Harpenden

<h2>Performance Management: In-House</h2><p>Every organisation has people who are high-performing with lots of potential for career progress.</p><p>They also have under-performers who can often take up a lot of valuable management time as well as affecting the motivation of the rest of the team.</p><p>In this highly practical and interactive course, you will learn how to continue to develop and stretch high achievers and manage under-performers effectively.</p><p>Addressing some of the common causes of under-performance and lack of motivation will help everyone in your team, free up your own time, allow you to spend more time with your good- and high-performers, and help you achieve better results all round.</p><ul><li>Understand the components of good and bad performance</li><li>Be able to assess the performance levels of your direct reports</li><li>Learn some strategies for dealing with different types of under-performance</li><li>Be able to get the most out of high-achievers</li><li>Understand the role competencies play in assessing performance and communicating it</li><li>Be able to set clear goals and communicate them effectively</li><li>Boost your confidence in managing performance</li></ul><section>
                    <h3>Why manage performance?</h3><ul><li>The cost to the organisation, the team and you, their manager, of losing high-performers</li><li>The cost of failing to manage under-performers</li></ul><h3>The performance potential matrix</h3><ul><li>A clean and simple way of identifying the performance levels of the people in your team</li><li>What does high-, mid- and low-performance look like in your organisation?</li><li>Gathering information to support performance management</li></ul><h3>Managing and developing high performers</h3><ul><li>Why high-performers sometimes leave - how to spot the warning signs and avoid it</li><li>How to engage and motivate high-performers</li><li>Using the 9-box grid</li></ul><h3>Managing and developing the 'backbone'</h3><ul><li>How to manage people who are happy where they are</li><li>How to keep them motivated</li></ul><h3>Managing highly capable people who lack motivation</h3><ul><li>Performance tends to ebb and flow for us all</li><li>How can you tell when motivation is taking its toll on performance?</li><li>What can you do about it?</li></ul><h3>Managing underperformers and the impact this has on others</h3><ul><li>The impact under-performers have on the team around them</li><li>Planning a conversation around under-performance</li></ul><h3>The performance management cycle</h3><ul><li>The cycle</li><li>The importance of managing performance daily</li><li>Why communicating expectations and standards up-front is essential</li><li>The importance of timely feedback</li><li>Understanding the causes of under-performance</li><li>Using and understanding competencies</li></ul><h3>Taking a coaching approach to performance management</h3><ul><li>How to build rapport and trust</li><li>Why a coaching approach is more effective than just 'telling it like it is'</li><li>The importance of effective questioning and active listening</li></ul><h3>Reviewing performance - how to give effective feedback</h3><ul><li>The importance of being specific when you give feedback</li><li>The importance of balance and feedback being for them, not you</li><li>Being clear in your feedback so they can use it to improve</li><li>The BIF-S model for delivering useful feedback</li></ul><h3>Setting SMART objectives</h3><ul><li>What are they?</li><li>Why use them?</li><li>How to cascade them</li></ul><h3>Actions and next steps</h3><ul><li>Review</li><li>Personal action planning</li><li>Next steps</li></ul>


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Maximum Performance

Performance Management: In-House

<h2>Brilliant Workshops</h2><p>At some point in your life you will have attended a workshop, but what happens when you are asked to deliver one? Some people relish the opportunity while others are scared by it. Whatever you feel about public speaking, it is a skill that is admired by many.</p><p>This hands-on three-day workshop will help you plan, perform and analyse your workshop. With the trainer, you will be practising the workshop you have been asked to deliver, making the learning real and giving you the chance to practice.</p><h3>Learning Objectives</h3><p>This workshop will help you:</p><ul><li>Understand the difference between trainer and facilitator</li><li>Learn key questioning skills</li><li>Discover ways of planning and designing workshops</li><li>Know your audience</li><li>Develop your own presentation style</li><li>Understand and manage group dynamics</li><li>Analyse how the presentation is going</li><li>Effectively evaluate your performance once it is over</li><li>Learn what to do next</li></ul><section>
                    <h3>Day one</h3><ul><li>Welcome and introduction</li><li>Participants are welcomed to the programme and invited to share their personal objectives and communication challenges</li><li>Participants are given an action plan template to complete throughout the workshop</li></ul><h4>What, who, when, how and why?</h4><ul><li>Trainer or facilitator?</li><li>What does the client want?</li><li>What does the client need?<ul><li>Identification</li><li>Generating solutions</li><li>Agree preferred solution</li><li>Implement solution</li></ul></li><li>Questioning skills</li><li>The learning contract</li><li>Holding up the mirror</li></ul><h4>Do I have the skills?</h4><ul><li>Playing to your strengths</li><li>Perceptual positioning</li></ul><h4>Planning and design</h4><ul><li>Types of delivery</li><li>Structuring your talk/presentation</li><li>Designing your own workshop</li><li>Pre-work - pros and cons</li><li>Tools and types of supporting resources</li></ul><h4>Know your audience</h4><ul><li>Why are they there?</li><li>Learning styles</li><li>Roles of resistance</li><li>Handouts or workbooks or other?</li><li>Timevqualityvcost</li></ul><h4>Presentation styles and your stage</h4><ul><li>Making a brilliant impact</li><li>Creating the right impression</li><li>Building your confidence</li><li>Your speech profile</li><li>The venue and room layout</li></ul><h3>Day two</h3><h4>Now it's over to you...</h4><ul><li>Opening lines</li><li>Challengevsupport model</li><li>Controlling nerves</li><li>Internal and physical warm-ups</li></ul><h4>Managing group dynamics</h4><ul><li>Ground rules - pros and cons</li><li>Dealing with challenging types of people</li><li>Stages of group dynamics</li><li>Adaptors and innovators</li><li>Social styles</li></ul><h4>How well's it going?</h4><ul><li>I think it's going well - you need more!</li><li>Energy levels</li><li>Your cultural architects</li><li>Crave the feedback</li></ul><h3>Day three</h3><h4>Evaluation</h4><ul><li>When to evaluate</li><li>What are we measuring?</li><li>Evaluation approaches</li></ul><h4>Your session evaluated</h4><ul><li>Feedback from your session</li><li>Did you measure what you wanted to measure?</li><li>What you did well/could do differently</li></ul><h3>What next?</h3><ul><li>What happens one month on? Did you make a difference?</li><li>Measuring return on investment</li><li>Learning nudges</li><li>Capture success and spread it</li></ul>


