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Executive PA Course - From Good To Outstanding This two-day training programme is aimed at personal assistants and senior secretaries who want to be the best in their field. Written and presented by Adam Fidler, a hugely experienced Management Assistant to Board Level directors, the course will take participants to the top of the tree in terms of delivering the highest level of assistance to senior bosses.  more...

IBM Lotus Notes Domino 8.5 Building Collaborative Applications Workshop ...ent experience on prior releases of Domino Designer Good technical understanding of Internet concepts A general understanding of object-oriented programming concepts, systems and languages, particularly Java technology Familiarity with the Eclipse programming model will be helpful but not required. The key topics covered in this workshop include: The new and exciting  more...

Shamanic Energy weekend ...ergy skills training is suitable for beginners who want a good grounding in practical energy management skills, to springboard to further energy training and practices. This training also suits those who may have done some healing, energy or shamanic training, but are missing some practical energy skills and abilities. Training is practical and experiential. If you are unable to travel to  more...

Digital Modulation and Frequency Division Techniques ...low them to carry out their duties efficiently and with a good understanding of the techniques used. Depending on the student experience the course is either 2 or 3 days and covers; Basic Modulation definition, Amplitude, Phase and Frequency modulation, I and Q modulations, Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (QAM), Quadrature phase shift keying (QPSK), Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing  more...

Singing Lessons & Vocal Confidence Voice Coaching. Brighton & Hove,East Sussex BN3 (NLP & Alexander Technique) ...companiment for folk songs, pop, ballads etc. I also have good microphones and amplification for those who would like to sing with a backing track. Who do I teach? Anyone who wants to free their voice. I have taught everyone from the so-called 'tone-deaf' to principal solists at the ENO and Covent Garden: Those who just want to give their voice a spring-clean; the brave 'non-singer'  more...

Free your Voice with Alexander Technique. One-day courses in Brighton BN1 2LR ...a presentation, a meeting, an audition or a musical solo? Good news! A reliably confident voice is based on the repeated practice of surprisingly simple procedures. Surprise yourself... experience increasing poise, energy & flow in any challenging situation! An intensely practical workshop drawing on Alexander Technique, vocal coaching, centering skills & specially adapted performing arts  more...

Introduction To MS Access ...uired. Benefits At the end of this course you will have a good working knowledge of MS Access. You will feel more confident using Access, and be able to create a database from scratch. Understanding and using tables, fields and records and the rules for entering your data is the foundation from which you can create simple queries, use forms and, ultimately create reports. After completing this  more...

Introduction to MS Outlook ...d. BENEFITS At the end of this course you will have a good working knowledge of Outlook basics. You will feel more confident using Outlook and be able to manage and communicate using Microsoft Outlook. Users may set up meetings across the network, organise their calendar or delegate it to someone else, manage their to-do list using Tasks, and even leave notes on the desktop. The  more...

Advanced Powerpoint ...nowledge of PowerPoint's basic features. PREREQUISITES A good, basic understanding of PowerPoint or completion of our Introductiion to MS PowerPoint course. BENEFITS On completion of this course you will be able to use the many advanced features available in Microsoft PowerPoint, enhancing presentations and improving efficiency. You will be able to use templates to build custom  more...

Advanced MS Word - 1 Day ...most complicated functions and features. Prerequisites A good working knowledge of Word is required, or our Introduction to MS Word course. Benefits At the end of this course, you will have a complete understanding of the higher functions of Word. You will be able to perform the most advanced functions, including merging your documents with databases for mail-shots and producing  more...

Introduction to MS Excel - 1 Day ...ired. Benefits At the end of this course you will have a good working knowledge of Excel basics. You will feel more confident using Excel and be able to create a spreadsheet from scratch. Understanding and using some of the built in calculation and formula functionality will allow you to be more productive in your work and home Excel environments. Spreadsheets that you create will be  more...

Introduction to MS Powerpoint ...red. BENEFITS At the end of this course you will have a good working knowledge of PowerPoint basics. You will feel more confident using PowerPoint and be able to create a presentation from scratch. You will: - Learn how to improve the format of your text as well. - Get to grips with importing and manipulating graphics. - Use the Powerpoint drawing tools. - Use the chart and table design  more...

Introduction to MS Word - 1 Day ...nefits At the end of this training course you will have a good working knowledge of Word basics. You will feel more confident using Word and be able to create a document from scratch. Understanding and using some of the built in layout and text editing functionality will enable you to produce far more striking and effective documentation in your work and home Word environments. Documents that  more...

Advanced QuarkXpress ...s to work in a professional environment. PREREQUISITES Good Mac or PC skills. Delegates should have attended our Introduction to QuarkXPress course or have a good working knowledge of QuarkXpress. BENEFITS You will look at items covered in the introductory course in more detail and explore the use of the Bezier and list functions. Text & Typography - Setting a baseline grid - Locking  more...

Web Design Week Training Our Web Design Week consists of 1 day Web Design, 2 day Dreamweaver & 2 day Photoshop for Web Graphics training. It is designed to help deleagtes to produce well designed sites in terms of aethetics and good navigation. This Web Design Week course covers site structure, page layout, colour, font, navigation and images for web design and teaches you how these work together for attractve and user  more...

