**NEW COURSES ADDED TO SUBJECT LIST!!**
We are proud to announce an outstanding educational opportunity for IBEW Local 37 members and their friends and families. We have prepaid over 150 courses covering subjects from Improving Your Listening Skills to Back Safety, with a number of courses authored in French. Courses are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week until May 15, 2010. We are confident that you and friends and family members will find courses that will address both your needs and interests.
Before you start in on your learning experience there are some minimum requirements for your PC, details are included at the end of this memo. When you are ready to begin go to: http://vubiz.com/chaccess/IBEW2/
Every time that you sign on, you will need to enter:
- The IBEW Password which is: IBEW2
- Where you are asked for Membership number, enter your date of birth. (any format will do as long as it is at least 6 characters in length and no more than 12)
The First time you sign on, you need to enter a little extra information so your personal account can be set up.
- Date of Birth This is to confirm the information that you keyed in above.
- First Name: So that you will be identified in the system when you return.
- Last Name: So that you will be identified in the system when you return.
Hundreds of other courses will also be available to you for discounted prices that we have negotiated on your behalf. These include courses that are offered Online, on CD and in Book form to accommodate all learning styles. A number of these courses are also available in French.
We hope that you enjoy the training and take advantage of it. If these courses were bought individually, the value be over $3,000.00 and would be accessible for only 12 months. We are proud to be able to offer this opportunity to our members.
Courses are organized into logical groups as opposed to an alphabetical list.
- Achieving Personal Goals
- All About Access
- All About Excel
- All About Introduction to PCs
- All About Outlook
- All About PowerPoint
- All About the Internet
- All About Windows XP
- All About Word
- Applying Leadership Basics
- Back Safety
- Balancing Work and Family
- Basic E-Commerce Security
- Basics of Effective Communication
- Basics of Effective Selling
- Becoming an Effective Team Member
- Bloodborne Pathogens for Employees
- Building Strong Customer Relations
- Building Web Site Traffic
- Business Writing: Letters and E-Mails
- Business Writing: Being Effective
- Business Writing: Preparation
- Business Writing: Reports and Proposals
- Closing the Sale
- Communicating as a Team
- Communicating at Work
- Communicating Cross Culturally
- Communicating Interpersonally
- Communicating Negative Messages
- Communicating Non Verbally
- Communicating Persuasively
- Communicating Proactively
- Communicating Reactively
- Conducting Performance Reviews
- Conflict Intervention
- Conflict Management
- Creating a Strong Leadership Team
- Creating an Effective Sales Team
- Customer Support & Personalization
- Customers and the Internet
- Dealing with Difficult Customers
- Dealing with Violence in the Workplace
- Delegating
- Developing a Strategic Plan
- Developing Brand You
- Developing Diverse Teams
- Developing Your Career Path
- Driving Safety
- Electrical Hazards
- Electrical Hazards - French
- Employee Ethics
- Enhancing Your Speaking Skills
- Ethics for Supervisors/Managers
- Fall Prevention and Fall Arrest
- Fall Prevention and Fall Arrest - French
- Financial Basics for Non-financial Managers
- Fire Prevention and Safety
- First Aid
- Goal Commitments and Challenges
- Goal Contracting
- Goal Setting: An Overview
- Improve Your Listening Skills
- Improving Customer Loyalty
- Individual Leadership Power
- Individual Productivity Enhancement
- Intercultural Business Etiquette
- Internet Basics
- Interviewing Job Candidates
- Interviewing Skills for Job Candidates
- John Bulloch on Small Business - A Lone Wolf is a Dead Wolf
- John Bulloch on Small Business - A Lone Wolf is a Dead Wolf - French
- John Bulloch on Small Business - Entrepreneurs Are Made Not Born
- John Bulloch on Small Business - Entrepreneurs Are Made Not Born - French
- John Bulloch on Small Business - It's All About People
- John Bulloch on Small Business - It's All About People - French
- John Bulloch on Small Business - New Ventures - Getting It Right
- John Bulloch on Small Business - New Ventures - Getting It Right - French
- John Bulloch on Small Business - Opportunities, Opportunities
- John Bulloch on Small Business - Opportunities, Opportunities - French
- Ladder Safety
- Ladder Safety - French
- Leadership for the Future
- Leading Effective Meetings
- Leading Effective Teams
- Litigation and Dispute Resolution
- Lockout/Tagout 1: Electrical Sources of Energy
- Lockout/Tagout 1: Electrical Sources of Energy - French
- Lockout/Tagout: Other Sources of Energy
- Lockout/Tagout: Other Sources of Energy - French
- Managing a Virtual Office
- Managing Anger at Work
- Managing Change
- Managing Priorities
- Managing Projects
- Managing Stress
- Managing Your Career Path
- Mastering Cold Calls
- Meeting Effectiveness
- Mentoring for Improved Performance
- Motivating Employees
- Negotiating for the Professional
- Networking Your Career Path
- Office Safety
- Office Safety - French
- Overview of 360 Degree Feedback
- Performance Appraisal Basics
- Personal Protective Equipment
- Personal Protective Equipment - French
- Personalizing Your Goals
- Presentation Skills
- Preventing Sexual Harassment for Employees
- Preventing Sexual Harassment for Leaders
- Preventing Workplace Violence
- Problem Solving and Decision Making
- Problem Solving in the Workplace
- Problem Solving The 5 Steps
- Project Management: Getting Ready
- Project Management: Goals and Stakeholders
- Project Management: The Basics
- Providing Effective Feedback
- Qualifying Sales Prospects
- Quality Management Refresher
- Recognizing and Avoiding Burnout
- Recognizing and Managing Anger
- Recognizing Employee Performance
- Setting Performance Goals and Expectations
- Sexual Harassment Series
- Skills for Interviewing
- Slips, Trips and Falls
- Slips, Trips and Falls - French
- Solving Problems as a Team
- Strategies for Meeting Goals
- Succeeding as a Supervisor
- Telephone Sales Skills
- Telephone Techniques
- The Basic Internet Marketing Model
- The Internet & the Digital World
- Time Management
- Time Management for Employees
- Understanding and Using Contracts
- Value Diversity
- WHMIS - Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System
- WHMIS - Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System - French
- Work Process Basics
- Workplace and Personal Skills Certificate
Our courses are optimized to run on a PC with Windows 98 or higher equipped with Internet Explorer 5.5 or later and connected to the internet.
- Ensure you have no pop-up blockers installed
- Pentium class computer
- 266 MHz processor (300+ MHz recommended)
- 32 MB RAM (64 MB recommended)
- Any Windows Based Operating System
- SVGA monitor capable of 16-bit colour and 800 x 600 screen resolution
- Sound card with speakers or headphones (optional)
- Internet Explorer 5.5 or greater, or Netscape 7 or greater
- Some courses require the Macromedia Flash 6 Player or Shockwave Player. Both players are downloadable for FREE.
- Minimum 56.6 Kbps Internet connection (High Speed cable, DSL-class or broadband access recommended)
