Six Sigma Courses in LatitudeU

Six Sigma Courses in LatitudeU

LatitudeU now offers Six Sigma online courses from the industry leading training provider - SkillSoft.

What is the American Society for Quality?

The American Society for Quality (ASQ) is the world's leading authority on quality. With more than 100,000 individual and organizational members, this professional association advances learning, quality improvement, and knowledge exchange to improve business results, and to create better workplaces and communities worldwide.

What is Six Sigma?

Six Sigma is ASQ's systematic, rigorous and proven methodology focused on improving the quality of processes within an organization, and eliminating process defects. A successful implementation of these business improvement principles aligns all of a company's people, processes and energy around a common strategy and culture. Six Sigma Methodologies are applicable to organizations across the spectrum of industries, from manufacturing to service to healthcare.

Six Sigma Awareness

Successful Six Sigma implementations require a company-wide Six Sigma culture, with awareness and buy in from all employees in an organization. SkillSoft's Six Sigma introduction course is designed to help build a Six Sigma culture by introducing all employees in an organization to the foundation concepts of Six Sigma philosophy and process.

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Meet a Latitude Learning Training Partner: 2DeCipher

Products/Services Provided: eLearning, Blended Learning, Instructional Designer, Training Consultant
Subjects: IT Sales, Sales enablement, channel sales

2DeCipher's mission is to help drive customers business success. They work proactively for IT hardware and software vendors and their channel partners - to build and execute campaigns which deliver results.

IT Sales teams need confidence in articulating the value of ever more complex solutions while your clients are faced with industry hype and bewildering choice.

2DeCipher cuts through the jargon, provides clarity to your sales teams and strengthens your go to market propositions. With many years experience in IT sales and marketing plus relationships with many of the key vendors - we are well placed to help you grow your business.

2DeCipher is actively engaged with small enterprises, needing sales campaign support, up to the largest resellers requiring technology training for sales. Online training content can be developed for customers anywhere globally.

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Meet a Latitude Learning Training Partner: Workforce eTraining Solutions

Products/Services Provided: eLearning, Self Study, Instructor Led Training, Blended Learning, Training Consultant, Learning Technologies
Subjects: Business, IT, Human Capital, Homeland Security/Public Safety, OSHA and more!

Workforce eTraining Solutions, LLC is a distributor/broker of web-based learning technologies and course content. We deliver online Instructor-Led and asynchronous on-demand training for compliance and professional development in the areas of Business, Human Capital, Public Safety, Environmental, Health Care, IT, Manufacturing, and Green Jobs training. Our solutions prepare your workforce for 21st century jobs and beyond.

Our Law Enforcement programs are delivered through our sister company International Forensics eLearning Academy at IFEAOnline. We offer over 190 hours of law enforcement courses approved by the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) and over 120 hours of security professional courses. Other courses include: Emergency Management (NIMS), First Responder, Port and Chemical Security and more!

We partner with clients to create virtual campuses for their organization to provide an eLearning solution that includes a mix of content, learning management, collaboration, and communication services. We offer the advantages of a hosted-solution to organizations that want quality training for their workforce without having to purchase or maintain an expensive online infrastructure.

I invite you to visit our website at www.workforceetraining.com

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Meet a Latitude Learning Training Partner: BlueStreak Learning

BlueStreak Learning helps organizations start and grow technology-based training programs. We specialize in developing customer, member and business partner education, but we also will develop employee training.

Our clients are …

• Professional and trade associations
• Software and IT companies
• Publishers
• HR and Leadership consulting firms
• Manufacturers
• Christian ministries and other non-profits
• Universities

We can help you with…

• Training needs assessment
• E-Learning strategy
• Learning technology selection including Learning Management Systems (LMS), Web conferencing/Webinar platforms, and course authoring tools
• Instructional design and development services, including Rapid E-Learning development
• Evaluation services, including course surveys, online testing and professional certification

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LatitudeU Newsletter: Environmental, Safety and Health Courses and More

What's New on LatitudeU

Environmental, Safety and Health Courses in LatitudeU

LatitudeU offers Environmental, Safety and Health training from the industry leading training provider - SkillSoft. Effective and efficient ES&H online training offers you a competitive advantage as an employer, in addition to assisting you with compliance management and improving employee performance. Virtually every industry is required by law to conduct specific training as mandated by the Occupation Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and/or the Department of Transportation (DOT). Companies unable to provide documentation of having provided this training can receive civil or criminal penalties.

