Harpenden

<p>This workshop will help you create, develop and close business opportunities using a consultative approach and a value-based (not price-led) proposition.</p><p>Value-based selling means working the way your customer wants to buy, not how you want to sell. It also means:</p><p>In a transactional sale the customer knows the answer without help from a salesperson (or cannot see why they should choose you), or is prepared to stay with what they have. Customer decision criteria are price and convenience and customers resent time spent with (new) salespeople, mainly because the salesperson adds little or nothing to what the customer already has and just wastes time.</p><p>In a consultative or value-based sale, by contrast, the customer doesn't know the answer already. The salesperson must take the role of an advisor, not just a 'product promoter'. Customers demand expertise, advice and customisation during the sales process. Often customers insist on multiple meetings with salespeople and others to develop advantages that you can bring and reduce the perceived risk of changing. In this way the salesperson often adds more value than the product or service alone.</p>This very practical workshop will help you use proven strategies and tactics to build, manage and successfully close sustainable business opportunities using a consultative approach and a value-based (not price-led) proposition. This includes:<ul><li>Increased impact of your new sales conversations, presentations and proposals - leading to faster decisions and increased conversion</li><li>Greater confidence, consistency and professionalism throughout the business development process</li><li>Enhanced sales questioning skills and techniques, leading to better, faster and more accurate development of customer needs, problems, value and expectations</li><li>Improve your people, communication, influence and persuasion skills when approaching, consulting or presenting your services and solutions</li><li>How to build value at all points in the customer's buying process through your knowledge, skills and structured approach</li><li>Proven ways to gain additional business and referrals from existing customers and contacts, through direct approach and lead generation</li><li>Being better able differentiate your firm, your solutions, track-record and expertise clearly and accurately with tailored value statements for each stage and for each opportunity</li><li>Overcome and avoid price-based objections, buying criteria and negotiation</li></ul><section>
                    <h3>1 Introduction and key principles of value-based selling</h3><ul><li>Introduction and review of pre-course questionnaires - KPIs, personal learning objectives and key principles</li><li>The main principles of value-based selling and how they benefit you and the customer</li><li>How value-based selling differs from 'transactional' or 'price-based' selling</li><li>The stages of the customer's buying cycle - how to identify and work through strategies for each stage</li><li>The concept of structured and set-piece selling and proposing</li><li><em>Presentation by participants:</em> Personal sales improvement goals</li></ul> <h3>2 Value-based selling strategies and skills</h3><ul><li>What is value? How can one move away from a price-led agenda?</li><li>How to survive and resist price pressure - six techniques</li><li>A review of key competencies and skills needed for a value-based approach</li><li>Strategies, case studies and examples with discussion and review</li><li>Defining your initial value proposition and comparative advantage</li><li>How best to established the right level of trust, rapport and credibility</li><li><em>Planning and practice session:</em> Strategy - mapping a value-based sales process.</li></ul> <h3>3 Connecting skills</h3><ul><li>Research before the meeting and the first few minutes - ways to gain instant rapport and setting the foundation for a successful outcome in a first sales call</li><li>How to structure an effective first time sales call or meeting - the subtle differences that are important to master</li><li>How best to differentiate your solutions and build credibility and enthusiasm early or at the start of the buying process</li><li>Overcoming initial buying resistance and relaxing the prospect; gaining rapport, opening the meeting: PBC (purpose-benefit-check) and gaining agreement to proceed</li><li><em>Planning and practice session: </em>Connecting - first meeting with a new contact</li></ul> <h3>4 Consulting - building, developing and influencing client needs</h3><ul><li>Understanding the power of high-impact and third-level questions to influence people based around specific needs and solutions</li><li>The importance of body language and other personal communication dynamics when asking questions; empathic listening, run-on questions, drawing out skills, summarising, etc</li><li>Creating a 'disturb' approach to creating needs and opportunities and positioning your solutions</li><li>Using proven advanced sales questioning techniques with greater skill: Outcome, SPIN and qualification questions</li><li>'Decision-making criteria' - tools to help you develop the relevant criteria with the customer and in doing so progress your sales opportunities more effectively</li><li><em>Planning and practice session: Questioning skills</em></li></ul> <h3>5 Convincing - presentation and persuading skills practice</h3><ul><li>Substance and style - selecting the right tone and content to engage and enthuse your prospect</li><li>Compelling benefits and reducing perceived risk - key messages to deliver</li><li>Helping the customer choose your proposition - by being convincing, compelling and credible when you present</li><li>Professional and effective presentation skills - with personal coaching and practice sessions</li><li>The keys of influence and persuasion and the keys to convincing a new customer to choose you for the first time</li><li><em>Planning and practice session:</em> Role-play in presenting your solution</li></ul> <h3>6 Commitment</h3><ul><li>Knowing when and how to close for commitment to the next stage in your sales process, plus ways to ask for commitment professionally and effectively</li><li>How to isolate, prioritise and answer objections and concerns more openly and accurately, using a consultative not a confrontational approach</li><li>Deal more effectively and profitably with price objections and reduce buyer's remorse (which can lead to an 'I want to think about it' reaction and cause delay and inertia)</li><li>Key negotiation skills around the closing process - getting to 'yes'</li><li><em>Planning and practice session:</em> Role-play in closing and negotiation skills</li></ul> <h3>7 Assessed role-play - Final practice session</h3><em>Live role-plays</em><ul><li>There is an option for external participants to be brought in to the live training workshop to take-part in the final assessed role-play or assist with other sessions run during the course.</li></ul><p><em>Performance assessment - 'Dragon's Pitch'</em></p><ul><li>The final afternoon of the course is an assessed role-play using a prepared scenario and external 'CEO'. The assessment criteria will be agreed prior to the workshop.</li></ul> <h3>8 Workshop summary and close</h3><ul><li>Personal action plan and learning summary</li></ul> 


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The In House Training Company

Coaching & Consulting Business

Coaching Skills

Professional Selling Skills (PSS)

Meeting Skills

Counselling Skills

Presentation Skills

Value-based selling (In-House)

<p>The learning objectives that we believe you require to be covered within the training include:</p><ul><li>A detailed understanding of the CDM 2015 Regulations and how they should work in practice</li><li>An understanding of the key roles (Designer, Principal designer, contractor, principal contractor and client) under CDM 2015</li><li>What constitutes design and when you may be acting as a designer</li><li>The requirements for notification</li><li>Pre construction information, the construction phase plan and the H&amp;S file</li><li>An opportunity for delegates to ask questions and gain clarification on specific project requirements</li></ul><section>
                    <h3>1 Introduction</h3><ul><li>Why manage health and safety?</li><li>The costs of accidents</li><li>Construction industry statistics</li><li>Why CDM 2015?</li></ul> <h3>2 Overview of health and safety law and liabilities</h3><ul><li>Criminal and civil law</li><li>Liability</li><li>Enforcement and prosecution</li><li>Compliance - how far do we go?</li><li>Statutory duties</li></ul> <h3>3 Health and safety law in construction - the current framework</h3><ul><li>Framework of relevant legislation<ul><li>Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974</li><li>Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999</li><li>Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015</li><li>Work at Height Regulations 2005</li></ul></li><li>Who is responsible for the risks created by construction work?</li><li>Shared workplaces/shared responsibilities</li><li>Control of contractors - importance of contract law</li></ul> <h3>4 CDM 2015 - the principles and current best practice</h3><ul><li>Scope - what is construction?</li><li>Application - when do the Regulations apply?</li><li>The CDM management system<ul><li>Dutyholders (client, designer, principal designer, principal contractor, contractor)</li><li>Documents (pre construction information, Notification, construction phase Plan, H&amp;S File)</li><li>Management process</li></ul></li><li>The 2015 HSE guidance / industry best practice</li><li>Clarification of roles and responsibilities</li></ul> <h3>5 Competence under CDM 2015</h3><ul><li>What is 'Competence'?</li><li>The criteria to be used in construction</li><li>Achieving continuous improvement</li></ul> <h3>6 Part 4 Construction Health Safety and Welfare</h3><ul><li>Overview of Part 4</li><li>Responsibilities</li><li>Welfare arrangements</li></ul> <h3>7 Risk assessment and the role of the designer</h3><ul><li>Principles of risk assessment</li><li>Loss prevention / hazard management</li><li>What is a suitable risk assessment?<ul><li>Design <em>v</em> construction risk assessment</li><li>The client is a designer?</li><li>Whose risk is it?</li></ul></li></ul> <h3>8 Risk assessment exercise</h3><ul><li>Understanding the principles of design risk assessment</li><li>Identifying hazards under the control of clients and designers</li><li>Quantifying the risk</li></ul> <h3>9 Questions, discussion and review</h3> 


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Construction Management

Construction Safety

Site Management Safety Training Scheme (SMSTS)

Health & Safety Awareness

Construction Design & Management (CDM)

Health & Safety At Work

CDM 2015 - in-depth (In-House)

<p>Power BI is a powerful data visualisation program that allows businesses to monitor data, analyse trends, and make decisions. This course is designed to provide a solid understanding of the reporting side of Power BI, the dashboards, where administrators, and end users can interact with dynamic visuals that communicates information.</p><p>This course focuses entirely on the creation and design of visualisations in dashboards, including a range of chart types, engaging maps, and different types of tables. Designing dashboards with KPI's (key performance indicators), heatmaps, flowcharts, sparklines, and compare multiple variables with trendlines.</p>This one-day programme focuses entirely on creating dashboards, by using the many visualisation tools available in Power BI.<p>You will learn to build dynamic, user-friendly interfaces in both Power BI Desktop and Power BI Service.</p><section>
                    <h3>1 Introduction</h3><ul><li>Power BI ecosystem</li><li>Things to keep in mind</li><li>Selecting dashboard colours</li><li>Importing visuals into Power BI</li><li>Data sources for your analysis</li><li>Joining tables in Power BI</li></ul> <h3>2 Working with data</h3><ul><li>Utilising a report theme</li><li>Table visuals</li><li>Matrix visuals</li><li>Drilling into hierarchies</li><li>Applying static filters</li><li>Group numbers with lists</li><li>Group numbers with bins</li></ul> <h3>3 Creating visuals</h3><ul><li>Heatmaps in Power BI</li><li>Visualising time-intelligence trends</li><li>Ranking categorical totals</li><li>Comparing proportions</li><li>View trends with sparklines</li></ul> <h3>4 Comparing variables</h3><ul><li>Insert key performance indicators (KPI)</li><li>Visualising trendlines as KPI</li><li>Forecasting with trendlines</li><li>Visualising flows with Sankey diagrams</li><li>Creating a scatter plot</li></ul> <h3>5 Mapping options</h3><ul><li>Map visuals</li><li>Using a filled map</li><li>Mapping with latitude and longitude</li><li>Mapping with ArcGIS or ESRI</li></ul> <h3>6 Creating dashboards</h3><ul><li>High-level dashboard</li><li>Migration analysis dashboard</li><li>Adding slicers for filtering</li><li>Promote interaction with nudge prompts</li><li>Searching the dashboard with a slicer</li><li>Creating dynamic labels</li><li>Highlighting key points on the dashboard</li><li>Customised visualisation tooltips</li><li>Syncing slicers across pages</li></ul> <h3>7 Sharing dashboards</h3><ul><li>Setting up and formatting phone views</li><li>Exporting data</li><li>Creating PDF files</li><li>Uploading to the cloud</li><li>Share dashboards in SharePoint online</li></ul> 


