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Making your Business Better
R599.00 Ex.VAT 15%How a product or service is sold, and how a business is run, has changed. Customers want to know your company’s values, selling is about relationships, and your workplace culture impacts productivity. Business relationships, a marketing strategy, and an understanding of the company’s core values, guiding principles, strengths and opportunities is vital to growth. In this eLearning course, you will learn about these essentials, and how to combine that knowledge into your own Strategic Action Plan. -
Story Marketing for Small Businesses
R599.00 Ex.VAT 15%Story marketing is the process of attracting and engaging customers through story – their story, rather than yours. Instead of the ‘buy our product’ messages of typical marketing campaigns, story marketing tells the customer story and motivates them to connect with your company as a solution to their problem or a way to a better life. This course will highlight the essentials of story marketing for your small business: story marketing tools, storytelling basics, and how to write and refine your own story for marketing to your target audience. -
Online Tools for Small Business
R599.00 Ex.VAT 15%In today’s business climate, it is more important than ever for your organization to have as many advantages as possible, and this includes having access to tools that will help with marketing and promotion, project management, data acquisition, document review, graphic design and sales transactions. -
Honing and Delivering Your Message
R599.00 Ex.VAT 15%Learn how to clarify your message and how to present it, successfully communicate your message, and ensure your listeners hear what you want to get across to them with the Honing and Delivering Your Message course. -
Identifying and Combatting Fake News
R599.00 Ex.VAT 15%After you complete this course you will be able to: define fake news, recognize the difference between fake news and objective reporting, understand the impacts of fake news on your organization, examine proactive strategies and how they work, learn reactive strategies and why they are essential, discover opportunities for promotion and growth within fake news , and create your own fake news action plan. -
GDPR Readiness: Getting the Message Out
R599.00 Ex.VAT 15%In this one-day course, you will learn: about internal communication methods, about privacy training, and promoting a good privacy culture,about the elements of a good customer privacy policy, how to write and design a cookie banner disclaimer for your website, and how to design a privacy-compliant web form. -
Being a Team Player
R599.00 Ex.VAT 15%Teamwork is essential in any organization, and strongly influences whether a venture succeeds or fails. Participants will learn what characteristics are common to team players, how to demonstrate to others that you are a good team player, types of teams and which ones are vital to every workplace, reasons teams fail, and strategies to ensure success. Other courses that may be of interest are Creating a Positive Work Environment, Making Your Business Better, Problem Solving and Decision Making, Team Building- Developing High Performance Teams, and Communication Strategies. -
Digital Citizenship Conducting Yourself in a Digital World
R599.00 Ex.VAT 15%Online interactions and transactions are replacing real world ones. Regrettably, digital use can become misuse and abuse, often without the responsible person realizing it. As citizens of the digital world, users should learn and accept that they have certain rights and responsibilities. Many are not educated in appropriate technology use; other people know but do not practice it. ‘Digital Citizenship’ is fundamental to a safe and satisfying digital world. This course aims to increase your knowledge and appreciation of the practices needed to ensure you are a good digital citizen. -
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Conflict Resolution: Getting Along In The Workplace
R599.00 Ex.VAT 15%In this course, you will learn what conflict is all about. You will also learn about different types of conflict, stages of conflict, helping others through conflict, and creating win/win solutions. As a bonus, you will also learn supporting skills, such as communication, active listening, and body language. -
Telemarketing: Using the Telephone as a Sales Tool
R599.00 Ex.VAT 15%In this course, you will learn how to communicate effectively over the telephone, develop your personal telemarketing script, and close a sale. You will also learn how telemarketing can add to your sales strategy. -
Customer Service Training: Critical Elements of Customer Service
R599.00 Ex.VAT 15%This course is all about the critical elements of customer service: a customer service focus that is defined within, and given life by, your organization. In order to be successful, this focus must be reinforced every day, measured, and improved upon. -
Networking for Success
R599.00 Ex.VAT 15%In this course, you will learn how to identify opportunities, create a positive first impression, develop a memorable intro, start conversations, shake hands well, handle business cards, manage sticky situations, follow up with others, and organize your network. You will also learn how to network in online spaces, such as LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook. -
