Friday, October 30, 2009

Free Course of the Day: Java SE 6 - Core Development

This FREE online course teaches the significance of object-oriented programming with Java, the keywords and constructs of the Java programming language, exception handling, file input/output (I/O), collection framework and multithreading. A good portion of the material is dedicated to explain the importance of a good class design, best coding practices and pattern of usage. Target Audience: This training module is targeted at software practitioners, programmers, web developers, project leads and technical managers who are interested in adding the Java programming language to their list of skills. This course is appropriate for professionals who want to learn how to develop Java technology applications. In addition, the material provides solid ground for students who are preparing for the Sun Certified Programmer for Java, SE 6 examination (http://www.sun.com/training/catalog/courses/CX-310-065.xml ) and Sun Certified Java Associate (SCJA) examination. * * * The current free-of-charge reading contains the first lesson of the course: Core Java SE 6 Development. The course, on the other hand, is an essential part of the complete Java technology portfolio of Time2Know. Please visit our web site - www.time2know.net - for more details.

Key Concepts: Java SE 6 Language and Platform, core development, Java, Free Training, Free Course

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Listen for Understanding
Giving an Effective Presentation
Communication Fundamentals
Legal Issues in Management
Responding to Workplace Harassment (for Managers)
Quality Service in the Public Sector
Leading Meetings to Success
Coaching for Business Success
Personal Workspace...A Handbook for Entering the Workforce
Effective Change Management
Effective Business Meetings


Click here for the Java SE 6 - Core Development course

Meet an eLearning Publisher: Cyber School

Mr E. Ramanathan is a Chemistry Author and Lead Instructional Designer in Digital Science and Virtual Laboratory.

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Thursday, October 29, 2009

Free Course of the Day: Assessing Business Feasibility

This FREE online course on Assessing Business Feasibility is taken from the Ann Arbor SPARK Entrepreneurial Boot Camp Program. The main topics covered are Identifying Customer Benefits, Mapping the Competition, and the Iterative Process of Defining the Business.

Key Concepts: Business Startup, Business Feasibility, Free Training, Free Course

Course Appears in these Categories:
Other
Free Courses

Courses you might be interested in:

Listen for Understanding
Giving an Effective Presentation
Communication Fundamentals
Legal Issues in Management
Responding to Workplace Harassment (for Managers)
Quality Service in the Public Sector
Leading Meetings to Success
Coaching for Business Success
Personal Workspace...A Handbook for Entering the Workforce
Effective Change Management
Effective Business Meetings


Click here for the Assessing Business Feasibility course

Meet an eLearning Publisher: Minexh Baxi

There is no doubt about it - winning teams and successful individuals have strong, innovative coaches who know how to weave the brightest people and ideas together into a cohesive, electrified whole. Minesh Baxi does work he truly loves- inspiring people to take a fresh look at their own dreams, and to question the assumption that they cannot make them real. He is committed to encouraging people to believe in themselves, and stands as an energetic, enthusiatic & inspirational coach for individuals, businesses and organizations. Having learned the importance of proactive thinking firsthand when a major corporation laid off many of its employees, Minesh has shared his experiences and practices with business professional, corporations and charity organizations for over 5 years. A specialist in Marketing and Goal-achieveing strategies, Minesh is eagerly sought to speak on various topics such as: Creating Enthusiasm in Your Organization, High Achievement Goal Setting, From Vision To Reality, Get Clients Now, Healthy Living Starts with Loving Relationships. Proactive Thinking + Personal Growth = SUCCESS.

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Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Free Course of the Day: Discipline Documentation

This free online course phelps you develop a process for documenting employee discpline problems by keeping an incidents diary, finding the facts, and objectives, solutions and actions to discipline problems.

All Global Mindset free online courses are self-paced free training courses that are divided into short lessons with slide examples to illustrate issues clearly and in real-world settings. These training courses provide plenty of practice situations, drag-and-drop interactive choices, and feedback allow you to engage the concepts and remain fairly active throughout.

Key Concepts: Management, Discipline Documentation, Employee Issues, Free Training, Free Course

Course Appears in these Categories:
Other
Free Courses

Courses you might be interested in:
Listen for Understanding
Giving an Effective Presentation
Communication Fundamentals
Legal Issues in Management
Responding to Workplace Harassment (for Managers)
Quality Service in the Public Sector
Leading Meetings to Success
Coaching for Business Success
Personal Workspace...A Handbook for Entering the Workforce
Effective Change Management
Effective Business Meetings


Click here for Discipline Documentation course

Meet an eLearning Publisher: Ann Arbor Spark

The Ann Arbor SPARK mission is to advance the economic development of innovation-based businesses in the Ann Arbor region by offering programs, resources, and proactive support to business at every stage, from start-ups to large organizations looking for expansion opportunities. Ann Arbor is the Address of Innovation™. Ann Arbor SPARK is committed to making that address known worldwide. Visit our website at www.aaspark.org.

