Friday, August 11, 2023

Training and learning opportunities for entrepreneurs and small business owners

 The City of Toronto and its partners offer year-round learning opportunities for entrepreneurs and small business owners, from regularly scheduled seminars to large networking events.

Many of these learning opportunities are being offered online.

https://www.toronto.ca/business-economy/new-businesses-startups/training-support-for-business-start-ups/business-webinars/


Examples of Webinars this fall

Web & eCommerce

Cyber Resilience: What to Do When Your Small Business is Under Attack

This webinar aims to show you what you can do as a small business owner and entrepreneur to build your cyber resilience and prepare yourself. By the end of the presentation, you will know what you can do today to mitigate your risk of an attack, as well as empowering you to know what to do if it ever happens to your small business.

eCommerce 101: What, Why and How

More consumers than ever before are turning to online shopping for greater convenience, safety and variety. In this webinar, you will learn the basic steps to set up an online store.

Optimizing for Search Engines – Understanding SEO Basics

Often you will hear about needing to optimize for search engines or SEO. But what is it, and how does it impact your digital presence? In this webinar, the Digital Service Squad will explain search engine optimization and the best tactics you as a business can use towards increasing your ranking in the search engine result pages.

Staying Secure Online: e-Commerce & Cyber-Security Awareness

This webinar introduces cybersecurity to small online businesses, discusses the challenges, and shares best practices for securing your business from cyber-attacks.

Web Presence 101: Ensuring Your Foundation Is Set

Your customers are on the web. Having a strategy for your online presence allows you to market your small business online so customers can easily find you. Learn how to build the foundation for your business’s web presence.

Thursday, June 1, 2023

MIT OpenCourseWare freely provides over 2,500 MIT courses


MIT OpenCourseWare is the online publication of materials freely sharing knowledge with learners and educators around the world.

OCW i
n its first 20 years, has provided hundreds of millions of individuals a new pathway for learning for their future.

MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW) is a free, publicly accessible, openly-licensed digital collection of high-quality teaching and learning materials, presented in an easily accessible format. Browse through, download and use materials from more than 2,500 MIT on-campus courses and supplemental resources, all available under a Creative Commons license for open sharing.


Complementing these course materials, OCW also offers:




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