Career Development

The interview is one of the key elements of the job search process. As with any skill, we can get better at it with preparation and practice. In this workshop, participants will explore how to prepare for an interview and become familiar with the types of questions to expect, as well as the questions they should think about asking. They will learn how to prepare for second interviews, testing, and shadowing, as well as how to follow up on their interview sessions. Mastering the Interview training materials are designed for trainers who work directly with job seekers, providing them with advanced skills and techniques. The job market can be fierce at times, and having any edge over the competition helps job seekers secure that highly desirable position, the one for which they have worked, studied, and prepared. In this one-day advanced training course, trainers will create the opportunity for participants to:

• Understand the interview process
• Effectively answer questions
• Follow up on the interview
• Manage common problems and solutions

Lead the way and help job seekers through the interview process in this dynamic course. Our Mastering the Interview training materials courseware is completely customizable, print-on-demand and a one-time purchase. Trainers can reorganize, add, edit, and remove courseware content to match their training needs, and print off only what's needed for a particular class.

While many companies promise to deliver an incredible customer experience, some are better at supplying this than others. This two-day course is designed around six critical elements of customer service that, when a company truly embraces them, bring customers back to experience service that outdoes the competition. Specific learning objectives include: understanding what a customer service approach is; understanding how your own behavior affects the behavior of others; demonstrating confidence and skill as a problem solver; applying techniques to deal with difficult customers; and knowing how to provide excellent customer service Easily customizable training materials mean trainers can deliver a personalized course without having to develop the program themselves! Our soft skills courseware packages include a detailed instructor guide, student workbook, pre-assignment, assessments, and more. The courseware's print on demand feature makes it convenient for trainers to print off what they need, when they need it - and your purchase allows you to print and deliver as many times as you want, hassle-free.

Creating a Dynamite Job Portfolio will help participants design a personalized portfolio that will assist with obtaining their dream job. This training course discusses the value of entering an interview with a fully developed and meticulously crafted package of credentials and portfolio materials, and?will help participants learn to use descriptive language when marketing themselves, the essential elements of impactful cover letters and resumes, how to design a personalized career portfolio, and how to get a job in just 60 days. Our soft skills courseware is easy to customize with your logo, or to meet the learning needs of a particular group. Included in each package are:?assessments, pre-formatted slides, an instructor guide, student workbook and more - all for one great price! Start delivering Creating a Dynamic Job Portfolio today!

Neuro linguistic programming (or NLP) is a method that combines perception, thought, and action to achieve desired results. This course, NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming): Tools For Real Life, follows Velsoft's?An Introduction to Neuro Linguistic Programming, which acquainted participants with the fundamentals of NLP. Once learners have a good understanding of NLP's basic principles, they can acquire hands-on experience through this course, including important NLP techniques such as anchoring, establishing congruency, developing rapport, creating outcomes, interpreting and presenting information efficiently, and even some self-hypnosis techniques. This is training course can be offered as presented, or it can be customized to reflect your brand or special requests of learners. Training materials include a detailed instructor guide, student workbook, pre-formatted PowerPoint slides, pre-assignment, assessments, and more.

Self Leadership is the combined effect of taking responsibility for our actions, setting a meaningful direction for our lives, and having the judgment to manage priorities efficiently. Participants in this one-day course will learn about the four pillars of self-leadership, allowing them to make meaningful, empowered choices while taking action. Training sessions include using techniques for adjusting to change, how to reach goals, cultivating optimism, and developing good habits. Download this courseware now, customize it to fit your brand or a special group of learners, and deliver it with limited prep time. Your training materials will include a detailed instructor's guide, student workbook, pre-assignment, assessments, pre-formatted slides, and more. Your skill-development options are limited only by your imagination!

It's not uncommon to hear people claim that they aren't creative. The reality is that most of us simply don't recognize the ways that we're being creative on a daily basis. Whether it's stretching a tight budget at work or deciding who to invite to a project launch, there is a great deal of creativity involved in achieving success in business. Boosting creativity and innovation takes practice, and honing creative skills is a process.This two-day training Creative Thinking And Innovation course will teach participants how to:

• Recognize their own creativity
• Develop their own creative environment
• Explain the importance of creativity and innovation in business
• Apply problem-solving steps and tools
• Use individual and group techniques to help generate creative ideas
• Implement creative ideas

These training materials are easily customized to reflect your brand and the needs of your trainees. The courseware includes a comprehensive instructor's guide, student workbook, pre-assignment, assessments, and more to offer your learners. Download today, and in no time you'll be engaging learners in Creative Thinking and Innovation.

