Key Skills for Productive Meetings Bundle Certificate

Included as part of the unlimited membership
cpd
RRP $180.00 $54.00 BUY NOW

Key Skills for Productive Meetings Bundle Certificate Course

Research shows that more than 80% of workplace meetings are a waste of time, resources and effort. Office meetings are an integral component of business management. Meetings help managers, teams and employees/colleagues share and exchange information and updates, resolve problems and disputes, and move projects forward. 

In addition to employees/colleagues, you may also have meetings with suppliers, vendors, and customers. Learning how to conduct effective meetings helps you to save time, make decisions and get work done. 

Meetings, when conducted well, provide an opportunity to enable employees to contribute their ideas and share their needs and wants. Our course on key skills for productive meetings helps respect people's time, eliminates time-wasting strategies, and enables managers and team members to add the most value. 

What You Will Learn:

  • How to use ZOOM technology and maximise the use of different features, including Zoom Sharing, Zoom Rooms and Screen Sharing functionalities
  • How to use the Microsoft Teams app to create and manage meetings
  • How to create well-structured and planned agendas for meetings and how they help make meetings more productive
  • How to write the minutes of a meeting effectively in a way that helps enhance collaboration and efficiency
  • How to use your listening skills and the latest technology to record minutes of a meeting
  • How to create, structure and write efficient business reports 

Benefits of Taking the Course:

  • You will learn how to plan and create an agenda that helps decide on important topics to be discussed in the meeting 
  • By conducting productive meetings, you can move projects forward, facilitate communication, build teamwork, resolve problems and make decisions 
  • Gain knowledge of two of the most popular online communication tools to ensure meetings run smoothly 

 

This course includes

24/7 Student Support

End of course certification

Lifetime access to your course

Compatible with modern devices

PLUS - Access to the exclusive New Skills Academy Study Group!

This is a bundle course, and contains the following courses:

Agenda Setting Certificate Course

An agenda is essentially a meeting plan that outlines key items and topics to be discussed, and in what order. Depending on the purpose of the meeting and nature of your business, the agenda may be very simple, containing only a few items, or it may be more in depth. The main goal, however, is always the same – to inform and prepare meeting participants in advance, and to ensure a smooth meeting process.

This course will be providing an overview of agenda setting, why it’s important, how to create an effective agenda, as well as how to use an agenda to run a successful meeting.

You Will Learn:

  • About the function of agenda setting
  • Why agenda setting is important
  • How to create a well-planned agenda
  • How to use an agenda to run a more effective meeting

Benefits of Taking This Course:

  • You will better understand the role agenda setting plays in preparing for a meeting
  • You will learn how a well-planned agenda can benefit the organiser and participants of a meeting
  • Your knowledge of agenda setting will equip you with the tools needed to lead more productive and effective meetings
  • You will be able to ensure that team members are well-prepared and encouraged to attend

Business Report Writing Certificate Course

Effective communication – both internally and externally – is arguably one of the most important elements of running a business. Regardless of profession or whether an individual is part of a private or public sector organisation, business documents and reports are often used as a base of many (often large) decisions. Therefore, some feel that the ability to write a good business report is a skill which is not easily quantifiable. However, with proper training, the benefits of learning how to write a business report can be invaluable, as it can be vital to how an organisation effectively persuades and influences.

While there are many ways of writing a good business report, here are some common guidelines that a good business report writing training course will teach. Let’s have a look:-

What this course will cover:

  • What business reports are used for and why they are important
  • The importance of a business report plan
  • How to structure a business report
  • How to write a business report
  • Common mistakes and what to avoid when writing a business report

The benefits of taking this course:

