Foster Care Museum, Small Wonders, Uninvited Guests Exhibitions at monca
11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Beekeeping Workshop
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Class Type: 3 DAY REGISTRATION - IN PERSON This 3 day workshop on April 1st and 8th 5:00-7:00pm and 11th 9:00am-11:00am promotes safe beekeeping practices, healthy hive management, and proven strategies to reduce colony losses while supporting local ...
Measuring Long-Term Collaboration
8:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Sustaining collaboration within organizations requires ongoing evaluation and strategic improvements. This course, drawing from "Radical Collaboration" by Jim Tamm and Ronald Luyet and "The Speed of Trust" by Stephen Covey, equips participants with the ...
Financial Management Series for Existing Businesses
8:30 AM - 10:30 AM
This 4-weeks series is designed to teach you how to utilize your financial statements to better manage and understand your business operations, cash flow, and profitability. Focus includes: interpreting and understanding your financial statements ...
Lunch and Learn featuring DCBA
11:00 AM - 1:30 PM
Lunch & Learns offer focused, skill based sessions led by knowledgeable presenters from our business community. Topics may include marketing, finance, HR, leadership, technology, wellness, or other areas relevant to running and growing a business. ...
Computer Basics: Intro to Windows
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Computers provided if needed Many individuals struggle to navigate and organize their digital workspace efficiently, especially when using the Microsoft Windows operating system. This hands-on training session provides practical demonstrations and ...
Value Stream Mapping - 2 Part Series
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Effective process visualization is critical for identifying inefficiencies and streamlining operations. This course provides hands-on instruction on Value Stream Mapping (VSM), helping professionals analyze workflows, eliminate waste, and drive ...
Adapting and Driving Change
8:30 AM - 11:30 AM
In today’s fast-paced world, change is the only constant. Organizations and leaders must continuously adapt to shifts in technology, processes, and workforce dynamics. This course provides the skills and strategies to navigate and lead change ...
Adapting and Driving Change
8:30 AM - 11:30 AM
*Class Held In-Person* In today’s fast-paced world, change is the only constant. Organizations and leaders must continuously adapt to shifts in technology, processes, and workforce dynamics. This course provides the skills and strategies to navigate ...
Navigating HR: Survival Toolkit for New and Non-HR Managers - 4 Part Series
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Managing employees comes with challenges, from addressing performance issues to handling workplace misconduct. This training series equips both new and experienced managers with the knowledge and skills needed to navigate personnel issues effectively. ...
Process Pneumatic/Hydraulic Training - 4 Part Series
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Efficient fluid and pneumatic systems are essential for maintaining operational performance across various industries. This training, led by a certified Amatrol Systems Advanced Manufacturing instructor, provides a balanced approach to theory ...
Upskill Academy: Process Pneumatic/Hydraulic Training - 4 Part Series
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Efficient fluid and pneumatic systems are essential for maintaining operational performance across various industries. This training, led by a certified Amatrol Systems Advanced Manufacturing instructor, provides a balanced approach to theory and ...
Business Writing Skills
8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
*Class Held via Zoom* Poorly written communication can lead to misunderstandings, inefficiency, and a loss of credibility in the workplace. This course provides practical tools to help you write with clarity, professionalism, and impact—while avoiding ...
How To Do Business with the State of California & the Federal Government
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Getting your business into the government marketplace can feel like learning two different languages at once. Whether you are looking at the State of California or the Federal Government, the goal is the same - stable revenue and growth - but the ...
Research It Before You Build It: Use AI to Validate Your Next Big Idea - Webinar
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Focus: A lean approach to testing product or service ideas using AI-generated research, mockups, and fast landing page prototypes to avoid wasted effort and money. Description: Don’t waste time (or money) building something nobody wants. In this ...
Small Business Support Breakfast featuring SBDC
7:00 AM - 8:30 AM
Our Small Business Support Breakfasts are designed to bring local business owners and professionals together in a relaxed, welcoming environment. These mornings are about honest conversation, peer support, and shared learning — not sales pitches. Each ...
Your Brain at Work
8:30 AM - 11:30 AM
*Class Held In-Person* In the rapidly changing modern workplace, understanding how the brain functions can be a game-changer for enhancing productivity and leadership. Your Brain at Work offers insights into how neuroscience can ...
Your Brain at Work
8:30 AM - 11:30 AM
*Class Held In-Person* In the rapidly changing modern workplace, understanding how the brain functions can be a game-changer for enhancing productivity and leadership. Your Brain at Work offers insights into how neuroscience can optimize your mental ...
