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PARTICIPANTS WILL ENGAGE IN A TRAINING SESSION TO IMPROVE AND REFINE THEIR RÉSUMÉS. OPPORTUNITIES TO ENGAGE IN ONE-ON-ONE RÉSUMÉ BUILDING & REVIEW SESSIONS CAN BE OFFERED AS WELL. It’s time to move on—or maybe you’ve been “in transition” for too long. Either way, you need some input so that you know what others see when they look at your résumé, and what they hear when they interview you. Participants will engage in a training session to improve and refine their résumés. Opportunities to engage in one-on-one Résumé Building & Review sessions can be offered as well. Part I * Data Collection and Organization – assessing work/activities and IMPACT (results) * Success Story Format (Situation, Action, Results) * Writing With Impact – how to tie actions to results * Choosing The Right Words – transferable skills and powerful words * Sales 101 – How will these skills benefit the hiring person’s organization?   Part II * UB4I Writing (“YOU”/ “YOUR,” not “I,” “me,” “my”) * Reference list * Principles of networking * Cover Letter and Résumé Formats – margins, font, type size, small caps, etc. * Role Play – Mock Interviews   Participants will be able to: * Create a complete and correct résumé, a marketing device to attract attention, generate interest, describe accomplishments, and invite contact. * Discover, correct, and improve self-marketing messages, leading to a systematic assessment of specific work-related skills. * Examine transferable skills and increase personal alignment with prospective organizational mission and goals. Online Format—Résumé Writing, Networking, & Interviewing Workshop 4-hour interactive virtual class. REGISTER FOR THIS CLASS AND YOU WILL BE SENT ONLINE LOGIN INSTRUCTIONS PRIOR TO THE CLASS DATE. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- After a two-day seminar, our attendees remained in their seats wanting more from Dr Atkins. His direct, yet challenging approach to presenting topics seemed to mesmerize the participants. Many very lively discussions were part of our workshop’s context. Personally, I am very interested in re-booking this type of experience every year for new leaders to undergo! Michael J. Whitlock, Director of Fay Corey Union & ConferencesSUNY Cortland

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Build a rewarding career in content design Build a rewarding career in content design with a globally recognised, industry-approved qualification. Get the mindset, the confidence and the skills that will help you stand out in a rapidly growing industry. Why take this course: * Be in demand. Certified qualifications will help you stand out in a fast-growing industry * Build a career with impact. Design content experiences that will influence users worldwide * Broaden your opportunities. Optimise your skills to get hired at leading companies * Get qualified. Earn a university credit-rated certification approved by industry leaders * Gain the confidence you need to succeed. Our mentors, career advisors and student community will support you all the way University credit-rated, industry-approved Our content design course is credit-rated by Glasgow Caledonian University and has been reviewed and endorsed by leaders in the tech industry. It covers everything you need to become a certified content design professional. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Study method Online, self-paced Duration 10 weeks Access to content 12 months Qualification Professional Certificate in Content Design Awarded by Scottish Qualifications Authority trading as SQA Additional info Exam(s) / assessment(s) is included in price Tutor is available to students -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DESCRIPTION In this Professional Certificate in Content Design course you will learn: * An introduction to content design. Understand what content design is and the role of a content designer. * Principles of good content design Learn the core principles of content design and why it matters. * Voice, tone and style Learn how voice, tone, and style can create a cohesive product experience. * Understanding your users Uncover your audience's goals and content needs. * Writing for interfaces Learn to write microcopy for buttons, notifications and other UI elements. * The product mindset Develop a product mindset by learning about product design systems and tools. * Testing content Learn how to test, evaluate and improve your content. * AI for content design Learn how to use AI tools to become a more effective content designer. * Working in content design Learn how to be the content champion within your organisation. Support at every step From day one, you’ll be part of a lively community of tutors, mentors and fellow students that support each other along the way. Student Success team Our friendly and responsive team will help you stay on track and keep you accountable. Course mentor Your course mentor is an expert content designer who brings years of practical insight. Student community Collaborate, share tips and build connections on our lively student Slack channels. WHO IS THIS COURSE FOR? * Writers and journalists who want to enhance their skills for the digital world * UX and UI designers who want to become more rounded professionals * Content designers looking for a formal qualification that validates their expertise * Digital marketers who need content design skills to succeed in their roles * Anybody with a writing, content or design background looking for a creative tech job REQUIREMENTS Background You don’t need experience in design or technology to enrol in our courses. To get the most value from this course, you will need some experience in writing and a genuine interest in words and language. Commitment 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. English language To take this course, you should be fluent in verbal and written English. If English is not your first language, you should have a proficiency of C1 as defined by the CEFRL (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages).

