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Throughout his decade-long tenure as the head of sales at LinkedIn, Mike Gamson has amassed a wealth of knowledge on the topic of sales leadership. In this course, Mike shares what he knows with you, spelling out how to run a successful sales team. Discover how to develop a strong, consistent leadership voice, inspire your team, and define your objectives. Plus, learn how to establish your core principles; implement global and local strategies; execute your tactics; and observe, analyze, and adjust to ensure that you're able to grapple with any missteps.

As a professional woman, how do you communicate using body language? In this course, learn how to be aware of your body language, and how you can use your body language to convey power, authority, and interest in what others have to say. Instructor Dorie Clark discusses how body language is different for men and women, and how to choose appropriate clothing that matches the situation and your brand. She dives into the components of body language, explaining what to do with your feet, hands, face, and voice when interacting with others at work. Plus, she shares strategies for using body language to signal that you're really present in a situation.

Camtasia offers specific editing tools for educators, trainers, and any elearning creator, allowing you to make and edit professional quality videos. In this course, take your editing skills to the next level by learning advanced techniques, including how to apply transitions, work with green screen footage, and create advanced animation. Editing audio is also covered, including how to fix background noise and make the volume level. Additionally, find out how to polish the color of the video, add closed captioning, and publish your final project.

Are you a solid JavaScript developer interested in shifting to a more functional style? If so, then this project-based course can help. Here, instructor Michael Rosata equips you with new functional programming concepts and demonstrates how to use those concepts to create an actual declarative JavaScript app. Michael begins by discussing composition and functional combinators. He shares how to reason about these composed functions, as well as how to use the laws of compositionality to deal with common issues that arise when writing compositional logic. He also demonstrates how to create generic containers to isolate impurities. To wrap up the course, he shows how to build state management inside your functional app.

Many of today's iOS apps rely on cloud services for features like authentication, database integration, and file storage. AWS Mobile can deliver all of these features and more, while avoiding the need for actual server-side development. In this project-based course, instructor Bear Cahill shows how to get started with AWS Mobile for iOS. He covers the basics of user authentication with Amazon, Facebook, and Google; database storage for user data; and file storage for binary data. Follow along step by step to learn how to configure the AWS console, create your Xcode project, and write the Swift code to integrate AWS Mobile into your app.

Get started with Camtasia, a complete elearning and screencast creation suite that allows you to capture and edit video, create interactive learning experiences, and publish elearning assets that are SCORM compliant. In this course, Chris Mattia takes you through the essentials of creating compelling video content with this go-to tool. He steps through how to create software-based training and slides-based training, as well as edit video footage and audio. Learn how to record voice narration; stylize your content with animations, effects, and transitions; and add captions to make your content more accessible. Plus, Chris shows how to create interactive assessments, share your content with the world, and more—all in a single application interface.

Canvas provides a variety of ways for instructors to engage with their students in an online or blended learning class. This course shows how to customize Canvas to create a more collaborative classroom. Learn how to communicate by posting video announcements and holding video conferences. Discover how to assess and grade students using rubrics and the SpeedGrader feature. Explore strategies for keeping files organized, including how to embed multimedia and use ePortfolios. Find out how to check if your content is meeting accessibility guidelines, and then how to make essential adjustments. Additionally, this course covers how to optimize content, integrate with other applications, and more.

Testing the security of an enterprise network ensures a business can withstand today's threats. The third domain of the CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner (CASP) certification—Enterprise Security Operations—assesses whether you understand the basics of penetration testing and the tools and techniques attackers use to infiltrate your network. This course helps you prepare for the CASP exam, while deepening your knowledge of security assessments, vulnerability assessments, penetration tests, and incident response and recovery. Follow along with instructor Jason Dion as he covers topics such as reconnaissance, auditing, code reviews, and the tools used during containment and recovery. By the end of the course, you'll be one step closer to CASP certification—a key tool for demonstrating your advanced cybersecurity knowledge to prospective employers and clients.

