Location: Your Preference

Six capital-intensive companies are competing for customers in a highly competitive, rapidly changing marketplace. Participants take on the role of th...

CELEMI Exploring Change™

Location: Your Preference

Change management is an essential skill for every employee. The ability to engage employees in change is rapidly becoming a key element of business su...

CELEMI PartnerStock™-Unlock Your Supply Chain Potential

Location: Your Preference

Are you struggling with inventory levels and lead times? Do your colleagues continue cemented behaviors – despite directives, training and kickoffs? T...

Certificate for Emerging Leaders

Location: Independence, North Canton, Live Virtual Meeting through Zoom

Fall, Spring

Transform Your Organization With a Forward-Thinking Mindset91PORNA’s Certificate for Emerging Leaders is designed to help those who have the potent...

Certificate in Business Writing

Location: Online - Self-paced

Summer

Discover the keys to successful writing for the workplace. Whether writing a report, memo, letter or publicity notice, business writing has some defi...

Certificate in Data Analysis

Location: Online - Self-paced

Summer

Certificate OverviewData Analysis is quickly becoming one of the most sought-after skills in the workplace. Companies have vast amounts of data, but i...

Certificate in Project Leadership

Location: Independence, North Canton, Live Virtual Meeting through Zoom

Fall, Spring

Leadership in any project is crucial to its success.While managing projects to the traditional project constraints of time, scope and budget are impor...

Certificate in Project Management

Location: Independence

Fall, Spring

Manage Projects to Meet Customer's Requirements: Stay on Time and on Budget Successful project management is a vital skill in today's business world. ...

Certificate of Training and Development

Location: Independence, North Canton, Live Virtual Meeting through Zoom

Fall, Spring

Learn to Deliver High-quality, High-impact Training Programs 91PORNA’s Certificate of Training and Development provides you with the skills and kno...

Champions Training

Location: Your Preference

Flexible

You will learn to become an effective Champion and/or Team Leader so that you can effectively support your continuous improvement initiatives. Underst...

Closing Procedures and Financial Statements

Location: Virtual

Summer

Course OverviewThis course shows participants how to create a worksheet used to adjust the account balances and prepare the financial statements. Use ...

Coaching Accountability for Impact on People and Results

Location: North Canton, Independence

Fall, Spring

The balance between productivity and work relationships is the key to team success. When people choose difficult behaviors that inhibit a culture of a...

Coaching for Top Performance

Location: North Canton, Independence

Fall, Spring

This program qualifies as one of the electives to earn either the Fundamentals or Advanced Supervision and Management Certificate.Are you prepared to ...

Crash the Barriers: Build Your Team

Location: Independence, North Canton

Fall, Spring

This program qualifies as one of the electives to earn either the Fundamentals or Advanced Supervision and Management Certificate.Learn how you REALLY...

De-Escalating Difficult Customer Interactions

Location: Your Preference

This program is designed to assist anyone who interacts with customers either in-person or via telephone or email. Trying to maintain a "customer firs...

Dealing With Difficult Behaviors

Location: North Canton, Independence, Live Virtual Meeting through Zoom

Fall, Spring

This program qualifies as one of the electives to earn either the Fundamentals or Advanced Supervision and Management Certificate.One of the greatest ...

DiSC®: Keys to Improved Communication

Location: Live Virtual Meeting through Zoom

Fall, Spring

Learn how behaviors, motivators and personal styles impact our relationships at work and at home. This innovative and interactive session is based on ...

Effective Copywriting

Location: Online - Self-paced

Summer

Course OverviewWhether you are sending out a press release, communicating internally with a memo or promoting your own skills on LinkedIn, strong writ...

Effective Organizational Leadership: Engage and Execute

Location: Live Virtual Meeting through Zoom, Independence, North Canton

Fall, Spring

In this program, you will learn the characteristics of great leadership and identify the key elements of leadership, how they differ from management a...

Effective Performance Management for Managers and Supervisors

Location: Independence, North Canton

Fall, Spring

This program qualifies as one of the core program to earn the Supervision and Management Advanced Certificate.Participants will review their role in m...

Emotionally Intelligent Teams

Location: Your Preference

What makes some teams more successful than others? It is their level of trust and confidence in each other. Often, building trust can be difficult and...

Enhancing Interpersonal Communication Skills

Location: Independence, Live Virtual Meeting through Zoom, North Canton

Fall, Spring

Effective communication skills give you the power to achieve success in your supervisory role, as well as in all of your relationships. Influencing ot...

Entrepreneur Boot Camp

Location: Online - Self-paced

Fall, Summer

Course OverviewStarting a business is something that all of us have thought about at one time or another. Everyone wants to be their own boss. Yet sta...

Entrepreneurial Marketing

Location: Online - Self-paced

Fall, Summer

Course OverviewTo succeed in today's marketplace, entrepreneurs must know how to effectively market their product or service. This course offers parti...

