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Electric Kilns and Firing - an online course by Tim Thornton. The course covers firing and maintaining your kiln, and the effect firing has on clays and glazes

Studio Health and Safety for Potters - an online course by Tim Thornton. This covers the risks of dust, fumes, toxic materials and more, and how to deal with them

Trade barriers are going up across the globe. And cybercrime is on the increase. The link between the two? The value of trade secrets. As countries become increasingly protectionist as regards international trade, so their IP law has been changing, with the result that companies that previously would have sought protection through patents are opting to go down the trade secret route instead. But is this a high-risk strategy? Technology is changing and this is having an impact on forms of commercial co-operation. Collaborative or open forms of innovation by their very nature involve the sharing of intellectual property (IP), and in many instances this IP is in the form of valuable confidential business information (ie, trade secrets). Little surprise, then, that trade secrets disputes have increased accordingly. At the same time, the changes in technology make trade secrets more vulnerable to attack, misappropriation, theft. So just how effective are the legal protections for trade secrets? How can organisations safeguard the value in their IP (increasingly, the single biggest line in their balance sheets)? This programme is designed to help you address these issues. Note: this is an indicative agenda, to be used as a starting point for a conversation between client and consultant, depending on the organisation's specific situation and requirements. This session is designed to give you a deeper understanding of: Emerging trends in trade secrets protection and exploitation The current situation in key jurisdictions Recent case law How leading companies are responding The importance of trade secret metadata Different external stakeholders and their interests Key steps for effective protection of trade secrets Note: this is an indicative agenda, to be used as a starting point for a conversation between client and consultant, depending on the organisation's specific situation and requirements. 1 What are trade secrets? Definitions Examples Comparison with other forms of IP (patents, confidential information, know-how, copyright) 2 Current trends The various changes taking place affecting trade secrets - legal changes, trade wars, cybercrime, technology, commercial practice The current position in the UK, Europe, USA, China, Japan, Russia Corporate best practice 3 Trade secret disputes - how to avoid them Trade secret policies, processes and systems Administrative, legal and technical protection mechanisms The role of employees The sharing of trade secrets with others 4 Trade secret disputes - how to manage them Causes Anatomy of a trade secret court case 'Reasonable particularity' 5 Related issues Insurance Tax authorities and investigations Investor relations 6 Trade secret asset management roadmap Maturity ladder First steps Pilot projects

KNOW THE RULES! POOR GRAMMAR SHOWS A LACK OF ATTENTION TO DETAIL AND ULTIMATELY CAN SLOW DOWN COMMUNICATIONS AS WELL AS PRODUCTIVITY. Business people who know grammar judge others based on their correct (or incorrect) usage. Be the professional who is able to be clear and correct in writing. Business Grammar & Usage: ENGLISH BOOT CAMP is the answer for today’s business competitive environment. Interactive instruction and collaboration with your fellow attendees means that you will master the skills and apply your new knowledge to the classroom exercises and activities. When you return to work, you’ll have new confidence about what is right and wrong, when it comes to writing. Attendees Will Be Able To: Know the Parts of Speech and their correct uses; Understand Sentence Structure, including applying rules for Subject-Verb and Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement; Be able to create Plurals and Possessives accurately and with certainty; Review and use the rules of Spelling, Mechanics (Capitalization, Abbreviation, Number Use), and Punctuation; Create original email / documents to employ newly-learned class material.   Online Format—Business Grammar and Usage is a 4-hour interactive virtual class for up to ten people. Register for this class and you will be sent ONLINE login instructions prior to the class date. It was great to have the opportunity to learn some new techniques and to gain more awareness of how I present myself. The most immediately applicable uses have been in reducing my “ums” and “ahs” and in trying to come to my point in a more succinct way. I’ve been cultivating this awareness in one-on-one settings; meetings and individual conversations. Christina Vargas

