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Coursera
Evaluate and Explain Retention Curves
User retention is the difference between thriving products and those that fade into obscurity. Yet 73% of product teams struggle to choose the right retention metrics, leading to misguided strategies and missed opportunities. This Short Course was created to help data analysis professionals master the critical distinction between retention measurement approaches and apply survival analysis to uncover actionable user insights. This course is unique because it bridges the gap between statistical theory and practical product analytics, providing hands-on experience with R-based survival analysis that you can immediately apply to real user datasets. To be successful in this project, you should have a background in basic data analysis and familiarity with statistical concepts.
The State University of New York
Exploring Emerging Technologies for Lifelong Learning and Success
Welcome to an open-access resource designed to spark lifelong learning! This program helps you explore emerging technologies, grow personally and professionally, and build habits to thrive in our fast-changing digital world. Whether you’re a student, educator, professional, or lifelong learner, this course is for you. Join learners worldwide and discover how to succeed with technology. The program has two parts: the #EmTech Course and EmTechWIKI. #EmTech Course This course offers a collaborative space to learn about: - Lifelong Learning - The 4Cs of 21st-century skills: Communication, Collaboration, Creativity, and Critical Thinking Through your learning journey, you’ll create digital artifacts that showcase your progress. EmTechWIKI Visit EmTechWIKI http://emtech.suny.edu , a curated collection of tools, tutorials, and resources, including videos, blogs, and simulations. Use it on its own or as a companion to the course. You’re welcome to contribute by adding or editing resources! Discover new tools and share your growth through a personal ePortfolio or learning journal.
Arizona State University
Inglés Empresarial: Finanzas y Economía
Do you work in finance or interact with finance professionals? Is it necessary to speak, write or understand English in your career? Follow the authentic characters in this course as they work through common business situations in finance and economics. Learn from your successes and failure, and think critically about your own communication options. After taking this course, you will be able to read and create efficient e-mails, reports, and impactful presentations with words and phrases commonly used in finance and economics. Communicate clearly under pressure utilizing recently learned strategies, and obtain immediate feedback about the efficiency of your business communication skills in English from other finance professionals around the world! Gain the English communication skills that you desire and that global managers expect. ¿Trabaja usted en las finanzas o interactuar con profesionales de las finanzas? ¿Es necesario hablar, escribir o entender inglés en su profesión? Siga los personajes auténticos en este curso a medida que trabajan a través de situaciones de negocios comunes en las finanzas y las económicas economía. Aprenda de sus éxitos y fracasos, y piense críticamente sobre sus propias opciones de comunicación de Ud. Después de tomar este curso, usted será capaz de leer y crear mensajes de correo electrónico eficaces, informes, y presentaciones impactantes, con las palabras y frases del uso común en las finanzas y las económicas economía. ¡Comuniquese claramente bajo presión utilizando estrategias recién aprendidas, y obtenga información inmediata sobre la eficacia de sus habilidades de comunicación de negocios en inglés por parte de otros profesionales de las finanzas de todo el mundo! Obtenga las habilidades de comunicación en inglés que Ud. desee y que los gerentes globales esperan.
Universiteit Leiden
Population Health: Alternative Payment Models
The way we currently pay our care providers lead to suboptimal outcomes and unnecessary spending. Consequently, we fail to maximize the value of our health care services. We need to change provider payment models in order to keep health care systems financial sustainability. Doing nothing is not an option. But the question is, how do we do it? During this course, we will discuss the rationale for payment reforms and dive into the key design elements of Alternative Payment Models (APMs) and how they change care provider incentives. You will learn about a roadmap to design and implement APMs on your own. You will learn about behavioural economics and human behaviour which are essential to advance the design and implementation of APMs. After the course you can apply your sharpened skills to lead change in health care via innovative payment models in order to increase value of health care services. This course is targeted at a variety of professionals in the healthcare sector in order to realise a common language. Are you a provider, board member, working at a public or private payer or researcher working in the health sector, this course is relevant for you! This Course is part of the to-be-developed Leiden University master program Population Health Management. If you wish to find out more about this program see the last reading of this Course!