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Powerbi

Tableau Desktop Specialist

Microsoft Power Apps

Microsoft Power BI

Data Visualization

Microsoft BI

Power BI - dashboards (1 day) (In-House)

<p>This course starts with the basics then moves seamlessly to an intermediate level. It includes a comprehensive yet balanced look at the four main components that make up Power BI Desktop: Report view, Data view, Model view, and the Power Query Editor. It also demonstrates how to use the online Power BI service.</p><p>It looks at authoring tools that enables you to connect to and transform data from a variety of sources, allowing you to produce dynamic reports using a library of visualisations. Once you have those reports, the course looks at the seamless process of sharing those with your colleagues by publishing to the online Power BI service.</p><p>The aim of this course is to provide a strong understanding of the Power BI analysis process, by working with real-world examples that will equip you with the necessary skills to start applying your knowledge straight away.</p><section>
                    <h3>1 Getting started</h3><ul><li>The Power BI process</li><li>Launching Power BI Desktop</li><li>The four views of Power BI</li><li>Dashboard visuals</li></ul> <h3>2 Connecting to files</h3><ul><li>Connect to data sources</li><li>Connect to an Excel file</li><li>Connect to a CSV file</li><li>Connect to a database</li><li>Import vs. DirectQuery</li><li>Connect to a web source</li><li>Create a data table</li></ul> <h3>3 Transforming data</h3><ul><li>The process of cleaning data</li><li>Column data types</li><li>Remove rows with filters</li><li>Add a custom column</li><li>Append data to a table</li><li>Fix error issues</li><li>Basic maths operations</li></ul> <h3>4 Build a data model</h3><ul><li>Table relationships</li><li>Manage table relationships</li></ul> <h3>5 Merge queries</h3><ul><li>Table join kinds</li><li>Merging tables</li></ul> <h3>6 Create report visualisations</h3><ul><li>Creating map visuals</li><li>Formatting maps</li><li>Creating chart visuals</li><li>Formatting chart</li><li>Tables, matrixes, and cards</li><li>Control formatting with themes</li><li>Filter reports with slicers</li><li>Reports for mobile devices</li><li>Custom online visuals</li><li>Export report data to Excel</li></ul> <h3>7 The power query editor</h3><ul><li>Fill data up and down</li><li>Split columns by delimiter</li><li>Add conditional columns</li><li>Merging columns</li></ul> <h3>8 The M formula</h3><ul><li>Creating M functions</li><li>Create an IF function</li><li>Create a query group</li></ul> <h3>9 Pivot and unpivot tables</h3><ul><li>Pivot tables in the query editor</li><li>Pivot and append tables</li><li>Pivot but don't summarise</li><li>Unpivot tables</li><li>Append mismatched headers</li></ul> <h3>10 Data modelling revisited</h3><ul><li>Data model relationships</li><li>Mark a calendar as a date table</li></ul> <h3>11 Introduction to calculated columns</h3><ul><li>New columns vs. measures</li><li>Creating a new column calculation</li><li>The SWITCH function</li></ul> <h3>12 Introduction to DAX measures</h3><ul><li>Common measure categories</li><li>The SUM measure</li><li>Adding measures to visuals</li><li>COUNTROWS and DISINCTCOUNT functions</li><li>DAX rules</li></ul> <h3>13 The CALCULATE measure</h3><ul><li>The syntax of CALCULATE</li><li>Things of note about CALCULATE</li></ul> <h3>14 The SUMX measure</h3><ul><li>The SUMX measure</li><li>X iterator functions</li><li>Anatomy of SUMX</li></ul> <h3>15 Introduction to time intelligence</h3><ul><li>Importance of a calendar table</li><li>A special lookup table</li><li>The TOTALYTD measure</li><li>Change year end in TOTALYTD</li></ul> <h3>16 Hierarchy, groups and formatting</h3><ul><li>Create a hierarchy to drill data</li><li>Compare data in groups</li><li>Add conditional formatting</li></ul> <h3>17 Share reports on the web</h3><ul><li>Publish to the BI online service</li><li>Get quick insights</li><li>Upload reports from BI service</li><li>Exporting report data</li><li>What is Q&amp;A?</li><li>Sharing your reports</li></ul> <h3>18 Apply your learning</h3><ul><li>Post training recap lesson</li></ul> 


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Business Analytics & Intelligence

Excel Analytics

Business Intelligence (BI)

Power BI - introduction to intermediate (2 days) (In-House)

<p>This intensive one-day IACCM-approved programme helps participants develop the skills, knowledge and competencies required to plan for and carry out effective negotiations in a range of different environments.</p>By the end of the programme participants will be able to:<ul><li>Understand the basic concepts of negotiation and how it adds value to the organisation</li><li>Recognise the stages of negotiation and the skills required at each stage</li><li>Make use of tried-and-tested negotiation planning tools</li><li>Apply a range of negotiation tools and techniques to support the organisation in obtaining value for money, quality and fit-for-purpose outcomes</li><li>Set negotiation objectives</li><li>Appreciate the importance of interpersonal skills in maximising the opportunities for reaching win/win agreements</li></ul><section>
                    <h3>1 Welcome</h3><ul><li>Introductions</li><li>Aims and objectives</li><li>Plan for the day</li></ul> <h3>2 Why negotiate?</h3><ul><li>Understanding the negotiation context</li><li>Negotiating with suppliers</li><li>Negotiating with stakeholders</li></ul> <h3>3 Understanding the process</h3><ul><li>The phases of negotiation and what to do in each phase</li><li>Before</li><li>During</li><li>After</li></ul> <h3>4 Planning</h3><ul><li>Appreciating the importance of planning</li><li>Different approaches</li><li>Identifying the key variables</li><li>Setting objectives for each of them</li><li>Practical negotiation planning exercise</li></ul> <h3>5 Doing</h3><ul><li>The key skills required,</li><li>Communication</li><li>Numeracy</li><li>empathy</li><li>Applying these skills in a role play: practical exercise</li></ul> <h3>6 Close</h3><ul><li>Review of key learning points</li><li>Personal action planning</li></ul> 


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Negotiation Skills

Action Learning Facilitator

Contract Management

Organisational Skills

Negotiation

Introduction to contract negotiation (In-House)

<p>Masterclasses? Refreshers? Introductions?</p><p>It depends what you're looking for and where you want to pitch them, but here are six tried-and-tested highly focused sessions that organisations can take individually or as a series, to help develop their teams' project management capabilities one topic at a time.</p>Objectives for each individual session are set out below, as part of the session outlines.<p>Taken together, as a series, however, these modules are an ideal opportunity to develop your team's levels of project management capability maturity, whether that's by introducing them to the basic principles, refreshing them on best practice, or giving them the opportunity to really drill down into a specific area of challenge in your particular operating environment.</p><section>
                    <h3>Session outlines</h3> 1 Stakeholder management <h3>Session objectives</h3>This session will help participants:<ul><li>Understand why stakeholders matter to projects</li><li>Be able to identify and engage stakeholders</li><li>Be able to categorise stakeholders by their significance</li></ul> <h3>1 Key principles</h3><ul><li>What does 'stakeholder' mean - in theory?</li><li>What does this mean in practice?</li><li>Why stakeholders matter</li><li>Consequences of missing stakeholders</li><li>The stakeholder management process:<ul><li>Identify</li><li>Assess</li><li>Plan</li><li>Engage</li></ul></li></ul> <h3>2 Identifying stakeholders</h3><ul><li>Rapid listing</li><li>CPIG analysis</li><li>PESTLE analysis</li><li>Drawing on the knowledge and experience of others</li><li>Other ways to identify stakeholders</li></ul> <h3>3 Assessing stakeholders</h3><ul><li>Which stakeholders are significant?</li><li>Stakeholder radar</li><li>Power-interest maps</li><li>Power-attitude maps</li></ul> <h3>4 Planning</h3><ul><li>The adoption curve</li><li>Dealing with obstacles</li><li>Who should engage which stakeholder?</li><li>How should the project's organisation be structured?</li><li>How will communication happen?</li></ul> <h3>5 Engaging</h3><ul><li>Seven principles of stakeholder engagement</li></ul> 2 Requirements and prioritisation <h3>Session objectives</h3>This session will help participants:<ul><li>Understand how clarity of requirements contributes to project success</li><li>Use different techniques for prioritising requirements</li><li>Agree requirements with stakeholders</li><li>Manage changes to requirements</li></ul> <h3>1 Understanding and managing stakeholder needs and expectations</h3><ul><li>What are 'requirements'?</li><li>What is 'requirements management'?</li><li>Sources of requirements - and the role of stakeholders</li><li>Are stakeholders sufficiently expert to specify their needs?</li><li>Do they understand the detail of what they want, or do they need help to tease that out?</li><li>What do stakeholders want to achieve?</li><li>Working within constraints</li><li>Prioritising requirements - three techniques</li></ul> <h3>2 MoSCoW prioritisation</h3><ul><li>'Must have', should have', 'could have, 'won't have this time'</li><li>When to use MoSCoW</li></ul> <h3>3 The Kano Model</h3><ul><li>Customer satisfaction - 'attractive' and 'must-be' qualities</li><li>When to use Kano</li></ul> <h3>4 Value-based prioritisation</h3><ul><li>Understanding risk <em>v</em> value</li><li>Using risk <em>v</em> value to prioritise features and schedules</li></ul> <h3>5 Agreeing requirements</h3><ul><li>Perfect <em>v</em> 'good enough'</li><li>Establishing acceptance criteria</li><li>Requirements traceability</li><li>Agreeing project scope</li></ul> <h3>6 Changing requirements</h3><ul><li>Why requirements change</li><li>Why change control matters</li><li>Impact on projects</li><li>A formal change control process</li><li>Paying for change - managing change for different types of project</li></ul> 3 Estimating <h3>Session objectives</h3>This session will help participants:<ul><li>Understand the different purposes estimates satisfy</li><li>Be able to use different estimating techniques</li><li>Understand how to achieve different levels of accuracy</li></ul> <h3>1 Key principles</h3><ul><li>What's an estimate? Informed guesswork</li><li>What needs to be estimated? Costs, resources, effort, duration</li><li>Tolerances</li><li>Precision <em>v</em> accuracy</li></ul> <h3>2 Estimating through the lifecycle</h3><ul><li>Start</li><li>Plan</li><li>Do</li></ul> <h3>3 Early estimates</h3><ul><li>Comparative ('analogous') estimating</li><li>Parametric estimating</li><li>Using multiple estimating techniques</li></ul> <h3>4 Bottom-up estimating</h3><ul><li>Bottom-up ('analytical') estimating</li><li>Pros</li><li>Cons</li></ul> <h3>5 Three-point estimating</h3><ul><li>Three-point ('PERT': Programme Evaluation and Review Technique) estimating</li><li>Uncertainty and the range of estimates</li><li>Calculating a weighted average</li><li>Three-point with bottom-up</li></ul> 4 Scheduling <h3>Session objectives</h3>This session will help participants:<ul><li>Understand how to create a viable schedule</li><li>Be able to use different forms of schedule</li><li>Understand the concept of the critical path</li></ul> <h3>1 Key principles</h3><ul><li>The planning horizon</li><li>Rolling wave planning</li><li>Release planning</li></ul> <h3>2 Viable scheduling</h3><ul><li>Creating a viable schedule</li><li>Define the scope</li><li>Sequence the work</li><li>Identify the risks and build in mitigations</li><li>Identify the resources</li><li>Estimate the effort and durations</li><li>Check resource availability</li><li>Refine until a workable schedule is produced</li></ul> <h3>3 Critical path analysis</h3><ul><li>The critical path</li><li>Network diagrams</li><li>Sequence logic</li><li>Practical application:<ul><li>Network diagram with estimated durations</li><li>The 'forward pass'</li><li>The 'backward pass'</li><li>Calculating total float</li><li>Identifying the critical path</li><li>Calculating free float</li></ul></li><li>Gantt charts</li></ul> 5 Risk and issue management <h3>Session objectives</h3>This session will help participants:<ul><li>Understand the difference between risks and issues</li><li>Be able to identify and assess risks</li><li>Understand ways of mitigating risks</li><li>Manage issues</li></ul> <h3>1 Key principles</h3><ul><li>Understanding risk</li><li>Threats and opportunities</li><li>The risk management process<ul><li>Preparation - proactive risk management</li><li>The process - identify, assess, plan, implement</li><li>Stakeholder communication</li></ul></li><li>Roles and responsibilities</li><li>Risk management strategy</li><li>The risk register</li><li>Risk appetite</li></ul> <h3>2 Risk identification</h3><ul><li>Brainstorming</li><li>Interviews</li><li>Assumption analysis</li><li>Checklists</li></ul> <h3>3 Risk assessment and prioritisation</h3><ul><li>Probability, impact and proximity</li><li>Triggers</li><li>Qualitative risk assessment</li><li>Qualitative impact assessment</li><li>Qualitative probability assessment</li><li>Probability / impact grid</li><li>Bubble charts</li><li>Risk tolerance</li></ul> <h3>4 Planning countermeasures</h3><ul><li>To mitigate or not to mitigate?</li><li>Categories of risk response</li><li>Avoid and exploit</li><li>Reduce and enhance</li><li>Transfer</li><li>Share</li><li>Accept</li><li>Contingency</li><li>Secondary risks</li></ul> <h3>5 Issue management</h3><ul><li>What is an issue?</li><li>Tolerances</li><li>Issues and tolerances</li><li>The PRINCE2 view of issues</li><li>Ownership of issues</li><li>An issue management process</li><li>Issue register</li></ul> 6 Budgeting and cost control <h3>Session objectives</h3>This session will help participants:<ul><li>Understand what to include in a budget - and why</li><li>Choose - and use - the appropriate estimating technique</li><li>Align the budget with the schedule</li><li>Understand how to monitor spend and control costs</li><li>Trouble-shoot effectively to get projects back within budget</li></ul> <h3>Session format</h3>Flexible. The session can be tailored to the participants' average level of project management maturity - a 60-minute session (delivered virtually) is an effective introduction. A 90-minute session allows for more in-depth treatment. A half-day session (face-to-face or virtual) gives time for a more challenging workshop, particularly to discuss specific cost control issues with any of the participants' current projects. <h3>1 Where is the money coming from?</h3><ul><li>Can we pay from revenue? Do we need to borrow? How long will the project take to pay back?</li><li>The lifecycle of the budget</li><li>Through-life costs</li><li>Stakeholder involvement</li></ul> <h3>2 Estimating costs</h3><ul><li>Reminder: the relationship between estimates</li><li>Reminder: possible estimating techniques</li><li>What do we need to estimate?<ul><li>People</li><li>Equipment</li><li>Materials</li><li>Facilities and operating costs</li><li>Work package estimate</li><li>Estimated project costs</li></ul></li><li>Estimating agile projects</li></ul> <h3>3 Aligning budget and schedule</h3><ul><li>Scheduling and financial periods</li><li>Spreading the budget</li></ul> <h3>4 Reserves and agreeing the budget</h3><ul><li>Contingency reserve</li><li>Management reserve</li><li>Agreeing the budget</li></ul> <h3>5 Cost control</h3><ul><li>Planned spend over time</li><li>Actual spend over time</li><li>Work completed over time</li><li>Evaluating different scenarios: delivery <em>v</em> spend</li></ul> <h3>6 Trouble-shooting</h3><ul><li>Why are we where we are?</li><li>What has caused the project to spend at the rate it is?</li><li>Why is it delivering at the rate it is?</li><li>What are the root causes?</li><li>What can we do about it?</li></ul> 