Click here for Ann Arbor Spark's listing

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Free Course of the Day: The Art of Giving and Receiving Feedback

This self-pace interactive free online course helps define useful workplace feedback and advanced feedback strategies. Most people and many managers do NOT know how to provide constructive feedback. Lack of constructive feedback leads to employee morale problems, productivity issues and, eventually, employee turnover.

All Global Mindset courses are self-paced interactive free training courses that are divided into short lessons with slide examples to illustrate issues clearly and in real-world settings. Plenty of practice situations, drag-and-drop interactive choices, and feedback allow you to engage the concepts and remain fairly active throughout.

Key Concepts: Feedback, Management, Human Resources, Free Training, Free Course

Course Appears in these Categories:
Other
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Course you might be interested in:
Listen for Understanding
Giving an Effective Presentation
Love ’Em or Lose ’Em - Employee Retention
Documenting Discipline: Manufacturing / Industrial
Lockout/Tagout: Lightning in a Bottle
Driven to Distraction
The Newcomers
Safety Orientation: On Alert
Slips, Trips and Falls: Taking the Right Steps
Stress: You are In Control
The Sid Story

Click here for The Art of Giving and Receiving Feedback course

Meet an eLearning Publisher: G.C.I.E.

Simply personal, truly professional. Come learn, live and enjoy knowledge!

Click here for G.C.I.E's listing

Monday, October 26, 2009

Free Course of the Day: Greeting Customers

This free online course allows store associates to learn when and how to greet customers in order to create a positive shopping experience and increase sales opportunities.

Key Concepts: retail, retail training, recognizable approachable and welcoming, Standard greetings, Building rapport, Setting the stage to sell

Course Appears in these Categories:
Listen for Understanding
Giving an Effective Presentation
Love ’Em or Lose ’Em - Employee Retention
Documenting Discipline: Manufacturing / Industrial
Lockout/Tagout: Lightning in a Bottle
Driven to Distraction
The Newcomers
Safety Orientation: On Alert
Slips, Trips and Falls: Taking the Right Steps
Stress: You are In Control
The Sid Story


Click here for Greeting Customers

Meet an eLearning Publisher: RetailTraining.com

Retail Training.Com, a division of Training Partners Plus, Inc., provides retail clients with off-the-rack and custom designed learning solutions including online, instructor led, and blended interventions. Courses are available for store employees, operations managers, and independent owners.

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Friday, October 23, 2009

Free Course of the Day: Communication Fundamentals

This free online course presents the essential communication skills needed to communicate effectively in the work environment. It uses workplace examples to introduce students to common communication problems and how to overcome them. After completing this online course, you should be able to identify common traps people fall into when listening, and identify the three skills to enhance listening in the workplace (i.e. showing interest, focusing on key issues, and responding to feelings).

All Global Mindset free online courses are self-paced free training courses that are divided into short lessons with slide examples to illustrate issues clearly and in real-world settings. These training courses provide plenty of practice situations, drag-and-drop interactive choices, and feedback allow you to engage the concepts and remain fairly active throughout.

Key Concepts: Workplace Communication, Effective Communication, Free Training, Free Course

Course Appears in these Categories:
Other
Free Courses

Courses you might be interested in:

Listen for Understanding
Giving an Effective Presentation
Communication Fundamentals
Legal Issues in Management
Responding to Workplace Harassment (for Managers)
Quality Service in the Public Sector
Leading Meetings to Success
Coaching for Business Success
Personal Workspace...A Handbook for Entering the Workforce
Effective Change Management
Effective Business Meetings


Click here for Communication Fundamentals

Meet an eLearning Publisher: ManageTrainLearn

Our mission at ManageTrainLearn is to leverage the power of e-learning to create very special learning experiences for you and your organisation. With 100 exceptional online courses in all the skills your teams need for outstanding performance, we aim to deliver to your desktop a unique and unforgettable learning experience that will translate into success for you and your business.