Duration 5 Days 30 CPD hours This course is intended for Implementer Overview Enrolling in this course will help you better understand and leverage PeopleSoft Payroll for North America (USA) payroll requirements and processes. This knowledge will help you create, adjust and troubleshoot your organization's employee payroll. Learn Off-Cycle Payroll Events In addition to typical on-cycle payroll processing, Payroll for North America provides functionality for a variety of off-cycle payroll events and other payroll requirements. This course will illustrate how to reverse a paycheck, record a manual check, produce online checks and final checks and create a gross up check. In addition, you'll also learn the necessary steps to set up and process mid-period job changes and multiple jobs. Finally, you'll set up and processes benefit deductions and garnishments. This PeopleSoft Payroll - US Rel 9.2 training teaches you how to set up and maintain employee tax data, additional pay, general deductions and direct deposits. Expert Oracle University instructors will show you how to use this solution to calculate payroll, review calculation results, identify and correct errors, confirm payroll and more. Setting Up PeopleSoft HRMS Tables for Payroll Processing Identifying HRMS Tables That Impact Payroll Processing Describing Installation Table Setup for PeopleSoft Enterprise Payroll for North America Describing the Role of SetID, Location, and Department in Payroll Processing Describing Company Table Setup Desc Setting Up Payroll Tables Identifying Payroll Setup Tables Setting Up Source Bank Accounts Creating Special Accumulators Setting Up Earnings Codes Setting Up Earnings Programs Describing Shift Pay Setup Creating a Pay Group Creating a Rate Code Setting Up U.S. Payroll Tax Tables Identifying Tax Table Maintenance Responsibility Describing PeopleSoft-Maintained Tax Tables Setting Up Customer-Maintained Tax Tables Setting Up Employee Data Identifying Sources of Employee Data Setting Up an Employee Instance Entering and Viewing Employee Job Data Identifying Employee Pay Data Updating Employee Tax Data Assigning Additional Pay to Employees Assigning General Deductions to Employees Updating P Creating and Updating Paysheets Describing Paysheets in Payroll for North America Describing Balance ID Creation Creating Pay Calendars Setting Up Pay Run IDs Creating Paysheets Viewing and Updating Paysheets and Paylines Describing the Payroll Unsheet Process Calculating Payroll Describing Payroll Calculation Running Preliminary Payroll Calculation Running Final Payroll Calculation Confirming Payroll and Producing Checks and Reports Confirming a Payroll Viewing Confirmed Payroll Results Online Printing Checks and Advices Describing Check Reprinting Describing Direct Deposit Transmittals and Reports Describing Payroll and Tax Reports Identifying Methods of Reversing Payroll Confirmati Processing Off-Cycle Payrolls Identifying Off-Cycle Payroll Processing Reversing a Paycheck Describing Reversal/Adjustment Processing Recording a Manual Check Producing an Online Check Describing Retroactive Processing Setting Up and Processing Additional Payroll Functionality Setting Up a Holiday Schedule Setting Up Advanced Earnings Options Setting Up Multiple Jobs Processing Setting Up and Processing Mid-period Job Changes Processing Gross Ups Setting Up and Processing Benefit Deductions in Payroll Setting Up Deductions and Earnings for Benefits Calculations Updating a Benefit Program and Enrolling Employees Analyzing Benefits-Related Payroll Reports Setting Up and Processing Garnishments Identifying Garnishment Setup Steps Describing PeopleSoft-Maintained Garnishment Tables Setting Up Company-Level Tables for Garnishment Processing Assigning an Employee Garnishment Deduction Setting Up Employee Garnishment Specification Data Reviewing Emp Describing PeopleSoft Enterprise ePay Identifying HRMS Tables That Impact Payroll Processing Describing Installation Table Setup for PeopleSoft Enterprise Payroll for North America Describing the Role of SetID, Location, and Department in Payroll Processing Describing Company Table Setup Desc

