Topic Mini Series

Topic Mini-Series to choose from :

Becoming an Entrepreneur (4x1hr sessions):

1. The Idea; Finding a gap, Business Ideas, Market Research, Competition
2. Making and Spending Money; Sales and Marketing of your business and activity
3. Getting Started; setting up, business plans, and putting one together
4. Business Ideas; present and discuss plus goal setting

Introduction to Marketing (4x1hr sessions) :

1. What is Marketing? – 4ps, marketing vs advertising, marketing associations
2. Buying Personas – Persona overview and activity, expediential marketing
3. Market Research – Surveys, Questionnaires, Focus Groups
4. Branding and Introduction to Digital Landscape

Social Media Skills (6x1hr sessions) :

1. The importance of social media to businesses
2. Social Consumer – segmentation and targeting, social currency, self esteem, social touchpoints
3. Big Data – What can business learn from social media – social listening, personalisation
4. What is a social media strategy and how to build on
5. Social Media Tools [automation, social listening, design, video production]
6. How to build a portfolio and showcase these skills

Employability Skills (2x1hr sessions) :

1. Preparation to Work
2. Soft Skills for Work

Understanding Cryptocurrencies (4x1hr sessions)

1. Introduction: What is cryptocurrency, Web 3 and blockchain? Why are there different types of cryptocurrencies? How can they make and lose you money?
2. Bitcoin as digital gold: What is money? Why did we use gold as money? Why did gold fail as money? Is our own currency doomed? Is Bitcoin digital gold? Will it kill the environment?
3. The technology revolution: Is Ethereum a new internet? How did a Bored Ape change art? What is the metaverse? Is data the new oil? What are social tokens?
4. Crypto and you: a crash course in investing, storing and finding value in different coins and tokens.

British Sign Language (BSL) Basics by Sign Source (6x1hr sessions)

1. Introduction to BSL and general Deaf Awareness; Introduction to Deaf Awareness, BSL alphabet/fingerspelling, introductory questions and phrases, lip-reading and fingerspelling activities
2. Family; An introduction to correct hand-shapes, facial expressions and BSL grammar, basic conversational topics, family relations, describing a person including appearance, describing where people live, related short phrases
3. Numbers; 1-100, language relating to money, talking about age, time, related short phrases
4. Weather and School/College Subjects; The weather, short weather related phrases, school subjects, school life, describing classrooms, related short phrases to school
5. Life at university/college – Basic language involving FE/HE courses, related phrases, how to discuss career aspirations, introductory language regarding the social life – joining clubs
6. Applying for a new job – Basic language involving applying for jobs, related phrases to help with the application process

Emotional Mastery (4x1hr sessions)

1. What’s going on with emotions?
2. How core values move you
3. Moving forward
4. Pulling it all together

Revision Study Skills (1hr sessions)

1. Attitudes to learning – mindset and motivation, Staging your learning priorities, Opti-mal Learning Approaches: preview, study, review/revise, Study – Active Learning, Tips on Summarising
2. Revision Techniques, Prioritising and Planning, How to Complete a revision planner, Time Management and Organisation, Preparation for the examinations