Click here for ManageTrainLearn's listing

Thursday, October 22, 2009

Free Course of the Day: You Be The Judge In Interviewing

This free online course addresses: Staying within the law, How to approach the interview, Interview questions and the law, and Note-taking. All Global Mindset courses are self-paced interactive free training courses that are divided into short lessons with slide examples to illustrate issues clearly and in real-world settings. Plenty of practice situations, drag-and-drop interactive choices, and feedback allow you to engage the concepts and remain fairly active throughout.

All Global Mindset free online courses are self-paced free training courses that are divided into short lessons with slide examples to illustrate issues clearly and in real-world settings. These training courses provide plenty of practice situations, drag-and-drop interactive choices, and feedback allow you to engage the concepts and remain fairly active throughout.

Key Concepts: Interviewing, law, compliance, human resources, Free Training, Free Course

Course Appears in these Categories:
Other
Free Courses

Courses you might be interested in:
Listen for Understanding
Giving an Effective Presentation
Communication Fundamentals
Legal Issues in Management
Responding to Workplace Harassment (for Managers)
Quality Service in the Public Sector
Leading Meetings to Success
Coaching for Business Success
Personal Workspace...A Handbook for Entering the Workforce
Effective Change Management
Effective Business Meetings


Click here for You Be The Judge In Interviewing


Meet an eLearning Publisher: Supply Knowledge

eLearning training provider Supply Knowledge is a community of practice for supply management, procurement, sourcing and contract management professionals. It covers every aspect of the sourcing, contracting and procurement process, offering valuable information for use at work, and training for the skills needed by professionals to remain competitive. Our mission is to keep our members informed and up to date on current practices as a path to excellence. Membership is free; Certificate programs are available online at minimal cost. We also provide several free online collaboration tools so that members of the community can connect to one another, as a practical way of sharing knowledge beyond geographical limitations. www.supplyknowledge.com

Click here for Supply Knowledge's listing

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Free Course of the Day: Supervising Difficult Behaviors

This free online course discusses the reasons why employees can be difficult. It also provides managers and supervisors with recommended responses for dealing with different types of difficult behavior.

All Global Mindset free online courses are self-paced free training courses that are divided into short lessons with slide examples to illustrate issues clearly and in real-world settings. These training courses provide plenty of practice situations, drag-and-drop interactive choices, and feedback allow you to engage the concepts and remain fairly active throughout.

Key Concepts: Supervisory Skills, Management

Course Appears in these Categories:
Other
Free Courses

Courses you might be interested in:

Listen for Understanding
Giving an Effective Presentation
Communication Fundamentals
Legal Issues in Management
Responding to Workplace Harassment (for Managers)
Quality Service in the Public Sector
Leading Meetings to Success
Coaching for Business Success
Personal Workspace...A Handbook for Entering the Workforce
Effective Change Management
Effective Business Meetings


Click here for Supervising Difficult Behaviors

Meet an eLearning Publisher: MARSOUND

After 25 years in sales and marketing, Mr. Orshan was appointed by Governor Richardson of New Mexico as head of Science and Technology for the state. In that role Mr. Orshan grew nanotechnology, biotechnology, renewable energy and digital media clusters in the state that receives $8B worth of federal funding each year. Upon leaving office Mr. Orshan teamed with President Calderon’s economic advisor, to create www.marsound.com. Here, interviews with influential people can be heard about the economic development of Mexico. There is now a social network http://buildbridgesnotwalls.ning.com created where members trade with each other. This concept of trust before trade is novel to social networking and is now being studied by think tanks and included in at least two new books. Previous to this, Mr. Orshan was head of sales and marketing for two software development companies focused on the telecommunications industry. This included selling the team that created the first broadband device sold by Fujitsu. Mr. Orshan brought one company to Inc. Magazine’s Top 500 private US companies as well as significant investments. Clients included Lucent, Alcatel, Tellabs, Verizon, Qwest, AT&T, Global Village in Brazil and KPN in the Netherlands. Currently, as growth from Marsound, Mr. Orshan is involved with video advertising, economic development campaigns, and a US Presidential campaign.

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Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Free Course of the Day: Business Models and Strategy

This free online course from the Ann Arbor SPARK Entrepreneurial Boot Camp covers business model and strategy development.

Key Concepts: Business Models, Business Strategy

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Free Courses

Courses you might be interested in:

Listen for Understanding
Giving an Effective Presentation
Communication Fundamentals
Legal Issues in Management
Responding to Workplace Harassment (for Managers)
Quality Service in the Public Sector
Leading Meetings to Success
Coaching for Business Success
Personal Workspace...A Handbook for Entering the Workforce
Effective Change Management
Effective Business Meetings


Click here for Business Models and Strategy

Meet an eLearning Publisher: Practical Pilot

Instead of a red sports car and divorce during his first mid-life crisis, Ed Wierman earned his private pilot certificate. Have you always thought about learning to fly but didn't know where to start? Ed Wierman has posted a series of free materials and two training manuals in ebook format to help you get started.