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Create Your Own Free Online Training Store on LatitudeU

Interested in making some money selling online training? Not sure how to start?

LatitudeU is here to help.


LatitudeU is now offering free customizable training stores with access to our catalog of over 3,000 online courses from top-rated publishers. You earn commissions on each course taken through your site. You do not need any programming experience or course content of your own to start- just follow 5 simple steps and you have your own online training store.




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Continuing Professional Education Courses in LatitudeU

An important testament to the quality of SkillSoft content is the credit recognition these courses have achieved from several accredited colleges as well as professional certification programs. SkillSoft courses have been approved to offer continuing professional education credit by programs such as Project Management Institute's PMP certification, NASBA (National Association of State Boards of Accountancy) and the Human Resource Certification Institute.

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NASBA (National Association of State Boards of Accountancy) Training Coures in LatitudeU

LatitudeU offeres training courses for National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) from the industry leading training provider - SkillSoft.

What is NASBA?
NASBA serves as a forum for the 54 U.S. boards of accountancy. NASBA sponsors a variety of programs and services designed to enhance the effectiveness of its member boards.

What is the NASBA CPE program?
Most states require continuing professional education (CPE) for CPAs to maintain active licenses. The fundamental purpose of Continuing Professional Education (CPE) is to maintain and/or increase professional competence. The National Registry of CPE Sponsors is a program offered by NASBA to recognize sponsors who offer CPE in accordance with nationally recognized standards. Individuals seeking CPE credits should contact the state board in which a CPA holds their license to determine the CPE requirements.

What is the NASBA Program Level?
NASBA requires CPE program sponsors to equate program content and level with the backgrounds of the intended participants. SkillSoft's NASBA-approved courses have been assigned the "Overview" program level, indicating that they provide a general review of a subject area from a broad perspective and may be appropriate for professionals at all organization levels.

Are prerequisites or any advance preparation required?
SkillSoft does not require prerequisites. No advance preparation is required.

What is the Instructional Method?
Eligible SkillSoft courses are considered Self-Study.

What is SkillSoft's affiliation?
SkillSoft Corporation is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors.

To view eligible courses and CPE credits awarded, please select from below:

SkillSoft NASBA Courses (Microsoft Excel) [ 306 KB ]

SkillSoft NASBA Course Additions as of January 1, 2010 (Microsoft Excel) [ 18 KB ] Click here for NASBA courses in LatitudeU

Business Skills Training in LatitudeU

LatitudeU offers Business Skills online courses from the industry leading training provider - SkillSoft.

Executives are constantly looking for breakthrough strategies that will give their companies a competitive edge. Once those strategies are formulated they become operating plans and departments are charged with carrying out specific activities. Finally, it's up to individual employees to execute within their daily jobs in support of those plans. But what happens if the strategies are not well communicated throughout the organization? What if employees lack essential skills to accomplish their work? What if cultural barriers stand in the way of progress?

Unique Strength in Business Skills
Companies around the globe turn to SkillSoft when they recognize a need to upgrade employees' soft skills and business knowledge. With SkillSoft's Business Skills Courseware Collection, the world's largest collection of business skills courses, and the BusinessPro™ Collection, the largest repository of online reference content in the industry, SkillSoft courses in LatitudeU offer the ideal training for any enterprise.

e-Learning Design Excellence in Business Skills Instruction
SkillSoft's award-winning business skills courseware incorporates proven learning design methodology for effective and engaging interactive learning. SkillSoft's instructional design model is based primarily on the proven concepts of performance-oriented instruction, mastery and the sequencing of instructional activities and strategies. The model draws heavily from adult learning principles that emphasize learner initiative, self-management and experiential learning. The design of each SkillSoft business course starts with the definition of learner-focused performance objectives and then proceeds to the selection and implementation of instructional strategies and learning activities appropriate for those objectives. Frequent practice questions or exercises, along with assessments, measure learners' achievement of those objectives.

