Billions of people turn to social media for community and connection. But to the entrepreneurs highlighted in this series, these platforms are also a virtual land of opportunity. In this special series from the creators of the Hello Monday podcast, examine the ways in which creatives are using social media platforms and other innovative tools to start, grow, and scale their small businesses. Jessi Hempel and LinkedIn News editor Michaela Greer team up to host this series, connecting with successful creatives who leveraged online tools to turn their passions or hobbies into full-time businesses. Hear real-world stories of how people reworked their old side hustles, grew their audience, navigated a shifting industry, and more—all using tools that weren't initially designed for commerce.

Use business and personal credit to launch your business. Learn how business credit reports work, how to boost your credit score, and how to gain access to funding.

Join LinkedIn Influencer Creel Price as he shares how to create a business that exists to make the world a better place.

The Certified in Risk and Information Control (CRISC) certification is an established, well-recognized credential from ISACA, the organization that has issued over 200,000 certifications to cybersecurity professionals in 188 countries. A CRISC certification shows employers that you understand how to identify and manage IT risk in an enterprise and that you’re capable of implementing and maintaining the controls necessary to address risks. This series of courses provides you with insights and content around the four IT risk management domains. In this first course of the series, instructor Jerod Brennen focuses on governance in IT risk identification. Jerod goes over basic definitions and information for IT risks, then covers how you can protect your organization’s people, processes, and technology from threats and vulnerabilities. He also addresses enterprise risk context and shows you techniques to engage your stakeholders and improve your risk posture.

The Certified in Risk and Information Control (CRISC) certification is an established, well-recognized credential from ISACA. A CRISC certification shows employers that you understand how to identify and manage IT risk in an enterprise and that you’re capable of implementing and maintaining the controls necessary to address risks. This series of courses explains the four IT risk management domains. In this course, instructor Jerod Brennen focuses on IT Risk Assessment. Jerod covers risk assessment fundamentals, then goes into how to determine risk rankings. He goes over methods to analyze risk scenarios for your organizational structure, policies, technology, architecture, and more. Jerod discusses how to analyze the effectiveness of your current controls, including leveraging assessments and performing gap analysis. Jerod concludes with useful advice on communicating your risk assessment results and updating your risk register.

The Certified in Risk and Information Control (CRISC) certification is an established, well-recognized credential from ISACA, the organization that has issued over 200,000 certifications to cybersecurity professionals in 188 countries. A CRISC certification shows employers that you understand how to identify and manage IT risk in an enterprise and that you’re capable of implementing and maintaining the controls necessary to address risks. This series of courses provides you with insights and content around the four IT risk management domains. In this third course of the series, instructor Jerod Brennen focuses on the third CRISC domain: Risk Response and Mitigation. Jerod covers the tasks you’ll be tested on when you sit for the exam, including consulting with risk owners, creating a risk action plan, selecting risk management controls, assigning control ownership to establish clear lines of accountability, and registering risk profile changes.

Prepare your organization to communicate to key audiences in the event of a crisis that impacts your business or brand.

Learn how to communicate with employees and coordinate work before, during, and after a crisis.

When an IT incident affects your organization, what you say, when you say it, and how you communicate it is crucial to protecting both your organization’s reputation and its long-term operations. Fortunately, handling hairy situations doesn't have to be guesswork. In this course, instructor David Pultorak covers the best ways to leverage the CCC® model, which gives you a shared approach, a common language, and best practices for improving communications during critical situations. David explains the different areas, results, phases, and layers of the model, to make it easier for you to navigate challenging moments—from breaches, to hacks, to misunderstandings gone awry on social media. He goes over how to communicate during the incident and how to follow through during the aftermath. David also discusses factors that influence your ability to respond well during different phases and he concludes with ways you can improve your responses.

Learn the roles you need to play to meet client requirements and succeed in the challenging world of consulting.

Learn the basics of critical thinking, an essential skill for problem-solving and decision-making.

Teach your team how to think critically. Learn how to use critical thinking to avoid fallacies, spot biases, craft better arguments, hone judgment, and improve decision-making.

In order to be a successful leader, clear communication is a key aspect to your effectiveness. After a conversation with you, do people feel clear on your position, or confused? Are they confident that you’ll welcome different perspectives, or are they uncomfortable voicing disagreement with you? In this course, Becki Saltzman shows how critical thinking improves your clarity of thought and conversation confidence, and explains how and when to communicate using critical thinking. Becki gives advice on how to construct good arguments and recognize bad ones, how to maintain productive communication even when you disagree, and how to recognize the difference between debating and negotiating. Whether you’re a seasoned leader or new to a leadership role, by the end of this course you’ll have new ways to communicate more effectively through critical thinking.

Cross-team collaboration is vital to achieve revenue growth and profitability. Learn how to develop, launch, and track a high-performing cross-functional sales team.

Cross-selling is the practice of selling an additional product or service to an existing customer. It can generate a significant opportunity, as the relationship already exists, but ensuring the additional product or service sold to your clients enhances their value is critical. This course helps you understand cross-selling and its benefits and develop and execute a cross-selling strategy that works for your business. Sales and leadership coach Jeff Bloomfield also explains how to align sales and marketing to achieve improved sales, consistent messaging, and data-driven insights.

Need to slice up large and complex JavaScript data arrays with maximum speed and effectiveness? Learn how to use Crossfilter.js to group and filter data directly in a web browser.

Learn strategies to successfully plan, design, and execute a crowdfunding campaign for your independent film.

Learn how to have—and succeed at—high-stakes conversations in this audio-only summary of the popular book by Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, and Al Switzler.

Turn fear and doubt into opportunity. Review highlights from major league baseball pitching coach Rick Peterson’s book on overcoming difficult, stress-filled situations.

Learn the basics of bitcoin and other cryptocurrency, including how they are created and mined.