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Brilliant Workshops

<h2>Honest Conversations</h2><h3>Giving and receiving feedback - with confidence, grace and clarity</h3><p>Few of us are naturals when it comes to having honest conversations, especially around giving and receiving feedback.</p><p>We struggle to find a path between being too direct and confrontational, as against softening our message so much that it gets lost in an emotional fog.</p><p>We need to structure information in a non-emotive way, giving clear feedback and delivering messages with empathy and compassion. We need a toolkit we can use on a day-to-day basis to build an honest, open working culture with those who report to us - and, indeed, with those to whom we report. This very popular programme is the answer.</p><p><strong>Delivery:</strong> Available as a full-day, half-day, bite-sized programme or webinar. Virtual and in-house delivery options. </p><h3>What's in it for you?</h3><ul><li>Understand what honest conversations are and why they're important</li><li>Be able to identify and manage your emotions</li><li>Be able to use a variety of techniques for structuring honest conversations</li><li>Learn how to get key messages across, with empathy and compassion</li></ul><section>
                    <h3>What's a difficult conversation? What's an honest conversation? And what's the difference?</h3><ul><li>What makes a conversation &amp;'difficult'?</li><li>What makes for an &amp;'honest' conversation?</li><li>Why they're not the same</li></ul><h3>The role emotions play</h3><ul><li>What neuroscience tells us about how our emotions work</li><li>How certain situations can prompt strong reactions</li><li>The NLP model of communication and how our brains will delete, distort and generalise information based on our own unique map of the world</li><li>The belief cycle</li><li>Techniques for identifying your emotions and managing them</li></ul><h3>Understanding your purpose</h3><ul><li>Where most conversations go wrong</li><li>Are you looking for them to change behaviour, to understand new information, to influence them or to express your feelings?</li><li>The A to B model for structuring your honest conversation</li></ul><h3>Giving and receiving feedback</h3><ul><li>The benefits of giving and receiving feedback</li><li>How emotions play a role in feedback</li><li>How to structure feedback using the See/Saw Model</li><li>How giving positive feedback can be just as difficult for some people</li><li>How to manage your emotions and accept feedback with grace</li><li>Keeping focused on the positives</li></ul><h3>Raising issues</h3><ul><li>How to build up to an honest conversation</li><li>Maintaining rapport while raising issues</li><li>The LADDER model for planning and executing the discussion</li></ul><h3>Empathy and understanding others' perspectives</h3><ul><li>How a perceived lack of understanding and empathy raise the temperature</li><li>Practical techniques for &amp;'standing in the other's shoes'</li><li>Effective questioning and listening</li><li>The role of positive intentions and values in honest conversations</li></ul><h3>Making sure you get it right</h3><ul><li>The &amp;'must haves' for effective honest conversations</li><li>Unconscious biases<ul><li>Affinity bias</li><li>Attribution bias</li><li>Conformity bias</li><li>Confirmation bias</li><li>Gender bias</li></ul></li><li>Factual inaccuracies</li><li>The Ladder of Inference as a model for taking a fact-based approach</li></ul><h3>Actions and next steps</h3><ul><li>Review</li><li>Personal action planning</li><li>Next steps</li></ul>


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Honest Conversations

<h2>Brilliant Workshops: In-House</h2><p>At some point in your life you will have attended a workshop, but what happens when you are asked to deliver one? Some people relish the opportunity while others are scared by it. Whatever you feel about public speaking, it is a skill that is admired by many.</p><p>This hands-on three-day workshop will help you plan, perform and analyse your workshop. With the trainer, you will be practising the workshop you have been asked to deliver, making the learning real and giving you the chance to practice.</p><h3>Learning Objectives</h3><p>This workshop will help you:</p><ul><li>Understand the difference between trainer and facilitator</li><li>Learn key questioning skills</li><li>Discover ways of planning and designing workshops</li><li>Know your audience</li><li>Develop your own presentation style</li><li>Understand and manage group dynamics</li><li>Analyse how the presentation is going</li><li>Effectively evaluate your performance once it is over</li><li>Learn what to do next</li></ul><section>
                    <h3>Day one</h3><ul><li>Welcome and introduction</li><li>Participants are welcomed to the programme and invited to share their personal objectives and communication challenges</li><li>Participants are given an action plan template to complete throughout the workshop</li></ul><h4>What, who, when, how and why?</h4><ul><li>Trainer or facilitator?</li><li>What does the client want?</li><li>What does the client need?<ul><li>Identification</li><li>Generating solutions</li><li>Agree preferred solution</li><li>Implement solution</li></ul></li><li>Questioning skills</li><li>The learning contract</li><li>Holding up the mirror</li></ul><h4>Do I have the skills?</h4><ul><li>Playing to your strengths</li><li>Perceptual positioning</li></ul><h4>Planning and design</h4><ul><li>Types of delivery</li><li>Structuring your talk/presentation</li><li>Designing your own workshop</li><li>Pre-work - pros and cons</li><li>Tools and types of supporting resources</li></ul><h4>Know your audience</h4><ul><li>Why are they there?</li><li>Learning styles</li><li>Roles of resistance</li><li>Handouts or workbooks or other?</li><li>Timevqualityvcost</li></ul><h4>Presentation styles and your stage</h4><ul><li>Making a brilliant impact</li><li>Creating the right impression</li><li>Building your confidence</li><li>Your speech profile</li><li>The venue and room layout</li></ul><h3>Day two</h3><h4>Now it's over to you...</h4><ul><li>Opening lines</li><li>Challengevsupport model</li><li>Controlling nerves</li><li>Internal and physical warm-ups</li></ul><h4>Managing group dynamics</h4><ul><li>Ground rules - pros and cons</li><li>Dealing with challenging types of people</li><li>Stages of group dynamics</li><li>Adaptors and innovators</li><li>Social styles</li></ul><h4>How well's it going?</h4><ul><li>I think it's going well - you need more!</li><li>Energy levels</li><li>Your cultural architects</li><li>Crave the feedback</li></ul><h3>Day three</h3><h4>Evaluation</h4><ul><li>When to evaluate</li><li>What are we measuring?</li><li>Evaluation approaches</li></ul><h4>Your session evaluated</h4><ul><li>Feedback from your session</li><li>Did you measure what you wanted to measure?</li><li>What you did well/could do differently</li></ul><h3>What next?</h3><ul><li>What happens one month on? Did you make a difference?</li><li>Measuring return on investment</li><li>Learning nudges</li><li>Capture success and spread it</li></ul>


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Brilliant Workshops: In-House

<div id="course-pricing" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">
          </div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p dir="ltr" id="isPasted" 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:#000000;">The world of art is a canvas of endless possibilities, where each stroke, shade, and line can convey profound meaning and beauty. For those who aspire to master this form of expression, the Art, Drawing and Painting Diploma offers a comprehensive journey through the fundamental and advanced techniques of drawing and painting.</span></p><p dir="ltr" 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:#000000;">The diploma course is meticulously designed to ensure a robust learning experience, starting with the basics of drawing techniques and concepts. Students will delve into the intricacies of perspective drawing, mastering both one-point and two-point perspectives, which are crucial for creating depth and realism in artwork.</span></p><p dir="ltr" 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:#000000;">Shading is another critical aspect covered in the course, teaching students how to bring life to their creations through light and shadow. The course also emphasizes the importance of accuracy in measuring and proportioning, ensuring that each piece of art is a true representation of the subject.</span></p><p dir="ltr" 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:#000000;">Moreover, the curriculum guides learners in developing the skills necessary to compose still-life artworks with proper composition and perspective, as well as drawing portraits and natural elements like trees with precision and attention to detail.</span></p><p dir="ltr" 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:#000000;">In conclusion, the Art, Drawing and Painting Diploma is more than just a course; it&#39;s a gateway to the vast and vibrant world of art, offering the tools and knowledge to create, inspire, and thrive in the creative industry. Whether you&#39;re taking your first steps or honing your craft, this diploma is your companion on the path to artistic excellence.</span></p><h2 dir="ltr" id="isPasted" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color:#000000;">Learning Outcome of Art, Drawing and Painting Diploma &nbsp; &nbsp;</span></h2><ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><li id="isPasted" style="font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size: 16px;">Learn fundamental drawing techniques and concepts.</li><li style="font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size: 16px;">Gain proficiency in perspective drawing, including one-point and two-point perspective.</li><li style="font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size: 16px;">Understand the principles of shading and how to apply them effectively.</li><li style="font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size: 16px;">Acquire skills in measuring and proportioning drawings accurately.</li><li style="font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size: 16px;">Develop the ability to create still-life compositions with proper composition and perspective.</li><li style="font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size: 16px;">Master the art of drawing portraits, trees, and other natural elements with precision and detail.</li></ul><h2 dir="ltr" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color:#000000;">Key Features of the Course</span></h2><ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><li dir="ltr" style="font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">A CPD certificate that is recognised worldwide.</span></li><li dir="ltr" style="font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">A great online learning experience.</span></li><li dir="ltr" style="font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Interesting and unique online materials and activities.</span></li><li dir="ltr" style="font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Expert guidance and support from the field leaders.</span></li><li dir="ltr" style="font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Access to the study resources anytime you want.</span></li><li dir="ltr" style="font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Friendly and helpful customer service and admin support by email, phone, and chat from Monday through Friday.</span></li><li dir="ltr" style="font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Get a year-long access to the course.</span></li></ul><h2 dir="ltr" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color:#000000;">Topics Covered in This Course</span></h2></div><ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><li id="isPasted" style="font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size: 16px;">Introduction</li><li style="font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size: 16px;">Perspective</li><li style="font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size: 16px;">Shading</li><li style="font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size: 16px;">Measuring</li><li style="font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size: 16px;">Still Life Drawing</li><li style="font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size: 16px;">Drawing A Portrait</li><li style="font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size: 16px;">Drawing A Tree