PRINCE2® is the world's most widely adopted project management method. It enables teams of any size, in any industry, to develop and implement projects in a consistent and controlled manner. You can become a PRINCE2 certified professional by passing the Foundation and Practitioner exams. This course breaks down each of the 7 themes, 7 processes, and 7 principles of PRINCE2 in a succinct format, so that you are knowledgeable, empowered, and prepared to answer all the related questions from the exams. Learn how themes, processes, roles, and even documentation can be tailored for your business, and how the project environment is covered by each of the seven themes: business case, organization, quality, plans, risk, change, and progress. For each theme, Claudine proves a challenge video of foundation-style practice questions, and an accompanying solution set.

Successful programmers know more than just how to code. They also know how to think about solving problems. Code Clinic is a series of courses where our instructors solve the same problems using different programming languages. Here, Ray Villalobos works with JavaScript. Throughout the course, Ray introduces challenges and then provides an overview of his solutions in JavaScript. Challenges include topics such as geolocation, face recognition, and accessing peripheral devices. Visit other courses in the series to see how to solve the same challenges in languages like C++, C#, PHP, Python, Ruby, Go, and Swift.

Practice coding with Swift, the programming language for iOS and Mac. Code Clinic is a series of courses that solve the same problems using different programming languages. It gives developers a chance to experiment with new platforms and compare their strengths. In this course, Todd Perkins takes you through six different challenges and provides an overview of his solutions in Swift. Challenges cover topics such as statistical analysis, geolocation, facial recognition, and accessing peripheral devices. Each lesson provides practical skills, valuable design patterns, and code snippets you can use in your own projects.

Visit other courses in the series to see how to solve the exact same challenges in languages like C#, C++, Java, PHP, Python, and Ruby.

Take this comprehensive prep course for the new CompTIA Network+ exam (N10-007) to understand how the physical components of networks interact. This is part 2 of a 9-part series, brought to you by a partnership between LinkedIn Learning and Total Seminars. The training is based on Mike Meyers's gold standard CompTIA Network+ All-in-One Exam Guide, 7th Edition. This installment covers cabling, topologies, and Ethernet basics. Plus, learn how to set up and troubleshoot a modern, top-of-the-line, physical network complete with switches, hubs, and routers. By the end of the training, you'll have improved your networking skills and your ability to earn this sought-after IT certification.

Bolster your IT networking expertise as you prepare to take and pass the CompTIA Network+ exam (N10-007). In this course—the sixth installment in the nine-part CompTIA Network+ Cert Prep series—instructor Mike Meyers covers key networking and infrastructure exam concepts as he discusses advanced networking devices, IPv6, and remote connectivity. Mike helps you understand IP tunneling and explores the different types of devices and locations for network security. He also discusses key routing and switching concepts using IPv6, compares and contrasts WAN technologies, and more.

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While manufacturing has realized substantial gains in productivity, the construction industry hasn't seen notable improvements in productivity over the past few decades. Lean productivity—a tried and tested continual improvement process leveraged in manufacturing—contains elements that lend themselves to being ported over to the construction process. In this course, explore the lean theory of production and learn how it can be successfully adopted in construction to enhance efficiency. Instructor Jim Rogers provides a brief introduction to the theory of lean productivity, describing key concepts and explaining how lean applies to construction. Jim then spells out the changes that need to occur in order for lean to be successfully adopted in the construction industry.

One of the most challenging parts of being a consultant is you're in business for yourself. So, when it comes to making sales, you're in the driver's seat. That's why you need a sales system that's easy to implement, and more importantly, one that will help you use your natural consulting talents to fill your sales funnel.

In this course, sales strategist and instructor Meridith Elliott Powell spells out how to create and implement a strong sales system that helps you grow your consulting practice. Discover how to design a sales conversation, create a compelling value proposition, identify and respond to objections, and more.

Develop confidence connecting with executives in a one-on-one meeting. In this course, John Ullmen, PhD, from the UCLA Anderson School of Management, explores common concerns employees have about engaging executives and shares winning strategies to connect with executives one-on-one—and make sure the relationship endures after the meeting is over.

Spend five minutes each week learning valuable, insider tips on being a successful consultant with Mike Figliuolo, business trainer and managing director of thoughtLEADERS. Mike provides a new consulting tip each Monday, covering topics such as staying connected with clients, setting pricing, blogging to increase your audience and client base, and scaling from an individual consultancy to a consulting partnership or team. Use these tips to launch and grow your business, form stronger client relationships, and plan for the future.

