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From a frustrating chore to a powerful tool – learn how to make email work for you. More than ever before people rely on email in the workplace – but we dread the amount of time it takes to read through and respond to all our messages. This course will give you the skills you need to tame your email mountain and use it as the effective tool it is meant to be.

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Maximize your meetings with Microsoft Teams. If someone told you you’d be comfortable collaborating and meeting virtually in less than 30 minutes, would you believe them? Believe it! Bigger Brains has a way for you to learn Teams for virtual meetings that are just as easy and collaborative as your in-person gatherings. Thanks to its features and ease of use, Microsoft Teams is quickly becoming the dominant meeting platform for businesses of all sizes. Don’t be left behind! We’ll take a look at the major features of Teams meetings, including its deep integration with Microsoft Outlook and collaboration tools like Microsoft Whiteboard and PowerPoint.

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There are two kinds of people: Those who are masters at Excel 365, and those who wish they were. When you master Excel 365, you have one of the most practical and valuable skill sets in modern business. A spreadsheet guru can work wonders—from organizing lists; to creating multi-layered, interactive reports; to answering critical business questions like ROI, budget allocations, expense tracking, and more. Once you have completed this course, there are few things you won’t be able to do with Excel!

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Take Back Your Day – Learn how to reduce distractions and focus on priorities to get more done. Everyone is given the same twenty-four hours every day. How you use them is up to you. In this mini course, we’ll look at tips from some of the world’s top experts in time management, including Stephen Covey, Dave Crenshaw, Peter Drucker, and Tim Ferriss.

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Learn about all the powerful apps in Google’s collection of cloud computing, productivity, and collaboration tools. Whether you know it as Google Workspace, G-Suite, or Google Apps, Google’s suite of apps for business is powerful, accessible, and integrated. In this course, Google expert Laurie Sherrod provides an overview of the most common apps and a few more you may not be aware of! Did you know you can create your own public website in minutes using Google Sites? Have you thought about using Google Translate on your phone to have a conversation with someone who speaks another language? Did you know you can work offline with files stored in your Google Drive? These are just a few of the skills you will learn by taking this course.

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Time is precious and requires active management otherwise it just wastes away. This course contains tried and true approaches for getting the most out of your time. The course covers elements of good time management, reducing demands on your time, increasing your supply of time, saying "no" to requests for your time, and managing your calendar and inbox. The value of this course to participants and the organization are improved productivity and efficiency, less stress and feelings of being overwhelmed, and better work-life balance because of increased efficiency.

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Presentation skills are the most important skills most people can ever develop during their career. The higher you advance in your career, within any organization, the more time you will spend using your presentation skills to communicate with colleagues, customers, clients, investors, and the public. But wait! You are a beginner, but that doesn't mean can't start learning presentation skills basics right now. And it doesn't mean you have to spend years or even decades getting comfortable with basic presentation skills. You can quickly and easily master presentation skills now, without tedious memorization or creating boring PowerPoint slides. You won't have to practice in a mirror or visualize your audience naked either.

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Appointment setting is one of the most important skillsets for a salesperson to learn and ultimately master. Eric Lofholm has been setting appointments since 1996. Eric began as an appointment setter for motivational superstar Tony Robbins. He was then promoted to manage the appointment setting department. In 1999 Eric started his own sales training company and was responsible for booking all his appointments. In this course, Eric shares the best practices he has used to keep his calendar filled with appointments for over 20 years. He will reveal his mindset as well as his best ideas about appointment setting. After completing this course, you will have ideas you can immediately use to book more appointments. You will have these skills for life.

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This course provides a comprehensive tutorial on using Microsoft Word 2016, whether you are a student, a business user, or a corporate environment. Speed learn Word 2016 from start to finish learning Microsoft Word from the basics to the advanced features.

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This course will give you the ability to understand English better and the confidence to write English more fluently. Please note that this is NOT a course for budding authors and journalists. There are many other excellent courses for those areas of writing but this is aimed at English language learners who wishes to improve their writing ability. Many writing courses are light on grammar and punctuation and some are proud to completely omit these important aspects. This course fills the gap and shows the importance of good grammar and punctuation when applied to writing. This English writing course is taught by two world-renowned communications trainers, TJ Walker and Derek Smith.

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Send the message that you are listening to understand. The truth is, it’s easy to not listen. We are surrounded by distractions and the list of reasons we don’t listen well is long. So we have to work on listening to make others feel heard—especially at work. By the end of this course, you will be able to describe how to become a better, more active listener through focusing your attention on the speaker and clarifying their message. You will learn to build trust and become more approachable.

