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Creating Outstanding Online Help A Self-Directed Study Software Industry This course is for you if you have some experience as a Technical Writer (but not much creating online help)and are looking to enhance your skill set. This course demonstrates - through self-directed study - the initial process of creating effective online help by starting with a solid outline.  more...

Creating Outstanding Online Help Principles and Practice Software Industry ...you have little or no experience in creating online help this course is for you. It includes instruction about basic principals and practices and allows the student to create an online help system outline with the assistance of a a side-by-sidea editor. NOTE: If you have experience as a Technical Writer - but not much creating online help - and are looking to enhance your skill set, another  more...

So You Wanna Be A Newspaper Correspondent Learn from an expert how to be a correspondent. Let an experienced journalist evaluate you to see if you have what it takes to be a correspondent.  more...

Entrepreneur Assessment Profile ...ted to strike out on your own in business and wondered if you have what it takes? The Entrepreneur Profile indicates your potential for satisfaction and success as an entrepreneur. The online assessment tells you if you are ready to make the leap, and points to the areas you need to work on to increase the likelihood of success. Students may complete this course within a reasonable period of  more...

Leadership Assessment Profile ...you have the personality and style to be a leader? The Leadership Profile indicates your potential to handle the challenges of responsibility. Your online assessment tells you if you are likely to achieve what you want, and points to the areas you need to work on to increase the likelihood of success.Students may complete this course within a reasonable period of time. Contact Hours give an  more...

Pharmacy Technician National Certification Exam Preparation Course Would you like to become a Nationally Certified Pharmacy Technician (CPhT)? Take your career to the next level and get this credential. Many Pharmacy Technicians who become certified receive financial compensation and several states are even requiring Certification for employment. Keep your employment opportunities open and make the most of your career by becoming Certified. The Pharmacy  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...

Managing People : Reviewing a Coaching Experience ...f the people you work with through effective coaching. If you have recently coached a person the experience may have been positive or not so positive. In this course you'll examine a set of questions to help you decide whether this person was the best coaching candidate: whether you, the business and that person benefited from the coaching experience and whether you overcame obstacles to  more...

Organisational Communication : Security Procedures ... 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 protecting the  more...

Recruitment & Selection Series: Advertising the Post If you are judged on the success of your team, it's in your interest to hire the best people for the job. Producing an attractive and effective job advertisement is a very important part of the recruitment process. Once you have established your key recruitment criteria, you can design a job advertisement that will encourage people to apply who meet those criteria.  more...

Recruitment & Selection Series: Dealing with Applications If you are judged on the success of your team, it's in your interest to hire the best people for the job. But when you're sifting through those promising job applications, how do you know if the person who seems so ideal will actually deliver? Sifting through applications can be a daunting task. However many you have, deciding which candidates to accept and which to reject is often a problem. But  more...

Cisco Internetwork Design Part 2: TCP/IP Network Design The second course in the Cisco Internetwork Design series covers IP Addressing. It focuses on routing protocols and considerations as well as security considerations that you will need to consider with a TCP/IP network. It also covers the various addressing choices you have when designing a TCP/IP network and how to manage your IP addressing options. It also covers multicast addressing  more...

Site Survey Fundamentals In this module, we discuss the process of conducting a site survey, also known as a "facilities analysis." We discuss terms and concepts with which you are probably familiar if you have ever installed a wireless network from the ground up.  more...

Progressing through the Complex Sale Simulation .... In this simulation, the second of three in this series, you have gained access to the buying influences at MicroGalaxy, an electronic component supply company, which is evaluating the possibility of outsourcing its fulfillment function. However, because of their strong emphasis on customer service and turnaround times, they are being very cautious as they evaluate a solution. Your goal is to  more...

Closing Executive-level Sales Simulation ...ing client base, as well as prospecting for new accounts. You have previously identified, researched, and analyzed a promising potential client, MicroGalaxy Inc. They currently use your company for their direct marketing efforts. MicroGalaxy's electronic component supply business is growing so fast that they're having trouble keeping up with fulfillment. Now you are close to closing the deal.  more...

