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Introduction to Graphic Design Certificate Tony Harmer Educator, Illustrator, Adobe Creative Suite Master Graphic design is a complex art. To become a graphic designer, you need to master many different skills and tools. This course covers the concepts and software that every designer needs to know and explains how they fit into a typical graphic design workflow. Instructor Tony Harmer introduces the creative process, including high-level concepts like layout, typography, and color. Then it's your chance to get hands-on, using Photoshop to creatively adjust, repair, and retouch the kinds of images used in graphic design projects. Tony then shows how to use Illustrator to build a custom logo and introduces important vector-drawing techniques. Last, he visits InDesign for an overview of the document layout and print preparation processes. By the end of the course, you'll have a better grasp of what graphic designers do and what you'll need to learn next. It's a great jump...

Public Relations Foundations Deirdre Breakenridge CEO at Pure Performance Communications Public relations (PR) is critical to any business that wants to create media exposure, sway consumer opinion, and maintain a good reputation. However, as technology evolves, communicating with the public has only gotten more complex. Modern PR demands an integrated, multichannel approach. In this course, PR expert Deirdre Breakenridge offers an effective eight-step workflow for today's PR practitioner. Learn how to research your audience, build a PR plan, develop your messaging, and use the right media mix. Next, see how to manage relationships with everyone from reporters to influencers, amplify awareness with the aid of internal champions, and gracefully navigate crises. Finally, explore PR writing and visual storytelling and see how to measure the impact of your PR efforts.

Market Research Foundations Sarah Weise Author and CEO of Bixa, a marketing research studio Join market research expert Sarah Weise as she goes over some of the best marketing research techniques and how to leverage them for nearly any challenge at hand. Sarah lays the groundwork for the course by examining the role marketing research plays in making strategic decisions about your brand or product. She shows how to get to know your customers though quantitative and qualitative techniques ranging from surveys and interviews to mobile diary studies and ethnography. Learn how to clarify your research goals, how to sell your company on research, how to find the best participants, and how to present your data in succinct, meaningful formats like customer personas and journey maps. You'll walk away with the skills you need to plan your next market research study with confidence.

Become a Public Relations Specialist Path Public relations (PR) specialists are the connection between organizations, news media, and the public. They play a critical role in helping shape public perception, and communicating a company’s brand. Learn the essential skills you need to become an effective public relations specialist. COURSES: Public Relations Foundations By: Deirdre Breakenridge  Public Relations Foundations: Media Training By: Deirdre Breakenridge Marketing Communications By: Deirdre Breakenridge Crisis Communication By: Laura Bergells Writing a Press Release By: Andrea Holland Social Media Monitoring: Strategies and Skills By: Martin Waxman Branding Foundations By: Drew Boyd Advanced Branding By: Brad Batesole Repairing Your Reputation By: Lida Citroën Shane Snow on Storytelling By: Shane Snow

Microsoft Project Tips Project Management Institute (PMI)® Bonnie Biafore PMP, Trainer, Best-Selling Author Take a quick minute or two and learn valuable, time-saving Microsoft Project tips from a project management pro, Bonnie Biafore, PMP and MCTS. She offers a series of bite-size insider solutions for many of the most common issues that frustrate Project users, covering data entry, scheduling, formatting, staying organized, and more. Learning objectives Working faster in Microsoft Project Entering data Using keyboard shortcuts Formatting tables Modifying views Sorting and Filtering Scheduling Working with Files Backing up Security Sharing customization with a colleague Project Management Institute (PMI)® PDUs/ContactHours:  0.5 LinkedIn Learning has been reviewed and approved by the PMI® Authorized Training Partner Program. This course qualifies for professional development units (PDUs).The PMI Authorized Training Partner logo is a registered mark of the Project Management Insti...

 Microsoft Project 2019 Online Desktop Essential Training - Project Management Institute (PMI)® Bonnie Biafore PMP, Trainer, Best-Selling Author Learn how to master Microsoft Project, the world's leading project management software. This training course covers Project 2019 and Project Online Desktop, the subscription version of the desktop app. Bonnie Biafore, PMP, begins by showing how to set up a project and components such as work tasks, summary tasks, milestones, recurring tasks, and different types of resources. Next, she shows how to link and time tasks, assign resources to tasks to build a realistic project schedule, and use views to get an accurate window into project status. She also explains how to use Project to help evaluate your schedule and resource workloads to make sure you're bringing a project in on time and within budget. Plus, learn how to create and run reports and share project information with others. Learning objectives Identify the essential features wi...

