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<title>Excel Fundamentals: Building a Strong Foundation</title>
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<description>This beginner-level course is designed for learners with little to no Excel experience who want to build confidence using spreadsheets. The course introduces foundational skills for organizing information, formatting worksheets, and performing basic calculations.</description>
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<title>Managing Up</title>
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<description>Everyone reports to someone. Developing an effective working relationship with your supervisor or manager can lead to personal job satisfaction for you, and better outcomes for your division or department, by ensuring you are both aligned on strategy and expectations.</description>
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<title>Implicit Bias: Deepening the Work Beyond Awareness</title>
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<description>This course will move learners beyond basic awareness and provide actionable strategies to mitigate bias and promote more inclusive work environments. (It is recommended to complete the Principles of Implicit Bias eLearning course in Learning Management prior to attending this course.)</description>
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<title>Business Writing Basics Made Easy and Fun!</title>
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<link>https://mn.gov/mmb/etd/skills-development-courses/open-enrollment-courses/index.jsp?id=1059-736073</link>
<description>Write powerful, professional communications that get attention and prompt action. While this course primarily focuses on e-mail communication, writing formal business letters, documentation, and instructions are also covered.</description>
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<title>Speak with Confidence! Enhancing Presentation Skills</title>
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<description>Don't let the fear of public speaking keep you from being seen as the competent professional that you are.</description>
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<title>Good Boundaries, Better Work</title>
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<description>Create clarity, respect, and accountability in the workplace. This three-hour course explores the essential role boundaries play in creating healthy, respectful, and sustainable workplaces within the State of Minnesota.</description>
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<title>Managing Stress: Improving Performance</title>
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<description>At the end of this workshop, participants will be able to develop a plan to mitigate or reduce unnecessary stress.</description>
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<title>Project Management Basics</title>
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<description>This course will provide participants with an opportunity to learn and apply basic project management tools as well as the interpersonal side of project management. </description>
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<title>Strategies for Effective Decision-Making</title>
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<description>Even though we make dozens of decisions daily, continuing to develop this skill by incorporating frameworks and best practices can make us more effective. </description>
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<description>This interactive workshop aims to raise awareness and foster understanding of neurodiverse identities. Through case studies, reflection exercises, and group discussions, learners will gain the tools to recognize biases, embrace different ways of thinking, and promote belonging for everyone. </description>
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