</li></ul><h2 dir="ltr" id="isPasted" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color:#000000;">Who is this course for</span></h2><p dir="ltr" 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:#000000;">This Art, Drawing and Painting Diploma Course is suitable for -</span></p><ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><li id="isPasted" style="font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size: 16px;">Beginners interested in exploring the art of drawing.</li><li style="font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size: 16px;">Intermediate artists looking to refine their skills and learn new techniques.</li><li style="font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size: 16px;">Art enthusiasts eager to unleash their creativity through drawing.</li><li style="font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size: 16px;">Students pursuing a career in the arts or design fields.</li></ul><h2 dir="ltr" id="isPasted" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color:#000000;">Requirements</span></h2><ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><li dir="ltr" style="font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">No prerequisites; suitable for individuals from any academic background.</span></li><li dir="ltr" style="font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Accessible course materials from any internet-enabled device.</span></li></ul><h2 dir="ltr" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color:#000000;">CPD Certificate from Course Gate</span></h2><p dir="ltr" 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:#000000;">At the successful completion of the course, you can obtain your CPD certificate from us. You can order the PDF certificate for &pound;9 and the hard copy for &pound;15. Also, you can order both PDF and hardcopy certificates for &pound;22.</span></p><h2 dir="ltr" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color:#000000;">Career path</span></h2><ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><li id="isPasted" style="font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size: 16px;">Illustrator</li><li style="font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size: 16px;">Graphic Designer</li><li style="font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size: 16px;">Fine Artist</li><li style="font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size: 16px;">Architect</li><li style="font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size: 16px;">Art Teacher</li><li style="font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size: 16px;">Animator</li><li style="font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size: 16px;">Landscape Designer</li><li style="font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size: 16px;">Comic Book Artist</li></ul>

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Drawing

From basic concepts such as perspective and shading to more advanced subjects like still-life compositions and portraiture, this Art, Drawing and Painting Diploma course covers a wide range of topics essential for aspiring artists. Through step-by-step demonstrations and hands-on exercises, learners will develop their drawing skills and gain confidence in their artistic abilities.

Art, Drawing and Painting Diploma

General Admission

Horsham

<p id="isPasted" fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">Learn the skills, knowledge and have the confidence to tackle difficult conversations in a productive way.</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></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;"><div data-section-id="1695042071629" style="color: rgb(89, 89, 89); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(89, 89, 89);"><section data-reveal-event="" data-reveal-offset="" data-reveal-units="seconds" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div data-reveal-event="" data-reveal-offset="" data-reveal-units="seconds" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div data-aos="fade-up" data-aos-delay="500" data-aos-duration="1500" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><img src="https://kajabi-storefronts-production.kajabi-cdn.com/kajabi-storefronts-production/file-uploads/themes/2153291274/settings_images/77df68e-28e4-057f-41d6-ca1d3577146_Course_Overview_Icon.png" alt="" style="width: 80px; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; user-select: none; max-width: 100%; position: relative; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="width: 80px;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable"></div></div><div data-reveal-event="" data-reveal-offset="" data-reveal-units="seconds" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div data-aos="fade-up" data-aos-delay="500" data-aos-duration="1500" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br id="isPasted" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Course overview</strong><p style="color: rgb(89, 89, 89); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" id="isPasted" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(89, 89, 89);"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Duration:&nbsp;</strong>1 day (6.5 hours)</p><p style="color: rgb(89, 89, 89); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(89, 89, 89);">Do you worry about how to give negative feedback or deal with performance issues? Are you concerned about giving bad news? This workshop is designed to give you the skills, knowledge and confidence to tackle these scenarios in a productive way.</p><p style="color: rgb(89, 89, 89); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(89, 89, 89);">If you are a people manager, team leader or supervisor looking to make those challenging conversations less stressful and more effective, this workshop is for you.</p><p style="color: rgb(89, 89, 89); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(89, 89, 89);">Lots of practical sessions will ensure you have the opportunity to relate your learning to your real life work situations.</p><p style="color: rgb(89, 89, 89); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(89, 89, 89);">The one day session will use professional actors in the afternoon so that you can practice handling real-life challenging conversations.</p><div data-aos="fade-up" data-aos-delay="500" data-aos-duration="1500" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="color: rgb(89, 89, 89); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(89, 89, 89);"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></p></div></div></section></div><div data-section-id="1695042071630" style="color: rgb(89, 89, 89); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(89, 89, 89);"><section data-reveal-event="" data-reveal-offset="" data-reveal-units="seconds" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div data-reveal-event="" data-reveal-offset="" data-reveal-units="seconds" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div data-aos="fade-up" data-aos-delay="0" data-aos-duration="1500" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><img src="https://kajabi-storefronts-production.kajabi-cdn.com/kajabi-storefronts-production/file-uploads/themes/2153291274/settings_images/8ba0826-4fb5-333c-0ea4-28c13064336b_Objectives_Icon.png" alt="" style="width: 80px; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; user-select: none; max-width: 100%; position: relative; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="width: 80px;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable"></div></div><div data-reveal-event="" data-reveal-offset="" data-reveal-units="seconds" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Objectives</strong>&nbsp;<p style="color: rgb(89, 89, 89); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" id="isPasted" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(89, 89, 89);">By the end of the course you will be able to:</p><ul style="color: rgb(89, 89, 89); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(89, 89, 89);"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Deal with a wide range of challenging conversations</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Describe the preferred behavioural style for giving feedback</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">State the most appropriate influencing technique to use in your situations</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Explain how to give successful constructive feedback</li></ul><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div></div></section></div><div data-section-id="1695042071631" style="color: rgb(89, 89, 89); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(89, 89, 89);"><section data-reveal-event="" data-reveal-offset="" data-reveal-units="seconds" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div data-reveal-event="" data-reveal-offset="" data-reveal-units="seconds" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div data-aos="fade-up" data-aos-delay="0" data-aos-duration="1500" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><img src="https://kajabi-storefronts-production.kajabi-cdn.com/kajabi-storefronts-production/file-uploads/themes/2153291274/settings_images/cbd24e-e374-8bf2-2a2e-66ae236e51d4_Content_Icon.png" alt="" style="width: 80px; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; user-select: none; max-width: 100%; position: relative; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="width: 80px;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable"></div></div><div data-reveal-event="" data-reveal-offset="" data-reveal-units="seconds" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div data-section-id="1695048787156" style="color: rgb(89, 89, 89); box-sizing: border-box;" id="isPasted" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(89, 89, 89);"><section data-reveal-event="" data-reveal-offset="" data-reveal-units="seconds" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div data-reveal-event="" data-reveal-offset="" data-reveal-units="seconds" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div data-aos="fade-up" data-aos-delay="0" data-aos-duration="1500" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><h3 style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Content</h3><h5 style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">What are challenging conversations</h5><ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">What type of challenging conversations occur?</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Why do we find them challenging?</li></ul><h5 style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Communication&nbsp;</h5><ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Practical exercise to demonstrate and act as a refresher of the fundamentals of communication</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Barriers to communication especially in a difficult discussion</li></ul><h5 style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Choosing the right behavioural style</h5><ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Refresher of assertiveness and why it is important in this context</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Practical exercise demonstrating how behaviour breeds behaviour, and the impact of choosing an inappropriate style</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Steps to using assertive behaviour</li></ul><h5 style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Influencing</h5><ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Cialdini&rsquo;s model for influence</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">How to use influencing techniques in handling challenging conversations</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Practical application</li></ul><h5 style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Feedback&nbsp;</h5><ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Understanding feedback &ndash; positive vs. negative</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Using the ABCBC model for feedback</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Using the basics of emotional intelligence to give effective feedback</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Practical application</li></ul><h5 style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Practical Activities</h5><ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Professional actors will work with you in small groups in the afternoon to practice real-life challenging conversations.</li></ul></div></div></section></div><div data-section-id="1695048787157" style="color: rgb(89, 89, 89); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(89, 89, 89);"><section data-reveal-event="" data-reveal-offset="" data-reveal-units="seconds" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></section></div></div></section></div>

