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Do you want a rewarding career working directly with people, making a difference to their everyday lives? If you are warm, open and empathetic and can bring a patient, tolerant, non-judgemental attitude then a career in counselling could be for you.

The ‘Mastering Management Fundamentals Open Programme’ is a 5 module online course that is designed to improve your management success and performance. It will give you the practical tools and insight to be able to make changes and directly improve your management skills over a 5-6 month period.

Presentation skills course will help you to learn how to prepare and structure your presentation. Also learn to deliver a good presentation.

Applying the Family Constellations approach and more, Silvia Siret - who is a certified, trauma-informed, Holistic Life Coach, Relational Counsellor and Mindfulness Teacher - will intuitively and gently guide the group through a deep mind-body process to greater understanding, a wider perspective, and ways forward.

Welcome to the art of negotiation, a skill that can transform your personal and professional life. Our Negotiation Skills course is designed to equip you with the tools, strategies, and mindset to become a master negotiator. Whether you're navigating business deals, resolving conflicts, or simply seeking to enhance your everyday interactions, this course provides a comprehensive understanding of the negotiation process. From laying the groundwork and exchanging information to the final close, you'll gain insights into the dynamics of successful negotiation. Learn to handle difficult issues with finesse and even negotiate on behalf of others. Join us in this exciting journey towards becoming a confident and persuasive negotiator. Learning Outcomes Understand the fundamentals of negotiation. Prepare effectively for negotiations. Lay the groundwork for successful negotiations. Navigate the phases of exchanging information and bargaining. Achieve mutual gain through negotiation. Why choose this Negotiation Skills course? Unlimited access to the course for a lifetime. Opportunity to earn a certificate accredited by the CPD Quality Standards and CIQ after completing this course. Structured lesson planning in line with industry standards. Immerse yourself in innovative and captivating course materials and activities. Assessments designed to evaluate advanced cognitive abilities and skill proficiency. Flexibility to complete the Course at your own pace, on your own schedule. Receive full tutor support throughout the week, from Monday to Friday, to enhance your learning experience. Unlock career resources for CV improvement, interview readiness, and job success. Who is this Negotiation Skills course for? Professionals looking to enhance their negotiation skills. Business leaders and managers seeking to improve deal-making abilities. Individuals interested in conflict resolution and mediation. Sales and marketing professionals. Anyone looking to excel in personal and professional negotiations. Career path Sales Manager: £25,000 - £70,000 Business Development Manager: £30,000 - £80,000 Contract Manager: £30,000 - £70,000 Mediator: £30,000 - £70,000 Human Resources Manager: £30,000 - £60,000 International Relations Specialist: £25,000 - £70,000 Prerequisites This Negotiation Skills does not require you to have any prior qualifications or experience. You can just enrol and start learning.This Negotiation Skills was made by professionals and it is compatible with all PC's, Mac's, tablets and smartphones. You will be able to access the course from anywhere at any time as long as you have a good enough internet connection. Certification After studying the course materials, there will be a written assignment test which you can take at the end of the course. After successfully passing the test you will be able to claim the pdf certificate for £4.99 Original Hard Copy certificates need to be ordered at an additional cost of £8. Course Curriculum Module One - Negotiation Skills: Understanding Negotiation Understanding Negotiation 00:09:00 Module Two - Negotiation Skills: Getting Prepared Getting Prepared 00:10:00 Module Three - Negotiation Skills: Laying the Groundwork Laying the Groundwork 00:12:00 Module Four - Negotiation Skills: Phase One - Exchanging Information Phase One - Exchanging Information 00:08:00 Module Five - Negotiation Skills: Phase Two - Bargaining Phase Two - Bargaining 00:11:00 Module Six - Negotiation Skills: About Mutual Gain About Mutual Gain 00:14:00 Module Seven - Negotiation Skills: Phase Three - Closing Phase Three - Closing 00:07:00 Module Eight - Negotiation Skills: Dealing with Difficult Issues Dealing with Difficult Issues 00:10:00 Module Nine - Negotiation Skills: Negotiating Outside the Boardroom Negotiating Outside the Boardroom 00:08:00 Module Ten - Negotiation Skills: Negotiating on Behalf of Someone Else Negotiating on Behalf of Someone Else 00:07:00 Mock Exam Mock Exam - Negotiation Skills 00:20:00 Final Exam Final Exam- Negotiation Skills 00:20:00

