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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.
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Practical Lessons on Personal Finance
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Practical Lessons on Personal Finance
1.5-3 hrs 16,155 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
16155 enrolled
How to Launch a Successful Career
3-4 hrs 1,851 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
1851 enrolled
Fundamentals of Business Money Management
1.5-3 hrs 6,124 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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Accounting
Fundamentals of Business Money Management
1.5-3 hrs
6124 enrolled
Developing Strategy to Solve Business Problems
1.5-3 hrs 2,247 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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Business Development
Developing Strategy to Solve Business Problems
1.5-3 hrs
2247 enrolled
Fundamentals of Fundraising: How to Secure Funds for Your Business
1.5-3 hrs 1,744 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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Fundraising
Fundamentals of Fundraising: How to Secure Funds for Your Business
1.5-3 hrs
1744 enrolled
Creating a Diverse and Inclusive Workplace Culture
1.5-3 hrs 5,553 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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Diversity
Creating a Diverse and Inclusive Workplace Culture
1.5-3 hrs
5553 enrolled
Employee Management for Business Managers
1.5-3 hrs 8,340 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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Management
Employee Management for Business Managers
1.5-3 hrs
8340 enrolled
Basics of eCommerce: How to Sell Online
1.5-3 hrs 14,926 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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E-Commerce
Basics of eCommerce: How to Sell Online
1.5-3 hrs
14926 enrolled
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Strategic Planning
Mental Health
Excel
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Renewable Energy
Ecology
Climate Change
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Wellness
Sustainability
Supply Chain Management
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Algorithms
Inventory Management
Diversity
SDG 10 Reduced Inequality
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Marketing Management
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Customer Service
Customer Experience
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Business Ethics
Investment
Personal Finance
Financial Literacy
Debt
Lead Generation
Product Management
Lean
Startup
Virtual Assistant
Pricing
Blockchain
Science
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Engineering
Health
Prompt Engineering
Motivation
Personal Development
Mindfulness
Mindset
Self Esteem
Goal Setting
Machine Learning
Computer Science
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Ethics
Computer Vision
Natural Language Processing (NLP)
Chatbot
Negotiation
B2B
Economics
Microeconomics
Macroeconomics
International Trade
Business Development
Innovation
Google Workspace
Scrum
Performance Management
Personal Branding
Career Development
Accounting
Finance
Tax
Business Management
Small Business
Cash Flow
Budgeting
Design Tools
Social Media Marketing
Coding
Transition Year Work and the Future
Homeschool Career and Technical Education
Generative AI
Social Skills
Network Marketing
Email Marketing
Automation
Public Relations
App Development
UX
Mobile App Development
Information Management
Technology
Emotional Intelligence
Tailoring
Web Development
Web Design
SEO
Food Safety
Nutrition
Confidence
Executive Assistant
Risk Management
Data Analysis
Trading
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Content Creation
Technical Writing
Business Process Management
Business Writing
Proofreading
Writing Skills
TikTok
Time Management
Recruitment
E-Commerce
Marketing
Sales
Amazon
Product Marketing
Creative Writing
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GDPR
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Data Security
Content Marketing
Facebook Marketing
Social Media
Analytics
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CRM
Report Writing
Proposal Writing
Branding
Market Research
Marketing Strategy
Human Resources
Work From Home
Hybrid Working
Change Management
Business Plan
Freelancing
Design Thinking
Creativity
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Strategic Thinking
Online Education
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Self Improvement
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