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Influence and Persuasion
$199.00SHORT DESCRIPTION: In this course, you will learn how to speak persuasively, communicate with confidence, build rapport, develop a strong presentation, and leverage storytelling. You'll also receive an introduction to basic neuro linguistic programming techniques. Duration: 2 hours Available in English. Access period 30 days. Self-Study Guide provided. Quick Reference Guide provided. Certificate of Completion provided. Content last updated January 2020. A full description of the course is located below. -
Research Skills
$199.00SHORT DESCRIPTION: In 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, you'll learn how to find information using the library's Dewey Decimal System, journals, and the Internet. Duration: 2 hours. Access period 30 days. Self-Study Guide provided. Quick Reference Guide provided. Certificate of Completion provided. Content last updated January 2020. A full description of the course is located below. -
Story Marketing for Small Businesses
$179.00SHORT DESCRIPTION: This course covers the essential elements of a story marketing campaign, from a review of company message and brand, to the elements of good storytelling. The course leads participants through the steps of creating a marketing story knowing your company, knowing and connecting with customers, and the story writing and editing process. This creates a clear and engaging path that will lead customers to your products and services and encourage them to respond to your call to action. Duration: 2 hours. Access period 30 days. Self-Study Guide provided. Quick Reference Guide provided. Certificate of Completion provided. Content last updated January 2020. A full description of the course is located below. -
Balanced Scorecard Basics
$199.00SHORT DESCRIPTION: You will begin this course by learning what the balanced scorecard is and what types of organisations it is most useful for. Then, you will review some sample scorecards, strategy maps, and tactical action plans. You will also learn how to develop your organisations mission, vision, and values (which form the basis for the balanced scorecard); a project vision statement; plans to implement the scorecard; and balanced scorecard teams. Duration approximately 2 hours. Access period 30 days. Self-Study Guide provided. Quick Reference Guide provided. Certificate of Completion provided. Content last updated January 2020. A full description of this course is located below. -
Networking for Success
$399.00SHORT DESCRIPTION: In this course, you will learn how to identify opportunities, create a positive first impression, develop a memorable intro, start conversations, shake hands well, handle business cards, manage sticky situations, follow up with others, and organise your network. You'll also learn how to network in online spaces, such as LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook. Duration: 4 hours. Access period 30 days. Self-Study Guide provided. Quick Reference Guide provided. Certificate of Completion provided. Content last updated January 2020. A full description of the course is located below. -
Appreciative Inquiry
$199.00SHORT DESCRIPTION: In this course you will learn about the appreciative inquiry process. To begin, you'll explore its fundamental principles and the 4-D model. You'll also get a hands-on look at the appreciative inquiry interview guide and start considering how this powerful tool could make a difference in your organisation. Duration: 2 hours. Access period 30 days. Self-Study Guide provided. Quick Reference Guide provided. Certificate of Completion provided. Content last updated January 2020. A full description of the course is located below. -
Workplace Harassment: What It Is and What to Do About It
$399.00SHORT DESCRIPTION: After completing this course, you will be able to identify acceptable and unacceptable behaviour in the workplace, apply the benefits of harassment training, define the various types of harassment, assist in the creation of a harassment policy, understand ways to prevent and protect yourself from harassment, know what to do if you are the target of harassment or are accused of harassment, understand the complaint process, and how to help your workplace adjust after a harassment incident. Duration approximately 4 hours. Access period 30 days. Self-Study Guide provided. Quick Reference Guide provided. Certificate of Completion provided. Content last updated January 2020. A full description of this course is located below. -
Creating a Top-Notch Talent Management Program
$399.00SHORT DESCRIPTION: In this course, you will learn about the various aspects of talent management, including performance management, succession planning, talent management programs, employee development strategies, and employee engagement plans. Duration: 4 hours Access period 30 days. Self-Study Guide provided. Quick Reference Guide provided. Certificate of Completion provided. Content last updated January 2020. A full description of the course is located below. -
Code of Conduct: Setting the Tone for Your Workplace
$199.00Over the duration of this course, you will learn the whys and whats of a workplace code of conduct. You learn why they are needed, who they apply to, how to develop and implement one, and how to train employees on it. Duration approximately 2 hours. Access period 30 days. Self-Study Guide provided. Quick Reference Guide provided. Certificate of Completion provided. Content last updated January 2020. A full description of this course is located below. -
