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It is my pleasure to welcome you to the Training Vault,  where you will find online learning fun and easy. Learn Anytime Online SCAD offer online courses - You control the pace of your learning by repeating a lesson, topic, or activity as often as necessary. Use the catalog to find courses that you are interested in. The search box can be used to locate courses or areas of interest. Once you start a course you can easily reaccess it by going to My Content / My Training.   Find out more information about each topic and what offer by clicking on the description below.        Nearly 1,000 Courses in these Topic Areas: Church Office Support Course Catalog Business and Professional Development Personal Development Marketing Team Building Project Management Leadership Human Resources Finance & Accounting Customer Services Administrative Support Communication Strategic Planning Desktop Computer Training Course Descriptions: Business & Professional Skills Leadership Communication Skills  .In this course, you will learn what the requirements of leadership are, how to communicate your suitability for the role, and how to communicate with those you lead. Leadership is not the same as management. Unlike management, leadership does not require formal recognition of authority. However, it does place other requirements on the person assuming the leadership role. Before people will follow, they need to be reassured that their leader is deserving of both their trust and their confidence. Good relationships are paramount, and communication is the prime tool for building those relationships. Once you have been accepted as the leader, good communication will ensure that objectives are agreed upon, understood, and achieved. (web-based, duration 3.5 hrs.) Getting Started--Administrative Support The skills needed to fulfill the requirements of today's administrative support professionals are numerous. Day-to-day, they must be flexible as they work in an ever-changing business environment. They must use interpersonal skills that help them deal effectively with clients, visitors, and other office professionals. They must also manage their time effectively to function successfully. This course takes you through the process of managing your own professional productivity. You will learn about the changing role of the administrative support professionals, the professional practices common to business offices, and the time-management skills that will help you accomplish more tasks in less time. (web-based, duration 3 hrs.) Accounting Fundamentals How does a business achieve and maintain profitability?  An understanding and an accurate application of accounting practices are hallmarks of a successful and financially progressive business. Accounting is a distinct discipline, with its own standards and language. Understanding accounting procedures requires a prerequisite knowledge of certain principles, concepts, terms, and common accounting rerecords. This practical course gives you the why's and how's to accurately conduct accounting activities. "Accounting Fundamentals" examines the theories of accounting, how to maintain accounting records, and how to generate financial statements. A business deals with many transactions in a single day, so it's important to keep up-to-date records of its finances. (web-based duration 3.5 hrs) Professional Assertiveness Do you sometimes wonder if your professional style is too passive-hesitatn and weak? Or do you find yourself acting too aggressively toward your co-workers or subordinates--too critical and overbearing? Do you wonder if there is another professional style that might be better for you? If you answered yes to any of these questions, it's a good time to learn to be an assertive business professional. This course will guide you as you move into a proactive, responsible, profesional style. You'll learn methods to help you identify an appropriate assertive style and strategies to prepare you use that style. You'll also learn how to implement the assertive style in your work environment. With the assistance of this course, you'll no longer worry about being "too passive" or "too aggressive." (web-based, duration 3 hrs.) Employment Management The Human Resource Certification Institute's (HRCI) certification examinations, HRCI/PHR (Professional in Human Resources certification), cover a broad range of workforce planning and employment issues, including legislation affecting employee and consumer rights, and matters of workforce management. The HRCI certification examinations are widely recognized as the industry standard for evaluating Human Resource professionals' competencies. HRCI is an affiliate of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and provides testing and certification services. As a human resources professional, you are responsible for helping to ensure that your company's employment practices are fair and equitable, and that they comply with required regulations and recommended policies and practices. Toward that end, this course will help you prepare for the HRCI certification examinations in the areas of federal anti-discrimination legislation and workforce management. In this course, you'll learn about legislation that is specific to employee rights, privacy, and consumer protection. In addition, you'll learn about effective methods for creating sound job descriptions and job specifications. All the topics in this course are based on the Workforce Planning and Employment functional area of the HR Body of Knowledge recommended by SHRM. Due to the rapidly changing nature of the law, information in this course may become outdated. Conducting the Behavioural-based