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A standalone 10-week quilling course - 2 hours per week online with daytime and evening options - that will introduce you to the materials, tools, and techniques used in quilling and to Craft4Smiles C.I.C and our tutors. At the end of each session you will have a lovely quilled item to show family and friends or to display on your shelf! All materials and equipment needed will be supplied and are yours to keep. This course is helpful for those for whom English is not their native tongue as there is a lot of repetition of basic terms including numbers, colours and directions.

Memory Book: Create The Life You Love. Over 3-weeks/sessions, this course will take you, through the construction of this attractive die cut memory book. You will produce a memory book as shown to embellish with your own memories and thoughts, or to give to someone for them to embellish themselves. If you have no previous paper crafting experience, this course will introduce you to some of the basic materials, tools, equipment and techniques used in paper crafting and mixed media work. The course is suitable for experienced crafters too! You will be sent all the materials and equipment needed to complete the course.

A writing workshop to release stress, explore our shadows and reveal our creative force.

Duration 1 Days 6 CPD hours This course is intended for This course is designed for a non-technical audience and doesn't require any prior coding or technical experience. The handson exercises will be done using pre-built OpenAI tools and interfaces that are user-friendly and easy to use. Overview Working in an interactive learning environment, led by our engaging expert, you will: Get comfortable with the basics of prompt engineering and discover how it can make a difference in various business tasks, such as enhancing customer support, creating content, and fine-tuning sales pitches. Develop the knack for crafting, refining, and perfecting prompts suited to specific business situations by understanding context, user intent, and what makes a prompt great. Learn how to smoothly incorporate prompt engineering solutions into your existing business workflows, including pinpointing the right processes, integrating with your current software, and keeping data privacy and security in check. Become proficient in advanced techniques and best practices in prompt engineering, like making use of APIs, customizing language models, and collaborating with your teammates across different departments. Keep up with the latest developments in prompt engineering and be ready to adapt to changing business needs and trends, ensuring that you stay relevant and continue to grow in the dynamic business world. Prompt engineering is the process of designing and refining input prompts to get desired output from advanced language models, such as OpenAI Codex or GPT-4. It involves creating effective questions or statements that guide the AI model to generate useful responses for a specific task or purpose, like enhancing customer support, generating content, and fine-tuning sales pitches, making it an essential skill set for a wide range of business applications. Quick Start to Prompt Engineering for Everyday Business Users is a one-day, workshop style hands-on course that where you'll learn how to create effective prompts, integrate prompt engineering solutions into existing workflows, and uncover advanced techniques and best practices. Guided by our engaging, expert instructor, you?ll experiment with innovative tools and develop practical skills that can be immediately applied to a variety of projects. Whether you're aiming to enhance customer interactions, simplify content creation, or refine internal communication, this immersive learning experience will equip you with the knowledge to make a meaningful impact on your organization. Introduction to Prompt Engineering Understand the fundamentals of prompt engineering and its applications in the business world. What is prompt engineering? Importance of prompt engineering in business Key concepts and terminology Examples of prompt engineering in business scenarios Overview of popular prompt engineering tools (e.g., OpenAI Codex, GPT-4) Activity: Hands-on exploration of prompt engineering tools: Participants will engage in a fun scavenger hunt activity, where they will experiment with different prompt engineering tools to answer a set of questions. Developing Effective Prompts Learn how to create and refine prompts for a variety of business applications. Anatomy of a good prompt Understanding context and user intent Techniques for prompt iteration and optimization Generating specific and creative responses Handling sensitive information and biases Activity: Prompt development workshop: Participants will practice developing and refining prompts in a collaborative, game-like environment, where they will compete to create the most effective prompts for given business scenarios. Integrating Prompt Engineering into Business Processes