Business Development courses
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The document outlines various short courses available in Bridgetown, covering topics such as business development, entrepreneurship, photography, events management, design thinking, public relations, office productivity, user experience and design, and project management. Each course includes details on duration, content covered, target audience, learning outcomes, and requirements such as having a business idea or basic computer skills. The courses aim to equip participants with essential skills for starting businesses, managing events, improving productivity, and enhancing customer experience.
Business Development courses
- 2. Small Business Management Course 2 week short course | Saturday mornings | Bridgetown
- 3. Small Business Management Course Gain an understanding of what is required to operate a small business, as you get introduced to Entrepreneurship. DURATION: 2 Days, 6 Hours WHAT IS COVERED: What is Entrepreneurship? | Understanding and starting a Small Business | Sales, Marketing and Pricing WHO IS THIS COURSE DESIGNED FOR: ❏ Anyone who has an interest in understanding the basics of entrepreneurship as well as small business management ❏ Anyone who has a business and would like to learn how to better finance it. ❏ Anyone who has or works within a small business and would like to understand how to differentiate between sales and marketing as well as apply the three P's (People, Process and Product). WHAT YOU WILL LEARN: ❏ To understand the basics of entrepreneurship & a small business. ❏ To gain the basic understanding of how to start & finance a small business. ❏ How to apply the 3P's (People,Product,Process) to grow a your business. ❏ To be able to differentiate between sales and marketing. ❏ To be able to apply small business concepts to a real business case. ❏ Pricing strategies for products. REQUIREMENTS: ❏ Have a business or business idea.
- 4. Entrepreneurship Course 5 week short course | Saturday mornings | Bridgetown
- 5. Entrepreneurship Course This course will enable and empower you with entrepreneurial thinking, and help you view entrepreneurship as a means to solve social challenges or start a business. DURATION: 2 Days, 6 Hours WHAT IS COVERED: Entrepreneurship Skills | Creating Value | Building your business | Growing Value | Personal Finance WHO IS THIS COURSE DESIGNED FOR: ❏ Anyone who would like to see how they can turn a common problem into an opportunity for business to the benefit of the community affected by the problem. ❏ Anyone who wants to turn an idea into a business. WHAT YOU WILL LEARN: ❏ How to take your idea and turn into an SME. REQUIREMENTS: ❏ Have a business or business idea.
- 6. Photography Principles Course 5 week short course | Saturday mornings | Bridgetown
- 7. Photography Principles Course Learn how to capture moments beyond the casual snapshot. This course will help you develop a solid grounding in your knowledge of photography – from camera handling, to getting the right exposure, optimizing manual functions and composition. DURATION: 5 Days, 15 Hours WHAT IS COVERED: Introduction to Photography (including the Laws of Photography) | Camera Settings | Key elements of Photography including F-stops, Shutter Speed, ISO Pixels, Megapixels Camera resolution | Photography as business (Entrepreneurial fundamentals) | Photo editing WHO IS THIS COURSE DESIGNED FOR: ❏ Anyone who wants to learn the fundamental principles of capturing professional images. WHAT YOU WILL LEARN: ❏ The basics of photography. ❏ How to use a camera. ❏ Basic photo editing. REQUIREMENTS: ❏ Passion for Photography
- 8. Events Management Course 4 week course | Thursday nights | Bridgetown
- 9. Events Management Course Learn about the fast - paced, creative, innovative and energizing industry of Events Management. This course will give you a theoretical and hands-on learning experience. DURATION: 4 Days, 12 Hours WHAT IS COVERED: Introduction to Events Management | Role Players | Event Organization | Coordination | Project Management | Risk Management | Event Operations & Logistics | Financial Management | Event Design & Decor WHO IS THIS COURSE DESIGNED FOR: ❏ Anyone who has an interest in learning how to plan, coordinate and manage event operations. ❏ Anyone who would you like to improve their events management skills. ❏ Anyone who would like to understand how to do a SWOT analysis for events as well as risk management. WHAT YOU WILL LEARN: ❏ To be able to arrange and manage your own event. ❏ To understand the different types of event elements and how they work together. REQUIREMENTS: ❏ A passion for Event Planning and Decor.