  • Individuals will learn the importance of business reports and what is needed to build an impactful document
  • Individuals can learn how to speed up the writing process by understanding how to effectively construct a business document
  • Understand the use of various business reports and why a structure is a vital element of logical information flow
  • How to properly write a successful business report with the audience in mind
  • Learn about common mistakes that are inadvertently detrimental to the objective of the business report
ESports - a concept that relatively recently, began to be used in everyday life. Therefore, to begin with, you need to figure out what “e-sports” is all about. Since eSports was recognized as a sports discipline, it would be appropriate to refer to the concept of “sport” as such in order to understand that there are similarities between the familiar sports that originated in ancient Greece (running, wrestling, etc.) and such new ones currents. At the same time, sports betting and eSports betting arose. Now one of the best bookmakers can be called cyber bet esports.Sports trends as a mass spectacle developed with the advent of the media and global communications. Sports became professional, which further increased its popularity. The goal of the sport of the highest achievements was the achievement of the highest possible sports results or victories at the largest sports competitions. There are many sports in the world, but all of them can be described as a set of types of sports competitions, united by signs of similarity of rules, one sports federation, etc. Traditionally, from the point of view of the International Olympic Committee, a separate sport is considered to be the totality of all types of competitions held by one international federation. Those. the type of dispute is recognized as such (subject to the relevant conditions) not depending on its intellectual or physical component. And if earlier physical activity was more preferred, then in a modern post-industrial society, based on such resources as information and knowledge, using the opportunities of individual contacts of people with the help of Internet technologies, intellectual sports, which also include multiplayer, have been actively cultivated games. So what is eSports? According to the charter of the Canadian public organization “Computer Sports Federation of Canada” eSports - (computer sports, e-sports, electronic sports or video games where the game provides an environment for the interaction of control objects, ensuring equal conditions for human-to-human competition or team-to-team competition, that is, e-sports is a set of intellectual disciplines, competitions in which are held in virtual space.

Microsoft Teams Certificate Course

Microsoft Teams is a collaboration tool designed to bring together people, communication and content in a single interface. This course is aimed at anyone who needs to create and work with the Microsoft Teams app. You may be a Microsoft Team owner required to create and manage a Teams area for colleagues, or someone who will use Teams to work with colleagues.

What you Will Learn:

  • Navigate around the Microsoft Teams App
  • Create a Microsoft Team
  • Add and Manage Owners and Members
  • Create Channels
  • Set Team and Channel Options
  • Use the Conversation Tools
  • Arrange Teams Meetings
  • Add Content using Apps

Minute Taking Certificate Course

Minute taking is a key administrative role which significantly increases the effectiveness of meetings. Without quality minutes, organisations can fail to harness drive and motivation and teams can lose focus. Minutes act like a compass to guide the team by recording past decisions and tracking current discussions and actions. Without the specific skills needed to record information and output it in appropriate and effective ways, staff can become fearful of the process and refrain from taking the opportunity to practise critical skills.

This course supports individuals to understand the role and learn the skills needed to effectively take minutes and support meetings, teams, groups, conferences and committees to enhance collaboration and efficiency. Minute taking is not just about writing notes. To be a good minute taker requires an in-depth understanding of how to prepare for the meeting, the responsibilities during the meeting and processes to follow once the meeting is over. There are also key skills in listening and communication which can rapidly enhance effectiveness and enjoyment of the role. Taking this course will prepare individuals to capture and output the correct level of detail and quality to meet internal and external compliance requirements.

This course has been developed with experimental activities, detailed guidance and the opportunity to learn and practise the key skills and qualities mandatory for effective minute taking. The exercises, quizzes and worksheets assess progress as you go through the course, gradually building learning to a level of confident proficiency and expertise.

What you will learn

Lessons you will learn in this course include:

  • Understanding the basics of minute writing
  • The qualities of a minute taker
  • The benefits of taking minutes
  • Recording of minutes
  • Minutes layout
  • Minutes standards
  • Technology in minute taking
  • Common dos and don’ts when writing minutes

Benefits of the course

The benefits of taking this course include:

  • Understanding meeting minutes templates and when to use them
  • Know how to write different kinds of minutes suited to the occasion
  • Developing your listening skills to extract important information
  • Comprehend the style and tone of language and legal requirements
  • Learn how to effectively edit and proofread minutes to ensure accuracy

Taking this course will help individuals conquer fears and enhance skills. Organisational effectiveness can be dramatically improved by getting this key ability established in individuals and within teams. Anybody can learn how to take accurate minutes and quickly see the benefit this brings to the entire organisation.

Zoom Certificate Course

The technological changes within the world have led to many activities being conducted in an online forum. Examples of these activities include conducting meetings and conversations online.