Discover how to incorporate prompt engineering solutions into existing workflows. Identifying business processes that can benefit from prompt engineering Integrating prompt engineering with existing software and tools Evaluating the success and impact of prompt engineering solutions Ensuring data privacy and security Scaling prompt engineering solutions across an organization Activity: Business process integration simulation: Participants will work in teams to create a plan for integrating a prompt engineering solution into a simulated business process, with a focus on creativity and practicality. Advanced Techniques and Best Practices Gain insights into advanced techniques and best practices for prompt engineering in a business context. Leveraging APIs for prompt engineering Customizing and fine-tuning language models Adapting to changing business requirements and trends Collaborating with cross-functional teams Staying up-to-date with prompt engineering advancements Activity: Advanced prompt engineering challenge: Participants will take part in a friendly competition, using advanced techniques to solve complex business-related prompt engineering challenges. Additional course details: Nexus Humans QuickStart to Prompt Engineering for Everyday Business Users (TTAI2009) training program is a workshop that presents an invigorating mix of sessions, lessons, and masterclasses meticulously crafted to propel your learning expedition forward. This immersive bootcamp-style experience boasts interactive lectures, hands-on labs, and collaborative hackathons, all strategically designed to fortify fundamental concepts. Guided by seasoned coaches, each session offers priceless insights and practical skills crucial for honing your expertise. Whether you're stepping into the realm of professional skills or a seasoned professional, this comprehensive course ensures you're equipped with the knowledge and prowess necessary for success. While we feel this is the best course for the QuickStart to Prompt Engineering for Everyday Business Users (TTAI2009) course and one of our Top 10 we encourage you to read the course outline to make sure it is the right content for you. Additionally, private sessions, closed classes or dedicated events are available both live online and at our training centres in Dublin and London, as well as at your offices anywhere in the UK, Ireland or across EMEA.

Develop the commercial awareness, financial knowledge and strategic thinking capabilities, to influence the direction of the business Course overview Duration: 2 days (13 hours) This course is aimed at managers who want to develop their commercial awareness, financial knowledge and strategic thinking capabilities, so that they can influence the direction of their business and deliver to their full potential. Day one of the course provides the skills and insights to make sense of your company’s financial position and performance. Day two helps delegates to consider the strategic thinking tools required to plot the forward course needed to maximise the potential of the business. As well as looking at how to make effective business decisions, this course gives a good grounding in finance and profitability. As a two day programme, day one provides the skills and insights to make sense of the company’s financial position and performance. Day two then considers the strategic thinking tools needed to plot the forward course needed to maximise the potential of the business. Objectives By the end of the course you will be able to: An understanding of the balance sheet, profit and loss account, cash flow and statutory and management accounts Learnt to correctly employment key financial ratios to analyse your business A practical definition of strategy analysis tools to examine the current environment and capabilities Steps to devise a mission and vision statement Recognition of the skills and resources needed to achieve the vision Generation of appropriate strategic and tactical commercial objectives Content What is Strategy Defining Strategy Strategic thinking Strategic models Commercial thinking – what is money? Where are we now STEEPLE analysis SWOT Analysis P&E forces at work Political distortions in capitalist markets Where are we trying to get to Setting the mission and vision Creating a BHAG Strategies for deflation and inflation The role of banks Commercial and investment banking Fractional reserving Securitisation How to get there Skill gap analysis Business Process Re engineering The role of creativity How to get there Getting the team on board Individual and team motivation The power of the brand Overcoming challenges Debt and deleveraging Change management Creating value Discounted Cash Flows Building the business case Asset Valuation techniques Making it happen Turning Strategic Thinking into Strategic Plans Scenario planning for an uncertain future Creating commitments and lock in Discussion and review Time will be set aside during the course for review sessions with time for questions, answers and action learning.

