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"Making" Progress Teach-Out (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/makingprogress What is “progress”? How do we decide when we’re moving forward and not taking steps backward? And how do we explore the idea of progress around public sites of memory? This Teach-Out is an invitation to think about what progress means, and how you can look for it wherever you are—in your city, community, or neighborhood—and reflect upon your own ideas about the place you live in. Changes in the built environment of our communities are themselves the result of human actions and intentions, such |
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Biohacking Your Brain's Health (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/biohacking-your-brains-health With deteriorating health, particularly brain health, occurring at a global level, this course introduces you to methods for maximizing your brain's fitness through nutrition, exercise, meditation, and sleep. We'll debunk popular myths about prescribed practices for overall health and then uncover studies from the last few decades revealing practical routines and interventions that are proven to help improve the brain. You'll also get a glimpse at the brain's structure and common brain functions |
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Childbirth: A Global Perspective (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/childbirth This course will review challenges for maternal and newborn health in the developing world, where a great many women and babies are suffering from complications during pregnancy, childbirth, and the days following birth. Themes covered include the epidemiology of maternal and newborn mortality and morbidity, relevant issues for the global health workforce, community-based interventions to improve maternal and newborn health and survival, and sociocultural dynamics surrounding birth. This course |
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Communicating During Global Emergencies (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/communicating-during-global-emergencies In collaboration with the Rollins School of Public Health and the CDC's Division of Global Health Protection, Emergency Response, and Recovery Branch, this course introduces basic concepts and principles of communicating during a global crisis or emergency. It explores why communication during an emergency is different and the importance of adapting emergency messages to the needs of affected populations. Through sample scenarios, you will get the opportunity to identify information needs and |
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Conflict Transformation (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/conflict-transformation This course introduces you to the concept of conflict transformation and how it differs from conflict resolution, management, and prevention. We’ll see how conflict offers opportunities for constructive change, and we'll explore different tools and methods for engaging conflict constructively. Regardless of your familiarity with the topic, you'll get insightful tips, portable handouts, lively demonstrations, and personalized assignments to bridge and enhance your own knowledge and history withi |
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Consulting Approach to Problem Solving (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/consulting-problem-solving This is the #3 course in the specialization on management consulting. Management consultants excel at solving difficult and complex business problems. How do they do this? Shouldn’t clients know more about their situation than external consultants? Consultants are trained to systematically break down problems into logical pieces, then aggressively pursue answers with data: • Think about the problem broadly; strategy, operations, people, technology • Define the problem clearly; articulate “what |
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Consulting Presentations and Storytelling (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/management-consulting-presentations This is the #5 course in the specialization on management consulting. In the previous 4 courses, we’ve learned how consultants break down problems with tools and logical thinking. Now, it’s time to bring all the parts together into consulting-quality presentations and deliverables. Every consulting project is different, and yet, the final presentation will have many of the same elements: • Clear alignment among the stakeholders on the project goals • Understanding on the consulting approach, ass |
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Consulting Tools and Tips (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/management-consulting-tools-and-tips This is the #4 course in the specialization on management consulting. Management consultants are quick learners. When you first join a generalist consulting firm, you are expected to learn core consulting skills and will likely be staffed on projects across industry and functions. You might be on a chemicals pricing project, then a retail cost-reduction project. It’s critical that you learn “how to get smart quickly” and ask smart questions. At the same time, you should develop an armory of to |
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Ebola Virus Disease: An Evolving Epidemic (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/ebola-virus Learn about the evolving Ebola epidemic and its various aspects including disease prevention, management and treatment, response to the epidemic, ethical considerations, and the post-Ebola global health landscape. |
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Extinctions: Past, Present, & Future (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/extinctions-past-present-and-future This course introduces you to the five mass extinctions of the pre-human past, their causes and significance to the history of life on earth, and the current mass extinction happening during our time. We’ll also explore the history of paleontology and geological study and review the key players that influenced the science today. Regardless of your familiarity with the topic, you'll get portable handouts, lively demonstrations, and quizzes that bridge and enhance your knowledge. |
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Finance for Non-Financial Managers (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/finance-for-non-financial-managers Finance is for “Non-financial Managers” who want to understand key financial principles and apply them in a real-world context. Over the course of the program window, you will work your way through a series of nine modules that move from understanding basic financial principles to applying financial analysis and ratios to drive decisions. In addition, each module is capped with an ending self-evaluation to ensure that you have absorbed the following key learning objectives: + Understand the lan |
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Forecasting Models for Marketing Decisions (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/forecasting-models-marketing-decisions How will customers act in the future? What will demand for our products and services be? How much inventory should we order for the next season? Beyond simply forecasting what customers will do, marketers need to understand how their actions can shape future behavior. In Developing Forecasting Tools with Excel, learners will develop an understanding of the basic components of a forecasting model, how to build their own forecasting models, and how to evaluate the performance of forecasting models |