Managing Pressure and Maintaining Balance will help participants understand the causes and costs of workplace pressure, the benefits of creating balance, and how to identify pressure points. In this one-day course, they will also learn how to apply emotional intelligence, increase optimism and resilience, and develop strategies for getting ahead. Download everything you need today, to deliver it in class tomorrow and teach students how to recognize and manage workplace pressures while developing balance in their lives. Through interactive exercises in recognizing pressure points, defining what they want, managing stressors, setting goals, recognizing and validating emotions, they'll be well prepared to create a more balanced life. We've included training materials that trainers love, including an interactive instructor's guide, step-by-step directions, assessments, student guide, pre-formatted PowerPoint slides, and more. Plus, if your students are looking for blended-learning? that they can access on their mobile devices, we've got that too!

Business networking is an effective and efficient way for business people to connect, develop meaningful relationships, and grow their businesses. In this two-day, interactive Networking for Success course, you?ll learn the essential ingredients for business networking, including in-person, people-centered connections, and online spaces such as LinkedIn. This course also offers sessions on business card etiquette, growing relationships, mastering small talk and conversation, a discussion of introverts and extroverts, and more. Training materials included in this courseware package include an instructor guide, a student workbook, detailed activities, assessments, and more. Click to download now, or call us to find out more about how you can begin training with Networking for Success.

Public Speaking: Presentation Survival School helps trainers working with new presentation hosts and public speakers. Strong presenters rely on both skill and confidence, and this'two-day course delivers solid content that encourages growth in both of those areas. Speakers will learn to:

• Establish rapport
• Implement nervousness management techniques
• Appeal to different learning or listening styles
• Use visual aids to make an impact and command the attention of the audience
• Create a professional presence
• Organize information

The course concludes with learners delivering a short presentation to illustrate their newly acquired skills. This training material can be effectively delivered as presented in the courseware package, but trainers can also create a personalized experience by adding anecdotes or images that appeal to a particular learning group. The customization can be done quickly and efficiently because all of our courseware is created using MS Office files. Training material components include: a detailed instructor's guide, student workbook, pre-assignment, pre-formatted slides, assessments, certificate templates, and more.

If you want a raise, sometimes you need to persuade your boss. If you want to convince your team to adopt a change, help your staff make choices, or choose the best place for lunch, often influence is involved. This one-day Influence and Persuasion Skills?workshop will help participants learn how to influence and persuade in a variety of areas. Topics include: how persuasion differs from manipulation; how to apply techniques of persuasion and influence; getting convincing conversations and presentations underway; and using storytelling techniques to extend influence, and more. This training course is completely customizable, so trainers can add, remove, or edit content to brand the course and to meet the needs of a particular group of learners. A one-time purchase of this courseware makes it easy to teach Influence and Persuasion Skills as many times as you like. Each package contains an instructor guide, student manual, PowerPoint slides, and quick reference guide.

Active Listening involves hearing what others are saying, processing the information, and responding to it in order to clarify and elicit more information. Active listening is a fundamental business skill, and this one-day training course will provide participants with techniques to listen actively and create deeper connections with others. Topics covered include ways to become a better listener; understanding the difference between sympathy and empathy; encouraging conversation through paraphrasing and questioning; building rapport; and overcoming listening roadblocks. This comprehensive, customizable courseware includes everything that you need to start providing training. Materials include an instructor's guide, student manual, PowerPoint presentation, course outline, and more!

Technology is an extremely useful asset to any workplace, but the duality is that it can also stand in the way of productivity if not managed effectively. In Working Smarter -- Using Technology to Your Advantage -- trainers will guide participants to a better understanding of workplace technology issues, and best practices, including how to coordinate tools and gadgets to ensure that they enhance our productivity and help us get things done. In this one-day workplace course, we've included training sessions on how to effectively make the most of the modern software and hardware that we use daily, including personal computers, phones, instant messages and email, contact management applications, and scheduling software. Additionally, students will learn how to set an IT budget, practice strong online security habits, and more. Velsoft training materials are comprehensive, customizable, and complete. This courseware, as with each course in our soft skills library, comes with a pre-assignment, assessments, a learner-centered instructor guide, student workbook, and more, which is all easily edited, branded, and printed.