See Practical Pilot's Listing

Monday, October 19, 2009

Free Course of the Day: eading People for Quality Results - Introduction

This free online course is a guide that will assist you in accomplishing the most common tasks associated with managing and supervising. Tasks like

* Providing Corrective Feedback
* Enhancing Average Performance
* Living within the Rules
* Conducting Effective Meetings and so on.

The course starts with what clients have told us are the most critical modules with a couple of bonus modules.

* Coaching and Resume tips. Our intention is to expand our offering in the coming weeks and months.

Key Concepts:
Management Skills

Course Appears in these Categories:
Planning and Managing Project Human Resources Simulation
Core PMI® Values and Ethical Standards
Project Communications Management Simulation
Communications Planning and Information Distribution
Performance Reporting and Stakeholder Management
Planning and Identifying Project Risk
Analyzing Project Risk
Responding to and Controlling Project Risk
Project Procurement Management Simulation
Planning Project Procurement and Requesting Seller Responses
Choosing Sellers and Administering and Closing Contracts


Click here for Leading People for Quality Results - Introduction


Meet an eLearning Publisher: The PAR Group

The PAR Group is a management consulting firm that has trained more than half a million men and women the world over in the execution skills necessary to successfully implement corporate strategies. We specialize in building skill levels in real life work situations and coaching people in teamwork, leadership, customer service, sales, management, supervision and communication. Founded over 25 years ago, The PAR Group delivers results. After PAR training, companies see measurable results in proficiency within two to six days and a 100% return on investment within 90 days.

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Friday, October 16, 2009

Free Course of the Day: Get Others To Promote You For FREE

This free online course helps you get qualified leads from trusted referral partners and clients on an ongoing basis. It is time to find and train others to help promote you. Includes 21 Tried and Proven Techniques to implement today!

Key Concepts: business, referral, client, promote, marketing

Course Appears in these Categories:
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Courses you might be interested in:

Listen for Understanding
Giving an Effective Presentation
Love ’Em or Lose ’Em - Employee Retention
Documenting Discipline: Manufacturing / Industrial
Lockout/Tagout: Lightning in a Bottle
Driven to Distraction
The Newcomers
Safety Orientation: On Alert
Slips, Trips and Falls: Taking the Right Steps
Stress: You are In Control
The Sid Story


Click here for Get Others To Promote You For FREE course


Meet an eLearning Publisher: ProVent Associates

ProVent Associates has been developing and delivering custom skills development (training and coaching) programs for the past 15 years working with organizations like IBM, American Management Systems, Delta and Northwest Airlines and several other firms including Latitude Consulting Group. We provide blended and on-site, instructor lead consulting and training in "softskills" competencies development in the areas of negotiations, conflict management, dealing with difficult people and consulting skills.

Click here for ProVent's Listing

Thursday, October 15, 2009

Free Course of the Day: 12 Keys to Building a Successful Startup

This free online course from the Ann Arbor SPARK Entrepreneurial Boot Camp describes 12 keys to building a successful team and culture for business.

Key Concepts: Entrepreneurship, Business Startup

Course Appears in these Categories:
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Courses you might be interested in:
Listen for Understanding
Giving an Effective Presentation
Love ’Em or Lose ’Em - Employee Retention
Documenting Discipline: Manufacturing / Industrial
Lockout/Tagout: Lightning in a Bottle
Driven to Distraction
The Newcomers
Safety Orientation: On Alert
Slips, Trips and Falls: Taking the Right Steps
Stress: You are In Control
The Sid Story


Click here for 12 Keys to Building a Successful Startup


Meet an eLearning Publisher: IntelliVen, L.L.C.

Peter F. DiGiammarino currently serves as Chairman and CEO of Compusearch, the leading provider of packaged software and services that automate mandated business rules for public sector organizations that spend, grant, or move funds. Compusearch is owned by The Carlyle Group. Peter has more than 30 years of experience building software and services organizations that target public and private markets around the world. Peter earned a BS in Computer Science, Economics, and Mathematics from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and an MBA from the Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Click here for Intelliven's listing

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Free Course of the Day: Understanding Patent Basics

This free online course explains the differences between patents, copyrights, and trademarks. Although there may be some similarities among these kinds of intellectual property protection, they are different and serve different purposes. This course will help you understand the role of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

The role of the USPTO is to grant patents for the protection of inventions and to register trademarks. It serves the interest of inventors and businesses with respect to their inventions and corporate products, and service identifications. This course is designed as a primer on the topic, and as always, professional advice is encouraged. Content attributable to the US government.