Overview Information Technology forms the backbone of modern industries, driving innovation, optimising processes, and connecting the global community. Our comprehensive "Functional Skills IT" course serves as your gateway to this dynamic and highly rewarding field. The Functional Skills IT course is also for beginners and individuals looking to bolster their IT knowledge. This course thoroughly explores IT essentials, encompassing hardware, software, networking, and virtualisation. With expert guidance and engaging learning materials, you'll acquire the functional skills necessary to thrive in the IT industry.Recent statistics reveal that the global IT sector is experiencing unprecedented growth, with an annual expansion rate of 5.2%, resulting in a worldwide surge in IT job opportunities.Take advantage of this chance to future-proof your career in Information Technology. How will I get my certificate? You may have to take a quiz or a written test online during or after the course. After successfully completing the course, you will be eligible for the certificate. Who is this course for? There is no experience or previous qualifications required for enrolment on this Functional Skills - IT. It is available to all students, of all academic backgrounds. Requirements Our Functional Skills - IT is fully compatible with PC's, Mac's, Laptop,Tablet and Smartphone devices. This course has been designed to be fully compatible on tablets and smartphones so you can access your course on wifi, 3G or 4G.There is no time limit for completing this course, it can be studied in your own time at your own pace. Career path Having these various qualifications will increase the value in your CV and open you up to multiple sectors such as Business & Management, Admin, Accountancy & Finance, Secretarial & PA, Teaching & Mentoring etc. Course Curriculum 14 sections • 38 lectures • 01:59:00 total length •Unit 1: Introduction: 00:01:00 •Unit 2: Course Outline: 00:06:00 •Unit 1: Facts about Information Technology (IT): 00:05:00 •Unit 2: What is Information Technology & How IT Works: 00:02:00 •Unit 1: IT Components: 00:02:00 •Unit 1: What is Hardware: 00:02:00 •Unit 2: Examples of Computer: 00:02:00 •Unit 3: Computer Hardware Manufacturers: 00:04:00 •Unit 4: Hardware Jobs: 00:05:00 •Unit 1: What is Operating System: 00:02:00 •Unit 2: Examples of Operating System: 00:08:00 •Unit 3: Operating System Jobs: 00:10:00 •Unit 4: OS Tools Related Jobs: 00:02:00 •Unit 1: What is Application/Software: 00:03:00 •Unit 2: Software Building Tools and Languages: 00:03:00 •Unit 3: Software/Application Building Jobs: 00:03:00 •Unit 4: Software/Application User Jobs: 00:03:00 •Unit 1: What is Computer Networking: 00:02:00 •Unit 2: Computer Network Companies: 00:02:00 •Unit 3: Network Jobs: 00:04:00 •Unit 1: What is Computer Security: 00:02:00 •Unit 2: Security Companies: 00:01:00 •Unit 3: Security Jobs: 00:03:00 •Unit 1: How Information Flow within IT: 00:02:00 •Unit 2: Enterprise Level IT Components: 00:02:00 •Unit 1: What is Storage: 00:05:00 •Unit 2: Storage Companies and Technologies: 00:02:00 •Unit 3: Jobs in Storage: 00:02:00 •Unit 1: What is Database: 00:02:00 •Unit 2: Database Type and Technologies: 00:04:00 •Unit 3: Database Jobs: 00:02:00 •Unit 1: What is Virtualisation: 00:03:00 •Unit 2: What is Cloud Technology: 00:02:00 •Unit 3: Virtualisation and Cloud Companies: 00:02:00 •Unit 4: Virtualisation and Cloud Jobs: 00:02:00 •Unit 1: IT Management Jobs: 00:03:00 •Unit 2: Other IT Jobs: 00:09:00 •Assignment - Functional Skills - IT: 00:00:00

Unlock the potential to transform your social interactions and build meaningful relationships with our 'Master Social Skills and Build Strong Connections' course.