Zoom is an online communication tool that provides users with the ability to perform such meetings. These are a variety of excellent features incorporated into the design of the Zoom platform to provide the best performance and help eliminate the adverse effects of communicating in an online forum. These features help deliver real-time solutions during meetings and enhance the overall performance of these meetings. However, the platform's wide array of features can be incredibly confusing for new and experienced users to navigate.

The purpose of this course is to help familiarise users with these features and show them how to effectively implement the functionality of these features into their meetings and gain the best performance. Moreover, we also provide tips on using these features in the best way possible to ensure that you and the participants attending these meetings have an enjoyable and seamless experience.

The negative aspects of the Zoom platform are also addressed with solutions to combat these negative aspects. This includes 'Zoombombing' and many other technical issues that come with conducting meetings in an online forum.

You Will Learn:

  • What Zoom is
  • How to use all of the basic Zoom Meeting features (with step-by-step guides)
  • You should follow the correct procedures when using the recording feature, Zoom microphone, and the entire Zoom platform
  • What is Screen Sharing, Zoom Phone, and Zoom Rooms, along with how to effectively use these features

The Benefits of Taking this Course:

  • You can assist others who wish to navigate the Zoom platform
  • You can use skills that can be used to enhance the effectiveness of your meetings
  • Better methods of conducting meetings can help create more informed, knowledgeable, and motivated team members
ID: YDFT67YHJ
certificate

of achievement

This certificate is presented to

Your Name

NSA

For completing the

Key Skills for Productive Meetings Bundle Certificate

on 21st November 2024

Selena Hurford

Selena Hurford

Course Tutor

cpd

Daniel Morgan

Daniel Morgan

Head of Academy

Certificate Example

Anyone who has an interest in learning more about this subject matter is encouraged to take the course. There are no entry requirements to take the course.

The course is broken down into 0 individual modules. Each module takes between 20 and 90 minutes on average to study. Although you are free to spend as much or as little time as you feel necessary on each module, simply log in and out of the course at your convenience.

You can study the course any time you like. Simply log in and out of the web based course as often as you require. The course is compatible with all computers, tablet devices and smart phones so you can even study while on the move!

Once you have completed all 0 modules there is a multiple choice test. The questions will be on a range of topics found within the 0 modules. The test, like the course, is online and can be taken a time and location of your choosing.

The pass mark for the test is 70%.

If you don’t pass the test first time you will get further opportunities to take the test again after extra study. There are no limits to the number of times you can take the test. All test retakes are included within the price of the course.

Once you have completed your test you can log in to your account and download/print your certificate any time you need it. If you would prefer us to post you a certificate to a UK address, there will be an admin charge of £10 (certificates sent internationally may cost more).

You can either use your Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Solo cards or PayPal account to pay for the online course. Our site uses the latest SSL encryption to ensure your safety. All payments are handled securely by PayPal.

You can begin the course immediately after your payment has been received. You will create your login details during the checkout process. We will also send you an email confirming your login details.

We estimate that the course will take about 20 hours to complete in total, plus an additional 30 minutes for the end of course test.

Once you have been awarded your certificate it is valid for life. The certificate does not expire or need renewing.

Website is easy to navigate; three main areas: beginners, intermediate and advanced are very well structured; videos and exercises are short, and interactive which is convenient if you study on the go; not boring at all.

You can always come back to the particular topic if it is not clear or you want to refresh your memory. Highly recommend this Excel course if you are beginner or you just want to become an expert in certain parts of this programme.

The price is just right for the quality of course you get. I believe my skills improved a lot since starting this course

Ivica Vrabelova

I would like to say that I have completely enjoyed the course online and I am very pleased with the resources and information that was given. My father is very proud of me completing the course in a short amount of time and I can only give credit to New Skills Academy for giving me the opportunity to complete a qualification that will benefit me in the future. I say this because my preferred job role is a human resources manager or even assistant to start off with. Many thanks for this amazing experience and the importance of this qualification as a whole.

Kaoutar Lenabdeljilil

I started this course not too long ago but I am already learning so much! The course content is extremely interesting and informative!

