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“Emotional intelligence”. We hear conversations, read books, and listen to talks on what it means, how to raise emotionally intelligent children, the different types of emotional intelligence, and how it can make you a great leader, partner, and individual. Ei4Change, an Alison publisher and expert in this field, shared a few thoughts on emotional intelligence…

I’m the worst when it comes to questions. I often will ask way too many questions to a vendor, regardless of if they are a learning system, e-learning solution, other providers or a 3rd party publisher. I will usually say, okay this is the last question, then follow-up with another question. Perhaps it is a…

Sarah Corbett is the creative force behind the Craftivist Collective, a social enterprise seeking to enact positive change in the world through Sarah’s unique strategy of “Gentle Protest”. Sarah has been practising and teaching Craftivism – the use of crafts as activism – for over a decade and has now published a Craftivist course with…

Ireland Reaching Out (IrelandXO) is a non-profit organisation that has been helping people of Irish descent to reconnect with their ancestors’ place of origin since 2010. The organisation is founded on a vast network of local volunteers, representing the 32 counties, who have a wealth of knowledge with regard to local records and who provide…

I wanted to work in counterterrorism for the Pentagon in Washington, DC. I did everything “right” to prepare myself for this career – went to the best graduate school I could, did tons of internships, learned foreign languages – and after graduating, excited about my career, I instead fell into the recession like so many…

The course I would say I’m most proud of is the Executive Presence Course. Our tagline for our business is helping people move from the cubicle to the corner office. We focus on CPAs being seen as value added persons and not back office costs, which is often the case with accountants. You get that…

We publish courses that focus on is the principles of accounting. Not necessarily how exactly to do a journal or a transaction, but to give a sense of how, at a conceptual level, accounting actually works. A lot of accountants really struggle with how, for example, the profit and loss statement is connected to the…

I created my first websites back in the mid-90s. My first few sites were terrible and back then we didn’t have any of the tools we have now. It was a learning curve, but I kept practicing and my first real website, in terms of generating revenue, was in the green energy niche, which back…

Generally, for online courses I would say three things. Firstly, take notes of the key topics that you think are interesting or useful, and then investigate and further your knowledge of those topics with extracurricular content, whether it’s through blogs or other courses. Also, if you took a course and it’s good, watch or do…

My advice to Alison learners would be to complete courses in their entirety and to take assessments in all honesty. Learners will get the most benefit is they try to apply their learning in practice. In my belief, education is very important for people to be able to skill themselves. Alison’s free model means the…