Free Online Business Courses

VEC staff and students may take CFIB online business courses at no charge. You can find a brief outline of the courses below.

SERIES: S0000EN - Computer Basics
Learn about the basic components of the computer and how to input and output. Free to VEC staff and students.

SERIES: S0001EN - Getting Started Online Series
Discover the Internet as a newcomer! Learn the lingo, and how it is changing the way we live and work. Basic level courses. Free to VEC staff and students.

SERIES: S0002EN - Vubiz Series on E-Commerce
Discover what E-commerce is all about, how it can reduce your business costs, improve efficiency and expand your market. Learn the basics of online marketing, building a business website, setting up your online store, increasing website traffic, and creating a webpage. Then explore advanced website features, e-commerce, B2B, customer relationships, and multimedia options. Free to VEC staff and students.

SERIES: S0003EN - Market Research Series
Understand the power of the Internet for gathering intelligence and explore how it can be your most effective market research tool. Introductory and Intermediate level courses. Free to VEC staff and students.

SERIES: S0004EN - PROFIT Magazine Series on Enterprise Development
Use the Internet to help you do business more efficiently and profitably. Add value to your website, and increase customer contacts and awareness. Introductory and Intermediate level courses. Free to VEC staff and students.

SERIES: S0005EN - What About the Middleman Series
Understand how the middleman function is being eliminated. Find out about new middleman opportunities created by the Internet. Introductory level courses. Free to VEC staff and students.

SERIES: S0006EN - The Scotiabank Series on Community Development
Learn how communities shape their social and economic development and design projects using the Net. Discover the challenges and reap the benefits. Introductory and Intermediate level courses. Free to VEC staff and students.

SERIES: S0007EN - Trade Series Certificate
Use the Internet to facilitate trade. Let the Internet help make profitable inroads into the world marketplace for your products and services. Introductory and Intermediate level courses. Free to VEC staff and students.

SERIES: S0008EN - The Canadian Federation of Independent Business Series on Entrepreneurship
Learn how to start a new venture. Create a dynamic business plan, identify sources of new business ideas, and recognize opportunity. What are the skills and attributes of an entrepreneur? Introductory level courses. Free to VEC staff and students.

SERIES: S0009EN - Doing Business in the Americas
Understand the markets of North America, Central America and South America and how you can do business. Introductory level courses. Free to VEC staff and students.

SERIES: S0010EN - The Scotiabank Series on Small Business Financing
Learn about financial management for small business. This five-part series from Scotiabank is designed to help business owners increase their profits by improving their financial management skills. Courses are two hours in length. Free to VEC staff and students.

SERIES: S0011EN - The CMA Series on Strategic Management
Strategic Management is a series of six modules for managers, small business owners and accounting professionals. The series focuses on developing the management skills organizations need to succeed in today's highly competitive business environment. Free to VEC staff and students.

SERIES: S0012EN - Personal Development Series
This module will help you find the balance of stress that's right for you. Your tolerance for stress may be higher or lower than that of your spouse or co-workers. That's why it's important that you learn to recognize your own stress clues and develop your own coping skills. Free to VEC staff and students.

SERIES: S0014EN - Stages of Growth In Leading Firms
Leading growth firms expand from start-up to threshold status in less than a decade, providing a disproportionate number of job creations. The CEOs of these fast-growing companies must act innovatively and rapidly in order to ensure survival of the company. In these modules, the six stages of growth and the challenges of each stage are considered; the focus is on the strategies of successful CEOs. Free to VEC staff and students.

SERIES: S0016EN - Customer Service Series
No matter what business you're in, good customer service is a key factor in business success. In this series we will examine customer service and how to implement it. Free to VEC staff and students.

SERIES: S0021EN - NQI Framework For Excellence Series
Improve and promote your business through a focus on excellence using the Framework for Excellence developed by the National Quality Institute. An approach to excellence involves a transformation in management thinking and behaviour, at all levels. Through the use of the Institute's proven criteria and drivers, implement "best practices" in seven areas of your public or private sector business. The three modules in this series provide an overview of the criteria for excellence, with detailed descriptions of best practices in each driver: leadership, planning, people focus (human resources), customer focus and citizen/client focus, process management, supplier/partners, and organizational performance. Free to VEC staff and students.

SERIES: S0022EN - Tourism Excellence Series
The Ontario Tourism Excellence Program provides tourism and hospitality facilities with a proven approach to strengthen their business, reach their business goals and achieve recognition for business excellence. This new quality improvement program is designed specifically for tourism managers, owners and operators. Based on the Canadian Framework for Excellence, these modules outline criteria and "good practices" that promote and sustain excellence in the tourism industry. The program incorporates three levels of planning, action and recognition: commitment, implementation and results. Free to VEC staff and students.

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Take advantage of these free online business courses. They are interesting and most can be completed in a fairly short period of time. This is an excellent way to improve your business English. It's also free, free, free!

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