- 10. Design Thinking Course 3 week short course | Saturday mornings | Bridgetown
- 11. Design Thinking Course Shape your ideas and put them into practice with this course which introduces you to the fundamental principles of Design Thinking, a creative problem-solving technique to improve products, services and processes. DURATION: 3 Days, 9 Hours WHAT IS COVERED: Personas | Empathy maps | As-is scenarios | Design Ideation | To-be cenarios | Wireframe sketches | Hypothesis-driven design | Minimum Viable Product (MVP WHO IS THIS COURSE DESIGNED FOR: ❏ Anyone who would like to broaden their skill set and expand the work opportunities available to them. ❏ This course is aimed at people who regularly need to come up with creative solutions to challenges when working on a project. WHAT YOU WILL LEARN: How to apply Design Thinking techniques which will help you understand the needs of your users and their behavioral model, allowing you to deliver satisfactory outcomes REQUIREMENTS: ❏ A passion for Solving Problems with Innovative Solutions
- 12. Public Relations Course 3 week short course | Saturday mornings | Bridgetown
- 13. Public Relations Course Gain an understanding of how to build connections and communicate with various stakeholders. DURATION: 3 Days, 9 Hours WHAT IS COVERED: PR Activities and Techniques | Public Relation Plan | Role of PR Practitioner | Traditional Media vs Social Media | Writing in Public Relations | Understanding Marketing & Branding | Product & Brand | Marketing Planning WHO IS THIS COURSE DESIGNED FOR: ❏ For anyone who wants to learn about the functions and roles of a PR practitioner and the different aspects of PR. ❏ For anyone who wants to understand the benefit to organizations and individuals in relation to brand management, reputation and fostering valuable relationships. WHAT YOU WILL LEARN: ❏ Understand the strategies and opportunities that exist within the PR Market. ❏ Understand the importance of communication within the PR and Marketing process. ❏ To create a PR for an organisation or a business. REQUIREMENTS: A passion for Communications and Networking.
- 14. Office Productivity Course 3 week short course | saturday mornings | Bridgetown 3 week short course | Saturday mornings | Bridgetown Office Productivity Course
- 15. Office Productivity Course Learn techniques that will enable you to create, collaborate and share information more efficiently, using some of Google aplications to improve your office productivity. DURATION: 3 Days, 9 Hours WHAT IS COVERED: Introduction to Cloud Productivity | Creating a Google Account | Navigating Google Drive | Google Docs | Sharing Files and Folders (File Sharing) | Google Forms | Google Spreadsheets | Information Management WHO IS THIS COURSE DESIGNED FOR: ❏ Anyone who has a need to create, collaborate and share files. ❏ Entrepreneurs/business persons with a desire to increase efficiency and accessibility. ❏ Anyone who wants to explore cloud storage. ❏ People looking to transition from Microsoft to Google products. ❏ Anyone who uses office productivity software. WHAT YOU WILL LEARN: ❏ To move work flow to online. REQUIREMENTS: ❏ Have basic computer literacy skills ❏ A passion to improve office producticity
- 16. User Experience and Design Course 4 week short course | Thursday nights | Bridgetown
- 17. User Experience & Design Course Gain a fundamental understanding of user and customer experience, as well as a hands-on experience in how it can be used to develop products and services. DURATION: 4 Days, 12 Hours WHAT IS COVERED: Customer Experience | Journey Mapping | Interface Design | Design Thinking Process WHO IS THIS COURSE DESIGNED FOR: ❏ For anyone who would like to learn how to enhance people's experience with products, services and mobile applications. WHAT YOU WILL LEARN: ❏ The Process of User Experience ❏ Wireframing and Prototyping ❏ Clickable working User Interface designs ❏ How to conceptualize a good customer experience with a focus on the customer's needs and desires. REQUIREMENTS: ❏ A passion for Innovation and Design ❏ Have basic PC literacy skills
- 18. Project Management Course 4 week short course | Thursday nights | Bridgetown
- 19. Project Management Course Learn strategic guidelines which will enable you to initiate and successfully complete a project. DURATION: 4 Days, 12 Hours WHAT IS COVERED: Defining the Project | Risk Management & Work Breakdown Structure | Realistic Scheduling and Accurate Estimating | Understanding Cost Schedule & Quality | Teamwork | Problem Solving | Communication | Project Delivery WHO IS THIS COURSE DESIGNED FOR: ❏ Anyone who works within an office and would like to improve on their communication skills when it comes to project planning. ❏ Anyone who would like to better deal with conflict and initiate projects. ❏ People who works alot on projects or has a role to executes project tasks. WHAT YOU WILL LEARN: ❏ Be able to plan a project. ❏ Be able to identify possible risks in completing a project. REQUIREMENTS: ❏ A passion for Managing Projects and to see completion thereof.