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Odyssey Training

Tel:3229 9505Fax:3229 1254

September e-News

www.odysseytraining.com.au

In This Issue

Pre-paid training courses – Save yourself time and money

The Effective Supervisor – New 1 Day Course

September Training Calendar

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Pre-paid training courses

Save yourself time and money

Organising training on behalf of multiple people can be a time consuming process. So why not save time and money by taking advantage of our pre-paid training courses with benefits including:

Ü  Great discounts offered for volume purchases – buy 10 vouchers and take 10% off RRP.

Ü  Only 1 accounting process = 1 invoice once.

Ü  People book their training from an approved list of courses – ensuring they are doing the approved training with the minimum amount of coordination.

Ü  Odyssey training takes care of rooms, manuals, computers and lunches – it’s all included in the price of our scheduled courses.

Ü  Copies of evaluation forms and trainer’s reports are available to help you monitor the success of the training program.

To order your pre-paid training courses contact Odyssey Training on 3229 9505.

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The Effective Supervisor

New 1 Day Course

Every supervisor is the leader of a team. To ensure a successful team, managers must ensure that supervisors have the prerequisite people skills necessary to resolve disputes, provide constructive feedback, monitor performance, delegate and problem solve.

Odyssey Training has developed a new 1 day Supervision course with techniques developed to improve interpersonal, communication and problem solving skills.

Topics include: Effective Communication – Effective Listening – Situational Leadership

Team Roles – Leadership Styles – Monitoring Performance – Giving Feedback

Problem Solving and Decision Making

For more information call Odyssey Training on 3229 9505.

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Featured courses of the month

Microsoft Visio Professional 2002/2003 - Introduction

Duration: 1 day Next Course: 12 September

Visio is a diagramming program that can help you create business and technical diagrams that document and organise complex ideas, processes, and systems. In this course participants will learn basic concepts for creating flowcharts, and basic network diagrams. This includes learning the basics for using and creating shapes, printing drawings, creating custom stencils, and many time-saving shortcuts and techniques designed to increase productivity.

For a full course outline click here.

Macromedia Dreamweaver 4.0/MX/MX2004 - Introduction

Duration: 2 days Next Course: 6-7 September

Dreamweaver is the industry-leading web development tool, enabling users to efficiently design, develop and maintain standards-based websites and applications.

This course has been designed for participants who wish to gain practical “hands on” approach to learning the fundamentals of the Macromedia Dreamweaver Web development application.

For a full course outline click here.

Selection & Recruitment of Personnel

Duration: 1 day Next Course: 12 September

Selecting the right person for a job is an important decision that if not done successfully can result in a great deal of wasted time, money and effort. Recruiting successfully starts long before the first interview and this course takes you from the planning phase through to offering the successful candidate the job, and is essential for anyone who plays a role in the recruitment process.

For a full course outline click here.

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September Training Calendar

Here’s is a snapshot of what’s coming up at Odyssey Training in September.

SEPTEMBER
Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday
29 / 30 / 31 / 1 / 2
MS Access Intro / MS Access Intro / MS Access Adv / MS Word Intro / MS Excel Intro
MS Excel Adv / Filemaker Pro Intro (Day 1) / Filemaker Pro Intro (Day 2) / Adobe GoLive Intro (Day 1) / Adobe GoLive Intro (Day 2)
Adobe InDesign Adv / MS Access Adv / Adobe Photoshop Adv / MS Publisher Intro
Writing Skills for Business / Supervision & Management of People (Day 1) / Supervision & Management of People (Day 2) / Project Management Fundamentals (Day 1) / Project Management Fundamentals (Day 2)
Effective Communication Skills
5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9
MS Word Inter / MS Excel Inter / MS PowerPoint Intro / MS Word Adv / MS Excel Adv
MS Access Intro (Day 1) / MS Access Intro (Day 2) / MS Project Intro (Day 1) / MS Project Intro (Day 2) / Introduction to Computers
Adobe Acrobat Intro / Dreamweaver Intro (Day 1) / Dreamweaver Intro (Day 2) / Adobe InDesign Intro (Day 1) / Adobe InDesign Intro (Day 2)
Business Etiquette / Assertiveness / Essential Skills for the Administration Professional (Day 1) / Change Management – Communication is the Key
12 / 13 / 14 / 15 / 16
MS Visio Intro / MS Word Intro / MS Excel Intro / MS Outlook Intro / Creating queries & reports in MS
Fireworks Adv / Adobe Illustrator Intro (Day 1) / Adobe Illustrator Intro (Day 2) / Adobe Photoshop Intro (Day 1) / Adobe Photoshop Intro (Day 2)
Certificate IV in Assessment & Workplace Training (Day 1) / Certificate IV in Assessment & Workplace Training (Day 2) / Certificate IV in Assessment & Workplace Training (Day 3) / Certificate IV in Assessment & Workplace Training (Day 4) / Certificate IV in Assessment & Workplace Training (Day 5)
Managing Your Time Using MS Outlook / Essential Skills for the Administration Professional (Day 2) / VBA for Excel (Day 1) / VBA for Excel (Day 2)
Selection & Recruitment of Personnel / Group Facilitation Skills / Access Inter
Time Management
19 / 20 / 21 / 22 / 23
MS Project Adv (Day 1) / MS Project Adv (Day 2) / Creating complex documents in MS / MS Word Inter / MS Excel Inter
MS FrontPage Intro (Day 1) / MS FrontPage Intro (Day 2) / MS Word Adv / MS Outlook Adv / Dreamweaver Adv
Delivering Exceptional Customer Service / Flash Adv / Adobe InDesign Adv / Writing Skills for Business
Negotiation Skills / Maximising Team Performance
26 / 27 / 28 / 29 / 30
MS Word Adv / MS Excel Adv / MS Access Adv (Day 1) / MS Access Adv (Day 2) / Adobe Photoshop Adv
Adobe Pagemaker Intro (Day 1) / Adobe Pagemaker Intro (Day 2) / Retaining Motivating & Mentoring Staff / MS PowerPoint Adv
Dealing with Difficult People & Conflict / Filemaker Pro Intro (Day 1) / Filemaker Pro Intro (Day 2)
Supervision & Management of People (Day 1) / Supervision & Management of People (Day 2)

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Cheers,

The Odyssey Training Team