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Since its inception in early 2019, Proactive Ideas has helped groups and individuals make advancements in their personal and professional lives by providing helpful guidance and counsel on specific areas of growth. The development and publishing of online courses aim to reach a wider audience with these same helpful ideas.

Proactive Ideas seeks to provide its students with simple but effective lessons on a range of subjects that aid personal development.

Courses on a variety of personal development subjects such as public speaking, communication, business management, financial intelligence and much more present information that is effective, practical and easy to understand.
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Fundamentals of Business Money Management
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Practical Lessons on Personal Finance
1.5-3 hrs 17,454 learners
By Proactive Ideas
You Will Learn How To

Upon successful completion of this course, you should be able to:

  • Define ‘personal finances’
  • Explain the significance of financial literacy
  • State the relevance of career choice to financial planning
  • List the steps of the financial-planning process
  • Discuss the importance of budgeting
  • Outline the fundamentals of monetary asset management
  • Summarize the principles of wise spending
  • Compare savings and investments
  • List the advantages of insurance
  • Describe major investment strategies
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Investment
Practical Lessons on Personal Finance
1.5-3 hrs
17454 enrolled
How to Launch a Successful Career
3-4 hrs 1,978 learners
By Proactive Ideas
You Will Learn How To

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

  • Explain how to do research to find a new job or role
  • Explain why having a good resume is important to find a good job
  • Summarise and evaluate your career goals
  • Identify your passions and align them to your career goals
  • State the importance of building a professional network
  • Discuss how to make the most of networking events
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Personal Branding
How to Launch a Successful Career
3-4 hrs
1978 enrolled
Fundamentals of Business Money Management
1.5-3 hrs 7,020 learners
By Proactive Ideas
You Will Learn How To

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

  • Evaluate operating costs and sales numbers
  • Distinguish between cash flow, profit, revenue and expenses
  • Outline how to manage inventory and pricing
  • Identify how Quickbooks, Xero and FreshBooks can help you sync business accounts and credit cards
  • Compute business finances in order to clearly identify profits, losses and taxes due
  • Recognize how and when to reinvest in your business and how much reinvestment to make
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Beginner Level
Accounting
Fundamentals of Business Money Management
1.5-3 hrs
7020 enrolled
Developing Strategy to Solve Business Problems
1.5-3 hrs 2,357 learners
By Proactive Ideas
You Will Learn How To

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

  • Identify the major factors that cause the problems facing your business
  • Indicate business issues and place them into a problem statement
  • Define your business objectives and key results
  • Recognise potent strategies to solve business problems
  • Analyse all necessary data before a brainstorming session to decide on the right strategy
  • Evaluate the progress of your problem-solving plan by means of an action tracker
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Beginner Level
Business Development
Developing Strategy to Solve Business Problems
1.5-3 hrs
2357 enrolled
Fundamentals of Fundraising: How to Secure Funds for Your Business
1.5-3 hrs 1,897 learners
By Proactive Ideas
You Will Learn How To

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

  • Explain the concept of ‘bootstrapping’
  • Draw up the financial records of your business
  • Distinguish between crowdfunding, microloans, traditional loans and investment
  • List the major components of a loan package
  • Outline the different sections of a presentation deck
  • Recognise the risks involved in running a company and how they may be addressed
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Beginner Level
Fundraising
Fundamentals of Fundraising: How to Secure Funds for Your Business
1.5-3 hrs
1897 enrolled
Creating a Diverse and Inclusive Workplace Culture
1.5-3 hrs 5,799 learners
By Proactive Ideas
You Will Learn How To

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

  • Define workplace ‘diversity’, ‘equity’ and ‘inclusiveness’
  • Evaluate your workplace culture with respect to diversity, equity and inclusiveness
  • Identify the importance of precise language within a workplace
  • Outline the benefits of overcoming unconscious bias in the workplace
  • Discuss gender bias and its professional effect 
  • Recognise the benefits of being inclusive when holding team meetings
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Beginner Level
Diversity
Creating a Diverse and Inclusive Workplace Culture
1.5-3 hrs
5799 enrolled
Employee Management for Business Managers
1.5-3 hrs 9,395 learners
By Proactive Ideas
You Will Learn How To

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

  • Distinguish between ‘hearing ‘and ‘listening’
  • Discuss the value of ‘reflective listening' and how it can be applied
  • Describe how and why one-on-one meetings are set up
  • Outline the various features of the ‘GROW’ model
  • Explain the pitfalls of micromanaging employees
  • Identify ways to build trust among team members
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Beginner Level
Management
Employee Management for Business Managers
1.5-3 hrs
9395 enrolled
Basics of eCommerce: How to Sell Online
1.5-3 hrs 16,008 learners
By Proactive Ideas
You Will Learn How To

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

  • Calculate the different costs involved in shipping and distribution
  • Outline how to package your products effectively before shipment
  • Select the appropriate shipping partner 
  • Describe the marketing concepts that should shape your brand packaging strategies
  • Recognise when you should hire a manufacturer and find the right one
  • Define ‘payment service provider’ (PSP) and explain how to set one up for online payments
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Beginner Level
E-Commerce
Basics of eCommerce: How to Sell Online
1.5-3 hrs
16008 enrolled
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