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Legal Compliance and Ethical Responsibility
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with MindEdge Instructor, MSAD#1 Adult & Community Education

Human resource professionals must negotiate a wide range of legal issues in the workplace. Employment law is a complex and constantly evolving area that has been disrupted many times over by technological advancements and new economies. This course examines the legal responsibilities and boundaries of human resource professionals and how they use this knowledge to support their employers and organizations. To support organizations effectively in this area, human resource professionals must be able to understand a multitude of regulations that govern employment relationships, as well as accurately assess potential legal issues and employers' ethical responsibilities.
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Mastering Grammar Basics
with MindEdge Instructor, MSAD#1 Adult & Community Education

The most effective writing is clear, concise, and error-free. Whether you're writing for business, education, marketing, or personal projects, having a firm understanding of grammar basics will help you communicate effectively with your audience. This Grammar Refresher course will walk you through the foundational elements of English grammar, including the parts of speech, punctuation, and sentence structure. Through interactive games and exercises, you'll learn how to spot and fix common grammatical errors. Gain confidence as a writer and editor by mastering grammar basics with this Grammar Refresher course.
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Medical-Related Benefits
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with MindEdge Instructor, MSAD#1 Adult & Community Education

A 2022 survey by AHIP determined that 56% of employees will make the decision to leave or stay at an organization based on their health benefits. Medical benefits can not only impact retention, but also internal and external perception, rates of absenteeism, and financial repercussions.
We will review questions such as: which group health plan can best support an organization's strategic goals? What options are available to ensure the medical-related benefits included are a good fit for your employees? How can HR executives help design a benefits plan in order to address all aspects of employee health, including mental health?
This course will guide you in designing, implementing, evaluating, and adjusting your organizational medical benefit plan to meet specific goals.
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Microsoft Project Intermediate
with MindEdge Instructor, MSAD#1 Adult & Community Education

This intermediate-level course provides learners with essential skills for mastering Microsoft's project management software, MS Project. Aspiring project managers are provided a step-by-step tutorial on various functions that are required for every type of project. This course assumes that learners have a basic familiarity with MS Project. MS Project is a popular tool that allows project managers to develop schedules, allocate resources, and track progress. It also allows managers to perform variance analysis and combine multiple projects. This intermediate course will focus on the Microsoft Office 2019 version of MS Project.
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Negotiations: Resolving Disputes
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with MindEdge Instructor, MSAD#1 Adult & Community Education

This course is designed to help managers and other decision makers learn to settle workplace and interpersonal disputes by the application of proven negotiating principles and strategies. Learners in this course will explore the fundamentals of Dispute Settlement Negotiation with the help of games, videos, interactive exercises, case studies, and other engaging content.
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Nonprofit Skills®: Communication Styles
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with MindEdge Instructor, MSAD#1 Adult & Community Education

This course, aimed at nonprofit leaders and aspiring leaders, is designed to help them become more effective communicators. Self-paced and highly interactive, the course covers basic communication theory: the four main communication styles, the different communication channels, and the difference between push communication and pull communication. It focuses on practical approaches to workplace communication: developing a clear message and tailoring it to your audience, adapting your communication style for different demographic groups, developing a communications plan for your organization, and communicating in times of crisis. It includes three case studies that allow learners to apply what they have learned to real-world situations, and it allows learners to download materials that they can use to hone their communication skills.
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Nonprofit Skills®: Effective Leadership Oversight for Board Members
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with MindEdge Instructor, MSAD#1 Adult & Community Education

This course will provide you with the knowledge and skills necessary to provide effective leadership oversight in your organization. We will define the different types of board structures and the cycles that every board goes through. Then, we will look at nonprofit governance best practices and the importance of board assessments and succession planning. And finally, we will take a close look at managing conflict within the leadership of your organization, and analyze some of the major ethical issues facing modern nonprofits.
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Nonprofit Skills®: Establishing Mission and Vision
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with MindEdge Instructor, MSAD#1 Adult & Community Education

Nonprofit Skills®: Establishing Mission and Vision guides nonprofit leaders through the process of identifying purpose and applying that to organizational goals. The course includes discussions on what makes a mission and a vision and how purpose drives leadership. 3 case studies dissect the ways in which mission statements should be followed, reviewed, and refined. It discusses diversifying audiences and turning purpose into impact. After completing this course, nonprofit leaders will be able to move forward confident that their actions and objectives will align with both organizational goals and the ultimate purpose of the organization.
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