Honing and Delivering Your Message
$199.00SHORT DESCRIPTION: Learn 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. Duration: 2 hours. Access period 30 days. Self-Study Guide provided. Quick Reference Guide provided. Certificate of Completion provided. Content last updated January 2020. A full description of the course is located below. -
Fostering Innovation
$199.00SHORT DESCRIPTION: At 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. Duration: 2 hours Access period 30 days. Self-Study Guide provided. Quick Reference Guide provided. Certificate of Completion provided. Content last updated January 2020. A full description of the course is located below. -
Building Your Self Esteem and Assertiveness Skills
$199.00SHORT DESCRIPTION: In this course, you will explore what self-esteem is and where low self-esteem comes from. You will also learn ways to build your self-esteem, get what you want, and make others feel better about themselves. Duration: 2 hours. Available in English. Access period 30 days. Self-Study Guide provided. Quick Reference Guide provided. Certificate of Completion provided. Content last updated January 2020. A full description of the course is located below. -
Team Building: Developing High Performance Teams
$129.00SHORT DESCRIPTION: After you complete this course, you will understand how to apply the TORI model, Tuckman and Jensens five stages of team development, and Glenn Parkers 12 characteristics of effective teams to develop high-performance teams. You will also complete our team player type assessment to help you identify how you behave in a team and how you can connect with others. Duration approximately 6 hours. Access period 30 days. Self-Study Guide provided. Quick Reference Guide provided. Certificate of Completion provided. Content last updated January 2020. A full description of this course is located below. -
Basic Business Management: Boot Camp for Business Owners
$179.00SHORT DESCRIPTION: This course will give you all the skills that you need as a new business owner. You'll learn how to develop your organisational 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. You'll also learn the basics of leadership and tips for taking your business to the next level. A full description of the course is located below. Content last updated January 2020. Certificate of Completion provided. Quick Reference Guide provided. Self-Study Guide provided. Access period 30 days. Duration: 6 hours. -
Creating Winning Webinars: Getting Your Message Out
$179.00SHORT DESCRIPTION: This course is going to teach you to understand what webinars are and why they are important. You will also learn best practices for implementation and development of webinars. You are going to learn the appropriate structure and platform for your webinar and also how to outline a webinar. Duration: 2 hours. Access period 30 days. Self-Study Guide provided. Quick Reference Guide provided. Certificate of Completion provided. Content last updated January 2020. A full description of the course is located below. -
Onboarding: The Essential Rules for a Successful Onboarding Program
$399.00SHORT DESCRIPTION: This course will explore the benefits of onboarding, show you how to design an onboarding framework, give you ways to customise the program for different audiences (including managers and executives), and demonstrate how to measure results from the program. Duration: 4 hours. Access period 30 days. Self-Study Guide provided. Quick Reference Guide provided. Certificate of Completion provided. Content last updated January 2020. A full description of the course is located below. -
Selling Smarter
$129.00SHORT DESCRIPTION: In this course, you will learn why consultative and customer-focused selling are so important. You'll also learn about the sales cycle, setting goals, ways to increase your average sale, and where to find new clients. Duration: 2 hours. Access period 30 days. Self-Study Guide provided. Quick Reference Guide provided. Certificate of Completion provided. Content last updated January 2020. A full description of the course is located below. -
Public Speaking: Speaking Under Pressure
$399.00SHORT DESCRIPTION: This course will take you through preparing an effective presentation. Topics include planning your speech, identifying your audience, connecting with the listener, developing key themes and sentences, structuring your ideas, and managing nervousness and body language. Youll focus on short responses and learn ways to expand a basic presentation. Duration: 4 hours. Access period 30 days. Self-Study Guide provided. Quick Reference Guide provided. Certificate of Completion provided. Content last updated January 2020. A full description of the course is located below. -
Orientation Handbook: Getting Employees Off to a Good Start
$399.00SHORT DESCRIPTION: In this course, you will learn why orientation is so important. You will learn about the four components of employee commitment as well as the commitment curve. You will also learn how to develop successful orientation and training programs. Duration: 4 hours. Access period 30 days. Self-Study Guide provided. Quick Reference Guide provided. Certificate of Completion provided. Content last updated January 2020. A full description of the course is located below. -
Entrepreneurship 101
