Business

Managing Foreign Exchange

admin — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 19:30:02 -0800

Start: 11/27/2007 - 23:28

Timezone: Etc/GMT

Managing Foreign Exchange

admin — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 19:28:35 -0800

In this tutorial, you'll learn how to manage risks to minimize the impact of foreign exchange (FX) volatility, to help a company secure and protect profits, and to control operating costs overseas. You'll also learn about:

As you read this tutorial, you'll understand why managing currency exchange rates is necessary, as well as learn how to put FX management tools in place.

Travelex

admin — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 19:19:52 -0800

Travelex's tag line is Worldwide Money. They offer a number of courses available on other sites as well as a course on Managing Foreign Exchange and Raising Capital.

Avoiding the Seven Deadly Sins of Surveying

admin — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 10:15:59 -0700

Good Questions and Quality Answers
A bad survey wastes your time and the time of your customers (or potential customers), and generates nothing but headaches and frustration. This lesson takes a look at the true cost of these surveys and the lasting negative impact they can have. You'll also learn how to avoid the first two deadly survey sins.
In this lesson:
- Good Questions, Better Answers
- The True Cost of a Bad Survey
- First and Second Survey Sins: Bad Questions, Worse Answers
Building a Better Survey
Even the best questions are useless if your surveys go unanswered. This lesson looks at how to design and deploy surveys that people are willing to complete. The lesson focuses on the tremendous benefits offered by new online technologies before discussing some more common survey sins.
In this lesson:
- Building a Better Survey
- The Third Deadly Sin: Build It and They Will Come
- The Fourth Deadly Sin: The Monty Python Disease
The Results Are In
Now that you've got answers, what's next? The lesson looks at making sense of your survey results and avoiding two more common sins that doom many survey efforts to futility. Once you interpret the results, you'll learn how to leverage this new information.
In this lesson:
- The Results Are In
- The Sixth Deadly Sin: All Substance, No Style
- The Seventh Deadly Sin: Mr. Magoo Syndrome
- Building a Feedback-Based Culture

Surveying 101

admin — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 10:11:42 -0700

Getting Started
So you’ve decided that perhaps it’s time to start learning more about what your customers and business partners think about your business. What’s the first step? This lesson explores the basics, from why surveys are important to how they work. It also serves as an introduction to basic survey mechanics and related vocabulary.

In this lesson:
- Questions and Answers
- Why Opinions Matter
- The Science and Language of Surveys
The Survey Lifecycle
From start to finish, what steps should you take to design and implement a good survey? This lesson is an overview of the entire process, from generating the questions to interpreting the data. Each step is critical to the overall success of your survey, so it’s important to know how the pieces of the puzzle fit together.

In this lesson:
- The Survey Life Cycle
- Setting Expectations
- Getting Your Sample Together
- Picking Your Questions
- Delivering the Survey: Invitations and Incentives
Best Practices Lead to Best Results
The difference between good and bad surveys is often just a few important decisions. This lesson focuses on these choices and how they can impact a survey’s success. Whether you’re picking survey questions or deciding on how to deliver the survey, one wrong move can undo lots of hard work.

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Vovici

admin — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 10:04:51 -0700

With free online courses ranging from business to technology, you're bound to find a course that interests you. All courses are led by subject matter experts, and offer you the opportunity to interact with the instructors and other students online. Get practical business advice, become smarter with technology, and much more!

Advanced Microsoft® Excel® 2003, Part I

admin — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 09:59:23 -0700

Start: 10/30/2007 - 11:57

End: 10/30/2008 - 11:57

Timezone: Etc/GMT

Go beyond the basics of calculating and analyzing data with Microsoft® Excel®. You'll explore Microsoft Excel macro commands, IF statements, Excel PivotTables, and more.

Create and Share Your First Podcast

admin — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 09:55:36 -0700

Start: 10/30/2007 - 11:53

End: 10/30/2008 - 11:53

Timezone: Etc/GMT

What is a podcast? With podcasts, virtually anyone can broadcast to the masses. In this podcast tutorial, you'll learn the facts about podcasting, from deciding on a topic to recording and editing podcasts to making sure the rest of the world knows about it. You'll learn podcasting basics, then explore your options for getting better audio quality and creating your own podcast series.

Basic Project Management with Microsoft® Project

admin — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 09:48:29 -0700

Start: 10/30/2007 - 11:47

End: 10/30/2008 - 11:47

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Basic Project Management with Microsoft® Project

admin — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 09:41:53 -0700

Introduction to Project Management
This lesson provides an introduction to the basics of managing a project using Microsoft Project 2003. The discipline of professional project management has its own lingo and methods, both of which Microsoft Project is geared to follow.
Creating the File and Adding Tasks
Setting up a project improperly throws the plan off from the get-go. This lesson shows you the right way to tackle the essential starting points: the project calendar, project start date, and tasks.
Outlining and Linking Tasks
Large projects can have many levels of complexity, and in this lesson you learn how to organize any project by applying outlining. You'll also learn how to use task links to develop the overall schedule for your project.
Adding and Assigning Resources
Resources are the people, equipment, and materials that accomplish the tasks in any project. Finish creating your plan in this lesson by entering a list of resources, assigning the resources to tasks, and printing the project.

Business

Managing Foreign Exchange

Managing Foreign Exchange

Travelex

Avoiding the Seven Deadly Sins of Surveying

Surveying 101

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Vovici

Advanced Microsoft® Excel® 2003, Part I

Create and Share Your First Podcast

Basic Project Management with Microsoft® Project

Basic Project Management with Microsoft® Project