Freelancer Futuristics Series - Geopolitics: Future economies and their needs: How to use this for one's advantage?

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Course summary

Availability:	This training is available on-demand Duration: 60 minutes After you purchase access click here to watch the video.
Language:	English
Summary:	This course enables you to understand the opportunities arising because of your language / location / specialization in the changing geopolitics. To find out current trends and how these trends can be used for your advantage

Description

The course explores great opportunities coming up due to tectonic shifts and changes in present geopolitics. How to harness the opportunities in a post credit crisis world (beyond 2008).

Further development:

Feb 17, 2012 Freelancer Futuristics Series - Leadership : From a worker to a Life-Designer or Li-Der - How to

Feb 24, 2012 Freelancer's Futuristics Series - Assets : Perishable Cash / asset to appreciating revenue streams - How to

Mar 2, 2012 Freelancer's Futuristics Series : Self-image and reputation : internals and externals of one's self-image as a professional

Mar 9, 2012 Freelancer's Futuristics Series - Freelancer's Fear: Symptoms, Root-Cause Analysis, Self-treatment

Target audience

Established Freelancers
Agencies
Aspirants trying to position themselves in the marketplace

Learning objectives

In view of change in current geopolitics

1. To find emerging competitive advantages
2. To find threats with regards to existing competitive advantages
3. Skills and competencies demanded by the new economies and markets
4. Tips and guidelines to acquire those skills and competencies

Prerequisites

None
Interest in History / Economic history is a plus

Program

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The Course will have 2 modules. The first module will give a sketch of the changing geopolitics and the opportunity (/threat) areas

The second module will list case studies and trends taken from real life to hint how these opportunities are being targeted and taken advantage by freelancers worldwide.

1. What is geopolitics and how this affects business
2. Transition in geopolitics - current scenario and impact on Language business
3. Trends and dominants trends
4. Mapping these trends to particular linguistic and cultural zones
5. Case studies, Real Life experiences and advisory to take advantage of the opportunities

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Registration and payment information

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Price: 15.00 USD

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Created by

Pritam Bhattacharyya View feedback | View all courses

Bio: Pritam Bhattacharyya is essentially a Bengali/Sylheti/Assamese linguist with 11 years of experience. He is the Founder and Chief Wordsmith of an agency called Wordsmith Communication. which apart from language services in pan-Indic languages provides Creative Content and Print on Demand Services. He is editor of www.pentasect.com - a bilingual (English / Bengali) cultural monthly ezine on Greater Bengal. He had worked as a Telecom Engineer and later as a IP Network Manager in various cross-cultural Telecom teams worldwide. He holds his Bachelor's Degree in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering and Masters in Communication Management from Strathclyde Business School, Glasgow. Pritam lives and works in Calcutta, India his city by adoption. His b-log on translation and online business can be seen here at http://wordsmithofbengal.wordpress.com

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