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Business Etiquette: Gaining That Extra Edge
$30.59Course Length: 4 Weeks Course Hours: 8 ________________________________________________________________ Course Overview In this course, you'll learn all about business etiquette. First, you will learn tips for meeting new people, which includes a good handshake, knowing how to handle business cards, making small talk, remembering names, and crafting a good first impression. Then, you'll learn how to dress for success, dine with confidence, and present yourself well on the phone and via e-mail. -
Change Management: Change and How to Deal With It
$30.59Course Length: 4 Weeks Course Hours: 8 ________________________________________________________________________ Course Overview Some people enjoy the opportunities and excitement that change brings. Others, however, have a harder time adapting. To complicate matters, our feelings often depend on the situation. This course will teach you how to manage change in a positive way. -
How to Develop Effective Risk Management Techniques in Entertainment Law, Attorney Ricky Anderson
$30.59Course Length: 4 Weeks Course Hours: 8 ________________________________________________________________________ Course Overview In this course, you will learn about the seven Rs and four Ts that traditionally represent the key activities of risk management. This will give you a framework that you can customize for a single project, a department, or an entire company. -
Public Relations Boot Camp
$30.59Course Length: 8 Weeks Course Hours: 16 ________________________________________________________________________ Course Overview In this course, you will learn how to determine the type of information required in a particular situation, ways to approach PR strategically, how to create compelling releases, and techniques for managing media relations. -
Why Basic Accounting Skills for the New Entertainment Lawyer is Important, Attorney Ricky Anderson
$30.59Course Length: 4 Weeks Course Hours: 8 ________________________________________________________________________ Course Overview In this course, you will learn the basics of accounting, including financial terms, generally accepted accounting principles, the accounting cycle, key financial reports, financial analysis tools, and budgeting. -
Building Better Teams
$30.59Course Length: 4 Weeks Course Hours: 8 Hours ________________________________________________________________________ Course Overview Teams are an important building block of successful organizations. Whether the focus is on service, quality, cost, value, speed, efficiency, performance, or other similar goals, teams are the basic unit that supports most organizations. -
Understanding Music Distribution Agreements with Thorough Sound Research Skills, Attorney Ricky Anderson
$69.00Course Length: 4 Weeks Course Hours: 8 ________________________________________________________________________ Course Overview In this course, you will learn basic research skills, such as reading, memory recall, and note-taking. You will also learn how to create different kinds of outlines for different stages of your project, and how to move from the outline to writing, editing, and polishing. As well, you'll learn how to find information using the library's Dewey Decimal System, journals, and the Internet. -
Developing a Dynamite Brand Sales Presentations as an Entertainment Lawyer, Attorney Ricky Anderson
$69.00Course Length: 4 Weeks Course Hours: 8 ________________________________________________________________ Course Overview A good sales presentation begins when you enter the room, and the best sales presentation methods take into account not only what you’re bringing to sell, but how you present with it. -
Artist Music in the Cloud and Basic Internet Marketing, Attorney Ricky Anderson
$69.00Course Length: 4 Weeks Course Hours: 8 ________________________________________________________________________ Course Overview In this course, you will learn how to market online, where your target market is, and what results you are getting. You will also learn about search engine optimization, e-mail campaigns, pay per click advertising, and more. -
How Advanced Writing Skills Will Gain You Credibility at the Entertainment Table, Attorney Ricky Anderson
$69.00Course Length: 4 Weeks Course Hours: 8 ________________________________________________________________Course Overview This course is designed for writers who understand the basics and are ready to learn the nuances of letters, business cases, proposals, and reports. The skills taught in this course will empower you to succeed in any college-level course or your professional field. SUGGESTED PERQUISITE: We HIGHLY recommend that you complete Business Writing That Works PRIOR to beginning this course. -
How to Survive a Public Speaking Presentation, Attorney Ricky Anderson
$69.00Course Length: 4 Weeks Course Hours: 8 ________________________________________________________________________ Course Overview This course will teach you how to manage your thoughts, body language, nervousness, and speech patterns to present yourself professionally. You'll also learn how to present at meetings, use the five-S pattern to prepare a good presentation, and punch up your presentation with visual aids. As a bonus, you'll complete Velsoft's signature personality assessment to help you identify your strengths and weaknesses as a speaker. -
Music Publisher Agreements and Developing How to Write Reports and Proposals, Attorney Ricky Anderson
$69.00Course Length: 4 Weeks Course Hours: 8 ________________________________________________________________________ Course Overview To begin this course, you will learn about the four stages of report writing: investigating, planning, writing, and revising. You'll also learn about the ten steps of proposal writing, as well as use headings, adding visual aids, writing persuasively, and sourcing material. -
