2 QLS Endorsed Course | CPD Certified | Free PDF + Hardcopy Certificates | 80 CPD Points | Lifetime Access
2 QLS Endorsed Course | CPD Certified | Free PDF + Hardcopy Certificates | 80 CPD Points | Lifetime Access
2 QLS Endorsed Course | CPD Certified | Free PDF + Hardcopy Certificates | 80 CPD Points | Lifetime Access
Advance your craft with our Intermediate On-Demand Pewter Casting Course, designed for those ready to refine their skills while enhancing their wellbeing. Led by an experienced tutor, this course delves into more intricate techniques and detailed designs, guiding you through the process of creating beautiful, handcrafted pewter pieces. With step-by-step video tutorials, you'll learn to cast more complex shapes and add fine details to your work, whether you're crafting jewellery, decorative items, or custom creations. Beyond mastering the art of pewter casting, you'll find the process both meditative and fulfilling, making this course a perfect blend of creativity and relaxation.
Explore the delicate art of paper embossing with our Beginner On-Demand Paper Embossing Course, perfect for enhancing your wellbeing and complementing other crafts like bookbinding. Led by an experienced tutor, this course offers easy-to-follow, step-by-step video tutorials that introduce you to the basics of embossing, from creating simple designs to adding intricate textures to your paper projects. Whether you're new to crafting or looking to expand your skill set, you'll find embossing to be a meditative and rewarding practice. Not only does it add a beautiful touch to your handmade creations, but it also brings a sense of calm and satisfaction to your crafting journey
Discover the art of macramé with our Beginner On-Demand Macramé Course, the perfect way to start a new hobby or even kickstart a creative business. Led by an experienced tutor, this course offers easy-to-follow video tutorials that guide you through the basics of knotting techniques and stylish designs. You'll learn to craft beautiful wall hangings, plant hangers, jewellery, and more, all while mastering a skill that’s both relaxing and rewarding. Whether you're looking to create handmade décor for your home or explore new entrepreneurial opportunities, this course will inspire you to weave your creativity into stunning macramé pieces.
Project Management Metrics, Key Performance Indicators, and Dashboards: On-Demand The ultimate purpose of metrics and dashboards is not to provide more information, but to provide the right information to the right person at the right time using the correct media and in a cost effective manner. This is certainly a challenge. As computer technology has grown, so has the ease by which information can be generated and presented to management and stakeholders. Today, everyone seems concerned about information overload. Unfortunately, the real issue is non-information overload. In other words, there are too many useless reports which cannot easily be read and which provide readers with too much information, much of which may have no relevance. We are now struggling to find better ways of communicating. Our focus today is on the unique needs of the receiver of the information. The need to make faster and better decisions mandates better information. Humans have a variety of ways by which they can absorb information. We must address all of these ways in the selection of the metrics and the design of the dashboards. The three most important words in a stakeholder's vocabulary are, 'Making informed decisions.' This is usually the intent of effective stakeholder relations management. Unfortunately, this cannot be accomplished without an effective information system based upon meaningful and informative metrics and key performance indicators (KPIs). For decades we believed that the only information that needed to be passed on to the client and the stakeholders were information related to time and cost. Today, we realize that true project status cannot be determined from time and cost alone. Each project may require its own unique metrics and key performance indicators. The future of project management may very well be metric-driven project management. Information design has finally come of age. Effective communications is the essence of information design. Today, we have many small companies that are specialists in information design. Larger companies may maintain their own specialist team and call these people graphic designers, information architects or interaction designers. These people maintain expertise in the visual display of both quantitative and qualitative information necessary for informed decision-making. Traditional communications and information flow has always been based upon tables, charts and indexes that were hopefully organized properly by the designer. Today, information or data graphics combines points, lines, charts, symbols, images, words, numbers, shades and a symphony of colors to convey the right message easily. What we know with certainty is that dashboards and metrics are never an end in themselves. They go through continuous improvement and are constantly updated. In a project management environment, each receiver of information can have different requirements and may request different information during the life cycle of the project. What You Will Learn Gain a better understanding of why metrics management has grown Develop a deeper understanding that there are different types of metrics and KPIs, and that not all metrics should be reported to the client or stakeholders Understand how effective metrics, when combined with dashboards, can facilitate the decision-making process Understand the complexities with dashboard design Be able to identify how many metrics are necessary and how too many metrics can create communication Understand the need for value-based metrics Understand the critical issues with the implementation of a metrics management program Understanding Value-Based Metrics Targets and Measurements Graphical Displays of Metrics and KPIs Understanding Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) Understanding Metrics The Driving Forces for Better Metrics Changing Times: The Growth of PM 2.0 Understanding Dashboards Metric Management Systems Metric Management Systems Benefits of a Metric Management Program