Peer Supervision for Clinical Hypnotherapists: Peer supervision for clinical hypnotherapists fosters professional growth through enhanced reflective practice, continuous learning, emotional support, feedback and validation, ethical guidance, networking, and professional accountability. - **Enhanced Reflective Practice**: Facilitates self-reflection, helping hypnotherapists identify strengths, weaknesses, and areas for improvement through peer discussions. - **Continuous Learning**: Expands knowledge by sharing innovative techniques, research findings, and emerging trends, promoting ongoing professional development. - **Emotional Support**: Provides a supportive space for therapists to share experiences and receive emotional support, addressing the emotional demands of the profession. - **Feedback and Validation**: Offers constructive criticism and fresh perspectives, aiding in skill refinement and improved clinical practice. - **Ethical Guidance**: Allows discussion of ethical dilemmas and collaborative solutions, ensuring adherence to professional standards. - **Networking and Collaboration**: Builds professional networks, leading to collaboration, referrals, and partnerships. - **Professional Accountability**: Encourages high standards and self-reflection through peer discussions, enhancing practice quality.

This course, worth 30 hours of verifiable CPD, will demonstrate your ability to grade and reflect upon your impression technique and demonstrate competence to take impressions unsupervised under prescription. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Learn about the Cavity Training Impression Taking Course The course is suited to nurses who aspire to treat patients directly and to take impressions or scan for impressions under the prescription of a registered dentist or clinical dental technician. To enrol, you must be GDC-registered, work in surgery and hold indemnity insurance. (extended duties) You will need a GDC registered dental professional able and willing to supervise you. You also need to complete an Anaphylaxis Awareness course – we offer a free CPD course for this. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Frequently Asked Questions How long is the course? The course duration is 2 to 6 months. When are the classes held? You will attend a live webinar class for two Saturday mornings. Is there an exam at the end? There is no exam at the end, you need to successfully complete 24 assessments with your practice mentor and a complete a 500 word dissertation. What qualifications do I need to start the course? Preferable English and Maths level 4 and above, you must also be GDC registered. What opportunities for progression is there? This qualification allows candidates to further progress onto various post registration qualifications or career opportunities, such as: * The Certificates in Orthodontic Nursing * Extending a career in prosthetics. * Training as a Lab Technician -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COURSE DATES * 13th - 27th April 2024 9:30am - 1:30pm * 11th - 25th May 2024 9:30am - 1:30pm * 8th - 22nd June 2024 9:30am - 1:30pm * 13th - 27th July 2024 9:30am - 1:30pm * 3rd - 17th August 2024 9:30am - 1:30pm * 7th - 21st September 2024 9:30am - 1:30pm COSTS £180.00 per person (inc. VAT) Please choose from one of the course dates above. Each course is 2 days. The dates above indicate the 2 days of the course.

Duration 3 Days 18 CPD hours This course is intended for This course is aimed at people in senior roles including CIOs, chief digital officers and other aspiring CxOs, as well as consultants and others involved in digital transformations, service delivery and strategic delivery. Overview By the end of this course, you will understand: The internal and external factors to consider while crafting digital strategy How IT strategy differs from digital strategy and how they can be integrated Creating a digital strategy that achieves the most value from digital Implementing and sustaining digital strategy Developing and nurturing digital capabilities for continual business innovation and value co-creation This course takes you on a digital strategy journey. Its iterative, eight-step model moves from ?vision? through to ?actions? and is about creating sustainable, digital momentum. You experience the four key capabilities to develop a holistic, digital capability framework: digital leadership, managing innovation and emerging technologies, risk management and structuring a digital enterprise. This class includes an exam voucher. Prerequisites Delegates attending this course must have successfully achieved the ITIL 4 Foundation Qualification; your certificate must be presented as documentary evidence to gain admission to this course. Although there is no mandatory requirement, ideally candidates should have at least two years professional experience working in IT Service Management. 1 - ITIL GUIDING PRINCIPLES TO ALL ASPECTS OF DIGITAL AND IT STRATEGY * Focus on Value * Start Where You Are * Progress Iteratively with Feedback * Collaborate and Promote Visibility * Think and Work Holistically * Keep It Simple and Practical * Optimise and Automate 2 - LEVERAGE DIGITAL STRATEGY TO REACT TO DIGITAL DISRUPTION * Digital Technology * Digital Business * Digital Organisation * Digitisation * Digital Transformation * Business Strategy and Business Models * Digital and IT Strategy * Products * Services * Relationship Between Digital, IT Strategy and Components of ITIL SVS. 3 - RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CONCEPTS OF DIGITAL AND IT STRATEGY, SERVICE VALUE SYSTEM AND SERVICE VALUE CHAIN * Environmental Analysis * External Analysis: PESTLE * Internal Analysis: Four Dimensions of Service Management 4 - HOW AN ORGANISATION USES DIGITAL AND IT STRATEGY TO REMAIN VIABLE IN ENVIRONMENTS * How an Organisation?s Viability is Related to Agile, Resilient, Lean, Continuous and Co-Creational it is * How to Analyse the VUCA Factors and Address them in a Digital and IT Strategy * Organisation?s Position in a Particular Market or Industry * Digital Positioning Tool to Determine Appropriate Position for a Digital Organization 5 - EXPLAIN AND COMPARE THREE LEVELS OF DIGITAL DISRUPTION * Ecosystem * Industry/Market * Organisational * Influenced factors * Achieving Customer/Market Relevance * Achieving Operational Excellence * Internal and External Focus * Balanced Approach 6 - STRATEGIC APPROACHES BY DIGITAL AND IT TO ACHIEVE CUSTOMER/MARKET RELEVANCE AND OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE * How to Apply Approaches to Achieve Customer/Market Relevance * Customer Journeys * Omnichannel Delivery and Support * Context-Sensitive Delivery and Support * Customer Analytics * Customer Feedback and 360ø Approaches * How to Achieve Operational Excellence in the Four Dimensions of Service Management * Understand the Financial Aspects of Digital and IT Strategy in Terms of the Following * Financial Policies * Portfolio Optimization * Funding Projects, Products and Services * Balancing Cost of Innovation and Operation * Charging Models * Assess Strategic Approaches for Digital Organizations 7 - RISKS AND OPPORTUNITIES OF DIGITAL AND IT STRATEGY * Concept of Risk Management in the Context of a Digital Organisation * Context of Digital and IT Strategy * Identify Risk * Assess Risk * Concept of Risk Posture and Show How to Determine an Acceptable Balance Between Opportunity and Risk * Explain the Concept of Innovation, Including its Key Elements and Techniques * Apply Techniques to Develop and Maintain a Culture of Innovation 8 - STEPS AND TECHNIQUES INVOLVED IN DEFINING AND ADVOCATING FOR DIGITAL AND IT STRATEGY * How to Use Digital Readiness Assessment to Perform Gap Analysis Between an Organisation?s Current and Desired Positions Approaches for Scraping Data from Dynamic Websites * How to Define and Communicate a Vision and a Strategy * How to Use Business Cases to Advocate for a Digital and IT Strategy 9 - IMPLEMENTATION OF A DIGITAL AND IT STRATEGY * How to Define Operating Models for Digital Organisations * Major Skills Required of Leaders in Digital Organisation * Apply Approaches to Strategy Coordination and Implementation: * Large-Scale Transformation * Incremental Transformation * Mergers and Acquisitions * Individual Changes * Approaches to POMs (Parallel Operating Models) * How to Assess Success of a Digital and IT Strategy * Typical Activities of a Digital Transformation Programme