I get excited thinking about what is going to be in each module! I would recommend this course to everybody with a passion for makeup without hesitation! I love the convenience of being able to do this course wherever I am.

Also, the fact that there is no time limit for the course is a plus, this means I can take my time and take notes as I go, without feeling rushed to complete each module fast.

Cian Conroy

The course was very methodical and logical, always pointing towards the goal of learning the information to pass the test. It’s also a very nice course. Made the process seem much less daunting than I had made it appear. The logical and organized approach to the material really made this a worthwhile course.

All the course materials are very easy to understand and access, and the fact that you could study at your own pace when you want.

I want to say a big thank you to New Skills Academy for your effort, heart-felt interest and enthusiasm in putting together this course and sharing it with us. Your frequent, intuitive tips were great memory cues for some of the hard to retain information and very helpful especially for someone forgetful like me. Most of all, you took any worry of failure out of the picture and made it easy to visualize completing the test successfully! Thank you again for all your help.

I will definitely recommend this site to anyone looking to take professional courses. Thanks to them, I now have my diploma in Hotel Reception.

Abayomi Dosunmu Odunsi

A great programme, and allowed me to interact in my own time, reflect on my learning and get to practice. I like the fact that there is an exam to verify and check learning. The platform is easy to navigate around and is engaging both left hemisphere and right hemisphere of the brain.

The parts about motivation and retention rates is interesting and will be helpful in my own personal career. It’s good to see that learning and development, including different training methods are included. The programme is great springboard for people wanting to go into human resources as a career option.

Marie Tolman

It was great, lots of knowledge and able to learn at my own pace was fantastic, and that I have access to it after completing exam is great too!

I am excited to start further learning and will likely try another course provided from this website! Exam was easy and straight forward, and provided you with the questions you did not get correct so that you are able to further study.

I have recommended this site to friends and family, and will continue learning! Thank you so much New Skills Academy! You are an amazing site and I am grateful!

Anahita Dehghani

Duration:
20 hours

Access:
Lifetime Access

Approved by:
CPD

Learning Type:


Text based modules  Images 

Cost:
$54.00

was $180.00

Key Skills for Productive Meetings Bundle Certificate Course

Research shows that more than 80% of workplace meetings are a waste of time, resources and effort. Office meetings are an integral component of business management. Meetings help managers, teams and employees/colleagues share and exchange information and updates, resolve problems and disputes, and move projects forward. 

In addition to employees/colleagues, you may also have meetings with suppliers, vendors, and customers. Learning how to conduct effective meetings helps you to save time, make decisions and get work done. 

Meetings, when conducted well, provide an opportunity to enable employees to contribute their ideas and share their needs and wants. Our course on key skills for productive meetings helps respect people's time, eliminates time-wasting strategies, and enables managers and team members to add the most value. 

What You Will Learn:

  • How to use ZOOM technology and maximise the use of different features, including Zoom Sharing, Zoom Rooms and Screen Sharing functionalities
  • How to use the Microsoft Teams app to create and manage meetings
  • How to create well-structured and planned agendas for meetings and how they help make meetings more productive
  • How to write the minutes of a meeting effectively in a way that helps enhance collaboration and efficiency
  • How to use your listening skills and the latest technology to record minutes of a meeting
  • How to create, structure and write efficient business reports 

Benefits of Taking the Course:

  • You will learn how to plan and create an agenda that helps decide on important topics to be discussed in the meeting 
  • By conducting productive meetings, you can move projects forward, facilitate communication, build teamwork, resolve problems and make decisions 
  • Gain knowledge of two of the most popular online communication tools to ensure meetings run smoothly 

 

This course includes

24/7 Student Support

End of course certification

Lifetime access to your course

Compatible with modern devices

PLUS - Access to the exclusive New Skills Academy Study Group!

This is a bundle course, and contains the following courses:

Agenda Setting Certificate Course

An agenda is essentially a meeting plan that outlines key items and topics to be discussed, and in what order. Depending on the purpose of the meeting and nature of your business, the agenda may be very simple, containing only a few items, or it may be more in depth. The main goal, however, is always the same – to inform and prepare meeting participants in advance, and to ensure a smooth meeting process.

