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.
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.
Marketing Benefits vs Features
Category:Marketing
Course Level Startup
Course Summary
How can you effectively promote the benefits of your products or services?
Learn how to effectively promote the advantages of your products or services to your target audience in order to help you increase sales. Learn how to use templates to create marketing materials.
In this course, you will learn how to:
Understand the difference between the benefits and features of your products or services and effectively promote them to your target market
Use online templates to create a flyer for your business
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.
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.
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
Strategic Planning
Category:Operations
Course Level Startup
Course Summary
Learn to use a SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats) analysis to choose the best strategies to help your business reach its long-term goals. Look into how you can start today.
In this course, you will learn how to:
Use a SWOT analysis to consider your businesses Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats in order to select the most effective strategies for the success of your business.
Make the process easier by integrating word processing and spreadsheet documents
This course was developed in collaboration with the Kelley School of Business, Indiana University, as part of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)-funded Advancement and Development through Entrepreneurship Programs and Training (ADEPT) partnership for Myanmar (Burma).
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
Cash Flow
Category:Finance/ Accounting
Course Level Startup
Course Summary
How can keeping track of your cash flow help your business?
Explore how to monitor and track your cash flow. Learn how to customize a spreadsheet to track your cash flow. Learn why cash flow is important to your business, and how to make decisions based on the research and results you gather.
In this course, you will learn how to:
Make decisions about how to manage your cash
Use spreadsheet software to track your cash flow
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
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
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
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
Minimizing the Risk of Fraud
Category:Technology
Course Level Growing
About this Course:
Learners will be introduced to the ways to minimize the risk of fraud. 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 common email scam including information on phishing, and malware/ransomware. The course will also provide information how to prevent and minimize fraud.
Instructors:
Susan Kendall, Partner, Hong Kong
Course Type: Self-Paced
Lesson Length: 20 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.
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.
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
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.
Finding Funding
Category:Operations
Course Level Startup
Course Summary
How can you find funding to start or grow your business?
Explore sources for start-up funds for your business. Identify which sources are the best match for your needs and learn what to consider before you apply. Explore how to search the Internet to find potential funders and then bookmark sites you find using social bookmarking. Finally, learn how to download and print applications for funding.
In this course, you will learn how to:
Find sources for start-up funds
Identify the sources that are best for your business needs
Use social bookmarking
Download and print applications
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