Underscore Group

Handling challenging conversations

Dinnington

Doncaster

Penistone

<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" id="isPasted" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255) !important; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(255, 255, 255) !important;"><h1 style="color: rgb(224, 153, 0) !important; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(224, 153, 0) !important;">What We Do Best at Baby Swimming&nbsp;</h1></div></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div style="color: rgb(0, 63, 181) !important; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(0, 63, 181) !important;"><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">You can start your baby&rsquo;s swimming journey as soon as you feel ready to visit a warm swimming pool. We have had babies taking their first swim at only four weeks old.</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">The sooner you start swimming lessons for your baby the better their understanding and confidence in the water will be.</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">Your baby&rsquo;s first experience in a structured swimming lesson is a wonderful and gentle introduction to water sensory techniques. We will teach you how to be comfortable and confident holding, moving, floating and playing with your baby in the pool.</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">Your experienced teacher will adjust each lesson for each baby attending the class, teaching you skills at a pace that is comfortable and confident building.</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">Our progressive Baby Sharks programme specialises in reading baby&rsquo;s cues to ensure that your baby is happy and understands everything we do in the pool together as a group.</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">Our facial expressions are very important, as the way babies learn best is by observation and imitation, watching others and trying to copy them.</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">Your teacher will gently introduce you to the first underwater controlled submersions. Showing you how to smoothly guide your baby under water, practicing back floating at every session and giving your baby lots of praise.</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">Baby Sharks swimming lessons, with an adult per baby on a maximum of 12 pairs have a duration of &rsquo;30 minutes each in a warm swimming pool to 30-31&deg;C. This encourages babies to interact with and learn from others as they participate in the swimming, songs and contrasting activities.</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;">Using the journal</strong>&nbsp;<strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">&lsquo;My Swimming Journey&rsquo;</strong>&nbsp;is the best way to track your baby&rsquo;s progress, with 4 different Certificates awarded as they achieve the criteria set up by Swim England. Your baby will start with&nbsp;<strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Level 1 Starfish, followed by Level 2 Turtle, Level 3 Ray Fish and finishing with Level 4 Shark.</strong>&nbsp;These are an excellent and cute keepsake to treasure and are equivalent to Discovery Ducklings, Ducklings Awards and I Can Awards from Swim England, thay can also be purchased from your teacher.</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">Every Baby Sharks teacher is highly qualified in teaching swimming, SE Level 2, with a STA Baby and Preschool qualification, a Lifeguard Qualification, Pediatric First Aid, Certified in Safeguarding Children and current DBS checked.</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">We simply know and love our job and programme. We are proud of being the best swim school in your area.</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&ldquo;Swimming is one of the best rewarding sports and activities in life. No doubt it will help your baby to learn many other positive skills, building a strong foundation in their cognitive and learning processes&rdquo;</em></p></div></div>

Baby Sharks

Baby Swimming

You can start your baby’s swimming journey as soon as you feel ready to visit a warm swimming pool. We have had babies taking their first swim at only four weeks old.

The sooner you start swimming lessons for your baby the better their understanding and confidence in the water will be.

Your baby’s first experience in a structured swimming lesson is a wonderful and gentle introduction to water sensory techniques. We will teach you how to be comfortable and confident holding, moving, floating and playing with your baby in the pool.

Alpha Academy

Mini MBA

Richmond

<h4 style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); box-sizing: border-box;" id="isPasted" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Whether you have to chair a meeting, pitch a proposal or speak at a conference you need good communication and presentation skills.</strong></h4><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Addressing a group of people with assurance and confidence does not come naturally to everyone.</p><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Our presentation skills training courses will teach you how to conquer your fears and give a successful and memorable performance.</p><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">We will tailor the training to your specific needs, from coaching before an important keynote or honing your pitch to improving your negotiation and influencing skills, or learning how to network effectively.</p><h4 style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">A typical course can cover:</h4><ul style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Recognising the strengths of your own communication style</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Using the different elements of voice and body language effectively</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Conquering your nerves and use body language to your advantage</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Pitching presentations so they meet your audiences&rsquo; needs</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Structuring a presentation so the audience is engaged from start to finish</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Using visual aids</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Handling questions</li></ul><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">All our presentation skills training is bespoke, with options including one-to-one coaching, combined training and coaching programmes and group training courses. All these courses can be delivered virtually, as well as face to face.</p><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">As many of the skills needed to give a good presentation are shared with media interviews, we frequently combine our presentation skills and media interview skills training.</p><h4 style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Venue</h4><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">We deliver courses in the most appropriate format for your circumstances &ndash; whether face to face or online.</p><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Face to face courses are portable: they can be held in purpose-built studios, at your own offices or at an external venue. In the latter two cases, we create a mock studio for the practical exercises.</p><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Online courses give you flexibility and enable you to offer training to delegates from all over the world. We have run virtual courses for people from the Far East, South Asia, North America and Europe, as well as the UK.</p>