Duration 3 Days 18 CPD hours This course is intended for Attendee roles might include: Software Developers/Programmers Data Scientists Machine Learning Engineers AI Researchers User Interface (UI) and User Experience (UX) Designers Technical Product Managers Technical Team Leads Overview Working in an interactive learning environment, led by our engaging AI expert you'll: Develop a strong foundational understanding of generative AI techniques and their applications in software development. Gain hands-on experience working with popular generative AI models, including Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs), Variational Autoencoders (VAEs), and Transformer models. Master the use of leading AI libraries and frameworks, such as TensorFlow, Keras, and Hugging Face Transformers, for implementing generative AI models. Acquire the skills to design, train, optimize, and evaluate custom generative AI models tailored to specific software development tasks. Learn to fine-tune pre-trained generative AI models for targeted applications and deploy them effectively in various environments, including cloud-based services and on-premises servers. Understand and address the ethical, legal, and safety considerations of using generative AI, including mitigating biases and ensuring responsible AI-generated content. Prompt Engineering offers coders and software developers a competitive edge by empowering them to develop more effective and efficient AI-driven solutions in their projects. By harnessing the capabilities of cutting-edge AI models like GPT-4, coders can automate repetitive tasks, enhance natural language understanding, and even generate code suggestions, boosting productivity and creativity. In addition, mastering prompt engineering can contribute to improved job security, as professionals with these in-demand skills are highly sought after in the rapidly evolving tech landscape. Quick Start to Prompt Engineering for Coders and Software Developers is a one day course designed to get you quickly up and running with the prompting skills required to out AI to work for you in your development efforts. Guided by our AI expert, you?ll explore key topics such as text preprocessing, data cleansing, GPT-4 tokenization, input formatting, prompt design, and optimization, as well as ethical considerations in prompt engineering. In the hands-on labs you?ll explore tasks such as formatting inputs for GPT-4, designing and optimizing prompts for business applications, and implementing multi-turn conversations with AI. You?ll work with innovative tools like the OpenAI API, OpenAI Codex, and OpenAI Playground, enhancing your learning experience while preparing you for integrating prompt engineering into your professional toolkit. By the end of this immersive course, you?ll have the skills necessary to effectively use prompt engineering in your software development projects. You'll be able to design, optimize, and test prompts for various business tasks, integrate GPT-4 with other software platforms, and address ethical concerns in AI deployment. Generative AI represents an exhilarating frontier in artificial intelligence, specializing in the creation of new data instances, imitation of real data, and content generation. Its remarkable capabilities facilitate automated content creation, enriched user experiences, and groundbreaking solutions across diverse industries, ultimately fueling efficiency and transcending technological limits. By harnessing the power of generative AI, developers can craft dynamic content, produce code and documentation, refine user interfaces, and devise customized recommendations, empowering them to construct highly efficient and custom solutions for a wide range of applications. Designed for experienced programmers, Turbocharge Your Code! Generative AI Boot Camp for Developers is a three-day workshop-style course that teaches you the latest skills and tools required to master generative AI models, transforming the way you approach software development. In today's fast-paced technological landscape, generative AI has emerged as a game-changer, with leading companies like NVIDIA, OpenAI, and Google leveraging its capabilities to push the boundaries of innovation. By learning how to harness the power of generative models such as GANs, VAEs, and Transformer models, you will be able to generate code, documentation, and tests, enhance user interfaces, and create dynamic content that adapts to user needs. Our comprehensive curriculum covers everything from the fundamentals of generative AI to advanced techniques and ethical considerations, including hands-on labs where you will develop and deploy custom models using state-of-the-art AI tools and libraries like TensorFlow and Hugging Face Transformers. Throughout the course you'll focus on practical application and collaboration, building confidence with personalized guidance and real-time feedback from our expert live instructor. Upon completion, you will be equipped with the knowledge and experience necessary to develop and implement innovative generative AI models across various industries, improving existing products, creating new applications, and gaining highly-valuable skills in the rapidly advancing field of AI. Additional course details: Nexus Humans Turbocharge Your Code! Generative AI Boot Camp for Developers (TTAI2305) training program is a workshop that presents an invigorating mix of sessions, lessons, and masterclasses meticulously crafted to propel your learning expedition forward. This immersive bootcamp-style experience boasts interactive lectures, hands-on labs, and collaborative hackathons, all strategically designed to fortify fundamental concepts. Guided by seasoned coaches, each session offers priceless insights and practical skills crucial for honing your expertise. Whether you're stepping into the realm of professional skills or a seasoned professional, this comprehensive course ensures you're equipped with the knowledge and prowess necessary for success. While we feel this is the best course for the Turbocharge Your Code! Generative AI Boot Camp for Developers (TTAI2305) course and one of our Top 10 we encourage you to read the course outline to make sure it is the right content for you. Additionally, private sessions, closed classes or dedicated events are available both live online and at our training centres in Dublin and London, as well as at your offices anywhere in the UK, Ireland or across EMEA.