Web Design Training This 1 day Web Design training course will teach delegates the principles of good web design by applying good design and navigation principles to your site. This Web Design course is ideal for beginners who want to learn the key rules before you start to design a website. This Web Design training course forms part of our Web Design Week, comprising of our 1 day Web Design course, our 2 day  more...

Mobile Web Design Training This mobile web design training course provides delegates with practical techniques for designing content and stylesheets for mobile devices. Delegates will learn how to design effectively for a wide range of devices and browsers and target their audience effectively. On completion of this Mobile Web Design Course delegates will have: A solid understanding of the mobile market browsers and  more...

Project Management & MS Project Training This Project Management & MS Project training course provides an introduction to the principles and practice of good Project Management followed by the practical use of Microsoft's powerful Project software. By booking Project Management and MS Project together, delegates will gain a comprehensive introduction to professional Project Management using Microsoft's industry standard tool together  more...

Facilitation Skills Training ... a team, or who manages departments or working groups. Good facilitation skills will give you the ability to guide others to solve their own issues and achieve their own objectives. Facilitators provide a structure and process to enabe groups to work effectively and to make good decisions. This Facilitation training course is highly practical and helps delegates to achieve a working  more...

Assertive Communication for Women ...rse more than met my objectives" "This course provided a good breakdown of what it means to be assertive and gave good practical advice about how I can change at work." "It was very helpful to discuss approaches from the past and how to improve on these in future." "A very practical and useful course. I will try hard to follow the action points and tips on a daily basis" Please email us to  more...

Effective Inductions ...neither motivating nor effective. Any organisation with a good induction programme will know how valuable it is, helping people feel at home quicker, making them feel confident sooner and reducing the chance (and cost) of them leaving. This course will help participants to meet the challenge of ensuring that new staff are given effective and timely inductions by simplifying the induction  more...

Customer Service ...Good customer service is the basis for sustained increases organisational success. This course will enable participants to meet the ever-increasing needs of their customers, and can be developed from a range of modules to meet your exact requirements. The course will use a range of relevant, powerful and motivating activities that draw on participants own experiences and generate ideas to  more...

Training for Trainers The provision of internal training can enable experienced staff to impart essential skills and knowledge to their colleagues. However, training can only help an organisation to achieve its strategic objectives if it is well planned and delivered, and if the time and resources invested are worthwhile and cost-effective. This course will enable delegates to prepare and deliver effective objective  more...

Presentation and Public Speaking The success of a public speaking engagement or a presentation is not just about the content, but it is also dependent upon the quality of the delivery. This course will enable participants to learn and practice skills that will be applicable to both informal and formal presentations, and public speaking to both small and large audiences. It will give the opportunity to practice and to receive  more...

Negotiation Skills The development of on-going professional relationships is key to any successful organisation. Unless negotiations achieve a win-win outcome, it is likely that such relationships will break down over time. This course will enable delegates to become effective negotiators, both externally with other organisations, customers and suppliers, and internally, within day-to-day routine discussions with  more...

Minute Taking ... taking is an essential skill in the workplace today, and good quality minute taking is an asset in great demand. Many people struggle with minute taking simply because they have not been given the tools and confidence to do it. And yet, there is often pressure on the minute-taker to get it right - to produce a clear and concise document that serves as an official record. This course will  more...

Introduction to Team Leadership and Management ...at your team is working to its full potential. "A really good introduction to the subject. I don't feel so daunted about my up-coming promotion." "The trainer was excellent, she gave loads of ideas and tips, but also focussed on our own situations and experiences." "Thanks for an excellent session. The workbook will be an invaluable source of inspiration and information when I get back to  more...

Global Securities Lending A two-day Introductory overview of the business covering the motivations and roles of market players, the main demand drivers, risk and return, counterparty selection, alternative lending options, and the current state of the market. This course explains the mechanics of securities lending as well as the motivations of the various market players. It focuses on how the economic benefits of  more...

Nutrition for Workplace Wellness ...ther with a healthy diet? There are proven links between good nutrition and increased immunity, reduced stress and improved energy levels a and those are just the short-term benefits! Longer-term, the right approach to nutrition can reduce the risk of chronic illness, heart disease and diabetes a AND it can make you look and feel younger, too! This programme is for you if you think  more...

Microsoft Excel 2003 Level 3 Aims This course is aimed at people who want to expand their knowledge into some of the more advanced calculation and analytical capability of Microsoft Excel. Prerequisites Students who wish to attend this course must have a good knowledge of Excel and be competent at working with basic formulas and functions, multiple sheets and multiple files.  more...

Microsoft Excel 2003 Level 4 Aims This course is aimed at people who want to expand their knowledge into the more specialised analytical functionality and built-in automation offered by Microsoft Excel. Prerequisites Students who wish to attend this course must have a very good knowledge of Excel and be competent at working with advanced functions (e. g. Logical & LookUp) and have some basic knowledge of Excela ™s  more...

