As your digital photo collection grows, it becomes more important to organize and back up your work. Add in a long-term archiving strategy and you can ensure your photos will be accessible to future generations. In this course, photographer Derrick Story teaches the concepts and techniques behind efficient photo management and archival. First he compares photo storage philosophies and techniques. He then shows how to create an ultralight backup system for travel, using memory cards, mobile devices, and cloud-based services like Dropbox and iCloud. Next, learn how to organize and back up photos stored on a laptop or desktop using popular apps such as Adobe Lightroom and Photos for macOS. Finally, review archiving strategies for storing photos for decades and tips for preserving printed snapshots.

If you’ve ever engaged in any sort of internet sleuthing—doing research on a company before an interview, looking up someone on social media before you meet them—then you’ve already engaged in some open-source intelligence, or OSINT. OSINT is, essentially, using publicly available information in an intelligence context. In this course, information security expert Mike Wylie shows how to effectively engage in OSINT, from the value of using it, to methods of gathering information. He covers topics like passive reconnaissance vs. active reconnaissance, methods for tracking organizations and employees, and crafting advanced search queries to find sensitive indexed information. If you’re conducting any kind of penetration test, OSINT provides a good foundation to get you started.

Attracting and maintaining a diverse workforce offers a slew of benefits to organizations. It boosts innovation and problem-solving by providing access to an array of experiences and ideas, helps ensure that more workers feel that they belong, and more. In this course, instructor Jacqui Lloyd lays out why diversity and inclusion matters for businesses, how professionals who identify as LGBT can feel more confident about coming out at work, and how allies can help create a more inclusive work environment. Using her own experiences as a visible and proud out gay woman, Jacqui explains how coming out can help you personally and professionally. Plus, learn why, regardless of your sexual orientation, it's important to be aware of the role you can play as an ally in supporting your LGBT colleagues.

Microsoft Outlook—one of the most widely used email and calendaring apps in the world—boasts tools that can help you work smarter and collaborate more effectively. In this course, Jess Stratton shows you how to set up and manage your email and calendars in Outlook 2021. Jess begins by familiarizing you with the interface and explaining how to add Office 365 and IMAP accounts. She then shares practical strategies and tips that can help you efficiently read, organize, create, and send mail; create contacts and add delegates who can act on your behalf; stay on schedule with the calendar; create and assign tasks; and work with Outlook data. Plus, you can learn about using Outlook on a browser and a mobile device.

Successful outsourcing relationships don't happen by accident. There are crucial elements and attitudes that make an outsourced account a success. In this course, instructor Bob McGannon reviews the characteristics of productive and healthy outsourcing environments and how client and outsourcing management and employees can contribute to that success. Bob goes over the significant reasons that companies choose outsourcing and how different reasons should generate different management approaches. He also explains the conditions where an outsourcer is treated as a vendor or partner, then covers the requirements and prioritization of services included in the outsourcing engagement. Bob describes effective service request processes and steps you through how an outsourcer can participate in strategy planning. In conclusion, Bob gives you an exercise to find the pitfalls in an outsourcing scenario.

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Successful outsourcing depends upon proper management, with the right processes and attitudes. In this course, instructor Bob McGannon covers proper outsourcing management practices, from within the outsourcer's organization or the client's organization. He shows you the specific management tools and approaches that you need to lead a successful team. Proper governance of an outsourcing relationship is pivotal for success, and you need to understand where the client’s responsibilities end and the outsourcer’s responsibilities begin. Bob steps you through all this, plus contract reviews and more. Outsourcing relationships aren't only governed by contracts, though. Bob discusses how to use a procedures manual and customer satisfaction surveys to help manage outsourcing relationships. Bob explains several important delivery outcomes, then concludes by showing you other resources you can use to further your knowledge.

