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Plan a Successful Freelancing Business
The first course in the Building Your Freelancing Career specialization is focused on freelancers looking to define and solidify their philosophy, values and goals within their future business. Coursework will discuss the importance of understanding their competition and market position in a competitive business landscape, help them define what their unique value is, and how that relates to possible business approaches. CalArtians who do not see a "Sponsored by CalArts" notice when enrolling are encouraged to access this course and the specialization by joining through the Coursera for CalArts program linked in the course/specialization FAQ.
Project Planning: Putting It All Together
This is the third course in the Google Project Management Certificate program. This course will explore how to map out a project in the second phase of the project life cycle: the project planning phase. You will examine the key components of a project plan, how to make accurate time estimates, and how to set milestones. Next, you will learn how to build and manage a budget and how the procurement processes work. Then, you will discover tools that can help you identify and manage different types of risk and how to use a risk management plan to communicate and resolve risks. Finally, you will explore how to draft and manage a communication plan and how to organize project documentation. Current Google project managers will continue to instruct and provide you with hands-on approaches for accomplishing these tasks while showing you the best project management tools and resources for the job at hand. Learners who complete this program should be equipped to apply for introductory-level jobs as project managers. No previous experience is necessary. By the end of this course, you will be able to: - Describe the components of the project planning phase and their significance. - Explain why milestones are important and how to set them. - Make accurate time estimates and describe techniques for acquiring them from team members. - Identify tools and best practices to build a project plan and risk management plan. - Describe how to estimate, track, and maintain a budget. - Explain the procurement process and identify key procurement documentation. - Draft a communication plan and explain how to manage it. - Explain why milestones are important and how to set them. - Explain why a project plan is necessary and what components it contains. - Make accurate time estimates and describe techniques for acquiring them from team members.
Create a Performance Summary using SnapEval
In this 2-hour long project-based course, you will perform a quick overview of a SnapEval Performance Summary, review and modify Employee Goals, Achievement Levels, and Group Goals, and learn how to create and tap into prior employee shorter communications called SNAPS. Ultimately you will use these tools to build a comprehensive Performance Summary that can be used as an annual evaluation. Annual performance evaluations are a vital step for building a successful work environment for your team or company. Implementing these summaries using measurable goals as your foundation leads to positive employee communications and subsequent outcomes. SnapEval will make your employee communication and evaluation processes easier, more streamlined, and trackable. Note: This course works best for learners who are based in the North American region. We’re currently working on providing the same experience in other regions.
Getting Started with Microsoft OneNote
By the end of this project, you will create a free account on Microsoft 365, you will get access to Microsoft OneNote, you will create a notebook with sections and pages, you will add content like text, pictures, videos, links, download add-ins, and will even explore Accessibility and translation tools. Your new skills will help you efficiently keep notes all in one place and share them with others.
Design Online Course Printables using Canva
By the end of this course, you will create a variety of templates for course printables that you can offer for free or sell in the marketplace using Canva. You will be able to incorporate a color scheme, images, and other design elements for aesthetically pleasing and value added business marketing collateral. This course will include intermediate to advanced level skills using the free version of Canva. Creating high quality printables is the perfect way to offer a free digital product or market your business to build business. Note: This course works best for learners who are based in the North America region. We’re currently working on providing the same experience in other regions.
Optimizing Your Website's Keywords & Pages using Ubersuggest
By the end of this project, you will be able to implement one of the main tasks needed from the SEO team that works on a website , Which is the keywords optimization process for generating higher organic traffic to the website that matches the website content and the main keywords the targeted customers use while searching on any search engine. You will also be able to identify the tactics used to monitor the website's ranking position per each keyword. In this project you will get to know how to use Ubersuggest tool to analyze website’s keywords rankings for both your website and your competitors’ this will help you in your content optimization which leads to better website organic results ranking Note: This course works best for learners who are based in the North America region. We’re currently working on providing the same experience in other regions.
ESG Investing: Setting Standards & Conducting Analysis
The ESG Investing: Setting Standards & Conducting Analysis course provides students with basic knowledge of traditional financial products with some fundamental concepts to help better define what ESG is, including the rationale behind its inception, and how it has developed. Through the series of video, webinar, and reading modules in this course, you’ll learn how to identify and describe the basic principles underpinning the “E”, “S” and “G” in ESG, as well as obtain a brief background of ESG’s origins and evolution. You should also acquire insights into certain global and domestic goals and frameworks that drive and support issuers’ ESG agendas for economic, financial, and ethical purposes, as well as learn how to examine and construct different investment strategies aligned with investment returns, such as negative/exclusionary screening and integration. You should also gain a clearer view of how businesses form their ESG strategies, as well as some of the risks they face, and how they may be mitigated.
Collaborate Effectively for Professional Success
Collaboration is not just the act of working together. It goes beyond that. Through collaboration, you can accomplish much more than what you would if you worked alone. Having the skills to communicate with the people you are working with and being able to work as a team towards your goal are just some of the skills you will learn in this course to help you collaborate effectively in the workplace. In today's day and age, collaborating as a group does not just mean being able to see and communicate with each other in person, collaborations are done virtually all the time. This short course will teach you about some of the obstacles you may face while virtually collaborating with people and how to overcome these barriers with teamwork. In order to collaborate successfully, you have to be able to recognize and apply different methods of communication. Collaborating involves working with other people, and when working with others you need to be able to understand their behaviors and how to effectively work together as a team in order to reach your goal. This short course will help you develop the foundational soft skills to enhance the way you collaborate with your team, others in your company, business partners, and clients. This course is part of the People and Soft Skills for Professional and Personal Success Specialization from IBM.
Get started with Instagram for Business
By the end of this project, you will create a free account on Instagram, will set up a business profile, develop a content strategy, and add content. Business accounts on Instagram can raise brand awareness and reach the target audience by keeping an active presence. Your new skills will help you efficiently manage your Instagram account for business.
Business English: Finance and Economics
Do you work in finance or interact with finance professionals? Is it necessary to speak, write or understand English in your career? Follow the authentic characters in this course as they work through common business situations in finance and economics. Learn from your successes and failure, and think critically about your own communication options. After taking this course, you will be able to read and create efficient e-mails, reports, and impactful presentations with words and phrases commonly used in finance and economics. Communicate clearly under pressure utilizing recently learned strategies, and obtain immediate feedback about the efficiency of your business communication skills in English from other finance professionals around the world! Gain the English communication skills that you desire and that global managers expect.