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Personal Development
Diploma in Soft Skill Development
time20-30hrs
timebeginner level
This free online Soft Skill Development course starts by explaining how to apply our hard skills in a social environment. It focuses on developing a wide variety of soft skills starting from communication, to working in different environments. Learn how to understand a communicative environment, the roles of communicants, the cultural norms, values and traditions affecting the nature and efficacy of speech interaction.
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Diploma in Soft Skill Development
This Free Course helps employees understand that soft skills will improve their performance. Soft skills can be learned.
This free online Soft Skill Development course starts by explaining how to apply our hard skills in a social environment. It focuses on developing a wide variety of soft skills starting from communication, to working in different environments. Learn how to understand a communicative environment, the roles of communicants, the cultural norms, values and traditions affecting the nature and efficacy of speech interaction.
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Module 1
7 Lessons
Communication Skills 1: The Basics
In this module we will talk about understanding the communicative environment and some of the important soft skills which relate to communication. Learn also culture and context, the ways that we generally communicate like verbal, nonverbal, music, visuals.
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1.Learning Outcomes
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2.Understanding the Communicative Environment - Part 1
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3.Understanding the Communicative Environment - Part 2
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4.What to Listen for and why
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5.When to speak and how
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6.Starting and Sustaining a Conversation
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7.Lesson Summary
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Module 2
7 Lessons
Communication Skills 2 : Presentation and Interaction
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Module 3
7 Lessons
Communication Skills 3: Visual, Nonverbal and Aural Communication
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Module 4
7 Lessons
Interpersonal Communication 1: Individuals, Groups and Cultures
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Module 5
1 Lessons
Diploma in Soft Skill Development - First Assessment
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Module 6
7 Lessons
Interpersonal Communication 2: Emotional and Social Skills
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Module 7
7 Lessons
Developing Key Traits 1: Creativity, Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
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Module 8
7 Lessons
Developing Key Traits 2: Motivation, Persuasion, Negotiation and Leadership
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Module 9
7 Lessons
Essential and Vocational Skills: Survival Strategies
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Module 10
1 Lessons
Diploma in Soft Skill Development - Second Assessment
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Module 11
1 Lessons
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