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Project Management Qualification (PMQ)

Project Management

Google Project Management

Management Skills

Project management 'masterclasses' (In-House)

<p>Effective communication is a skill. This half-day workshop is very interactive - participants can practise their communication skills in a positive, supportive environment.</p><section>
                    <h3>1 Welcome, introductions and objectives</h3><ul><li>The definition of effective communication</li><li><em>Exercise: sending a message</em></li></ul> <h3>2 Verbal communications</h3><ul><li>Effective communicators - who are they? What skills or attributes do they have?</li><li>Listening skills, clear use of words, presence, eye contact, body language</li></ul> <h3>3 How good a listener are you?</h3><ul><li><em>Exercise: listening skills questionnaire and evaluation</em></li></ul> <h3>4 Impact versus intent - what did you really mean to say?</h3><ul><li>Attitudes influence behaviour and behaviour breeds behaviour</li><li><em>Exercise: 'I never said she stole money'</em></li><li>The need to avoid misunderstanding or misinterpretation</li></ul> <h3>5 The 5 key principles to effective communication</h3><ul><li><em>Exercise: 'What would you say?'</em></li></ul> <h3>6 Written communication</h3><ul><li>What makes an effective written communication?</li><li>Kipling's 6 Honest Men: who, what, where, when, why and how</li><li>Planning to write an email</li></ul> <h3>7 Fuzzy meanings</h3><ul><li>Probabilities for misunderstandings and misinterpretations</li></ul> <h3>8 Practical exercise</h3><ul><li>Hone written communication skills and put into practice hints and tips from the session</li></ul> <h3>9 Review of key learning points and objectives</h3> 


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Business Communication Skills

Workplace Communication

Communication Skills

Communication skills (In-House)

<p>This one-day workshop is designed to give participants an understanding of the fundamentals of Microsoft Word and its commands, with quick ways to enter text, control formatting and edit paragraphs.</p>This course will help participants:<ul><li>Create, manage and save documents, files and folders</li><li>Create paragraph lists, bulleted and numbered paragraphs</li><li>Edit, modify and format paragraphs</li><li>Create and format tables</li><li>Use shortcuts to navigate documents</li><li>Format the layout of documents</li><li>Manage page headers and footers</li><li>Insert and managing pictures and diagrams within a document</li><li>Learn time saving tips and tricks to obtain a professional finish to documents</li><li>Use printing options</li></ul><section>
                    <h3>1 Creating documents</h3><ul><li>Getting help</li><li>Creating and saving documents</li><li>Accessing recently used documents</li><li>Managing files and folders</li></ul> <h3>2 Entering and editing text</h3><ul><li>Inserting and editing paragraph text</li><li>Cutting, copying and pasting text</li><li>Using tool tips to manage content</li><li>Applying and removing text formatting</li><li>Correcting spelling and grammar</li></ul> <h3>3 Creating paragraph lists</h3><ul><li>Creating bulleted paragraphs</li><li>Creating numbered paragraphs</li><li>Managing bulleted and numbered lists</li></ul> <h3>4 Modifying paragraphs</h3><ul><li>Changing paragraph alignment</li><li>Indenting a paragraph</li><li>Adding borders and shading to paragraphs</li><li>Formatting paragraphs using styles</li></ul> <h3>5 Navigating documents</h3><ul><li>Using shortcuts for navigating documents</li><li>Using 'Go To' to navigate documents</li><li>Finding and replacing text</li><li>Changing to read view</li></ul> <h3>6 Document layout</h3><ul><li>Inserting page breaks</li><li>Changing page orientation</li><li>Adjusting page margins</li><li>Adding borders to pages</li></ul> <h3>7 Page headers and footers</h3><ul><li>Inserting page headers and footers</li><li>Using header and footer commands</li><li>Inserting page numbers</li><li>Using different first page</li></ul> <h3>8 Inserting pictures and diagrams</h3><ul><li>Inserting pictures from your computer</li><li>Inserting online pictures</li><li>Flowing text around a picture</li><li>Changing a picture</li><li>Inserting SmartArt diagrams</li><li>Entering text into SmartArt</li></ul> <h3>9 Inserting tables</h3><ul><li>Using tabs to create tables</li><li>Resizing and repositioning tables</li><li>Inserting and deleting rows and columns</li><li>Using a table's commands</li><li>Changing a tables text direction</li><li>Formatting tables</li></ul> <h3>10 Printing documents</h3><ul><li>Previewing and printing documents</li><li>Using the printing tools</li><li>Printing parts of a document</li></ul> 


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Office Skills & Productivity

Microsoft Publisher

Office Skills

Office Productivity

Microsoft Office

Microsoft Word

Word - introduction (In-House)