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How to stop wasting up to two hours per day looking for information. On average office workers spend one to two hours per day looking for information. Having an organized, searchable file and folder structure makes everyone more efficient –and this course will show you how to do it.

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The fast, effective way to a safer workforce. Meet the hackers trying to break into your company, and learn how to recognize ways they try to use you and your colleagues to steal money, data, and more.

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Learn how to use the tools in Windows 10 to be more productive Windows 10 introduced many new tools, and updated others, including Cortana, Task View, Virtual Desktops, the Quick Access Screen, and more. In this mini course, we will show you how to get around in Windows 10, customize, and take advantage of the major features and tools Windows 10 provides.

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Send emails that are read, understood, and acted on. Let’s face it, email is a fact of life. The average employee in the US receives 125 emails per day. The majority of professionals say email creates tension, confusion, and other negative consequences in their busy work days. This course will help you to be part of the solution by identifying ways to write better and fewer emails, that will also ensure your emails are read, understood, and acted on.

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Power your Gmail account - get the maximum benefit from all the tools Gmail has to offer. Gmail is one of the most often used, under-utilized applications in the world. This course will change the way you use your Gmail account – guaranteed! With Gmail, Google provides unprecedented and inexpensive access to business tools that previously cost hundreds or even thousands of dollars. This course shows you how to use the tools, manage your inbox, create and group contacts, even make it look more like your Outlook app!

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Create, manipulate, and liberate your PDF documents with Adobe Acrobat. Taught by 25-year IT veteran Chip Reaves, Adobe Acrobat DC Essentials will help beginners and experts get more from the latest version of the Adobe Acrobat solutions. In this “Uniquely Engaging”™ course from Bigger Brains, you will learn to use Adobe Acrobat Pro DC to convert documents to PDF files, search within PDF documents, edit and markup PDF documents, and convert and optimize PDF files.

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Learn to collaborate and store, share, and access your files any time from any device. It’s time to leave attachments behind. Google Drive is an accessible, secure, and free tool for collaborating, sharing, editing, and storing your files in the cloud. If you have a Google account, you already have a Google Drive! In this course, Google expert, Laurie Sherrod, shows you how to make the most of your Google Drive including all the tips and tricks that will make it easy and fast to get started. It’s already integrated with other Google Apps like Gmail, Google Docs, and Google Sheets. By the end of this course, you will understand the purpose and features of Google Drive and be ready to use the application to store, edit, and share files and folders any time from any device.

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Learn to organize and maintain your virtual office using Microsoft 365: The powerful, everything-you-need-in-one-easy-bundle online suite. Office 365 is far more than classic Microsoft Office. Easy, collaborative online tools combine with traditional Microsoft apps to form a powerful productivity-boosting tool - and in this course, we’ll show you the basics of everything Microsoft365 (formerly Office 365) has to offer!

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Learn to organize and maintain your virtual office using Microsoft 365: the powerful, everything-you-need-in-one-easy-bundle online suite. Office 365 is far more than classic Microsoft Office. Powerful collaborative tools like OneDrive, Teams, Planner, and forms combine with traditional Microsoft apps to form a powerful productivity-boosting tool–and in this course, we’ll show you how to tap into all the power Office 365 has to offer! Updated for 2019with all-new modules covering Microsoft Teams, To-Do, Kaizala, and Delve, with updates for Outlook online, OneDrive, Calendar, and moreover 20 new and updated video lessons!

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Success doesn’t happen because one person has more time than another. Every one of us has 24 hours a day to use as we choose, the question is whether or not we use that time effectively. Individuals who enjoy success in their personal and professional lives follow strategies to guide the choices they make each day. They have mastered the ability to manage their time instead of letting time manage their lives. This course provides you approaches and techniques designed to help you manage your time and achieve the success you desire and deserve. This course explains how to balance your limited supply of time with the overwhelming demands that are placed on you every day. You'll learn these concepts through the exploration of a simple supply and demand model.

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Learn how to save years of your life using our cutting-edge techniques. We have trained over 155,000 students in the past year alone! Effective time management skills can give you a huge advantage in life & in business. It can reduce your stress, help you beat your competition and give you years of your life back!

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Communication Skills - Telephone skills in the workplace are essential for business success. Conference calls, client updates, Skype/Zoom video meetings, and even job interviews are all conducted through the help of telephones and smart phones. In a digital era filled with endless emails and social media posts, the live human voice remains a singular power.