Interview. (web-based, duration 2.5 hrs.) Avoiding Errors in Usage and Punctuation Have you ever received an e-mail so poorly worded that you hit the delete button before you even finished reading the message? Have you ever opened a letter so confusing that you couldn't understand what the author was trying to say? If so, you understand the frustration of receiving a badly written message. Are you afraid that you might have sent messages that have been discarded or misunderstood for similar reasons? If so, this course will help you to improve your basic usage and punctuation skills so that your messages are read and understood. (web-based, duration 4.5 hrs.) Giving Feedback: A Manager's Guide The performance of your business depends upon the performance of every member of your staff. Thus a key skill for all who manage staff is the ability to provide candid, constructive feedback about performance. The purpose of this course is to enable you to enhance your skills in giving feedback. The course starts by exploring the nature of feedback, and it then develops a practical approach to the feedback process, detailing five logical steps. However, in some situations it is not always sensible to use a standard approach and so the course concludes by considering how to cope with challenging situations, such as giving feedback to the staff member who is angry or upset. (web-based, duration 4.0 hrs.) Administrative Functions Administrative support professionals are the central nervous systems of an office. Their responsibilities are numerous and vital to the operation of their organization. Knowing the best ways to perform office functions will enable administrative support professional to complete their responsibilities efficiently and effectively. This course will present you with information that will help you succeed at your job. It will show you how to manage records, make business travel arrangements, and organize conferences and meetings. It will also introduce you to the automated office environment. Your career as an administrative support professional will benefit from the knowledge and skills presented in "Administrative Functions". (web-based, duration 3.0 hrs). Computer Skills Excel 2007, Charts, Pictures, Themes and Styles Enhancements to charting, themes, and styles in Excel 2007 enable you to create attractive and well-organized representations of spreadsheet and workbook data. Charts, themes, styles, and pictures can all be easily inserted and customized from the Ribbon bar. This course demonstrates how to effectively use and customize charts in Excel 2007, and explores available chart types and styles. Using themes and styles to improve presentation, and adding visual elements to workbooks, are also covered. (web-based duration 1.5 hrs). Introduction to Computers and Microsoft Windows Vista The Introduction to Computers and Software (Vista) course introduces computers and software. This course introduces the basic hardware components of a computer. It also explains working in Windows Vista environment, using dialog boxes, wizards, and Control Panel. Additionally, the course explains using gadgets and switching between applications.  (web-based, duration 2.0 hrs.) Excel 2007: Exploring the Basics This course will introduce you to Microsoft Excel 2007. In the first unit, you will be introduced to the Excel 2007 interface. You will learn to identify the spreadsheet components of Excel, access help when required, work and manage workbooks, use templates and protect data. The Formulas, Functions, and Charts unit will show you how to enter and work with formulas. You will also learn to use references, and create and modify charts.. The Formatting Worksheets unit of this course will cover methods to format worksheets. It will take you through the procedures to format text, rows, and columns. You will also learn to apply different styles, special formats, and format date and time styles. The final unit is titled Managing and Printing Workbooks. Here you will learn to work with multiple worksheets and link and manage workbooks. You will also learn to prepare and print a worksheet, and print multiple worksheets. (web-based, duration 4.0 hrs). Excel 2003:  Formatting Data To demonstrate how to format worksheets in Excel 2003. (web-based, duration 2.0 hrs.) Getting Started with PowerPoint 2007 Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 is a powerful authoring application that enables you to create high-impact, professional-looking presentations quickly and easily. This course shows how to create a new presentation from scratch, and also how to use layouts and views to make working with your presentation easy. It provides you with a solid introduction to the basic, must-know aspects of PowerPoint, and it shows you how to use PowerPoint's powerful help features. (web-based, duration 1.5 hrs.) Excel 2007:  Getting Started With the introduction of Office Excel 2007, Microsoft has made substantial changes to the user interface of its spreadsheet application. This course will help get you up-to-speed on the new features, and will introduce you to the basic features and functionality of Excel 2007. This will be accomplished through the demonstration of workbook creation and navigation, and worksheet data entry at a user-friendly beginner level. (web-based, duration 2.0 hrs.) Getting Started with Word 2003 To provide a basic introduction to Word 2003 and the features and tools used for creating and navigating documents in Word. Scheduling Events, Appointments, and Meetings in Outlook 2003 To demonstrate how events, appointments, and meetings are scheduled in Outlook 2003. (Web-based, duration 3.0 hrs.) Click here for a listing of nearly 1,000 courses.