<p>This five-day programme empowers participants with the skills and knowledge to understand and effectively apply best practice commercial and contracting principles and techniques, ensuring better contractor performance and greater value add.</p><p>This is an assessed programme, leading to the International Association for Contracts &amp; Commercial Management (IACCM)'s coveted Contract and Commercial Management Practitioner (CCMP) qualification.</p>By the end of this comprehensive programme the participants will be able to:<ul><li>Develop robust contracting plans, including scopes of work and award strategies</li><li>Undertake early market engagements to maximise competition</li><li>Conduct effective contracting and commercial management activities, including ITT, RFP, negotiated outcomes</li><li>Understand the legalities of contract and commercial management</li><li>Negotiate effectively with key stakeholders and clients, making use of the key skills of persuading and influencing to optimise outcomes</li><li>Undertake effective Supplier Relationship Management</li><li>Appreciate the implications of national and organisational culture on contracting and commercial activities</li><li>Appreciate professional contract management standards</li><li>Set up and maintain contract and commercial management governance systems</li><li>Take a proactive, collaborative, and agile approach to managing commercial contracts</li><li>Develop and monitor appropriate and robust KPIs and SLAs to manage the contractor and facilitate improved contractor performance</li><li>Appreciate the cross-functional nature of contract management</li><li>Collaborate with clients to deliver sustainable performance and to manage and exceed client expectations</li><li>Understand the roles and responsibilities of contract and commercial managers</li><li>Use effective contractor selection and award methods and models (including the 10Cs model) and use these models to prepare robust propositions to clients</li><li>Make effective use of lessons learned to promote improvements from less than optimal outcomes, using appropriate templates</li><li>Effectively manage the process of change, claims, variations, and dispute resolution</li><li>Develop and present robust propositions</li><li>Make appropriate use of best practice contract and commercial management tools, techniques, and templates</li></ul><section>
                    <h3>DAY ONE</h3> <h3>1 Introduction</h3><ul><li>Aims</li><li>Objectives</li><li>KPIs</li><li>Learning strategies</li><li>Plan for the programme</li></ul> <h3>2 The contracting context</h3><ul><li>Key objectives of contract management</li><li>Importance and impact on the business</li></ul> <h3>3 Critical success factors</h3><ul><li>Essential features of professional commercial and contract management and administration</li><li>The 6-step model</li></ul> <h3>4 Putting the 'management' into commercial and contract management</h3><ul><li>Traditional <em>v</em> 'new age' models</li><li>The need for a commercial approach</li><li>The added value generated</li></ul> <h3>5 Definitions</h3><ul><li>'Commercial management'</li><li>'Contract management'</li><li>'Contracting'</li><li>... and why have formal contracts?</li></ul> <h3>6 Stakeholders</h3><ul><li>Stakeholder mapping and analysis</li><li>The 'shared vision' concept</li><li>Engaging with key functions, eg, HSE, finance, operations</li></ul> <h3>7 Roles and responsibilities</h3><ul><li>Contract administrators</li><li>Stakeholders</li></ul> <h3>8 Strategy and planning</h3><ul><li>Developing effective contracting plans and strategies</li></ul>  <h3>DAY TWO</h3> <h3>1 Contract control</h3><ul><li>Tools and techniques, including CPA and Gantt charts</li><li>A project management approach</li><li>Developing effective contract programmes</li></ul> <h3>2 The contracting context</h3><ul><li>Key objectives of contract management</li><li>Importance and impact on the business</li></ul> <h3>3 Tendering</h3><ul><li>Overview of the contracting cycle</li><li>Requirement to tender</li><li>Methods</li><li>Rationale</li><li>Exceptions</li><li>Steps</li><li>Gateways</li><li>Controls</li><li>One and two package bids</li></ul> <h3>4 Tender assessment and contract award I - framework</h3><ul><li>Tender board procedures</li><li>Role of the tender board (including minor and major tender boards)</li><li>Membership</li><li>Administration</li><li>Developing robust contract award strategies and presentations</li></ul>  <h3>DAY THREE</h3> <h3>1 Tender assessment and contract award II - processes</h3><ul><li>Pre-qualification processes</li><li>CRS</li><li>Vendor registration rules and processes</li><li>Creating bidder lists</li><li>Disqualification criteria</li><li>Short-listing</li><li>Using the 10Cs model</li><li>Contract award and contract execution processes</li></ul> <h3>2 Minor works orders</h3><ul><li>Process</li><li>Need for competition</li><li>Role and purpose</li><li>Controls</li><li>Risks</li></ul> <h3>3 Contract strategy</h3><ul><li>Types of contract</li><li>Call-offs</li><li>Framework agreements</li><li>Price agreements</li><li>Supply agreements</li></ul> <h3>4 Contract terms I: Pricing structures</h3><ul><li>Lump sum</li><li>Unit price</li><li>Cost plus</li><li>Time and materials</li><li>Alternative methods</li><li>Target cost</li><li>Gain share contracts</li><li>Advance payments</li><li>Price escalation clauses</li></ul> <h3>5 Contract terms II: Other financial clauses</h3><ul><li>Insurance</li><li>Currencies</li><li>Parent body guarantees</li><li>Tender bonds</li><li>Performance bonds</li><li>Retentions</li><li>Sub-contracting</li><li>Termination</li><li>Invoicing</li></ul> <h3>6 Contract terms III: Risk and reward</h3><ul><li>Incentive contracts</li><li>Management and mitigation of contractual risk</li></ul>  <h3>DAY FOUR</h3> <h3>1 Contract terms IV: Jurisdiction and related matters</h3><ul><li>Applicable laws and regulations</li><li>Registration</li><li>Commercial registry</li><li>Commercial agencies</li></ul> <h3>2 Managing the client-contractor relationship</h3><ul><li>Types of relationship</li><li>Driving forces</li><li>Link between type of contract and style of relationships</li><li>Motivation - use of incentives and remedies</li></ul> <h3>3 Disputes</h3><ul><li>Types of dispute</li><li>Conflict resolution strategies</li><li>Negotiation</li><li>Mediation</li><li>Arbitration</li></ul>  <h3>DAY FIVE</h3> <h3>1 Performance measurement</h3><ul><li>KPIs</li><li>Benchmarking</li><li>Cost controls</li><li>Validity of savings</li><li>Balanced scorecards</li><li>Using the KPI template</li></ul> <h3>2 Personal qualities of the contract manager</h3><ul><li>Negotiation</li><li>Communication</li><li>Persuasion and influencing</li><li>Working in a matrix environment</li></ul> <h3>3 Contract terms V: Drafting skills</h3><ul><li>Drafting special terms</li></ul> <h3>4 Variations</h3><ul><li>Contract and works variation orders</li><li>Causes of variations</li><li>Risk management</li><li>Controls</li><li>Prevention</li><li>Negotiation with contractors</li></ul> <h3>5 Claims</h3><ul><li>Claims management processes</li><li>Controls</li><li>Risk mitigation</li><li>Schedules of rates</li></ul> <h3>6 Close-out</h3><ul><li>Contract close-out and acceptance / completion</li><li>HSE</li><li>Final payments</li><li>Performance evaluation</li><li>Capturing the learning</li></ul> <h3>7 Close</h3><ul><li>Review</li><li>Final assessment</li><li>Next steps</li></ul> 


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Association of Proposal Management Professionals (APMP)

Commercial Manager

Commercial & Contract Management Certification Program (CCM)

Contract and commercial management for practitioners (In-House)

<p>The often-used phrase, 'just the receptionist', completely misrepresents the role. An excellent receptionist is a most valuable resource for any organisation.</p><p>This programme has been designed specifically to deal with the essential skills necessary to represent the organisation to the best possible effect. It will also help you get the most out of your working day.</p>There are six key reasons to take part in this workshop. It will help you:<ul><li>See your role in a new light</li><li>Develop your communication skills</li><li>Deal with different types of customer and situation</li><li>Boost your confidence</li><li>Cope in a pressurised environment</li><li>Get more satisfaction from your working day</li></ul><section>
                    <h3>1 Introduction</h3><ul><li>Workshop objectives and personal objectives</li><li>The challenges of 21st century communication</li><li>What makes an excellent point of Reception? And why is it so important?</li><li>Who and where are our customers?</li><li>As a customer, how do you like to be treated?</li><li>What makes people feel valued?</li><li>Objective and subjective aspects of customer service</li><li>'Micro moments' that shape the relationship</li></ul> <h3>2 Communication on reception</h3><ul><li>Definition of communication</li><li>Barriers to good communication</li><li>The 'recipe' of verbal, vocal and visual aspects of communication</li><li>Differences between communicating face-to-face and on the telephone</li><li>Communication 'leaks'</li><li>The primitive human response</li><li>The impact of visual communication - body language, gesture and facial expression</li><li>Voice - tone, speed, volume, pitch, clarity, inflection, pacing</li><li>Words - positive words and phrases compared with negative terminology</li><li>Professional greetings face-to-face</li><li>Steering the conversation with effective questioning</li></ul> <h3>3 Telephone excellence</h3><ul><li>How we use the telephone</li><li>Qualities of the telephone</li><li>Non-verbal communication on the telephone - what aspects can be 'seen' by the other person?</li><li>Professional telephone etiquette</li><li>Taking and leaving messages - key points that can help customers, colleagues and the organisation</li><li>Clarifying information</li></ul> <h3>4 Listening skills for accuracy and relationship building</h3><ul><li>How accurate are your listening skills?</li><li>What are the challenges for accurate listening?</li><li>Active / empathetic listening</li></ul> <h3>5 Creating a rapport by 'style flexing'</h3><ul><li>Understanding how different people communicate</li><li>Shaping our message to the other person so that they feel understood</li><li>How changing situations can alter communication needs</li></ul> <h3>6 Confidence and assertiveness</h3><ul><li>Recognising different styles of behaviour - aggressive, passive and assertive</li><li>Qualities of assertive communication - verbal, vocal and visual</li><li>Assertive techniques - basic, persistence, negotiation / empathetic</li><li>Demonstrating confidence</li></ul> <h3>7 Coping in a pressurised environment</h3><ul><li>Words - the most useful ones to use with stressed people and identifying the 'red rag' words</li><li>Challenging situations - what do you find difficult and how do you respond?</li><li>Dealing with outbursts of anger</li><li>Bringing non-stop talkers back from their tangent</li><li>Constructive ways to say 'no'</li></ul> <h3>8 Pulling it all together</h3><ul><li>Action plans</li><li>Summary of key learning points</li></ul> 


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Professional Skills

Reception perfection (In-House)

