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Foreclosures for REALTORS 105 Insanity has been characterized as doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting different results. Is your current approach to real estate sales driving you crazy? It's more than likely possible in today's market if you have not yet made the effort to target foreclosure buyers. hat's because the interest in distressed real estate is at an all-time high. Agents and brokers who have  more...

Moving Past Conflict Handle Conflict Rationally ...Rationally, is the first of eleven courses in this curriculum. After the completion of this course you will be able to recognize the importance of conflict and of aiming for a win-win deal, recognize barriers to rational win-win negotiations, classify reactions to conflict and assess techniques for overcoming roadblocks to rational negotiation. The Negotiation Strategies curriculum helps  more...

Critical Thinking Skills for Managing ...Rational decision making is linear and is what you do when you put your facts in order. Intuition is looking at those facts and trying to see a pattern-and the patterns aren't always evident because the patterns aren't always linear. The two together are an extremely powerful combination. Joel Kurtzman, President, Kurtzman Associates and former editor, Harvard Business Review. The Critical  more...

Developing a Positive Attitude Oftentimes your success or failure depends not only on the situation you are in, but how you react to that situation. Your reaction to the situations you encounter is significantly influenced by your attitude. Having a positive attitude involves looking for the best in a situation, being realistic about possibilities and consequences, and having the courage to believe that you can succeed. It  more...

Presenting to Succeed There are a number of basic types of presentations, but all presentations have four things in common: a presenter, an audience, a venue, and a message. This course concentrates on showing how each of these vital elements has to be taken into account when preparing a presentation. Presenting is a skill that needs to be learned and practiced, starting with how you prepare, and you will be shown a  more...

Increasing Your Emotional Intelligence In today's workplace, you need to have both the intellectual skills to do the job and the emotional intelligence to interact effectively with co-workers. The successful leaders and managers around you outshine others because of their stellar people skills. Most people believe that emotions are automatic responses that they have no control over. Few realize that their emotions are determined by  more...

Object-Oriented Analysis and Design with UML Fundamentals To introduce basic OOAD principles, the Rational Unified Process, and the role of UML Web developers  more...

Electronic Commerce Security Issues This course describes the technologies of ecommerce, including electronic commerce security issues and electronic payment systems. Also presented are business strategies for electronic commerce, including branding and technology-enabled relationship management. The course ends with a discussion of topics that are important to e-commerce but are neither business nor technology issues. These topics  more...

Presentation Skills : Preparation ...rational person into a nervous wreck. But in business, presentations are superb opportunities to put your point across, to get people on your side, and to persuade people to act! This course will help you to maximise your chances of success by preparing effectively. It will help you establish crystal clear objectives so that you can focus your energies on what you're trying to achieve and what  more...

Presentation Skills : Writing your Presentation ...rational person into a nervous wreck. But in business, presentations are superb opportunities to put your point across, to get people on your side, and to persuade people to act! This course will help you develop a presentation with impact that makes the most of these opportunities. It will guide you in structuring and writing a presentation, from the vital opening words all the way through to  more...

Presentation Skills : Visual Aids ...rational person into a nervous wreck. But in business, presentations are superb opportunities to put your point across, to get people on your side, and to persuade people to act! This course will help you develop a presentation with impact that makes the most of these opportunities. It will guide you in designing and creating visual aids that bring your presentation to life and make your  more...

Presentation Skills : Your Delivery ...rational person into a nervous wreck. But in business, presentations are superb opportunities to put your point across, to get people on your side, and to persuade people to act! This course will help you overcome your nerves and grasp these opportunities to shine. It will give you tips and techniques on managing the way you look and the way you sound to best effect. And it will help you  more...

Presentation Skills : Handling Questions ...rational person into a nervous wreck. But in business, presentations are superb opportunities to put your point across, to get people on your side, and to persuade people to act! Question sessions are often your final opportunity to grasp these opportunities to shine. This course will give you the skills and confidence you need for handling those tricky question sessions. It will help you to  more...

Role Play Preparation Skills ...rational person into a nervous wreck. But in business, presentations are superb opportunities to put your point across, to get people on your side, and to persuade people to act! This course will help you rise to the occasion, by putting your preparatory skills to the test. From within a fictitious but realistic case study you can step through the preparation phase of the presentation, focusing  more...

Role Play Delivery ...rational person into a nervous wreck. But in business, presentations are superb opportunities to put your point across, to get people on your side, and to persuade people to act! This course will help you rise to the occasion, by putting your preparatory skills to the test. From within a fictitious but realistic case study you can step through 5 key points in your presentation, including the  more...

Excellence in Service - Building Lasting Customer Relationships In Excellence in Service: Building Lasting Customer Relationships you will learn how to build ongoing customer relationships by identifying and delivering a solid value proposition to your customers. You will then understand how to add value by increasing customer responsiveness promoting customer knowledge and developing customer loyalty. You will learn how to build on customer loyalty by  more...

Groundwater Our Most Valuable Resource 07 CEU Groundwater makes up almost the entire volume of the earth's usable fresh water. The recharge area and capture zone around a well provides natural filtration and natural safeguards for the sub surface water, a source of contamination close to a well can defeat those natural safeguards. As groundwater moves, it carries with it any soluble components which it encounters, including pollutants. It is  more...