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Identifying and Combatting Fake News
$199.00After you complete this course you will be able to: define âfake newsâ, recognize the difference between âfake newsâ and objective reporting, understand the impacts of âfake newsâ on your organization, examine proactive strategies and how they work, learn reactive strategies and why they are essential, discover opportunities for promotion and growth within âfake newsâ , and create your own âfake newsâ action plan. -
Fostering Innovation
$199.00At the end of this course, you will be able to understand what fostering innovation means , learn what an innovative workplace looks like, determine how you can help create an innovative workplace environment, understand your role in helping to foster innovation, know what happens in the workplace when you help foster innovation, and describe ways that innovation can help your company. -
Intrapreneurship
$199.00In this course, youâll learn what intrapreneurship is all about. You will learn about the history and culture of intrapreneurship and assess your own intrapreneurial qualities. Youâll also explore different ways that you can contribute to the intrapreneurial process. As well, youâll learn how to develop, screen, sell, and implement your ideas. -
Honing and Delivering Your Message
$199.00Learn how to clarify your message and how to present it, successfully communicate your message, and ensure your listeners hear what you want to get across to them with the Honing and Delivering Your Message course. -
Working Smarter: Using Technology to Your Advantage
$199.00In this course, youâll learn how to use technology to your advantage. Computers, various types of applications, software purchases, technical training, IT budgets, security, privacy, usage policies, ergonomics, instant messaging, and telecommuting are all covered. -
Selling Smarter
$199.00In this course, you will learn why consultative and customer-focused selling are so important. Youâll also learn about the sales cycle, setting goals, ways to increase your average sale, and where to find new clients. -
Influence and Persuasion
$199.00In this course, you will learn how to speak persuasively, communicate with confidence, build rapport, develop a strong presentation, and leverage storytelling. Youâll also receive an introduction to basic neuro linguistic programming techniques. -
The Minute Taker’s Workshop
$199.00Youâll begin this course by learning what a minute-taker does and what skills they should have. Then, youâll learn about different styles of minutes, what to record, how to prepare minutes, and how to keep a minute book. -
Research Skills
$199.00In this course, you will learn basic research skills, such as reading, memory recall, and note-taking. You will also learn how to create different kinds of outlines for different stages of your project, and how to move from the outline to writing, editing, and polishing. As well, youâll learn how to find information using the libraryâs Dewey Decimal System, journals, and the Internet. -
Writing a Business Plan
$199.00In this course, you will learn the essential steps for creating a business plan, including creating a first draft; identifying the audience; gathering information; researching; describing product plans; and marketing, sales, and accounting terms. -
Facilitation Skills
$199.00In this course, you will learn what facilitation is, skills that a facilitator should have, and the different skill levels of a facilitator. Then, you will learn some basic facilitation techniques, including ground rules, differentiating between content and process, bringing divergent and convergent thinking together, degrees of support, managing difficult participants, building sustainable agreements, and more. Supporting skills, such as communication, feedback, and team building, are also covered. -
Creating a Dynamite Job Portfolio
$199.00In this course, youâll learn about the different aspects of your job package, including your resume, cover letter, and job portfolio. Youâll also receive a plan that will get you to a job in 60 days, techniques for writing thank-you notes, and tips for choosing your references. -
Advanced Skills for the Practical Trainer
$199.00To begin, you will explore the trainerâs role and what skills and competencies trainers should have. Then you will learn about the learning process and different learning styles, and apply that knowledge to designing programs and motivating learners. You will also learn ways to manage the stress of training, plan a workshop, and lead a training session. Then, you will learn techniques for dealing with difficult participants, evaluating learning, and conducting on-the-job follow-up. Alternative training methods, such as eLearning, co-facilitation, and team teaching will also be covered. -
E-Commerce Management
$199.00This course will give you the skills to develop, design, test and successfully run your e-commerce business. It looks at important components such as business plans and marketing while touching upon payment methods, software solutions, security and fraud awareness, and much more. With those topics covered you will have the skills to take your e-commerce business to the next level. -
Communications for Small Business Owners
$199.00If you are new to the communications highway, this course will provide the foundation for future development. If your company has some communications expertise, this course will help you strengthen and polish your essential components. -
The ABC’s Of Supervising Others
