A Workshop on the R System
John Maindonald
9am-5pm 8-9 October 2009
Full Fee: $895
Student Fee: $450 (Only applicable if 4 full fee paying students are
enrolled)
What is R?
“R is revolutionizing the world of statistical computing. Powerful,
flexible, and best of all free, R is now the program of choice for
tens of thousands of statisticians.”
R has an unrivalled ability to handle a huge variety
of statistical analyses, including some that take advantage of recent
theoretical and computational advances. It is the work of leading
experts in statistical computing, drawn from many different countries.
It implements the flexible and powerful S language, so that it is
highly extensible. It is the system of choice for professionals who
wish to develop of new routines.
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Advanced Executive Secretary
& PA: an Office Management and Professional Skills Workshop for
Executive Secretaries, Administrators, Office Manager and PAs
Jacqueline Klauer
9am –5pm Monday 17 & Tuesday 18 August
- $1100 ND
As business continues to become more sophisticated, there is a corresponding
increase in the recognition of the importance of administrative professional
roles in organisations. To make the most of the opportunities that
stem from this recognition, you need to make sure you are the best
admin professional you can be.
This workshop is practical, interactive and exciting and enhances
your professional skills allowing you to contribute effectively to
your own, your boss’s and your organisation’s success.
Full Outline
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Communicating
efficiently & effectively in your workplace
David Grantham, Navin Edwin and Kevin Norton
9am – 4pm Monday 19 & Tuesday 20
October - $895 ND
So much depends upon quality communication for a successful individual,
team or organisation. In the office there are many traps associated
with bad communication such as poor listening, unclear directions,
mistakes, accidents, needless conflict, non-assertive behaviour and
unclear speaking, emailing or correspondence. On this course learn
why communication is so tricky and how to do it well.
Full
Outline
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Conducting
meetings and writing minutes
Kevin Norton and David Grantham
9am – 4pm Monday 26 October - $550 ND
This course deals with all the important aspects of conducting, or
participating in, formal meetings. Included are standard practices
for convening meetings, preparing agenda, distributing papers, conducting
meetings, taking and preparing minutes, and action arising from meetings.
Attention is paid to the purpose, content and style of minutes. This
course includes practical tips and also mock meetings to apply the
skills learned.
Full
Outline
Economists
for non-economists
Dr Jawad Ali
Day One: 9am – 12.30pm
Day Two: 9am - 12.30pm
Wednesday 28 & Thursday 29 October
- $895 ND
Knowing basic economic concepts and issues enables one to make informed
decisions about a wide range of situations that one faces in everyday
living and working in a developed community as ours. In our capacity
as civil servants, business people or mums and dads we need to make
good choices between options using economic concepts.
Full
Outline
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Event management
Narelle Ryan
9am – 5pm Saturday 5 September - $295
ND
9am – 5pm Saturday 12 September - $295 ND
Join one of Australia’s leading event managers with over 20
years “hands on” experience for this 1-day course which
will give you an overview of all the key elements required to produce
and manage successful events.
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Fundamentals and practical
tips for managing projects
Neil Miller
9am – 5pm Wednesday 14 October - $550
ND
Most managers of projects need to manage their projects while doing
other work. This course covers the critical parts of project management
that managers need to know and do. Practical tips are provided on
how to successfully complete your project with a minimum of time,
effort and stress.
Full Outline
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Getting groups going great
Rhian Williams
9am – 5pm Tuesday 4 & Wednesday 5
August - $895 ND
Teams, committees, meetings and consultation processes are all enhanced
by understanding how groups work. This workshop offers participants
the opportunity to develop skills which can assist groups to improve
their decision making productivity and to enhance their overall performance.
Full Outline
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How to delegate and motivate
Loretta Ginnivan and Kevin Norton
9am – 4pm Monday 7 September - $550 ND
Individuals, teams and organisations will learn how to motivate and
delegate effectively and efficiently. Secondly, awareness will be
raised of the links between motivation and delegation.
Full
Outline
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How to retain and attract
quality staff
Kevin Norton and David Grantham
9am – 4pm Monday 9 November - $550 ND
It is always a challenge to have the right people in the right place
with the right skills at the right time. This is a much greater challenge
in times of skill shortages and an aging population. Succession and
resource planning are currently critical issues.
This interactive course outlines how to address recruitment and retention
issues especially during a skills shortage. Given the major financial
and time costs of recruitment and induction, we need to place lots
of emphasis on retaining our quality people.
Full
Outline
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Leadership
/ team building excellence
Kevin Norton, Loretta Ginnivan and Navin Edwin
9am – 4pm Monday 16 & Tuesday 17
November - $895
This course will help participants to gain better knowledge and understanding
of successful leadership and team building. Participants will then
be equipped to apply these skills in their current and future workplaces.
This course is an important step for many people both in mapping out
their career path and improving their current performance.
Full Outline
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Negotiating with Emotional
Intelligence
Rhian Williams
9am – 5pm Wednesday 19 & Thursday
20 August - $895 ND
Emotional intelligence is critical to understanding both yourself
and those you have to negotiate with. Daniel Goleman author of the
book Emotional Intelligence says EQ or emotional intelligence is the
key to people who excel; whose relationships flourish and who are
stars in the workplace. This workshop explores the elements of emotional
intelligence and how to apply them to negotiations. The workshop will
assist participants to acquire strategies that enable them to be versatile
and adept emotionally intelligent negotiators
Full Outline
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Public speaking and presentation
skills
David Grantham & Kevin Norton
9am – 4pm Monday 12 & Wednesday 14
October - $895 ND
The ability to make confident presentations before a variety of audiences
is an increasingly important skill. This workshop is a practical,
hands-on experience aimed at developing in each participant the skills
and confidence needed to prepare and make timely, appropriate and
effective presentations. Participants prepare and deliver presentations
then receive helpful feedback. The focus is on improvement not on
how good people are at the start of the course.
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Outline
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Understanding
statistics
Terry Giesecke
DATE CHANGE: 9am – 4pm Thursday 10 NOVEMBER-
$550 ND
Statistics can set you free from misconceptions, urban myths as well
as giving you a clearer picture of the impact of various policies.
If you have see reports in the media that use statistics to propose
this or that, how do you know if it is or is not appropriate. Understanding
and using statistics can equip you with a better understanding of
statistics and enable you to use them to develop your own arguments
and viewpoints.
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