Time Management is an ideal training course to add to your training repertoire because people who have too many things to do and not enough time to get them done, will want to take it. This courseware program will teach participants to develop skills that include how to organize themselves and their workspace for peak efficiency; how to set and achieve goals; how to identify what's important and create action plans to get things done; and, how to delegate properly. Trainers can customize all training material elements of this courseware, from the instructor guide, student workbook, PowerPoint slides, and quick reference guide, to the assessments.

Getting Stuff Done: Personal Development Boot Camp is designed for trainers to help people to become more organized, efficient, and effective at time and task management. In this two-day training course, participants will learn:

• How to create a personal vision statement and goals
• The building blocks of a strong organizational system
• How to overcome procrastination and develop effective habits
• What personal efficiency means, and the skills and attitudes that make it possible
• Systems for being more organized

Download this training courseware today, and start delivering it right away! Take full advantage of the customizable training materials, including a content-rich instructor guide, student workbook, quick reference guide, and much more. Your courseware purchase includes the license to teach this course as many times as you would like, the ability to customize training materials to meet your own brand, to print materials on demand, and to modify the content to meet the needs of your learners.

Business Etiquette: Gaining that Extra Edge can make a huge difference in the lives and careers of trainees. In this courseware program, participants will learn to manage otherwise awkward moments, and to handle them with grace. This training course includes sessions on networking, introductions and remembering names, how to dress for success, confident communications, how to make great first impressions, etiquette at meal time, and much more. With Business Etiquette: Gaining that Extra Edge courseware, you are providing your students with the tools they need to succeed in the business world. Your purchase of this training course allows you to add your logo, customize materials to meet the needs of your learners, and print on demand. Your package includes an instructor guide, student workbook, assessments, a pre-assignment, quick reference guide, supplementary reading titles, and more.

In this age of information overload, it can be hard to know where to find good information that you can trust. If you're doing research for an important project, report, or proposal, how do you find information that you can count on? This workshop courseware allows trainers to teach participants how to become stronger researchers and create proposals, reports, or simply find good information and review it. This one-day workshop will teach how to research any topic using a number of different tools, starting with basic techniques, such as reading, memory recall, note-taking, and planning. Other topics discussed include: creating different kinds of outlines for different stages of a project, how to move from the outline to actual writing, editing, and polishing; and how to use all kinds of sources, including a library's Dewey Decimal System, journals, and the internet. After completing this course, participants will be ready to find reliable information on any topic, and turn that information into a compelling, accurate piece of writing. This courseware is easy to customize, allowing trainers to download Microsoft Office files and make changes that make sense for their learners. Trainers can incorporate lessons on specific research skills, and challenges they know their participants have. Like all Velsoft Training Materials packages, Research Skills includes a comprehensive instructor's guide, student workbook, quick reference guide, pre-assignment, assessment questions, and more.

This one-day Advanced Writing Skills?training course is geared towards strong writers who are looking to improve in specific areas. Trainers will devote time to writing letters of recommendation, persuasion, refusal, and action. It's recommended that participants complete Velsoft's Business Writing That Works courseware before taking on this advanced workshop. This training will assist participants with:

• Keeping their writing clear, concise, and grammatically sound.
• Improving sentence construction and paragraph development.
• Dealing with specific business requests that call on strong writing skills.
• Creating effective business cases, proposals, and reports.
• Thoroughly documenting sources that are used or referenced.

The Advanced Writing Skills courseware is available for trainers to purchase, download, and deliver as soon as your training materials are printed! You can add your logo, and supplement your training materials package with custom projects. Each package comes complete with an instructor guide, student manual, PowerPoint slides, quick reference guide, and much more.

People regularly struggle with writing reports and proposals and this one-day course offers the techniques and tools they need to master this type of writing. Whether this involves producing a report on a product analysis, inventory, feasibility studies, or something else, report writing is a skill that will be used again and again. In Writing Reports and Proposals, participants will learn four stages of report writing, and nine tips for effective writing that will help them create materials that are engaging and understandable. In addition, students will learn about using persuasive language as a means to get noticed and increase buy-in. At the end of this workshop, participants will be able to prepare reports and proposals that inform, persuade, and provide information. And most importantly, these reports and proposals will get read. Used in conjunction with Velsoft's Business Writing That Works course, participants will hone their writing skills in order to produce effective written materials. Velsoft's soft skills courseware is easy for trainers to customize, and can be tailored to a brand, location, or participants' individual needs. Each course is a package of training materials, including a comprehensive instructor's guide, student workbook, pre-formatted slides, and a reference guide that helps students to quickly remember what they've learned.