Change is the only constant in life. The workplace is no exception. Companies undergo reorganization, mergers, acquisitions, and smaller but no less significant disruptions every day. Leaders at all levels need to enable their organizations to develop a culture of change that embraces change as a dynamic force of innovation creating a competitive advantage.

In this course you can discover the skills, tools, and systems needed to succeed in an ever-changing landscape. Instructor Jerry Pico has led dozens of companies through cultural transformations big and small. He integrates real-life examples from his consulting practice and in-house experience into the course. He focuses on network leadership and learning agility, and shows how to build a culture that thrives on changes in an increasingly complex world. Follow along and learn how to embrace change, make it less stressful for you and your team, and use it as a dynamic force for growth.

Discover how to select and bring forward smart business ideas that aim to make the world a better place. In this course, join LinkedIn Influencer Creel Price—the founder and director of Investible—as he shares practical tips and key factors that can help founders successfully launch a social enterprise. Creel explains what social entrepreneurship is and why it's unique. He also shares how to make your idea investible, fund your social enterprise, avoid common pitfalls, and much more.

Without a clear understanding of your customer, you simply can't build a good product. That's why customer development is such a critical stage of product management. Customer development is the process of interviewing real users and building personas that summarize their wants and needs. In this course, you can learn the basics of customer development: finding users, preparing questions, and conducting interviews that reveal accurate insights. Instructors Cole Mercer and Evan Kimbrell also show how to use the information you've learned to build robust user personas and test and validate your product ideas.

Given fast-evolving customer expectations, every organization needs an effective customer service strategy to guide operations and decisions. Your service strategy is the bridge between the organization's vision and mission—and the decisions and actions that happen every day. Join Brad Cleveland in this course and learn how to develop and execute an effective customer service strategy for your organization and team. Learn the seven steps of the strategic planning process, involving vision, customer access, talent, processes, technology, investments, and innovation. Plus, discover how to put your strategy to work, measure its effectiveness over time, and make updates to keep your strategy current.

In order to secure the role you want in a competitive job market, you need to separate yourself from the other candidates. It all starts with the curriculum vitae (CV). In this course, Aimee Bateman takes you through the basics of CV writing, focusing on structure and content. Aimee shares how to showcase your education, work experience, strengths, skills, and accomplishments in an engaging way. She also goes over the different types of CVs—including functional and academic—and answers some common questions regarding tricky situations.

As the owner of a small or medium business, you're probably aware that cybersecurity threats are on the rise. Learning which issues to watch out for—and how to best respond to threats—can help you keep your business safe. In this course, instructor Kristin Judge provides business owners and their staff with the foundational knowledge they need to secure their data and online accounts. Using the NIST Cybersecurity Framework—an international standard created by the National Institute of Standards and Technology—Kristin takes you through a five-step process that can help you better secure your business.

CySA+ is a highly desirable, intermediate certification that shows you know how to prevent, detect, and combat a multitude of modern cybersecurity threats. CySA+ Cert Prep: 4 prepares students for the first part of domain four, Security Architecture and Tool Sets. Follow along with instructor Mike Chapple and learn about security governance, security policies and procedures, regulatory compliance, and auditing practices to measure the effectiveness of your security program. Discover how to inject security into human resources and keep your personnel and company safe. Find out how to raise awareness of threats and conduct mandatory and optional training. Plus, explore how to enforce security in vendor relationships and integrate systems and data from third parties. Completing this course, along with the other six courses in the series, will help you prepare to become a CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst and ensure that your organization is properly insulated from risk.

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CySA+ is a highly desirable, intermediate certification that shows you know how to prevent, detect, and combat a multitude of modern cybersecurity threats. This course provides an overview of the 2018 certification program. It kicks off the CySA+ Cert Prep series, which covers each domain of the exam in greater detail. Here, expert Mike Chapple reviews the various careers in IT security and the benefits of CySA+ certification. He goes over the four exam domains, and explains how to prepare for the exam and what to expect on testing day. Mike wraps up with a discussion of the CompTIA continuing education requirements.