Microsoft Excel 2007 Level 3 Aims This course is aimed at people who want expand their knowledge into some of the more advanced calculation and analytical capability of Microsoft Excel. Prerequisites Students who wish to attend this course must have a good knowledge of Excel and be competent at working with basic formulas and functions, multiple sheets and multiple files.  more...

Microsoft Excel 2007 Level 4 Aims This course is aimed at people who want to expand their knowledge into the more specialised analytical functionality and built-in automation offered by Microsoft Excel. Prerequisites Students who wish to attend this course must have a very good knowledge of Excel and be competent at working with advanced functions (e. g. Logical & LookUp) and have some basic knowledge of Excela ™s  more...

Microsoft Excel Level 5 Introduction to VBA Programming Aims This course is aimed at people who want to begin expanding their knowledge into enhancing, customising and automating the built-in functionality of Microsoft Excel. Prerequisites Students who wish to attend this course must have a very good working knowledge of Excel.  more...

Microsoft Excel Level 6 Intermediate VBA Programming Aims This course is aimed at people who want to explore further the VBA language and write VBA code so that future maintenance tasks can be carried out with the minimum of effort. Prerequisites Students who wish to attend this course must have a good knowledge of Excel and have attended the Microsoft Excel Level 5 Introduction to VBA course or have good personal experience at writing basic  more...

Microsoft Outlook 2003 Level 2 Aims This course is aimed at people who want to learn how to advance their knowledge of Outlook as an information management tool and explore some of its built-in automation. Prerequisites Students who wish to attend this course should have attended the Outlook Level 1 course or possess good knowledge in the use of email and understand how to use the calendar, tasks, journal and notes  more...

Microsoft Outlook 2007 Level 2 Aims This course is aimed at people who want to learn how to advance their knowledge of Outlook as an information management tool and explore some of its built-in automation. Prerequisites Students who wish to attend this course should have attended the Outlook Level 1 course or possess good knowledge in the use of email and understand how to use the calendar, tasks, journal and notes  more...

Advanced Communication Skills This advanced communication skills programme is a stretching and interactive learning experience that focuses on your individual style of communicating. You will be given a series of practical exercises from which you get personal feedback with the option of videoed feedback on the final day. New skills are practiced through a variety of a learning activities and challenging scenarios and you will  more...

Microsoft Word 2003 Level 3 Aims This course is aimed at people who want to begin using Microsoft Word as a desk-top publishing tool in order to create more complex documents and carry out some basic automation. Prerequisites Students who wish to attend this course must have a good knowledge of Word, including table design, paragraph formatting and automatic numbering of lists  more...

Microsoft Word 2003 Level 4 Aims This course is aimed at people who want to use Microsoft Word as an advanced desktop publishing tool in order to create professional quality printed documents. Prerequisites Students who wish to attend this course should have attended the Word Level 1, 2 and 3 courses or have a very good understanding and significant experience in working with styles, table design, advanced paragraph  more...

Microsoft Word 2007 Level 3 Aims This course is aimed at people who want to begin using Microsoft Word as a desk-top publishing tool in order to create more complex documents and carry out some basic automation. Prerequisites Students who wish to attend this course must have a good knowledge of Word, including table design, paragraph formatting and automatic numbering of lists.  more...

Microsoft Word 2007 Level 4 Aims This course is aimed at people who want to use Microsoft Word as an advanced desk-top publishing tool in order to create professional quality printed documents. Prerequisites Students who wish to attend this course should have attended the Word Level 1, 2 and 3 courses or have a very good understanding and significant experience in working with styles, table design, advanced paragraph  more...

Microsoft Word 2007 VBA Programming Aims This course will enable students to become proficient in the Visual Basic Editor (VBE), Word objects, basic VBA programming, control structures, debugging tools, advanced VBA programming, and event handling. Prerequisites Students who wish to attend this course must have a very good working knowledge of Microsoft Word.  more...

PRINCE2 Foundation Plus ...mme is aimed at anyone involved in project work needing a good understanding of PRINCE2 ® up to the standard of the PRINCE2 ® Practitioner examination, and who may wish to take the Registered PRINCE2 ® Practitioner qualification at a later stage and in particular, new and existing Project Managers working in a PRINCE2 ® environment. This three-day programme provides a  more...

PRINCE2 Practitioner Aims This programme is aimed at anyone involved in project work needing an in depth understanding of PRINCE2 ® up to the standard of the PRINCE2 ® Practitioner examination. In particular, Project Managers, Team Leaders and Managers, Project Assurance and Project Support roles working in a PRINCE2 ® environment and those intending to play a role in a project conducted in accordance  more...

Leadership and Team Management for Success How do you lead a high performance team? This ILM endorsed programme covers the essential leadership skills and qualities to produce high performing teams. The course in Leadership and Team Management raises self awareness of delegatesa ™ management and leadership skills, discusses the theory of team development, and provides an effective setting so that leadership skills can be practised in  more...

Selling through service Selling is an extension of good customer service a if we make our customers happy they will be more receptive to buying from us. This programme is for you if You are required to influence your customers to buy your products / services You would like to know how to generate more interest and be more sales-focussed You would benefit from new ideas, approaches, tips and techniques  more...