The novel we can't put down, the poem we never forgot, and the speech that changes the way we look at the world are all examples of good writing. Good writing is the memo that gets action and the letter that says what a phone call can't. In business situations, most of us will have to write, whether this involves emails, proposals, memos, or letters. And in business writing, the language needs to be concrete, the point of view clear, and the points well expressed. With practice and coaching from this course, you can feel more confident about your own writing. This two-day workshop will give you the tools to become a better writer, with lessons that include: the value of well written communication; how to write and proofread your work; making your writing clear and concise; how to apply these writing skills in real world situations; paragraph structure, tone, and syntax specifics; formatting memos, letters, and emails for different professional settings. Velsoft's Business Writing That Works training materials are easily customizable. Trainers can edit the courseware materials to meet the needs of their audience. A one-time purchase plan lets trainers print on demand, and offer courses as frequently as they like without any further investment. All Velsoft training materials come complete with an instructor guide, student manual, PowerPoint slides, quick reference guide, and much more.

Velsoft's one-day course teaches essential EQ skills to students, including topics such as how emotional health and physical health are related; techniques for using emotional intelligence in the workplace; how to understand different emotions and manage them; how to create a personal vision statement; and how to validate emotions in others.    

Help your students enhance their life tools in the office with this Skills You Need for Workplace Success course. A number of studies identify the key skills that workers need to be successful in the workplace. Eight of the most commonly identified skills are: Being a Productive Team Member, Flexibility, Problem Solving, Resourcefulness, Giving and Receiving Feedback, Self-Confidence, Creative Thinking and Emotional Intelligence. These skills can be enhanced through training. Sessions in this course give students the grounding they need in a range of skills that have been identified as being vital to workplace success. This comprehensive, engaging content has been packaged into a number of different training components, including an instructor's guide, PowerPoint slides, quick reference guide, marketing advertorial, and much more.

Conducting Accurate Internet Research: As the amount of information available on the internet expands, it becomes more challenging to find correct information from a reliable source in a timely manner. This?one-day course focused on internet research skills can help. With these internet research training materials, you will guide students through each step of the research process: crafting a research strategy, performing different types of searches, organizing notes, and citing sources. You'll have everything you need at your fingertips, including an instructor's guide, handouts, PowerPoint slides, course assessments, student manual, and more. Contact our training consultants today for more information about Velsoft's Conducting Accurate Internet Research course.

Some people immediately command attention and respect when they walk into a room. Do you have that kind of presence? If not, is it something that you would like to develop? This one-day workshop will help you do just that by building your credibility, improving your personal appearance, honing your networking skills, and enhancing your ability to communicate effectively. You will also receive an introduction to core leadership skills. At the end of this workshop, you will be able to: identify the elements of a strong executive presence; build trust and credibility with others; communicate effectively using verbal and non-verbal techniques; create a strong, positive first impression and maintain that impression as you build a relationship with others; and learn how to develop key leadership skills, including techniques for coaching, motivating, and delivering feedback All Velsoft training materials are fully customizable, and come complete with an instructor guide, self-study guide, PowerPoint presentation, and much more.

Proposals are persuasive documents that are fundamental tools in organizational funding. Creating Winning Proposals looks at sources of funding, types of proposals and how to write proposals that will meet the requirements of funding agencies, including a number of tips and techniques to increase the potential success of your proposals. This two-day course teaches how to plan and submit a successful funding proposal, including sources of funding and how to select a funder, the steps for a successful proposal, plus ways to evaluate your proposal, and much more.'the most successful proposals are going to be those that fulfill the mission and values of your organization and that of the funding agencies as well. An important aspect of proposal writing is building and maintaining relationships, which is also explored in this workshop. Like all Velsoft courses, this courseware package includes the following customizable components:?an instructor's guide, PowerPoint slides, quick reference guide, marketing advertorial, and much more.

A healthy sense of self-esteem is essential for growth and achieving success, and Velsoft's Building Your Self-Esteem and Self-Confidence Skills training materials will encourage participants to believe in themselves. During the course, participants will discover techniques that can dramatically change how they feel about themselves, and how to approach the world in a way that will facilitate achieving desired outcomes. Topics covered in this course include: learning how to turn negative thoughts into positive thoughts, building confidence, and setting goals that reflect one's dreams and desires. Building Your Self-Esteem and Self-Confidence Skills materials are sold in a print-on-demand format, and are completely customizable, giving trainers the opportunity to modify content and branding as needed. Each training package comes complete with an instructor guide, student manual, PowerPoint slides, quick reference guide, and much more.

