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SUMMARY:Personal Development Workshops
DESCRIPTION:Assertiveness \nThis workshop is about helping you recognize your own type of behavior and how you come across to others. It will help you to identify situations in which you would like to be less aggressive or less passive and learn how to be assertive in these situations. The course will show you how to overcome your natural\, instinctive behavior in situations and learn more effective responses. \n\n\n\n\nWhat you will learn: \n\nWhat is assertive\, aggressive\, and passive behavior?\nWhat effect does this behavior have on you and others?\nUnderstanding our rights and responsibilities.\nRecognizing an assertive response.\nThree steps to assertive behavior\nSaying ‘no’ without feeling guilty.\nComparing constructive criticism and destructive criticism.\nDealing with criticism assertively.
URL:https://pitmantrainingscotland.co.uk/event/personal-development-workshops/2024-12-02/
LOCATION:Edinburgh\, 4 Queen Street\, Edinburgh\, EH2 1JE\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Assertiveness,Edinburgh,Personal Development Workshops,Seminar Courses
ORGANIZER;CN="Pitman Training Centre %E2%80%93 Edinburgh":MAILTO:edinburgh@pitman-training.com
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20241203T093000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20241203T163000
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SUMMARY:Identify and Manage Stress
DESCRIPTION:This course is designed to understand what stress is\, where it comes from and how it can affect you and those around you. As well as what you can do about it. \nWhat you will learn: \n\nUnderstand what stress means to you and how your body reacts to stress.\nIdentify your own pressure and stress points at work and other areas in your life.\nBecome aware of your body’s warning signs.\nUnderstand how stress can become a useful tool for you to use to your benefit.\nIntroduce practical tools and techniques to reduce and manage your stress.\nDevelop a personal and practical plan of action to minimize and manage your stress.
URL:https://pitmantrainingscotland.co.uk/event/identify-and-manage-stress-4/2024-12-03/
LOCATION:Edinburgh\, 4 Queen Street\, Edinburgh\, EH2 1JE\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Edinburgh,Identify and Manage Stress,Seminar Courses
ORGANIZER;CN="Pitman Training Centre %E2%80%93 Edinburgh":MAILTO:edinburgh@pitman-training.com
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241203
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241204
DTSTAMP:20261022T070429
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SUMMARY:Adobe Photoshop
DESCRIPTION:For individuals who are new to Photoshop or have only used Photoshop for limited tasks. During the course you will learn the fundamentals of the Adobe Photoshop Creative Cloud from our certified Adobe Instructor. Classes are small group sessions guaranteeing time for practical training and questions and feedback from our tutor. \nWhat you will learn: \n\nDesign principles\, digital media theory (vector\, resolution\, raster)\, Photoshop interface\, workspace and navigation\, Photoshop preferences and colour settings\, rulers\, guides and grids\, resize and crop.\nColour and colour swatches\, enhancing through tonal and colour adjustments\, camera RAW\, adjustments layers.\nSelection tools and refining selections\, working with layers and layer masks\, layer blending modes and styles.\nDesign alignment\, transform and modify elements\, retouching\, styling and formatting text\, special characters.\nAdobe fonts\, resample resolution\, colour theory\, colour spaces (RGB\, CMYK)\, export session and file formats\, output and optimise work for digital print use.\n\n\n\n\n\n• Creative Cloud libraries\, hidden gems and shortcuts\, efficiency workflow. \nThis course is available on demand in our Glasgow & Edinburgh centres. Please contact us for more details.