This course leads to the Mediterm Advanced Certificate in Medical Terminology (Level 3), the highest qualification in Medical Terminology, and can be studied flexibly over 20 weeks

The Level 3 Award in Education and Training (RQF) formerly known as PTLLS, has been designed to introduce teaching for individuals who aspire or currently work in adult education. This includes FE colleges, training providers, workplace training departments and/or Local Authorities. It is a nationally recognised qualification and is also often the preference for employers to source as an accredited train-the-trainer qualification. This qualification includes written assignments and a practical micro-teach session, which can be completed remotely. Online Remote Tutor-led Sessions This version of the course allows you to attend two days of online sessions led by an experienced tutor. Then come back online 2-3 weeks later to deliver your micro-teach session to your peers. Use this gap in time to prepare your micro-teach and complete the written work for the qualification. This allows you to fully complete in as little as 2-3 weeks. The micro-teach date is flexible and you can also enrol for self-study learning if preferred.

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Duration 1 Days 6 CPD hours This course is intended for This course is intended for individuals who desire to supervise others more effectively. Overview Upon successful completion of this course, students will be equipped to supervise others more effectively and efficiently, contributing to job satisfaction and productivity. In this course, students will develop the skills required to be more efficient and proficient supervisors. 1 - GETTING STARTED * Icebreaker * Housekeeping Items * The Parking Lot * Workshop Objectives 2 - SETTING EXPECTATIONS * Defining the Requirements * Identifying Opportunities for Improvement and Growth * Setting Verbal Expectations * Putting Expectations in Writing 3 - SETTING GOALS * Understanding Cascading Goals * The SMART Way * Helping Others Set Goals 4 - ASSIGNING WORK * General Principles * The Dictatorial Approach * The Apple-Picking Approach * The Collaborative Approach 5 - DEGREES OF DELEGATION * Level One: Complete Supervision * Level Two: Partial Supervision * Level Three: Complete Independence 6 - IMPLEMENT DELEGATION * Deciding to Delegate * To Whom Should You Delegate? * Providing Instructions * Monitoring the Results * Troubleshooting Delegation 7 - PROVIDING FEEDBACK * Characteristics of Good Feedback * Feedback Delivery Tools * Informal Feedback * Formal Feedback 8 - MANAGING YOUR TIME * The 80/20 Rule * Prioritizing with the Urgent-Important Matrix * Using a Productivity Journal * Using Routines and Rituals to Simplify Your Workday 9 - RESOLVING CONFLICT * Using a conflict Resolution Process * Maintaining Fairness * Seeking help from Within the Team * Seeking Help for Outside the Team 10 - TIPS FOR SPECIAL SITUATIONS * What to Do If You?ve Been Promoted from within the Team * What to Do If You're Leading a Brand New Team * What to Do if You're Taking on an Established Team 11 - A SURVIVAL GUIDE FOR THE NEW SUPERVISOR * Ask the Right Questions of the Right People * Go to Gemba * Keep Learning 12 - WRAPPING UP * Words from the Wise * Review of Parking Lot * Lessons Learned * Completion of Action Plans and Evaluations