Dell
Setting Up Your Sale
Welcome to the Dell Technologies “Setting Up Your Sale” course. This course provides an overview of sales careers and how to prepare for those careers, while providing foundational professional skills and the basics of an IT sales campaign. Learning Objectives By the end of this course, you will be able to: - Describe the importance of regular customer research Identify the various sources of information involved in customer research. - Identify the factors that are key for establishing credibility & trust with customers (and what happens without it) Adopt a mindset of building trust with customers. - Identify the five key areas for establishing rapport. - Identify strategies for conveying insights to the right contact within the customer organization in a compelling manner. - Describe the benefits of As A Service (aaS) models. - Describe the reasons that digital transformation is important to organizations. - Describe key data center technologies. - Describe the relationship between software and external hardware in the functioning of a computer. - Identify the key components of a computer. - Apply probing and drill-down questioning to uncover further important customer information. This course is primarily aimed at people who are interested in beginning a career in IT Sales and as such, learners are not required to have prior sales or technical experience. This course is recommended for students looking to begin their career as well as those who are looking for a career change or transition.
University of California, Irvine
Types of Conflict
Conflict is everywhere and it is impossible to avoid conflicting viewpoints. However, not all conflict is bad, nor is it inherently negative. How conflict is handled makes all the difference. It is through proper identification and understanding of conflict that allows for effective resolutions, some of which may yield positive outcomes. In this course, we will examine the different types of conflict, how to understand and embrace the positive aspects of conflict, and how to successfully navigate conflict to positive resolution. This course presents the material though video lessons, case studies, and interviews. In each module students will be presented with in-video quiz questions to test their understanding. To further their mastery of the content students will also be asked to complete two peer reviewed assignments. Upon completing this course, you will be able to: 1. Identify the different types of conflict 2. Illustrate the positive aspects of conflict 3. Provide examples of positive ways to deal with conflict
Packt
AZ-104: Managing Azure Identity, Governance, and Storage
Updated in May 2025. This course now features Coursera Coach! A smarter way to learn with interactive, real-time conversations that help you test your knowledge, challenge assumptions, and deepen your understanding as you progress through the course. Unlock the potential of Azure with AZ-104: Managing Azure Identity, Governance, and Storage. This comprehensive course prepares you to excel as an Azure Administrator, equipping you with skills to manage identity, governance, and storage in a cloud environment. Master key concepts, practical tools, and best practices to confidently implement and monitor Azure resources. The journey begins with managing Azure Active Directory (Azure AD), from creating and organizing users and groups to handling licenses, device settings, and guest accounts. You’ll also learn to perform bulk updates and configure self-service password resets, ensuring seamless identity management across your organization. Next, dive into role-based access control (RBAC) to create custom roles and interpret access assignments. Explore subscription and governance management by configuring policies, resource locks, and tags, while gaining expertise in handling resource groups and managing Azure costs. Finally, understand how to configure and secure Azure storage accounts, use shared access tokens, and implement encryption with Azure AD authentication. This course is designed for IT professionals aiming to deepen their Azure expertise. Whether you're new to Azure administration or looking to earn the Azure Administrator Associate certification, this course offers practical insights for success. Basic familiarity with Azure fundamentals is recommended, making this course suitable for those with foundational cloud computing knowledge.
Codio
SQL for Security Specialist
This course is designed specifically for SQL Security Specialists with a focus on PostgreSQL. It assumes a solid foundation in SQL and guides learners through advanced topics specific to PostgreSQL. You'll explore crucial concepts, such as complex queries, performance optimization, and database administration tasks unique to PostgreSQL. To ensure an immersive, self-paced learning experience, this course employs a video-free approach. Instead, assignments feature concise explanations, complemented by visuals and executable SQL code examples. These examples come with suggested modifications, encouraging learners to explore further and deepen their understanding through practical application. Participants will receive immediate feedback through a range of assessment items. These assessments progress from quick comprehension checks (multiple choice, fill in the blank, and unscrambling SQL queries) to small, manageable coding exercises that can be completed in minutes rather than hours.
Georgia Institute of Technology
Mechanics of Materials IV: Deflections, Buckling, Combined Loading & Failure Theories
This course explores the analysis and design of engineering structures considering factors of deflection, buckling, combined loading, & failure theories ------------------------------------------------- The copyright of all content and materials in this course are owned by either the Georgia Tech Research Corporation or Dr. Wayne Whiteman. By participating in the course or using the content or materials, whether in whole or in part, you agree that you may download and use any content and/or material in this course for your own personal, non-commercial use only in a manner consistent with a student of any academic course. Any other use of the content and materials, including use by other academic universities or entities, is prohibited without express written permission of the Georgia Tech Research Corporation. Interested parties may contact Dr. Wayne Whiteman directly for information regarding the procedure to obtain a non-exclusive license.