URL:https://pitmantrainingscotland.co.uk/event/adobe-photoshop-2/2024-12-03/
CATEGORIES:Edinburgh,Glasgow,Seminar Courses,Virtual Class
ORGANIZER;CN="Pitman Training Centre %E2%80%93 Glasgow":MAILTO:glasgow@pitman-training.com
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241204
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241206
DTSTAMP:20261022T070429
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LAST-MODIFIED:20231128T124854Z
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SUMMARY:Supervisory Skills – 2- day workshop
DESCRIPTION:This course is designed for new supervisors/team leaders/managers or those in these roles who have not received any formal supervisory skills training. The aim of this 2-day workshop is to provide participants with a range of skills\, methodologies\, and techniques to enhance their ability to supervise people\, tasks and change effectively. \nWhat you will learn: \n\nHow to become a credible supervisor\nHow to communicate successfully\, using verbal and non-verbal communication\, asking specific questions and active listening.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHow to prioritize tasks and manage their time more effectively.\nHow to delegate appropriate tasks productively.\nHow to make well informed decisions\nHow to motivate team members to deliver desired results\nHow to build a positive working environment\nHow to deal with challenging team members and work situations\n\nThis workshop is available on demand by virtual classroom\, please contact us for more details.
URL:https://pitmantrainingscotland.co.uk/event/supervisory-skills-2-day-workshop/2024-12-04/
LOCATION:Edinburgh\, 4 Queen Street\, Edinburgh\, EH2 1JE\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Edinburgh,Seminar Courses,Supervisory Skills
ORGANIZER;CN="Pitman Training Centre %E2%80%93 Edinburgh":MAILTO:edinburgh@pitman-training.com
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20241209T093000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20241209T163000
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SUMMARY:Excel Intermediate
DESCRIPTION:For individuals who are already using Excel\, this course will streamline and perfect their Excel skills by teaching the more intermediate features available in the application. \nWhat you will learn: \n\nFormula – Vlookups\, IF Statements\, SumIf\, CountIf\, Text formula\, Concatenate\, linking spreadsheets.\nUtilities – Protecting data\, hide and unhide data\, named ranges\, working with dates\, comments\, data validation\, headers and footers.\nLinking Data – linking spreadsheets\, identifying links\, linking separate workbooks.\nData Analysis – Updating Pivot Tables\, filters\, subtotals\, icons and data bars in conditional\nformatting\, filter and sort using colour.\nPivot Tables – creating Pivot Tables\, Pivot Charts\, Slicers\, refreshing data\, updating ranges.
URL:https://pitmantrainingscotland.co.uk/event/excel-intermediate-9/2024-12-09/
LOCATION:Edinburgh\, 4 Queen Street\, Edinburgh\, EH2 1JE\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Edinburgh,Excel Intermediate,Seminar Courses
ORGANIZER;CN="Pitman Training Centre %E2%80%93 Edinburgh":MAILTO:edinburgh@pitman-training.com
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20241210T093000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20241210T163000
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SUMMARY:Management Skills
DESCRIPTION:As you develop as a manager you are even less involved in the day-to-day delivery of the work. Your success depends on your ability to manage your team\, manage others who supervise and manage technical specialists. Your role is less about your technical skills and will demand even higher levels of people skills. Your coaching skills will need more finess as you may find yourself coaching supervisors and junior managers who act as coaches at their own level. \nThis course will help you develop the right people skills and keep you developing for future management roles. Ideal for those with some management experience\, this course will help you benchmark your skills\, trouble shoot pinch points and set the scene for middle levels of management. \n\n\n\n\nWhat you will learn: \n\nDevelop your team.\nUse different management approaches.\nPlan and attend productive meetings.\nDeal with disciplinary situations with confidence.\nManage absence.\nDevelop and conduct competency-based interviews.\nStructure inspiring coaching sessions\n\nThis course is available on demand by virtual classroom\, please contact us for more details. 
URL:https://pitmantrainingscotland.co.uk/event/management-skills-4/2024-12-10/
LOCATION:Edinburgh\, 4 Queen Street\, Edinburgh\, EH2 1JE\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Edinburgh,Management Skills,Seminar Courses
ORGANIZER;CN="Pitman Training Centre %E2%80%93 Edinburgh":MAILTO:edinburgh@pitman-training.com
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20241211T093000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20241211T163000
DTSTAMP:20261022T070429
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SUMMARY:Excel Advanced
DESCRIPTION:For Individuals who already use Excel to an Intermediate level. This course will teach you how to use Excel to analyze\, collaborate and validate with Advanced features and tools which are extremely useful for auditing and streamlining your workflow. \nWhat you will learn: \n\nMacros – Editing and deleting macros\, recording macros\, customizing ribbon.\nReview Data – track changes\, auditing tools\, watch window\, review changes\, restricting data area.\nUtilities – Goal seek\, data consolidation\, power view reports\, create scenarios\, What -Ifanalysis\, drawing diagrams\, recommended pivot tables.\nAdditional – IfAnd/IfOr formula\, IfNa formula\, Convert to table\, screenshots\, removing duplicates\, filter timeline\, IfError\, HLookups\, Sparklines\, Pivot tables\, flash fill.