Key Concepts: money, finance, strategy, patent, copyright

Course Appears in these Categories:
Other
Free Courses

Courses you might be interested in:

Listen for Understanding
Giving an Effective Presentation
Love ’Em or Lose ’Em - Employee Retention
Documenting Discipline: Manufacturing / Industrial
Lockout/Tagout: Lightning in a Bottle
Driven to Distraction
The Newcomers
Safety Orientation: On Alert
Slips, Trips and Falls: Taking the Right Steps
Stress: You are In Control
The Sid Story


Click here for Understanding Patent Basics Course


Meet an eLearning Publisher: JPM Investments

John Peyton works as an Oil And Gas Landman in an independent business with his father. Between them, they have over 40 years of oil and gas experience and they are excited to share with you their Online Landman Course that will teach you everything you need to know to start working as an Oil And Gas Landman.

Click here for JPM Investment's Listing

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Free Course of the Day: Communication Chaos

In this free online course you will learn to communicate effectively by avoiding miscommunication and confusion. Learn how to troubleshoot communication issues, tailor your message, and develop a communication action plan.

All Global Mindset free online courses are self-paced free training courses that are divided into short lessons with slide examples to illustrate issues clearly and in real-world settings. These training courses provide plenty of practice situations, drag-and-drop interactive choices, and feedback allow you to engage the concepts and remain fairly active throughout.

Key Concepts: Effective Communication, Free Training, Free Course

Course Appears in these Categories:
Listen for Understanding
Giving an Effective Presentation
Communication Fundamentals
Legal Issues in Management
Responding to Workplace Harassment (for Managers)
Quality Service in the Public Sector
Leading Meetings to Success
Coaching for Business Success
Personal Workspace...A Handbook for Entering the Workforce
Effective Change Management
Effective Business Meetings


Click here for Communication Chaos


Meet an eLearning Publisher: Superior Training Solutions

Superior Training delivers solutions with spunk and spirit that spell success!!
Products/Services Provided: eLearning
Subjects: security training, leadership management

Click here for Superior Training Solutions' Listing

Monday, October 12, 2009

Free Course of the Day: A Positive Approach to Conflict

This free training course takes a positive approach to conflict, analyzing conflict situations, preparing for conflict, resolving conflict, dealing with difficult people, avoiding the pitfalls of conflict.

All Global Mindset free online courses are self-paced free training courses that are divided into short lessons with slide examples to illustrate issues clearly and in real-world settings. These training courses provide plenty of practice situations, drag-and-drop interactive choices, and feedback allow you to engage the concepts and remain fairly active throughout.

Key Concepts: workplace conflict, conflict management, dealing with difficult people, resolving conflict, Conflict Management, Free Training, Free Course

Course Appears in these Categories:
Other
Free Courses

Courses you might be interested in:

Listen for Understanding
Giving an Effective Presentation

Communication Fundamentals
Legal Issues in Management
Responding to Workplace Harassment (for Managers)
Quality Service in the Public Sector
Leading Meetings to Success
Coaching for Business Success
Personal Workspace...A Handbook for Entering the Workforce
Effective Change Management
Effective Business Meetings


Click here for A Positive Workplace Approach to Conflict

Meet an eLearning Publisher: Time2Know

At Time2Know, knowledge transfer is our business. Time2Know is a high-tech firm dedicated to providing premium content for the IT courseware market. We focus on creating customized courseware that meets your needs but does not break your budget. As your content provider we will not only create excellent deliverables, we will store them in your templates and provide supplementary materials to help your professionals improve their knowledge level and technical skills. Our commitment does not stop here! Time2Know can effectively develop training curriculums, advice on the preferred learning curve or play as a sparring partner in establishing your training development process. Time2Know goes beyond what is expected to help you meet your training goals and objectives.