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Polarization, or the “polarized mind,” is a fixation on one view, causing widespread destructiveness. It needs presence and love to address. We aim to explore the lived experiences on irregular perceptions of reality with an open mind. Each Saturday includes: a live dialogue between Prof. Ernesto Spinelli and an International Existential Therapist; a moment to share your thoughts and feelings with the teachers; and a final integration facilitated by Bárbara Godoy. This series of ten dialogues set out to explore the multifaceted dimentions and complexities associated with Existential Therapies. It attempts to engage with various interpretations of insanity through the lens of patients often painful, confounding, and deeply unsettling life experiences. Polarisation - between Prof. Ernesto Spinelli and Prof. Kirk Schneider “I view polarization or that which I call the “polarized mind” as the fixation on a single point of view to the utter exclusion of competing points of view, and I see it as a core dimension of human destructiveness both individually and collectively. Arguably, polarization or the polarized mind is responsible for more devaluation and abuse than any other general psychological dimension, and it crosses cultures, parties, disciplines and so-called diagnosed and undiagnosed populations. In fact it is the undiagnosed populations—polarized cultural, political, and religious leaders and their followers–who have arguably caused the most human destructiveness by far, over those whom we conventionally termed the diagnosed The polarized mind may be partly dispositional but appears to be largely fear-driven and requires abiding presence and love to address it. We are in a race against time to avail people to these “nutrients.” Prof. Kirk Schneider. Prof. Kirk J. Schneider, Ph.D. is a leading spokesperson for contemporary existential-humanistic and existential-integrative psychology. Dr Schneider was a 2022 Candidate for President of the American Psychological Association (APA), a co-founder and current president of the Existential-Humanistic Institute (an award-winning psychotherapy training center), and a two-term Member of the Council of Representatives of the APA. He is also past president (2015-2016) of the Society for Humanistic Psychology (Division 32) of the APA, recent past editor of the Journal of Humanistic Psychology (2005-2012), a founder and frequent presenter/facilitator of the bridge-building dialogue approach the Experiential Democracy Dialogue and a trained moderator for the conflict mediation group Braver Angels. Dr Schneider is also an adjunct faculty member at Saybrook University and Teachers College, Columbia University and an Honorary Member of the Society for Existential Analysis of the UK and the East European Association for Existential Therapy. He received the Rollo May Award for “outstanding and independent contributions” to the field of humanistic psychology from the Society for Humanistic Psychology, APA and is a Fellow of seven Divisions of the APA (5, 9, 32, 42, 12, 29, and 24). His work on existential-integrative psychotherapy has been featured in a special issue of the Journal of Psychotherapy Integration (March 2016), as well as The Wiley World Handbook of Existential Therapy and the APA’s forthcoming Handbook of Psychotherapy. Dr Schneider has published over 200 articles, interviews and chapters and has authored or edited 14 books including The Paradoxical Self, Horror and the Holy, Rediscovery of Awe, Awakening to Awe, The Spirituality of Awe, The Polarized Mind, The Handbook of Humanistic Psychology, Existential-Humanistic therapy, Existential-Integrative Psychotherapy, The Wiley World Handbook of Existential Therapy, The Depolarizing of America: A Guidebook for Social Healing and his latest volume (February, 2023) Life-Enhancing Anxiety: Key to a Sane World. Dr. Schneider’s work has been featured in Scientific American, the New York Times, USA Today, The Guardian, Vanity Fair, Forbes Health, Psychology Today, BBC World News and many other health and psychology outlets. Prof. Ernesto Spinelli was Chair of the Society for Existential Analysis between 1993 and 1999 and is a Life Member of the Society. His writings, lectures and seminars focus on the application of existential phenomenology to the arenas of therapy, supervision, psychology, and executive coaching. He is a Fellow of the British Psychological Society (BPS) as well as an APECS accredited executive coach and coaching supervisor. In 2000, he was the Recipient of BPS Division of Counselling Psychology Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Profession. And in 2019, Ernesto received the BPS Award for Distinguished Contribution to Practice. His most recent book, Practising Existential Therapy: The Relational World 2nd edition (Sage, 2015) has been widely praised as a major contribution to the advancement of existential theory and practice. Living up to the existential dictum that life is absurd, Ernesto is also the author of an on-going series of Private Eye novels. Date and Time: Saturday 12 April from 2 pm to 3 pm – (UK time) Individual Dialogue Fee: £70 Venue: Online Zoom FULL PROGRAMME 2025: 25 January “Knots” with Prof. Ernesto Spinelli and Bárbara Godoy 22 February “Healing” with Dr. Michael Guy Thompson and Prof. Ernesto Spinelli 22 March “Difference” with Prof. Tod DuBose and Prof. Ernesto Spinelli 12 April “Polarisation” with Prof. Kirk Schneider and Prof. Ernesto Spinelli 3 May “Character” with Prof. Robert Romanyshyn and Prof. Ernesto Spinelli 21 June “Opening” with Dr. Yaqui Martinez and Prof. Ernesto Spinelli 19 July “Meaning” with Dr. Jan Resnick and Prof. Ernesto Spinelli 25 October “Invention” with Dr. Betty Cannon and Prof. Ernesto Spinelli 15 November “Hallucination” with Prof. Simon du Plock and Prof. Ernesto Spinelli 13 December “Hysteria” with Bárbara Godoy and Prof. Ernesto Spinelli Read the full programme here > Course Organised by:

