bigger brains course catalog may 2013b

BIGGER BRAINSCOURSE CATALOGMAY 2013 WWW.BIGGER-BRAINS.COM

UNIQUELY ENGAGING BUSINESS TRAINING COURSES

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SALES & MARKETING LEARN THE BEST WAY TO HANDLE YOUR TOP OBJECTIONS

MICROSOFT OFFICE OUR MOST POPULAR COURSES

MOTIVATIONAL ETHICS NEW COURSE! FEATURING ETHICS GURU CHUCK GALLAGHER

QUICKBOOKS AN IN-DEPTH LOOK AT QUICKBOOKS PRO 2013

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AVAILABLE FORMATSBigger Brains courses are available on the Bigger-Brains.com web-based Learning Management System.

In addition, most courses are available in SCORM formats for use in most other LMS platforms.

Our SCORM packages feature built-in search functions and a course map, so your users can jump directly to the module they need.

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MICROSOFT OFFICE

Excel 2010 05Word 2010 05PowerPoint 2010 05Windows 8 04Upgrading to Office 2013 coming soon

SALES & MARKETING

Increasing Your Appointments (Sales) 06The Top Five Marketing Mistakes 07Online Marketing 101 07

BUSINESS SKILLSPresentation Skills 08Communication Skills 09Time Management 09Secrets Of The Web (Productivity Apps) 09

ETHICS & LEADERSHIP

Motivational Ethics w/ Chuck Gallagher 11Entrepreneuring: Keys To Business Success 07(with Michael Gerber, Brian Tracy, & Tom Hopkins)

QUICKBOOKS

Quickbooks Pro 2013 10

BIGGER-BRAINS COURSES UNIQUELY ENGAGING ONLINE TRAINING

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From Our Partners

“Our partnership with Bigger-Brains is very strategic to HRsmart. Inte-grating our two solutions provides our clients with a robust online train-ing platform that offers interactive and engaging eLearning courses. We are very excited about working with Bigger-Brains.”

-Mark Hamdan, CEO of HRsmart.

“OpenSesame is very excited to be working with Bigger Brains. Their high-quality courses make selecting the right Microsoft Desktop training a breeze. We are particularly excited about their new Microsoft Office courses.”

-Spencer Thornton, Business Devel-

opment Manager, OpenSesame.com

“... really likes the learner/trainer format of the videos. It is simple to follow and of course since it is available 24/7, [I] can get the train-ing that she needed after work” “the video is quick and clear... [I] also like the trainer/learner format” “...takes a novel approach to com-puter learning and does strive to better engage people” “...very fun” “Very easy to use and saved a lot of time having to deal with the technical stuff. I would recom-mend Bigger Brains for any online learning project.” “I like the concept a lot, I think this is a great way to learn. “ “The material is great...and is engaging “

Words From Our Clients:WHY CHOOSE BIGGER-BRAINS?”To Be More Productive You Need Bigger Brains”

Bigger Brains’ unique style of eLearning uses a revolutionary Teacher/Learner format. Instead of one voice lecturing on and on throughout an eLearning course, Bigger Brains courses simulate a classroom environment by using two people - a Teacher and a Learner - who can discuss topics, ask each other questions, and create a more engaging dialogue. This is not only easier to watch, studies show it’s more effective at helping students retain the knowl-edge they are given in an online course.

Filmed in HD with multiple cameras, experienced Teachers, and high quality production, Bigger Brains’ premium courses stand out from the competition and are a popular choice of HR departments around the world.

Teacher / Learner Format

Online Learning has a reputation for being dull, boring, and hard to watch. The Bigger Brains team has discovered the secret to making online training enjoyable AND ef-fective - our Teacher/Learner for-mat.

Each of our 10-minute training modules features two people on camera - a Teacher, and a Learner. The Learner gets to be the proxy for the students who view the course, asking the questions they would want to ask, and engaging in dia-logue with the Teacher.

The result is a level of interactivity and knowledge-transfer previously unseen in any eLearning environ-ment.

Mobile-Friendly

Take training courses anytime, any-where with Bigger Brains, thanks to our mobile-friendly video courses.