This course will be providing an overview of agenda setting, why it’s important, how to create an effective agenda, as well as how to use an agenda to run a successful meeting.

You Will Learn:

  • About the function of agenda setting
  • Why agenda setting is important
  • How to create a well-planned agenda
  • How to use an agenda to run a more effective meeting

Benefits of Taking This Course:

  • You will better understand the role agenda setting plays in preparing for a meeting
  • You will learn how a well-planned agenda can benefit the organiser and participants of a meeting
  • Your knowledge of agenda setting will equip you with the tools needed to lead more productive and effective meetings
  • You will be able to ensure that team members are well-prepared and encouraged to attend

Business Report Writing Certificate Course

Effective communication – both internally and externally – is arguably one of the most important elements of running a business. Regardless of profession or whether an individual is part of a private or public sector organisation, business documents and reports are often used as a base of many (often large) decisions. Therefore, some feel that the ability to write a good business report is a skill which is not easily quantifiable. However, with proper training, the benefits of learning how to write a business report can be invaluable, as it can be vital to how an organisation effectively persuades and influences.

While there are many ways of writing a good business report, here are some common guidelines that a good business report writing training course will teach. Let’s have a look:-

What this course will cover:

  • What business reports are used for and why they are important
  • The importance of a business report plan
  • How to structure a business report
  • How to write a business report
  • Common mistakes and what to avoid when writing a business report

The benefits of taking this course:

  • Individuals will learn the importance of business reports and what is needed to build an impactful document
  • Individuals can learn how to speed up the writing process by understanding how to effectively construct a business document
  • Understand the use of various business reports and why a structure is a vital element of logical information flow
  • How to properly write a successful business report with the audience in mind
  • Learn about common mistakes that are inadvertently detrimental to the objective of the business report
ESports - a concept that relatively recently, began to be used in everyday life. Therefore, to begin with, you need to figure out what “e-sports” is all about. Since eSports was recognized as a sports discipline, it would be appropriate to refer to the concept of “sport” as such in order to understand that there are similarities between the familiar sports that originated in ancient Greece (running, wrestling, etc.) and such new ones currents. At the same time, sports betting and eSports betting arose. Now one of the best bookmakers can be called cyber bet esports.Sports trends as a mass spectacle developed with the advent of the media and global communications. Sports became professional, which further increased its popularity. The goal of the sport of the highest achievements was the achievement of the highest possible sports results or victories at the largest sports competitions. There are many sports in the world, but all of them can be described as a set of types of sports competitions, united by signs of similarity of rules, one sports federation, etc. Traditionally, from the point of view of the International Olympic Committee, a separate sport is considered to be the totality of all types of competitions held by one international federation. Those. the type of dispute is recognized as such (subject to the relevant conditions) not depending on its intellectual or physical component. And if earlier physical activity was more preferred, then in a modern post-industrial society, based on such resources as information and knowledge, using the opportunities of individual contacts of people with the help of Internet technologies, intellectual sports, which also include multiplayer, have been actively cultivated games. So what is eSports? According to the charter of the Canadian public organization “Computer Sports Federation of Canada” eSports - (computer sports, e-sports, electronic sports or video games where the game provides an environment for the interaction of control objects, ensuring equal conditions for human-to-human competition or team-to-team competition, that is, e-sports is a set of intellectual disciplines, competitions in which are held in virtual space.

Microsoft Teams Certificate Course

Microsoft Teams is a collaboration tool designed to bring together people, communication and content in a single interface. This course is aimed at anyone who needs to create and work with the Microsoft Teams app. You may be a Microsoft Team owner required to create and manage a Teams area for colleagues, or someone who will use Teams to work with colleagues.

What you Will Learn:

  • Navigate around the Microsoft Teams App
  • Create a Microsoft Team
  • Add and Manage Owners and Members
  • Create Channels
  • Set Team and Channel Options
  • Use the Conversation Tools
  • Arrange Teams Meetings
  • Add Content using Apps

Minute Taking Certificate Course

Minute taking is a key administrative role which significantly increases the effectiveness of meetings. Without quality minutes, organisations can fail to harness drive and motivation and teams can lose focus. Minutes act like a compass to guide the team by recording past decisions and tracking current discussions and actions. Without the specific skills needed to record information and output it in appropriate and effective ways, staff can become fearful of the process and refrain from taking the opportunity to practise critical skills.