Rough House Media

Presentation Skills

Presentation skills

<p>This three-part webinar is designed to introduce participants to the knowledge and skills required for conducting investigations in the workplace. It will benefit all those, managers and HR professionals alike, who may be involved in a range of investigations, including disciplinary investigations, investigations into allegations of harassment / bullying and grievance investigations, etc.</p>
<p>The first webinar (90 minutes) focuses on the key principles of investigations and sets the foundation for an effective, fair and robust investigation. The second session (also 90 minutes) focuses on planning and conducting an investigation and gives practical guidance on a range of complex situations that may arise during an investigation. The final webinar (three hours, with a break) is a highly practical case study-based simulation session.</p><ul><li>UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF THE INVESTIGATION IN DISCIPLINARY AND GRIEVANCE PROCEDURES AND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF CONDUCTING A FAIR AND ROBUST INVESTIGATION</li><li>BE CLEAR ON THE ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITY OF THE INVESTIGATING MANAGER AND HOW TO WORK EFFECTIVELY WITH OTHERS PROVIDING SUPPORT, SUCH AS HR</li><li>KNOW THE IMPORTANCE OF PLANNING AND PREPARATION IN RELATION TO THE INVESTIGATION</li><li>BE ABLE TO CONDUCT AN EFFECTIVE INVESTIGATION INCLUDING INVESTIGATION INTERVIEWS AND TAKING STATEMENTS</li><li>BE CONFIDENT TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION BASED ON THE INVESTIGATION AND PRODUCE A HIGH-QUALITY REPORT WHICH WILL STAND UP AT ANY SUBSEQUENT HEARING</li><li>HAVE AN AWARENESS OF THE LEGISLATION AFFECTING HOW EMPLOYERS DISCIPLINE THEIR EMPLOYEES AND RESPOND TO STAFF COMPLAINTS, INCLUDING THOSE OF BULLYING AND HARASSMENT AND THE PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS THIS HAS FOR INVESTIGATIONS</li><li>HAVE BUILT KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND CONFIDENCE THROUGH PRACTICAL EXERCISES ADDRESSING CHALLENGING ISSUES AND PARTICIPANT CONCERNS</li></ul><section>
                    <h3>Webinar one outline</h3><h4>1. Welcome, agenda, overview</h4><ul><li>Objectives and agenda</li></ul><h4>2. Robust investigations</h4><ul><li>Following best practice and organisational policies</li><li>Ensuring a fair and reasonable investigation, underpinned by case law</li></ul><h4>3. Knowing when to investigate</h4><ul><li>Key factors to consider, including the value of a preliminary investigation</li></ul><h4>4. Launching the investigation</h4><ul><li>Scoping the investigation, and appointing an investigator</li><li>When to suspend</li></ul><h4>5. Investigation principles</h4><ul><li>Purpose and outcomes</li><li>Roles and responsibilities</li><li>Objectivity and confidentiality</li></ul><h4>6. Challenging situations</h4><ul><li>Complex investigations, eg, potential criminal proceedings, safeguarding, etc</li><li>Other challenges</li></ul><h4>7. Action plans and next steps</h4><h3>Webinar two outline</h3><h4>1. Welcome, agenda, overview</h4><ul><li>Objectives and agenda</li></ul><h4>2. Planning an investigation</h4><ul><li>How to plan your investigation</li><li>Importance of mind-set</li></ul><h4>3. Gathering evidence</h4><ul><li>Sources of evidence</li><li>Investigation interviews and statements</li><li>Key challenges, eg, reluctant witnesses and requests for anonymity</li></ul><h4>4. Evaluating evidence and making your recommendation</h4><ul><li>How to weigh up evidence and mitigating factors</li><li>Dealing with conflicting versions</li><li>The investigation report and next steps</li></ul><h4>5. The skills of an investigator</h4><ul><li>Identifying skills and self-assessment</li></ul><h4>6. Challenging situations</h4><ul><li>Mini case scenarios to highlight challenging situations, eg, counter-allegations, sickness, etc</li></ul><h4>7. Action plans and next steps</h4><ul><li>Participants reflect on how they will transfer this learning into the workplace and further development as appropriate</li></ul><h3>Webinar three outline</h3><h4>1. Welcome, agenda, overview</h4><ul><li>Objectives and agenda</li></ul><h4>2. Investigation interviews</h4><ul><li>Best practice review</li><li>Structuring the interview</li><li>Whole group exercise</li></ul><h4>3. Case study 1</h4><ul><li>Planning to conduct an investigation interview</li><li>Practical exercise</li><li>Debrief of learning</li></ul><h4>4. Case study 2</h4><ul><li>Planning to conduct an investigation interview</li><li>Practical exercise</li><li>Debrief of learning</li></ul><h4>5. Open forum</h4><h4>6. Action plans and next steps</h4><ul><li>Participants reflect on how they will transfer this learning into the workplace and further development as appropriate</li></ul>


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Workplace Investigations

<blockquote id="isPasted" fr-original-style="" style="border-left-width: 2px; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(94, 53, 177); color: rgb(94, 53, 177); margin-left: 0px; padding-left: 5px; box-sizing: border-box;"><div style="color: rgb(57, 54, 79); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(57, 54, 79);"><p style="text-align: left; color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="text-align: left;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: rgb(80, 168, 188); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(80, 168, 188);"><span id="isPasted" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Become an MHFA Champion in just one day, gaining an understanding of common mental health issues, the confidence to advocate for awareness, the skills to recognise signs of mental ill health, and the ability to support positive wellbeing.</span>&nbsp;</span></strong></p></div></blockquote><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><h3 style="color: rgb(30, 10, 60); text-align: justify; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(30, 10, 60); text-align: justify;"><span data-slate-fragment="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" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"> </span></h3><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;">This workshop provides grounding for all <span style="caret-color: rgb(254, 114, 53); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="caret-color: rgb(254, 114, 53);">advocates</span>&nbsp;of mental health. It covers:&nbsp;</strong></p><ul style="color: rgb(111, 111, 110); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(111, 111, 110);"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="color: rgb(111, 111, 110); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" id="isPasted" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(111, 111, 110);">This one day course trains you as an MHFA Champion, giving you:&nbsp;</p><ul style="color: rgb(111, 111, 110); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(111, 111, 110);"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">An understanding of common mental health issues &nbsp;</p></li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">Knowledge and confidence to advocate for mental health awareness</p></li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">Ability to spot signs of mental ill health&nbsp;</p></li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">Skills to support positive wellbeing</p></li></ul></li></ul></div><h6 style="color: rgb(18, 103, 106); box-sizing: border-box;" id="isPasted" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(18, 103, 106);"><span style="color: rgb(254, 112, 37); font-size: 24px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(254, 112, 37); font-size: 24px;">Your takeaways</span></h6><p style="color: rgb(111, 111, 110); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" id="isPasted" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(111, 111, 110);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Everyone who completes the workshop gets:</span></p><ul style="color: rgb(111, 111, 110); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(111, 111, 110);"><li style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">A certificate of attendance to say you are an MHFA Champion</p></li><li style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">A manual to refer to whenever you need it</p></li><li style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">A quick reference card for the Mental Health First Aid action plan</p></li><li style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">A workbook including a helpful toolkit to support your own mental health</p></li></ul>

Starling

Health & Wellbeing

Mental Health

Accredited Mental Health First Aid

Mental Health At Work

Become an MHFA Champion in just one day, gaining an understanding of common mental health issues, the confidence to advocate for awareness, the skills to recognise signs of mental ill health, and the ability to support positive wellbeing."

