Charlotte Business Class

Education, support and a resource for Charlotte’s business owners.

Why?

After speaking with over 100 business owners and asking what they knew about SEO, Social Media, QR Codes, Analytics, CMS, Blogging, Email Campaigns etc. the apparent majority acknowledged they knew little about some and less about others.  More importantly there was little or no correlation on how the use or implementation would impact the success of their company.

Why now?

Business owners learn a little about the benefit of internet marketing or social media and blindly decide to “get in the game.”  There are so many self proclaimed experts today that it’s difficult to know who is the genuine article.

Mission:

To provide business owners an affordable resource to learn how emerging technologies can be applied to   their unique business model in a comfortable “NO SALES” atmosphere with other business owners.

Purpose:

We want business owners with 1-25 people to come away from our classes understanding enough about the subject and how it applies to their business model, the growth of the company and impact on the bottom line.  Our goal is not to create experts it’s to help owners evaluate and appreciate the benefit of these initiatives in their business and whether or not to implement them.

Charlotte Business Class has taken the time to identify experts in these topics and will be putting together   a class schedule for you to review and decide which class to enroll in.  We are using digital marketing as the platform to distribute this schedule now and going forward.

Can you benefit?

If you would like a schedule of classes and workshops contact us and give us your information by clicking on this link Carolina Learning Connection 

Wishing you the best that life has to offer!!

Marc Chavaree

What a Great Cup of Coffee

Or was it the Conversation

After settling in to a booth and arranging my stuff I was on the lookout for the person I was to meet.  Rob Burbank walked into the Caribou on East Blvd and I hailed him over.  We talked for a bit to learn how each of us had arrived at this particular place our lives and then got down to “business”.

Rob started telling about his role at Speak-Up Magazine a nonprofit based in Charlotte, NC. He talked about how their purpose is to give a voice to those without one, speak up for the voiceless and educate the public about the marginalized among us.

Our conversation went all over the place and the energy was palpable because there was a shared understanding and appreciation between us of how helping our less fortunate brothers and sisters needs to change.  Admittedly, neither of us are an authority on the topic of the hungry and homeless but we both have participated in outreach programs that while not the “answer” provides comfort.

Speak Up Magazine has mobilized a forgotten but effective way for some of our proud citizens to create their own future.  They get to realize self-worth and a sense of accomplishment once thought to be reserved for someone else.

Speak Up Magazine is endeavoring to change how these unique and special people view themselves through the process of becoming a relevant and necessary part of the fabric of our community.

It’s a unique and worthwhile effort that will change lives.  To learn more click on the link above!

Rob will be at Launching Carolina Learning Connection on Tuesday May 1 at Atherton Market 6:30

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A Beautiful Spring Evening Event

Wow, what a ride, I can’t believe we’re here.  When we started putting all this together back in November 2011 there was no way to anticipate all the parts and pieces that needed to be in place to make this work.  There will be time to recognize and thank those that encouraged and cheered us on but for now we have an event to announce.

Launching Carolina Learning Connection

Join us Tuesday, May 1st at 6:30 in the newly renovated Atherton Market in lovely South End.

• Come and learn about Charlotte’s newest alternative to personal enrichment
• Meet some of the wonderful teachers
• Music by the Tsunami Waveriders
• Enjoy tasty local creations from the dedicated vendors at the Market
• A chance to win a $75.00 gift certificate
• Enroll in a class and we’ll waive the $5.00 registration fee
• Fabulous Prizes

May June Semester Class Highlights

• Political Conventions: What Every American Should Know.  With the Democratic Convention coming to Charlotte, this will be a fun and entertaining look at this rich slice of American history.
• Improvisational Theater: Introduction to that zany unpredictable acting and see a side of you unseen before.
• Considering Selling Your Home? Attend one of our workshops that will give you ideas and examples that you can immediately use to impress potential buyers.

A Couple of Thoughts

Listen, I need to be perfectly upfront here.  Never in my wildest hallucinations did I ever picture myself here.  Not here Charlotte, but here, blogging about a lifelong learning platform that was inspired by another lifelong learning platform.  My wife has been unbelievably supportive, my 8 year old daughter wants to start her own learning platform for kids and has thought up some pretty cool classes.  I’m a builder, I’ve used my hands all my life to make things for other people not a lifelong learning guy.  Maybe that’s why I’ve completely enjoyed going from nothing to this on an idea that the good people of Charlotte would like it.

I’ve taken a vision and put 100% of what I know, which isn’t a lot, into something that if the good Lord see’s fit, will be something special. I may be living in a dream, but it beats the alternative.

So come to our Launch Event and say hello, I’d love to meet you and say “thank you” personally for spending some time with us.

Chasing the dream… Marc

Oscar Wilde lives on in Charlotte

I have worked hard to get CLC off the ground since November and since then I have met some incredibly generous and talented people who have continued to give me inspiration.  Many took a special interest and became surrogate partners, mentors offering insightful and well placed ideas or suggestions.  Being an entrepreneur isn’t anything new to me, I am a successful business owner in an entirely different industry besides Lifelong Learning or Community Education, I am an accomplished builder.

The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is never of any use to oneself.

– Oscar Wilde

To these inspiring people who have embraced CLC and the vision of accessible, affordable, lifelong learning in Charlotte, you have kept my spirits high and my tank full.

The list is long and I won’t attempt to name them for fear I would invariably leave someone out and feel worse about it than them.  You can find them in my contacts on LinkedIn, or ask me for a referral on nearly every business need you have.  Some have elected to teach at CLC, but you know who you are and lives will be enriched because of you!

Thank you, Marc

Carolina Learning Connection Launches in Charlotte, NC

Lifelong Learning (Photo credit: Carol VanHook)

Carolina Learning Connection launches lifelong learning and community education program in Charlotte, NC

Carolina Learning Connection offers adult learners an easy way to find courses or workshops that excites and motivates them. The teachers are subject matter experts that want to share their knowledge with a group of like-minded people in a comfortable environment.  Classes vary from culinary, photography and cooking, to inbound marketing, social media and business technology.

Get out of the house and be with people who like to be with people to Grow, Learn and Connect.

See our classes for March!