$199.00Level 2 | Duration: 5 Hours This course will help you overcome many of the problems that you will encounter as a workplace leader. Topics include transitioning to a supervisory role, attitudes to cultivate, setting goals, personal productivity, communication skills, feedback techniques, conflict resolution, managing difficult conversations, and establishing credibility. -
Writing for the Web
$199.00This course will teach you how to design and structure web writing, create eye-catching headlines, develop user-friendly websites, add audio and video to your writing, and leverage search engine optimization to get noticed. -
Overcoming Objections to Nail the Sale
$199.00In this course, you will learn how to overcome objections, identify buying signals, and close the sale. You will also learn supporting skills, like building credibility, being observant, and communicating well. -
Prospecting for Leads Like a Pro
$199.00This course will teach you how to identify your target market, use a prospect dashboard, and set goals. You will also learn how to find prospects through networking, trade shows, lost accounts, and cold calls. -
Telemarketing: Using the Telephone as a Sales Tool
$199.00In this course, you will learn how to communicate effectively over the telephone, develop your personal telemarketing script, and close a sale. Youâll also learn how telemarketing can add to your sales strategy. -
Trade Shows: Getting the Most Out of Your Trade Show Experience
$199.00You are going to learn about people who attend trade shows and how to interact with them. You are also going to learn about the importance of pre-show promotion and then follow up afterwards. These topics will be explored in great depth as they get broken down into areas such as creating good opening lines and good conversations, targeted promotional giveaways, booth behavior, and prospecting activities. -
Using Activities to Make Training Fun
$199.00In this course, you will explore different types of games, including icebreakers, energizers, simulations, and case studies. You will also learn how to get buy-in, deal with reluctant participants, troubleshoot games, and create your own games. To top things off, we will give you four activities that you can customize and re-use in your own training sessions. -
Survival Skills for the New Trainer
$199.00In this course, you will learn the basic skills that every trainer must have. This includes dressing appropriately, being assertive, being genuine, communicating well, connecting with people, handling difficult participants, and a desire to learn. At the end of the course, youâll review a list of doâs and donâts and consider your next steps. -
NLP Tools for Real Life
$199.00This course will teach you about anchoring, establishing congruency, developing rapport, creating outcomes, interpreting and presenting information efficiently, and self-hypnosis. -
Developing Your Training Program
$199.00You will start this course by considering what training is, when it is necessary, and what other options are out there. Then, you will learn the ICE method for identifying needs, a seven-step model for instructional design, and tips for building an engaging program. Next, you will walk through the steps of program design, including setting learning objectives, identifying evaluation strategies, choosing learning methodologies, finding content, creating energizers, using assessment tools, developing supporting materials, and testing the program. You will also receive tips on creating a proposal for a training program and building rapport with company sponsors. -
Conference and Event Management
$199.00In this course, you will learn all the essentials of event planning, including setting objectives, budgeting, using committees, advertising, choosing a venue, selecting a menu, developing takeaway items, gathering feedback for the plan, hosting the event, and evaluating how it all went. -
Branding: Creating and Managing Your Corporate Brand
$199.00This course will get you started on the road to creating a perfect brand. Youâll learn how to develop a visual identity from start to finish, the basics of graphic design, and how to keep your brand energized and alive. -
Personal Brand: Maximizing Personal Impact
$199.00In this course, youâll learn what a brand is and how you can leverage it to make a personal impact. Youâll define, design, and plan the interior elements of your brand (such as your confidence level and approach to others) as well as the exterior elements (such as how you dress and act). Youâll also learn supporting skills, such as setting goals, communicating effectively, building your credibility, managing difficult conversations, influencing others, and speaking in public. -
CRM: An Introduction to Customer Relationship Management
$199.00This course will teach you how to make a decision about the need for CRM, the benefits of CRM, and how to coordinate the base requirements for a CRM undertaking. -
Basic Business Management: Boot Camp for Business Owners
$199.00This course will give you all the skills that you need as a new business owner. Youâll learn how to develop your organizational chart, manage operations, speak knowledgeably about finance, hire the right people, build your brand, market your product online and offline, complete a strategic plan and a succession plan, and build your customer base. Youâll also learn the basics of leadership and tips for taking your business to the next level. -
Creative Thinking and Innovation
$199.00In this course, you will identify ways to develop your creative side and build a creative environment. Youâll also learn a basic problem-solving process, individual creative thinking tools (such as the RAP model, shoe swap technique, mind mapping, metaphors, and toys), and team-based creative thinking tools (such as brainstorming, brainwriting, rolestorming, the stepladder technique, and slip writing). -