Delivering High-Impact Sales Presentations ...ith your client is when you show the decision makers that you have the right business fit for their needs. You've done a lot of hard work, so when the curtain goes up on your sales presentation, you want an award-winning performance. In this course, you'll learn about the third major component of the strategic account sales (SAS) approach--presentation. First, you'll learn how to plan and  more...

Delivering High-impact Territorial Account Sales TAS Presentations ...ur client. This is when you show the decision makers that you have the right product and business fit for their needs. You've done a lot of hard work, so when you make your sales presentation, you want it to practically close the sale for you. First, you'll learn how to plan and develop a high-impact presentation. You'll then explore ways to successfully deliver the presentation to your client  more...

Field Sales Skills Simulation ...ciated with taking the pills. Because it's a new product, you have your work cut out for you to educate your customers and to get them to commit to an order. In this simulation, you are working in the field, and your boss has entrusted you to make two sales calls for her. Your first call is to Rick's Pharmacy and your second call is to a supplier of vitamins and minerals called Supplement  more...

Initiating Outbound Sales Calls ...appens in those few seconds. That is usually all the time you have to make a solid, positive impression on your customer. Knowing how to initiate an inside sales call is a key to your success. In this course, you will learn the strategies for dealing with voice mail and call screeners and for making a successful initial contact with a customer. You will also learn the four profile types and  more...

The Inbound Call Center ... customers with the service they demand. By ensuring that you have a good knowledge base of the inbound call center industry, you are establishing a sturdy framework for success. This course will provide you with the knowledge needed to identify customer care benefits resulting from key events in the history of call center technology; recognize the effect of environmental factors on  more...

Professional Skills for Customer Service Agents ...mers' problems within a short amount of time. To do this, you have to understand the optimum methods for professionally processing a large volume of customers representing many different personality types. This can be a challenging task. You can successfully handle an agent's workload while satisfying customers by mastering a few vital skills. "Professional Skills for Customer Service Agents"  more...

Using Surveys to Measure Customer Satisfaction ... and this course will give you the tools to do this. Once you have established the attributes of your service that customers value the most, by gathering their qualitative feedback, you need to gauge how they rate your company's ability to deliver them. This course concentrates on the techniques required to do this accurately and appropriately with the resources available to you. The first  more...

Bridge The Expectations Gap ...You have to be prepared to walk a mile in their shoes to understand more fully what customers experience when they deal with your company. There's nothing more effective in emphasizing the gap between what you believe their experiences to be and their realities than thinking and acting like a customer. This course takes you through several processes for doing exactly that, and you'll be shown  more...

Discovering What Your Customers Want ...rvey. To build a successful customer satisfaction system, you have to begin with the basics. When customer satisfaction programs begin with a survey, and not a plan, the result is frequently customer dissatisfaction. To overcome this risk, you must begin by developing a customer satisfaction system before you develop the survey. In this course, you'll explore the bottom-line payoffs for  more...

Consulting with the Internal Client Simulation Internal consultants have become more and more prevalent in the business world today. Rather than hiring an outside firm, many companies are building their own internal consulting units. These units are faster, cheaper, and more connected to the projects they manage. Internal consultants within these units must have strong communication, research, diagnostic, and presentation skills. In this  more...

Essentials of Internal Consulting ... an internal consultant do? How do you become one? And if you have just become one, what is expected of you? This course addresses these questions. If it is a new role for you, it will support you and help you to grow. If you have already begun, the course will enable you to pinpoint the activities that will become the mainstay of your role and help you to become a more effective internal  more...

Internal Consulting Skills ...ed to be a successful internal consultant? What skills do you have already, and which should you develop further? This course gives you the opportunity to review your existing abilities and ways of improving your current performance. Internal consulting is not only about your specialist or technical knowledge. It's about your ability to communicate. If you fail to get your message across to  more...