Program Management Skills: On-Demand Program managers coordinate and give oversight to the efforts of marketing groups, project teams, product delivery, maintenance and support, operations and staff from various functional groups, including suppliers, business partners, and other external bodies. The goal is to ensure that proposed business transformation, through the delivery of complex products and processes, is implemented to realize the organization's strategic benefits and objectives, for which the program was selected. The goals of this course are twofold: To provide participants with key program management principles and techniques, recognized as best practices, to enable more effective program management; and to leverage core elements of the program management life cycle, processes, tools and techniques, to enable program management effectiveness. The participant will learn and apply the principles of program management through discussions, activities, and case study exercises. What You Will Learn At the end of this workshop, you will be able to: Maximize the transformational impact of a program according to the business needs Explain management principles and techniques and apply them within a program context Implement program governance and organization that will produce expected benefits Plan for and manage benefit realization, risks, issues, and quality Manage component projects' interdependencies that are linked to both program and strategic objectives Engage program stakeholders effectively. Improve communication and action planning effectiveness for programs in organizations Getting Started Introductions Course structure Course goals and objectives Foundation Concepts Fundamental definitions and concepts Program challenges and benefits Program best practices and success criterion Stakeholder management Governance: program management office and program boards Standard for Program Management overview Vision, Leadership, and the Business Case What is vision, why, and how? Leadership vs. Management Program business case Program Organization and Governance Program organization Program governance Program board roles and responsibilities Benefits Management Benefits explored Benefits management Benefits realization Program Management Planning Program management plan Program blueprint and roadmap Program component dossier Program tranches Program estimating Program scheduling Program Monitoring and Controlling Program Control - An Overview Program Monitoring and Controlling Monitoring and Controlling Transition Program Risk and Issue Management Risk and issue management overview Program risk management Program issue management Program Quality Management Program quality management overview Program quality management principles Program Stakeholder Management Stakeholder engagement overview Stakeholder engagement planning EI, trust, communication and stakeholder engagement Program Closure and Benefits Sustainment Program closure overview Closing the program Program benefits sustainment Summary What did we learn, and how can we implement this in our work environments?

Querying Microsoft SQL Server course description This course covers the technical skills required to write basic Transact-SQL queries for Microsoft SQL Server and provides the foundation for all SQL Server-related disciplines; namely, database administration, database development and business intelligence. This course helps prepare for exam 70-761. Note: This course is designed for SQL Server 2014or SQL Server 2016. What will you learn Write SELECT statements. Create and implement views and table-valued functions. Transform data by implementing pivot, unpivot, rollup and cube. Create and implement stored procedures. Add programming constructs such as variables, conditions, and loops to T-SQL code. Querying Microsoft SQL Server course details Who will benefit: Database administrators, database developers, and business intelligence professionals. SQL power users, namely, report writers, business analysts and client application developers. Prerequisites: Database fundamentals Duration 5 days Querying Microsoft SQL Server course contents Introduction to Microsoft SQL Server Management studio, creating and organizing T-SQL scripts, using books online. Hands on working with SQL Server tools. T-SQL querying Introducing T-SQL, sets, predicate logic, logical order of operations in SELECT statements, basic SELECT statements, queries that filter data using predicates, queries that sort data using ORDER BY. Hands on introduction to T-SQL querying. Writing SELECT queries Writing simple SELECT statements, eliminating duplicates with DISTINCT, column and table aliases, simple CASE expressions. Hands on writing basic SELECT statements. Querying multiple tables cross joins and self joins, write queries that use Inner joins, write queries that use multiple-table inner joins, write queries that use self-joins, write queries that use outer joins, write queries that use cross joins. Hands on querying multiple tables. Sorting and filtering data Sorting data, filtering data with predicates, filtering data with TOP and OFFSET-FETCH, working with unknown values, WHERE clause, ORDER BY clause, TOP option, OFFSET-FETCH clause. Hands on sorting and filtering data. SQL Server data types Introducing SQL Server data types, Character data, date and time data, queries that return date and time data, write queries that use date and time functions, write queries that return character data, write queries that return character functions. Hands on working with SQL Server data types. DML Adding data to tables, modifying and removing data, generating automatic column values, Inserting records with DML, updating and deleting records using DML. Hands on using DML to modify data. Built-in functions Queries with built-in functions, conversion functions, logical functions, functions with NULL, queries that use conversion functions, queries that use logical functions, queries that test for nullability. Hands on built-in functions Grouping and aggregating data Aggregate functions, the GROUP BY clause, filtering groups with HAVING, queries that use the GROUP BY clause, queries that use aggregate functions, queries that use distinct aggregate functions, queries that filter groups with the HAVING clause. Hands on grouping and aggregating data. Subqueries Self-contained subqueries, correlated subqueries, EXISTS predicate with subqueries, scalar and multi-result subqueries. Hands on subqueries. Table expressions Views, inline table-valued functions, derived tables, common table expressions. queries that use views, write queries that use derived tables, Common Table Expressions (CTEs), write queries that se inline Table valued expressions (TVFs). Hands on table expressions. Set operators The UNION operator, EXCEPT and INTERSECT, APPLY, queries that use UNION set operators and UNION ALL, CROSS APPLY and OUTER APPLY operators. Hands on set operators. Windows ranking, offset, and aggregate functions OVER, window functions, ranking functions, offset functions, window aggregate functions. Hands on; windows ranking, offset, and aggregate functions. Pivoting and grouping sets PIVOT and UNPIVOT, grouping sets, queries that use the PIVOT operator, queries that use the UNPIVOT operator, queries that use the GROUPING SETS CUBE and ROLLUP subclauses. Hands on pivoting and grouping sets Executing stored procedures Querying data with stored procedures, passing parameters to stored procedures, simple stored procedures, dynamic SQL, the EXECUTE statement to invoke stored procedures. Hands on executing stored procedures. Programming with T-SQL T-SQL programming elements, controlling program flow, declaring variables and delimiting batches, control-of-flow elements, variables in a dynamic SQL statement, synonyms. Hands on programming with T-SQL Error handling T-SQL error handling, structured exception handling, redirect errors with TRY/CATCH, THROW to pass an error message back to a client. Hands on implementing error handling. Implementing transactions Transactions and the database engines, controlling transactions, BEGIN, COMMIT, and ROLLBACK, adding error handling to a CATCH block. Hands on implementing transactions.