Duke University
Climate and Health for Healthcare Professions
What are the ways that climate change impacts human health? How can healthcare professionals support patients and communities to adapt to a changing climate? This short course explores the deep and complex connections between climate change and health for individuals and communities. By completing this course, students, trainees, practicing healthcare professionals and administrators will learn how to integrate climate awareness into their daily practice to inform and protect their patients and communities. While knowledge of human health is helpful, this is an introductory course with no required prerequisites. Climate change is the greatest threat to health in the 21st century, and it worsens existing inequities of health, security, and wellbeing. We’ll begin by addressing how human activity threatens planetary systems that support human health. We’ll then discuss the irony of how health systems, responsible for protecting health, also make these processes worse. To learn how to support patients and communities dealing with the impacts of climate change, you'll hear from a diverse group of healthcare experts who are already engaged in climate change and sustainability work. By the end of this course, you’ll gain skills to advocate for systems-level changes to mitigate climate change and support local resilience and adaptation. You’ll be given opportunities to think about how the concepts of this course can be applied to your own professional or personal context — no matter where you are in your healthcare career. By engaging with the intersection between climate and health, you will be more fully equipped to support your patients, colleagues, and community to build a more sustainable healthcare system.
Coursera
GenAI for Financial Data Analysis
This course offers a practical exploration of Generative AI (GEN AI) and its transformative applications in financial data analysis. By examining real-world use cases and utilizing AI tools like Microsoft Co-Pilot, ChatGPT, Datarobot, and Chartpixel, participants will learn to extract actionable insights from financial datasets. The course emphasizes hands-on learning, enabling learners to build custom AI solutions using open-source models while adhering to ethical considerations. This course is designed to take learners with a basic understanding of financial data and AI concepts to the next level, focusing on practical applications of Generative AI (GEN AI) in financial data analysis. You’ll dive deep into specific use cases, learning how to use AI tools to extract actionable insights from financial data. We’ll demonstrate AI tools in action, showing how to optimize financial strategies through data analysis, all while highlighting the best practices to maximize GEN AI’s potential in finance. Learners should have a basic understanding of financial analysis and AI/machine learning concepts, as well as familiarity with data handling and statistical methods. By the end of this course, learners will be able to use GenAI tools to extract actionable insights from large datasets, optimize data-driven decision making and develop innovate solutions for complex data challenges.
Google Cloud
Responsible AI for Developers: Interpretability & Transparency - Polski
Na tym szkoleniu przedstawiamy koncepcje interpretowalności i przejrzystości AI. Omawiamy na nim, jak ważna jest przejrzystość AI dla deweloperów i inżynierów. Pokazujemy praktyczne techniki i narzędzia, które pomagają osiągnąć interpretowalność oraz przejrzystość zarówno w danych, jak i modelach AI.
Yunus Social Business Fund Bengaluru
Financial Markets and Instruments
This course is part of a Specialization titled “Strategy and Finance for a Lifecycle of a Social Business”. The beauty of a modern decision-making framework is that it can be used to understand value creation at any level – the individual or business or societal. The applications however become increasingly complex as your lens expands from the individual to the corporate/nonprofit to the global society. There are two building blocks of modern decision making – time value of money and risk. This is because all decisions are made with consequences for the future which, in turn is uncertain. A deep understanding of the value of time and risk is therefore key to understanding value creation. This third course is an introduction to markets and two financial instruments, bonds and stocks, and how they are valued using the principles of time value of money covered in the two preceding courses in this specialization. The main purpose of this course is to serve as a bridge to figuring out the risk and return that individuals or businesses must use to figure out the value of any decision. While the return on any decision is ultimately determined by its risk, bond and stock markets enable the determination of the risk and return. This may be the biggest social value created by markets. Since individuals and households ultimately provide capital to both governments and businesses though the market, this course will also serve useful for personal financial decision-making. As indicated at the outset, the beauty of modern frameworks and tools of analysis is that they are logical and do not change depending on the purpose of business. However, to demonstrate social impact is very complex because prices for both the public good, and any harm created by our actions, are not available. It is also very challenging to determine the incremental effect of a business on society at large. The combination of these issues makes all social impact and value specific to a business, making it even more important to use the same frameworks and tools developed in this Specialization to value any business.