Driving Change ... of the few things we can actually rely on happening! The good news is that change can be communicated as a positive experience. When its dynamics are understood, change can be managed in a way that enables people to cope with it effectively. This programme is for you if you want to be able to build a shared vision of the future that can come only through change. You will also learn how  more...

Leadership ...good leader inspires people to have confidence in the leader; a great leader inspires people to have confidence in themselvesa If you were asked to name five leaders on the world stage, could you? How about five managers? Whilst a leader has a different a or additional a set of skills at their disposal, there is no formula for great leadership. By attending this programme, you will not  more...

Minute Taking ...Good minute-takers are worth their weight in gold. Minute-takers can do more than record the outcomes of meetings concisely; they can also help the chairperson run the meeting more effectively. This programme is for you if you are, or plan to be, responsible for recording minutes of meetings and noting important action points as part of your role. You will be brought up to date with the  more...

Achieving Excellence in Customer Care Positive route to success Anyone who communicates with internal and/ or external customers and provides a service to them, either face to face or on the telephone, needs to understand the importance of good customer care. This programme is for you if you need to increase your awareness of customer relationship building and understand its importance to the organisation. You will also learn  more...

Adobe InDesign CS3 - Two Day Introduction Training Course Adobe InDesign CS3 is the page layout application of choice for many users. It contains a host of advanced text, colour, print and layout features not found in any other application that can be applied to text and objects It also boasts an interface similar to Adobe s other leading design applications and so is intuitive for users of these applications. Further, Adobe InDesign CS3 integrates  more...

Adobe InDesign CS3 - One Day Intermediate training Course Adobe InDesign CS3 is the page layout application of choice for many users. It contains a host of advanced text, colour, print and layout features not found in any other application that can be applied to text and objects It also boasts an interface similar to Adobe s other leading design applications and so is intuitive for users of these applications. Further, Adobe InDesign CS3 integrates  more...

Adobe InDesign CS3 - Two Day Intermediate training Course Adobe InDesign CS3 is the page layout application of choice for many users. It contains a host of advanced text, colour, print and layout features not found in any other application that can be applied to text and objects It also boasts an interface similar to Adobe s other leading design applications and so is intuitive for users of these applications. Further, Adobe InDesign CS3 integrates  more...

Adobe InDesign CS3 for QuarkXPress users One Day Training Course Adobe InDesign CS3 is the page layout application of choice for many users. It contains a host of advanced text, colour, print and layout features not found in any other application that can be applied to text and objects It also boasts an interface similar to Adobe s other leading design applications and so is intuitive for users of these applications. Further, Adobe InDesign CS3 integrates  more...

Adobe InDesign CS3 for QuarkXPress users Two Day Training Course Adobe InDesign CS3 is the page layout application of choice for many users. It contains a host of advanced text, colour, print and layout features not found in any other application that can be applied to text and objects It also boasts an interface similar to Adobe s other leading design applications and so is intuitive for users of these applications. Further, Adobe InDesign CS3 integrates  more...

Adobe Illustrator CS3 - One Day Introduction training Adobe Illustrator CS3 is the latest version of Adobe's industry standard vector-based illustrating tool and with the likely demise of Freehand it looks set to retain its crown for some time. It is used by graphic designers throughout the world to create a vast variety of different media including illustrations, package designs, leaflets & flyers, web graphics & animations, notice boards,  more...

Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended - Two Day Bespoke Training Course Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended is the ultimate image editing application providing extra features over the normal Photoshop CS3 application used by the majority of design professionals throughout the world. Photoshop CS3 offers incredible creative freedom both in terms of manipulating exisiting images, creating new art work, and integrating all design elements. Photoshop CS3 also supports vector  more...

Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 - One Day Introduction training Dreamweaver CS3 is the latest incarnation of the leading web development and site management application previously known under the Macromedia branding. Its powerful tools allow you to build and manage great web sites all through an intuitive graphical user interface. It integrates perfectly with Adobe's other leading applications like Flash and Photoshop and respects all the latest internet  more...

Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 - Two Day Introduction training Dreamweaver CS3 is the latest incarnation of the leading web development and site management application previously known under the Macromedia branding. Its powerful tools allow you to build and manage great web sites all through an intuitive graphical user interface. It integrates perfectly with Adobe's other leading applications like Flash and Photoshop and respects all the latest internet  more...

Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 - One Day Intermediate training Dreamweaver CS3 is the latest incarnation of the leading web development and site management application previously known under the Macromedia branding. Its powerful tools allow you to build and manage great web sites all through an intuitive graphical user interface. It integrates perfectly with Adobe's other leading applications like Flash and Photoshop and respects all the latest internet  more...

Adobe Flash CS3 - One Day Introduction training ... service for 3 months after course. -We get consistently good feedback from our clients. In this one day beginners course, we focus on using Adobe Flash CS3 for the creation of visually attractive vector and animation based websites and page elements. We look at creating artwork in Flash CS3 as well as importing artwork and images into Flash files. We also work with text, creating  more...

