Speak Up! Oral Presentation Skills
This program discusses planning, researching, writing, and delivering an oral presentation. It covers such topics as selecting a topic, choosing a presentation format, gathering and organizing necessary information, practicing, and putting it all to...
Presenting with Impact: Sales and Service Masterclass
This program examines how salespeople can present their products and services with greater impact. A panel shares thoughts on presentation style and examines the importance of product knowledge, organization, and order of information. Topics in this...
Developing a Design Brief
Featuring helpful case studies, this program introduces skills and methods used in the preliminary, developmental, and theoretical side of the design process. Students are shown how two product designers research, experiment with, and communicate cr...
Catering skills: behind the scenes
Exploring an array of culinary skills, this video enables viewers to create dishes for a fully catered meal. Grounding students in the elements of plate composition - color, texture, height, and balance - the program demonstrates entree and dessert ...
What Customers Love and Hate: Sales and Service Masterclass
In this program, viewers learn to engage customers by focusing on what they love and avoiding what they hate. They are challenged to assess their current methods and style and to apply the principles uncovered by the latest behavioral studies that s...
An introduction to web site design:
This program offers a comprehensive introduction to the basic principles of Web site design. Applicable to online retail outlets, electronic newspapers, blogs, search engines, and other types of sites, it explains how to identify the target audience...
Evaluating Business Performance
How do company owners and managers measure the health and viability of their businesses? This program addresses that question, illustrating processes by which an entrepreneur can evaluate the performance of his or her enterprise and make decisions t...
All about Textiles
What makes cotton such a versatile material? How is silk produced? Why do some people have trouble wearing wool? In this program, interior designer Brandi Hagen explains the qualities of different kinds of fibers, both natural and synthetic. Nylon, ...
Managing Change in Tough Times
Many external influences can impact the success of a business, including natural disasters, financial crises, epidemics, and even terrorism. In this informative program, psychologist Peter Quarry talks with Glenyce Johnson, managing director of Pere...
Analyzing Fitness
Health advocates continuously speak out on the need for physical fitness—but providing the skills to analyze and measure fitness isn’t always part of the educational package. This program addresses that crucial dimension of fitness training, gui...