Customer Support Specialist Simulation ...ent hire. An added challenge to your new position is that you have been assigned to work the graveyard shift. Your challenge is to figure out how to handle dealing with angry, difficult, and demanding phone customers before stress gets the best of you. This simulation is based on the SkillSoft series "HDI - Customer Support Specialist" and contains links to the following courses:  more...

Project IT Management Simulation - Design to Rollout American Auto is a large automobile company that designs, manufactures, and markets cars and trucks worldwide. With its one price and no-haggle sales approach, the company has been very successful and enjoys a continuous increase in its customer base. To further simplify the buying process, American Auto has recently embraced the idea of upgrading its web site's virtual showroom to allow for  more...

The Execution Process Group ...you have completed initiating and planning for your program, it is time to take the steps necessary to execute the program. The Executing process group is concerned with following established policies and plans to ensure effective benefits and stakeholder management, as well as program governance. Management of this process is complex involving costing, quality assurance, and scheduling, among  more...

Making Telephone Calls Count ...you have the power to make every call count. Is the service you deliver to your customers over the telephone merely satisfactory, or is it superior? When challenges present themselves, how well do you handle yourself? What do your actions say about your company? You may think telephone interactions are all simple and straightforward. The customer talks. You listen. But how well do you listen on  more...

Critical Thinking Strategies Simulation ...You have recently been hired as the general manager at Retail Management Software (RMS). The company began as a small start-up company five years ago, developing software that helps retailers create, manage, and fulfill consumer demand. The founders and owners, Fred Chambers and Larry Busby, and their small team worked hard and developed great products. Recently, RMS' business has increased a  more...

Delivering Your Message ...ge, and the techniques you need to do this. First of all, you have to make a positive first impression on your audience members by how and where you stand, by your appearance, and how you look at them. Then, you must lead your audience through your message, referencing what is important through the language you use, and the physical techniques you employ. Finally, the course shows what is  more...

The Basics of Listening ...t getting the whole message when someone talks to you? If you have problems receiving information that is verbally communicated, this is the course for you. This course will familiarize you with the communication and listening processes, and how listening functions within communication. You will discover the factors and variables that influence communication and listening and learn strategies  more...

Building Relationships to Get Results ... you "boss." When you stop to think about it, you realize you have no real authority whatsoever. In fact, you have much more power than you think, even if you are on the bottom rung of the corporate ladder. As Jack London said, "Life is not always a matter of being dealt a winning hand, but sometimes, of playing a poor hand well." In the corporate world, when it comes to getting results when  more...

Getting Results through Communication ...you have to either do it yourself or see to it that someone else does it. As adept as you may be at multi-tasking, there will be times when you'll need a colleague's help or buy-in to perform a task. But how can you effectively achieve results without any formal authority within the organization? Communication is the answer. Through the effective use of the various forms of communication,  more...

Getting Results without Authority Simulation ...You have been hired within the last year as a design engineer at Autorad, a company that manufactures automotive components. Historically, the company specialized in custom-designed components for limited production runs. In recent years, the company has moved into more mainstream applications and must adapt to a mass-production mind-set. Your team has been working on a new steering wheel  more...

Managing Anger in the Workplace Simulation ...you have probably become angry at work. A disagreement with a coworker or manager could make you lose your temper and voice your anger, but is this really a good idea? What will your coworkers or manager think of your outburst? While confronting anger in the workplace is inevitable, it's important to minimize your angry thoughts, emotions and behaviors, and channel your energy into more  more...

Management Development for Technical Professionals ...you have ever considered moving up to a managerial position, certain personal and professional traits will be necessary when you make that move. In addition to the skills you have as a technical professional, you need to develop the skills of effective managers. This course will assist you in a self-assessment process that is essential to your efforts to become an effective manager. You will  more...

Process Management Skills ...the manager's organization. To be efficient as a manager, you have to develop a suite of organizational skills including time management, performance management, and stress management. This course will help you develop your skills at organizing and scheduling activities such as meetings, client conferences, and personnel reviews. Process Management Skills will also assist you in setting goals  more...

