Free Course of the Day: Introduction to Finance

In this free online course you will learn the principles of financial management, how to read and interpret financial information, and how to apply meaningful financial information.

All Global Mindset 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. 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 Finance, Accounting, Calculations, Free Training, Free Course

Course Appears in these Categories:

• Business Skills >> Finance and Accounting • Free Courses

Courses you might be interested in:

• Introduction to Finance • Gross Margins • Financing Your Business • Financing Your Startup • Financial Impact on Employees from Corporate Bankruptcy • How to Request a Social Security Statement • Memoirs of the Money Lady • TestPrep Final Exam: Accounting 101 • TestPrep Final Exam: Advanced Business Finance • TestPrep Final Exam: Accounting 102 • The Principles of Financial Management

Free Course of the Day: Gross Margins

This free online course helps you maximize profits by understanding gross margin components and learning to calculate markups. This free course is 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. Supporting resources include a printable quick reference sheet of relevant equations

You can return to the self-study as needed to complete all lessons and can review any lesson as often as you would like.

All Global Mindset 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 course 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:

Finance, Profitability, Gross Margins, Calculations, Free Training, Free Course

Course Appears in these Categories:

• Business Skills >> Finance and Accounting • Free Courses

Courses you might be interested in:

• Introduction to Finance • Financing Your Business • Financing Your Startup • Financial Impact on Employees from Corporate Bankruptcy • How to Request a Social Security Statement • Memoirs of the Money Lady • TestPrep Final Exam: Accounting 101 • TestPrep Final Exam: Advanced Business Finance • TestPrep Final Exam: Accounting 102 • The Principles of Financial Management

Click here for the Gross Margins course

Free Course of the Day: Earnings 10 Years After Graduation - Comparisons

People with a bachelor’s degree typically earn more and are unemployed less often than people without a degree. But that’s only part of the story. Earnings and employment vary by field of major, and they change over time. Data from the U.S. Department of Education show, for example, that 1992–93 college graduates with a career-related major often earned more than those with an academically focused one. This article analyzes data on the earnings and occupations of workers 1 and 10 years after college graduation, by field of major. The first section compares earnings across all majors. A second section highlights 11 degree fields and shows the most common occupations of workers who have a bachelor’s degree in those fields. The final section suggests additional resources. Prepared by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, US Government. Interesting statistics and charts. 11 pages, pdf format, downloadable.

Key Concepts:

careers, finance, earnings, government, graduation, employment, degree

Course Appears in these Categories:

• Business Skills >> Personal Development • Free Courses

Courses you might be interested in:

• Thinking Creatively about Business Decisions • Ethics in the Workplace • Goals and Setting Goals • Creating a Positive Attitude • Pursuing Successful Lifelong Learning • Taking Control of Your Time Simulation • Business Ethics Simulation • Creativity and Innovation in the Workplace Simulation • The Foundations of Creativity and Innovation • Generating Creative and Innovative Ideas • Evaluating Creative and Innovative Ideas

Click here for the Earnings 10 Years After Graduation - Comparison course

Meet an eLearning Publisher: JN Productions CPE Courses

Products/Services Provided: eLearning, Online Study Guides, Self Study, CD-ROMs
Subjects: CPE for CPAs, Accounting, Auditing, Ethics, Taxation, Personal Development, Business Law, Computer Science, Consulting Services, Economics, Finance, Management Advisory Services, Marketing, Personal Development

JN Productions CPE courses has been providing self-study CPE courses to CPAs since 1994.

Click here for JN Productions CPE Courses' listing

Meet an eLearning Publisher: Global Mindset

In today's global economy, managers and employees need to develop their skills and behaviors to become more effective.

Global Mindset's free online courses are interactive, self-paced learning paths are built with an eye on teaching individuals to maximize their work performance.

All Global Mindset free 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.