Entrepreneurship Certificate

Location: Online - Self-paced

Summer

Certificate OverviewBoost your chances of success for your new or small business and reduce your risks. Get the latest on planning your business, bra...

Essential Skills for Managing Projects

Location: Independence, North Canton, Live Virtual Meeting through Zoom

Fall, Spring

In this two-day program, participants will learn the essential concepts and methods to plan, manage and carry out projects. This is a hands-on progra...

Exceptional Service for All Generations

Fall, Spring

Do you interact with several generations of internal and external customers? Have you noticed how the expectations of one generation differ from anoth...

Finance and Accounting for the Non-Financial Professional - CELEMI Virtual Apples and Oranges™

Location: Live Virtual Meeting through Zoom

Fall, Spring

This program qualifies as one of the core programs to earn either the Certificate for Emerging Leaders or Supervision and Management Advanced Certifi...

General Ledger and Month End Procedures

Location: Virtual

Summer

Course OverviewIn this course, learn how to post journal entries to the correct general ledger accounts impacted by each transaction. This course will...

Graphic Design Software Essentials Certificate

Location: Live Virtual Meeting through Zoom

Fall, Summer

The Adobe software tools are the leading software for graphic design. Adobe Illustrator is the industry-standard computer illustration software. Use I...

How to Think About and Leverage Data

Fall, Spring

For the business professional data is the voice of the process. This voice is used to distinguish between satisfactory and unsatisfactory products and...

Human Resources (HR) Fundamentals for Non-HR Professionals

Location: North Canton, Independence

Fall, Spring

In this program frontline leaders will learn about relevant human resource (HR) topics and functions that impact daily operations. Participants will g...

Influencing Up

Location: North Canton, Independence

Fall, Spring

When you take the time to cultivate a productive working relationship – by understanding the strengths and weaknesses of your superiors – everyone win...

Integrating Social Media in Your Organization

Location: Online - Self-paced

Fall, Summer

Course OverviewTake away a practical strategy and techniques for implementing a social strategy for your organization or business. Learn the top five ...

Intermediate Data Analysis

Location: Online - Self-paced

Fall, Summer

Course OverviewMany business decisions involve comparing groups for differences. For example, would men and women prefer different product features? I...

Intermediate Power BI

Location: Online - Self-paced

Fall, Summer

Course OverviewDelve further into Power Query to ETL (Extract, Transform and Load) your data. Build the Data Model using modeling features and relatio...

Introduction to Artificial Intelligence (AI) - The Basics

Fall, Spring

Discover the power and potential of Artificial Intelligence in this beginner-friendly, 4-hour course designed for curious professionals and lifelong l...

Introduction to Data Analysis

Location: Online - Self-paced

Fall, Summer

Course OverviewData Analysis is quickly becoming one of the most sought-after skills in the workplace. Companies have vast amounts of data, but it is ...

Introduction to Power BI

Location: Online - Self-paced

Summer

Course OverviewGain insights into your data! Power BI (business intelligence) is a widely used business analytics service offered by Microsoft. Power ...

Introduction to Social Media

Location: Online - Self-paced

Fall, Summer

Course OverviewGet involved in the move from in-person to online communication. Learn what social media are and their role in your business and person...

Leadership Foundations Certificate

Location: Your Preference

Leadership not only entails driving organizational results, but also developing people who perform at their highest level to meet their individual goa...

Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Training and Certification

Location: Live Virtual Meeting through Zoom

Fall, Spring

A Lean Six Sigma Black Belt is known as a highly trained team leader, communicator, statistical analyst and project manager. In this program you will ...

Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Training and Certification

Location: Live Virtual Meeting through Zoom

Fall, Spring

A highly trained professional, skilled in continuous improvement tools and techniques with the understanding of the concepts of Lean and Six Sigma, ca...

Making Great Decisions

Location: North Canton, Independence

Fall, Spring

This program qualifies as one of the electives to earn either the Fundamentals or Advanced Supervision and Management Certificate.When was the last ti...

Making Great Decisions

Location: Independence, North Canton

Fall, Spring

This program qualifies as one of the electives to earn either the Fundamentals or Advanced Supervision and Management Certificate.When was the last ti...

Managing Discipline

Location: North Canton, Independence, Live Virtual Meeting through Zoom

Fall, Spring

Manage discipline effectively and your organization will observe reduced discord among employees, decreased numbers of grievances and increased produc...

Managing Transition and Embracing Change During Challenging Times

Location: Live Virtual Meeting through Zoom, North Canton, Independence

Fall, Spring

This program qualifies as one of the electives to earn either the Fundamentals or Advanced Supervision and Management Certificate.For the past several...

Marketing Using Social Media

Location: Online - Self-paced

Fall, Summer

Course OverviewDevelop a two-way communication and marketing strategy for your organization using social media. Let your instructor guide you in explo...