Managing Project Stakeholders - Project Management Institute (PMI)® Natasha Kasimtseva Project Management Practitioner Your stakeholders—individuals with a vested interest in your project's results—might not be present in your day-to-day work. But since they ultimately impact your project's outcomes, knowing how to define who your stakeholders are and what they need is integral to your success as a project manager. In this course, learn how to identify stakeholder needs and expectations, both explicit and implicit, and build and sustain stakeholder engagement. Natasha Kasimtseva begins by detailing the measurable benefits related to successful stakeholder management. She then explains how to iteratively identify your own stakeholders; analyze and evaluate stakeholders using both emotional intelligence and data representation tools; and engage in service-based thinking as a leader. Learning objectives Explain the importance of stakeholders. Identify stakeholder roles. Break down...

Project Managment Foundation Communication Project Management Institute (PMI)® Doug Rose Teaching Fortune 500s and professionals how to lead change As a project manager, you'll spend most of your time communicating. To keep a fast-moving project on track, you need to know how to juggle the emails, phone calls, voice mail, and documentation. In this course, instructor Doug Rose shares the secrets of managing project communication, detailing how to craft a solid communication strategy that helps your team maximize buy-in and prioritize stakeholder input. Discover how to use a communication plan to develop two-way communication goals, run efficient meetings, and create concise reports. Learning objectives Define “noise” in a message. Identify the best method of communication for an emotionally charged and complex topic. Recall the purpose of a stakeholder register. Name the four quadrants in a power and interest grid. Recognize the most common impediment to communication in cross-func...

Project Management Foundation: Teams - Project Management Institute (PMI)® Daniel Stanton Expert in Supply Chain Strategy and Project Management Explore leading techniques for understanding the personality traits of team members, and for managing the development of teams. Instructor Daniel Stanton discusses the value of learning about team members and explains a number of assessments that can assist with identifying personality types, emotional intelligence, strengths, and work styles. He also shares ways project managers can use these tools to relate to colleagues and create an environment in which everyone is able to succeed. Learning objectives Examine the Myers-Briggs type indicator. Explore use of the Tates work styles assessment. Identify the elements of emotional intelligence. Explore applications of the situational leadership model to address employee needs. Examine how the Lencioni model applies to dysfunctional teams. Project Management Institute (PMI)® PDUs/ContactHours: ...

Project Management Foundation: Budget Project Management Institute (PMI)® Bob McGannon PMP and PRINCE2 Certified Consultant, Author, and Speaker Budget is key to controlling a project's outcome—and one of the 10 foundational knowledge areas of the Project Management Body of Knowledge. In this course, designed for project management professionals and other leads who need to get a handle on their costs, author and PMP® Bob McGannon shows you how to manage your project's budget. Explore fundamentals such as the work breakdown structure, costing standards, and capital vs. operating costs. Then learn how to build, manage, and monitor a project budget. Plus, get practical tips on recovering from overruns and dealing with scope changes. Note: This course follows the latest guidance from Project Management Institute, Inc., as outlined the PMBOK® 6 Guide. Learning objectives Recall best practices for project budgeting and estimation. Distinguish common estimation approaches used to buil...

Project Management Foundation: Schedule Project Management Institute (PMI)® Bonnie Biafore Bonnie Biafore PMP, Trainer, Best-Selling Author Discover how to build project schedules that help you accomplish your project goals on time and within budget—while being flexible enough to accommodate change. In this course, trainer and PMP Bonnie Biafore teaches you how to proactively manage project schedules. Learn how to develop a plan for schedule management; identify activities and milestones; estimate costs; allocate and negotiate for resources; and manage the schedule over time. Bonnie introduces techniques to uncover and resolve schedule conflicts, shorten timeframes, and reduce costs. By the end of the course, you'll have learned the skills you need to meet stakeholder expectations and adapt to changes as they arise over the life of the project. Note: This course aligns with best practices from  A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge, (PMBOK® Guide) - Sixth Edition , pu...