We provide free training courses in the following areas:

* Free Training: Business Math Courses
* Free Training: Career Courses
* Free Training: Coaching Skills Courses
* Free Training: Communications Courses
* Free Training: Conflict Management Courses
* Free Training: Contiuous Improvement Courses
* Free Training: Customer Services Courses
* Free Training: Diversity Courses
* Free Training: Entrepreneurial Courses
* Free Training: Feedback Courses
* Free Training: Harassment Courses
* Free Training: Listening Courses
* Free Training: Job Interview Courses
* Free Training: Management Courses
* Free Training: NX5 Courses
* Free Training: Project Management Courses
* Free Training: Retail Math Courses
* Free Training: Sales Courses
* Free Training: Sexual Harassment Courses
* Free Training: Team Building Courses

Click here for Global Mindset's listing

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


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Meet an eLearning Publisher: New York Institute of Finance

New York Institute of Finance believes that eLearning can play a valuable role in the total training solution. We have drawn on our extensive experience as trainers of financial professionals to design courseware that provides a high-quality, electronic learning experience, covering a variety of topics in the financial industry. New York Institute of Finance eLearning courses are available 24 hours a day and are designed so you may learn at your own pace; anytime, anywhere you might access the internet. Currently, over 90 Topics providing more than 2,000 hours of online learning are available via the Web and our Learning Management System (LMS). The courses use a combination of text, audio and graphics to achieve a learning experience that takes advantage of the opportunities inherent in web delivery.

Products/Services Provided: eLearning
Subjects: Finance, Brokerage, Banking, Accounting, CPE Credits, Compliance

Free Course of the Day: Financing Your Business

This FREE lesson on Financing Your Business is taken from the Ann Arbor SPARK Entrepreneurial Boot Camp Program. The main topics covered are Sources of Financing, Expectations of Funding Sources, Equity, Debt, Grants, Strategic Partners, and Bootstrapping.

Key Concepts:
Entrepreneurship, Finance
Course Appears in these Categories:
• Other
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

Free Course of the Day: Introduction to Finance

In this free course you will learn the principles of financial management, how to read and interpret financial information, and how to apply meaningful financial information. All Global Mindset 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. 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, Finance, Accounting, Calculations, 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

New PD Media Courses on LatitudeU.com! And, they're FREE!

One of our favorite FREE course providers, PD Media, is at it again, bringing a slew of new free courses to LatitudeU.com. These are a great new addition to this course provider's already ample contribution! Since there are so many this time, I'll merely list them and a short blurb, but, please, feel free to check them out! They're well worth it!

FREE! A Study of Closing Costs for FHA Mortgages
Become a more educated mortgage consumer, particularly around the often confusing closing costs! This study presents findings on how much borrowers pay in closing costs when they buy a house, how much these costs vary, and factors to which the variation is related.

FREE! Earnings 10 Years After Graduation - Comparisons
People with a bachelor’s degree typically earn more and are unemployed less often than people without a degree. But that’s only part of the story. Earnings and employment vary by field of major, and they change over time.

FREE! Healthcare Jobs You Might Not Know About
The healthcare field is among the most popular fields of study for those entering the workforce. But there are many jobs that qualify as "healthcare" that most of us have not heard of. Find out about three of them here!

FREE! Working in Politics
Jobs in politics exist at all levels of government: Local, State, and Federal.If you elect to pursue a career in politics, you’ll need to learn more about your options. Here’s a good place to start.

FREE! Meet the 2008 Presidential Candidates!
Enjoy this short course which provides bios for both Senator John McCain and Senator Barack Obama. This course is designed to give you a quick overview of their background and public service. If you want more information, each candidate for President has issues information on their respective websites (links in the course). You are the one who has to decide, so make sure you are informed!

As always, look to PD Media and LatitudeU.com to help you navigate the wealth of information in the public domain!

New FREE Course at LatitudeU: Finance Your Startup

The FREE course Finance Your Startup has been added to LatitudeU's course catalog.

This lesson on Financing Your Startup business is taken from the Ann Arbor SPARK Entrepreneurial Boot Camp Program.

To learn more about the course click here.

New FREE Course at LatitudeU: Financing Your Business

The FREE course Financing Your Business has been added to LatitudeU's course catalog.

This lesson on Financing Your Business is taken from the Ann Arbor SPARK Entrepreneurial Boot Camp Program. The main topics covered are Sources of Financing, Expectations of Funding Sources, Equity, Debt, Grants, Strategic Partners, and Bootstrapping.

To learn more about the course click here.