We offer the most advanced “Certified Six Sigma Green Belt Course” as per the curriculum outline of The ASQ Body of Knowledge and accredited by top international Lean & Six Sigma accreditation bodies. Six Sigma Green Belt Deliverables: 22+ hours of Instructor-led interactive virtual classroom session on the weekend Access to 45+ hours of Module based Six Sigma lectures via LMS 100+ Toolkits and Project Templates for Analysis and Implementation Soft copy of Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Body of Knowledge Live Data-oriented project, with Scenario and Analysis Methodology 20+ Dummy Projects and Case studies for Lean Six Sigma Application Support via subject expert through telephonic discussion on the weekend Sample Questions and Examination Guide for Certification Preparation Pre and Post assignments for process groups and knowledge areas Project implementation support and Data visualization using MINITAB PRO CLSSGB certification examination anytime within the 90 days course duration Certification Validation Tool for third-party credentials validation PARTICULARS Duration (Hours) 1. Define Phase 22 2. Measure Phase 14 3. Analyse Phase 20 4. Improve Phase 7 5. Control Phase 7 Total Duration 70 (Hours) Introduction Become an expert in six sigma methodology by getting hands-on knowledge on DMAIC, Project Charter, Process Capability, FMEA, Sigma calculation, Test of Hypothesis, Control Charts, VSM, JIT using real case scenarios and real-life examples. Lean and DMAIC methodologies using live projects. The Six Sigma Certification is accredited by The Council for Six Sigma Certification. The certification also acknowledges the BOK outline of The American Society for Quality, USA. The course features world-class content with live projects and MINITAB PRO driven data analysis training with end to end support in project implementation by Master Black Belt Experts and Trainers. What is Six Sigma Certification? A person with Six Sigma certification has problem-solving abilities. Someone may gain Green Belt, Black Belt or Master Black Belt certification. The higher certification one attains, the more is the ability to solve complex organizational problems. Six Sigma certification is a process of individual’s knowledge validation using a classification system, generally referred to as "Belts" (Green Belt, Black Belt, Master Black Belt) This verification test individual commands over six sigma methodology and tools. The belt classification shows the position these certified individuals would occupy in an organizational structure and job roles. Six Sigma Green Belt training is especially for the future project leaders of Lean Six Sigma projects. We deliberately mix non-profit with profit participants. There will then be fun, useful discussions and knowledge exchanges during the training sessions. In addition, there are also many self-employed people who follow the LSS Green Belt training to increase their expertise as in a trimmer. What do you do to get the Six Sigma Green Belt certificate? Our Six Sigma Green Belt training consists of a number of components: Training: in an intensive training program you learn the background of Lean and Six Sigma and we put what we have learned into practice with different simulations. Extra: With our Body of Knowledge and whitepapers you place what you have learned in a theoretical framework. The program also contains various homework assignments, in which we focus, among other things, on the use of MINITAB PRO. Follow-up: During the training, you will receive an access code to an e-learning module. You can pass the substance again in an interactive way. Exam: On the last training day you will make the CLSSGB Green Belt exam. If you succeed, you will immediately receive the official Certified Lean Six Sigma Green Belt certification. Global Recognition of Your Certification: Agenda Overview of Six Sigma and the organizationSix Sigma and organizational goalsValue of six sigmaOrganizational goals and six sigma projectsOrganizational drivers and metricsLean principles in the organizationLean conceptsValue-streaming mappingDesign for six sigma (DFSS) methodologiesRoadmaps for DFSSBasic failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA)Design FMEA and process FMEA Define PhaseProject