Story marketing is the process of attracting and engaging customers through story – their story, rather than yours. Instead of the ‘buy our product’ messages of typical marketing campaigns, story marketing tells the customer story and motivates them…

This course is intended to help users of Office 365 understand updates made in 2018. It focuses on six Office 365 offerings — Word (word processing), Excel (spreadsheets), PowerPoint (presentations), Outlook (email and calendars), Access (database management), and…

Studies show that severe stress is associated with heart disease, depression, and suppression of the immune system, which can lead to other health problems. So it makes sense to try to eliminate stress as much as possible. It's…

Which Came First: The Chicken or The Egg? This simple question from American folklore has sparked generations of debates, jokes and mental quests for the answer – or at least the winning argument. Did the first chicken simply…

With the advent of hand-held computers in the form of tablets and phones, and the subsequent invasion of social media channels, the future of learning is evolving quickly. The rows of desks in a classroom with a teacher…

As part of our computer course offerings, Velsoft Training Materials has released Microsoft courseware beginning with versions for Microsoft Office 2002 and 2003, and then every three to four years after that with each new software revision by…

What would make you more likely to purchase something from a company? This approach? Here at ABC Company our product is the best… we’re so great… buy from us. Or this approach? You have a problem. ABC Company…

Marketability is not something just to think about when you’re looking for a job. Yes, it’s important to undertake training when you’re in job search mode, but it shouldn’t be overlooked when you’re employed. Sitting back and relaxing…

Outlook Online allows you to manage several different kinds of information, including your email, calendar, tasks, and contacts. Each of these item types has their own workspace and commands related to managing those objects. The Mail Workspace When…

When I was younger, much younger, I worked for a summer clearing land for an airport expansion project. It would be a major understatement to say I was inexperienced and untrained in the proper use of power saws.…

Adopting the Right Mindset Adopting the right mindset for learning can take time because we have to train our brains and focus on having a growth mindset. This means controlling the ability to learn, which can be honed…

One of my favorite entrepreneurs, Gary Vaynerchuk, often tells an anecdote about hard work versus smart work. The exact wording changes when he repeats the story but it goes something like this. Someone says ‘Hey Gary, I don’t…

On a daily basis I receive dozens of email messages from retail stores, online vendors or companies that I’ve purchased from or communicated with in the past — clothing stores, shoe stores, and printing companies —along with recipe…

When I started my career in journalism about 25 years ago (yikes!), the newspaper business was a lot different than it is today. While basic reporting skills such as conducting interviews and story writing haven’t changed very much,…

Google Docs resembles most common word processors. Document Template Your first screen offers choices for a New Document. There are template options for commonly used documents: resumes, letters, brochures, and proposals. You may start with a template, which…

Attending training is a wise career development move, often giving you skills to be more efficient and productive, which can help boost your career. In some cases, training can cause you to think in different ways and give…

When talking about creating an innovative environment we need to first define what innovation is. Innovation in its purest form means to create something new, but it can also mean better solutions, new methods of doing something, finding…

Blended learning refers to combining face-to-face instruction with eLearning, and is also known as hybrid, mixed, or integrative learning. Blended learning must successfully integrate synchronous (at the same time) and asynchronous (not happening at the same time) activities,…