All Bigger Brains courses are shot in gorgeous HD video but packaged in our special HTML5-based pack-ages so they’ll work great on any iPhone, iPad, Android phone, or similar mobile device.

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WINDOWS 8 A Crash-Course In The New Windows (5 modules, 30 minutes)

Windows 8 represents the biggest change in the Windows operating system since Windows 95. On the plus side, it’s faster, prettier, and very easy to operate for most tasks. On the minus side, the familiar Start button and Control Panel are gone (or hidden) and users must learn a whole new way of navigating through the Windows environment. Do the benefits outweigh the concerns? Take our Windows 8 course to learn more about this brand new version of Windows and how you can use it most effectively, including:

� Navigating and Customizing the Start Pane � Finding the hidden Control Panel to tweak settings � Using the mouse or touch-screen to navigate between programs � How to troubleshoot program and printer issues � Tips and Tweaks on over 50 new Windows features!

MICROSOFT OFFICE The Backbone of Business ProductivityFACT: OVER 750 MILLION PEOPLE USE MICROSOFT OFFICE

FACT: LESS THAN 1% REALLY KNOW HOW TO USE IT

LEARN THE TIPS, TRICKS, AND TWEAKS YOU NEED TO REALLY BE PRODUCTIVE WITH MICROSOFT OFFICE WITH THESE OFFICE COURSES FROM BIGGER-BRAINS.

If you’re like most people, you use Microsoft Office products every day - Word for documents, Excel for spreadsheets, PowerPoint for presenta-tions, and so on. But have you ever suspected there were functions you didn’t know about that could make your work easier? Or techniques that would make your finished documents look as good as those snazzy files you get from others?

Bigger-Brains’ Microsoft Office courses are designed to instantly boost your productivity, with our trademark “Uniquely Engaging” style and eas-ily searchable modules that let you jump straight to the skill you need to learn, right when you need to learn it.

All Bigger-Brains courses are self-paced, created in professional studios using HD video and highly experienced instructors.

“I like the concept a lot, I think this is a great way to learn.“


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WORD 2010Hands-down The Most Powerful Document Creation Tool On The Planet Earth (82 modules, 10+ hours)

Used by millions of people each day, very few know how to use it properly. In this comprehensive course produced by Microsoft Certified Trainer Christina Tankersley we’ll show you everything you need to know to harness the power of Microsoft Word, including:

� Hidden time-savers in the Word 2010 interface � How to get the most from Styles, Style Sets, and Themes � How to troubleshoot file types & printing issues � Tips & Tweaks for over 150 Word 2010 features and functions

POWERPOINT 2010Whether You Are a PowerPoint Expert Or Just Getting Started, You’ll Learn Something From This Course (49 modules, 6+ hours)

Move beyond bullet points! In this training course presentation expert Kelly Vandever and Maren Reaves will walk you through all the features you need to know (and then some) with Microsoft Powerpoint 2010. This course includes:

� Working with photos, clipart, and videos � When to use (and when not to use) animations and transitions

� How to troubleshoot projectors and online meeting issues

� Tips & Tweaks for over 100 Powerpoint 2010 functions and features!


EXCEL 2010Our Most Requested Course! (68 modules, 9+ hours)

Our most requested training course! Excel 2010 is a powerful business tool, capable of everything from formatting your grocery list to calculating complex ROI situations. Many people have used Excel, but very few know how to get the most from it. Let our Microsoft Certified Trainers Barbara Evers and Christina Tankersley walk you through everything you’ve ever wanted to know about Micro-soft Excel 2010, including:• How to customize Microsoft Excel 2010 to work better for you• Easily creating & modifying Pivot Tables• The best way to create easy-to-view Charts & Graphs• Using Conditional Formatting and Sparklines to

Highlight Data Trends• Tips & Tweaks for over 120 Excel 2010

functions and features!

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SALES AND MARKETING“I have never worked a day in my life without selling. If I be-lieve in something, I sell it, and I sell it hard.”

-Estée Lauder

The backbone of any successful company is it’s sales and marketing teams. They bring in new business, gather feedback on what the mar-

ket wants, and creates the brand that customers and prospects will identify with.