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Improve your Desktop Skills with LatitudeU

Organizations of every size need desktop computer skills as a basic building block of success. More than just increasing productivity, proficiency with desktop software facilitates better business results. Your employees can create more effective spreadsheets, better reports and more dynamic presentations. They will not only use the tools provided, they will utilize them to the fullest extent possible. SkillSoft's Desktop Courseware Collection provides a broad array of courses to meet the needs of end users throughout your organization. Using standards-based architecture, SkillSoft courseware incorporates a diverse mix of learning objects interactive lessons, workshops, task-based simulations and assessment questions to impart the necessary knowledge and skills.

Impact:

• Improve productivity through mastery of key software applications
• Maximize learning's effectiveness by placing corporate initiatives in context of the needs of individual employees
• Train more learners, in more subjects in less time than ever before
• Teach users the features and navigation of the most popular and recent suite of office productivity applications

Support rollout of Microsoft Office 2007

• Manage facility wide conversions to Microsoft Office 2007
• Provide experience level appropriate training on all Office applications, including Access, Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, Project, and Vision

Teach computing fundamentals to non-technical users

• Turn novice users into savvy computer users through fundamental skills that a non-technical user needs to become familiar with Microsoft operating systems
• Empower users to more effectively use the Internet with basic training on industry leading web browsers
• Improve users competence and working use of Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft's leading email application
• Prepare users for certifications
• Provide curriculum that maps to the Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) certification
• Prepare users for the ECDL/ICDL certifications

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LatitudeU Newsletter (Feb 07, 2010) - Sun Certified Programmer Training in LatitudeU

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Legal Compliance Training in LatitudeU

LaitutdeU offers Legal Compliance courses from the industry leading training provider - SkillSoft. SkillSoft has created our Legal Compliance Courseware Collection to address the needs of our clients as they work toward maintaining compliance with legal standards.

SkillSoft’s legal compliance content:

• Focuses on the specific information your employees need in order to meet the intent of applicable statutes, regulations, or case law decisions;
• Addresses best practices with respect to risk reduction and mitigation of liability; and

• Is developed and maintained with legal expertise from our partner law firm subject matter experts.

Content Development—Legal Expertise

SkillSoft has partnered with several nationally-recognized law firms to serve as subject matter experts (SMEs) in the development and maintenance of the Legal Compliance Solution content. Experienced, practicing lawyers have been selected, who are specialists in their fields and who confront challenging compliance issues on a daily basis. SkillSoft believes this is the most effective way to keep current with changes in the law and developments in compliance strategies, all while bringing a real-world, practical approach to compliance training. SkillSoft’s SME attorneys work with instructional designers through every step of the development process to ensure that the content is thorough, current, and legally accurate. SkillSoft’s SMEs are also involved in the ongoing maintenance of the Legal Compliance course content. The SMEs help to identify changes in the law that impact the courses and work with SkillSoft’s instructional designers to update the content as needed so that the content remains up-to-date and consistent with the latest in adult learning methodology.

Presently, the following law firms serve as SkillSoft’s content
development partners and SMEs for the Legal Compliance Solution:
Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati, P.C.

• Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, P.C.
• Burr & Forman, LLP
• Sheehan, Phinney, Bass & Green, P.A.

The courses in SkillSoft’s Legal Compliance Solution feature a high level of interactivity and scenario-based content presentation to hold learners’ interest and keep them engaged.

Instructional Design

The courses are designed to be short and to the point, generally running only 60 minutes. Each course is rich in interactivity and includes choice specific feedback, animated graphics, role plays, case studies, serial multi choice, learning aids, job aids, and follow on activities.