This course supports individuals to understand the role and learn the skills needed to effectively take minutes and support meetings, teams, groups, conferences and committees to enhance collaboration and efficiency. Minute taking is not just about writing notes. To be a good minute taker requires an in-depth understanding of how to prepare for the meeting, the responsibilities during the meeting and processes to follow once the meeting is over. There are also key skills in listening and communication which can rapidly enhance effectiveness and enjoyment of the role. Taking this course will prepare individuals to capture and output the correct level of detail and quality to meet internal and external compliance requirements.

This course has been developed with experimental activities, detailed guidance and the opportunity to learn and practise the key skills and qualities mandatory for effective minute taking. The exercises, quizzes and worksheets assess progress as you go through the course, gradually building learning to a level of confident proficiency and expertise.

What you will learn

Lessons you will learn in this course include:

  • Understanding the basics of minute writing
  • The qualities of a minute taker
  • The benefits of taking minutes
  • Recording of minutes
  • Minutes layout
  • Minutes standards
  • Technology in minute taking
  • Common dos and don’ts when writing minutes

Benefits of the course

The benefits of taking this course include:

  • Understanding meeting minutes templates and when to use them
  • Know how to write different kinds of minutes suited to the occasion
  • Developing your listening skills to extract important information
  • Comprehend the style and tone of language and legal requirements
  • Learn how to effectively edit and proofread minutes to ensure accuracy

Taking this course will help individuals conquer fears and enhance skills. Organisational effectiveness can be dramatically improved by getting this key ability established in individuals and within teams. Anybody can learn how to take accurate minutes and quickly see the benefit this brings to the entire organisation.

Zoom Certificate Course

The technological changes within the world have led to many activities being conducted in an online forum. Examples of these activities include conducting meetings and conversations online.

Zoom is an online communication tool that provides users with the ability to perform such meetings. These are a variety of excellent features incorporated into the design of the Zoom platform to provide the best performance and help eliminate the adverse effects of communicating in an online forum. These features help deliver real-time solutions during meetings and enhance the overall performance of these meetings. However, the platform's wide array of features can be incredibly confusing for new and experienced users to navigate.

The purpose of this course is to help familiarise users with these features and show them how to effectively implement the functionality of these features into their meetings and gain the best performance. Moreover, we also provide tips on using these features in the best way possible to ensure that you and the participants attending these meetings have an enjoyable and seamless experience.

The negative aspects of the Zoom platform are also addressed with solutions to combat these negative aspects. This includes 'Zoombombing' and many other technical issues that come with conducting meetings in an online forum.

You Will Learn:

  • What Zoom is
  • How to use all of the basic Zoom Meeting features (with step-by-step guides)
  • You should follow the correct procedures when using the recording feature, Zoom microphone, and the entire Zoom platform
  • What is Screen Sharing, Zoom Phone, and Zoom Rooms, along with how to effectively use these features

The Benefits of Taking this Course:

  • You can assist others who wish to navigate the Zoom platform
  • You can use skills that can be used to enhance the effectiveness of your meetings
  • Better methods of conducting meetings can help create more informed, knowledgeable, and motivated team members
ID: YDFT67YHJ
certificate

of achievement

This certificate is presented to

Your Name

NSA

For completing the

Key Skills for Productive Meetings Bundle Certificate

on 21st November 2024

Selena Hurford

Selena Hurford

Course Tutor

cpd

Daniel Morgan

Daniel Morgan

Head of Academy

Certificate Example

Anyone who has an interest in learning more about this subject matter is encouraged to take the course. There are no entry requirements to take the course.

The course is broken down into 0 individual modules. Each module takes between 20 and 90 minutes on average to study. Although you are free to spend as much or as little time as you feel necessary on each module, simply log in and out of the course at your convenience.

You can study the course any time you like. Simply log in and out of the web based course as often as you require. The course is compatible with all computers, tablet devices and smart phones so you can even study while on the move!

