Online Communication eLearning Training

Writers At Work A Review for Professionals - Part I Covers the most basic aspects of good writing on the job.  more...

Writers At Work A Review for Professionals - Part II Punctuation This, the second of four review courses, focuses on punctuation.  more...

Writers At Work A Review for Professionals - Part III Achieving Clear Concise Writing This review will help you develop a clear, concise, and dynamic writing style.  more...

Writers At Work A Review for Professionals - Part IV Achieving A Professional Style Develop a readable style and design visually appealing documents.  more...

Grammar Mechanics Brush-up This is a 4 week refresher in the mechanics of English grammar.  more...

Spelling Brush-up This course is intended to be a quick brush-up to spelling.  more...

Writing Brush-up This course will help refresh you in the basic academic writing structures.  more...

Syntax Sentence Wording Brush-up This course will help you to polish your sentence wording.  more...

College Essay Brush-up This course will focus on creating an effective college level essay.  more...

Punctuation Brush-up This course will refresh your knowledge of the rules and proper use of punctuation.  more...

Creative Writing Brush-up This course will refresh your creative writing skills.  more...

Grammar Brush Up Bundle Polish your writing skills to perfection with this pro megaton of seven complete courses for only the price of one Continuing Education class! Complete your course of study in 90 days or less.  more...

Applying Emotional Intelligence in the Workplace Course description -- Having logical intelligence will give you a good start in succeeding in your job. But to be more effective you must also develop your emotional intelligence. Using the two together, you will get along much better with your colleagues and know how to get ahead at work. You will learn how to handle your emotions and gear them towards a positive outcome. This course will teach  more...

Writers at Work Certificate Bundle Enroll in all four of our best selling Writers at Work Series and earn a Certificate from an Accredited State University.  more...

Typing Pal--The Best Online Typing Course Quick and easy way to learn keyboard typing!  more...

How To Master Business Writing This course provides students with a review of the skills needed to write successful, effective letters, memos, minutes, proposals, reports, and press releases. It also covers sentence and word choice, common pitfalls, spelling and grammar rules, and pre-writing techniques.  more...

How To Master Presentation Skills This course takes the student through the process of creating and then delivering a successful presentation.  more...

Soft Skills Using Applications This course uses Microsoft PowerPoint, Word, and Outlook 2000 in order to teach the students presentation, business writing, and time management skills. Students will learn the basic elements for each of these courses, and will be provided with a foundation on which to build their skills.  more...

Business Writing Basics Course description -- You know what you want to say, but how do you say it? Do you even know the proper format to use for a memo, business letter, etc.? Writing is a part of everyday life, particularly in the work setting. This course will help you avoid common grammar and spelling blunders and outline ways you can make your writing more persuasive and professional. Once you`ve learned the simple  more...

How To Master Communications ...Communication skills are vital to an organization`s effectiveness. The How to Master Communications bundle builds on the basics of effective communication and shows how to apply sound communication skills to a variety of interpersonal and leadership situations, such as intervening in conflict and providing feedback. IMPORTANT NOTE: INTERNET EXPLORER (IE) BROWSER REQUIRED - can`t use Netscape or  more...

Presentation Skills Course description -- One of the biggest fears for managers and others is speaking in public. You will receive worksheets and checklists to help you plan and present your remarks for the most impact, and you will learn how to deal with the anxiety that so often accompanies such assignments. The course includes tools and techniques to help you determine what the audience wants and needs, methods to  more...

Preventing Sexual Harassment for Employees Course description -- Preventing sexual harassment is everyonea s responsibility, but employees may not know exactly what to do unless things are spelled out fairly clearly. This course addresses the issues related to sexual harassment: how the law applies to employees, things to avoid in the work environment, and specific employee responsibilities. There are tips to help employees examine their  more...

Preventing Sexual Harassment for Leaders Course description -- Leaders have a particular responsibility in preventing sexual harassment, and this course spells out just exactly what their role is. They will be given critical information to tell them what the law expects and direction on how to meet these legal requirements. The course provides tools and tips for promoting a harassment-free environment, and suggestions on how to set a  more...

Providing Effective Feedback Course description -- Many people have good intentions to provide helpful feedback, but dona t know the simple rules and techniques for doing it. This course includes tools to develop helpful feedback and use it to motivate employees. It has techniques and methods to foster a nurturing environment, convey your improvement ideas, check for understanding, and help others learn from their mistakes.  more...