Communication Strategies will provide participants with an understanding of the impact that their communication skills can have on others, while exploring the different ways in which developing these skills can make it easier for them to succeed in the office and beyond. This two-day training course includes: identification of common communication problems; developing skills to ask questions;?learning what their non-verbal messages are saying;?developing skills in listening actively and empathetically to others; enhancing the ability to handle difficult situations; and?dealing with situations assertively. Our courseware includes a comprehensive suite of training materials, including a customizable instructor's guide, student workbook, pre-formatted slides, assessments, quick reference guide, and more! Your purchase allows you to add your logo or branding, and to print on demand. Workplace Communication Skills is a great way teach your students effective communication strategies.

With Skills for the Administrative Assistant, trainers will teach new and aspiring administrative assistants the essential soft skills necessary to succeed in their careers. This two-day content rich course will help people who work in support positions to improve their performance in an office environment by teaching them interpersonal skills, including communication, first impressions, and personal management. They'll also learn the importance of professional presence, techniques for being assertive, managing conflict, and dealing with difficult people. Trainers can customize all the materials in this course to match their company brand, add regional or industry stories and images, and more. Components include detailed activities in the instructor guide, a student workbook, pre-assignment to engage learning early, assessments, pre-formatted slides, and more. Click to buy now, and trainers can be ready to deliver this course tomorrow!

There was a time when what you learned in school before entering the workforce would be all you needed to know for the rest of your career. That is no longer the case, as today skills can become outdated very quickly. The rapid evolution of workplace technologies and best practices means you need to keep your skills current. You must truly be a lifelong learner and can no longer rely on what you already know. The definition of learning is the process of acquiring new, or modifying existing knowledge, behaviors, skills, values, or preferences. It is a means of honing our skills, enriching our minds, and changing the way we see things in the world. This one-day course will help you to become a better learner, and as a result make you a more valuable employee and well-rounded individual. You will learn: what it means to learn and become a lifelong learner; what a mindset for learning looks like and how to adopt one; how to set realistic goals; what your network is and why expanding it is important; how to ask questions and why that is important; how to become accountable for your goals and take responsibility; and how to accelerate your learning. All Velsoft training materials are fully customizable. Each package comes complete with an instructor guide, student manual, PowerPoint slides, quick reference guide, and much more.

Taking minutes is one of the essential ingredients in making sure that meetings are productive and cost effective. They also become the legal record of what took place in the meeting, so they need to be done right! In The Minute Taker's Workshop, the focus is on accurate, complete, and useable minutes. Participants in the minute taker's workshop learn the value of different types of minutes, including formal, semi-formal, and action minutes. With'this one-day training course, they'll also improve their listening skills, critical thinking, and organizational skills to help them keep up with what's happening in the meeting and to prepare their follow-up documentation. This soft skills courseware includes all the tools necessary to deliver training within hours of downloading the materials! It's also easily customizable, with the ability to turn your instructor guide, student handbook, quick reference guide, pre-assignment, assessments, and handouts into something that reflects your brand, and your style.

Fear of speaking in public is one of the most common phobias. Trainers can help people overcome these fears with Velsoft's Conquering Your Fear of Speaking in Public courseware. This great one-day course gives trainers the tools to help people speak with more poise in one-on-one conversations and in groups, plus time to practice developing these skills in a safe and supportive setting. Course participants will gain confidence to make presentations at company meetings, and to make conversation at gatherings and social events. The Conquering Your Fear of Speaking in Public courseware package includes an instructor guide, a student manual, Power Point slides, a quick reference guide, and more.

In order to be effective and most importantly, adaptive, public speakers need to react appropriately in situations where the audience is hostile, demanding, or difficult. Public Speaking: Speaking Under Pressure is the courseware trainers need to equip their students for those situations. An asset for learners, Public Speaking: Speaking Under Pressure is tailored to those seeking the confidence to speak up in meetings, make presentations on behalf of their organization, or effectively organize thoughts and ideas to convey them convincingly, persuasively, and confidently. Topics covered in this workshop include: how to use?quick and easy preparation methods; preparing for questions, even before you know what those questions will be; overcoming nervousness, particularly if the group is not sympathetic to what you have to say; using presentation techniques that establish credibility and help to persuade. Trainers can download this courseware in a moment, and expertly deliver it with limited preparation time. It can also be customized to match specific branding and the needs of particular groups. The courseware package includes a detailed instructor guide, a student workbook, pre-formatted slides, a quick reference guide, a pre-assignment, assessments, and more.

