The Best Free Training

Topic:  March 2010 Health Care Reform Laws (political, moral, ethical)
Format: Unbiased, balanced pro/con format website that collects & presents both sides of issues
Reviewer/email: Mike G – greers_pm@yahoo.com

If you’re tired of wading through the rants of biased bloggers and media talkers, ProCon.org is ready to help you get the facts about the March 2010 US federal health care reform laws. So educate yourself and obtain some solid, unbiased, self-study material about this important landmark legislation. Read the rest of this entry »

Topic: Overview of Windows 7 Professional Features
Format: Web-based training with text, screen shots, and comparison table (free registration required)
Reviewer/email: Mike G – greers_pm@yahoo.com

Have you been wondering if its time to switch to Windows 7? This tight little mini-course from the HP Learning Center can help you decide. According to the website: “This quick lesson is designed for small business owners and their employees all around the world.”

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Topic: How to deal with key project team challenges
Format: Interactive web-based course (2 1/2 hours) with complex, audio/slide-based scenarios [free registration required]
Reviewer/email: Mike G – greers_pm@yahoo.com

From the website: “This free online course for project managers, retail managers, and other business managers [is] about overcoming teamwork challenges… it discusses topics such as team roles, team organization, conflict, team politics, and non-participation of team members…”

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Topic:  Project Management (PM) Basics
Format: 8 Free YouTube Videos
Reviewer/email:  Mike G – greers_pm@yahoo.com
Disclaimer: I wrote, edited, narrated, and produced these videos! – Mike Greer

This series of 8 free videos is designed to help you apply “just enough” project management (PM) to manage your projects effectively — without burdening your team (and you!) with a bunch of unnecessary PM administrivia. This  series, along with the one-page reference, 10 Steps to Project Success, can be used as stand-alone basic PM training. It also serves as an in-depth introduction to the eBook, The Project Management Minimalist.

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Topic: Introduction to financial & managerial accounting
Format: Website with printed tutorials, practice questions, & feedback
Reviewer/email: Mike G – greers_pm@yahoo.com

According to Simple Studies: “This website is devoted to helping students, small business owners, and others interested in learning, refreshing and applying accounting knowledge. Aspects ranging from principles of financial and managerial accounting to practical advice are covered in lectures, tutorials, articles on this website.”

What’s more, you can create, then take, your own custom-tailored accounting tests by selecting from a collection of 60 challenging questions in 12 different topics. Feedback on your responses is provided, along with suggestions for remedial study if needed.  So not only are the concepts presented simply and clearly, you get the chance to test your own mastery of the content in a way that meets your unique needs!

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Topic: Project management & How to Become a PM Minimalist
Format: eduFire live video class
Reviewer/email: Mike G – greers_pm@yahoo.com

I’m teaching a free, live video class on eduFire: “Become a Project Management Minimalist!“ on Friday, April 23, 2010.

To learn more and to register, click the graphic below.  Hope to see you there!

Edufire Class: Become a Project Mgt. Minimalist -- Apr 23, 2010

[UPDATE:  If you missed this class, I’ve scheduled another for July 23. For info about this and all my upcoming free online video classes, go to:
http://edufire.com/search?q=Michael+Greer&commit=Go! ]

See also these Related Posts on The Best Free Training:

• Become a Project Management Minimalist
• Introduction to Operations Management (Many mgt. related links at end of post)
  
• Introduction to Corporate Management

Topic: Introduction to the role of operations management in both manufacturing and service organisations
Format: Online text presentations with animations, animated slides, and comprehensive assessment w/feedback [free registration required]
Reviewer/email:  Mike G – greers_pm@yahoo.com

From the Alison website: “This free business skills course introduces the learner to the world of operations management… in both manufacturing and service organisations.”

Screen shot from Alison's "Introduction to Operations Management"

As I said in last week’s post, I’m a big fan of Alison’s free online training.  And this course is an excellent companion to the course discussed last week (Introduction to Corporate Management) — especially if you want to “drill a little deeper” into the nuts and bolts of managing a large organization. My review and a complete list of the many topics covered in this comprehensive course follows.

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