Adobe Flash CS3 - Two Day Introduction training ...deo. By the end of this two-day course you will have a good understanding of the core features of Flash CS3 and how to use them to create visually attractive, interactive web elements. Advantages of learning Adobe Flash CS3 with XChangeTraining -Our Adobe Flash CS3 trainers are experienced web design professionals with excellent knowledge of all aspects of internet technology and  more...

Cascading Style Sheets - One Day Introduction Training Course CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) arrived in 1996. CSS is a significant breakthrough in web design allowing designers more control over the style and layout of their web pages than can be achieved using basic HTML. You can define a style for each HTML tag and apply it to individual web pages (embedded styles), localised parts of your page (inline style) or for the entire site itself (external style  more...

Adobe CS4 Web Combo - Three Day Essentials introduction training This course is an introduction to the core essentials of the Adobe CS4 web applications of Dreamweaver CS4 and Flash CS4 for web development and rich media creation over a 3 day session. The duration of this course will enable an all round grounding in the most important aspects of these 3 applications to your web design workflow but will not allow a fully comprehensive introduction to all aspects  more...

Global Collateral Management Intermediate-level course covering business drivers, risk, regulatory capital, legal framework, margining strategies, and optimisation of collateral against securities loans and repos as well as both OTC and exchange-traded derivatives. This course explains the rationale and current best-practice functioning of collateral management programmes for financial institutions. It is designed to build  more...

High Quality Questions The world we live in can be a confusing place. There is more information available now than at any other point in human history. So when it comes to making good decisions, being well informed or understanding what people really mean, you need to get clear, accurate answers - and fast! Misunderstandings can be embarrasing, as well as wasting time and money, so we all need ways of cutting  more...

Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended - One Day Bespoke Training Course Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended is the ultimate image editing application providing extra features over the normal Photoshop CS3 application used by the majority of design professionals throughout the world. Photoshop CS3 offers incredible creative freedom both in terms of manipulating exisiting images, creating new art work, and integrating all design elements. Photoshop CS3 also supports vector  more...

Adobe Photoshop CS3 - One Day Intermediate Training Course Adobe Photoshop CS3 is the standard image editing application used by the majority of design professionals throughout the world. It offers incredible creative freedom both in terms of manipulating exisiting images, creating new art work, and integrating all design elements. Photoshop CS3 also supports vector graphics, easy automation, and a wide range of other improved features, including the  more...

Adobe Photoshop CS3 - Two Day Introduction Training Course Adobe Photoshop CS3 is the standard image editing application used by the majority of design professionals throughout the world. It offers incredible creative freedom both in terms of manipulating exisiting images, creating new art work, and integrating all design elements. Photoshop CS3 also supports vector graphics, easy automation, and a wide range of other improved features, including the  more...

Adobe Photoshop CS3 - One Day Introduction Training Course Adobe Photoshop CS3 is the standard image editing application used by the majority of design professionals throughout the world. It offers incredible creative freedom both in terms of manipulating exisiting images, creating new art work, and integrating all design elements. Photoshop CS3 also supports vector graphics, easy automation, and a wide range of other improved features, including the  more...

Adobe Illustrator CS3 - Two Day Intermediate training Adobe Illustrator CS3 is the latest version of Adobe's industry standard vector-based illustrating tool and with the likely demise of Freehand it looks set to retain its crown for some time. It is used by graphic designers throughout the world to create a vast variety of different media including illustrations, package designs, leaflets & flyers, web graphics & animations, notice boards,  more...

Adobe Illustrator CS3 - One Day Intermediate training Adobe Illustrator CS3 is the latest version of Adobe's industry standard vector-based illustrating tool and with the likely demise of Freehand it looks set to retain its crown for some time. It is used by graphic designers throughout the world to create a vast variety of different media including illustrations, package designs, leaflets & flyers, web graphics & animations, notice boards,  more...

Adobe Illustrator CS3 - Two Day Introduction training Adobe Illustrator CS3 is the latest version of Adobe's industry standard vector-based illustrating tool and with the likely demise of Freehand it looks set to retain its crown for some time. It is used by graphic designers throughout the world to create a vast variety of different media including illustrations, package designs, leaflets & flyers, web graphics & animations, notice boards,  more...

PDF Production & Preflighting with Acrobat 8 & Enfocus PitStop Pro - Introduction Two Day Training Course ... publishing and printing industries in recent years and a good knowledge of how to produce and preflight PDF documents is essential to anybody working on the technical side of document publishing and printing. XChange Training are now offering a course that provides you with precisely that by focussing on two key PDF production and preflighting tools: Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional and Enfocus  more...

Body Language Awareness Training Course (1-day Interactive Workshop in London) ...r trying to convince people that what you are saying is a good idea, your body language is also "communicating" as you speak. And if your body language is in sync with your message then you stand a far greater chance of success. Body language awareness can also give you an edge when negotiating. If you are able to read possible signals from the other people you are dealing with - it can help  more...

Job Interview Skills Training Course (1-day Interactive Workshop in Leeds) ...good are your communication skills when under pressure during an interview? How would you rate them on a scale of 1 to 10? If its not up there between 8 and 10 then it could well be that you are not getting the jobs you apply for because your communication skills are letting you down. But of course, there are other things that you need to get across in an interview situation - like how  more...