Strategic Planning
R599.00 Ex.VAT 15%A good strategic plan describes what the owners want the business to do and how to get there. This course will help you identify all the pieces of a strategic plan and how to put them together to create something meaningful. -
Change Management: Change and How to Deal With It
R599.00 Ex.VAT 15%Some people enjoy the opportunities and excitement that change brings. Others, however, have a harder time adapting. To complicate matters, our feelings often depend on the situation. This course will teach you how to manage change in a positive way. -
Marketing for Small Businesses
R599.00 Ex.VAT 15%This course will teach you how marketing is different for small businesses, elements of a successful marketing message, what the marketing cycle looks like, how to build a marketing plan with the five Ps, how to market with social media, and how to create a marketing budget. You will also explore over 100 strategies and consider which ones are right for your small business. -
Building Relationships for Success in Sales
R599.00 Ex.VAT 15%This course will teach you how to leverage customer-focused selling, identify what influences relationships, expand your communication skills, manage your body language, develop a professional handshake, and grow your network. -
Selling Smarter
R599.00 Ex.VAT 15%In this course, you will learn why consultative and customer-focused selling are so important. Youll also learn about the sales cycle, setting goals, ways to increase your average sale, and where to find new clients. -
Project Management Fundamentals
R599.00 Ex.VAT 15%In this course, you will learn what a project is and what a project manager does. You will also learn about the life cycle of a project. In particular, you will focus on the conceptual phase of project management, where you identify, prioritize, and scope a project idea. -
Problem Solving and Decision Making
R599.00 Ex.VAT 15%In this course, you will learn a three-phase problem solving process that you can apply to any situation. You will also learn techniques for creative thinking, how to make good group decisions, and ways to follow up on and evaluate decisions. -
Self-Leadership
R599.00 Ex.VAT 15%In this course, you will explore the four pillars of self-leadership: knowing who you are, knowing what you do, knowing what you need to learn, and using what you know. -
Creative Thinking and Innovation
R599.00 Ex.VAT 15%In this course, you will identify ways to develop your creative side and build a creative environment. Youll also learn a basic problem-solving process, individual creative thinking tools (such as the RAP model, shoe swap technique, mind mapping, metaphors, and toys), and team-based creative thinking tools (such as brainstorming, brainwriting, rolestorming, the stepladder technique, and slip writing). -
Overcoming Objections to Nail the Sale
R599.00 Ex.VAT 15%In this course, you will learn how to overcome objections, identify buying signals, and close the sale. You will also learn supporting skills, like building credibility, being observant, and communicating well. -
CRM: An Introduction to Customer Relationship Management
R599.00 Ex.VAT 15%This course will teach you how to make a decision about the need for CRM, the benefits of CRM, and how to coordinate the base requirements for a CRM undertaking. -
Knowledge Management
R599.00 Ex.VAT 15%In this course, you will learn what knowledge is, what knowledge management is, how tacit and explicit knowledge are different, and the business benefits that knowledge management can bring. Then, you will learn about the knowledge management mix (which includes people, technology, and process) as well as a four step process for building your knowledge management framework. You will also learn about four knowledge management models: Bukowitz and Williams KM Process Framework, Gamble and Blackwells knowledge management matrix, Bothas process model, and Nonaka and Takeuchis spiral model. Implementation aspects, such as knowledge management teams, post-mortem plans, KMBOKs, Chief Knowledge Officers, and pilot programs, are covered as well. -
Personal Brand: Maximizing Personal Impact
R599.00 Ex.VAT 15%In this course, youll learn what a brand is and how you can leverage it to make a personal impact. Youll define, design, and plan the interior elements of your brand (such as your confidence level and approach to others) as well as the exterior elements (such as how you dress and act). Youll also learn supporting skills, such as setting goals, communicating effectively, building your credibility, managing difficult conversations, influencing others, and speaking in public. -
Body Language: Reading Body Language as a Sales Tool
R599.00 Ex.VAT 15%In this course, you will learn how to interpret personal space, gestures, facial expressions, body movements, and posture. Youll also learn how to send the right message with body language, dress, and personal interactions. -
Building Better Teams
R599.00 Ex.VAT 15%In this course, you will learn what forms teams can take. Youll also evaluate your team player type, learn ways to build an effective team, and identify things that you can do to become a good team player. -
Branding: Creating and Managing Your Corporate Brand