URL:https://pitmantrainingscotland.co.uk/event/excel-advanced-9/2024-12-11/
LOCATION:Edinburgh\, 4 Queen Street\, Edinburgh\, EH2 1JE\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Edinburgh,Excel Advanced,Seminar Courses
ORGANIZER;CN="Pitman Training Centre %E2%80%93 Edinburgh":MAILTO:edinburgh@pitman-training.com
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20241212T093000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20241212T163000
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SUMMARY:PowerPoint Intermediate/Advanced
DESCRIPTION:For individuals who are already using PowerPoint to an introductory level – this course will streamline and perfect your PowerPoint skills by teaching the more advanced features available in the app. \nWhat you will learn: \n\nMaster slides – creating master slides\, formatting masters\, hand-out masters\, headers and footers\, page numbering.\nInsert data – insert sound files and video clips\, working with sound and video\, creatin hyperlinks\, embed objects.\nCustom and auto timings – create custom shows\, Ink annotations when running slides\, set options for custom shows\, running custom shows\, create an agenda slide\, rehearse timings\, loop continuously\, setting up presenter’s view\, using online video.\nOther – add multiple effects\, motion paths\, re-using slides\, screenshots\, insert objects\, new animation\, new transition\, reading view.
URL:https://pitmantrainingscotland.co.uk/event/powerpoint-intermediate-advanced-4/2024-12-12/
LOCATION:Edinburgh\, 4 Queen Street\, Edinburgh\, EH2 1JE\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Edinburgh,Power BI Intermediate,Powerpoint Advanced,Seminar Courses
ORGANIZER;CN="Pitman Training Centre %E2%80%93 Edinburgh":MAILTO:edinburgh@pitman-training.com
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20241216T093000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20241216T163000
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SUMMARY:Pivot Tables Deep Dive
DESCRIPTION:In this ‘Deep Dive’ topic\, we will devote the full day to exploring Pitvot Tables and how they can be used for Data Analysis. We recommend that you have a basic to intermediate understanding of Microsoft Excel but no prior knowledge of Pivot Tables is required. \n\n\n\n\nWhat you will learn: \n\nIntroduction to pivot tables\nConvert data to tables\nAdjust field list settings\nCreate multiple reports with one click\nAdd data bars to pivot tables\nMaster pivot table settings\nAdd and remove calculated fields to pivot tables\nCalculate the difference between columns\nAdd smart custom number formatting\nCreate custom groupings to pivot tables\nGroup dates as unique\nAdd slicers to easily filter data\nAdd dynamic charts\nAdd a timeline to pivot tables\nIntroduction to Microsoft Power Pivot\n\nThis seminar is also available on demand by virtual classroom. Contact us for more details. 
