Communication Fundamentals - TXCPA Houston CE

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Course features
  • Category: Communication
  • Course Length: 1.0 hour
  • Series: Fundamentals
  • CE Credits: 1.0 hour
  • Author: The URL dr
  • Resources: Communication Checklists
Course overview
Explore the fundamentals of properly communicating and learn how to build your skills as a communicator in your workplace.
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Learning Objectives
  • Define what communication is
  • Identify communication mediums
  • Define what makes a great communicator
  • Identify types of communication
  • Improve your communication skills
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Certification included
Downloadable certificate upon completion.

Exploring the Basics of Communicating

Communication Fundamentals walks you through the basics and details of effectively communicating in your respective workplace environment. You’ll examine what happens when communication breaks down, how to choose the right communication medium, how it relates to professional success, and how miscommunication is a part of everybody’s day-to-day life. 

You’ll also explore verbal, nonverbal, and written communication tips, closed and open questions and how to ask them, effective listening strategies that will set you up for success, and important verbal communication tips that will help you improve your verbal skills. 

What's included in this online course?

Video

Professional video is included with every course, discussing main topics and recapping key learning points.

Knowledge Checks

Check your retention of material and concepts with fun knowledge checks in the form of quizzes and games.

Engaging Material

Interactive elements, scenarios, and knowledge checks make learning entertaining and boost comprehension. 

Business Soft Skills

Critical knowledge to increase your value to your employer. Study at your own pace, at home or on the go.

Additional Resources

A list of additional resources is included with each course, directing students to extra material for further study.

Summary / Checklist

Each course comes with a summary of the key areas taught, in addition to a checklist for immediate implementation of ideas.

Skills you'll learn in this course

Communication

Problem Solving

Listening


Kim Merritt

Kim Merritt, aka The URL dr, has been doling out prescriptions for online and e-learning success to corporate clients for more than 15 years. Nationally recognized since she was a teenager, Kim is a serial entrepreneur that started her first company at the tender age of eleven.

She was doing business with Apple, AT&T, and The Rolling Stones by the age of twenty, and became a featured speaker at YPO Family University and The Wharton School. In all Kim's businesses, she focused on training and learning. When Kim turned to e-learning in her current business, The URL dr, more than a decade ago, she pulled from years of experience in the corporate world to develop a series of business soft skill courses that are available today through YourTrainingBase.

Kim's current clients include Denny's, Johnson & Johnson, Microsoft, and Whole Foods, where she incorporates creative and engaging learning techniques to teach today's corporate audience.

Patrick Jones - Course author