Professional, engaging, ready to use resources. PowerPoints, Worksheets, Crosswords
I have a varied background working in both education and the corporate world. I've held management roles, teaching roles and entrepreneurial ventures. I've been involved in adult education for the past two decades. My teaching areas are computing and workplace communication skills. I also have my CELTA and have experience teaching English as a second language. I love creating resources for all of the above.
Professional, engaging, ready to use resources. PowerPoints, Worksheets, Crosswords
I have a varied background working in both education and the corporate world. I've held management roles, teaching roles and entrepreneurial ventures. I've been involved in adult education for the past two decades. My teaching areas are computing and workplace communication skills. I also have my CELTA and have experience teaching English as a second language. I love creating resources for all of the above.
These worksheets are an excellent way to start learners thinking about customer service and the role it plays in the business.
They contain definitions and brainstorming activities as well as written work activities that capture personal experience with thought provoking questions. They lead up to providing good examples to produce roleplays with. Additionally there is a self analysis survey for learners to complete. It is titled 'Customer Service Self analysis for your and your centre' (Daycare)
I have used these resources when teaching early childhood educators, retail staff and other service industries.
The resource includes answers and are available in both pdf and .doc format for editing purposes if required.
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This lesson on Phone Etiquette is an essential life skill that will particularly suit students training for the workplace, office and business administration. Telephone skills, using manners and correct phrases to communicate is an essential part of Customer Service training.
Students will learn to engage with Business Customers on the telephone in a friendly, polite and professional manner. They will also learn appropriate language to use with customers through practice, correct vocabulary and role-play.
This product is fully editable and is provided in the following formats: PowerPoint, word and pdf. It contains, a PowerPoint presentation, teacher notes, paper based quiz, roleplay cards and message pad template.
Agenda for Lesson:
The 7 P’s of Call Handling Excellence
Polite phrases to use within your telephone conversations
Telephone Etiquette Quiz
Roleplay Activities
Looking for a fun and engaging way to teach your students about Canva and creating a class Newsletter? This assignment / project is the perfect solution! Your students will learn how to use Canva to create a visually appealing and informative Classroom Newsletter on a subject of their choice.
This assignment comes with a comprehensive grading rubric, which ensures that your students’ work will be evaluated fairly and accurately. Additionally, the included instructions guide students through the process of researching, designing, and creating their Newsletter, ensuring a great result.
Whether you’re a technology or graphic design teacher, or just looking for a fun project to keep your students engaged, this Newsletter assignment is sure to be a hit!
The choice is there to have students work individually, in pairs or teams.
Included:
Student Assignment in pdf (instructions, shortcut keys, examples)
Grading rubric provide in word and pdf
Student Planner provided in word and pdf
Just deliver the pdf with instructions, shortcuts keys and examples to them either electronically or by print. You will need an internet connect so that students can use the Free or Education account in Canva to complete this lesson.
This resource tackles the delicate subject of Workplace Bullying. Studies show that it is alive and well and is often swept under the carpet. This presentation is an interactive lesson that gives strategies for coping with Bullying in the workplace from an Employee and Management perspective.
The resource contains a professionally designed PP, Teachers notes, and worksheets for learners. Within the PP are links to videos that form part of the lesson.
Files are provided in pdf, powerpoint and word formatting allowing editing if required to suit your audience.
Topics are as follows:
- Definition of Workplace Bully
- Recognising the four types of Bullies
- 5 key facts about Bullying
- What is not Bullying
- What to do if you are Bullied
- The responsibilities of Management
- Three Task Challenges - Scenarios
This resource is for those that are new to Microsoft Excel and want to quickly learn and practice using calculations in Excel. The spreadsheet has a number of different sheets within it that have clear instructions and practice exercises to use for yourself or your learners to quickly master basic concepts.
I have used this to teach students and workplace learners with much success.
Covers addition, subtraction, multiplication and division on sheet 1. Sheet 2 has Autosum and subsequent sheets practice using these with common spreadsheets such as invoices and profit and loss scenarios. Simply give learners a copy of this spreadsheet and work through together or let them try by themselves.
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Do your students need to work as a team or group to meet an objective? Learning to work as a team is an important life skill that your students need to master for in the workplace and classroom. Working in groups and collaborating on problems and projects is all part of cooperative learning.
This packet contains a professional PowerPoint presentation that should be viewed before teams take on a project of any sort or size. It comes with a revisions worksheet (with answers provided), and Teacher Notes (that can be used as a lesson plan).
It is presented in word, pdf and ppt format and is fully editable.
The following topics are covered:
Qualities of an effective Team Member
Skills required to work in a Team
Making Decisions as a Team
Defining Objectives using Smart Goals
Roles and Responsibilities
Expected Behaviours and Attitudes
Bruce Tuckman Model for Team Collaboration
Revision exercise - worksheet with answers
Team Challenge
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This bundle contains:
A comprehensive PowerPoint presentation covering interview skills
A cover letter template to use when applying for a job
Two CV templates to use when applying for a job
This resource contains two CV templates that you can fill in with your own information. The CV's are formatted and have space for you to type in your specific information. There are prompts to help you with this.
They are standard CV's and it will generally be up to personal preference as to which one you will choose to use.
It would be useful to have basic word skills to work with the documents. Delete any information not required by selecting and using the Delete key. Remember a hard page break is Ctrl Enter. Use this instead of just continually using the enter key as this can muck up formatting.