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Sun Certified Programmer for Java 2 Training in LatitudeU

LatitudeU offers online courses for Java Certification from the industry leading training provider - SkillSoft. The Sun Certified Programmer for Java Platform, Standard Edition 6 certification exam is for programmers experienced using the Java programming language. Achieving this certification provides clear evidence that a programmer understands the basic syntax and structure of the Java programming language and can create Java technology applications that run on server and desktop systems using Java SE 6.

This foundation certification is for programmers interested in demonstrating proficiency in the fundamentals of the Java programming language. To achieve this certification, candidates must successfully complete one exam. It is not necessary to be a Sun Certified Java Associate prior to taking this exam.

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Microsoft Certified Application Specialist (MCAS) Certification Training in LatitudeU

LatitudeU now offers online training courses, from leading publishers, to develop your Microsoft Office 2007 skills and prepare for the Microsoft Certified application Specialist (MCAS) Certification Exams.

To view the training course catalog entry for the MCAS Microsoft Office courses available, click on the desired course title on the right.

The Microsoft Certified Application Specialist (MCAS) certification is a globally recognized standard that validates skills with using the 2007 Microsoft Office system and Windows Vista. The successor to the Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) certification, the Microsoft Certified Application Specialist certification meets the demand for the most up-to-date skills on the latest technologies from Microsoft.

The MCAS certification validates the skills that individuals and organizations depend on. Candidates who successfully complete the program by passing a certification exam prove that they meet globally recognized performance standards and are able to work productively and efficiently.

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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!

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LatitudeU Newsletter - December 13, 2009

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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.

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Course of the Day: Excel 2007 Formulas and Functions

Excel 2007 provides numerous Excel 2007 formulas and functions for performing simple and complex calculations on workbook data. Excel 2007 formulas are organized using the Ribbon's Formulas tab which provides convenient access to groups of data analysis and calculation tools, such as the Function Library, Named Cells, Formula Auditing, and Calculation groups.

This course demonstrates how to create and edit Excel 2007 formulas, use references and names, and work with tables in Excel 2007. Basic, logical, financial, and date functions are also covered.

Target Audience
Personnel at all levels of the enterprise; end-users seeking competency in the use of Microsoft Excel 2007, Excel 2007 formulas or Excel 2007 functions.

Prerequisites
Some knowledge of basic word processing, computing, and spreadsheets; familiarity with the Microsoft Office work environment; an understanding of the Internet and web-page functionality

Lesson Objectives

1. Basics of Excel 2007 Formulas and References
   - identify the elements of a formula- identify the default order in which calculations occur
   - match absolute, relative, mixed, and 3-D references with examples
2. Insert Excel 2007 Formulas
   - insert Excel 2007 formulas
   - use names to clarify Excel 2007 formulas
   - edit formulas
3. Entering Excel 2007 Formulas with References
4. Perform Excel 2007 AutoCalculate Functions
   - use the AutoCalculate feature to perform basic functions
5. Excel 2007 Logical, Financial, and Date Functions
   - use a logical function
   - use a financial function
   - use a date function
6. Inserting Excel 2007 Functions
7. Using Excel 2007 Formulas and Functions

Key Concepts:
Microsoft Excel 2007, Microsoft Excel 2007 Formulas, Microsoft Certified Application Specialist Certification, 77-602 Using Microsoft Office Excel 2007, Microsoft Office 2007

Course Appears in these Categories:
• Desktop Certifications >> Microsoft >> Microsoft Certified Application Specialist Certification
• Desktop Skills >> Microsoft Office 2007 >> Microsoft Excel 2007: Basics
• Continuing Professional Education >> National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA)

Courses you might be interested in:
• Programmability and Administration in Access 2007
• Database Administration in Access 2007
• Importing and Exporting Data and Data Presentation in Access 2007
• Advanced Data Management in Access 2007
• Advanced Formatting in Excel 2007
• Advanced Data Management in Excel 2007
• Advanced Customization in Excel 2007
• Customizing Outlook 2007 and Using the Journal
• Configuring Rules, Alerts, and Junk E-mail Settings in Outlook 2007
• Working with SharePoint, Calendars, and Forms in Outlook 2007
• Creating Custom Slide Shows in PowerPoint 2007