Mental Bandwidth - Strategies for Team Leaders

Location: Your Preference

Leadership not only entails driving organizational results, but also developing people who perform at their highest level to meet their individual goa...

Mental Bandwidth Basics

Location: Your Preference

Mental bandwidth is the moment-to-moment amount of brain resources that each person possesses. Like time and physical energy, there is a limit to the ...

Micosoft Word - Intermediate

Location: Your Preference

Build your Word skills by learning how to create and manage styles, work with templates, format tables and columns, and use review and document manage...

Motivating Employees

Location: Independence, North Canton, Live Virtual Meeting through Zoom

Fall, Spring

Have you found what works to motivate your employees for improved performance?Learn About the Many Motivational Options Beyond Increased PayFind Out W...

Navigating the Transition from Peer to Supervisor

Location: North Canton, Independence

Fall, Spring

Moving into a leadership role is a natural progression in an employee’s career. Often this transition means that the new leader is now ‘in charge’ of ...

Online Industrial Maintenance Training

Location: Online - Self-paced

Fall, Spring

91PORNA offers a nationally recognized Online Industrial Maintenance Technician Training program designed to meet the increasing demand ...

Power BI Certificate

Location: Online - Self-paced

Summer

Gain insights into your data using business intelligence software – Power Business Intelligence. Power BI is a widely used business analytics service ...

Practical Agile Project Management

Location: North Canton, Independence

Fall, Spring

The Agile Project Management approach has been helping organizations reach strategic results since the Agile Manifesto was written in 2001. Since then...

Practical and Effective Problem Solving for Supervisors

Fall, Spring

Problems exist in all organizations. In the fast-paced and high stress levels of today’s manufacturing and office environments, solving problems quick...

Project Leadership

Location: Live Virtual Meeting through Zoom, North Canton, Independence

Fall, Spring

Organizing and managing the day-to-day activities of a project can be challenging enough. However, successful project managers must also have the skil...

Project Management Executive Overview

Location: Your Preference

There is a noticeable trend among excellent organizations – they are moving toward a more project-oriented approach to managing their businesses. Proj...

Project Portfolio Management

Location: North Canton, Independence

Fall, Spring

Successfully managing a single project takes a precarious blend of structure and socio-cultural skills. Managing a portfolio of projects is that same ...

Social Media for Business Certificate

Location: Online - Self-paced

Summer

Get in on this exciting and growing way to communicate, market and serve your customers and clients. For businesses, nonprofits, government and other ...

Strategies for Leading the Multigenerational Team

Location: Live Virtual Meeting through Zoom, North Canton, Independence

Fall, Spring

Today’s workplace is affected by six generational mindsets. Each generation offers diverse assets to any organization. This program explains the origi...

Supervision And Management Advanced Certificate

Location: Live Virtual Meeting through Zoom

Fall, Spring

Take Your Skills Even HigherIn addition to the Certificate of Supervision and Management Fundamentals Certificate, we offer a Certificate of Supervisi...

Supervision and Management Fundamentals Certificate

Location: Independence, North Canton, Live Virtual Meeting through Zoom

Fall, Spring

Rising To The Challenges Supervising and managing employees is an incredibly challenging role, especially in today’s ever-changing work environment. I...

The Business Plan

Location: Online - Self-paced

Fall, Summer

Course OverviewWhether starting a business or growing the one you have, a business plan serves as a roadmap and can help secure needed funding. In th...

Theory of Constraints

Location: Your Preference

A system is only as strong as its weakest link. Generally, Lean tools that teach us how to create flow ignore this. We are taught to balance the line ...

Turning Conflict Into Collaboration

Location: Independence, North Canton, Live Virtual Meeting through Zoom

Fall, Spring

Conflict is natural within the workplace and a predictable part of working with others. Yet unresolved conflict negatively affects morale, motivation,...

Understanding Debits and Credits

Location: Virtual

Summer

Course OverviewIn this course, participants will learn about the accounting equation and the five categories involved in every business (Assets, Liabi...

Understanding Emotional Intelligence to Increase Your Effectiveness

Location: North Canton, Independence

Fall, Spring

This program qualifies as one of the electives to earn either the Fundamentals or Advanced Supervision and Management Certificate.Studies have shown t...

What's Preventing Your Team's Success? Overcoming the Critical Five Dysfunctions of a Team

Location: Your Preference

Based on Lencioni’s Five Dysfunctions of a Team the facilitator will define the Five Dysfunctions of a Team Model. Participants will engage in a team ...

Writing News and Press Releases

Location: Online - Self-paced

Fall, Summer

Course OverviewBeing able to write a good news story, press release or publicity notice is a skill that can set you apart in the workplace. Getting th...

Example Learning Program

Location: Independence

Fall, Spring

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