Join us for a fun and interactive online workshop with Rebecca to learn the basics of mindful photography! Event lasts one week. Agenda 18:00 - 18:30 Opener - before we start we will get to know you a little. 18:30 - 19:15 Session starts - we will explore the basics of Mindful Photograpy together 19:15 - 19:20 Short Break 19:20 - 20:30 Practical exercises, feedback and discussion 20:30 - 20:30 Details on the week long project About this event Event lasts 2 hours Welcome to an exciting online event with an optional guided and fully interactive project to last the whole week! Special bank holiday code available now email rebecca@mindfulphotography.org.uk and ask for the code ! Introduction to Mindful Photography with Rebecca, founder of Mindful Photography UK. Join us on Mon Sep 23 2024 at 18:30 GMT for a unique experience that combines mindfulness and photography. We deliberately keep our sessions limited to small numbers so that we all have a chance to talk to each other and have interactive discussion. In this online session, Rebecca will guide you through the art of capturing moments with intention and awareness. Learn how to slow down, observe your surroundings, and create beautiful images that reflect your thoughts and feelings. No prior experience required, just bring your camera or smartphone and an open mind. Don't miss this opportunity to explore the world through a new lens! Sign up now to secure your online spot. Here is some feedback from a recent session we ran this springtime. I think you will agree these are big changes and we are so proud to be part of them! I felt the session was really inclusive. I feel more mindful and in the present moment. The process is transferable and “you can do it anywhere”. I feel my wellbeing is supported, and I feel more in control. I understand myself better, I accept myself. It supports my creativity and self-expression which I hadn’t always fully acknowledged. I realise I had a fear of making mistakes, but by being in a group I feel so supported. I feel more physically active. I feel more self-aware and have increased my self-knowledge. I feel more empowered to do things and make changes in my life and in my community. Frequently asked questions What is your refund policy? We can accept cancellations up until 48 hours before we begin. We regret, as we are a small CIC, that we cannot take cancellations via email but ask that you log into Eventbrite to cancel your ticket should it be necessary. Do I need any special equipment? No, you need something to take a photograph on, a valid email address and a strong internet connection so that we can communicate over zoom. You would benefit from downloading an app called www.padlet.com to your device but this is not essential. The extension project is entirely optional. What happens after the week long project is finished? You will be invited into a community project or if you live in North Yorkshire you might like to book a 1:1 session with me. Personalised sessions start at £49:99 per person. Do I have to be a photographer? Absolutely not, we assume no prior experience of photography. Is this like therapy? We are not therapists but the process has a gentle and calming effect upon your wellbeing. We will be engaging in simple tasks to encourage mindfulness. We do ask that you are well and happy to engage in a small group session online. We embody respect in our work and we ask that you do the same. Will you be using my images? We never share your images unless you specifically ask for us to. Your image and copyright remains your own. Can I share your lesson content? We are a community interest company called Mindful Photography UK CIC and all images, wording, content, intellectual property are trademarked and copyrighted by Mindful Photography UK 2024. We ask that you respect our livelihood and do not share our lessons and content.

