Dawid F. Prestini

  Launch Your Online Business Certificate   Completed by  Dawid F. Prestini May 8, 2021 4 weeks of study Grade Achieved: 90.36% Certifies their successful completion of Launch Your Online Business Learners who complete the course will: - gain an understanding of different business models - learn strategies for naming their business - create customer personas - create their brand identity - create their Unique Value Proposition and learn how to make their business stand out from their competitors - know every step needed to build their website including best practices - production do's and don'ts for copywriting, photography and video - have a pre-launch checklist and website maintenance - gain foundational knowledge of marketing and pr - create a Pitch Deck about their business that they can deliver to potential partners and investors Let’s Start with the Basics of an Online Business In this module, you will learn about defining your online business, opening a busine...

The Science of Training Young Athletes Part 2 Certificate Completed by  Dawid F. Prestini May 3, 2021 5 week Grade Achieved: 98.33% Certifies their successful completion of Science of Training Young Athletes Part 2 n this course you will learn how to design the type of training that takes advantage of the plastic nature of the athlete’s body so you mold the right phenotype for a sport. We explore ways the muscular system can be designed to generate higher force and power and the type of training needed to mold the athlete's physical capacity so it meets the energy and biochemical demands of the sport. We also examine the cost of plasticity when it is carried beyond the ability of the body to adjust itself to meet the imposed training stresses. The cost of overextending plasticity comes in the form injuries and chronic fatigue. In essence, a coach can push the athlete’s body too far and it can fail. Upon completion of this course you will be able to assemble a scientifically so...

 Becoming a Sports Agent Certificate Completed by  Dawid F. Prestini May 1, 2021 11 weeks Grade Achieved: 97% Certifies their successful completion of Becoming a Sports Agent An immersive experience in the world of sports that will take students through the four stages of a professional athlete's career. Utilizing lectures, guest speakers, reading assignments and hypothetical walkthroughs, students will learn how the best sports agents manage clients at each of these four stages. This course will provide each student with the skills necessary to guide an athlete through the difficult decisions that can make or lose the athlete millions of dollars, as well as affect their public image and career. Walking through the four stages of an athlete's career, we will provide a broad scope of the landscape of amateur and professional sports so that you can avoid the pitfalls and traps that so many have fallen into in the past; not to mention, bringing you updates throughout the cou...

  Doping : Sports, Organizations and Sciences Certificate Completed by  Dawid F. Prestini April 25, 2021 4 weeks of study Grade Achieved: 89.63% Certifies their successful completion of Doping : Sports, Organizations and Sciences The objective of this course is to encourage a critical understanding of doping. To achieve this goal, this course will rely on a multidisciplinary approach that allow you to see how different disciplines get into a single object, in different perspectives and in often complementary ways. This approach will also allow us to appreciate the complexity of a subject like doping. Doping in sports is a complex practice whose definition and identification is the result of socially and historically constructed norms. This course offers to shed light on the processes that led to the use and prohibition of doping substances. Performance enhancement or physical transformation are two aspects of doping which are seen as problematic, yet even as we speak comp...

 Learning How to Learn: Powerful mental tools to help you master tough subjects Certificate Completed by  Dawid F. Prestini May 5, 2021 4 weeks Grade Achieved: 893.35% Certifies their successful completion of Learning How to Learn: Powerful mental tools to help you master tough subjects This course gives you easy access to the invaluable learning techniques used by experts in art, music, literature, math, science, sports, and many other disciplines. We’ll learn about the how the brain uses two very different learning modes and how it encapsulates (“chunks”) information. We’ll also cover illusions of learning, memory techniques, dealing with procrastination, and best practices shown by research to be most effective in helping you master tough subjects. Using these approaches, no matter what your skill levels in topics you would like to master, you can change your thinking and change your life. If you’re already an expert, this peep under the mental hood will give you idea...

  Learning How To Learn for Youth Certificate Completed by  Dawid F. Prestini May 3, 2021 3 weeks Grade Achieved: 91.75% Certifies their successful completion of Learning How To Learn for Youth Based on one of the most popular open online courses in the world, this course gives you easy access to the learning techniques used by experts in art, music, literature, math, science, sports, and many other disciplines. No matter what your current skill level, using these approaches can help you master new topics, change your thinking and improve your life. This course explains: * Why sometimes letting your mind wander is an important part of the learning process * How to avoid "rut think" in order to think outside the box * The value of metaphors in developing understanding * A simple, yet powerful, way to stop procrastinating If you’re already an expert, these strategies will turbocharge your learning, including test-taking tips and insights that will help you ma...

  Health Concepts in Chinese Medicine Certificate Completed by  Dawid F. Prestini April 25, 2021 6 weeks of study Grade Achieved: 86.11% Certifies their successful completion of Health Concepts in Chinese Medicine Chinese Medicine and Modern Medicine are two distinct medical systems, yet they both aim at the prevention and treatment of human diseases. With this in mind, we should understand the practice of Chinese Medicine in the context of Modern Medicine. In this course, we explore the basic theories underlying the practice of Chinese Medicine, compare and contrast the use of Chinese Medicine and Modern Medicine in Preventive Health, and discuss how to restore a healthy condition and understand the pharmacological basis of different types of Chinese tonifying herbs. By the end of this course, you will be able to: -              state the important Chinese Medicine literature from 5th century B.C. to 16th ...

  Integrative Therapies and Healing Practices Certificate Completed by  Dawid F. Prestini March 30, 2021 6 weeks, including the final peer review project. Grade Achieved: 94.06% Certifies their successful completion of Introduction to Integrative Therapies and Healing Practices This introductory course provides a framework for incorporating integrative therapies into your work with clients or patients. By the end of the course, you will be able to assess if integrative therapies are good options in specific situations, as well as educate patients and colleagues about benefits and risks. You will be confident discussing the evidence base for integrative therapies in general, with an understanding of some of the challenges of research in this area, and able to identify reliable sources of evidence-based information. You will leave with the skills to partner with patients or clients around use of these therapies and a plan to introduce integrative therapies in your work ...