Goal Setting is a popular and effective course for any trainer's toolkit, as establishing and achieving goals is a hallmark of success in life. This one-day workshop gives trainers access to activities and theory to help people understand how to turn their dreams or wishes into reality. At the end of this training workshop, participants will be able to identify what's truly important to them personally and professionally; use goal setting activities and appropriate language to articulate what they want out of life; use motivational techniques to help them reach their goals; understand how to deal with setbacks, and more. The Goal Setting training course includes the full suite of customizable materials that trainers love, including an instructor guide, student workbook, and pre-formatted PowerPoint slides. Purchase the courseware today, and you'll be ready to deliver this course tomorrow.

This interactive workshop -- Personal Branding -- is designed as a two-day exploration of the type of impact each of us want to have in life and at work. Participants will consider and define their influence, learn skills for success, and how to create those circumstances. Participants will explore:

• Their personal style in terms of a personal brand
• Developing skills to support a personal brand
• How to build credibility and trust by committing to living a brand
• Taking ownership of one's own personal image - both online and in person

These easily customizable training materials can be edited to reflect a brand or company, and include a detailed instructor's guide, student workbook, pre-assignment, assessments, personal action plan tool, and more.

Project Planning: All You Need to Know is ideal for students who want to learn how to plan for projects, but don't want to obtain a project management certification. The courseware begins with a look at the basics of project management and follows a steady progression through project planning, the Work Breakdown Structure, basic scheduling, the Resource Breakdown Structure, and project planning worksheets. This comprehensive, engaging content has been packaged into a number of different training components, including an instructor's guide, PowerPoint slides, quick reference guide, marketing advertorial and much more.

Project management is no longer only for huge projects worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. Small projects can also benefit from project management tools. These time-tested tools can help get that small project done well, under budget, and on time. This workshop is not intended for those who want to be certified as project managers, but rather for those who complete projects at work from time to time. Students will gain experience using the most common project management execution tools and make their small projects more successful than ever with?a look at a project planning document all the way through the various life-cycle stages of a project, to wrapping it up with a successful closing. This comprehensive, engaging content has been packaged into a number of different training components, including an instructor's guide, PowerPoint slides, quick reference guide, marketing advertorial, and much more.

Working with the Media: Creating a positive working relationship, gives your students the foundation they will need to interact in a meaningful way with members of the media. Over the course of one day, they will learn how to be interviewed successfully, how to provide information to the media, how to build efficient media packages, and how to craft useful and effective press releases. The course wraps up with a look at developing relationships with members of the media. This course comes with many useful features including an instructor guide, student manual, assessments, quick reference guide, and much more.

What is the point you are trying to make? What is your goal? These questions and more will be answered in this one-day Honing and Delivering Your Message course that will prepare students to develop a message and remain on topic when they are presenting that message to the media and/or the public, without straying from the point they want to make. The Honing and Delivering Your Message workshop will touch on clarifying your message, determining how to present it, how to successfully communicate your message using various forms of communication, how to effectively listen and communicate, and how to ensure listeners hear your message. An instructor's guide, student manual, PowerPoint presentation, quick reference guide, and marketing advertorial are among the resources included in the fully customizable training package.

Fake news has always been around. But lately it seems as though it's becoming more and more common. With the wide reach of the internet and social media, fake news can spread like wildfire. In this environment, it's important for businesses to know how to recognize and cope with it. With this one-day Identifying and Combatting Fake News course, understand the impacts of fake news, learn strategies to deal with it, and how to turn a potential crisis into opportunities for promotion and growth if your business becomes a victim of it. All Velsoft training materials, including Identifying and Combatting Fake News, are fully customizable. Each package comes complete with:

• Instructor Guide with accompanying Student Manual
• PowerPoint slides
• Quick Reference Guide
• Handouts and Assessments
• Course outline
• And more!