Project Management Foundations: Requirements - Project Management Institute (PMI)®  Daniel Stanton Daniel Stanton Expert in Supply Chain Strategy and Project Management Project requirements are how project managers determine what the business needs and align the project’s goals. Requirements also form the basis for defining a project’s scope, assigning resources, and performing acceptance testing. In this course, Daniel Stanton, PMP, introduces an easy, 10-step process to manage the requirements for any project. Find out how to determine applicable standards, identify your stakeholders, gather and analyze requirements, prioritize them, and document your findings. Daniel also explains how to solicit approval for project requirements and manage ongoing change requests. Learning objectives Describe how to appropriately manage requirements. Differentiate between plans intended to draw requirements from stakeholders and keep stakeholders engaged. Define terms used in stakeholder analysi...

Project Management Foundation - Project Management Institute (PMI)® Bonnie Biafore PMP, Trainer, Best-Selling Author Project management is a set of techniques that anyone can apply to achieve goals and make projects more successful. Project management can be used to guide small, simple projects as well as complex enterprise-wide initiatives. Bonnie Biafore has always been fascinated by how things work and how to make things work better. In this course, she explains the fundamentals of project management, from establishing project goals and objectives and building a project plan to managing resources and work, meeting deadlines, and closing the project. Along the way, she provides tips for communicating, holding meetings, keeping a project on track, and gaining customer acceptance. This course provides exercises for most videos based on a healthcare/IT case study project. Learning objectives Identify the definition of project management. Explore the similarities and differences between ...

Agile Software Development: Creating an Agile Culture Andrea Goulet CEO of Corgibytes Want to reap the benefits of agile? You’ll need to look beyond sprints and standups and into your organization's culture—it's the foundation of any successful agile rollout. This course explains how to build agility into the heart of your organization by developing trust, communication, productivity, and innovation into your team. Learn how to identify six common “anti-patterns” of agile adoption, along with specific strategies to remedy each issue. Discover how to cultivate an agile mindset on both a team and individual level, and empower your team members to succeed. Andrea Goulet, a recognized industry leader and frequent keynote presenter, guides executives, software directors, managers, and team leaders through this fundamental—but oft forgotten—aspect of agile implementation.

Succeeding as a First-Time Tech Manager Rashim Mogha Best-Selling Author, Technology Leader Do you have what it takes to successfully lead a technical team? You were promoted because you exceeded expectations in your individual contributor role—but now you’re evaluated on your team’s performance. This new position can be challenging. In fact, many excellent developers and engineers decide to not opt for vertical growth because they don't want to manage other people. Can you successfully transition from “lone wolf” to leader? Rashim Mogha is a former executive at Oracle, Amazon, and VMware. Join her in this course, as she explains the secrets of being a great manager in the fast-paced, high-stakes world of tech. Learn how to build the right team, implement your company’s vision, create team goals, communicate technical information, effectively lead a global team, and more.

Tech Career Skills Effective Technical Communication (ex  Soft Skills) Annyce Davis Software Developer, Speaker, Author Today's developers have numerous resources for learning the "hard" skills required to succeed in a technical role, but many are missing the soft skills required to excel in their careers. This course focuses on one of the most important: communication. Learn how to work with a diverse team, with different knowledge, backgrounds, and perspectives, and figure out which aspects of communication you can automate—and which need a more personal touch. Instructor Annyce Davis covers how to establish standards and processes, work and communicate as a team, hold effective meetings in an agile workspace, and handle common challenges to communication, from communicating across cultures to communicating across time zones. The skills you develop in this course will help you become a more effective technical communicator and take the next step in your career.

Tech Career Skills: Interviewing Developers (ex Soft Skills) Billy Hollis Designer, Developer, Author, Speaker Hiring a new developer is a huge investment for any team. But determining whether a candidate has both the right attitude  and  technical background requires an interviewer with programming skills of their own. This is where you come in. In this course, Billy Hollis shows developers and development managers how to prepare for and conduct interviews to accurately assess a candidate's technical aptitude and overall fit. Discover what to do before the interview to ensure you're prepared and warmed up; which questions to ask to assess a potential hire's enthusiasm for their work, as well as the depth of their technical skills; and how to listen and keep the interview on track.