Job Interview Skills Training Course (1-day Interactive Workshop in Glasgow) ...good are your communication skills when under pressure during an interview? How would you rate them on a scale of 1 to 10? If its not up there between 8 and 10 then it could well be that you are not getting the jobs you apply for because your communication skills are letting you down. But of course, there are other things that you need to get across in an interview situation - like how  more...

Job Interview Skills Training Course (1-day Interactive Workshop in Birmingham) ...good are your communication skills when under pressure during an interview? How would you rate them on a scale of 1 to 10? If its not up there between 8 and 10 then it could well be that you are not getting the jobs you apply for because your communication skills are letting you down. But of course, there are other things that you need to get across in an interview situation - like how  more...

Job Interview Skills Training Course (1-day Interactive Workshop in London) ...good are your communication skills when under pressure during an interview? How would you rate them on a scale of 1 to 10? If its not up there between 8 and 10 then it could well be that you are not getting the jobs you apply for because your communication skills are letting you down. But of course, there are other things that you need to get across in an interview situation - like how  more...

Appraising for Peak Performance ...nage the process 60% Very few managers are 'naturally' good in appraisal and many employees are unprepared to make the best of the opportunity and lets face it even the most effective process will be ineffective if the participants dona ™t know how to make the best of it.. This two-day course is designed to examine the principles of the performance appraisal and how to get the best out  more...

Onsite Search Engine Optimisation SEO Training Course ...creased probability that the search engines will assign a good rank to the site for specific search terms. SEO also incorporates website development and design. The term "search engine friendly" may be used to describe website designs, menus, images and other elements that have been optimised for the purpose of search engine exposure. As 85 to 90 percent of visitor traffic is delivered  more...

Search Engine Optimisation SEO Training Course 2 Day ...creased probability that the search engines will assign a good rank to the site for specific search terms. SEO also incorporates website development and design. The term "search engine friendly" may be used to describe website designs, menus, images and other elements that have been optimised for the purpose of search engine exposure. As 85 to 90 percent of visitor traffic is delivered  more...

Emotional Intelligence ...nce anyone in power has, by default, more influence. The good news is that unlike intellect which changes little after our teenage years, emotional intelligence is not genetic but learned and it continues to develop as we mature. Course Aim To make a compelling business case and enable managers to recognise the relationship between emotional intelligence and enhanced job performance. To  more...

Developing Confident Negotiation Skills Course Objectives: The ability to negotiate with skill and preparedness in a variety of different scenarios is an essential contributor to successful organisational performance. This one day programme introduces participants from all disciplines to the fundamental skills and techniques of negotiating, enabling them to become significantly more persuasive and influential by helping them develop  more...

Finding creative solutions to problems ...olving a identifying stakeholders Methods to stimulate good, active thinking within the team Decision analysis Solving the presented problem a defining the problem and analysing cause & effect Designing and evaluating solutions Solving constructed problems: Good orientation and idea generation Determining the best way forward a Action Sessionsa ™: Delegates are asked to present  more...

Inspirational Leadership Skills ...y, bringing the exceptional performance improvements that good leadership and successful teamwork can bring, this is the programme for you. Contents: This course includes: Defining the principal qualities of an inspirational leader Inspirational leaders in action - examples of individuals; their speeches and why they work so well Studying leadership styles and how you can use them  more...

Motivational techniques Course Objectives: This course provides delegates with practical strategies to motivate their team for optimum performance. It demonstrates how to identify common de-motivators and prevent those from attacking morale. You will learn about behavioural analysis, improving your skills in understanding the unique needs of individual and also the effective communication techniques that can be used to  more...

Managing Excellent Customer Service ...mer focus from the customera ™s perspective What is good service and how does it link to leadership? Delivering the factors that differentiate excellence for customers Creating a Raving Fansa ™ a Kenneth Blanchard and Sheldon Bowlea ™s perspective The service/ profit chain and the customer care balance sheet Customer service strategies that work: Case Studies Aligning  more...

Presentation Skills Course Objectives: This Presentation Skills training course is designed to help delegates prepare effective, interesting and memorable presentations using a range of different techniques. By the end of this course delegates will understand how to assess and choose the right presentation techniques and tools for the occasion; channel nervous energy positively; develop excellent oratory techniques  more...

The art of effective communication Course Objectives: Confident and skilful communication in the workplace should be central to everyone's role, however too often issues arise purely as a result of poor or ill-thought out verbal communication. This practical short course will demonstrate tools and techniques you can use to communicate better with colleagues and customers. A variety of different day-to-day workplace situations  more...

Construction Design and Management Regulations 2007 Course Objectives: The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007 [CDM 2007] came into force April 1, 2007, replacing both the CDM Regulations 1994 and also the Construction (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1996. Key aims of CDM 2007 are to integrate health and safety throughout the design and management of a construction project and to discourage the unnecessary  more...

IOSH - Directing Safely ...on to the programme Module 2: Health & Safety management good business sense Examining the reasons for the promotion of health and safety and focusing on the influential Turnbull Report and the Revitalising Health and Safety strategy. Module 3: Health & Safety getting it wrong Raising awareness and understanding of accidents and their causes, consequences and costs. Module 4: Health & Safety  more...