<p id="isPasted" fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-size: 14px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size: 14px;">This&nbsp;live virtual<strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;"> <span style="color: rgb(44, 130, 201); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(44, 130, 201);">Business Agility Foundations (ICP-BAF) training &amp; certification program</span></strong>&nbsp;enables the participants to learn:</span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px; color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="margin-left: 20px;"><span style="font-size: 14px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size: 14px;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">1. How to Adapt to Business Needs</strong>: Participants gain the ability to quickly adapt to changing business requirements, ensuring they can effectively respond to market changes and challenges.</span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px; color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="margin-left: 20px;"><span style="font-size: 14px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size: 14px;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">2. Opportunity Identification Skills</strong>: Participants are equipped with the skills necessary to identify and leverage potential opportunities for enhancing business systems and delivering better business value.</span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px; color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="margin-left: 20px;"><span style="font-size: 14px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size: 14px;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">3. Transformation of Management Models</strong>: The program provides insights on how to transform traditional management and corporate governance models into modern frameworks that prioritize agility.</span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px; color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="margin-left: 20px;"><span style="font-size: 14px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size: 14px;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">4. Business Agility Mindset Building</strong>: It aims to cultivate a mindset focused on business agility, emphasizing the importance of agile principles in the context of business operations.</span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px; color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="margin-left: 20px;"><span style="font-size: 14px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size: 14px;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">5. Frameworks, Tools, and Techniques</strong>: Participants are introduced to various frameworks, tools, and techniques essential for implementing and maintaining business agility within an organization.</span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px; color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="margin-left: 20px;"><span style="font-size: 14px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size: 14px;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">6. Coverage of a Broad Range of Topics</strong>: The training covers a wide spectrum of topics, including Leadership, Lean System Thinking, Network Organization, Developing People, Managing Change, and Design Thinking.<br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></span></p><ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><li id="isPasted" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-size: 14px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size: 14px;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: rgb(243, 121, 52); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(243, 121, 52);">Leadership for Agility:</span> </strong>Learn to lead with flexibility, fostering an environment where innovation thrives.</span></li><li id="isPasted" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-size: 14px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size: 14px;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: rgb(243, 121, 52); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(243, 121, 52);">Lean System Thinking:</span></strong><span style="color: rgb(243, 121, 52); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(243, 121, 52);"> </span>Understand how to streamline processes for maximum efficiency and value delivery.</span></li><li style="color: rgb(243, 121, 52); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(243, 121, 52);"><span style="font-size: 14px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size: 14px;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Network Organization:</strong> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Discover how to leverage the power of networked teams and communication for enhanced collaboration and results.</span></span></li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-size: 14px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size: 14px;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: rgb(243, 121, 52); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(243, 121, 52);">Developing People:</span></strong><span style="color: rgb(243, 121, 52); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(243, 121, 52);"> </span>Focus on building and nurturing a team capable of driving and sustaining agility.</span></li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-size: 14px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size: 14px;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: rgb(243, 121, 52); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(243, 121, 52);">Managing Change:</span></strong><span style="color: rgb(243, 121, 52); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(243, 121, 52);"> </span>Master the strategies for managing change effectively, ensuring your organization remains resilient and responsive.</span></li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-size: 14px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size: 14px;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: rgb(243, 121, 52); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(243, 121, 52);">Design Thinking:</span></strong><span style="color: rgb(243, 121, 52); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(243, 121, 52);"> </span>Embrace customer-centric problem solving to create solutions that genuinely meet user needs and stand out in the market.</span></li></ul></ul><p style="margin-left: 20px; color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="margin-left: 20px;"><span style="font-size: 14px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size: 14px;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">7. The Blend of Theory and Practice</strong>: Through a combination of case studies and theoretical knowledge, the program prepares participants to apply their skills as effective agility practitioners in real-world business scenarios.</span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px; color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="margin-left: 20px;"><span style="font-size: 14px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size: 14px;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">8. Certification Achievement</strong>: Upon successful completion, participants are awarded the ICP-BAF certification, recognizing their understanding and capability to foster business agility.</span></p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-size: 14px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size: 14px;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: rgb(65, 168, 95); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(65, 168, 95);">Bonus Module: <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><u fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Enhancing Business Agility with AI &amp; Analytics:</u></em>&nbsp;</span></strong>This bonus section covers how artificial intelligence (AI) and analytics can boost business agility. It explains how these technologies simplify decision-making, automate tasks, and analyze data to improve agile practices. Participants will learn about the practical uses of AI and analytics in making businesses more innovative and efficient, with real-world examples from agile environments. This module offers insights into using AI and analytics to enhance the agility of businesses.</span></p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-size: 14px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size: 14px;">This course will be delivered through <strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: rgb(44, 130, 201); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(44, 130, 201);">live virtual sessions via Zoom</span></strong>.&nbsp;<span style="font-size: 14px; box-sizing: border-box;" id="isPasted" fr-original-style="font-size: 14px;">There are the following dates on which you can opt for this course:</span></span></p><ol fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><li style="color: rgb(44, 130, 201); font-size: 14px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(44, 130, 201); font-size: 14px;">Business Agility | 22-23 Apr | 9 am - 5 pm BST | Weekday | 2 days - 8 hrs/day | Best for UK / Europe</li><li style="color: rgb(44, 130, 201); font-size: 14px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(44, 130, 201); font-size: 14px;">Business Agility | 16-17 May | 9 am - 5 pm BST | Weekday | 2 days - 8 hrs/day | Best for UK / Europe</li><li style="color: rgb(44, 130, 201); font-size: 14px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(44, 130, 201); font-size: 14px;">Business Agility | 24-25 Jun | 9 am - 5 pm BST | Weekday | 2 days - 8 hrs/day | Best for UK / Europe</li><li style="color: rgb(44, 130, 201); font-size: 14px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(44, 130, 201); font-size: 14px;">Business Agility | 11-12 Jul | 9 am - 5 pm BST | Weekday | 2 days - 8 hrs/day | Best for UK / Europe</li><li style="color: rgb(44, 130, 201); font-size: 14px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(44, 130, 201); font-size: 14px;">Business Agility | 5-6 Aug | 9 am - 5 pm BST | Weekday | 2 days - 8 hrs/day | Best for UK / Europe</li><li style="color: rgb(44, 130, 201); font-size: 14px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(44, 130, 201); font-size: 14px;">Business Agility | 19-20 Sep | 9 am - 5 pm BST | Weekday | 2 days - 8 hrs/day | Best for UK / Europe</li><li style="color: rgb(44, 130, 201); font-size: 14px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(44, 130, 201); font-size: 14px;">Business Agility | 7-8 Oct | 9 am - 5 pm BST | Weekday | 2 days - 8 hrs/day | Best for UK / Europe</li><li style="color: rgb(44, 130, 201); font-size: 14px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(44, 130, 201); font-size: 14px;">Business Agility | 14-15 Nov | 9 am - 5 pm GMT | Weekday | 2 days - 8 hrs/day | Best for UK / Europe</li><li style="color: rgb(44, 130, 201); font-size: 14px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(44, 130, 201); font-size: 14px;">Business Agility | 16-17 Dec | 9 am - 5 pm GMT | Weekday | 2 days - 8 hrs/day | Best for UK / Europe</li></ol><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-size: 14px; 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ValueX2

https://www.valuex2.com/icagile-business-agility-foundations-certification-training/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/80563537/

Business Agility Foundations (ICP-BAF) Training & Certification Program | 2 days - 8 hrs/day | 9 am - 5 pm UK Time

General Admission

<div id="course-pills-1">Duration<p>2 Days</p><p>12 CPD hours</p>This course is intended for<p>The primary audience for this course is any IT, facilities or data centre professional, consultant and/or those who work in network cabling system design, implementation and operation.</p>Overview<p>With few exceptions, enterprises today rely on IT for the delivery of business-critical services - often directly to the end consumer.</p><p>It is therefore vital that the mission-critical data centre is designed, maintained and operated with high-availability and efficiency in mind. Among all the facilities, network cabling is the foundation for the network and one of the major contributors to the availability of the data center.CNCDPÂ© is a 2-day course designed to expose participants to in-depth knowledge in designing and installing the data network cabling system which includes key subject matters such as; technical standards, designing of different cabling sub-systems, calculation of material requirements, architecture, installation, testing and acceptance.</p></div><div id="course-pills-2"><h4>Introduction to Structured Cabling System (SCS)</h4><ul><li>Brief history of SCS</li><li>Basic copper and fibre transmission</li><li>Copper and fibre cabling</li><li>Single and multimode fibre</li><li>Step/graded index multimode fibre</li><li>Difference between Commercial Wiring and data centre cabling</li><li>Development of standards</li><li>Role of standards</li><li>ANSI/TIA 568 standard</li><li>Common standards</li><li>The new usage of cabling to support Smart building</li></ul><h4>Horizontal and Administration - Commercial Building</h4><ul><li>Standard diagram recap: ANSI/TIA-568</li><li>Functional elements and example</li><li>Scenario A: Determine the number of work areas</li><li>Scenario B: Determine the number of user locations</li><li>Zone wiring</li><li>Administration: Interconnect and cross-connect</li><li>Angled and flat panels</li><li>Creating a cabling schematic design</li><li>Convert schematic into physical layout</li><li>Calculating the material list</li></ul><h4>Horizontal and Administration - Data Centre</h4><ul><li>Standard diagram recap: TIA-942</li><li>Basic/Reduced/Typical data centre setup</li><li>Traditional 3 layers network design/ Spine and Leaf network design</li><li>Select termination hardware</li><li>Administration design</li><li>ToR/EoR/Spine &amp; Leaf cabling design</li><li>Network and cabling resiliency</li><li>Create cabling schematic design for ToR/EoR</li><li>Convert into patch panel/rack layout</li><li>Calculate the material list for ToR/EoR</li></ul><h4>Building Backbone - Commercial Building</h4><ul><li>Backbone diagram</li><li>Calculate the copper backbone requirements per Telecom Room (TR)</li><li>Calculate the fibre backbone requirements per Telecom Room</li><li>Summarize the building backbone requirements</li><li>Recognised cables</li><li>Backbone Patch panels</li><li>The maximum backbone distances</li><li>Create cabling schematic design</li><li>Converting the schematic design into patch panel/ rack layout</li></ul><h4>Building Backbone - Data Centre</h4><ul><li>TIA-942 based backbone topology</li><li>TIA-942 backbone requirements</li><li>Recognised backbone cable</li><li>ToR/EoR/Spine and Leaf</li><li>Backbone distance estimation</li><li>Resiliency of backbone cable routes</li><li>Creating cabling schematic design</li><li>Converting the schematic design into patch panel/ rack layout</li><li>Field and Fusion Termination for fibre connectors</li><li>Pre-terminated fibre trunk and copper cables</li></ul><h4>Architectural Considerations</h4><ul><li>ANSI/TIA569-D Cable pathway and spaces</li><li>Common requirements for the rooms</li><li>Definition of the rooms</li><li>Entrance Room/Demarcation</li><li>Ceiling and floor pathways types</li><li>Cable trays/basket/ladder/conduit</li><li>Inner duct/sleeve/slot</li><li>Calculating of pathway size</li><li>Cable run best practices</li><li>Cable management/AIM</li><li>Grounding and bonding</li><li>Separation distance requirements for copper cabling to power cabling</li><li>Fire stopping</li><li>Fire rated barrier</li><li>Fire rated jacket cable</li></ul><h4>Campus / Outdoor Backbone</h4><ul><li>Common campus cable installation and cable types : Aerial cable / Direct-buried / Underground in-conduit</li><li>Outdoor cable installation planning</li><li>Lightning / surge protection</li><li>Approved ground for surge protector</li><li>Creating a schematic diagram</li><li>Converting a schematic into a physical layout</li></ul><h4>Site Inspection and Testing</h4><ul><li>Visual site inspection notes</li><li>Installation common issues</li><li>Copper testing standard</li><li>Permanent link / Channel / Patch cord / MPTL testing configuration</li><li>Fibre connectors</li><li>Fibre testing standard</li><li>Tier 1 &amp; 2 certification</li><li>Fibre link definition</li><li>Fibre testing steps</li><li>Fibre inspection and cleaning</li><li>Calibrating the test sets - 3 methods</li><li>Setting up mandrel for testing</li><li>Fibre loss budget calculation</li><li>G.657 Bend insensitive fibre</li><li>Optical Time-Domain Reflectometer (OTDR)</li></ul><h4>Exam - Certified Network Cabling Design Professional (CNCDPÂ©)</h4><ul><li>The exam is a 60-minute closed book exam, with 40 multiple-choice questions.</li><li>The candidate requires a minimum of 27 correct answers to pass the exam.</li></ul></div><div id="course-pills-3"><h4>Additional course details:</h4><br /><p>Nexus Humans Certified Network Cabling Design Professional (CNCDP) training program is a workshop that presents an invigorating mix of sessions, lessons, and masterclasses meticulously crafted to propel your learning expedition forward. </p><p></p> This immersive bootcamp-style experience boasts interactive lectures, hands-on labs, and collaborative hackathons, all strategically designed to fortify fundamental concepts. <p></p>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.  <p></p>While we feel this is the best course for the Certified Network Cabling Design Professional (CNCDP) 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.  <p></p>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.<p></p></div>

Nexus Human

Certified Technology Specialist (CTS)

Cisco Certified Network Professional certification (CCNP)

Structured Cabling

IT Networking Fundamentals

Computer Networking

Certified Network Cabling Design Professional (CNCDP)

