Strengthening Global Presence Through Online Marketing
Category:Technology
Course Level Startup
About this Course:
Learners will be introduced to what it means and how to strengthen your global presence by winning the moments that matter in our constantly connected world. Google will acquaint learners about people – the ones we’re trying to reach and influence and how their behavior has changed, thanks to the explosion of technology. Learners will be familiarized to shifts in consumer behavior affect us as marketers and business owners. And finally Google will share innovative things learners can do to driver performance in our constantly connected world.
Instructor: Bianca Grey, Account Manager
Course Type: Self-Paced
Lesson Length: 15 minutes
Basics of Logistics for Export
Category:Trade/ Logistics
Course Level Ready to Export
An overview of the fundamentals in logistics designed for micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises who want to export to new market segments overseas.
The Aspiring Entrepreneurs Training
Category:Operations
Course Level Startup
About this Course:
The Aspiring Entrepreneurs (AE) training is focused on developing the basic competencies needed by entrepreneurs who are planning to start a business. The training will support entrepreneurs to review the key business principles of product, place, promotion and price, evaluate business ideas and develop strategies for success.
After completing the course, participants will understand how a business operates, how to assess different business strategies, and how to collaborate with others to promote their businesses success. Participants will have a new skill set and confidence to take action, make decisions and plan for the future of their business or prospective businesses.
The AE is part of Community-Based Enterprise Development (C-BED), a low cost, innovative training program designed by the International Labour Organization (ILO) to support skills development and empowerment in local communities for improvements in livelihoods, productivity and working conditions.
Available Lessons:
- Overview of the programme
- Introductions
- Selecting a Business Idea
- Defining a Business Idea and Potential Customers
- Developing Your Marketing Plan
- Setting Your Price
- What Makes a Successful Business?
- Action Plan
Developing High Performing Teams
Category:Management
Course Level Startup
Developing High Performing Teams is the fifth course from Five Leadership Course offered by Cisco through webinar.
Why join the webinar?
Learn the principles and best practices in hiring, building and managing great teams. Achieve a more successful team dynamic for business growth by:• Defining high performance teams
• Understanding Corporate Culture and Leadership and its impact on teams
• Hiring and managing high performance teams
• Understanding the dialogic principle of establishing awareness, presence, and consciousness
About the speaker:
Robert Schaffner
Robert Schaffner is a native Austrian and has lived and worked in Austria, Germany, Australia, and currently makes his home in Singapore. He started his career as a technologist 25 years ago at Siemens. In 2006, he co-founded Avodaq, a German IT system integrator. He co-founded the collaboration software company, Andtek, in 2011, which he later sold. Robert’s passion is teaching leaders, sales teams, and organizations how to have impact on individuals, organizations, and society.
He has just written a book with Pat Bodin and the title of the book is Get In the Boat – A Journey to Relevance.
Legal Aspects of Cross-Border E-Commerce
Category:Technology
Course Level Growing
About this Course:
Learners will be introduced to the legal aspects of cross-border e-commerce. Clients prize Baker & McKenzie for its breadth of access to markets, as it can individually guide cross-border transactions without using external local counsel.
Learners will be acquainted to legal entity critical to doing business in the global electronic marketplace. It includes regulations specific to certain products and services, advertising, intellectual property issues, enforceability of online transactions, taxation and data privacy protection.
Instructor: Elizabeth Opena, Partner, Quisumbing Torres
Course Type: Self-Paced
Lesson Length: 20 minutes
Cisco Leadership Course Webinar: Artificial Intelligence – Opportunity or Threat for SMEs?
Category:Management
Course Level Startup
Webinar Session
Wednesday, March 27, 2019
10.00 AM (ID, TH, VN)
11:00 AM (MY, PH, SG)
From Apple’s Siri and Amazon Alexa to Telsa’s self-driving cars, we are seeing more Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies at work in business and daily living. Despite the seeming proliferation, it is still in the very early stages of development and because of that complex, time and resource consuming. Facing limited data, limited resources, and limited data science talent, is Artificial Intelligence – an opportunity or threat for SMEs?