A Masterclass For Mental Health Champions

Virtual (on-line) event

<div id="course-pills-1">Duration<p>1 Days</p><p>6 CPD hours</p>This course is intended for<p></p><p>This course is suitable for IT personnel who are just beginning to work with Azure. This audience wants to learn about our offerings and get hands-on experience with the product. This course primarily uses the Azure portal and command line interface to create resources and does not require scripting skills. Students in this course will gain confidence to take other role-based courses and certifications, such as Azure Administrator. This course combines lecture, demonstrations, and hands-on labs. This course will also help prepare someone for the AZ-900 exam.</p><p></p><p></p><p>This course will provide foundational level knowledge on cloud concepts; core Azure services; and Azure management and governance features and tools.</p><p></p>Prerequisites<p>There are no prerequisites for taking this course. Familiarity with cloud computing is helpful, but isn't necessary.</p></div><div id="course-pills-2"><h3>1 - Describe cloud computing</h3> <ul> <li>What is cloud computing</li> <li>Describe the shared responsibility model</li> <li>Define cloud models</li> <li>Describe the consumption-based model</li> </ul> <h3>2 - Describe the benefits of using cloud services</h3> <ul> <li>Describe the benefits of high availability and scalability in the cloud</li> <li>Describe the benefits of reliability and predictability in the cloud</li> <li>Describe the benefits of security and governance in the cloud</li> <li>Describe the benefits of manageability in the cloud</li> </ul> <h3>3 - Describe cloud service types</h3> <ul> <li>Describe Infrastructure as a Service</li> <li>Describe Platform as a Service</li> <li>Describe Software as a Service</li> </ul> <h3>4 - Describe the core architectural components of Azure</h3> <ul> <li>What is Microsoft Azure</li> <li>Get started with Azure accounts</li> <li>Describe Azure physical infrastructure</li> <li>Describe Azure management infrastructure</li> </ul> <h3>5 - Describe Azure compute and networking services</h3> <ul> <li>Describe Azure Virtual Machines</li> <li>Describe Azure Virtual Desktop</li> <li>Describe Azure Containers</li> <li>Describe Azure Functions</li> <li>Describe application hosting options</li> <li>Describe Azure Virtual Networking</li> <li>Describe Azure Virtual Private Networks</li> <li>Describe Azure ExpressRoute</li> <li>Describe Azure DNS</li> </ul> <h3>6 - Describe Azure storage services</h3> <ul> <li>Describe Azure storage accounts</li> <li>Describe Azure storage redundancy</li> <li>Describe Azure storage services</li> <li>Identify Azure data migration options</li> <li>Identify Azure file movement options</li> </ul> <h3>7 - Describe Azure identity, access, and security</h3> <ul> <li>Describe Azure directory services</li> <li>Describe Azure authentication methods</li> <li>Describe Azure external identities</li> <li>Describe Azure conditional access</li> <li>Describe Azure role-based access control</li> <li>Describe zero trust model</li> <li>Describe defense-in-depth</li> <li>Describe Microsoft Defender for Cloud</li> </ul> <h3>8 - Describe cost management in Azure</h3> <ul> <li>Describe factors that can affect costs in Azure</li> <li>Compare the Pricing and Total Cost of Ownership calculators</li> <li>Describe the Microsoft Cost Management tool</li> <li>Describe the purpose of tags</li> </ul> <h3>9 - Describe features and tools in Azure for governance and compliance</h3> <ul> <li>Describe the purpose of Microsoft Purview</li> <li>Describe the purpose of Azure Policy</li> <li>Describe the purpose of resource locks</li> <li>Describe the purpose of the Service Trust portal</li> </ul> <h3>10 - Describe features and tools for managing and deploying Azure resources</h3> <ul> <li>Describe tools for interacting with Azure</li> <li>Describe the purpose of Azure Arc</li> <li>Describe Azure Resource Manager and Azure ARM templates</li> </ul> <h3>11 - Describe monitoring tools in Azure</h3> <ul> <li>Describe the purpose of Azure Advisor</li> <li>Describe Azure Service Health</li> <li>Describe Azure Monitor</li> </ul></div><div id="course-pills-3"><h4>Additional course details:</h4><br /><p>Nexus Humans AZ-900T00 Microsoft Azure Fundamentals 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-900T00 Microsoft Azure Fundamentals 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

Microsoft AZ-900

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

Microsoft AZ-104

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft AZ-303

Microsoft AZ-700

AZ-900T00 Microsoft Azure Fundamentals

Are you a parent or carer who wants to better understand autism and how it affects your child? 🌟
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AUsomeMums

Understanding Autism: Insights for Parent Carers

Manchester

<p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" id="isPasted" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">The WSET Level 2 Award in Wines has full accreditation from OfQual as a Level 2 Vocational Qualification. Through a combination of tasting and theory you will explore the factors that impact the style and quality of wine and learn how to describe wines with confidence.</p><p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Course Schedule:</strong></p><p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">The 8 x 2-hour online sessions on -&nbsp;</p><p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">What the course covers</strong></p><ul style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Wine tasting</strong>: You will learn how to taste and describe wines using the WSET Systematic Approach to Tasting (SAT)</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Food and wine pairing</strong>: You will learn the principles of food and wine pairing</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Wine service and storage</strong>: You will learn the correct way to store and serve wine and how to recognise common faults found in wine</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Labelling</strong>: You will learn how to decode and understand wine labels</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Factors influencing the style of wine</strong>: You will explore how environmental factors, grape-growing, vineyard and maturation options influence the style and quality of the wines made all over the world</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Grape varieties</strong>: You&#39;ll learn about the styles of wines produced by the key international red and white grape varieties (Chardonnay, Pinot Grigio, Sauvignon Blanc, Riesling, Cabernet Sauvignon, Pinot Noir, Merlot and Syrah/Shiraz) as well as the styles of wines made with 22 regionally important grape varieties grown in 70 wine regions (GI&#39;s) around the world</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Sparkling and Fortified wines</strong>: You will be taught how grape varieties and winemaking processes influence the style of wines in these two key wine categories.</li></ul><p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">No prior wine knowledge is required however the course builds upon the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.localwineschool.com/manchester/events/professional-courses/wset-courses/wset-course-level-1-online/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="color: rgb(157, 40, 51); user-select: auto; font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: inherit;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(157, 40, 51);">WSET Level 1 Award in Wines</a> course. It is not essential to complete Level 1 to join the Level 2 course but if you are a complete begineer you may wish to consider this option. We recommend you read the course specification document&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wsetglobal.com/media/11718/wset_l2wines_specification_en_jun2022_issue11.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="color: rgb(157, 40, 51); user-select: auto; font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: inherit;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(157, 40, 51);">HERE</a>&nbsp;for full details of the content, structure and assesment criteria. Any questions please&nbsp;<a href="https://www.localwineschool.com/manchester/contact/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="color: rgb(157, 40, 51); user-select: auto; font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: inherit;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(157, 40, 51);">get in touch</a>.</p><p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Course delivery</strong></p><ul style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Level 2 Award in Wines online course covers the same syllabus as the classroom course and is delivered in LIVE interactive online lessons by one of our certified wine educators</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">This course includes 16 hours online tuition in 8 x 2hr sessions&nbsp;and we recommend a minimum of 12 hours additional study</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Your tutor will give you a guided tasting of 12 wines on this course (for details of how to order the wines see below)</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">You will receive access to practice multiple-choice revision questions specific to this course - FREE OF CHARGE</li></ul><p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Please note a reliable broadband connection is essential for the completion of this online course as are basic computer skills.</p><p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Examination</strong></p><p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">To obtain the WSET Level 2 Award in Wines Qualification, you will need to successfully pass the exam. The exam is made up of 50 multiple-choice questions to be completed in 1 hour. A mark of 55% is required to pass the exam.</p><p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">The exam is taken online via a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DarWJz6dUbU" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="color: rgb(157, 40, 51); user-select: auto; font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: inherit;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(157, 40, 51);">Remote Invigilation</a> service giving you the flexibility to take the exam at a time and date of your choice. More details will be sent upon registration. Please ensure you read the information&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wsetglobal.com/wset-remote-invigilation-essential-guidance/?dm_i=5G5C,KRHB,4A50QU,2G285,1" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="color: rgb(157, 40, 51); user-select: auto; font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: inherit;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(157, 40, 51);">HERE</a>&nbsp;if you wish to take the exam online.&nbsp;</p><p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Whats included</strong></p><ul style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">All WSET course materials posted to you at no extra charge including: Looking Behind the Label course manual, Study Guide, specification and SAT Tasting Card</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">LIVE virtual interactive sessions taught by a Local Wine School WSET Certified Tutor</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Exclusive access to practice multiple choice questions provided FREE OF CHARGE</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">WSET exam fee&nbsp;</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Remote Invigilation service&nbsp;</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Internationally recognised WSET qualification, certificate and pin for those who pass the exam</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">VAT at 20% &nbsp;(VAT receipt can be provided on request)</li></ul><p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Course Wines</strong></p><p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">It is recommended that at least 12 wines are tasted as part of this course, although this is optional and the cost of wines is not included in the course fee above.</p><p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Our wine experts have specially selected wines for this course designed to demonstrate specific learning outcomes. We have negotiated a discounted price only available to our online students. Details of how to order your case of wines will be provided when you book your place. The cost is approx &pound;150 including VAT and delivery.&nbsp;</p><p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Wine preservation advice is give so that after each tasting exercise you can reseal and return to the wines over the coming days. &nbsp;</p><p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Special Educational Needs</strong></p><p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Please make the school aware if you have a condition which may mean that you will qualify for additional help during the exam such as dyslexia.</p><p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Important dates</strong></p><p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Registration deadline: please book at least 5 days before the start of the course, to allow time to send materials and order the tasting wines.</p>