Practical Risk Assessment Course Objectives: Employers are required by legislation to make a 'suitable and sufficient' assessment of the risks in the workplace to which employees and others may be exposed. Risk assessment is essential to good management of workplace health & safety for all industry sectors and commerce Contents: a Legislation overview a Workplace hazards and sources of danger a What risks  more...

The Role of the Fire Marshal ...Fire & Rescue Service guidance stresses the importance of good fire prevention and protection management and the prompt and orderly evacuation of premises in the event of an alarm situation. This course demonstrates the key actions staff should follow on discovery of a fire or in raising an alarm and how this is crucial to ensure effective fire safety in the workplace. Contents:  more...

Managing the Salesforce ...ound motivation and communication skills are essential to good sales management practice. Both these skills are interwoven throughout this highly interactive two day course which is an invaluable programme for Sales Managers relatively new to the managerial role. This course is intended for Sales Managers who have gained some experience within their role, but have received little or no  more...

Interviewing successfully for recruitment Course Objectives: In today's ultra competitive market, the value of recognising the best candidate for the job cannot be over-estimated. Successful recruitment presents an ongoing challenge and attracting and selecting the right candidate is fundamental to future success. The cost of making the wrong choice in recruitment is both expensive and hugely time-consuming. Our Interviewing  more...

Preparing an Induction ...Induction training is absolutely vital for new employees. Good induction training can ensure your new employees are retained and are able to settle in quickly and happily to a productive role. Induction training is as much about training in specific skills as it is about the basics seasoned employees take for granted: what the shifts are; where the notice-board is; what's the routine for  more...

Minute Taking This course is suitable for anyone responsible for taking minutes at meetings. By the end of this 1 day course delegates will; Look at various types of minutes and writing styles. Be aware of the importance of a good relationship with the chair and minute taker. Have considered the common difficulties of minute taking and how to overcome them. Practise taking minutes using  more...

OpenESB-Java CAPS for developers and architects entry level This course is dedicated for technical people who want to learn OpenESB. The training details the technical concepts required for a good understanding of service integration design and development. It covers standard specifications like XML Schemas, WSDL and BPEL use by OpenESB. This 2 days course provides you with the basic knowledge to understand OpenESB principles and designs. For an immediate  more...

Intermediate Mathematics Understanding Stochastic Calculus Course Outline The use of Probability theory in financial modelling can be traced back to the work on Bachelier at the beginning of last century with advanced probabilistic methods being introduced for the first time by Black, Scholes and Merton in the seventies. The modern financial quantitative analysts make use of sophisticated mathematical concepts, such as martingales and stochastic  more...

Effective Communication with NLP Effective Communication With NLP Excellent communication need not be the privilege of the few Communication is one of the most important and impressive skills in business life. Good communication skills can be the difference between achieving your potential and not. This programme incorporates tools and ideas used in Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) and explores ways of communicating  more...

Thai Foot Massage - FHT Accredited Thai Foot Massage consists of working on the feet and lower legs, and is performed with the hands and with a Thai foot stick. The treatment is both relaxing and invigorating, and has the aim of balancing the body and encouraging good health - a great addition to your repertoire of skills. Successful completion of this one day accredited course will allow you to offer this deeply relaxing  more...

Freeing The Shoulders Massage Workshop To attend this course you must hold a massage qualification This workshop is designed to enhance the massage practitionera ™s repertoire of techniques and effectiveness when working extensively on a clienta ™s shoulders - a very common area of stiffness and soreness. It covers specific deep massage, vibration and pressure techniques for release and re-energising of the muscles.  more...

Quantitative Techniques for Credit Derivatives Course Outline The objective of this course is to develop a solid understanding of the current framework for modelling and pricing credit derivatives. Participants will gain the mathematical and practical background necessary to apply the various models in the market and will learn about recent advances in the field. Who The Course is For * Quantitative analysts * Risk managers *  more...

Interest Rate Derivatives 2 Second Generation Techniques Course Outline A comprehensive seminar on pricing and managing second generation interest rate derivatives. What used to be called exotic interest rate derivatives are now commonplace and an essential part of the financial marketplace. This intensive seminar is for anyone who wishes to be able to use, price, manage, market or evaluate standard second generation interest rate derivatives  more...

Equity Derivatives Advanced Models Course Outline This course introduces and applies advanced models for the pricing of equity derivatives. The objective of the workshop is to develop a solid understanding of the current frameworks for pricing equity derivatives and to give participants the mathematical and practical background necessary to apply the various pricing methodologies to the market. Delegates are entitled to a 30  more...

Risk Management and Modelling Course Outline This course develops a set of tools essential for the accurate management of the wide range of risks encountered in capital markets. Techniques are applied cumulatively in a sequence of workshops that include Value at Risk and its limitations, practical uses of Monte Carlo simulations and the Merton and Gaussian approaches for estimation of probabilities. Who The Course is For  more...

Market Forecasting Training Course Audience This course has been created for analysts, forecasters wanting to introduce or improve forecasting which can be related to sale forecasting, economic forecasting, technology forecasting, supply chain management and demand or supply forecasting. Description This course guides delegates through series of methodologies, frameworks and algorithms which are useful when choosing how  more...