Why Join the Webinar?
AI has already impact on competition, customer experience and is evolving extremely fast. Whether to adopt it or just want to prepare for its impact on our business, SMEs need to understand the consequences and changes AI is bringing into our environment. Find out about:
- AI fundamentals for business leaders
- Differentiate facts from fiction in terms of AI capability
- Understanding business benefits of AI (use case examples)
- What differentiates us in an AI centric world
About the speaker:
Robert Schaffner
Robert Schaffner is a native Austrian and has lived and worked in Austria, Germany, Australia, and currently makes his home in Singapore. He started his career as a technologist 25 years ago at Siemens. In 2006, he co-founded Avodaq, a German IT system integrator. He co-founded the collaboration software company, Andtek, in 2011, which he later sold. Robert’s passion is teaching leaders, sales teams, and organizations how to have impact on individuals, organizations, and society.
He has just written a book with Pat Bodin and the title of the book is Get In the Boat – A Journey to Relevance.
Basics of Finance
Category:Finance/ Accounting
Course Level Growing
Course Summary
How much do you need to sell to make a profit?
Learn basic concepts of business finance that help you calculate expenses and find out when you will make a profit. Explore using a spreadsheet to easily make necessary calculations.
In this course, you will learn how to:
- Determine types of expenses
- Calculate your break-even point
- Use a spreadsheet to make your calculations easier
Effective Business Websites
Category:Technology
Course Level Startup
Course Summary
How can your website meet your business goals by effectively reaching your target audience?
Learn how to build a user-friendly website that meets your business goals and effectively reaches your target audience. Learn how to use a web tool to create a website.
In this course, you will learn how to:
Create a user-friendly website that meets your business goals and effectively reaches your target audience
Use online web design software to create a website for your business
Tool for Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Category:Operations
Course Level Startup
About this Course:
This Entrepreneurship and Innovation (EI) training is designed for individuals that have existing enterprises, particularly those that have been recently established or those that have identified problems.
After EI training, participants will better understand how to innovate through an innovative process, and how to use the tools presented to spend time on innovating within their businesses. Participants will have a new skill set and confidence to think creatively, come up with innovative ideas and test these with people in and outside their business.
The EI is part of Community-Based Enterprise Development (C-BED), a low cost, innovative training program designed by the International Labour Organization (ILO) to support skills development and empowerment in local communities for improvements in livelihoods, productivity and working conditions.
Available Lessons:
- Overview of the programme
- Introductions
- What is Innovation
- Creative Thinking
- Problem Definition
- Create Ideas
- Filter
- Pilot
- Action Plan
Eligible for Certification: Yes
Getting the Most Value from Card Acceptance
Category:Operations
Course Level Startup
Course Description:
Today we’re going to talk about how small businesses can expand and strengthen their enterprises by mastering electronic payments. Electronic payment technology continues to expand and improve, replacing cash and checks for government, consumers and small businesses. Many of the advantages of convenience and efficiency are so obvious that we don’t even think about them. There are many other features and capabilities of debit, credit and prepaid cards that can be overlooked or become confusing. With more and more use of electronic payments, Master Your Card is here to make sure everyone realizes how they can get more from their money by using the full power of electronic payment networks.
Course Type: Self-Paced
Effective Leadership
Category:Human Resources
Course Level Startup
Course Summary
Discover different leadership approaches and understand when and how to use them to be a more effective leader. Learn how to become a stronger and more effective leader in all aspects of business.
In this course, you will learn how to:
Assess which leadership approaches are appropriate for different situations
Use desktop or mobile software to collaborate and communicate more productively as a leader
Sales Forecasting
Category:Marketing
Course Level Startup
Course Summary
How can you gather the right information to forecast sales for your business?
Learn why sales forecasting is important for your business and how to gather information to make a sales forecast. Learn how to customize a spreadsheet to track your sales forecast. Learn how to gather the important information needed to create your sales forecast.