Excel: Advanced - Intelligent Workflows and Automation
8:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Laptops provided Many workplaces still rely on manual data entry and disconnected processes that slow productivity and increase the risk of errors. This training provides practical, hands-on tools to automate workflows by integrating Excel with ...
Help & Hope: Living a Healthier Life
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Everyone deserves a life with the healthiest brain possible, and we can all take action to help protect our brain health. Join us to learn brain-healthy actions we should all build into our routines to benefit our brains. It’s never too early—or too ...
Super Worker to Super Leader
8:30 AM - 11:30 AM
The transition from a high-performing individual contributor to an effective leader can be challenging. Many professionals struggle with shifting from doing the work themselves to inspiring, guiding, and empowering a team. This dynamic and interactive ...
Super Worker to Super Leader with Morgan Massie
8:30 AM - 11:30 AM
*Class Held In Person* The transition from a high-performing individual contributor to an effective leader can be challenging. Many professionals struggle with shifting from doing the work themselves to inspiring, guiding, and empowering a team. This ...
Professionalism in the Workplace
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
In today’s fast-paced and hybrid work environments, maintaining professionalism across every interaction can be challenging. This engaging session equips participants with actionable strategies to strengthen presence, communication, and ...
Salvation Army Chico Color Family FUN Run & 5k
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
4th annual Chico COLOR Family FUN Run and 5k. Fun for all ages and abilities. Run is an option of untimed 5k or Color Trot (1.25mi.). Both options will have six color stations to run through. From a DJ at the starting line, to photo ops, food trucks ...
Excel: Advanced - Data Mastery and Automation
8:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Laptops provided As data workloads grow, many professionals struggle with manual processes, inconsistent formulas, and spreadsheets that are difficult to manage or scale. This course provides practical tools to automate calculations, analyze complex ...
HR Essentials for CA Small Businesses: A Practical Guide to Compliance & Best Practices
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
This workshop will guide you through the human resource fundamentals, hiring, compliance, and employee management in California. You will learn: 1. Why human resource matters for your small businesses (i.e., legal compliance, avoid costly penalties, ...
5 Coaching Conversations
8:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Empower your team and drive exceptional performance with a research-based coaching model. This interactive and award-winning leadership development program has helped leaders across the globe become more effective and achieve the best results from ...
Introduction to Digital/Online Marketing
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
This workshop will focus on discussing introductory methods of digital and online marketing. You will learn the basics about Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Search Engine Marketing (SEM), Social Media Marketing (SMM), as well as mobile, affiliate, ...
YPO Lunch
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Panel of location decision makers in Chico's Government. Perspectives on their day to day jobs and how/why they got involved. Speakers: Mike O'Brien, Katie Hawley, and Addison Winslow
Get Found in the Age of AI: Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) for Your Business - Webinar
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Focus: Introduce the emerging concept of GEO — how to get your business seen in AI-generated search results across tools like ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google’s AI Overview and AI Mode. Description: Search is changing fast, and your business needs to ...
Building Team Resiliency
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
In today’s demanding workplace, teams thrive or struggle largely based on the tone their leaders set. When leaders communicate with clarity, empathy, and consistency, they create the conditions for resilience and sustained performance — even under ...
New Venture Series for Start-Up Busineses - 4 Weeks Series
8:30 AM - 10:30 AM
This 4-part training series provides essential information to individuals thinking about starting a business and new business owners (in business one year or less). Topics include: Legal Requirements, Market Analysis, Cost Analysis, Funding Your ...
Practical QuickBooks for New Users - 4 Weeks, 2 Hours per week Cohort Series - Chico
8:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Accurate bookkeeping is critical to the success of any business. This QuickBooks Series is for entrepreneurs and business owners in the beginning stage of bookkeeping (i.e., planning, have not yet purchased their system, or have purchased but not ...
Maximizing Team Performance
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
The transition from team member to team leader can be challenging, requiring a shift in mindset and skills. This interactive three-hour workshop provides practical tools to help new and aspiring leaders develop confidence, manage teams effectively, and ...
DiSC Assessment - Deep Dive
8:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Have you ever wondered why people communicate, work, and react differently? Understanding personality styles can improve workplace relationships, collaboration, and leadership effectiveness. This interactive workshop explores different personality ...
Branding Your Business
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
If you are planning to grow your business, brand clarity is a must! Focusing on your customers and target audience are vital to the success of your branding. We will define the meaning of branding, discuss branding ideas and tips, the difference ...
September Movies in the Park: Captain America: The First Avenger
6:00 PM - 10:00 PM
YPO Lunch
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Network and hear from local business leaders on their experience and challenges. Speaker: Crystal Landsem (Lulu's)