Skillshare
Advanced Videography: Commercial Filmmaking Essentials
By the end of this course, taught by Phil Ebiner, you’ll be able to plan, shoot, and edit polished commercial projects that look ready for broadcast. You’ll learn how to: * scout locations, * capture motion with dynamic shots, * light products effectively, * integrate aerial footage for added cinematic impact. These skills will allow you to transform standard footage into professional-grade commercials. This course is designed for creators who already know the basics of shooting video—aperture, shutter speed, ISO—and want to elevate their work to the level of ads and brand promos seen on TV and online. Through a hands-on commercial project, you’ll practice using different lenses and focal lengths, setting up lighting for beauty and product shots, and enhancing your videos with smooth movement and creative camera angles. If you’re a content creator, freelancer, or aspiring commercial filmmaker looking to attract clients with higher production value, this course will give you the practical techniques and confidence to take your commercial videography to the next level. Instructor bio: Phil Ebiner has been teaching online since 2012, creating courses that help learners share their stories through photography, video, design, and marketing. He combines real-world experience with practical instruction to help students become confident creators. Phil graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Film and Television Production from Loyola Marymount University, where he produced documentaries in Switzerland, Germany, Mexico, and India. He has worked with Participant Media, Stanbridge College, and UC Berkeley, and continues to collaborate on creative projects to keep his skills fresh. Outside of teaching, Phil enjoys mountain biking, traveling, sports, and spending time with his wife, twin boys, baby daughter, and dog Ashby. His mission is to help you grow as a creator, earn from your skills, and live the life you’ve dreamed of.
Duke University
Designing Larger Python Programs for Data Science
Modern programs are complicated structures, with hundreds to thousands of lines of code, but how do you efficiently move from smaller programs to more robust, complicated programs? How do data scientists simulate the randomness of real world problems in their programs? What techniques and best practices can you leverage to design pieces of software that can efficiently handle large amounts of data? In this course from Duke University, Python users will learn about how to create larger, multi-functional programs that can handle more complex tasks. We don't recommend that this be the first Python course you take, as we'll be covering a decent amount of specific programming syntax. However, if you hold a prerequisite knowledge of basic algebra, Python programming, and the Pandas library, you should be able to complete the material in this course. In the first module, we’ll discuss top-down design for larger programs, including the programming syntax and techniques that are useful to stitch together larger programs. Then in the following modules, we’ll transition into discussing Monte Carlo simulations and introduce you to the Poker project, the larger program you’ll create by the end of the course. By the end of this course, you should be able to decompose a programming problem into manageable pieces, explain the basics of Monte Carlo Methods, and efficiently integrate smaller pieces of code into a larger complete program. This will prepare you to take the next step in your data scientist journey, creating complex programs that can more creatively simulate real-world problems.
FAIR Institute
Executive Communication and Governance
This course focuses on the critical aspects of communicating cyber risk to stakeholders and establishing effective governance structures. Executives will learn to translate technical cyber risk concepts into business language, report to the board, and build a cyber risk-aware culture. The course also covers regulatory compliance, the role of cyber insurance, and techniques for resolving disputes and building consensus within the organization. This course is tailored for senior executives and decision-makers overseeing or guiding cyber risk management within their organizations. Ideal participants will have: Leadership and Strategic Oversight: Participants should hold or aspire to hold leadership roles such as Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), Chief Risk Officer (CRO), or senior management positions where they are responsible for setting and implementing risk management strategies. Experience with Financial or Business Risk: Executives with experience managing financial risk or business continuity planning will find the course particularly valuable, as it covers the intersection of cyber risk and financial decision-making. Commitment to Continuous Improvement: A mindset geared toward continuous improvement in risk management practices, with a willingness to explore and adopt new methodologies, such as the FAIR model, to enhance their organization's cyber resilience. This course is designed to equip senior leaders with the practical skills and insights necessary to integrate the FAIR model into their organization’s broader risk management strategy, ensuring a more quantitative and business-aligned approach to managing cyber risks.