In this course, you will learn how to:
Gather information to make a sales forecast for your business
Use spreadsheet software to track your sales forecast
Connecting Global Commerce
Category:Operations
Course Level Startup
Course Description
Learn how PayPal operates across platforms and devices — enabling consumers to pay with any device or operating system they choose no matter if they’re on their mobile devices, desktops or in the physical store. Since PayPal touches both the consumer and the merchant, we have the data to help protect against fraudulent transactions on the consumer side, while helping merchants to better understand their customers.
Effective Presentations
Category:Operations
Course Level Startup
Course Summary
How can you create effective and targeted slide presentations?
Learn how to create slide presentations that are well-designed and targeted to particular audiences. Make sure that you express what you want to say clearly, through the use of effective text, images, and examples.
In this course, you will learn how to:
Determine what information is relevant to a particular audience
Create effective and well-designed slide presentations
Digitalization and Its Impact for SMEs
Category:Management
Course Level Startup
Digitalization and Its Impact for SMEs is the first course from Five Leadership Course offered by Cisco through webinar.
In this session, we look into the drives behind digitalization, its impact on SME organisations, business models, key digital business capabilities and opportunities it promises.
What will you learn:
- What is Digitalization and why now
- Digitalization Framework and context
- Business Model and digital business capabilities
- How to drive business with social platforms
- Best practices and examples of digital SMBs
About the speaker:
Robert Schaffner
Robert Schaffner is a native Austrian and has lived and worked in Austria, Germany, Australia, and currently makes his home in Singapore. He started his career as a technologist 25 years ago at Siemens. In 2006, he co-founded Avodaq, a German IT system integrator. He co-founded the collaboration software company, Andtek, in 2011, which he later sold. Robert’s passion is teaching leaders, sales teams, and organizations how to have impact on individuals, organizations, and society.
He has just written a book with Pat Bodin and the title of the book is Get In the Boat – A Journey to Relevance.
Computer Basics
Category:Technology
Course Level Startup
Course Description
Computing has become a very integral part of everyday life in the twenty-first century. From music and photos to banking and communicating, computers have changed the way we work and live.
This course introduces you to the fundamentals of computing, explains the components of a computer, explores operating system basics, and shows you how to use a mouse and a keyboard. Also explains how computers can be used in different aspects of life.
Course Benefits
Computers are used in every field. They help organizations and individuals to conduct business transactions efficiently and quickly. Today, one of the basic skills necessary to succeed at a workplace is to know how to use the computer. To be able to get better jobs, you need to know how to use a computer.
Managing Contact Information
Category:Operations
Course Level Startup
Course Summary
How can you capture the right types of information about your customers and other contacts?
Explore how to gather and access key information about your customers, potential customers, suppliers, and other contacts.
In this course, you will learn how to:
Record important information about your business contacts
Create new contacts in a contact management system
Search for contacts in a contact management system
Digital Lifestyles
Category:Technology
Course Level Startup
Course Description
From cell phones to MP3 players to digital cameras, computers are changing our everyday lives. This course introduces you to digital technologies, including digital audio, digital video, and digital photography. It explores how these and other computing technologies are creating new career opportunities and shaping the world we live in.
Course Benefits
Digital technology is used in all areas of life today. It has changed the way people work and entertain themselves. This module explains the scope of digital technology at home, at work, and at play. It also identifies the different career opportunities made available because of the extensive use of computers in various fields.
The Internet and the World Wide Web
Category:Technology
Course Level Startup
Course Description
The Internet can connect you to people, information, and resources around the world. This course shows you how to connect to the Internet, browse webpages and websites, use search engines, and communicate with others using email, instant messaging, blogs, and other media.
Course Benefits
The Internet has changed the way people communicate with each other. You can access and use various services related to finding information, communicating, and conducting business on the Internet.
Inventory Management
Category:Operations
Course Level Ready to Export
Course Summary
How much do you need to sell to make a profit?
Learn ways to manage your inventory to maintain successful business operations and maximize your profit. Discover different technologies for managing inventory. Learn why inventory management is essential to your business as a whole.
In this course, you will learn how to:
Choose the best method of inventory management for your business
Use different technologies to manage your inventory