Business Skills Development
Private Online-Training for Groups
Empower Your Students or Employees with PLA Professional Development Training! Enjoy a easily accessible private group training experience, delivered live from PLA interactive virtual learning center by our wonderful team of skill development instructors. Choose from a 1-2 week workshop or part-time with weekly sessions up to 2-months! Seize the moment today!
Building an Online Business
The internet has changed the way that we work, live, shop, and play. The Building an Online Business course walks students through the process of planning and launching their own online business.
Participants will learn how to: identify opportunities for an online business; find resources to support an online business; create a business strategy that includes a business plan, budget, and marketing plan; begin setting up a website, mobile presence, and storefront with e-commerce support; and market an online business using social media and the internet.
Skills Obtained: Digital, Financial Management, Entrepreneurial. Marketing, Research, Writing.
4.8 Rating from 18 Reviews
Delivery: Live Instructor-led
- Approximately 14-15hrs
- 1-week workshop or part-time
- Certificate upon Completion
Creative Thinking And Innovation
This course focuses on helping participants recognize and enhance their creativity and innovation skills, essential for success in business. It emphasizes that creativity is not limited to artistic endeavors but is present in everyday tasks, like managing budgets or organizing events. Participants will learn to identify their own creative strengths, develop an environment conducive to creativity, and understand the critical role creativity and innovation play in business. The course also teaches problem-solving techniques, to generate creative ideas and implement them effectively in the workplace.
Skills Obtained: Brainstorming, Creativity, Innovation, Problem Identification & solving, Teamwork.
4.5 Rating from 23 Reviews
Delivery: Live Instructor-led
- Approximately 14-15hrs
- 1-week workshop or part-time
- Certificate upon Completion
Entrepreneurship 101
Entrepreneurship 101 is a comprehensive course designed to help aspiring entrepreneurs launch and grow their businesses. The course covers essential topics such as entrepreneurial self-assessment, generating and evaluating business ideas, and developing product concepts and value propositions. Participants will learn how to identify target markets and customers, understand basic financial principles like creating financial projections and finding funding, and explore business ownership options, including sole proprietorships, franchising, and purchasing existing businesses.
Skills Obtained: Analytical, Branding, Leadership, Financial, Planning and Organizing.
5.0 Rating from 50 Reviews
Delivery: Live Instructor-led
- Approximately 14-15hrs
- 1-week workshop or part-time
- Certificate upon Completion
Marketing for Small Businesses
Marketing for small businesses means understanding your environment, consumers, and how a small company can position themselves even in the most competitive marketplaces. This course includes step-by-step lessons on understanding the marketing cycle, how people buy, strategies to implement on small budgets, and how to build a presence in the marketplace using traditional, Internet and Social Media marketing. The resources in this course give small business owners and start-ups with everything they need to set up a marketing plan.
Skills Obtained: Budgeting, Identifying Consumer Behavior, Traditional and Digital Marketing.
4.6 Rating from 29 Reviews
Delivery: Live Instructor-led
- Approximately 14-15hrs
- 1-week workshop or part-time
- Certificate upon Completion
Growth Hacking
The term “growth hacker” was created by Sean Ellis in 2010. Growth hacking involves a creative, data-driven approaches to meet customer needs and optimize business success.
In this course, participants will learn how to adopt the growth hacking mindset, identify customer needs, and create tailored products and services. They will also practice key techniques, refine marketing strategies, and explore conversion and optimization essentials, culminating in the development of a personalized growth hacking plan.
Skills Obtained: Problem-solving, Customer need identification & Retention, Implementation, Growth Planning.
4.5 Rating from 25 Reviews
Delivery: Live Instructor-led
- Approximately 14-15hrs
- 1-week workshop or part-time
- Certificate upon Completion
Women Leadership: Owning Your Strengths and Skills
Women have a long-standing history in the workforce, in all roles from front-line worker to visionary founder, influential behind-the-scenes patron to front-and-center CEO. As women, however, what are the influences, barriers and benefits to leadership? Do women use or acknowledge their strengths and skills? Women Leadership: Owning Your Strengths and Skills explores the history of women in the workforce and offers personal opportunities for exploration, identification, and development of leadership strengths and skills.
Skills Obtained: Adaptability, Self Awareness and Resilience, Leadership, Decision Making.
4.9 Rating from 32 Reviews
Delivery: Live Instructor-led
- Approximately 14-15hrs
- 1-week workshop or part-time
- Certificate upon Completion