The Best Free Training

Topic: Offshore Drilling for Oil
Format: Collection of informative websites and free courses
Reviewer/email: Mike G – greers_pm@yahoo.com

This post reviews a collection of good resources that can help you learn everything you might want to learn about offshore drilling for oil. It was first published in June of 2008, so I’ve updated some of the links. If you want to be an informed consumer of the news and argue sensibly about the U.S. offshore drilling policy, these materials are for you!

CLICK IMAGE ABOVE for updated review -- "Offshore Drilling for Oil: Teach Yourself the Facts Behind the Arguments" (image from TU Delft open courseware website)

Topic: Comprehensive Health and Medical Information
Format: Website with a comprehensive online collection of brief (under 2 minute) videos, brief articles, links, and more
Reviewer/email: Mike G – greers_pm@yahoo.com

Do you have questions about a specific health issue or medical condition? If you’ve got a minute or two, you can go to Web MD’s amazing Health Videos A-Z collection and get a fast-paced, authoritative micro-lesson that will prepare you for a more informed, intelligent conversation with your doctor.

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Kids complaining about nothing to do this summer? Then this collection of posts from The Best Free Training (originally published last December) may be worth a second look:

The First Annual Kid Stuff Collection

This is a PDF file containing 62 reviews and articles (more than 140 pages!) focusing on free training and educational resources for kids of all ages, from pre-school through college. Reviews include “hot links” so you can click & go directly to the resource’s website. Categories in this collection include:

• Fine Arts – 10
• Basic Computer Skills – 9
• Research Skills – 4
• General Learning Tools – 8
• Science – 6
• Math & Accounting – 4
• Writing & Languages – 7
• Brain Games & Challenges – 4
• Total Number of Reviews: 62 !!
• See full Table of Contents.
• Download Free Gift: First Annual Kid Stuff Collection (Approx. 1.5 MB PDF File*)
• * Requires free Adobe Reader… Click to download free Adobe Reader.

ENJOY!!

” …scientists now believe happiness is a skill that can be learned, just like skiing or playing a musical instrument: With daily practice, you get ever better.” (from Willing Your Way to Happiness,” DenverPost online

A while back, I published a series of posts here titled “The Science of Happiness.” Shortly after that, I also published a post and podcast on my Inspired Project Teams blog titled “Train Yourself to Be Happier.” I’m pleased to say that this podcast is one of the most popular I’ve done, based on the number of times its been downloaded. And I like to think all these posts are helping to empower people to take charge of their own happiness!

Click “Read the rest of this entry” below for a collection of links and related references that can help you train yourself to be happier!

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Topic:  Environmental awareness, carbon footprint reduction, waste management (including international and national agreements, initiatives, & regulations)
Format: Interactive, animated, and narrated slide shows with quizzes and competency tests [free registration required]
Reviewer/email: Mike G – greers_pm@yahoo.com

From the website:  “When employees practice responsible environmental stewardship everyone wins.  It’s good for the planet, and good for the bottom line. ”

These four short courses produce maximum learning results with a minimum investment in training time — from 12 minutes to 19 minutes each! Yet they provide plenty of practice and feedback!

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Hurry! These gifts will be gone by the end of the 2008 Holiday Season!

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Topic: Xeriscaping (landscaping without irrigation)
Format: Collection of web-based resources from several different publishers
Reviewer/email: Mike G – greers_pm@yahoo.com

“Xeriscaping may become the method all future gardeners will use to develop their gardens as water becomes an increasingly precious asset to the world, especially in arid climates…” - from WikiHow. So should you be considering xeriscaping your landscape? Here is a collection of tutorials, how-to guides, and other info that will help you teach yourself all about Xeriscaping.

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