5 Steps To Effective Persuasive Business Communication Get quick results with this proven method and technique.  more...

Efficient Reading Improving Speed and Comprehension This course encourages the self-development of reading skills for faster, more efficient reading with increased comprehension.  more...

Excellent English A Writing Review - Part I Sentence Structure Need help with your writing? This full review of the basics of sentence structure and parts of speech will get you started.  more...

Excellent English A Writing Review - Part II Punctuation Get your mechanics and punctuation up to specs under the watchful eye of our expert instructor.  more...

Excellent English A Writing Review - Part III Achieving Clear Concise Writing You will develop a clear, concise, and dynamic writing style that gets the attention of your reader.  more...

Communicate With Confidence This fun course improves written and spoken communication by correcting common grammatical mistakes, and reviews basic grammatical and structural sentence solutions and conventional punctuation and mechanics used in every-day written and verbal communications.  more...

Better Business Writing in One Week This practical course helps business professionals write with greater confidence and accuracy.  more...

Brilliant Business Writing and Communication This course helps business professionals write with confidence and precision while learning the principles of effective communication.  more...

Brilliant Business Writing and Communication This course helps business professionals write with confidence and precision while learning the principles of effective communication with their own writing coach.  more...

Achieving Successful Copywriting Results in Four Weeks Apply proven techniques and methods to any business writing situation.  more...

Learn How To Write Effective Persuasive Written Communication Perfect short course for those seeking to persuasively communicate with their audience through written communication.  more...

Chart Your Course to Emotional Intelligence To improve studentsa competence in emotional intelligence capabilities.  more...

Better Public Speaking- A Low Stress Approach The course leads you to use proven methods in becoming a more effective verbal communicator. It is comparable to 3-credit, 8- week courses costing $700.  more...

Certificate in Technical Writing Career Advancement--Earn Technical Writing Certification from the premier provider of online training in Technical Communication.  more...

Technical Communication an Introduction for Current Technical Writers Editors Designers Get an overview of the whole field of technical communication. Expand your perspective. For current tech writers, editors, and designers.  more...

Developing A Child s Critical Thinking Skills Course description -- Critical thinking skills are essential for children to have as they learn to make decisions and solve problems. This course addresses what adults can do to teach children how to think through and reason in age-appropriate ways, preparing them for the greater responsibilities that come as the child matures. There are diagnostic tools, activities, and communication techniques  more...

Negotiating for the Sales Professional Course description -- An effective sales professional knows how to meet customer needs while assuring reasonable terms and profit for his or her own company. This course has techniques for identifying customer expectations and determining how to meet them in a way that both parties are satisfied by the results. There are checklists and discussion guidelines to help a sales professional master this  more...

Becoming an Effective Team Member Course description -- The key to a teama s success is the effort of each individual team member. As just one component of your team, it is up to you to do the best that you can for the team in order for it to achieve its goals and objectives. In this course, you will learn Tips and Key Points for developing a team-oriented attitude and learning to work with your teammates. You will soon see  more...

Dealing With Violence In The Workplace Course description -- More often than we care to admit, society and the workplace are becoming more violent. This course has tools and methods to help the manager or supervisor recognize potentially violent situations before they need attention, and then to take positive action to avoid or eliminate the potential problem. There is a wide array of techniques to help leaders use communication,  more...

How To Master Business Management Course description -- Every employee and manager needs to know a number of basic business management principles and processes, regardless of his or her function or discipline. This bundle includes topics that will build an employee's mastery of several essential business processes and issues, including financial basics, contracts, and business communications. It includes something for everyone,  more...

Managing a Virtual Office Course description -- More and more companies are finding that flexibility for employees in both work hours and work location help them attract and retain the best talents and actually improve productivity. This course identifies the potential benefits and pitfalls in managing a a virtuala workforce, gives guidelines for maintaining communication, monitoring productivity, and encouraging peak  more...

Managing Projects Course description -- The Strategies and Tips in this course will take you through the steps of managing a project, from defining the requirements to managing the implementation. You will be given tools and methods for organizing the project activities, focusing on customer needs, and leading the project team to successful completion. There are suggestions for resolving plan and budget conflicts,  more...

Basics of Effective Communication ...Communication examines the fundamental elements of communication and describes how you can send clear and consistent messages to a Receiver. It gives tips for choosing the right communication method and considering other important factors that impact effectiveness. It covers effective listening and feedback skills in practical and immediately useful Strategies and Tips. IMPORTANT NOTE: INTERNET  more...