R599.00 Ex.VAT 15%This course will get you started on the road to creating a perfect brand. Youll learn how to develop a visual identity from start to finish, the basics of graphic design, and how to keep your brand energized and alive. -
Business Etiquette: Gaining That Extra Edge
R599.00 Ex.VAT 15%In this course, youll learn all about business etiquette. First, you will learn tips for meeting new people, which includes a good handshake, knowing how to handle business cards, making small talk, remembering names, and crafting a good first impression. Then, youll learn how to dress for success, dine with confidence, and present yourself well on the phone and via e-mail. -
Business Writing That Works
R599.00 Ex.VAT 15%This course will teach you the four Cs of writing: clear, concise, complete, and correct. You will also learn some of the fundamentals of good writing, including word agreement, active and passive voice, sentence construction, punctuation, and spelling. Finally, you will have a chance to apply these skills to real-life situations, such as writing e-mails, memos, and letters. -
Communication Strategies
R599.00 Ex.VAT 15%This course will teach you all about the various aspects of communication. Youll learn about asking questions, probing for information, active listening, and body language. Supporting skills are also covered, such as self-esteem, building relationships with others, and assertiveness. -
Conference and Event Management
R599.00 Ex.VAT 15%In this course, you will learn all the essentials of event planning, including setting objectives, budgeting, using committees, advertising, choosing a venue, selecting a menu, developing takeaway items, gathering feedback for the plan, hosting the event, and evaluating how it all went. -
Managing Difficult Conversations
R599.00 Ex.VAT 15%This course will give you an eight-step process for a difficult conversation, as well as some things to consider when deciding to have the conversation (such as your desired outcome, the time and place, and how to stay safe). Youll also learn how to speak persuasively, ask good questions, and listen actively. -
Marketing with Social Media
R599.00 Ex.VAT 15%In this course, you will learn how to develop a social media marketing plan as a part of an overall marketing strategy, determine who should be on your team, and choose how you will measure what is taking place. In addition, you will learn about blogging, explore some of the major social media sites (such as LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook), and look at how specialty sites and social media management tools can take your social media marketing to the next level. -
NLP Tools for Real Life
R599.00 Ex.VAT 15%This course will teach you about anchoring, establishing congruency, developing rapport, creating outcomes, interpreting and presenting information efficiently, and self-hypnosis. -
Public Speaking: Speaking Under Pressure
R599.00 Ex.VAT 15%This course will take you through preparing an effective presentation. Topics include planning your speech, identifying your audience, connecting with the listener, developing key themes and sentences, structuring your ideas, and managing nervousness and body language. Youll focus on short responses and learn ways to expand a basic presentation. -
Critical Thinking
R599.00 Ex.VAT 15%In this course, youll learn what critical thinking is all about, what characteristics a critical thinker has, and what skills you may want to work on. Then, youll work your way through a seven-step critical thinking model. Supporting skills, such as asking good questions, applying common sense, and thinking creatively, are also covered. -
Creating Winning Webinars: Getting Your Message Out
R599.00 Ex.VAT 15%This course is going to teach you to understand what webinars are and why they are important. You will also learn best practices for implementation and development of webinars. You are going to learn the appropriate structure and platform for your webinar and also how to outline a webinar. -
Prospecting for Leads Like a Pro
R599.00 Ex.VAT 15%This course will teach you how to identify your target market, use a prospect dashboard, and set goals. You will also learn how to find prospects through networking, trade shows, lost accounts, and cold calls. -
Marketing and Sales
R599.00 Ex.VAT 15%In this course, you will learn effective, low-cost, and non-cost strategies to improve sales, develop your companys image, and build your bottom line. -
Communications for Small Business Owners
R599.00 Ex.VAT 15%If you are new to the communications highway, this course will provide the foundation for future development. If your company has some communications expertise, this course will help you strengthen and polish your essential components. -
Negotiating for Results
R599.00 Ex.VAT 15%In this course, you will learn about the different types of negotiation, characteristics of a successful negotiator, and building win-win solutions. You will also learn about the four phases of negotiation: preparation, exchanging information, bargaining, and closing. -
Building a Consulting Business
R599.00 Ex.VAT 15%This course will guide you along your journey to starting your own consulting business. It will take a look at important components such as business plans and marketing plans while touching on networking and important documents you need to consider.