Click here for Time2Know's Listing

Friday, October 9, 2009

Meet an eLearning Publisher: Interactive Learning Consultants

Interactive Learning Consultants is a full service e-learning provider. We specialize in developing visually appealing, results orientated, E-Learning solutions (Instructional design and custom course development using your content our ours) and provide you an easy affordable method for delivery and tracking with our online library My Interactive Learning Space™. We are a service provider with integrity and a sincere commitment to customer satisfaction and saving our planet using paperless training and documentation! Do you have an idea for a topic you want to make into an online course but don't know how? We can help! Do you have a PowerPoint, or Word document, you want to convert to an online course but don't have the resources? We can help! Do you have employee benefit package materials that you currently distribute via paper and want to convert to an electronic method? We can help! Do you have sales materials you want to provide to your sales people or clients electronically? We can help with that too! Our content can be delivered to you as an exe file-you can place the link on your website, a cd, a scorm compliant zip file to load to an LMS.

Click here for Interactive Learning's Listing

Free Course of the Day: Conflict Management

This free online course provides an overview of the appropriate procedures and follow-up policies for dealing with conflict and employee grievances in the workplace. Dealing with conflict, addressing indirect complaints, salary complaints, aggressive behavior, workplace gossip, and encouraging employee interaction.

All Global Mindset free online courses are self-paced free training courses that are divided into short lessons with slide examples to illustrate issues clearly and in real-world settings. These training courses provide plenty of practice situations, drag-and-drop interactive choices, and feedback allow you to engage the concepts and remain fairly active throughout.

Key Concepts: Conflict Resolution, Conflict Management, Supervisory Skills, Free Training, Free Course

Course Appears in these Categories:
Other
Free Courses

Courses you might be interested in:

Listen for Understanding
Giving an Effective Presentation
Love ’Em or Lose ’Em - Employee Retention
Documenting Discipline: Manufacturing / Industrial
Lockout/Tagout: Lightning in a Bottle
Driven to Distraction
The Newcomers
Safety Orientation: On Alert
Slips, Trips and Falls: Taking the Right Steps
Stress: You are In Control
The Sid Story

Click here for Conflict Management


Thursday, October 8, 2009

Meet an eLearning Publisher: Learning Trends

Learning Trends publishes content relevant to learners and students of all ages. Many of the courses and offerings demonstrate "how to", such as teaching your child how to read. Others focus on education policy and trends.

Click here for Learning Trend's listing

Free Course of the Day: Team Up for Success


Free training for project managers, retail managers, and other business managers teaches the benefits of teams, getting organized, team roles and responsibilities, working in a team, team decision-making, disbanding a team, and difficult team situations.

All Global Mindset free online courses are self-paced free training courses that are divided into short lessons with slide examples to illustrate issues clearly and in real-world settings. These training courses provide plenty of practice situations, drag-and-drop interactive choices, and feedback allow you to engage the concepts and remain fairly active throughout.


Key Concepts: Business Training, Project Managers, Retail Managers, Team Building


Course Appears in these Categories:
Other
Free Courses

Courses you might be interested in:

Listen for Understanding
Giving an Effective Presentation
Communication Fundamentals
Legal Issues in Management
Responding to Workplace Harassment (for Managers)
Quality Service in the Public Sector
Leading Meetings to Success
Coaching for Business Success
Personal Workspace...A Handbook for Entering the Workforce
Effective Change Management
Effective Business Meetings


Click here for Team Up for Success


Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Free Course of the Day: Retail Math

This is a free online course for retail on retail math. Includes lessons on: calculating trends and percent change, percent to total, sell off; estimating weeks of supply; calculating markup dollars, markup percent, markdown; and estimating profitability and profit.

All Global Mindset free online courses are self-paced free training courses that are divided into short lessons with slide examples to illustrate issues clearly and in real-world settings. These training courses provide plenty of practice situations, drag-and-drop interactive choices, and feedback allow you to engage the concepts and remain fairly active throughout.

Key Concepts:
Business Math, Retail, Calculations, Math, Retail Math, Free Training, Free Course

Course Appears in these Categories:
Free Courses

Courses you might be interested in:
Listen for Understanding
Giving an Effective Presentation
Communication Fundamentals
Legal Issues in Management
Responding to Workplace Harassment (for Managers)
Quality Service in the Public Sector
Leading Meetings to Success
Coaching for Business Success
Personal Workspace...A Handbook for Entering the Workforce
Effective Change Management
Effective Business Meetings

Click here for Retail Math


Meet an eLearning Publisher: Happy About

At Happy About®, you will read books that contain wisdom. They are smaller, easy to absorb books delivering high-impact reads with testimonials and editorial from those that have "been there and done that." Still skeptical: Well, we guarantee your satisfaction or your money back!

Click here for Happy About's Listing

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Meet an eLearning Publisher: Link To Your Education, Inc.