Hazard Communication HazCom ...ctors, the Federal Government established the OSHA Hazard Communication Standard (HCS), also known as the a right to knowa law. This standard is based on a simple concept: that employees have both a need and a right to know the hazards and the identities of the chemicals they are exposed to when working. This course is designed to assist both employers and employees in learning about work  more...

The Art of Professional Telephone Communication Turn your telephone calls into a selling advantage  more...

Communicate With Confidence This fun course improves written and spoken communication by correcting common grammatical mistakes, and reviews basic grammatical and structural sentence solutions and conventional punctuation and mechanics used in every-day written and verbal communications.  more...

Brilliant Business Writing and Communication This practical course helps business professionals write with greater confidence and accuracy.  more...

Executive-to-employee Communication Strategies Course description -- You might have the feeling that your employees are scared of you because of your position. As an executive who is concerned about your organization, it is up to you to gather feedback from your working level employees and to build trusting relationships throughout the organization. This course offers suggestions and techniques for building up the communication highway between  more...

Parent Conferencing and Communication Explores ideas to ensure successful communication between teachers and parents of children with disabilities.  more...

Design Team - Business Process Modelling ...communication between staff working upon the analysis and design of processes and information boundaries in an organisation and the boundaries and scope of a system. The Modelling activity produces diagrams which form the basis of both new information systems and business process engineering. This course teaches the whole process of applying each technique - from information gathering through  more...

Communication Skills: Effective Writing MAXIM TRAINING The written word remains one of the most common forms of communication at work, yet it frequently fails to achieve the required RESULTS. To be able to write effectively is now even more important in the electronic age of word processing and e-mail. If the medium is efficient the message should be too!! "Effective Writing" gives you a range of practical techniques for writing  more...

Communication Skills: Persuading with Numbers MAXIM TRAINING This course will help you handle the numerical information required for problem solving and decision making in the workplace. It will help you understand basic statistical methods, interpret simple data and focuses on how to interpret and use Graphs and Charts in both presentations and reports. There are some calculations so, to make the most of the course, it is recommended that  more...

Communication Skills: Report Writing MAXIM TRAINING Writing effective reports is a core work skill. In the age of technology it is still one of the most important means of communication. This course explores some of the key factors that make a report EFFECTIVE. It provides a step-by-step guide to writing a report, from planning through to revising/editing. You'll find the course valuable if you're using a word processing package,  more...

Face to Face Communications : Active Listening Communicating clearly is an essential business skill. The best ideas in the world can only be transformed into realities when they're shared and understood. This course will help you sharpen up your active listening skills. It will help you give and receive the right message and make the most of every conversation you're involved in. Developing excellent communication skills requires investment,  more...

Finance for the Non Financial : What is a Budget? From the corporate world to the corner shop, from running a restaurant to controlling a production line -- you just can't avoid the need to understand money. This course will help you understand how to use budgets as a management tool: for solving problems, taking smart decisions and improving teamwork and communication. It shows you what relevance budgets have to you and how they affect all  more...

Finance for the Non Financial : Preparing a Budget From the corporate world to the corner store, from running a diner to controlling a production line -- you just can't avoid the need to understand money. Budgets are an excellent management tool: for solving problems, taking smart decisions and improving teamwork and communication. This course examines a 3 step process for preparing budgets and applies this process to a practical case study  more...

Finance for the Non Financial : Budgeting for Different Business Conditions From the corporate world to the corner shop, from running a restaurant to controlling a production line -- you just can't avoid the need to understand money. This course will help you understand how to use budgets as a management tool: for solving problems, taking smart decisions and improving teamwork and communication. It will show you how different types of cost behave and how their behaviour  more...

Finance for the Non Financial : Using a Budget to Manage From the corporate world to the corner shop, from running a restaurant to controlling a production line -- you just can't avoid the need to understand money. This course will help you understand how to use budgets as a management tool: for solving problems, taking smart decisions and improving teamwork and communication. You can explore the power of budgets to help with decision making and  more...

Interpreting Budget Variancies From the corporate world to the corner shop, from running a restaurant to controlling a production line -- you just can't avoid the need to understand money. This course will help you understand how to use budgets as a management tool: for solving problems, taking smart decisions and improving teamwork and communication. You can examine how to systematically analyse budget variances and go about  more...