At Bigger Brains we pay special at-tention to our Sales and Marketing library, selectively choosing Teach-ers who are not only knowledge-able but also PASSIONATE about their work. Both will come shining through in these courses.

Don’t Give Up Early!

There are five common objections salespeople hear from prospects,. In this course you will learn that they aren’t even REAL objections, just knee-jerk responses used by overcommitted customers trying to save by ending sales calls early.

A good salesperson expects these objections, plans for them, and uses them to his or her advantage to move beyond prospects’ auto-matic defenses and demonstrate how their product or service is truly beneficial.

INCREASING YOUR APPOINTMENTS(9 modules, 90 minutes)


Marisa Pensa, our trainer for this course, is the president and owner of Methods in Motion. With more than eight years of sales train-ing experience and sixteen years of personal sales experience, her expertise and enthusiasm have resulted in hundreds of satisfied

5500Sales Bundle(all three courses)

� Includes Handling Sales Objections, Five Biggest Marketing Mistakes, and Online Marketing 101

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THE FIVE BIGGEST MARKETING MISTAKES(21 modules, 180 minutes)

• Almost All Business Are Making These 5 Marketing Mistakes.

• You Probably Are Too. • This Course Will Teach You How

To Overcome Them.Lasting marketing success doesn’t come from implementing magic-bullet techniques or memorizing a set of complicated rules. Success is a natural product of understanding and implementing a few key princi-

Social Media! SEO! Blogging! Email Marketing!

Lots of people have lots of advice (often conflicting) on what you should or should not be doing to promote your company online.

In this course, online marketing guru Courtney Herda introduces you to the critical elements of a successful online marketing strat-egy, including:

� SEO and PPC � Social Media � Email Marketing � Websites & Blogging

ples that accurately predict human nature (and behavior). In this course, Monopolize Your Mar-ketplace CEO Rich Harshaw teaches you the 5 most important princi-ples; you’ll hear why they’re almost always violated, and be given doz-ens of examples of the principles in action. Eliminate these mistakes from your marketing and you’ll be on your way to enduring, profitable success.


ONLINE MARKETING 101(9 modules, 90 minutes)

Courtney Herda founded Smarter Searches after more than seven years in the internet marketing in-dustry.

She began her career on the inter-net marketing team of financial talk-radio host Dave Ramsey, where she created search engine campaigns, wrote web site and email content, and collaborated on social media and viral marketing projects. She has also worked for publisher E.W. Scripps, building and managing search engine marketing campaigns for the Scripps newspaper holdings and more than 350 other accounts.

Special Course: Entrepreneuring

(14 modules, 5 hrs)

Featuring business legends Michael Gerber, Tom Hop-kins, and Brian Tracy, this En-treprenuring course includes:• 14 downloadable MP3

audio files• A 104 page workbook• A 208 page e-book in

PDF format.

Topics Include:Michael v:

1) Building The Vision & Set-ting The Foundation 2) A Systems Approach To Business And Life 3) Creating Your Success System

Brian Tracy:1) What A Successful Busi-ness Looks Like Today2) Marketing And Branding Your Business3) Building An Everlasting Business

Tom Hopkins:1) Preparing For Success2) Designing Your Ideal Life3) Creating Your Success System

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Featuring Award-Winning Speaker and Presentation Expert,

Kelly Vandever

BUSINESS SKILLS YOUR BOSS WILL BE IMPRESSED. COWORKERS WILL BE ENVIOUS. CUSTOMERS WILL RAVE. Boost Your Career With Business Soft Skill Training from Bigger-Brains!

In his landmark book “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People”, Stephen Cov-ey’s final recommended habit is “Sharpen the Saw”. Today there is no bet-ter way to sharpen your business skills than with these great business skills courses from Bigger-Brains.

Remember, Bigger-Brains courses are mobile-friendly, so you can brush up on your skills anywhere from your iPhone, iPad, or other mobile device.


POWER-UP POWERPOINT(PRESENTATION SKILLS) 18 MODULES, 180 MINUTES

Ditch The Defaults and Power-Up YOUR PowerPoint!

