<div dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-a48c11b0-7fff-6e05-caa1-7212d55d8964"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Good morning,</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">This fall, I’ll be teaching two beginner’s web development courses for GCC’s Workforce Development in their downtown location. Both are uncredited, require no web development background, and are open to anyone who’s interested.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">I’m a huge believer in continuing education and the job opportunities coding can provide: my own career trajectory took a huge turn about ten years ago, from marketing to web dev, after I took courses at the Boston Center for Adult Education. That alone has opened countless doors for me - including the ability to run a </span><a href="https://factastudio.com/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">digital agency</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> with some incredibly talented people out here in lovely Greenfield. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Course descriptions are below...please share with friends and fam! </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://noncredit.gcc.mass.edu/workshops/word-press-101/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">WordPress 101</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">T/Th 10/8–10/24 — 6:00–8:00pm</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">This course will teach you everything you need to know to create your own self-hosted Wordpress.org website. You’ll learn the basics of setting up a WordPress.org website, choosing a theme, customizing it, extending it with plugins and widgets, configuring it for SEO, and maintaining it on an ongoing basis. We will look at and edit a few lines of code, but no prior coding experience is necessary, and all sessions will be geared toward beginners. Each student will be provided with their own WordPress website to work on for the purposes of learning and testing.</span></p><br><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://noncredit.gcc.mass.edu/workshops/shopify-101/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Shopify 101</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">T/Th 9/10–9/26 — 6:00–8:00pm</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">There's a lot of reason to be excited about e-commerce and it's growth potential in years to come, but what makes Shopify so unique is it's capabilities as a platform, combined with the relative ease and approachability for beginners. With Shopify, you have access to the same e-commerce platform that Budweiser, New York Times and Black Dog use. By the end of this course, you’ll know the basics of creating an e-commerce business plan, starting a Shopify store, selling your product online, and scaling it for future growth. No prior coding knowledge is needed. Each student will be given their own unique Shopify development store to work on for the purposes of learning and testing.</span></p></span><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;white-space:pre-wrap">Thanks for your time,</span></div><div><br></div><div><font color="#000000" face="Arial"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">Spencer</span></font> </div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:small"><font face="monospace, monospace"><b><br></b></font></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:small"><font face="monospace, monospace"><b>****</b></font></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:small"><b style="font-family:monospace,monospace">Spencer Sherman</b><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:small"><font size="1" face="monospace, monospace">principal / developer</font><br><div><font size="1" face="monospace, monospace"><b>p</b>: <a href="tel:9788073714" value="+16173941022" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">978-807-3714</a>  <b>e</b>: <a href="mailto:spencer@factastudio.com" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><span>spencer</span>@factastudio.com</a></font></div><div><br></div><div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font size="1" face="monospace, monospace"><b>Facta Studio</b></font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><div><font size="1" face="monospace, monospace"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">Mon-Fri: <span style="border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-color:rgb(100,100,100)"><span>8am - 6pm</span></span></span></font><br></div><div><font face="monospace, monospace" size="1"><a href="http://factastudio.com/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">factastudio.com</a></font></div></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>