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Foundations of Marketing Analytics (CourseraSpecs) https://www.coursera.org/specializations/marketing-analytics Offered by Emory University. Inform Decision Making with Marketing Analytics. Leverage data and analytics to drive managerial decisions and ... |
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https://www.coursera.org/learn/nonviolence The Modern Civil Rights Movement is a significant landmark in United States history. This movement was a struggle for human rights directly challenging the nation to extend its democratic principles to African Americans and all peoples. This course sheds light on the often overlooked strategic planning that supported the direction of the events and is told by a voice intimately involved in the organization of movement—Dr. Bernard LaFayette, Jr. Topics include the history of the campaigns, the di |
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Getting a Consulting Job (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/getting-a-consulting-job This is the #2 course in the specialization on management consulting. In this course, we will learn how consulting firms work and how they make money. This can help you network with recruiters and prepare for the case interviews. Some of the topics covered: • What drive project profitability? • What competencies do I need at each stage in my career? • How are consulting interviews different? • How to do well on case interviews? • How much do I need to practice cases? |
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Health in Complex Humanitarian Emergencies (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/health-che The Center for Humanitarian Emergencies is a partnership between CDC's Emergency Response and Recovery Branch and the Rollins School of Public Health that drives global collaboration, research and evidence based training to improve the lives and well-being of populations impacted by humanitarian emergencies. - Center for Humanitarian Emergencies: http://www.che.emory.edu/ - CDC's Emergency Response and Recovery Branch: http://www.cdc.gov/globalhealth/healthprotection/errb/index.html This course |
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Introduction to Management Consulting (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/introduction-to-management-consulting Management consultants are paid well because they help executives to break down complex problems, make difficult decisions, and implement lasting change. Consultants know how to work smart and fast. Companies like McKinsey, Bain, BCG, Deloitte, EY, PWC, KPMG, and Accenture have trained thousands of consultants on useful skills, tools, methodologies. Taught by an ex-consultant from Deloitte, John Kim will give you a quick introduction to management consulting: • What do management consultants |
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Introduction to Social Media Analytics (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/social-media-analytics-introduction Social media not only provides marketers with a means of communicating with their customers, but also a way to better understand their customers. Viewing consumers’ social media activity as the “voice of the consumer,” this session exposes learners to the analytic methods that can be used to convert social media data to marketing insights. In Introduction to Social Media Analytics, learners will be exposed to both the benefits and limitations of relying on social media data compared to tradition |
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Management Consulting (CourseraSpecs) https://www.coursera.org/specializations/managementconsulting Offered by Emory University. Management Consultant Careers Skills Tools. Work like a management consultant: smarter, and faster |
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Managing Uncertainty in Marketing Analytics (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/uncertainty-marketing-decisions Marketers must make the best decisions based on the information presented to them. Rarely will they have all the information necessary to predict what consumers will do with complete certainty. By incorporating uncertainty into the decisions that they make, they can anticipate a wide range of possible outcomes and recognize the extent of uncertainty on the decisions that they make. In Incorporating Uncertainty into Marketing Decisions, learners will become familiar with different methods to reco |
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Marketing Analytics Capstone Project (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/marketing-analytics-project This capstone project will give you an opportunity to apply what we have covered in the Foundations of Marketing Analytics specialization. By the end of this capstone project, you will have conducted exploratory data analysis, examined pairwise relationships among different variables, and developed and tested a predictive model to solve a marketing analytics problem. It is highly recommended that you complete all courses within the Foundations of Marketing Analytics specialization before starti |
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Marketing Channel Benefits (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/marketingchannelbenefits This course is ideal for individuals who currently work in or are targeting opportunities in consulting and strategy, industrial sales and buying, marketing management, entrepreneurship, and business development. This course will introduce you to the concept of channel benefits, which focuses on HOW customers want to buy. This is a critical first step and represents the demand side of designing routes to markets. You will learn which channel benefits are most commonly desired by customers. F |
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Marketing Channel Functions (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/marketingchannelfunctions This course is ideal for individuals who currently work in or are targeting opportunities in consulting and strategy, industrial sales and buying, marketing management, entrepreneurship and business development. This course will cover the concept of channel functions, or the supply side of designing routes to markets. Channel functions are the necessary activities that channel members must provide in order to create the channel benefits that customers desire. You will learn a framework that q |
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Marketing Channel Strategy & B2B2C Routes to Market (CourseraSpecs) https://www.coursera.org/specializations/marketingchannelstrategy Offered by Emory University. Value Creation, Distribution, B2B, Partnering . In this course, you will learn how to capture and leverage this ... |
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Math for MBA and GMAT Prep (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/math-mba-gmat-prep This course gives participants a basic understanding of statistics as they apply in business situations. A fair share of students considering MBA programs come from backgrounds that do not include a large amount of training in mathematics and statistics. Often, students find themselves at a disadvantage when they apply for or enroll in MBA programs. This course will give you the tools to understand how these business statistics are calculated for navigating the built-in formulas that are include |