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Innovation Project Management: Virtual In-House Training Companies need growth for survival. Companies cannot grow simply through cost reduction and reengineering efforts. This program describes the relationship that needs to be established between innovation, business strategy, and project management to turn a creative idea into a reality. We will explore the importance of identifying the components of an innovative culture, existing differences, challenges, and the new set of skills needed in innovation project management. Companies need growth for survival. Companies cannot grow simply through cost reduction and reengineering efforts. Innovation is needed and someone must manage these innovation projects. Over the past two decades, there has been a great deal of literature published on innovation and innovation management. Converting a creative idea into reality requires projects and some form of project management. Unfortunately, innovation projects, which are viewed as strategic projects, may not be able to be managed using the traditional project management philosophy we teach in our project management courses. There are different skill sets needed, different tools, and different life-cycle phases. Innovation varies from industry to industry and even companies within the same industry cannot come to an agreement on how innovation project management should work. This program describes the relationship that needs to be established between innovation, business strategy, and project management to turn a creative idea into a reality. We will explore the importance of identifying the components of an innovative culture, existing differences, challenges, and the new set of skills needed in innovation project management. What you Will Learn Explain the links needed to bridge innovation, project management, and business strategy Describe the different types of innovation and the form of project management each require Identify the differences between traditional and innovation project management, especially regarding governance, human resources management challenges, components of an innovative culture and competencies needed by innovation project managers Establish business value and the importance of new metrics for measuring and reporting business value Relate innovation to business models and the skills needed to contribute in the business model development Recognize the roadblocks affecting innovation project management and their cause to determine what actions can be taken Determine the success and failure criteria of an innovation project Foundation Concepts Understanding innovation Role of innovation in a company Differences between traditional (operational) and strategic projects Innovation management Differences between innovation and R&D Differing views of innovation Why innovation often struggles Linking Innovation Project Management to Business Strategy The business side of innovation project management The need for innovation targeting Getting close to the customers and their needs The need for line-of-sight to the strategic objectives The innovation enterprise environmental factors Tools for linking Internal Versus External (Co-creation) Innovation Open versus closed innovation Open innovation versus crowdsourcing Benefits of internal innovation Benefits of co-creation (external) innovation Selecting co-creation partners The focus of co-creation The issues with intellectual property Understanding co-creation values Understanding the importance of value-in-use Classification of Innovations and Innovation Projects Types of projects Types of innovations Competency-enhancing versus competency-destroying innovations Types of innovation novelty Public Sector of Innovation Comparing public and private sector project management Types of public service innovations Reasons for some public sector innovation failures An Introduction to Innovation Project Management Why traditional project management may not work The need for a knowledge management system Differences between traditional and innovation project management Issues with the 'one-size-fits-all' methodology Using end-to-end innovation project management Technology readiness levels (TRLs) Integrating Kanban principles into innovation project management Innovation and the Human Resources Management Challenge Obtaining resources Need for a talent pipeline Need for effective resource management practices Prioritizing resource utilization Using organizational slack Corporate Innovation Governance Types of innovation governance Business Impact Analysis (BIA) Innovation Project Portfolio Management Office (IPPMO) Using nondisclosure agreements, secrecy agreements, confidentiality agreements, and patents Adverse effects of governance decisions Innovation Cultures Characteristics of a culture for innovation Types of cultures Selecting the right people Linking innovation to rewards Impact of the organizational reward system Innovation Competencies Types of innovation leadership The need for active listening Design thinking Dealing with ambiguity, uncertainty, risks, crises, and human factors Value-Based Innovation Project Management Metrics Importance of innovation project management metrics Understanding value-driven project management Differences between benefits and value - and when to measure Traditional versus the investment life cycle Benefits harvesting Benefits and value sustainment Resistance to change Tangible and intangible innovation project management metrics Business Model Innovation Business model characteristics Impact of disruptive innovation Innovation Roadblocks Roadblocks and challenges facing project managers Ways to overcome the roadblocks Defining Innovation Success and Failure Categories for innovation success and failure Need for suitability and exit criteria Reasons for innovation project failure Predictions on the Future of Innovation Project Management The Six Pillars of changing times Some uses for the new value and benefits metrics