identificationProject SelectionProcess elementsBenchmarkingProcess inputs and outputsOwners and stakeholders Voice of the customer (VOC) Customer identificationCustomer dataCustomer requirements Project Management Basics Project charterProject scopeProject metricsProject planning toolsProject documentationProject risk analysisProject closureManagement and planning toolsBusiness results for projectsProcess performance CommunicationTeam dynamics and performanceTeam stages and dynamicsTeam roles and responsibilitiesTeam toolsTeam Communication Measure PhaseProcess analysis and documentationProbability and statisticsBasic probability conceptsCentral limit theorem, Statistical distributions, Collecting and summarizing dataTypes of data and measurement scalesSampling and data collection methodsDescriptive statisticsGraphical methodsMeasure Phase (contd E. Measurement system analysis (MSA) F. Process and performance capabilityProcess performance vs. process specificationsProcess capability studiesProcess capability (Cp, Cpk) and process performance (Pp, Ppk) indicesShort-term vs. long-term capability and sigma shift Analyze PhaseExploratory data analysisMulti-vari studiesCorrelation and linear regression B, Hypothesis testingBasics Tests for means, variances, and proportionsIntroduction to MINITAB Data analysis Improve Phase of Six SigmaDesign of experiments (DOE)Basic terms, DOE graphs, and plotsThe root cause analysisLean Tools 1. Waste elimination 2. Cycle-time reduction 3. Kaizen and kaizen blitz V1. Control PhaseStatistical process control (SPC)SPC BasicsRational subgroupingControl chartsControl planLean tools for process controlTotal productive maintenance (TPM)Visual factory Project Implementation & SupportMINITAB Practice and guidance for projectProject implementation supportTemplates and Toolkits application for Project workSupport on Data Project, Implementation and project completion BenefitsFrom the course Learn the principles and philosophy behind the Six Sigma technique Learn to apply statistical methods to improve business processes Design and implement Six Sigma projects in a practical scenario Learn the DMAIC process and various tools used in Six Sigma methodology Knowledge of Six Sigma Green Belt Professional enables you to understand real-world business problems, increase an organization's revenue by streamlining the process, and become an asset to an organization According to Villanova University, employers such as United Health Group, Honeywell, GE and Volkswagen have been actively seeking professionals with Six Sigma to fill a variety of positions The Training enhances your skills and enables you to perform roles like Quality Manager, Quality Analyst, Finance Manager, Supervisor, Quality Control, etc. According to Indeed.com, the national average salary for a Six Sigma Green Belt is $72,000 per year in the United States.   From the workshop Instructor LED training by Six Sigma Black Belt and Master Belt experts to make candidate learn the real scenario of six sigma tools and methodology Learn the principles and philosophy behind the Six Sigma method Dummy project by instructors to make candidate get a hands-on six sigma projects Downloadable Six Sigma PPT & Six Sigma PDF Industry Based case studies High-Quality training from an experienced trainer The Program extensively uses Minitab, specialized statistical software. It provides you with a thorough knowledge of Six Sigma philosophies and principles (including supporting systems and tools). Know about six sigma certification cost and six sigma green belt certification cost. Who should attend? The Six Sigma program is designed for professionals and students who want to develop the ability to lead process improvement initiatives. Six Sigma tools and process is widely used in all business processes. Six Sigma is applicable in all industry and in all functional areas. An indicative list of participants in our Green Belt program could include: Financial/business analyst Commodity manager Project manager Quality manager Production manager Production Engineer Business development manager Manufacturing process engineer Continuous improvement director Business managers or consultants Project manager/Program Manager Director or VP of operations CEO, CFO, CTO Certification On successful completion of the course and course requisites, the candidate will receive Internationally recognized Six Sigma Green Belt Certification. This course offers Six Sigma Certification Validation Tool for Employers Your Six Sigma Certification Validation Tool can be used by employers, clients and other stakeholders to validate the authenticity of your Six Sigma Certifications you have received. Using the programming code located on your certified LSSGB certification, one can see all your training and certification details online.