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The transition of services from the client to the outsourcer is the first, most significant "moment of truth" in an outsourcing engagement, and it’s more difficult than most people realize. Stumbling blocks abound. In this course, instructor Bob McGannon discusses the overall approach to successful transitions, how to handle personnel transitions, and when the client should keep critical skills in house. He goes over the human factors that you’ll need to manage during transitions, along with how to work with remote and overseas personnel. He reviews the complications of transferring assets and managing service levels during the transition period. Bob talks about the conditions for declaring the transition a success, and then he concludes with a case study exercise to evaluate possible approaches to a transition.

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Digital cameras have come a long way, but photographers still bump up against their limitations. The depth of field, aspect ratio, and dynamic range can't match what our eyes see. But you can reach beyond the capabilities of your camera through a combination of smart shooting strategies and creative post-processing techniques. Landscape photographer Justin Reznick shows how to create perfectly sharp images, front to back, with focus stacking; build epic panoramas; and create high dynamic range images that retain more detail in the shadows and highlights. The tools learned in the course will open up photographers to a whole new world of photographic possibilities—without a large investment in new gear.

Have you ever taken too long to make a decision or worried about making the wrong choice? If this sounds familiar, you've experienced falling into a decision-making trap. In this course taught by leadership expert Michael Veltri, he shares his proven tips to help you avoid falling into these traps. First, Michael reviews some of the common challenges you face when making a decision, such as being distracted or getting bogged down in the details. He then shares his methods for unclogging your decision-making arteries, and how to get clarity on decisions in a timely manner. From there, Michael guides you through methods to reach decisions faster, and to feel confident about the decisions you make. Finally, Michael reviews making high-stakes decisions, creating opportunities, and continuing the momentum once a decision is made. If you’re looking to make smarter, more impactful decisions with ease, join Michael in this course.

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How do you inspire individuals to become a great team? In this course, author and speaker Robyn Benincasa takes you on an awe-inspiring journey to transform your mindset and help you inspire your team, fuel deep and lasting connections, and build a culture of resilience and grittiness. Robyn helps you discover how to build the right team and inspire them to reach any challenging finish line, how to reverse the win-lose mentality from conquering to collaborating with other winners, and how to eliminate a silo mindset and foster a true team culture.

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One of the most critical leadership skills is the ability to lead with confidence. Confidence can help leaders gain buy-in, trust, and respect from those they manage and work with cross-functionally. And without it, they may face more challenges than the average person in a leadership role. In this course, former tech executive turned business coach Jennine Heller shares strategies that can help you lead with greater confidence.

Jennine explores concepts around leadership identity and imposter syndrome to help you get in touch with the leader you aspire to be. She then goes over methods that can help you embody the characteristics of a confident leader. Finally, Jennine emphasizes the importance of continued development in your role as a way to take ownership, instill a culture of learning, and focus on what's most important. Upon wrapping up this course, you'll be better able to tackle leadership roles with the confidence you desire.

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Rejections force you to grow. Every rejection brings you one step closer to the right opportunity. Award-winning marketer and best-selling author Sam Bennett draws on her insights to help you find the opportunity in rejection, sharing tips on how to overcome your setbacks with grace. Follow Sam’s five-step program to learn how to get more comfortable with failure and reduce your emotional attachment to disappointment. Master the power of perspective, not only to ease the blow of rejection, but to guide you down the path that helps you accomplish your dreams. Reframe rejection as an opportunity for self-improvement, employing surefire methods that help you balance out negative self-talk. Align your next opportunity with your values to change not just where you're going but where you are right now.

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Not ready to give up the safety of your day job, but still interested in the extra cash and financial security that real estate investing offers? There's no better way to get familiar with the ups and downs of real estate investing than by starting out on a part-time basis. In this course, learn how to invest in real estate as a side gig. Get tips for leveraging the experience of others and crafting an effective elevator pitch. Discover how to make the most of your time by scheduling on a micro level. Plus, discover how to prepare for growth, determine which real estate investing model is right for you, and add new facets to your business plan.

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You've secured your systems, trained your users, and fortified your network. Think you're ready to handle a cybersecurity threat? Penetration testing is one of the best ways to see if your security will hold. It puts testers in the role of attackers, looking for vulnerabilities in your networks, computers, applications, email, and users. This course provides an introduction to the key knowledge and skills to start a program of professional penetration testing at your organization.