Creating a Google AdWords Campaign and the Pay Per Click Artist Agreement, Attorney Ricky Anderson
$69.00In this one-day course, you will learn how Google AdWords work, what pay per click means, the importance of correctly setting an AdWord budget, how to select keywords and set up ad groups, how to design a compelling ad, and how to make adjustments to increase success. -
Developing a High Reliability Organization in an Ever-changing Field of Entertainment Law, Attorney Ricky Anderson
$69.00You will learn what constitutes a High Reliability Organization (HRO), the principles behind high reliability and take a look at a real life disaster that could have benefitted from those principles. -
NexGen Entertainment Lawyers, Getting Stuff Done: Personal Development Boot Camp, Attorney Ricky Anderson
$69.00To start this course, you'll explore what personal efficiency is all about, as well as useful attitudes and skills that you might want to develop. Then, you'll outline your vision statement, dreams, and goals. Next, you'll learn about the 80/20 system, what characteristics your organizational system should have, how to design a functional work space, and techniques for organizing your daily to-do items. You'll also learn how to set up and maintain information management systems (both physical and virtual), prioritize tasks, create routines, and tackle procrastination. Finally, you'll learn how to get organized at home. -
Understanding and Getting in the Game with an E-Commerce Management Agreement, Attorney Ricky Anderson
$69.00This course will give you the skills to develop, design, test and successfully run your e-commerce business. It looks at important components such as business plans and marketing while touching upon payment methods, software solutions, security and fraud awareness, and much more. With those topics covered you will have the skills to take your e-commerce business to the next level. -
What are the Benefits of a Winning Proposal in an Recording Artist Promotion? Attorney Ricky Anderson
$69.00In this course, you will learn how to locate potential funders and how to match fundersâ interests with organizational needs. Along the way you will also learn the basic elements of proposal writing for not-for-profit organizations and learn to understand the process for successful proposal writing and how to build effective relationships with funders. -
CRM: Music Distribution Agreements and Customer Relationship Management, Attorney Ricky Anderson
$69.00This course will teach you how to make a decision about the need for CRM, the benefits of CRM, and how to coordinate the base requirements for a CRM undertaking. -
How to Overcome Objections to Nail the Deal in Entertainment Law, Attorney Ricky Anderson
$69.00In this course, you will learn how to overcome objections, identify buying signals, and close the sale. You will also learn supporting skills, like building credibility, being observant, and communicating well. -
How to be a Creative Innovative Thinker with Music Publisher Agreements, Attorney Ricky Anderson
$69.00In this course, you will identify ways to develop your creative side and build a creative environment. You'll also learn a basic problem-solving process, individual creative thinking tools (such as the RAP model, shoe swap technique, mind mapping, metaphors, and toys), and team-based creative thinking tools (such as brainstorming, brain writing, role storming, the stepladder technique, and slip writing). -
Influence and Persuasion
$69.00Course Length: 4 Weeks Course Hours: 8 Hours ________________________________________________________________________ Course Overview In this course, you will learn how to speak persuasively, communicate with confidence, build rapport, develop a strong presentation, and leverage storytelling. You'll also receive an introduction to basic neuro linguistic programming techniques. -
How to Optimize Through The Art Of Delegating Effectively, Attorney Ricky Anderson
$69.00Course Length: 4 Weeks Course Hours: 8 Hours ________________________________________________________________________ Course Overview This course will teach you how delegation can make you more successful, ways that you can delegate, techniques for giving instructions, how to monitor delegation results, and how to give good feedback. You will also learn an eight-step delegation process that you can customize for any situation. -
How Misreading Body Language can Ruin a Performance Negotiating Meeting, Attorney Ricky Anderson
$69.00Course Length: 4 Weeks Course Hours: 8 Hours Course Overview In this course, you will learn how to interpret personal space, gestures, facial expressions, body movements, and posture. You'll also learn how to send the right message with body language, dress, and personal interactions. -
How to Develop and Execute an Advanced Project Management Plan in Merchandising Products, Attorney Ricky Anderson
$69.00Course Length: 4 Weeks Course Hours: 8 ________________________________________________________________________ Course Overview In this course, you will focus on two areas of advanced project management. The first area is advanced project management techniques, such as communication plans and status meetings. The second area is general management skills, such as building a winning team and rewarding team members. -
How to Establish an Intermediate Project Management Merchandising Brand Plan, Attorney Ricky Anderson
$69.00Course Length: 4 Weeks Course Hours: 8 ________________________________________________________________________ Course Overview In this course, you will focus on the last three stages of the project life cycle: planning, execution, and termination. This includes identifying tasks and resources; using scheduling techniques like the work breakdown structure, Gantt charts, and network diagrams; preparing a budget; executing a project; and controlling changes.