Project Leadership Skills (On-Demand) This 4-hour course will help participants refine a skill set that is invaluable to their organization, and one that transfers easily across their professional and personal lives. To be effective within an organization, project managers need to have a wide variety of skills and abilities. Included among these are: creating and executing on a vision; motivating others; influencing without authority; networking; communicating up, down and laterally; negotiating; managing stakeholders; and managing conflict. This highly interactive workshop focuses on building the soft skills that are critical to leading a team and creating sustainable business change. Participants will gain insight into the social science as well as the brain science behind motivating and empowering others. They will learn and experiment with a variety of influencing strategies and tactics. Participants will also discover their personal communication preferences, strengths, and blind spots and will gain insight into how best to communicate with others they find 'difficult.' They will gain insight into managing the people side of change, learning strategies for dealing with each step in the process. Hands-on negotiation and conflict management activities enhance the theoretical learning, grounding it in real life and making it actionable. This course will help participants refine a skill set that is invaluable to their organization, and one that transfers easily across their professional and personal lives. What you will Learn At the end of this course, you will be able to: Explain the importance of vision in driving motivation and engagement Apply science-based research to better motivate those around you Strategically leverage both personal and positional power to achieve positive project results Determine influencing and networking strategies needed for personal growth Identify ways to problem solve communication challenges when others have different personality styles Apply the four rules of principled negotiation to a real-life conflict situation Recognize key aspects of a physiological response to conflict Utilize selected tools and techniques to 'defuse' an emotional situation Leverage various strategies and tactics to successfully deal with ambiguity at work Getting Started / Foundation Concepts Brief Introductions Course structure, goals, and objectives Managing Vision and Purpose / Motivating Others Communicating and aligning around vision Tying the present to the future The importance of purpose The art and science of motivation Networking and Influencing Positive politics and project success Types of power within organizations Power and influence Networking best practices Communication The medium and the message Personality and communication styles Communication challenges Negotiation and Conflict Management Negotiation basics Principled negotiation Dynamics of conflict The anatomy of conflict Conflict management approaches and tools Dealing with ambiguity Summary and Next Steps
The Power of Acknowledgment: On-Demand The Power of Acknowledgment is an ingenious yet clear-cut model of behavior and action. These behaviors and actions, when properly practiced by people on an ongoing basis, is transformational. According to author/trainer Judith W. Umlas experience of 14 years of training and delivery practice globally, it will change your interactions with everyone in both your personal and professional life in profound and positive ways. Your behavior and way of being will actually transform this practice. And when enough people are doing this -- at least most of the time -- the world will also change in amazing ways. That's her vision, and when enough people participate in this behavioral change model it's also her prediction! In this interactive, engaging, high-impact and fun course, you will be given the priceless tools that you can put into immediate action. These help you overcome your barriers to acknowledging others in heartfelt and authentic ways. Inspiring stories and case studies will move and energize you. And you will actually get to practice your new or enhanced skills. The goal of this course is to identify techniques for creating a more positive and meaningful connection between you and the people around you, and to improve your ability to develop a more rewarding and successful personal and professional life. This course will become a catalyst for an immediate, positive change in your life and the life of others that are part of your world! What You Will Learn At the end of this program, you will be able to: Use the 7 Key Principles of Acknowledgment Practice the 5 C's of Acknowledgment Improve your relationships in all facets of life Identify myths that get in the way of your expressing heartfelt and authentic acknowledgment, appreciation and gratitude to your team members and others Be a Champion for Change where you live, in your workplace and community Acknowledge people on a regular basis in ways that make a profound difference to them, to you, and to any organization The Power of Acknowledgment The 7 Principles of Acknowledgment Transforming Challenging Relationships Through Acknowledgment' The Five Cs of Acknowledgement
The Power of Acknowledgment (On-Demand) The Power of Acknowledgment is an ingenious and proven clear-cut behavioral change model. These behaviors and actions, when properly practiced by people on an ongoing basis, are transformational. They help people feel engaged, inspired and appreciated in heartfelt and authentic ways. According to author/trainer Judith W. Umlas' experience of 14 years of training and delivery practice globally, it will change your interactions with everyone in both your personal and professional life in profound and positive ways. In a business context, acknowledging others canincrease customer engagement and bottom-line results when you communicate with authenticity and understanding ofothers' needs. Acknowledging people can have a deep and powerful impact on changing attitudes, fostering collaboration, and achieving successful outcomes. The goal of this workshop experience is to identify and employ techniques for creating a more positive and meaningful connection between you and the people around you, and to improve your ability to develop a more rewarding and successful personal and professional life. You will learn valuable tools that you can put into immediate action. These will help you overcome barriers to acknowledging others in heartfelt and authentic ways. Inspiring stories, videos, and case studies will move and energize you. You will learn to practice new or enhanced communication skills in an interactive, engaging, high-impact way. This workshop is developed by author and trainerJudith W. Umlaswith 16 years of global training and delivery experience. Judy is the author of the ground-breaking bookThe Power of Acknowledgement, and creator ofThe Center for Grateful Leadership. Her work has been a catalyst for immediate, positive change in the lives of hundreds of thousands of people, and the lives of others that are part of their world. What You Will Learn At the end of this program, you will be able to: Use the 7 Key Principles of Acknowledgment Practice the 5 C's of Acknowledgment Improve your relationships in all facets of life Identify myths that get in the way of your expressing heartfelt and authentic acknowledgment, appreciation and gratitude to your team members and others Be a Champion for Change where you live, in your workplace and community Acknowledge people on a regular basis in ways that make a profound difference to them, to you, and to any organization The Power of Acknowledgment The 7 Principles of Acknowledgment Transforming Challenging Relationships Through Acknowledgment´ The Five Cs of Acknowledgement