Cybersecurity expert Malcolm Shore reviews popular pen testing tools, as well as the Bash and Python scripting skills required to be able to acquire, modify, and re-use exploit code. He also provides a refresher on the Kali Linux penetration testing toolbox, approaches to web testing, and several important facets of exploit code. At the end of this course, you'll be prepared to take more advanced training and to pursue the popular Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP) certification.

As the market and world change at a rapid speed, employee assessments are an essential tool for describing an employee's personality, motivation, and skill set which can easily transcend organizational results. In this course, HR and Organizational Development Professional Gabriella Parente-Neubert walks you through different types of assessments that are available and gives you the information to choose which will be most useful to you and your employees. Gabriella goes over common types of assessments, such as StrengthsFinder, Myers-Briggs, DiSC, and Emergenetics. Then she discusses additional types, including leadership assessments, team-building assessments, and more. Gabriella concludes with practical advice on implementing and evaluating an assessment and how to decide which tool is right for you.

In this course, strategic HR expert and author Don Phin explains what employee engagement is, what engaged work and leadership look like, and how to bring these qualities to your organization. Don shares tested and proven techniques for how to attract, hire, and retain engaged employees. He explains how to keep that engagement growing through feedback, compensation, and other methods so that your most valuable people remain at your company. He also explains how you can measure and evaluate your engagement efforts. Finally, Don shares advice on how to engage with remote workers and navigate a hybrid work environment, as well as software and apps that can help improve employee engagement.

The cloud provides a lot of great benefits for running your applications, but understanding and avoiding pitfalls will make the journey a lot more predictable and be more likely to provide the return on investment of time and energy put into the migration. In this course, Mike Benkovich takes you through the cloud journey, starting with how to build cloud-aware apps, to adding practices and processes to ensure you’re working in a way that can support the lifespan of your applications. Mike also shows how to use continuous delivery with GitHub Actions and DevOps pipelines, how to get started with Infrastructure as code, and discusses governance and policy. If you’re looking to move your applications to the cloud, join Mike in this course as he provides you with guardrails to make the journey successfully.

Pete Docter’s imagination is capable of some pretty incredible things. As a director at Pixar Animation Studios, Pete brought us Toy Story, Monsters Inc., and Up. These films make audiences wonder and dream. In this audio-only course, Justin Ahrens travels to California to sit down with Pete and learn about how these stories originate in his imagination and end up on the big screen. Learn about how the creative process starts early in life, how ideas are developed at Pixar, and why teamwork and great influences—from art to travel—are so important to creativity.

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With the free Photos for macOS software from Apple, you can manage, enhance, and share photos in a variety of ways. In this course, photographer, author, and educator Derrick Story takes you on a detailed exploration of Photos for macOS. Derrick starts with a quick-start introduction to taking pictures on your phone, then editing them with Photos and sharing them. He walks you through how to use the options available to you when you’re recording video. Derrick also covers several advanced iPhone camera techniques, such as switching among cameras, controlling the flash, working with ProRAW, and more. He covers each step of the process to edit pictures in Photos for macOS, then does the same for editing videos. Derrick offers some useful tips to enhance your experience using Photos, then concludes with resources to help you learn more.

Go one-on-one with world-renowned Photoshop expert Deke McClelland. The first of a three-part series, this course is your chance to master the fundamentals of Photoshop as you’ve never seen them before. It's everything you need to know, in the order you need to know it, complete with eye-popping imagery and practical advice. Best of all, it’s been completely updated for Photoshop 2020, the 30th anniversary edition of the program. Deke shows how to crop and straighten photographs, adjust brightness and contrast, correct color cast, and retouch portraits. You can also learn such skills as editing nondestructively with layers, making complex selections, developing photos in Camera Raw, and preparing photos for print. Come with questions, leave with answers—and a real sense of accomplishment.