<p style="color: rgb(15, 21, 26); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" id="isPasted" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(15, 21, 26);"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Become a Certified User Experience Professional</strong></p><p style="color: rgb(15, 21, 26); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(15, 21, 26);">Build a career in UX with the world&rsquo;s only university credit-rated online UX course. Acquire the mindset, the skills and the confidence that make UX designers so valuable. A rewarding and meaningful career awaits.</p><p style="color: rgb(15, 21, 26); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(15, 21, 26);"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Why become a UX designer?</strong></p><ul style="color: rgb(15, 21, 26); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(15, 21, 26);"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Be in demand</strong><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">UX is a high-growth sector. The demand for UX designers far outstrips the supply of qualified professionals.<br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Get well paid</strong><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">UX designers are highly paid. The average entry-level salary for a UX designer in the United Kingdom is &pound;35,465 (PayScale, 2019)<br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Love your job</strong><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">UX designers make an impact. They solve real-world problems using an exciting mix of research, design, technology and psychology.</li></ul><hr fr-original-style="" style="border-color: var(--border-muted); border-style: solid; clear: both; break-after: page; user-select: none; box-sizing: border-box;"><p id="isPasted" fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Study method</strong></p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">Online, self-paced</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Duration</strong></p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">6 months</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Access to content</strong></p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">12 months</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Qualification</strong></p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">Level 8 Diploma - User Experience Design</p><p id="isPasted" fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">Awarded by Glasgow Caledonian University</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">Regulated by SQA</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Additional info</strong></p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">Exam(s) / assessment(s) is included in price</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">Tutor is available to students</p><hr fr-original-style="" style="border-color: var(--border-muted); border-style: solid; clear: both; break-after: page; user-select: none; box-sizing: border-box;"><section style="color: rgb(15, 21, 26); box-sizing: border-box;" id="isPasted" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(15, 21, 26);"><h2 fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Description</h2><ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Duration: 6 months<br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></strong>Get certified in six months following a flexible, structured learning path.<br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Delivery: Online<br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></strong>The course is delivered entirely online, including video modules, mentor-led webinars and support.<br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Assessment: 2-hour exam<br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></strong>Before getting certified, you&#39;ll be assessed during a two-hour exam taken online.</li></ul><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Outcomes for you</strong></p><ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Think like a UX designer; adopt the mindset that sets them apart</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Showcase your knowledge with a portfolio of project work</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Speak with the confidence that comes from a true, deep understanding of UX</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Advance your career with job-ready skills</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Complete a university credit-rated course, valued by employers globally</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Become a Certified UX Professional</li></ul><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Learn with us</strong></p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">We&rsquo;ve worked hard to design the best possible online learning experience for you. As well as an unmatched syllabus, our approach includes:</p><ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Projects &amp; portfolio</strong><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Learn by doing with a series of real-world projects ideal for your UX portfolio.<br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Mentors &amp; webinars</strong><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Be guided by our hand-picked, world-class mentors during monthly webinars.<br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Structure &amp; support</strong><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Stay motivated with a structured programme supported by fellow students and our customer success team.</li></ul><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">What you&rsquo;ll learn</strong></p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">We&rsquo;ve put together a university credit-rated curriculum that&rsquo;s deep, rigorous and<br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">covers everything you need to know to become a certified UX professional and<br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">turbocharge your career.</p><ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Module 01</strong>&nbsp;- Introduction to UX design</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Module 02</strong>&nbsp;- User research</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Module 03</strong>&nbsp;- User goals</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Module 04</strong>&nbsp;- Structure and navigation</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Module 05</strong>&nbsp;- Interactions</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Module 06</strong>&nbsp;- Design principles</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Module 07</strong>&nbsp;- Design patterns</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Module 08</strong>&nbsp;- Mobile</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Module 09</strong>&nbsp;- Workflows</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Module 10</strong>&nbsp;- Prototyping and handover</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Module 11</strong> - AI and UX</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Module 12</strong> - Creating your portfolio</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Module 13</strong> - Career guidance Hub</li><li style="font-weight: bold; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-weight: bold;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Tutorials for Figma</strong></li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Projects and portfolio</strong>&nbsp;- Projects that build into a portfolio</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Exam</strong>&nbsp;- 2-hour final exam</li></ul></section><section style="color: rgb(15, 21, 26); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(15, 21, 26);"><h2 fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Requirements</h2><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Background</strong></p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">You don&rsquo;t need experience in design or technology to enrol in our courses, although having one or both is a definite bonus. Our students come from a diverse array of backgrounds, including project management, development, graphic design, product management, business analysis and so on.</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Commitment</strong></p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">You do need to be motivated and committed. We set a high bar. Studying for one of our professional qualifications requires a certain amount of time, energy and focus. Our team will be there to support you along every step of the way but success will come as a result of your own diligence.</p></section><section style="color: rgb(15, 21, 26); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(15, 21, 26);"><h2 fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Career path</h2><ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">The average salary for entry level user experience designers is &pound;28,000</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">The average salary for user experience designers with 1-5 years experience ranges from &pound;29,000 to &pound;50,000</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">The average salary for user experience managers/leads is &pound;80,000</li></ul><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">Information from LinkedIn Salary Reports, based on real jobs listings.</p></section>

UX Design Institute 

Product Design

UI / UX Design

Professional Diploma in UX Design

Reading

Nottingham

Dickson Training Ltd

ILM Level 3 Award in Leadership and Management

Online Course

Classroom Course

<div id="course-pills-1">Duration<p>4 Days</p><p>24 CPD hours</p>This course is intended for<p></p><p>This course is for Azure Security Engineers who are planning to take the associated certification exam, or who are performing security tasks in their day-to-day job. This course would also be helpful to an engineer that wants to specialize in providing security for Azure-based digital platforms and play an integral role in protecting an organization's data.</p><p></p><p></p><p>This course provides IT Security Professionals with the knowledge and skills needed to implement security controls, maintain an organization?s security posture, and identify and remediate security vulnerabilities. This course includes security for identity and access, platform protection, data and applications, and security operations.</p><p></p>Prerequisites<p></p><li>AZ-104T00 - Microsoft Azure Administrator</li>  <li>Security best practices and industry security requirements such as defense in depth, least privileged access, role-based access control, multi-factor authentication, shared responsibility, and zero trust model.</li>  <li>Be familiar with security protocols such as Virtual Private Networks (VPN), Internet Security Protocol (IPSec), Secure Socket Layer (SSL), disk and data encryption methods.</li>  <li>Have some experience deploying Azure workloads. This course does not cover the basics of Azure administration, instead the course content builds on that knowledge by adding security specific information.</li>  <li>Have experience with Windows and Linux operating systems and scripting languages. Course labs may use PowerShell and the CLI.</li><p></p></div><div id="course-pills-2"><h3>1 - Manage identities in Microsoft Entra ID</h3> <ul> <li>Secure users in Microsoft Entra ID</li> <li>Secure groups in Microsoft Entra ID</li> <li>Recommend when to use external identities</li> <li>Secure external identities</li> <li>Implement Microsoft Entra Identity protection</li> </ul> <h3>2 - Manage authentication by using Microsoft Entra ID</h3> <ul> <li>Configure Microsoft Entra Verified ID</li> <li>Implement multifactor authentication (MFA)</li> <li>Implement passwordless authentication</li> <li>Implement password protection</li> <li>Implement single sign-on (SSO)</li> <li>Integrate single sign-on (SSO) and identity providers</li> <li>Recommend and enforce modern authentication protocols </li> </ul> <h3>3 - Manage authorization by using Microsoft Entra ID</h3> <ul> <li>Configure Azure role permissions for management groups, subscriptions, resource groups, and resources</li> <li>Assign built-in roles in Microsoft Entra ID</li> <li>Assign built-in roles in Azure</li> <li>Create and assign a custom role in Microsoft Entra ID</li> <li>Implement and manage Microsoft Entra Permissions Management</li> <li>Configure Microsoft Entra Privileged Identity Management </li> <li>Configure role management and access reviews by using Microsoft Entra Identity Governance</li> <li>Implement Conditional Access policies</li> </ul> <h3>4 - Manage application access in Microsoft Entra ID</h3> <ul> <li>Manage access to enterprise applications in Microsoft Entra ID, including OAuth permission grants</li> <li>Manage app registrations in Microsoft Entra ID</li> <li>Configure app registration permission scopes</li> <li>Manage app registration permission consent</li> <li>Manage and use service principals</li> <li>Manage managed identities for Azure resources</li> <li>Recommend when to use and configure a Microsoft Entra Application Proxy, including authentication</li> </ul> <h3>5 - Plan and implement security for virtual networks</h3> <ul> <li>Plan and implement Network Security Groups (NSGs) and Application Security Groups (ASGs)</li> <li>Plan and implement User-Defined Routes (UDRs)</li> <li>Plan and implement Virtual Network peering or gateway</li> <li>Plan and implement Virtual Wide Area Network, including secured virtual hub</li> <li>Secure VPN connectivity, including point-to-site and site-to-site</li> <li>Implement encryption over ExpressRoute</li> <li>Configure firewall settings on PaaS resources</li> <li>Monitor network security by using Network Watcher, including NSG flow logging</li> </ul> <h3>6 - Plan and implement security for private access to Azure resources</h3> <ul> <li>Plan and implement virtual network Service Endpoints</li> <li>Plan and implement Private Endpoints</li> <li>Plan and implement Private Link services</li> <li>Plan and implement network integration for Azure App Service and Azure Functions</li> <li>Plan and implement network security configurations for an App Service Environment (ASE)</li> <li>Plan and implement network security configurations for an Azure SQL Managed Instance</li> </ul> <h3>7 - Plan and implement security for public access to Azure resources</h3> <ul> <li>Plan and implement Transport Layer Security (TLS) to applications, including Azure App Service and API Management</li> <li>Plan, implement, and manage an Azure Firewall, Azure Firewall Manager and firewall policies</li> <li>Plan and implement an Azure Application Gateway</li> <li>Plan and implement an Azure Front Door, including Content Delivery Network (CDN)</li> <li>Plan and implement a Web Application Firewall (WAF)</li> <li>Recommend when to use Azure DDoS Protection Standard</li> </ul> <h3>8 - Plan and implement advanced security for compute</h3> <ul> <li>Plan and implement remote access to public endpoints, Azure Bastion and just-in-time (JIT) virtual machine (VM) access</li> <li>Configure network isolation for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)</li> <li>Secure and monitor AKS</li> <li>Configure authentication for AKS</li> <li>Configure security for Azure Container Instances (ACIs)</li> <li>Configure security for Azure Container Apps (ACAs)</li> <li>Manage access to Azure Container Registry (ACR)</li> <li>Configure disk encryption, Azure Disk Encryption (ADE), encryption as host, and confidential disk encryption</li> <li>Recommend security configurations for Azure API Management</li> </ul> <h3>9 - Plan and implement security for storage</h3> <ul> <li>Configure access control for storage accounts</li> <li>Manage life cycle for storage account access keys</li> <li>Select and configure an appropriate method for access to Azure Files</li> <li>Select and configure an appropriate method for access to Azure Blob Storage</li> <li>Select and configure an appropriate method for access to Azure Tables</li> <li>Select and configure an appropriate method for access to Azure Queues</li> <li>Select and configure appropriate methods for protecting against data security threats, including soft delete, backups, versioning, and immutable storage</li> <li>Configure Bring your own key (BYOK)</li> <li>Enable double encryption at the Azure Storage infrastructure level</li> </ul> <h3>10 - Plan and implement security for Azure SQL Database and Azure SQL Managed Instance</h3> <ul> <li>Enable database authentication by using Microsoft Entra ID</li> <li>Enable and monitor database audit</li> <li>Identify use cases for the Microsoft Purview governance portal</li> <li>Implement data classification of sensitive information by using the Microsoft Purview governance portal</li> <li>Plan and implement dynamic mask</li> <li>Implement transparent data encryption?</li> <li>Recommend when to use Azure SQL Database Always Encrypted</li> </ul> <h3>11 - Plan, implement, and manage governance for security</h3> <ul> <li>Create, assign, and interpret security policies and initiatives in Azure Policy</li> <li>Configure security settings by using Azure Blueprint</li> <li>Deploy secure infrastructures by using a landing zone</li> <li>Create and configure an Azure Key Vault</li> <li>Recommend when to use a dedicated Hardware Security Module (HSM)</li> <li>Configure access to Key Vault, including vault access policies and Azure Role Based Access Control</li> <li>Manage certificates, secrets, and keys</li> <li>Configure key rotation</li> <li>Configure backup and recovery of certificates, secrets, and keys</li> </ul> <h3>12 - Manage security posture by using Microsoft Defender for Cloud</h3> <ul> <li>Implement Microsoft Defender for Cloud</li> <li>Identify and remediate security risks by using the Microsoft Defender for Cloud Secure Score and Inventory</li> <li>Assess compliance against security frameworks and Microsoft Defender for Cloud</li> <li>Add industry and regulatory standards to Microsoft Defender for Cloud</li> <li>Add custom initiatives to Microsoft Defender for Cloud</li> <li>Connect hybrid cloud and multicloud environments to Microsoft Defender for Cloud</li> <li>Identify and monitor external assets by using Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management</li> </ul> <h3>13 - Configure and manage threat protection by using Microsoft Defender for Cloud</h3> <ul> <li>Enable workload protection services in Microsoft Defender for Cloud, including Microsoft Defender for Storage, Databases, Containers, App Service, Key Vault, Resource Manager, and DNS</li> <li>Configure Microsoft Defender for Servers</li> <li>Configure Microsoft Defender for Azure SQL Database</li> <li>Manage and respond to security alerts in Microsoft Defender for Cloud</li> <li>Configure workflow automation by using Microsoft Defender for Cloud</li> <li>Evaluate vulnerability scans from Microsoft Defender for Server</li> </ul> <h3>14 - Configure and manage security monitoring and automation solutions</h3> <ul> <li>Monitor security events by using Azure Monitor</li> <li>Configure data connectors in Microsoft Sentinel</li> <li>Create and customize analytics rules in Microsoft Sentinel</li> <li>Configure automation in Microsoft Sentinel</li> </ul></div><div id="course-pills-3"><h4>Additional course details:</h4><br /><p>Nexus Humans AZ-500T00 Microsoft Azure Security Technologies training program is a workshop that presents an invigorating mix of sessions, lessons, and masterclasses meticulously crafted to propel your learning expedition forward. </p><p></p> This immersive bootcamp-style experience boasts interactive lectures, hands-on labs, and collaborative hackathons, all strategically designed to fortify fundamental concepts. <p></p>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.  <p></p>While we feel this is the best course for the AZ-500T00 Microsoft Azure Security Technologies 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.  <p></p>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.<p></p></div>