Carter Smith is an educator, trainer, strategic networker, and facilitator, with a background in government, non-profit and for-profit organizations. Mr. Smith is Managing Associate, Training and Education, of Link to Your World, LLC http://www.lintoyourworld.com and founder of Link To Your Education, Inc., at http://www.linktoyoureducation.com. In addition, he is an Adjunct Professor at Austin Peay State University and Mountain State University, and a S.T.A.R. Instructor for the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, part of the U. S. Department of Homeland Security. He has adopted the unique edutainment teaching style, using a variety of platforms, including social media, to enhance learning and facilitate comprehension. During his more than twenty-two year career with the United States Army, Mr. Smith served as Criminal Intelligence & Anti-Terrorism Program Manager, Team Chief of the Gang Suppression Team, Detachment Sergeant, and Special Agent-in-Charge for the US Army Criminal Investigations Command (CID). Mr. Smith is a member of the faculty advisory board for the Global Security Institute at Austin Peay State University; and a founding board member of the Tennessee Gang Investigators Association http://www.tn-gia.org and Square One Ranch http://www.squareoneranch.org. Mr. Smith is a Ph.D candidate at Northcentral University. He received a Juris Doctorate from Southern Illinois University - Carbondale, and holds a Bachelor’s degree from Austin Peay State University. The recipient of numerous Army Commendation and Meritorious Service Medals, he was also designated as the CID Command Enlisted Special Agent of the Year. Mr. Smith is a member of Phi Alpha Delta (Law Fraternity), and the CID Special Agent’s Association.

Click here for Link To Your Education's listing

Free Course of the Day: Effective Project Management


This free online course for project managers introduces the four phases of project management and includes an expected time worksheet.

All Global Mindset free online courses are self-paced free training courses that are divided into short lessons with slide examples to illustrate issues clearly and in real-world settings. These training courses provide plenty of practice situations, drag-and-drop interactive choices, and feedback allow you to engage the concepts and remain fairly active throughout.

Key Concepts:
Project Management, Resource Management, Scope Management, Time Management, Budget Management, Risk Management, Free Training, Free Courses

Course Appears in these Categories:
Other
Free Courses

Courses you might be interested in:

Listen for Understanding
Giving an Effective Presentation
Communication Fundamentals
Legal Issues in Management
Responding to Workplace Harassment (for Managers)
Quality Service in the Public Sector
Leading Meetings to Success
Coaching for Business Success
Personal Workspace...A Handbook for Entering the Workforce
Effective Change Management
Effective Business Meetings


Click here for Effective Project Management

Monday, October 5, 2009

Free Course of the Day: Effective Business Meetings

This free course outlines how to organize, prepare for, and conduct effective meetings in the workplace.

All Global Mindset free online courses are self-paced free training courses that are divided into short lessons with slide examples to illustrate issues clearly and in real-world settings. These training courses provide plenty of practice situations, drag-and-drop interactive choices, and feedback allow you to engage the concepts and remain fairly active throughout.

Key Concepts:
Business Meeting Managment, Free Training, Free Courses

Course Appears in these Categories:
Other
Free Courses

Courses you might be interested in:

Listen for Understanding
Giving an Effective Presentation
Communication Fundamentals
Legal Issues in Management
Responding to Workplace Harassment (for Managers)
Quality Service in the Public Sector
Leading Meetings to Success
Coaching for Business Success
Personal Workspace...A Handbook for Entering the Workforce
Effective Change Management
Effective Business Meetings


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Meet an eLearning Publisher: Corwyn Amber

Rich Pirrotta is a frequent speaker, seminar leader, and teacher on the topics of leadership, strategy, motivation, e-business, and environmental management. He has been a member of the National Speakers Association, the leading organization for professional speakers, since 1999. His topics draw from his experiences as a line executive, management consultant, and teacher over the last 20 years.

Rich is a senior operational leader, with a bias for action and a record of accomplishment for delivering outstanding business results in manufacturing, technology and e-commerce. He has broad, cross-organizational experience in strategy and strategy execution, management, finance, and operations, and has worked in over 30 countries. He is equally comfortable participating in strategic discussions with top-level management or working shoulder-to-shoulder with line personnel to get a job done.

Rich has served in a variety of positions: as a Vice President of a division of a Fortune 50 company, General Manager of an e-commerce startup that grew from five to 200 employees, Senior Manager with the Mergers & Acquisitions practice of Deloitte & Touche, Senior Manager in the Manufacturing Practice of Deloitte Consulting, and in Product Development with Procter & Gamble, where he earned a US Patent on Pringle’s Potato Chips. He has deep functional experience in strategy development, operations, and transformational change, and has served as a board member of six companies in various stages of growth. Most recently,

Rich was involved with his own firm in consulting to businesses from the startup stage to $400 million in revenue. He holds a B.S. degree from Penn State in chemical engineering, and earned his M.B.A. in Financial Management and Operations Management from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, where he served as President of his class. He later served as President and Chairman of the Wharton Alumni Association, responsible for activities for a network of over 80,000 alumni.