Mentoring Essentials Simulation ...ls over the next five years. While managing this project, you have also been assigned Tilly Newman, a new hire in your department, to be your protege. Your responsibilities within this simulation are to inform Tilly of company policies, prepare an Action Plan for her professional development, and guide Tilly through personal and professional problems. During this first month, you will practice:  more...

Moving into Management Simulation ...itially find that some of your coworkers' expectations of you have changed. Some of your former colleagues will have trouble accepting your promotion, and you will need to respond appropriately to their negative reactions. This will involve confronting and overcoming their concerns and behaviors. You will also need to resolve conflict between team members. As a new manager, you will need to  more...

Leadership in Management Simulation ...n Los Angeles, California. As part of the marketing team, you have been with Limelight for just under two years. Your dedication, industry knowledge and hard work have paid off, recently earning you a promotion to manager of the department. But with the new title comes new challenges--some from sources you may never have expected. But challenges like these are all part of moving into management  more...

Dynamics of Leadership Can anyone, regardless of company status, be a leader? Yes Leaders can be found at all levels in the work force. When you're learning how to lead, is it possible also to be responsible for discovering new future leaders? You bet it is. Even though you aren't in management, do you have the power to influence someone to change his behavior? Again, the answer is yes. In this course, you'll learn how  more...

Leading from the Front Line Simulation ...e Customer Service Team for Cross & Witherson, Unlimited, you have been made aware of a growing problem with product returns. Using your management and persuasive skills, you must convince both your manager and your fellow co-workers of the value of exploring a possible solution--the creation of a knowledge base. This simulation is based on the SkillSoft series Leading from the Front Line. It  more...

Succession Planning Overview ...you have people in your organization that are indispensable for its success? Would losing them create a hole that would be hard to fill? Have you planned to fill these vacancies? This course introduces you to succession planning--the planning process of identifying, assessing, and developing leadership and talent for future vacancies. This course will familiarize you with the key concepts that  more...

Succession Planning Management ...you have a succession plan and you've identified some problems. What do you do now? By taking this course, you will learn how to establish a leadership and talent development program that will ensure your succession plan achieves its goals. You will also learn how to overcome some common challenges that management teams face when trying to find the right people for a position. Since succession  more...

Effective Interviewing ...nsuming, and although you will not want to skimp on them, you have to use the available time as efficiently as possible. This course shows you how to screen and manage the interview time efficiently. You have to be confident about the methods that are used by whoever conducts interviews in your organization. This course will show you how to create methods that are reliable, and will explain the  more...

International Finance ...you have wondered how one can successfully navigate the maze of options and opportunities offered by the international financial markets. Are there ways to maximize profits while effectively minimizing risk when it comes to dealing on the global level? This course will demonstrate why you would want to transform your purely domestic firm into a multinational corporation; how you decide which  more...

Non-value added Steps and Tasks ...you have products sitting in inventory it means your resources are not producing cash flow. Identifying and removing the non-value-added steps and tasks in the supply chain is the key element in effective inventory management. This course examines how Lean businesses seek to integrate their supply chains with their production processes so as to minimize inventory levels, improve the flow of raw  more...

Six Sigma DMAIC Measuring the Process ...o buy for a new room in your house? By the same token, do you have the right tools for measuring a process in your organization that just isn't working? "Six Sigma DMAIC: Measuring the Process," provides Six Sigma Green Belts and team members with techniques for precisely pinpointing the source of problems--and precisely measuring them. That means you'll learn what to measure, the five types of  more...

Six Sigma DMAIC Analyzing the Data ...ess systems too, and to get at the source of the problem, you have to dig down deep. This course is all about making sure Six Sigma Green belts and team members dig deep enough, to where the solutions are simplest. In order to employ Six Sigma, you need information on how to use the data that's relevant to the problems in your business process. In Lesson 1 you'll explore the best methods to  more...