Microsoft AZ-900

Microsoft AZ-104

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft AZ-303

Microsoft AZ-700

CompTIA Security+

AZ-500T00 Microsoft Azure Security Technologies

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Mental Health First Aid (MHFA®) is an internationally recognised training course, designed to teach people how to spot the signs and symptoms of mental ill health and provide help on a first aid basis. We offer both Adult and Youth MHFA England accredited courses.
The two-day Adult MHFAider® courses are tailored around supporting adults, and can be attended by anyone from age 16 upwards. A lot of the education settings we work with have now trained a number of Adult MHFAider®’s to support their colleagues as part of their whole-school/college approach to mental health and wellbeing.
Each and every MHFA course is delivered by a qualified and quality assured instructor and at the end of the course the trainee will be fully qualified as a Youth/Adult MHFAider®.
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Brightcore Consultancy

Mental Health

Accredited Mental Health First Aid

The two-day Adult MHFAider® courses are tailored around supporting adults, and can be attended by anyone from age 16 upwards. A lot of the education settings we work with have now trained a number of Adult MHFAider®’s to support their colleagues as part of their whole-school/college approach to mental health and wellbeing.

Adult Mental Health First Aid Two-Day Course

<p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">This 4 week online Course is suitable for complete beginners and improvers who would like to learn to paint in Watercolour.<br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Each session is 40 minutes live on Tuesday evening and start at 7.00-7.40pm Via Zoom<br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">On this Course you will:<br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">* learn to prepare your water colour paints and mix colours.<br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">* learn a variety of watercolour techniques including, washes, wet in wet, graded, dry brush Flat Wash, Loose watercolour see photos, we will cover a variety of subjects.<br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">* will be taught live by your tutor online via zoom with step- by -step demonstrations and clear explanations of the various stages.<br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">* Learners will then carry the various tasks alongside the tutor who will be at hand for any questions that you may have.<br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">This is a 4 week course offered live online via zoom this course rolls on and new dates will be added.</p>
<h2 fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">What&#39;s included in the price?</h2>
<p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">Online Tuition<br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Step by step Demonstrations via Zoom in the live class<br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Clear explanation from your Tutor<br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">reference handouts sent via email</p>
<h2 fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">What you will need</h2>
<p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">Starter Kit Available from Tutor - Please email for details<br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Watercolour paints - tubes or pans<br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Watercolour paper ( Cold Pressed 300 gsm 140lb)<br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Round watercolour brushes- size 4 and 6 ( or similar)<br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">HB graphite pencil to draw image<br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Eraser<br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Mixing Palette<br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">2 x jars of clean water<br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Kitchen paper<br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Hairdryer<br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Sketchbook<br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Tracing paper</p>
<h2 fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Suitable for</h2>
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Art By Purnima

Watercolour Painting

Watercolour Techniques for All - 4 week Online Course Tuesday Evenings Via Zoom

General admission

<p id="isPasted" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; color: var(--text); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; color: var(--text); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">LOOKING FOR:</strong> ADULT FICTION</p><p id="isPasted" fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Louise Buckley</span></strong><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">has worked in publishing for well over a decade. She was inspired to enter the publishing industry after completing an MA in Creative Writing and then spent a hugely enjoyable year working as a bookseller for Waterstones, wishing that she could have a hand in publishing books.</span></p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">After a year working at Dorling Kindersley, she then spent almost five years working in the commercial fiction division at Pan Macmillan, where she published a mix of commercial bestsellers and award-winning authors.</span></p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Most recently, she was an Associate Literary Agent at Zeno Agency Ltd. As an agent she represented a roster of commercial and literary fiction, including Anne Griffin&rsquo;s <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">When All is Said</em>, which spent five weeks at number one in Ireland and sold into 17 territories.</span></p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">She is delighted to be working with Hannah at Hannah Sheppard Literary Agency.</span></p><p id="isPasted" fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">Louise is looking for:-</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Literary and upmarket fiction</strong> that focusses on the underdog, the repressed, the suppressed. Louise is especially interested in novels that represent working-class people or children going through difficult circumstances (think <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Shuggie Bain</em> by Douglas Stuart, <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">My Name is Leon</em> by Kit de Waal or <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Boys Don&rsquo;t Cry</em> by F&Iacute;ona Scarlett).</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Irish literary and book club fiction</strong>. Think Claire Keegan, Louise Kennedy or Anne Griffin.</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">In <strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">commercial fiction</strong> she loves novels set during the Second World War, such as <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Nightingale</em> by Kristin Hannah, <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Beekeeper of Aleppo</em> by Christi Lefteri or <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Midwife of Auschwitz</em> by Anna Stuart. Louise recently read and loved <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Last List of Mabel Beaumont</em> by Laura Pearson and would love to see anything in the same &lsquo;older person going on a journey&rsquo; category, a more recent <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry</em>.</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">Louise had a lot of fun publishing a &lsquo;pet fiction&rsquo; novel as an editor (<em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Molly and the Cat&nbsp;Caf&eacute;</em>) and would love to find an author who can write an <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Alfie the Doorstep Cat/Dog</em>.</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">She has a soft spot for novels featuring <strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">time-travel or parallel universes</strong>, a &lsquo;what if&rsquo; that plays around with conventions. At the literary end this would be books like <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Life After Life</em> by Kate Atkinson, <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Shining Girls</em> by Lauren Beukes or <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">This is How You Lose the Time War</em> by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone. At the more commercial end Louise loved <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Wrong Place, Wrong Time</em> by Gillian McAllister, <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Dark Matter</em> by Blake Crouch and <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Oona Out of Order</em> by Martina Montimore. She also enjoys novels set in the real world but featuring a hefty dose of magic or the supernatural. They can be commercial or literary, present-day or historical. Think <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Rivers of London</em> by Ben Aaronovitch, <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Threadneedle</em> by Cari Thomas, <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">A Discovery of Witches</em> by Deborah Harkness or <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Gifts</em> by Liz Hyder. And also cosy fantasy in the vein of <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Legends and Lattes</em> or<em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&nbsp;The House in the Cerulean Sea</em>.</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Cosy or humorous crime</strong>. Recently, Louise absolutely loved <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Over My Dead Body</em> by Maz Evans. When she was an editor Louise published the hit <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Luckiest Girl Alive</em> by Jessica Knoll and would love to represent incisive, intelligent suspense written by authors such as Jessica Knoll and Gillian Flynn, or something a little more subversive and blackly comic like <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">My Sister, the Serial Killer</em> by Oyinkan Braithwaite.</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">More generally, Louise would also love to see novels with a disabled protagonist or someone (like myself) who is living with an invisible disability. As an ex-primary school teacher, she also warmly welcomes submissions from teachers, especially if the submission falls into one of the other categories she has listed. Following-on from this, she enjoys reading stories that follow a &lsquo;beating the system&rsquo; narrative.</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><u fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Louise is NOT looking for</u>:</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">-romance</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">-romantasy</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">-epic, traditional fantasy</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">-space opera</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">-straightforward women&rsquo;s fiction</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">-children&rsquo;s fiction of any kind</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">-non-fiction</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><strong id="isPasted" style="color: rgb(16, 24, 64); font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(16, 24, 64);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Louise would like you to submit a covering letter, 1 page synopsis and the first three chapters or 5,000 words of your manuscript in a single word document.</span></strong>
</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; color: var(--text); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; color: var(--text); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">(</span><em style="box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">In addition to the paid sessions, Louise is kindly offering one free session for low income/under-represented writers. Please email</span> <a href="mailto:agent121@iaminprint.co.uk" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: inherit; cursor: pointer; user-select: auto; font-size: var(--font-size);" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: inherit; cursor: pointer; user-select: auto;">agent121@iaminprint.co.uk</a> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">to apply, outlining your case for this option which is offered at the </span></em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box;">discretion of&nbsp;</em><em style="box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box;">I Am In Print)</em>.&nbsp;</span></p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">By booking you understand you need to conduct an internet connection test with<strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">&nbsp;</strong><em style="box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box;">I Am In Pr</em><em style="box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box;">int</em> prior to the event. You also agree to email your material in one document to reach <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">I Am In Print</em> by the stated submission deadline and note that <em style="box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box;">I Am In Print</em> take no responsibility for the advice received during your agent meeting.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; color: var(--text); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; color: var(--text); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The submission deadline is: Tuesday 1 October 2024</span></strong></p>

