Free Stuff and Cool Reads from Around the Web — Week of August 11, 2014
By Kerry Sugrue
ExplorationHistory
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The Best Thing We Found This Week
Reading about famous explorers discovering new worlds is really interesting to me. Imagine setting sail on a wooden ship and having no idea what you’re going to bump into, if anything. Crazy, right? Sometimes it’s hard to look beyond their bravery and the excitement they must have felt and think about the ecosystems and lives that their discovery affected. Yes, these countries were discoveries for Cook, Columbus and Magellan, but they were home to others long before.
While there are amazing stories about lots of countries, this week we are focusing on Australia and New Zealand with the course Indigenous Studies: Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand. You will study the past and present realities of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Australia and Māori people in Aotearoa New Zealand. You will learn about the Aboriginal arrival more than 45,000 years ago, their 500 countries and over 260 languages; the discovery of these countries; the impact of colonisation and more.
This 4-week course, which starts on August 11th, will also look at what it’s like to be Aboriginal today, including the socio-economic disadvantage, political movements and contemporary social organization. Register today to gain a deeper understanding of these fascinating groups of people.
Enroll today to learn more!
Entrepreneurship and Business
Programming and IT
Design and Multimedia
Writing and Content
Have something very cool or interesting to submit for next week’s New & Cool Digest? Email us: freecooldigest@skilledup.com. Those new to SkilledUp – check out last week’s Course of the Weekend and Free Stuff & Cool Reads from Around the Web!
By Kerry Sugrue
Kerry is the Content Manager for Balloon.com. She is a Chicago native, Blackhawks fanatic, to-do list enthusiast and lover of all things social.
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Our weekly list of free stuff and cool reads is designed to help you acquire new skills and do better work. To get this useful and timely list in your inbox regularly, just sign up for our newsletter or follow us on Facebook.
The Best Thing We Found This Week
Reading about famous explorers discovering new worlds is really interesting to me. Imagine setting sail on a wooden ship and having no idea what you’re going to bump into, if anything. Crazy, right? Sometimes it’s hard to look beyond their bravery and the excitement they must have felt and think about the ecosystems and lives that their discovery affected. Yes, these countries were discoveries for Cook, Columbus and Magellan, but they were home to others long before.
While there are amazing stories about lots of countries, this week we are focusing on Australia and New Zealand with the course Indigenous Studies: Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand. You will study the past and present realities of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Australia and Māori people in Aotearoa New Zealand. You will learn about the Aboriginal arrival more than 45,000 years ago, their 500 countries and over 260 languages; the discovery of these countries; the impact of colonisation and more.
This 4-week course, which starts on August 11th, will also look at what it’s like to be Aboriginal today, including the socio-economic disadvantage, political movements and contemporary social organization. Register today to gain a deeper understanding of these fascinating groups of people.
Enroll today to learn more!
Entrepreneurship and Business
- Introduction to Enterprise Architecture (course) - Businesses today are in a constant change and adapt cycle. Enterprise architecture will help you understand why you should change, what needs to change and how you should change. Starts August 11th.
- Financial Planning (course) - This course will introduce you to a career in financial planning, including client and adviser relationships, the financial planning process and investment fundamentals. Starts August 11th.
- Human Resources (course) - Depending on your role in an organization, your interactions with Human Resources could be limited. Learn about the main job functions from recruiting, to training, development and performance management. Starts August 11th.
- Accelerating Sales: How Marketing Can Be the Hero (webinar) - Don’t let your leads get lost. Listen in to learn how to define business goals and introduce tools that will allow marketing and sales to better engage leads, faster. Starts August 12th.
- Humanization Leads to Social Monetization (webinar) - Join Amy Jo Martin as she explores the latest trends in social media, the monetization of various social platforms and great ways to build personal brands by utilizing social communication tools. Starts August 14th.
- Market, Launch and Sell Your Next Big Thing (course) - With so many marketing channels out there, how do you know the best way to connect with people who are interested in your product? During this live course learn how to use email and social media in a smart, strategic way that will grow a devoted audience of happy, buying customers. Starts August 21st.
Programming and IT
- Basic Physics (course) - It’s important to have an understanding of how and why the world works the way it does – which is what physics is all about. Learn the basics during this course that involves some history, a bit of mathematics and lots of everyday examples. Starts August 11th.
- Web Application Architectures (course) - Web application architectures are applications that run over the internet, in the cloud, using a browser as the user interface. Learn how to build and deploy them from an engineering perspective.Starts August 11th.
- Big Data Performance (course) - You know how everything is bigger in Texas? Well, it’s bigger in data, too. Learn what big data means and where it comes from, as well as how smart businesses use data to target their offerings and get ahead of market trends. Starts August 11th.
Design and Multimedia
- The Art of Drawing and Painting (course) - Through discussions and visual demos, learn how art has been expressed through history, the basics of color theory and how to draw and paint flat images and perspectives. Starts August 11th.
- The Art of Photography (course) - Learn about photography as a visual art practice, as well as explore the work and concepts of contemporary photographers. Starts August 11th.
- Global Book Release: Art, Inc. (live conversation) - Artist, Lisa Congdon, discusses her new book about thriving as an artist. She will talk about her path to becoming an artist, her experiences and those of other successful artists.Starts August 12th.
Writing and Content
- Real-time Content Marketing Strategies: Do’s and Don’ts (webinar) - Learn about real-time marketing, which is all about raising awareness, creating demand and furthering the brand’s mission through connecting with the right consumers, in the right place, at the right time, with relevant content. Starts August 13th.
- LinkedIn Content Marketing Best Practices (webinar) - Learn how to become a pro content marketer on LinkedIn from, well, LinkedIn. You will cover the LinkedIn professional mindset, content best practices and more. Starts August 14th.
- 100 Content Marketing Examples (ebook) - See how companies both large and small from various industries and locations are producing creative and successful content marketing campaigns across multiple online, in person and print channels.
Have something very cool or interesting to submit for next week’s New & Cool Digest? Email us: freecooldigest@skilledup.com. Those new to SkilledUp – check out last week’s Course of the Weekend and Free Stuff & Cool Reads from Around the Web!
By Kerry Sugrue
Kerry is the Content Manager for Balloon.com. She is a Chicago native, Blackhawks fanatic, to-do list enthusiast and lover of all things social.
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