Manchester Wine School

Sommelier

ONLINE - WSET Level 2 Award in Wines - Evenings

Are you tired of frustrating conversations where you can't get your point across properly to people? Do you revert to sending an email rather than picking up the phone? Does the thought of talking to a room full of people fill you with fear? Are you still feeling ‘on the spot’ and overwhelmed by the increasingly complex virtual environment you’re working and communicating in?
The good news is you're not on your own!
This is common amongst many professionals where communication is critical to success.
How would it feel to join or walk into a meeting with the confidence of knowing you can engage everyone immediately? What if you could identify simple ways to adapt your style to communicate more effectively with different people's behaviours? What if this meant better relationships, more collaboration, happier customers and better business?
All you need to know to transform your communication skills can be gained at this engaging and interactive workshop event.

The Hub Events

Attending this programme will give you the knowledge and skills to transform your communication skills immediately, having learnt:

The pros and cons of different communication channels and when best to use them
The power of communicating through words, sound and body language
Why people behave and communicate differently and how to recognise and adapt to their style
What someone's natural behavioural style means when it comes to making decisions
How to increase sales through better and more personalised communication
How to engage better with audiences of all sizes when presenting

How to Communicate with Impact 

Southend-On-Sea

<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;">In this 2-day course, you&rsquo;ll gain a basic understanding of finance and accounting concepts to drive the success of your business.</strong></p><p id="isPasted" fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">This workshop aims to demystify the accounting language so that you are in control of the financial performance of your business, helping you forecast for the future, evaluate your current efforts, and establish strategies to meet your goals.</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;">Dates</strong>: Tuesday 1st &amp; Wednesday 2nd October 2024</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;">Time</strong>: 9:30am - 4:30pm</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;">Location</strong>: Launchpad Southend, Airport Business Park, Launchpad, Rochford SS4 1YH</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;">Cost</strong>: Free</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;">For</strong>: Businesses based in or shortly moving to Southend-On-Sea</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">Even if you plan to hire an accountant, you still need to understand accounting information to make better, more informed decisions about your business. This course will give you the tools necessary to have a better understanding of what the professionals are saying down the line, so you can run your business better.</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">You&rsquo;ll learn about double-entry bookkeeping, trial balances, profit and loss statements, and other must-have accounting topics, and in further sessions, you&rsquo;ll learn how to apply these techniques to manage your business better, which will give you confidence and control when making financial decisions.</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">**The course will be run in person over two days, in 7 hour sessions (with 1 hour lunch breaks) on 1st October &amp; 2nd October.&nbsp;Please note: lunch is not provided however, there is a refreshments area for drinks and snacks**</em></p><h3 fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">What it covers:</h3><ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><li value="1" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Double-entry bookkeeping</li><li value="2" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Preparation of profit and loss accounts, balance sheets, and cash-flow statements</li><li value="3" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Analysis of accounting reports</li><li value="4" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Controlling cash</li><li value="5" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Sources of funding</li><li value="6" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Business planning, budgets, cash flow forecasting, and variance analysis</li><li value="7" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Break-even analysis</li><li value="8" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Capital appraisal</li><li value="9" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Product costing</li></ul><h3 fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Who should attend:</h3><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">The course is aimed at a whole range of businesses from start-up founders to local business owners to corporates and is geared to anyone without a finance or accounting background. Your business must be based in or shortly relocating to Southend-On-Sea.</p><h3 fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Who should attend:</h3><ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><li value="1" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Entrepreneurs</li><li value="2" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Micro business owners</li><li value="3" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Small business owners</li><li value="4" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Middle managers</li><li value="5" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Consultants</li><li value="6" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Coaches</li><li value="7" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">E-commerce businesses</li><li value="8" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Digital marketers</li><li value="9" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Service based business owners</li></ul><h3 fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Skills gained:</h3><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">The full value from this course is only be gained by full participation in both days. After completing the course, delegates will be able to:</p><ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Understand basic financial documents used in business</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Interpret the information in these documents, and use it to manage day-to-day business activity</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Be more effective in their role</li></ul><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;">About the host</strong>:</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;">Jim Fletcher ACMA GCMA</u></p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">Jim is a dedicated business coach with 40 years&rsquo; commercial leadership experience. Drawing on his long career in the manufacturing and engineering sector, Jim provides tailored coaching, consultancy, non-executive directorship and project management services, across a full range of management, finance, sales &amp; marketing and operations functions.</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;"><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;">This workshop is organised by Let&#39;s Do Business Group on behalf of Southend-On-Sea City Council and is funded by the UK Government through the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-shared-prosperity-fund-prospectus" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" title="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-shared-prosperity-fund-prospectus" data-airgap-id="106" fr-original-style="" style="user-select: auto; font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: inherit;">UK Shared Prosperity Fund</a>.</strong></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;">The UK Shared Prosperity Fund is a central pillar of the UK government&#39;s Levelling Up agenda and provides &pound;2.6 billion of funding for local investment by March 2025. The Fund aims to improve pride in place and increase life chances across the UK investing in communities and place, supporting local business, and people and skills.</strong></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;">View our&nbsp;</strong><a href="https://backingessexbusiness.co.uk/privacy-policy" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" title="https://backingessexbusiness.co.uk/privacy-policy" data-airgap-id="107" fr-original-style="" style="user-select: auto; font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: inherit;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">privacy policy</strong></a></p>

In this course, you’ll gain a basic understanding of finance and accounting concepts to drive the success of your business.
This workshop aims to demystify the accounting language so that you are in control of the financial performance of your business, helping you forecast for the future, evaluate your current efforts, and establish strategies to meet your goals.
Dates: Tuesday 1st October 2024
Time: 9:30am - 12:30pm
Location: Online (ZOOM)
Cost: Free
For: Businesses based in or shortly moving to Southend-On-Sea
Even if you plan to hire an accountant, you still need to understand accounting information to make better, more informed decisions about your business. This course will give you the tools necessary to have a better understanding of what the professionals are saying down the line, so you can run your business better.
You’ll learn about double-entry bookkeeping, trial balances, profit and loss statements, and other must-have accounting topics, and in further sessions, you’ll learn how to apply these techniques to manage your business better, which will give you confidence and control when making financial decisions.
What it covers:
Double-entry bookkeeping
Preparation of profit and loss accounts, balance sheets, and cash-flow statements
Analysis of accounting reports
Controlling cash
Sources of funding
Business planning, budgets, cash flow forecasting, and variance analysis
Break-even analysis
Capital appraisal
Product costing
Who should attend:
The course is aimed at a whole range of businesses from start-up founders to local business owners to corporates and is geared to anyone without a finance or accounting background. Your business must be based in or shortly relocating to Southend-On-Sea.
Who should attend:
Entrepreneurs
Micro business owners
Small business owners
Middle managers
Consultants
Coaches
E-commerce businesses
Digital marketers
Service based business owners
Skills gained:
The full value from this course is only be gained by full participation in both days. After completing the course, delegates will be able to:
Understand basic financial documents used in business
Interpret the information in these documents, and use it to manage day-to-day business activity
Be more effective in their role
About the host:
Jim Fletcher ACMA GCMA
Jim is a dedicated business coach with 40 years’ commercial leadership experience. Drawing on his long career in the manufacturing and engineering sector, Jim provides tailored coaching, consultancy, non-executive directorship and project management services, across a full range of management, finance, sales & marketing and operations functions.