This bundle has some great activities for introducing customer service skills to learners. It includes:
- 30 Slide Customer Service Powerpoint
- Customer Service Skills Worksheets and Activities
- Telephone etiquette Roleplay cards with message template
- Complaint resolution using the TACTICS method
Files have been provided in both pdf and editable versions.
This bundle includes a step by step guide on Microsoft PowerPoint as well as a presentation checklist and planning sheet. It also includes an interactive activity for learners to review a PowerPoint presentation and provide feedback.
Also a Card Deck Activity that has so many uses for groups and generates great discussions. Excellent preparation tool for learners.
All you need to ensure that your presentations are top notch!
As a bonus, there is also a presentation on Elevator Speeches and a Feedback module which are essential business communication skills.
Separate resources that can be used as icebreakers, warmers, parts of lessons, and in some cases whole lessons. Developed for Adults.
Business emails - 20 page e-book
The Verb 'To Be' simple present
Future tense diagrams and activities
Homophones
Synonym and Antonym worksheets and activities
Present and past tense irregular verb game
Things in Common Icebreaker
Giving good verbal instructions
Small Talk Presentation - Interactive lesson
This is a complete lesson on complaint resolution using the TACTICS method.
The resource contains a lesson plan, worksheets, diagrams of the model, a company policy to review, and practical exercises for the group to carry out. There is also a feedback form included.
The acronym TACTICS is used to work through a step by step process to handle a complaint from a customer. This is an important aspect of customer service. Once the learner has reviewed the process, it is a good idea to have the class separate into groups and role play various complaints scenarios using this method. All documentation is provided.
I have used this successfully with a Business training class. They enjoyed it and provided excellent feedback.
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This covers essential skills to have and build on in the work environment.
Assertive Communication
Preparing an Elevator Speech
Complaint Resolution methods
Conflict Resolution
Problem solving in relation to projects and workplace issues
Customer Service Skills worksheet
Email Communication
Ethics and Workplace Dilemmas
Giving and Receiving Feedback
Goal Setting using SMART goals
Health & Safety
Identifying your Values individually and as a team
Writing Standard Operating procedures (sops)
Teamwork
Microsoft Powerpoint
Your students will find these lessons engaging, fun and interactive. This bundle contains essential communications skills for the workplace and classroom. Worksheets, activities and Powerpoint Presentations that are fully editable.
Included:
Active Listening
Assertive Communication
Complaint Resolution
Conflict Management Styles
Customer Service Skills Worksheet
Feedback model
Giving verbal instructions
Goal Setting
H&S
Values
Time Management
Teamwork
No preparation is required.
Email is the most common form of communication in the workplace and it is important to get it right. The Resource contains an e-book that contains six critical steps to ensuring your email is delivered to the recipient in a professional manner. Common mistakes have been addressed for those that have English as a Second Language and there are some practical exercises to be completed around grammar within. The answers are also supplied.
The second resource is a PowerPoint presentation that is useful for leadership coaching. It is interactive, and in the notes page of the presentation there are examples of activities for the learners to participate in as you work your way through the presentation.
The average office worker receives around 80 emails each day. With that volume of mail, individual messages can easily get overlooked. Follow these simple rules to get your emails noticed and acted upon.
Don't overcommunicate by email.
Make good use of subject lines.
Keep messages clear and brief.
Be polite.
Check your tone.
Proofread.
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Canva is an excellent, free, design tool that can save you time and money. It makes sense to use this instead of paying for expensive designers. This resource comes in PPT form and a pdf. The PPT is 27 slides.
This training PowerPoint and PDF is a basic step by step guide to get you started. A Facebook post is created for the purposes of an example, however, the skills learnt can be applied to other promotional documents such as Covers, brochures, posters, instagram posts, twitter posts, etc.
You can use Canva to market your store, and / or use it as a class lesson. Students / learners can create posters, design promotional material on a topic of your choice, etc.
Topics covered in Step by Step, graphic format:
Signing up and Logging on to Canva
Creating a Social Media Post
Layout Choices
Using the Objects Toolbar
Inserting and Changing Text
Moving and Rotating Text Placeholders
Finishing off with Frames
Sharing your Design
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This resources is for anyone in the education sector or business that wants to learn how to manage and prioritise their time more effectively.
The resource contains a powerpoint presentation and word documents that can be used as handouts for learners. The powerpoint presentation has a notes section that is part of the overall lesson plan. It suggests activities for learners so that the presentation is interactive and engaging. The two word documents are activities for learners to participate in as part of the overall lesson.
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This activity is for learners to get to know more about each other. It can be used as a warmer or ice breaker at the beginning of a lesson.
Hand out the worksheet and have students work in pairs to fill it in. They need to talk to other people in the class to find out anything that they may have in common.
Works well for a speaking activity. Is a lot of fun!
This is a small collection of Christmas Photos (15) that can be used within your products, as Xmas cards, for backgrounds or for any other use you can think of.
These photos are royalty free and may be used for personal and commercial use. They may not be resold in their current state. I do not require attribution.
Use this Free resource for when you want to brainstorm any idea with your team or class. The technique of brainstorming can be used to solve problems or come up with new ideas.
The format provided is both printable and editable, meaning that if teaching virtually, you can have learners type directly into the pdf without any further software required.
There are rules that need to be followed for you to facilitate a successful brain storming session. These are also included and should be reviewed at the start of the session.