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Welcome to the Presentation Skills course. This program can benefit anyone who presents; a trainer, a meeting facilitator, speaker, or seminar discussion leader. No matter which role you are assuming, this workshop will help you become more efficient and proficient with the skills of providing information to others.   Objectives Research has consistently demonstrated that when clear goal...

From before we start our first job, we often dreamt about what career we wanted to have when we grew up. Soon, we start the journey to find the job we want to have and discover ways to make it happen. But that’s only half the battle. Once you’ve landed the job you want, you have to know ways to not only stay in your job field but also excel in it. An initiative is something we can all use i...

For some people, working from home can seem like a dream opportunity. But they may not realize that this kind of position comes with a great amount of responsibility and challenges. Working in a home office requires a unique set of skills: time-management, organization, self-discipline, flexibility. However, even if you possess all these skills, communication issues alone make it a challenging job...

Understanding the principles of adult learning is essential for ensuring successful training. The classification of educational learning objectives as it is described in Bloom’s Taxonomy is not just for school teachers. The three domains of the taxonomy – cognitive, affective and psychomotor - apply to adult education as well. In this course, we will pay attention to the cognitive domain. T...

Understanding the principles of adult learning is essential for ensuring successful training. The classification of educational learning objectives as it is described in Bloom’s Taxonomy is not just for school teachers. The three domains of the taxonomy – cognitive, affective and psychomotor - apply to adult education as well. In this course, we will pay attention to the psychomotor domain....

While many who enter into management and leadership roles want to be genuinely liked by the workers they supervise, seeking popularity for its own sake can be a dead-end path. Many have tried to lead while seeking popularity only to find that, indeed, they are loved but not respected. Becoming a more likeable boss, however, does not mean you have to sacrifice respect. However, being a likeable bos...

Corporate behavior is an important aspect of any business. The right behavior can cause your company to sky rocket with effective productivity and reputation. Poor behavior can cause a company’s productivity and reputation to plummet. There are many alternate names for corporate behavior; company culture or organizational behavior, to name but a few, but all basically mean the same: the colle...

Life constantly demands our attention, but when we become fixated on the past or worried about the future, we often miss vital information in our present. Mindfulness, put simply, is a state of mind where you are fully conscious and engaged in the present moment and with the demands of the present moment. Cultivating a state where you are consistently aware of your present moment takes practice...

A vital way of becoming more effective in both business and life is by becoming more self-aware. If you can become aware of your self – your strengths and your weaknesses, your feelings and the messages your body sends you – then, you can become aware of the effects you create. Only once you know your effects and understand what motivates you, can you know how to change things, or even whether...

There have been a number of studies that identify the key skills that all employees need to be successful. They are called different things: critical employability skills, soft skills, or transferable skills, but regardless of the name, these skills are critical for workplace success. Technical skills must be supported by soft skills to become valuable and effective, and in the future more and m...