URL:https://pitmantrainingscotland.co.uk/event/pivot-tables-deep-dive/2024-12-16/
LOCATION:Edinburgh\, 4 Queen Street\, Edinburgh\, EH2 1JE\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Edinburgh,Pivot Tables Deep Dive Workshop,Seminar Courses
ORGANIZER;CN="Pitman Training Centre %E2%80%93 Edinburgh":MAILTO:edinburgh@pitman-training.com
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241217
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241218
DTSTAMP:20261022T070429
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SUMMARY:Adobe Illustrator
DESCRIPTION:IT and Adobe Training Workshops \nAVAILABLE IN GLASGOW & EDINBURGH ON DEMAND – PLEASE CONTACT US FOR MORE DETAILS \nAdobe Illustrator \nFor Individuals who are new to illustrator or have only used Illustrator for limited tasks. During the course you will learn the fundamentals of Adobe Illustrator Creative Cloud from our certified Adobe Instructor. Classes are small group sessions guaranteeing time for practical training and questions and feedback from our tutor. \nWhat you will learn: \n\nDesign principles\, digital media theory (vector\, resolution\, raster)\nIllustrator interface\, workspace and navigation\, preferences and colour settings\, rulers\,guides and grids\, colour and colour swatches.\nShape and line tools\, transform and modify elements\, design alignment\, shape builder.\nCombining shapes with the pathfinder\, introduction to pen tool and Bezier curves\, applyingeffects\, drawing with brushes\, import\, link and embed elements.\nWorking with images\, clipping mask\, converting pixels to vector – image tracing\, styling\, andformatting text\, special characters\, Adobe fonts\, colour spaces (RGB\, CMYK)\, export settingsand file formats.\nOutput and optimize work for digital print use\, creative cloud libraries\, hidden gems and shortcuts\, efficiency workflow.
URL:https://pitmantrainingscotland.co.uk/event/adobe-illustrator-2/2024-12-17/
LOCATION:Glasgow\, 3rd Floor\, Tontine House 8 Gordon Street\, Glasgow\, G1 3PL\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Adobe Illustrator,Edinburgh,Glasgow,Virtual Class
ORGANIZER;CN="Pitman Training Centre %E2%80%93 Glasgow":MAILTO:glasgow@pitman-training.com
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241217
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241219
DTSTAMP:20261022T070429
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SUMMARY:Project Management Principles
DESCRIPTION:This 2-day course is aimed at individuals who manage small projects\, along with their other everyday tasks and need a broad understanding of the principles of project management. The course provides an overview of project management and introduces areas where other\, more specific training may be beneficial. \nWhat you will learn: \n\nIdentify the various stages of the Project Lifecycle\nUnderstand how projects start – the business case.\nSet objectives.\nWrite a ‘term of reference’ for a project.\nRecognize the roles and responsibilities within a project.\nUnderstand the role of the project manager when managing individuals and teams.\nUnderstand the importance of a communication plan for a project.\nPlan a project using project management techniques\, work breakdown\, structures\, estimating\, resource loading and budgeting.\nIdentify the critical path through a project.\nUnderstand basic elements of risk analysis and management as well as change management.\nUnderstand the importance of tracking project progress and project review.
URL:https://pitmantrainingscotland.co.uk/event/project-management-principles-9/2024-12-17/
LOCATION:Edinburgh\, 4 Queen Street\, Edinburgh\, EH2 1JE\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Edinburgh,Project Management Principles,Seminar Courses
ORGANIZER;CN="Pitman Training Centre %E2%80%93 Edinburgh":MAILTO:edinburgh@pitman-training.com
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20241219T163000
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SUMMARY:Word Advanced
DESCRIPTION:For individuals who are already using Word to an Intermediate level – this course will streamline and perfect your Word skills by teaching you the advanced features available in the Word application. \nWhat you will learn: \n\nMail Merge – Creating mail merge\, merge envelopes and labels\, creating data sources\, editing data sources.\nTracking – tracking changes\, accept and reject options\, viewing track changes\, compare document versions.\nForms – creating user forms\, save and protect forms\, editing forms\, create drop lists.\nUtilities – creating foot and endnotes\, creating front cover pages\, create an index\, captions\, collaborating with other documents\, cross-referencing\, recording macros\, edit and remover macros\, embedding objects\, online video\, design themes\, backstage features.
URL:https://pitmantrainingscotland.co.uk/event/word-advanced-9/2024-12-19/
LOCATION:Edinburgh\, 4 Queen Street\, Edinburgh\, EH2 1JE\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Edinburgh,Seminar Courses,Word Advanced
ORGANIZER;CN="Pitman Training Centre %E2%80%93 Edinburgh":MAILTO:edinburgh@pitman-training.com
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