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Friday, October 2, 2009

Free Course of the Day: Coaching for Business Success

Free online training course describes the qualities and roles of successful mentors and the coaching steps necessary to develop and maintain a formal mentoring program. All Global Mindset online courses business training are divided into short lessons with slide examples to illustrate issues clearly and in real-world settings. Plenty of practice situations, drag-and-drop interactive choices, and feedback allow you to engage the concepts and remain fairly active throughout.

Key Concepts:
Coaching, Mentoring, Supervisory Skills, Employee Performance, Free Training, Free Course
 
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Courses you might be interested in:

Listen for Understanding
Giving an Effective Presentation
Communication Fundamentals
Legal Issues in Management
Responding to Workplace Harassment (for Managers)
Quality Service in the Public Sector
Leading Meetings to Success
Coaching for Business Success
Personal Workspace...A Handbook for Entering the Workforce
Effective Change Management
Effective Business Meetings
 

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Meet an eLearning Publisher: Bander Group

English language Trainer MEd in TESOL Exeter University in UK

Products/Services Provided: eLearning
Subjects: training- development

Thursday, October 1, 2009

Free Course of the Day: Be Your Own Manager

In this free course you will learn how to be you own manager, gain a better business perspective, and aim for continuous improvement through professional develompent training. All Global Mindset courses are self-paced online free training courses that are divided into short lessons with slide examples to illustrate issues clearly and in real-world settings. Plenty of practice situations, drag-and-drop interactive choices, and feedback allow you to engage the concepts and remain fairly active throughout.

Key Concepts:
Management, Free Training, Free Course

Course Appears in these Categories:

Other
Free Courses
 
Courses you might be interested in:

Listen for Understanding
Giving an Effective Presentation
Communication Fundamentals
Legal Issues in Management
Responding to Workplace Harassment (for Managers)
Quality Service in the Public Sector
Leading Meetings to Success
Coaching for Business Success
Personal Workspace...A Handbook for Entering the Workforce
Effective Change Management
Effective Business Meetings

Meet an eLearning Publisher: Chart Learning Solutions

Chart Learning Solutions delivers high-impact performance results that train & retain sales, customer service, and leadership talent. Through our unique blended solution, we build a culture of continuous improvement, common language, guarantee accountability, and foster meaningful dialogues between employees and managers to ensure skills and behaviors meet business objectives.

How MAPs™ Benefit Your Organization:

  1. Blended Learning System Instills a culture of continuous learning and results-driven improvement as a consistent part of on-going learning initiatives in sales, service, and/or leadership
  2. Coaching Helps employer and employee identify and overcome performance and work satisfaction obstacles, guarantees accountability through Coach/Learner meetings
  3. Accountability Measures skill gaps with Inventory Assessments, Managed Accountability Plans, Application Activities, quizzes, and monthly Coach/Learner evaluation
  4. Convenience MAPs delivered through the internet, accessible 24 hours a day, 365 days a week, eliminating travel expenses and down-time
  5. Innovative Technology Interactive audio-graphic tutorials, interactive paperless Application Activities, cross-functional learning communities, coaching scheduler, and progress reports

How MAPs Resolve Common Performance Issues

  • Creates a common language and continuous process for driving results by eliminating duplicate efforts or hit and miss “spot” training approaches
  • Integrates divergent resources into one organized plan, increasing accountability, transfer of learning, learner retention, and enhancing peak performance
  • Creates consistency in team evaluation, progress reports, and performance results • Maximizes efficiency by significantly reducing training time and costs
  • Reaches unlimited learners in multiple locations through web-based MAPs
  • Stabilizes training efforts with a proven producer development system

  • Streamlines approaches to sales management, eliminating inefficiency, and duplication of effort. Wasted time is virtually eliminated.

  • Accelerates the speed of ramping-up productivity for all producers, resulting in a faster, guaranteed ROI. It is impossible for anyone to
    “fall through the cracks.” This system enables complete transparency of
    learning. Best of all, everyone earns an “A.”

Products/Services Provided: eLearning Subjects: sales, customer service, leadership, blended learning, elearning, Learning Management System, accountability