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Meaningful Marketing Insights (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/meaningful-marketing-insights With marketers are poised to be the largest users of data within the organization, there is a need to make sense of the variety of consumer data that the organization collects. Surveys, transaction histories and billing records can all provide insight into consumers’ future behavior, provided that they are interpreted correctly. In Introduction to Marketing Analytics, we introduce the tools that learners will need to convert raw data into marketing insights. The included exercises are conducted |
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Qualitative Data Analysis with MAXQDA Software (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/qualitative-data-analysis-with-maxqda-software This course will introduce you to MAXQDA software for easier data analysis during the qualitative research process. You'll explore how to do memos, variables, segmentation, coding, and data reduction techniques all in this course! |
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Qualitative Data Collection Methods (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/qualitative-data-collection-methods This course presents a detailed overview of qualitative methods of data collection, including observation, interviews, and focus group discussions. We will start with an in-depth overview of each method, explore how to plan for data collection, including developing data collection guides, and discuss techniques for managing data collection. For observation, we’ll focus on approaches with low levels of interaction with people and the environment (e.g. non-participant observation). We’ll talk abou |
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Qualitative Research Design and Methods for Public Health (CourseraSpecs) https://www.coursera.org/specializations/qualitative-research-design-and-methods-for-public-health Offered by Emory University. Add Qualitative Methods to Your Research Toolkit!. Master Your Expertise in Research Design Data Collection & ... |
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Reproducible Templates for Analysis and Dissemination (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/reproducible-templates-analysis This course will assist you with recreating work that a previous coworker completed, revisiting a project you abandoned some time ago, or simply reproducing a document with a consistent format and workflow. Incomplete information about how the work was done, where the files are, and which is the most recent version can give rise to many complications. This course focuses on the proper documentation creation process, allowing you and your colleagues to easily reproduce the components of your wor |
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So You Think You Know Tango? (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/tango How well do you think you know tango? This two-week mini-course is designed for music lovers, musicians, and dancers who are interested in learning more about the Argentine Tango. It will explore the many dimensions of the Argentine Tango music, including its origins, popularization during the Golden Age, dissemination abroad, evolution into an artistic music-dance form, and adoption by Argentine and international art-music composers to date. The goal is to provide learners with an authentic and |
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Survey analysis to Gain Marketing Insights (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/survey-analysis-marketing-insights How do consumers see your brand relative to your competitors? How should a new product be positioned when it’s launched? Which customer segments are most interested in our current offerings? For these questions and many others, surveys remain the tried and true method for gaining marketing insights. From one-off customer satisfaction surveys to brand tracking surveys that are administered on a continuous basis, they provide the information that marketers need to understand how their products, se |
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https://www.coursera.org/learn/addiction-and-the-brain This is a course about addiction to drugs and other behaviors. It will describe what happens in the brain and how this information helps us deal with and overcome addiction. It will also discuss other topics, such as government policy and our vulnerability to take drugs. |
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The Bible's Prehistory, Purpose, and Political Future (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/bible-history With its walls razed to ground by Babylon’s armies, Jerusalem joined a long line of ancient vanquished cities—from Ur and Nineveh and Persepolis to Babylon itself. While some recovered from the destruction, others did not. But none responded to political catastrophe by fashioning the kind of elaborate and enduring monument to their own downfall that we find in the Bible. Most conquered populations viewed their subjugation as a source of shame. They consigned it to oblivion, opting instead to ex |
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The Psychology of Thrill Seekers (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/psychology-of-thrill-seekers Sensation seeking is a trait we all have and includes the search for complex and new experiences. Thrill Seekers, people with high-sensation seeking personalities, crave exotic and intense experiences even when physical or social risks are involved. This course helps learners examine the remarkable world of the high-sensation seeking personality and explores the lifestyle, psychology, and neuroscience behind thrill seekers. |
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Understanding Violence (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/violence We are so pleased to have you join us as we investigate this crucial topic. Violence is a leading cause of death, disability and health care use worldwide. Violence is a complex problem and can only be understood and reduced though a multidisciplinary approach. This course introduces you to experts who study different forms of violence and we will discuss the various causes of violence. You will also learn about efforts to reduce violence and engage in a day of compassion. We are very f |
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Weight Management: Beyond Balancing Calories (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/learn/weight-management-beyond-balancing-calories Across the globe, more people are suffering from obesity than at any other time in our history. Why has obesity become so common and so challenging? In this course, we will look at the root cause of obesity, as explained by the latest science. We will see how our food environment has evolved over the last half-century, and how it is altering our biology to over-consume calories and resist sustained weight loss. We will also see how stress, a sedentary lifestyle, and inadequate sleep disrupt our |