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      Coursera Instructor Network

      GenAI for Account Executives

      Skills you'll gain: Account Management, Generative AI Agents, Sales Enablement, Proposal Development, Sales Management, Market Analysis, Market Trend, Client Services, Workflow Management, Prompt Engineering, Innovation, Business Writing, Sales Presentation, Business Ethics, Customer Relationship Management, Automation, Data Security

      4.6
      Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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      8 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      University of Colorado System

      Psychosocial and Spiritual Aspects of Palliative Care

      Skills you'll gain: Hospice, Caregiving, Patient Education And Counseling, Patient Treatment, Psychosocial Assessments, Interpersonal Communications, Healthcare Ethics, Mental Health, Stress Management, Community and Social Work

      4.9
      Rating, 4.9 out of 5 stars
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      91 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Arizona State University

      商务英语课程 Business English

      Skills you'll gain: Purchasing, Meeting Facilitation, Employee Coaching, Procurement, Marketing Materials, English Language, Business Communication, Concision, Telephone Skills, Active Listening, Verbal Communication Skills, Presentations, Marketing, Leadership and Management, Leadership, Persuasive Communication, Business Writing, Business Correspondence, Business Management, Communication

      4.7
      Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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      46 reviews

      Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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      Vanderbilt University

      Building HTTP APIs with Spring

      Skills you'll gain: Spring Boot, Spring Framework, Restful API, API Design, Web Applications, Software Testing, Unit Testing, Object-Relational Mapping, Application Security, Authentications, JSON, Authorization (Computing), Data Access, Dependency Analysis

      4.2
      Rating, 4.2 out of 5 stars
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      24 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Arizona State University

      Foundational Sustainability Skills & Competencies

      Skills you'll gain: Program Implementation, Plan Execution, Sustainability Reporting, Contract Management, Policy Development, Annual Reports, Goal Setting, Corporate Sustainability, Strategic Partnership, Interactive Learning, Project Planning, Peer Review, Drive Engagement, Environmental Social And Corporate Governance (ESG), Report Writing, Business Analysis, Communication

      4.4
      Rating, 4.4 out of 5 stars
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      16 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Microsoft

      Stakeholder Relations and Reporting

      Skills you'll gain: Stakeholder Communications, Stakeholder Management, Communication Planning, Stakeholder Engagement, Public Relations, Marketing and Public Relations, Media Relations, Performance Reporting, Report Writing, Strategic Communication, Business Reporting, Marketing Effectiveness, Research Reports, Community Outreach, Performance Metric, Communication Strategies, Presentations, Relationship Building, Data Visualization, Data Collection

      4.9
      Rating, 4.9 out of 5 stars
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      16 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      LearnQuest

      Test-Driven Development

      Skills you'll gain: Continuous Delivery, Test Driven Development (TDD), Unit Testing, Continuous Deployment, Continuous Integration, CI/CD, Agile Methodology, Test Automation, Code Review, Maintainability, Software Development, Mockups, Software Development Methodologies, Test Case, Development Testing, Software Testing, Integration Testing, Debugging, Python Programming, Version Control

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      Rating, 4 out of 5 stars
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      81 reviews

      Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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      Shanghai Jiao Tong University

      Business Chinese 1 中级汉语 (上)

      Skills you'll gain: Business Communication, Oral Expression, Language Competency, Verbal Communication Skills, Communication, Business Writing, Oral Comprehension, Language Learning, Grammar, Vocabulary, Collaboration, Time Management, Critical Thinking

      1.6
      Rating, 1.6 out of 5 stars
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      25 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      IBM

      IBM COBOL Core

      Skills you'll gain: COBOL (Programming Language), Programming Principles, Report Writing, Debugging, Software Testing, Maintainability, Computer Programming, Business Logic, Data Structures, Stored Procedure, Data Maintenance

      4.4
      Rating, 4.4 out of 5 stars
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      58 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Akamai Technologies, Inc.

      Python Scripting Fundamentals

      Skills you'll gain: Application Development, Scripting, MySQL, Data Structures, Python Programming, Program Development, Database Management, Web Applications, File Management, Programming Principles

      4.7
      Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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      20 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Coursera Project Network

      Editing Table of Content and Layouts in Microsoft Word

      Skills you'll gain: Document Management, Business Writing, Visualization (Computer Graphics), Data Management, Business Communication, Business Development

      4.6
      Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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      51 reviews

      Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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      University of Colorado System

      Requirements Specifications: Goals and Conflict Analysis

      Skills you'll gain: Requirements Analysis, Security Requirements Analysis, Requirements Elicitation, Functional Requirement, Goal Setting, User Requirements Documents, Unified Modeling Language, Meeting Facilitation, Conflict Management, System Requirements, User Story, Negotiation

      4.7
      Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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      65 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    • GenAI for Account Executives: Coursera Instructor Network
    • Psychosocial and Spiritual Aspects of Palliative Care: University of Colorado System
    • 商务英语课程 Business English: Arizona State University
    • Building HTTP APIs with Spring: Vanderbilt University
    • Foundational Sustainability Skills & Competencies: Arizona State University
    • Stakeholder Relations and Reporting: Microsoft
    • Test-Driven Development: LearnQuest
    • Business Chinese 1 中级汉语 (上): Shanghai Jiao Tong University
    • IBM COBOL Core: IBM
    • Python Scripting Fundamentals: Akamai Technologies, Inc.

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