Six Sigma DMAIC Analyzing the Process ... perfection (or consistency) for your product or service, you have to analyze and "map" the process to eliminate any defect from the system. Mapping the process that creates the defects--for example, a cup of coffee that's "off" in flavor or temperature--and analyzing it, is the focus of this course. Specifically, the course offers methods for Six Sigma Green Belts and team members to put  more...

Financial Analysis for Successful Marketing ...you have a "head" for numbers, or a "dread" of numbers, no strategic marketing plan will be successful without a thorough financial analysis. The final course in this series takes a user-friendly, interactive approach to help you master the numbers game. You will analyze typical financial parameters associated with setting up a financial budget as part of an overall marketing strategy. This  more...

Introduction to Product Management ...you have an abiding interest in planning, forecasting, and marketing a product or product line? Are you new to the field of product management? Or have you just been hired as a product manager? In this course, you'll learn strategies and techniques to help you build a foundation for understanding product management. First, you will explore the fundamentals of product management. Specifically,  more...

Union Awareness According to the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics, in 2004, 12.5 percent of wage and salary workers were union members--down from 12.9 percent in 2003. Why is membership declining? Perhaps the growing number of laws in place to protect workers prevents the necessity of unions, or perhaps the nature of the work itself has changed. Regardless of the decline, workers still have  more...

Harassment in the Workplace Harassment in the workplace is not confined to sexual harassment. Harassment can be based on all protected characteristics, including race, color, national origin, religion, age, and disability. Depending on state law and other circumstances, additional characteristics such as sexual orientation and marital status may also be protected. An effective harassment prevention training program must  more...

Data Modeling ...you have to design it. The first step in designing a database is data modeling. Data modeling enables a database designer to create a model that represents the way in which information is likely to be organized in the database. This data model is then reviewed by the people who are expected to use the final database. Subsequent steps in database designing are performed only after the data model  more...

Advanced Six Sigma - The Define Phase of DMAIC ...y level. Using Six Sigma you can measure how many defects you have in a process and systematically eliminate them to arrive at a near zero-defect product or process. In this advanced course of implementing Six Sigma you will use the concepts of Six Sigma and apply them to an organization. You will identify problems customer requirements and tools to address the problem and increase customer  more...

Cal Poly (GRCI) Certificate Course - Computer to Plate for Newspapers The Computer-to-Plate for Newspapers course begins with an overview of CtP technology. This gives you a foundation for understanding the different types of hardware, lasers, and plate choices available. The benefits of CtP are discussed, including cost, speed, quality, and the new capabilities that CtP can provide. Cost issues are discussed, including criteria to take into account when calculating  more...

Cal Poly (GRCI) Certificate Course - Computer to Plate for Newspapers The Computer-to-Plate for Newspapers course begins with an overview of CtP technology. This gives you a foundation for understanding the different types of hardware, lasers, and plate choices available. The benefits of CtP are discussed, including cost, speed, quality, and the new capabilities that CtP can provide. Cost issues are discussed, including criteria to take into account when calculating  more...

Correcting Performance Problems: Disciplining Employees In Correcting Performance Problems: Disciplining Employees you will learn guidelines for conducting an effective disciplinary meeting and how to determine whether you have sufficient cause and evidence to discipline an employee. You will also learn how to prepare for disciplinary action and how to determine whether you need a witness present for a disciplinary meeting. In addition you will learn  more...

Operating Systems Training Learn exactly what you need to know with this interactive, multimedia courseware. The animations and simulations teach fundamental techniques and let you apply what you have learned in a realistic application environment. This course prepares the student for the Microsoft User Specialist (MOUS) certification exam, with training for all five Microsoft Windows operating systems, including:Windows  more...

Creating a Web Presence WWW101 - Creating a Web Presence In this course we will briefly go over some of the topics to consider in creating a web presence. Most of the material mentioned in this course is covered in other courses on LearningMeasure.com. This course is intended to be an overview of the topic. The topics covered are: Getting a Domain Name - Important for people to find your material on  more...