Self-Leadership
$199.00In this course, you will explore the four pillars of self-leadership: knowing who you are, knowing what you do, knowing what you need to learn, and using what you know. -
Making Your Business Better
$199.00This course demonstrates how various factors work together to ensure a company flourishes. Students will be guided through positioning and pricing, marketing, selling, negotiating, responding to RFQs, project management, team building, productivity, and strategic planning. Other courses that may be of interest to the student are Building Your Self Esteem and Assertiveness Skills, Business Leadership, Business Ethics in the Office, Creating a Positive Work Environment, and Getting Stuff Done - Personal Development Boot Camp. -
Public Speaking: Presentation Survival School
$199.00After you complete this course, you will be able to establish rapport with your audience, implement techniques to reduce nervousness and fear, understand your strengths as a presenter and how to appeal to different types of people, recognize how visual aids can create impact and attention, develop techniques to create a professional presence, learn some different ways to prepare and organize information, and prepare, practice, and deliver a short presentation. -
Critical Elements of Customer Service
$199.00This course is all about the critical elements of customer service: a customer service focus that is defined within, and given life by, your organization. In order to be successful, this focus must be reinforced every day, measured, and improved upon. -
Design Thinking: An Introduction
$199.00This course is designed to get you started using design thinking to solve problems more creatively. You will better understand problems from the customer's perspective as you apply different brainstorming techniques to identify innovative ideas. You will be able to use effective design research through use of prototypes and testing to test your ideas and keep your design ideas moving forward. Upon completion you will be ready to take on your next project using a design thinking process. -
Call Center Training: Sales and Customer Service Training for Call Center Agents
$199.00In this course, you will learn how to present yourself appropriately on the telephone. You will also learn tips for saying âno,â giving bad news, selling on the phone, overcoming objections, dealing with difficult customers, taking messages, and managing voice mail. We will also share a basic telephone script that you can customize. -
Intermediate Project Management
$199.00In this course, you will focus on the last three stages of the project life cycle: planning, execution, and termination. This includes identifying tasks and resources; using scheduling techniques like the work breakdown structure, Gantt charts, and network diagrams; preparing a budget; executing a project; and controlling changes. -
Project Management Training: Understanding Project Management
$199.00This in-depth course will take you through all aspects of project management. First, you will consider what a project is and what a project manager does. Then, you will work through the four stages of the project life cycle: conceptual, planning, execution, and termination. You will also learn some supporting skills, like teamwork, communication, and presentation. -
Effective Planning and Scheduling
$199.00This course will teach you how to use a variety of planning and scheduling tools, including the work breakdown structure, network diagrams, program evaluation and review technique (PERT), and Gantt charts. You will also learn how to properly estimate time, schedule resources, identify task dependencies, manage risks, communicate your schedule, and keep the schedule updated. -
Managing the Virtual Workplace
$199.00This course will teach managers and supervisors how to prepare employees for the virtual workplace, create telework programs, build virtual teams, leverage technology, and overcome cultural barriers. -
Conversational Leadership
$199.00In this course, you will learn about the fundamental elements of meaningful conversations, the four-I model of organizational conversation, the conversational leadership framework, and the World Café model. All of these tools will help you become a conversational leader and build stronger teams in your workplace. -
Mastering The Interview
$199.00In this course, you will learn how to prepare for and participate in a job interview. Weâll share the types of questions to expect, as well as the questions that you should think about asking. You will also learn how to prepare for second interviews, testing, and shadowing, as well as how to follow up after an interview. -
Skills for the Administrative Assistant
$199.00In this course, youâll learn about the elements of a professional attitude, including dressing appropriately, developing a positive outlook, being assertive, and communicating well. Youâll also learn some fundamental skills for administrative assistants, such as writing letters, managing your time, saying âno,â working with others, and dealing with stress. All of these tools will help you achieve your goals and help the people that you support achieve their goals, too. -
Getting Your Job Search Started
$199.00In this course, you will learn how to manage change, identify your values and skills, consider your vocation, find jobs, network, and set goals. Then, you should be ready to start the search for your dream job. -
Critical Thinking