 

Fostering innovation is one of the most important ways to help your organization succeed in today's business world. This course covers the essential elements of fostering innovation in the workplace. Through the materials learners will understand ways they can create an innovative workspace, key traits associated with innovative leaders in the workplace, as well as specific processes and workflows that can be implemented to help their entire team become innovative thinkers. Having the tools at a teams? fingertips, will entice them to come up with more innovative ideas, and increase the chances of success. Help your business learn how to foster innovation with this one-day course. All Velsoft training materials are fully customizable. Each package comes complete with an instructor guide, student manual, PowerPoint slides, quick reference guide, and much more.

The response to the COVID-19 pandemic meant that many of us worked from home over the past months. And that trend is expected to continue in the near future. Learning how to deliver a virtual presentation that is effective and engaging is an asset in these times. This one-day workshop will give participants valuable insights into how to present in a virtual environment using the most popular delivery platforms: Zoom, MS Teams, GoToMeeting, and Google Meet. Topics covered include: the differences between virtual and in-person presentations; the major challenges (presenter, presentation, and technical) with virtual presentations; and using popular virtual presentation platforms.

The novel we can't put down, the poem we never forgot, and the speech that changes the way we look at the world are all examples of good writing. Good writing is the memo that gets action and the letter that says what a phone call can't. In business situations, most of us will have to write, whether this involves emails, proposals, memos, or letters. And in business writing, the language needs to be concrete, the point of view clear, and the points well expressed. With practice and coaching from this course, you can feel more confident about your own writing. This two-day workshop will give you the tools to become a better writer, with lessons that include: the value of well written communication; how to write and proofread your work; making your writing clear and concise; how to apply these writing skills in real world situations; paragraph structure, tone, and syntax specifics; formatting memos, letters, and emails for different professional settings. Velsoft's Business Writing That Works training materials are easily customizable. Trainers can edit the courseware materials to meet the needs of their audience. A one-time purchase plan lets trainers print on demand, and offer courses as frequently as they like without any further investment. All Velsoft training materials come complete with an instructor guide, student manual, PowerPoint slides, quick reference guide, and much more.

Developing skills to effectively reason through problems and to present arguments in a logical, compelling way is a necessity in today's world. This two-day Critical Thinking training course will give participants some practical tools and hands-on experience. Participants learn how to:

• Define critical and non-critical thinking
• Identify their thinking style(s), including areas of strength and improvement
• Work through the process to build or analyze arguments
• Improve key skills, including active listening and questioning
• Use analytical thought systems and creative thinking techniques
• Prepare and present powerful arguments

Velsoft's Critical Thinking training materials are easy to customize for anyone familiar with MS Office products. Trainers can add, remove, or edit courseware content to meet the needs of their particular learners, add a logo, print only the training materials they need, and then deliver the course as many times as they desire for one reasonable price. Get started now!

Getting Your Job Search Started is the perfect course for trainers and job coaches who help active job seekers develop their skills and kick off their job search. While looking for work is fun for some, finding a new job can be a daunting, frustrating task for others. This one-day training course teaches job seekers to make the most of their local labor market, and to be ready to accept a job offer. Participants will develop these essential skills:

• Developing an understanding of the types of work available and where to find more information.
• Recognizing the benefits available through career coaches, counselors, and mentors, and how to seek them out.
• Learning different approaches to job searching, such as networking and tapping into the job market.

Getting Your Job Search Started courseware materials house a full suite of tools, including a pre-assignment, instructor guide, assessments, quick reference guide, and more. These are easily customizable, and print on demand. Get started helping your students find that great job, today!

Neuro linguistic programming (or NLP) is a method that combines perception, thought, and action to achieve desired results. This course, An Introduction to Neuro Linguistic Programming, will help participants become familiar with the fundamentals of NLP. Trainers can bring this one-day workshop to a'variety of groups, including workplaces, associations, community groups, and more. This training course explores how choices get made and results get created, while providing a set of tools and techniques to help generate satisfying results. Participants will learn about: what neuro linguistic programming (NLP) is and its key terms;'the key presuppositions of NLP;'the five senses as seen by NLP: how to identify states of mind and modes of thinking using predicates and visual cues; how to develop and refine response strategies for any situation; and how to use hypnotic language and positive commands to get results. All of Velsoft's soft skills courseware includes interactive training materials specifically created to engage the interest and education needs of adult learners. Trainers can offer a rich learning experience when they have access to a suite of customizable tools, including an instructor's guide, student workbook, pre-formatted slides, quick reference guide, and more. Pay now and download the entire courseware package so you can deliver it at your convenience, or purchase this course as part of a bundle of training materials to add depth to your learning library.