Knowing how to create a PowerPoint slide is one thing. Knowing how to create an effective slide is something all together different! As Roger Courville, author of The Virtual Presenters says - PowerPoint doesn’t teach you to do effective slides anymore than Microsoft Word teaches you how to be a good writer. But this course will! During Power Up Your PowerPoint you’ll see and expe-rience how creating effective slides will improve your presentations.

3500Business Bundle(All four courses)

� Includes Power Up Power-Point, Increase Your Listening Power, Time Management, and Secrets Of The Web


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COMMUNICATION SKILLS”The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.” -George Bernard Shaw

(9 modules, 90 minutes)

Many people believe they are effective listeners, but odds are they are miss-ing some essential pieces of information and are unaware of techniques that improve their listening. This course begins with the mechanics of com-munication to help you understand where the typical gaps in communica-tion occur, and it moves into the difference between repeating back what someone says and really actively listening to that person. Participants will learn simple steps that they can apply immediately to increase their listen-ing power. Whether people tell you that you listen effectively or not, you and the people you listen to will benefit from these modules.

TIME MANAGEMENT“The most valuable commodity now for many people is time and how to parcel that out.” -Hugh Jackman

(12 modules, 90 minutes)

Are you a chronic time-overestimator? Do you suffer from the heartache of Procrastination, or are your Delegation levels dangerously low? Bigger-Brains’ Time Management course will help you to identify the areas that are causing you time stress, including:

� Un-SMART Goals � Disorganized Environment � Poor Meeting Management � and more

SECRETS OF THE WEB“The reward of a thing well done is having done it.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson

Have you ever discovered a little-known website or smartphone app that drastically improved your productivity, reduced your expenses, or boosted your business? The goal of Secrets Of The Web (known among fans as SOTW) is to uncover these “Secrets” and show you how to gain a business advantage from apps and websites you may have never heard of before.



Featuring Certified Trainer & Professional Writer Barbara

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Chuck Gallagher is an international expert on Business Ethics and has been featured on

CNN, CBS, and NPR.

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MOTIVATIONAL ETHICS(12 MODULES, 120 MINUTES)

Life-changing Course about Choices, Consequences and the Human Side of Ethics

Ethics in the workplace is a serious matter, but talking about it doesn’t have to be “business as usual.” Chuck Gallagher learned a lesson about choices and consequences the hard way—but now he shares his experience so that others don’t have to.

In this compelling course, Chuck starts by setting the scene with his own story… and ends by setting the stage for your organization’s

ethical success. Through his unique perspective, your people will gain:

• The desire to make ethical choices for themselves and for your company.

• A deeper understanding of choices and consequences.

• The ability to turn ethical con-cepts into actions, and actions into results.

QUICKBOOKS AN IN-DEPTH LOOK AT QUICK-BOOKS PRO 2013(43 modules, 6 hours)

Quickbooks is by far the most successful small business accounting package sold today, but it’s incredible number of features and functions leaves many users feeling like they’re missing something important. Join award-winning accoun-tant and computer consultant Rayanne Buchianico and Kelly Vandever as they explore everything you need to know to effectively use Quickbooks.



“Every Choice Has A

Consequence”-Chuck Gallagher

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COURSE NAME SEAT TIME MODULES PER USER SITE LICENSE

Excel 2010 10+ hours 68 2500 9000

Word 2010 14+ hours 82 2500 9000

PowerPoint 2010 6+ hours 42 2500 9000

Windows 8 Essentials

45 minutes 5 500 1500

Handling Sales Objections

90 minutes 9 1000 1500

The 5 Biggest Marketing Mistakes

180 minutes 21 4500 1500

Online Marketing 101

90 minutes 9 1000 1500

Power Up Power-Point

180 minutes 18 1500 3000

Increase Your Listening Power

60 minutes 6 1000 1500

Time Management

120 minutes 12 1000 1500

Secrets Of The Web

50 5 500 1500

Quickbooks Pro 2013

6 hours 43 2500 6000

Motivational Ethics

120 minutes 12 4500 3500

Complete Library 50+ hours 332 15000 call

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