Effective Meetings Training Course By the end of this course you should have a good understanding on the process of constructing an effective meeting.  more...

Design Patterns Training Course There are plenty of "tried and tested" patterns widely available to everyone. Sometimes it is a matter of changing the names and implementing the pattern in a specific technology. It can saves hundreds of hours, which otherwise would be spent on design and testing. Training Goals This course has two goals: first, it allows you to reuse widely-known patterns, second, it allows you to  more...

Oracle 10g XE Administration This course has been created for database administrators. It covers the concepts and day-to-day Oracle database administrator activities. Requirements Good SQL language knowledge.  more...

SQL Advanced in MySQL This course has been created for people already acquainted with SQL. The course introduces you into secretes common to all SQL databases as well as MySQL specific syntax, functions and features. Requirements Good SQL knowledge.  more...

Java Performance Tuning Training Course ...ally important aspect of performance tuning is tooling. A good portion of the course focuses on a number of open source tools that we have found to be useful in our campaigns to stamp out performance bottlenecks. Beyond methodology and tooling, we look at some of the fundementials of Java technology. This includes the inner workings of the Java memory management and HotSpot/ JIT  more...

Linux LPI LPIC-1 Exam 101 Preparation Training Course This course has been created for a computer users preparing for LPI certification 101 Exam. It is conducted as a series of lectures intertwined with simple exercises. Requirements Very basic Linux knowledge. Good knowledge of an operating system (Windows, MacOS, etc...) required.  more...

Jon Jagger Kevlin Henney Agile Development for Developers Kevlin Henney (editor of the '97 Things Every Programmer Should Know' project) -- and Jon Jagger (expert coach-consultant-mentor-trainer-programmer, specialising in agile software development) present a three-day workshop teaching you essential agile princicples, practices and processes. Jon Jagger will lead this Agile Development for Developers workshop, giving you the chance to learn from the  more...

Rick Evans Clustered Caching with Oracle Coherence Rick Evan's will be coming to The Skills Matter eXchange to deliver a two-day course on Clustered Caching with Oracle Coherence. The course provides both an overview of Oracle Coherence and a deep dive into the more technical aspects of this exciting technology. Oracle Coherence is a Java, .NET, and C++ enabled clustered caching and data grid technology that delivers high availability, rapid  more...

David Laribees Managing Technical Debt Workshop David Laribee will be presenting a one-day workshop at The Skills Matter eXchange on 'Managing Technical Debt'. Technical debt is a real drag on productivity and every team suffers from it. The good news is that this debt can be paid back over time and managed when a team is willing to put a system in place. This workshop demonstrates how to build a system for managing and reducing debt using a  more...

Diana Larsen James Shores Art of Agile Planning and Delivery ...essionals, Diana co-authored Agile Retrospectives: Making Good Teams Great! and is current chair of the Agile Alliance Board of Directors. James and Diana provide the highest level of Agile understanding and expertise. They focus on practical experiences and deep understanding. You'll learn a great deal from them, and you'll have a good time doing it! They will be at Skills Matter this  more...

Jonas Boners Pragmatic Real-World Scala course Jonas Boner's two day Pragmatic Real-World Scala course will teach you all you need to know about Scala, one of the most interesting new languages for the JVM. A unique and elegant blend of the Object-Oriented (OO) and Functional Programming (FP) paradigms, Scala is pragmatic and practical with seamless interoperability with Java. Scala stands for 'Scalable Language' and is designed to scale  more...

Jonas Boners Pragmatic Real-World Scala Jonas Boner's two day Pragmatic Real-World Scala course will teach you all you need to know about Scala, one of the most interesting new languages for the JVM. A unique and elegant blend of the Object-Oriented (OO) and Functional Programming (FP) paradigms, Scala is pragmatic and practical with seamless interoperability with Java. Scala stands for 'Scalable Language' and is designed to scale  more...

Jonas Boner's Pragmatic Real-World Scala - 2 days - UK ...equirements of its users. It is statically typed but with good type inference and style which gives it a dynamic feel similar to Ruby or Python, but with the performance and safety only a statically typed language can provide. This makes it great for a wide range of use-cases, from internal DSLs to large-scale enterprise applications or container code. LEARN HOW TO: In this course we will  more...

Rick Evans' Clustered Caching with Oracle Coherence - 2 days- UK ...ching and various caching techniques, and you will gain a good understanding of the capabilities of Oracle Coherence. Upon completion of the course, you will know when and how each of the different caching options and features should be used, you will be able to take full advantage of all of the available functionality within Coherence, and you will know how to use it to achieve exceptional  more...

Brian Slettens Semantic Web Technologies Bootcamp - 5 days - UK ... the Enterprise and make them work together * Create good, long-lived logical names (URIs) for information and services * Build and consume RESTful services from Java and other languages * Implement the Resource Description Framework (RDF) * Use popular RDF vocabularies such as Dublin Core, FOAF, DOAP * Query RDF and non-RDF datastores with the SPARQL query language  more...