$379.00SHORT DESCRIPTION: In this course, you'll 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. You'll also learn the steps of developing, testing, marketing, and launching a product or service. To wrap things up, you'll learn how to grow your business and become an entrepreneurial leader. A full description of the course is located below. Content last updated January 2020. Certificate of Completion provided. Quick Reference Guide provided. Self-Study Guide provided. Access period 30 days. Duration: 6 hours. -
Writing Reports and Proposals
$199.00SHORT DESCRIPTION: To begin this course, you will learn about the four stages of report writing: investigating, planning, writing, and revising. Youll also learn about the ten steps of proposal writing, as well as using headings, adding visual aids, writing persuasively, and sourcing material. Duration: 2 hours. Access period 30 days. Self-Study Guide provided. Quick Reference Guide provided. Certificate of Completion provided. Content last updated January 2020. A full description of the course is located below. -
Marketing and Sales
$129.00SHORT DESCRIPTION: In this course, you will learn effective, low-cost, and non-cost strategies to improve sales, develop your company's image, and build your bottom line. Duration approximately 2 hours. Access period 30 days. Self-Study Guide provided. Quick Reference Guide provided. Certificate of Completion provided. Content last updated January 2020. A full description of this course is located below. -
Collaboration
$199.00After 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. Duration approximately 2 hours. Access period 30 days. Self-Study Guide provided. Quick Reference Guide provided. Certificate of Completion provided. Content last updated January 2020. A full description of this course is located below. -
Making Your Business Better
$179.00SHORT DESCRIPTION: This 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. A full description of the course is located below. Content last updated January 2020. Certificate of Completion provided. Quick Reference Guide provided. Self-Study Guide provided. Access period 30 days. Duration: 2 hours. -
Building an Online Business
$179.00SHORT DESCRIPTION: This 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. A full description of the course is located below. Content last updated January 2020. Certificate of Completion provided. Quick Reference Guide provided. Self-Study Guide provided. Access period 30 days. Duration: 2 hours. -
Marketing for Small Businesses
$279.00This course will teach you how marketing is different for small businesses, elements of a successful marketing message, what the marketing cycle looks like, how to build a marketing plan with the five Ps, how to market with social media, and how to create a marketing budget. You will also explore over 100 strategies and consider which ones are right for your small business. A full description of this course is located below. Content last updated January 2020. Certificate of Completion provided. Quick Reference Guide provided. Self-Study Guide provided. Access period 30 days. Duration: 4 hours. -
Survival Skills for the New Trainer
$79.00In 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, you'll review a list of dos and don'ts and consider your next steps. Duration approximately 2 hours. Access period 30 days. Self-Study Guide provided. Quick Reference Guide provided. Certificate of Completion provided. Content last updated January 2020. A full description of this course is located below. -
Diversity Training: Celebrating Diversity in the Workplace
$199.00SHORT DESCRIPTION: In this course, you will learn what diversity means and what some of its related terms are. You'll also consider how your world has changed and how stereotypes impact people. Then, you'll learn how to use the four cornerstones of diversity and the STOP technique to encourage a diverse workplace. You will also learn how to manage for diversity and deal with discrimination issues. Duration approximately 2 hours. Access period 30 days. Self-Study Guide provided. Quick Reference Guide provided. Certificate of Completion provided. Content last updated January 2020. A full description of this course is located below. -
Crisis Management
$399.00SHORT DESCRIPTION: To begin this course, you will learn how to put the right people in place with a crisis management team and appropriate training. Then, you will learn how to identify and assess crisis risks, develop a response process, and gather appropriate resources. You will also learn how to respond to, document, and investigate crises; establish an emergency operations center; create a continuity plan; and recover from a crisis. Duration approximately 4 hours. Access period 30 days. Self-Study Guide provided. Quick Reference Guide provided. Certificate of Completion provided. Content last updated January 2020. A full description of this course is located below. -
Developing Your Executive Presence
$199.00SHORT DESCRIPTION: This course is going to provide you with the boost you might need to get the most out of your inter-personal skills as you develop yourself into an executive with presence that will be the marvel of your coworkers and others you meet. It will help you consider the first impressions you make on others, your interpersonal skills, your speaking and listening skills, plus sharpens your leadership skills. Duration: 2 hours. Access period 30 days. Self-Study Guide provided. Quick Reference Guide provided. Certificate of Completion provided. Content last updated January 2020. A full description of the course is located below.