$199.00In this course, youâll learn what critical thinking is all about, what characteristics a critical thinker has, and what skills you may want to work on. Then, youâll work your way through a seven-step critical thinking model. Supporting skills, such as asking good questions, applying common sense, and thinking creatively, are also covered. -
Introduction to Neuro Linguistic Programming
$199.00This introductory course will teach the basics of neuro linguistic programming (NLP). Youâll learn about key terms, the NLP presuppositions, the NLP senses, eye cues, enriched language, clean questions, and hypnotic language. -
Conducting Accurate Internet Research
$199.00This course is going to provide you with the skills you will need to get the most of an Internet search. You will learn where to look for information, how to find it, and the types of information that you can, and cannot, find online. It looks at the surface web and then takes you further in your searching skills to the deep web. -
Creating Winning Proposals
$199.00In this course, you will learn how to locate potential funders and how to match fundersâ interests with organizational needs. Along the way you will also learn the basic elements of proposal writing for not-for-profit organizations and learn to understand the process for successful proposal writing and how to build effective relationships with funders. -
Project Planning: All You Need to Know
$199.00Once you complete this course you will have learned several valuable new skills that will allow you to properly plan for a project. You will come away from this course knowing about project management basics and how to being project planning. You will learn about the Work Breakdown Structure, how to prepare a basic schedule and all about Resource Breakdown Structures. You will conclude this course by learning about project planning worksheets. -
Project Management: All You Need to Know
$199.00Upon completion of this course you will have developed valuable new skills that will allow you to competently manage a project. You will come away from this course knowing about project management basics and how to being project planning. You will learn about the project life cycle and project planning documents. Youâll learn about communications and how to deal changes and project tracking and also how to conduct status meetings. The course wraps up with a look at closing your project. -
Skills You Need for Workplace Success
$199.00Upon completing this course, you are going to know approaches to be an effective team member, how it feels to experience change and ways to be flexible in times of change and to approach problem solving. You will also identify tips to giving and receiving feedback, learn ways to recognize self-confident behaviors in the workplace and learn a three-step process to building self-confidence. -
Working with the Media: Creating a Positive Working Relationship
$199.00You are going to have a good grasp of the interview process when you are done of this course, from the perspective of a regular citizen or as a professional spokesperson. In addition to speaking to the media, youâre going to learn how to pass your message along via a press release or media package. Libel and slander will come under consideration as well as various types of media outlets and the concept of a professional relationship with the media versus a personal one. -
Entrepreneurship 101
$199.00In this course, youâll learn the basics of entrepreneurship. You will learn how to find and evaluate business ideas, flesh out those ideas by developing value propositions and financial projections, consider your ownership options, prepare the appropriate documents (including a business plan, pitch deck, and white papers), and gather funding for your business. Youâll also learn the steps of developing, testing, marketing, and launching a product or service. To wrap things up, youâll learn how to grow your business and become an entrepreneurial leader. -
Kickstarting Your Business with Crowdsourcing
$199.00This course will show you how to leverage all types of crowdsourcing (including microwork, macrowork, crowdvoting, crowdcontests, crowdwisdom, and crowdfunding) to kickstart your businessâ growth. -
Building a Consulting Business
$199.00This course will guide you along your journey to starting your own consulting business. It will take a look at important components such as business plans and marketing plans while touching on networking and important documents you need to consider. -
Building an Online Business
$199.00This course will lead you from your idea to your online business. It will take a look at important components such as business plans and marketing while touching upon payments, online marketplaces, and much more. With those topics covered you will have the skills to become an online entrepreneur. -
Global Business Strategies
$199.00This course provides an overview of the various factors that a business must consider before going global. Students will also begin considering how they can expand their business to the global marketplace using a variety of planning techniques. We strongly recommend that participants complete our âEntrepreneurship 101â and âBasic Business Managementâ programs before taking this course. -
The Practical Trainer
$199.00In this course, you will learn what makes a successful trainer and a successful training program. You will also learn about adult learning principles, the learning process, Kolbâs experiential learning cycle, and learning styles. Youâll even complete an assessment to help you identify your training preferences. Then, you will learn how to apply the learning cycle to assess needs, develop a program outline, choose training methods, design learning sequences, add some fun and games, and launch the program. You will also learn tips for delivering your program and managing difficult participants. -