LOOKING FOR: ADULT FICTION
Louise Buckley  has worked in publishing for well over a decade. She was inspired to enter the publishing industry after completing an MA in Creative Writing and then spent a hugely enjoyable year working as a bookseller for Waterstones, wishing that she could have a hand in publishing books.
After a year working at Dorling Kindersley, she then spent almost five years working in the commercial fiction division at Pan Macmillan, where she published a mix of commercial bestsellers and award-winning authors.
Most recently, she was an Associate Literary Agent at Zeno Agency Ltd. As an agent she represented a roster of commercial and literary fiction, including Anne Griffin’s When All is Said, which spent five weeks at number one in Ireland and sold into 17 territories.
She is delighted to be working with Hannah at Hannah Sheppard Literary Agency.
Louise is looking for:-
Literary and upmarket fiction that focusses on the underdog, the repressed, the suppressed. Louise is especially interested in novels that represent working-class people or children going through difficult circumstances (think Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart, My Name is Leon by Kit de Waal or Boys Don’t Cry by FÍona Scarlett).
Irish literary and book club fiction. Think Claire Keegan, Louise Kennedy or Anne Griffin.
In commercial fiction she loves novels set during the Second World War, such as The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah, The Beekeeper of Aleppo by Christi Lefteri or The Midwife of Auschwitz by Anna Stuart. Louise recently read and loved The Last List of Mabel Beaumont by Laura Pearson and would love to see anything in the same ‘older person going on a journey’ category, a more recent The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry.
Louise had a lot of fun publishing a ‘pet fiction’ novel as an editor (Molly and the Cat Café) and would love to find an author who can write an Alfie the Doorstep Cat/Dog.
She has a soft spot for novels featuring time-travel or parallel universes, a ‘what if’ that plays around with conventions. At the literary end this would be books like Life After Life by Kate Atkinson, The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes or This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone. At the more commercial end Louise loved Wrong Place, Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister, Dark Matter by Blake Crouch and Oona Out of Order by Martina Montimore. She also enjoys novels set in the real world but featuring a hefty dose of magic or the supernatural. They can be commercial or literary, present-day or historical. Think Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch, Threadneedle by Cari Thomas, A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness or The Gifts by Liz Hyder. And also cosy fantasy in the vein of Legends and Lattes or The House in the Cerulean Sea.
Cosy or humorous crime. Recently, Louise absolutely loved Over My Dead Body by Maz Evans. When she was an editor Louise published the hit Luckiest Girl Alive by Jessica Knoll and would love to represent incisive, intelligent suspense written by authors such as Jessica Knoll and Gillian Flynn, or something a little more subversive and blackly comic like My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite.
More generally, Louise would also love to see novels with a disabled protagonist or someone (like myself) who is living with an invisible disability. As an ex-primary school teacher, she also warmly welcomes submissions from teachers, especially if the submission falls into one of the other categories she has listed. Following-on from this, she enjoys reading stories that follow a ‘beating the system’ narrative.
Louise is NOT looking for:
-romance
-romantasy
-epic, traditional fantasy
-space opera
-straightforward women’s fiction
-children’s fiction of any kind
-non-fiction
Louise would like you to submit a covering letter, 1 page synopsis and the first three chapters or 5,000 words of your manuscript in a single word document.

(In addition to the paid sessions, Louise is kindly offering one free session for low income/under-represented writers. Please email agent121@iaminprint.co.uk to apply, outlining your case for this option which is offered at the discretion of I Am In Print). 
By booking you understand you need to conduct an internet connection test with I Am In Print prior to the event. You also agree to email your material in one document to reach I Am In Print by the stated submission deadline and note that I Am In Print take no responsibility for the advice received during your agent meeting.
The submission deadline is: Friday 27 September 2024

I Am In Print

Fiction Writing

ONE SPACE LEFT! 8th October Louise Buckley #Agent121. Looking for: ADULT FICTION

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The theory assessment provides delegates with the essential knowledge to select, monitor, manage and plan the correct use of Harnesses and lanyards for use in a MEWP.

Delegates successfully completing the e-learning will:
Have an awareness of how to correctly identify and select the appropriate form of personal
protection against falls from MEWPs.
Have a theoretical awareness only of how to check, use, maintain and store a harness and
lanyard with manufacturer’s instructions.
Have a theoretical awareness of how harnesses and lanyards should be fitted and adjusted.

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BASIC to ADVANCED COURSE PACKAGE

Complete 3 courses over 2 full days and receive three qualifications:

Introduction to Phlebotomy Certificate (Nationally Recognised Level 3, Ireland Level 5)
Days 1 and 2: 9.30am – 5.00pm

Advanced Phlebotomy Certificate (Nationally Recognised Level 4, Ireland Level 6)
Day 1: 5.30pm - 8.30pm

Geopace Certificate of Competency (Nationally Recognised Accredited, CPD Practical Skills)
Day 2: 5.30pm - 8.30pm

Please make sure you verify the precise dates and timings of your course when you receive your booking confirmation, as it may vary from the information provided above.






Key Facts & Summary:


COURSE 1: INTRODUCTION TO PHLEBOTOMY COURSE - NATIONALLY RECOGNISED AND ACCREDITED VENEPUCTURE COURSE
UK Level Three (Ireland Level Five)
DUALLY ACCREDITED - Open College Network (OCN) and The CPD Certification Service (21 CPD Points)

PART 1 (DAY 1) - 9.30am to 5.00pm
PART 2 (DAY 2) - 9.30am to 5.00pm

Adheres to World Health Organisation guidelines (meets or exceeds all guidelines) and Skills for Health Directive HSC376

A TWO DAY venepuncture course at Level 3. Trains up to the point of live blood draws.

On completion awards a Nationally Recognised and Accredited Certificate in Phlebotomy.

DAY ONE (PART 1) - THEORY
Attend the course location of your choice – starts at 9.30am and finishes approx. 5.00pm

DAY TWO (PART 2) - CLASSROOM
Your classroom tutor will recap on the theory element (above) after which you will begin your practical sessions learning and developing the skills required up to the point of Live Blood Draws.

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COURSE 2: ADVANCED PHLEBOTOMY COURSE - NATIONALLY RECOGNISED AND ACCREDITED VENEPUCTURE COURSE
UK Level Four (Ireland Level 6)
DUALLY ACCREDITED - Open College Network (OCN) and The CPD Certification Service (14 CPD Points)

PART 1 - THEORY
Complete your theory training online in the comfort of your own home or at work.

PART 2 - CLASSROOM
Follow on from your Day One Theory training, in the evening, from 5.30pm - 8.30pm

Adheres to World Health Organisation guidelines (meets or exceeds all guidelines) and Skills for Health Directive HSC376

Skills and Practical Development:
Covers advanced specialised phlebotomy techniques to give you the leading edge as a phlebotomist. Learn to use a wide range of non-routine equipment.

On completion awards a Nationally Recognised and Accredited Certificate in Advanced Phlebotomy.

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COURSE 3: ROUTE TO COMPETENCY MASTERCLASS
CPD ACCREDITED - The CPD Certification Service

CLASSROOM
Follow on from your Day Two practical training, in the evening, from 5.30pm - 8.30pm

Adheres to World Health Organisation guidelines (meets or exceeds all guidelines) and Skills for Health Directive HSC376

GEOPACE LIVE BLOOD SESSIONS enabling you to draw human blood under 1-to-1 supervision of your tutor. You will follow a Competency Checklist, signed off by your tutor on completion.

On completion awards a Geopace Certificate of Competency - Nationally Recognised and Accredited Route to Competency - Live Blood Draws Certificate

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How do I attend?

EITHER -
CLASSROOM OPTION - Attend one of our scheduled classroom locations, completing your Introduction to Phlebotomy Course over 2 days. You will also complete your Advanced Training at the end of the first day and your Competency Training at the end of the second day.

Our Introduction to Phlebotomy and Advanced Phlebotomy Training Kits are supplied at no charge when booking our virtual classroom training option.
If you would like to add one or both of these kits to your classroom training option then these are available to add at time of booking. Our comprehensive training kits each mirror the same equipment and supplies used in the classroom and both include detailed video tutorials, allowing you to continue to practice and "hone" your skills after you have completed your practical training.

OR -

VIRTUAL CLASSROOM OPTION- Complete your theory training online at home or work, then join us for a one day Zoom session to complete your Introduction to Phlebotomy virtual classroom training, followed by your Advanced Training in the evening of the same day. You have the option to add a classroom-based competency session, awarding a CPD Accredited Geopace Certificate of Competency, at time of booking.

Our Virtual Classroom option includes two very comprehensive training kits - one for your introductory course and one for your advanced course. Kits are included at no charge (normally £79.95 each) and are yours to keep and to continue to practice with after you have finished your courses. The equipment and supplies included in your kits are the same as those used if you choose the classroom option.

How do I book?

Choose whether you would like to attend in a classroom or if you would like to complete your training by virtual classroom.
Click on the Classroom - Booking Options or Virtual Classroom - Booking Options buttons below to see all upcoming dates and locations.

Please note - Competency Training
Our Route to Competency Masterclass - Live Blood Sessions can only be completed in a classroom environment. This is included when you book a classroom option. When booking the virtual classroom option you can choose to add this at time of booking. You will receive a voucher code to enable you to book onto any upcoming dates or locations. For most of our two day course we run our competency training at the end of the second day and therefore you should be able to complete your full training programme with us over two days.

If you are completing your training by virtual classroom please see our list of competency training locations here.

If you would like to "mix and match" your training dates and/or locations then please call our admin team on 01525 713377 who will be more than happy to put a training package together for you on dates and / or locations that suit you.

All courses are accredited and are Skills for Health & WHO compliant.

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THIS COURSE PACKAGE INCLUDES:
1: INTRODUCTION TO PHLEBOTOMY COURSE (GPT003) - Level 3 (Ireland Level 5)
2: ADVANCED PHLEBOTOMY COURSE (GPT005) - Level 4 (Ireland Level 6)
3: GEOPACE COMPETENCY CERTIFICATE - CPD Certified (optional with Virtual Classroom)

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    Cover all stages from beginner through to Level 4

    Available as Classroom or Virtual Classroom

    Complete your beginner to advanced training in 2 days

    Awards 2 accredited qualifications - Introduction to Phlebotomy and Advanced Phlebotomy qualifications

    Both courses are dually accredited (OCN & CPD)

    Geopace Certificate of Competency included with classroom attendance or available as an option when booking virtual classroom

    Covers all steps up to live blood draw

    Learn advanced skills and techniques

    Virtual Classroom options include comprehensive Practise@Home Training Kits (yours to keep)

    Basic understanding of English language required

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