Once you have completed all 0 modules there is a multiple choice test. The questions will be on a range of topics found within the 0 modules. The test, like the course, is online and can be taken a time and location of your choosing.

The pass mark for the test is 70%.

If you don’t pass the test first time you will get further opportunities to take the test again after extra study. There are no limits to the number of times you can take the test. All test retakes are included within the price of the course.

Once you have completed your test you can log in to your account and download/print your certificate any time you need it. If you would prefer us to post you a certificate to a UK address, there will be an admin charge of £10 (certificates sent internationally may cost more).

You can either use your Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Solo cards or PayPal account to pay for the online course. Our site uses the latest SSL encryption to ensure your safety. All payments are handled securely by PayPal.

You can begin the course immediately after your payment has been received. You will create your login details during the checkout process. We will also send you an email confirming your login details.

We estimate that the course will take about 20 hours to complete in total, plus an additional 30 minutes for the end of course test.

Once you have been awarded your certificate it is valid for life. The certificate does not expire or need renewing.

Website is easy to navigate; three main areas: beginners, intermediate and advanced are very well structured; videos and exercises are short, and interactive which is convenient if you study on the go; not boring at all.

You can always come back to the particular topic if it is not clear or you want to refresh your memory. Highly recommend this Excel course if you are beginner or you just want to become an expert in certain parts of this programme.

The price is just right for the quality of course you get. I believe my skills improved a lot since starting this course

Ivica Vrabelova

I would like to say that I have completely enjoyed the course online and I am very pleased with the resources and information that was given. My father is very proud of me completing the course in a short amount of time and I can only give credit to New Skills Academy for giving me the opportunity to complete a qualification that will benefit me in the future. I say this because my preferred job role is a human resources manager or even assistant to start off with. Many thanks for this amazing experience and the importance of this qualification as a whole.

Kaoutar Lenabdeljilil

I started this course not too long ago but I am already learning so much! The course content is extremely interesting and informative!

I get excited thinking about what is going to be in each module! I would recommend this course to everybody with a passion for makeup without hesitation! I love the convenience of being able to do this course wherever I am.

Also, the fact that there is no time limit for the course is a plus, this means I can take my time and take notes as I go, without feeling rushed to complete each module fast.

Cian Conroy

The course was very methodical and logical, always pointing towards the goal of learning the information to pass the test. It’s also a very nice course. Made the process seem much less daunting than I had made it appear. The logical and organized approach to the material really made this a worthwhile course.

All the course materials are very easy to understand and access, and the fact that you could study at your own pace when you want.

I want to say a big thank you to New Skills Academy for your effort, heart-felt interest and enthusiasm in putting together this course and sharing it with us. Your frequent, intuitive tips were great memory cues for some of the hard to retain information and very helpful especially for someone forgetful like me. Most of all, you took any worry of failure out of the picture and made it easy to visualize completing the test successfully! Thank you again for all your help.

I will definitely recommend this site to anyone looking to take professional courses. Thanks to them, I now have my diploma in Hotel Reception.

Abayomi Dosunmu Odunsi

A great programme, and allowed me to interact in my own time, reflect on my learning and get to practice. I like the fact that there is an exam to verify and check learning. The platform is easy to navigate around and is engaging both left hemisphere and right hemisphere of the brain.

The parts about motivation and retention rates is interesting and will be helpful in my own personal career. It’s good to see that learning and development, including different training methods are included. The programme is great springboard for people wanting to go into human resources as a career option.

Marie Tolman

It was great, lots of knowledge and able to learn at my own pace was fantastic, and that I have access to it after completing exam is great too!

I am excited to start further learning and will likely try another course provided from this website! Exam was easy and straight forward, and provided you with the questions you did not get correct so that you are able to further study.

I have recommended this site to friends and family, and will continue learning! Thank you so much New Skills Academy! You are an amazing site and I am grateful!

Anahita Dehghani

Why you should study with us

Learn with confidence...

Free Course RRP $100

Get a FREE Course

Sign up to our newsletter and get access to the Interview Skills and CV Writing Certificate course for free!
Simply enter your details below and we will email you access to your free course!

What our students say about us...