CCEC Class Schedule for Oct. 29th

Greetings!

Have you ordered your 3' x 5' banner and table sponsorship

from the students yet? We would like as many orders as possible by Friday, Oct. 26th so if interested please email student Jacob Miller at youngrubberduck@gmail.com.

If you need tickets to the Coles Connected Community Leaders Breakfast tickets featuring Mike Yager, the 20 Under 40 recipients and the Jefferson Award winners, please contact Rhydon Vassay at robohy99@yahoo.com. Any additional breakfast profits will be used by the class as seed money to start their businesses in the Spring.

Please consider stopping by and visiting the class on your way to work. We meet daily from 7:30-9 am. The class's home base for this quarter is the LifeSpan Center on Loxa Road. Everyone is welcome! Below is next week's schedule.

Monday, October 29th - Self Talk

With Susan Hanfland

LifeSpan Center, 11021 E. Co. Rd. 800N, Charleston

Tuesday, October 30th - State Farm Insurance

With Sherri Branson

LifeSpan Center

Wednesday, October 31st -Student Work Day

LifeSpan Center

Thursday, November 1st - Lifetime Eye Care Tour

With Mark Esarey

1700 18th Street, Charleston

Friday, November 2nd - Community Breakfast Discussion

With Carl Walworth

LifeSpan Center

LifeSpan Center Tour

With Dee Braden

Dee Braden, host of the class for the second quarter, gave us an overview of all the services offered at the multi-generational LifeSpan Center. The LifeSpan Center is a wonderful Coles County resource that is the home to the Coles County Council on Aging and Dial-A-Ride as well as other programs. She discussed how they received federal tax dollars and combined those funds with private funding to create this space that includes a crafts room, banquet facilities, computer lab and even a movie theater.

City of Charleston Tour

With Scott Smith

Students learned about all aspects of running the city as they spoke with Scott Smith this week. It was impressive that the city has a $16 million dollar budget with more departments than the students could name. It is definitely run like a business with each department having their own budgets and goals. Scott Smith gave a wonderful concise overview of his job and discussed economic development tools that could help the small businesses.

Time Management

The students were asked what they would do if they had an extra hour each day. Exercise, sleep, play video games and researching businesses were the top picks. We discussed how to to get a hour more of productivity in a day by identifying tasks that are truly important. Planning, building relationships and taking care of yourself aren't always urgent, but they are definitely important and will help you accomplish your goals.This is the first class in a three part series on time management.

Mattoon Precision Manufacturing Inc. Tour

With Bob Shamdin

CCEC students learned about the daily operations at Mattoon Precision Manufacturing Inc. (MPMI). MPMI specializes in precision machining of automotive parts and rely on state-of-the-art production, technology and the valuable experience from their employees to continually grow. The students enjoyed watching the products being made right before their eyes.

Students learned about product development, quality control, and the use of hi-tech robotics equipment. The students were able to handle MPMI's automotive parts and products. Thank you to Bob Shamdin and his staff at Mattoon Precision Manufacturing, Inc.