Organisational Communication : Harassment In our everyday lives, there are people facing discrimination, prejudice and unfair treatment merely because they are different in some way from the majority. These differences may be the colour of someone's skin, ethnic origin, their sexual orientation, their gender, their religion or they may have some kind of disability. Harassment can occur anywhere at work and it has a negative effect on  more...

Organisational Communication : Discrimination In our everyday lives, there are people facing discrimination and prejudice merely because they are different in some way from the majority. These differences may be the colour of someone's skin, ethnic origin, their sexual orientation, their gender, their religion or they may have some kind of disability. Equal Opportunities is about getting rid of inequality and unfairness so that everyone has  more...

Phone Skills : Negotiating on the Phone ...communications. You can buy, sell, research new markets, provide quality customer service and make impressions that last using the telephone. This course will help you use the phone naturally and well for concluding negotiations on the phone. It will help you stay in control and get results when you're negotiating, through effective preparation and good communication skills. It will help you  more...

Phone Skills : Cold Calling & Selling by Phone ...communications. You can buy, sell, research new markets, provide quality customer service and make impressions that last using the telephone. This course will help you use the phone naturally and well. It will help you stay in control and get results when you're cold calling or selling over the phone, through effective preparation and good communication skills. It will help you develop your  more...

Phone Skills : Handling Angry Callers ...communications. You can buy, sell, research new markets, provide quality customer service and make impressions that last using the telephone. This course will help you use the phone naturally and well. It will help you stay in control and reduce your stress levels when you're dealing with angry callers over the phone, through effective communication skills. You can explore how to make your  more...

Phone Skills : Making Difficult Calls ...communications. You can buy, sell, research new markets, provide quality customer service and make impressions that last using the telephone. This course will help you use the phone naturally and well. It will help you stay in control and get results when you're making those difficult calls - through effective preparation and good communication skills. It explores some general tips and hints  more...

Writing Skills : Writing Business Letters Clear writing demonstrates clear thinking and in business writing can be one of the most powerful and persuasive tools for getting things done. This course focuses on helping you achieve results with written communication and on increasing your effectiveness in black and white. It will give you tips and hints for wording and structuring business letters and on shaping powerful paragraphs. Whether  more...

Writing Skills : Writing Long Documents Clear writing demonstrates clear thinking and in business writing can be one of the most powerful and persuasive tools for getting things done. This course focuses on helping you achieve results with written communication and on increasing your effectiveness in black and white. It will give you tips and hints for outlining and structuring longer documents and for creating that vital executive  more...

Writing Skills : Editing your Writing Clear writing demonstrates clear thinking and in business writing can be one of the most powerful and persuasive tools for getting things done. This course focuses on helping you achieve results with written communication and on increasing your effectiveness in black and white. It will outline the value of spending quality edit time and give you practical tips and hints for editing objectively and  more...

Writing Skills : Simple, Powerful English vClear writing demonstrates clear thinking and in business writing can be one of the most powerful and persuasive tools for getting things done. This course focuses on helping you achieve results with written communication and on increasing your effectiveness in black and white. It will help you choose simple, powerful words that make your message crystal clear. Whether you're writing to take care  more...

Writing Skills : Introduction to Clear Layout Clear writing demonstrates clear thinking and in business writing can be one of the most powerful and persuasive tools for getting things done. This course focuses on helping you achieve results with written communication and on increasing your effectiveness in black and white. It will give you tips and hints on creating documents that are attractive, to-the-point and easy to read. Whether you're  more...

Writing Skills : Sales Letters and Proposals Clear writing demonstrates clear thinking and in business writing can be one of the most powerful and persuasive tools for getting things done. This course focuses on helping you achieve results with written communication and on increasing your effectiveness in black and white. It will give you tips and hints for writing sales follow-up letters and proposals that meet the customer's needs and get  more...

Writing Skills : Resolving Written Complaints ...ourse focuses on helping you achieve results with written communication and on increasing your effectiveness in black and white. It will give you tips and hints for replying to written complaints assertively, to win the customer back onto your side without the need for over-generous concessions. Whether you're writing to take care of your customers or to take care of business in general this  more...

Writing Skills : Inter-Office Communications Clear writing demonstrates clear thinking and in business writing can be one of the most powerful and persuasive tools for getting things done. This course focuses on helping you achieve results with written communication and on increasing your effectiveness in black and white. It will give you tips and hints on creating concise, powerful memos, emails and other inter-office communications that  more...

