The Best Free Training

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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Topic:  Project Management (PM) Basics w/team Challenges
Format: Blog post and 37-minute podcast (also available on iTunes)
Reviewer/email: Mike G – greers_pm@yahoo.com

[Disclaimer: I wrote and I maintain this podcast at my Inspired Project Teams blog. I've received very good feedback regarding the effectiveness of this podcast in helping PM newbies teach themselves a minimalist approach to PM for free. So I am featuring it here!]

This 37-minute podcast & matching blog post (script) provides 10 specific “bare bones” steps to managing projects effectively. It also includes Challenges (follow up activities) that project managers can use with their teams to evaluate and adjust the Steps for their next project in order to “Become a Project Management Minimalist.”

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Topic: Introduction to Free Online Courses
Format: Comprehensive online article w/links
Reviewer/email: Mike G – greers_pm@yahoo.com

Reading this amazing online article from AARP, I had one of those “I wish I’d have written that!” moments!

Whether you’re new to e-learning (online courses) or you are simply looking for some great new ideas for online learning challenges, you will likely find something valuable in this article!

While this article on AARP’s online Bulletin isn’t, itself, a free training item, it’s a great introduction to free online learning and some of the best online learning sites by author Bill Hogan!

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