Making Training Stick
$199.00In this course, youâll learn ways to help make your training workshops stickier so that the learners will retain the material better. You will familiarize yourself with strategies that can help learning to stick with the audience in an effective and meaningful way. You will learn how to keep learners focused and motivated to absorb material. Also, you will learn ways to develop an effective training style, using appropriate training aids and techniques. -
Training with Visual Storytelling
$199.00In this course, you will learn how to use storytelling to engage the hearts and minds of your audience. Weâll cover the essential elements of a successful story as well as a variety of storyboarding and graphic design tools. After you complete this course, youâll be ready to create engaging, compelling training sessions that inspire your students. -
Developing a Training Needs Analysis
$199.00This course covers all the essential elements of a training needs analysis. The first step is using the ICE method to isolate problems, consult with stakeholders, and evaluate your options. Then, you can bring all of the information together into a training needs analysis that will convince readers to take action. -
Measuring Training Results
$199.00In this course, you will learn how to measure training results using Donald Kirkpatrickâs four-level evaluation model. You will also learn about essential tools and techniques, including cost-benefit analysis and return on investment. -
Developing a Lunch and Learn Program
$199.00This course will give you the skills to develop a successful workplace Lunch and Learn Program. You begin by looking at exactly what a Lunch and Learn truly is and why to have one. Next the course guides you through the underpinnings of a Lunch and Learn and then into how to administer the program. You will get the chance to develop your own short program and wrap up the course by evaluating it. -
From Boss to Leader
$199.00Level 3 | Duration: 4 Hours After completing this course, participants will know the characteristics of bad bosses and good leaders, understand how those who hold management positions can develop into good leaders, know the elements of leading by example, understand the importance of good communication and effective feedback, and know how to use emotional intelligence. -
GDPR Readiness: Getting the Message Out
$199.00Level 2 | Duration: 2 Hours In this one-day course, you will learn: about internal communication methods, about privacy training, and promoting a good privacy culture, about the elements of a good customer privacy policy, how to write and design a cookie banner disclaimer for your website, and how to design a privacy-compliant web form. -
Becoming a Better Learner
$199.00Level 1 | Duration: 2 Hours After you complete this course, you will be able to understand what it means to learn and become a life-long learner, know what a mindset for learning looks like and how to adopt one, set realistic goals, understand what your network is and why expanding it is important, know how to ask questions and why that is important, become accountable for your goals and take responsibility, and know how to accelerate your learning. -
Successfully Managing Change
$199.00Level 1 | Duration: 2 Hours This course covers how to manage and cope with change and how to help those around you, too. Topics explored include understanding, accepting and reacting to change; and strategies for assisting with change to be accepted and implemented in the workplace. -
Leadership Skills for Supervisors
$199.00Level 2 | Duration: 4 Hours Ensure that your leaders are leading! Learn how to prioritise, manage and plan your time and your team schedule, develop different techniques when dealing with people, and use any situation as a method to problem-solving among other things. This course is all about helping you lead your people in the best possible way! -
Digital Transformation
$199.00Level 1 | Duration: 2 Hours This course aims to define digital transformation, and provide an understanding of why it matters, as well as take a look at businesses that are successfully undertaking this change. It will also help you begin developing a digital strategy for your own company. -
Collaboration
$199.00Level 1 | Duration: 2 Hours After completion of this course, you should understand the definition of collaboration, what it takes to work collaboratively with your colleagues and the advantages of collaboration. Obstacles to collaboration will be explored, and how to develop strategies to improve a collaborative work environment. As well, you will know the six steps to make collaboration work, and the difference between collaboration, cooperation and teamwork. -
GDPR Readiness: Creating a Data Privacy Plan
$199.00Level 2 | Duration: 2 Hours After completing this course, you should be able to explain what a data privacy plan will include, know the important terminology and legislation regarding data privacy, map the flow of data in an organization visually, understand and write an information request procedure, develop an internal data handling procedure, understand and write a data security policy, understand and write a personal data protection policy, adapt your current client privacy policy, develop a data breach procedure, decide on training solutions for data privacy, know the other necessary pieces of the data privacy plan and help your organization write, implement, and review a data privacy plan.