This workshop is organised by Let's Do Business Group on behalf of Southend-On-Sea City Council and is funded by the UK Government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.
The UK Shared Prosperity Fund is a central pillar of the UK government's Levelling Up agenda and provides £2.6 billion of funding for local investment by March 2025. The Fund aims to improve pride in place and increase life chances across the UK investing in communities and place, supporting local business, and people and skills.
View our privacy policy

Let’s Do Business Group

In this 3-hour course, you’ll gain a basic understanding of finance and accounting concepts to drive the success of your business.

Finance for Non-Financial Entrepreneurs - Southend-On-Sea

<h3 style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" id="isPasted" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">AS YOU DELIVER THIS INFORMATION, YOU ARE COACHED TO IMPROVE YOUR PUBLIC-SPEAKING STYLE IN THESE (AND A FEW OTHER) AREAS: BODY LANGUAGE, POSTURE, WORD CHOICE, CONFIDENCE, EYE CONTACT, VERBAL TICS/FILLER WORDS, AND VOLUME.</h3><div style="color: rgb(33, 37, 41); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(33, 37, 41);"><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">You will be coached to overhaul your content and visual aids (frequently PowerPoint)</strong>&nbsp;used during the presentation by: stating your purpose clearly, reducing the amount of text on slides, making messages more user-friendly, and choosing best graphics to support message.</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Attendees Will Be Able To:</strong></p><ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Increase ability to motivate the audience by delivering organized and engaging presentations;</strong></li><li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Gain more efficiency by crafting carefully-worded, streamlined messages, free of verbal tics and filler words;</strong></li><li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Increase enthusiasm through focus on body language and stage presence; and</strong></li><li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Convince listeners with strong evidence presented in speech and visual aids.</strong></li></ul><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Online Format&mdash;<strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Advanced Presentation Skills</strong>&nbsp;is a 4-hour interactive virtual class for up to six people.</i></p><h6 style="color: inherit; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: inherit;">Register for this class and you will be sent ONLINE login instructions prior to the class date.</h6></div><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 style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" id="isPasted" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The&nbsp;<em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Diversity Sensitivity &amp; Awareness</em>&nbsp;workshop was excellent. It provided a unique approach to addressing the topic. The session was interactive, interesting and very informative, leaving participants with a greater understanding of the merits of diversity and an inspiration to continue to broaden that knowledge base.</p><span style="color: rgb(33, 37, 41); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(33, 37, 41);">Sandra Hess Moll, Director of Employment Services / Affirmative Action Coordinator</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">McHenry County College</span>

AS YOU DELIVER THIS INFORMATION, YOU ARE COACHED TO IMPROVE YOUR PUBLIC-SPEAKING STYLE IN THESE (AND A FEW OTHER) AREAS: BODY LANGUAGE, POSTURE, WORD CHOICE, CONFIDENCE, EYE CONTACT, VERBAL TICS/FILLER WORDS, AND VOLUME.
You will be coached to overhaul your content and visual aids (frequently PowerPoint) used during the presentation by: stating your purpose clearly, reducing the amount of text on slides, making messages more user-friendly, and choosing best graphics to support message.
Attendees Will Be Able To:
Increase ability to motivate the audience by delivering organized and engaging presentations;
Gain more efficiency by crafting carefully-worded, streamlined messages, free of verbal tics and filler words;
Increase enthusiasm through focus on body language and stage presence; and
Convince listeners with strong evidence presented in speech and visual aids.
Online Format—Advanced Presentation Skills is a 4-hour interactive virtual class for up to six people.
Register for this class and you will be sent ONLINE login instructions prior to the class date.



The Diversity Sensitivity & Awareness workshop was excellent. It provided a unique approach to addressing the topic. The session was interactive, interesting and very informative, leaving participants with a greater understanding of the merits of diversity and an inspiration to continue to broaden that knowledge base.
Sandra Hess Moll, Director of Employment Services / Affirmative Action CoordinatorMcHenry County College

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ADVANCED PRESENTATION SKILLS






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<h3 style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" id="isPasted" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">KNOW THE RULES! POOR GRAMMAR SHOWS A LACK OF ATTENTION TO DETAIL AND ULTIMATELY CAN SLOW DOWN COMMUNICATIONS AS WELL AS PRODUCTIVITY.</h3><div style="color: rgb(33, 37, 41); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(33, 37, 41);"><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Business people who know grammar judge others based on their correct (or incorrect) usage.</b>&nbsp;Be the professional who is able to be clear and correct in writing.</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Business Grammar &amp; Usage: ENGLISH BOOT CAMP is the answer for today&rsquo;s business competitive environment.</b>&nbsp;Interactive instruction and collaboration with your fellow attendees means that you will master the skills and apply your new knowledge to the classroom exercises and activities. When you return to work, you&rsquo;ll have new confidence about what is right and wrong, when it comes to writing.</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Attendees Will Be Able To:</b></p><ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Know the Parts of Speech and their correct uses;</strong></li><li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Understand Sentence Structure, including applying rules for Subject-Verb and Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement;</strong></li><li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Be able to create Plurals and Possessives accurately and with certainty;</strong></li><li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Review and use the rules of Spelling, Mechanics (Capitalization, Abbreviation, Number Use), and Punctuation;</strong></li><li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Create original email / documents to employ newly-learned class material.</strong></li></ul><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">&nbsp;</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Online Format&mdash;<strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Business Grammar and Usage</strong> is a 4-hour interactive virtual class for up to ten people.</i></p><h6 style="color: inherit; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: inherit;">Register for this class and you will be sent ONLINE login instructions prior to the class date.</h6></div><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 style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" id="isPasted" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">It was great to have the opportunity to learn some new techniques and to gain more awareness of how I present myself. The most immediately applicable uses have been in reducing my &ldquo;ums&rdquo; and &ldquo;ahs&rdquo; and in trying to come to my point in a more succinct way. I&rsquo;ve been cultivating this awareness in one-on-one settings; meetings and individual conversations.</p><span style="color: rgb(33, 37, 41); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(33, 37, 41);">Christina Vargas</span>

KNOW THE RULES! POOR GRAMMAR SHOWS A LACK OF ATTENTION TO DETAIL AND ULTIMATELY CAN SLOW DOWN COMMUNICATIONS AS WELL AS PRODUCTIVITY.
Business people who know grammar judge others based on their correct (or incorrect) usage. Be the professional who is able to be clear and correct in writing.
Business Grammar & Usage: ENGLISH BOOT CAMP is the answer for today’s business competitive environment. Interactive instruction and collaboration with your fellow attendees means that you will master the skills and apply your new knowledge to the classroom exercises and activities. When you return to work, you’ll have new confidence about what is right and wrong, when it comes to writing.
Attendees Will Be Able To:
Know the Parts of Speech and their correct uses;
Understand Sentence Structure, including applying rules for Subject-Verb and Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement;
Be able to create Plurals and Possessives accurately and with certainty;
Review and use the rules of Spelling, Mechanics (Capitalization, Abbreviation, Number Use), and Punctuation;
Create original email / documents to employ newly-learned class material.
 
Online Format—Business Grammar and Usage is a 4-hour interactive virtual class for up to ten people.
Register for this class and you will be sent ONLINE login instructions prior to the class date.



It was great to have the opportunity to learn some new techniques and to gain more awareness of how I present myself. The most immediately applicable uses have been in reducing my “ums” and “ahs” and in trying to come to my point in a more succinct way. I’ve been cultivating this awareness in one-on-one settings; meetings and individual conversations.
Christina Vargas

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