Register on the Diploma in Effective Writing Skills today and build the experience, skills and knowledge you need to enhance your professional development and work towards your dream job. Study this course through online learning and take the first steps towards a long-term career. The course consists of a number of easy to digest, in-depth modules, designed to provide you with a detailed, expert level of knowledge. Learn through a mixture of instructional video lessons and online study materials. Receive online tutor support as you study the course, to ensure you are supported every step of the way. Get a digital certificate as a proof of your course completion. The Diploma in Effective Writing Skills is incredibly great value and allows you to study at your own pace. Access the course modules from any internet-enabled device, including computers, tablet, and smartphones. The course is designed to increase your employability and equip you with everything you need to be a success. Enrol on the now and start learning instantly! What You Get With The Diploma in Effective Writing Skills Receive an e-certificate upon successful completion of the course Get taught by experienced, professional instructors Study at a time and pace that suits your learning style Get instant feedback on assessments 24/7 help and advice via email or live chat Get full tutor support on weekdays (Monday to Friday) Course Design The course is delivered through our online learning platform, accessible through any internet-connected device. There are no formal deadlines or teaching schedules, meaning you are free to study the course at your own pace. You are taught through a combination of Video lessons Online study materials Certification Upon successful completion of the course, you will be able to obtain your course completion e-certificate. Print copy by post is also available at an additional cost of £9.99 and PDF Certificate at £4.99. Who Is This Course For The course is ideal for those who already work in this sector or are an aspiring professional. This course is designed to enhance your expertise and boost your CV. Learn key skills and gain a professional qualification to prove your newly-acquired knowledge. Requirements The online training is open to all students and has no formal entry requirements. To study the Diploma in Effective Writing Skills, all your need is a passion for learning, a good understanding of English, numeracy, and IT skills. You must also be over the age of 16. Course Content Module 01: Introduction to Effective Writing Introduction to Effective Writing 00:09:00 Module 02: Essentials of Effective Writing Essentials of Effective Writing 00:18:00 Module 03: Writing Process Writing Process 00:18:00 Module 04: Writing for Different Purposes Writing for Different Purposes 00:17:00 Module 05: Editing and Proofreading Editing and Proofreading 00:11:00 Module 06: Advanced Writing Techniques Advanced Writing Techniques 00:13:00 Frequently Asked Questions Are there any prerequisites for taking the course? There are no specific prerequisites for this course, nor are there any formal entry requirements. All you need is an internet connection, a good understanding of English and a passion for learning for this course. Can I access the course at any time, or is there a set schedule? You have the flexibility to access the course at any time that suits your schedule. Our courses are self-paced, allowing you to study at your own pace and convenience. How long will I have access to the course? For this course, you will have access to the course materials for 1 year only. This means you can review the content as often as you like within the year, even after you've completed the course. However, if you buy Lifetime Access for the course, you will be able to access the course for a lifetime. Is there a certificate of completion provided after completing the course? Yes, upon successfully completing the course, you will receive a certificate of completion. This certificate can be a valuable addition to your professional portfolio and can be shared on your various social networks. Can I switch courses or get a refund if I'm not satisfied with the course? We want you to have a positive learning experience. If you're not satisfied with the course, you can request a course transfer or refund within 14 days of the initial purchase. How do I track my progress in the course? Our platform provides tracking tools and progress indicators for each course. You can monitor your progress, completed lessons, and assessments through your learner dashboard for the course. What if I have technical issues or difficulties with the course? If you encounter technical issues or content-related difficulties with the course, our support team is available to assist you. You can reach out to them for prompt resolution.