Writing Skills : Credit Control Letters ...ourse focuses on helping you achieve results with written communication and on increasing your effectiveness in black and white. It will give you tips and hints for writing credit control letters that work - that get your company's money back without destroying customer relationships worth preserving. Whether you're writing to take care of your customers or take care of business in general this  more...

Getting Ready to Write ...ng. It explores the pros and cons of different methods of communication and helps you make the best choice. It will help you set your objective and gives tips on how to identify the best tone for that objective. It suggests methods for getting the action you want from your audience and ways to overcome your resistance to writing. Whether you're writing to take care of your customers or take  more...

Face to Face Communications : Making a Contribution to a Meeting ...d. Meetings are the primary tool businesses use for group communication. This course shows you how to make meetings as productive as possible. It demonstrates how careful preparation ensures you get the best out of meetings and shows how you can make a positive contribution by understanding your role and making the most of the opportunities presented. It covers the different personality types  more...

Face to Face Communications : Effective Questioning Communicating clearly is an essential business skill. The best ideas in the world can only be transformed into realities when they're shared and understood. This course focuses on the art of questioning. It examines the difference between open and closed questions and when to use them for best effect. It demonstrates how to use strategic questioning techniques to defuse a difficult situation,  more...

Face to Face Communications : Non-verbal Communication ...ed and understood. This course will help you sharpen your communication skills. It will show you how to interpret other people's body language and tone, ensuring that you receive the right message. It will also help you to develop an awareness of the signals that you send out, giving tips and hints on your behaviour and dress so that you always make a good impression. Developing excellent  more...

Face to Face Communications : Making your Point Positively Communicating clearly is an essential business skill. The best ideas in the world can only be transformed into realities when they're shared and understood. This course concentrates on the art of getting heard and putting your point across. It will help you make the most and the best of every communication and discussion you're involved in, by highlighting communication problems and giving tips on  more...

Face to Face Communications : Face to Face Role Play Communicating clearly is an essential business skill. The best ideas in the world can only be transformed into realities when they're shared and understood. This course gives you the opportunity to practise and explore your listening, questioning and non-verbal communication skills in a comprehensive and entertaining simulation Developing excellent communication skills requires investment, but the  more...

Phone Skills : Essential Phone Communication Skills ...communications. You can buy, sell, research new markets, provide quality customer service and make impressions that last using the telephone. This course will help you use the phone naturally and well. It will help you to prepare for phone calls both physically and mentally by polishing your telephone persona, relaxing and focusing on success. It emphasises the importance of active listening,  more...

Customer Service : CARE for your Customers In today's volatile business environment organisations recognise that customer service is the key differentiator that makes their products and services tower above the competition. They also recognise that it's no longer enough to give satisfactory service that meets customers' expectations. To get customers coming back time after time, you must beat their expectations. This course introduces the  more...

Organisational Communication :Setting Safety Standards Working safely has to be everyone's priority, but safe working isn't always a case of common sense. To be really sure you need to develop safety sense. Whatever your job you'll have some responsibility for health and safety. Whether it's simply to report potential hazards or to decide how to avoid a dangerous situation in the first place, the law defines your responsibility. This course will  more...

Organisational Communication : Dealing with Authorities Working safely has to be everyone's priority, but safe working isn't always a case of common sense. To be really sure you need to develop safety sense. Whatever your job you'll have some responsibility for health and safety. Whether its simply to report potential hazards or to decide how to avoid a dangerous situation in the first place, your responsibility is defined by law. This course will help  more...

Organisational Communication : Improving Safety Working safely has to be everyone's priority, but safe working isn't always a case of common sense. To be really sure you need to develop safety sense. Whatever your job you'll have some responsibility for health and safety. Whether it's simply to report potential hazards or to decide how to avoid a dangerous situation in the first place, your responsibility is defined by law. This course will  more...

Organisational Communication : Security Procedures Your first few days or even weeks in a company can be a confusing time. You have to learn a lot about the company itself: how it operates, your role and what's expected of you. This course will help you to understand the importance of confidentiality and security in your workplace. It examines what can be stolen from an organisation and what you can do to prevent it. It also outlines ways of  more...

Assertivness Skills Series: What is Assertiveness ...ller or a snivelling wreck. Assertiveness can enhance the communication skills that lead to peak performance; aggression can give way to healthy, co-operative Teamworking; high self-esteem and high levels of achievement can replace passive behaviour. This course introduces various definitions of assertiveness and gives examples of using assertiveness to counter passive and aggressive behaviour.  more...

Personal Effectiveness - Teamworking: Creating a Collaborative Team Environment