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.
Presenting Data
Category:Operations
Course Level Startup
Course Summary
What’s the most effective way to present my business’s data?
Learn about different types of charts and graphs that can help people understand and value your business. Discover how to create effective charts using spreadsheet software. Learn how to choose the right kind of chart for the information you want to convey.
In this course, you will learn how to:
Decide what type of chart to use to present your data effectively
Use spreadsheet software to create charts and graphs
Hiring Staff
Category:Human Resources
Course Level Ready to Export
Course Summary
How do I hire the right people for my business?
Learn how to select the right candidate for a job and create a job application using word processing software. Go through the process of hiring staff for your business.
In this course, you will learn how to:
Follow a structured procedure to hire an employee
Use word processing software to create a job application
Business Email
Category:Technology
Course Level Ready to Export
Course Summary
How can I use email effectively in my business?
Learn how to write business emails that effectively communicate with customers and suppliers. Explore how to create professional and appropriate business emails for any situation.
In this course, you will learn how to:
Recognize the dos and don’ts of business email
Address an email
Add an attachment to an email
Create an email signature
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.
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
IT for Business Success
Category:Technology
Course Level Startup
Course Summary
Determine the types of technology solutions that best address your business goals. Learn how different technology issues and capabilities directly and indirectly effect your business.
In this course, you will learn how to:
Determine the types of technology solutions that best address your business goals
Decide the best way to implement a technology solution given the circumstances of your particular business
Your Target Audience
Category:Marketing
Course Level Startup
Course Summary
Who is your target audience?
Explore how you can gather information about your customers and potential customers. Learn how to focus your actions on maximizing your impact on that target audience.
In this course, you will learn how to:
Craft questions to learn more about your customers
Create an online survey to gather information about your customers
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
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
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
Energy Efficiency: Do More for Less
Category:Operations
Course Level Startup
Course Summary
Find out how to assess and reduce energy use in your business to save money and protect the environment. Learn how to use spreadsheets to assess energy use and adjust your practices.
In this course, you will learn how to:
Understand how to assess your energy use and how conserving energy saves your business money, preserves natural resources, and cuts back on pollution
Use a spreadsheet to assess your business’s energy use
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
Productivity Programs
Category:Technology
Course Level Startup
Course Description
Productivity programs are tools that you can use to create documents, presentations, tables, charts, and graphs. This course explores the most common productivity software applications used in business, in education, and at home. In this course, you will learn the features of various productivity programs such as word processing software, spreadsheets, presentation software, and databases. You will also learn how to select the right software to cater to your needs.
Course Benefits
Productivity programs are used in business for schedules, resumes, business plans, and more. These programs are widely known and used on a daily basis. In school, students are using these applications to write essays, create presentations, and organize their schedule. High Schools and Colleges have started demanding a typed final essay for a grade; forming these applications into a vital part of education. Others may use the applications at home for any other tasks, making these applications a universal tool.
Social Media Marketing
Category:Marketing
Course Level Startup
Course Summary
Using social media marketing to build your business
Explore a range of different social media marketing campaigns. Learn how to create a social media advertisement that will reach your target customers.
In this course, you will learn:
A variety of social media marketing campaigns
How to create a Facebook ad targeted to your customers
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
Selling Online
Category:Finance/ Accounting
Course Level Startup
Course Summary
How can you create effective online marketplace listings for your products?
Learn how to maximize the use of selling online in your business. Learn how to create effectively put together online listings for your products. Explore how you can use photo-editing software to improve your product photos and advertisements.
In this course, you will learn how to:
Create effective titles, descriptions, and photographs for your online product listing
Improve your products’ photographs using photo-editing software
Setting Prices
Category:Marketing
Course Level Startup
Course Summary
How do I set prices for my products or services?
Explore how to price your products and services effectively. Learn how to use word processing software to customize tables that help track information you gather to set your prices. Learn what research to complete to determine prices for your products and services.
In this course, you will learn how to:
Set prices for products and services
Use word processing software to customize tables
Social Entrepreneurship
Category:Management
Course Level Ready to Export
Course Summary
Discover how to build a financially sound business idea that will solve a problem in your community.
In this course, you will learn how to:
Assess whether a social enterprise idea can create social impact and is financially sound
Use desktop or mobile software to record information as you build your social enterprise idea
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