Soft skills course for a post-Covid-19 world
A three-part workshop series for BGA members
BGA is delighted to announce a new training course comprised of virtual workshops exclusively for BGA student and graduate members. These workshops are designed to support professional development, personal development, and networking opportunities in an online format. The three-part workshop series will enable attendees to immediately put the concepts learned into practical action, whether it be in your studies or in your career.
Each workshop builds on the previous one, and by attending all three workshops in the course you will receive a certificate of achievement from BGA. The cost of attending all three workshops is £15.00, Workshop One is free of charge, Workshop Two is £5.00, and the third and final Workshop is £10.00 (all prices are excluding VAT). To get the most out of the series, we highly recommend participating in all three workshops, allowing you to build on various skills.
As a new initiative, we want to ensure that you have a positive, high-quality experience, which is why we have offered Workshop one for free. If you find the workshop valuable and would like to continue the course and earn your certificate, you must attend all three workshops. However, if you would like to attend just one workshop in the course, you may do so without receiving a certificate.
What the workshops offer:
• Develop vital skills for future business leaders
• Tangible tips and techniques to apply to your business career
• Build connections with other BGA members
• Increase personal and professional confidence
• An opportunity to share ideas with other members
• Digital certificate of recognition for attending all 3 workshops.
Certificate of recognition
Example of certificate of recognition gained by attending all workshops in the series. Each certificate is unique to its recipient and can be shared easily on LinkedIn or on your CV.
Workshop Themes
Workshop structure
- An engaging presentation of key ideas
- Short exercises to promote interaction
- Small group and paired discussions facilitated in breakout rooms
- Online polls and quizzes
- Competitions and giveaways
- Q&A.
- A PDF summary and list of resources
Immediately after the workshop:
- There will be a 30-minute networking session for you to continue the conversations with your peers.
Workshop series host
Juliet Landau-Pope (FRSA)
JLP Coach
Jason Kingdon
Jason Kingdon has been commercialising artificial intelligence for more than 25 years. He has a PhD in computer science from University College London (UCL); he co-founded UCL’s Intelligent Systems Lab in 1992; and pioneered one of the world’s first neural-nets for live financial forecasting.
He was CEO and co-founder of Searchspace, an inventor of big data analytics, introducing intelligent transaction monitoring to the London Stock Exchange, New York Stock Exchange, and Lloyds of London among others.
After a highly successful exit he set-up a private AI research lab being commercialised as GlassAI. He joined Blue Prism as Executive Chairman in 2008 and later Non-executive Chair on the company’s highly-successful London IPO.
He’s an EY entrepreneur of the year, author and editor of AI books, papers, and patents.
Frequently asked questions
This workshop series is only available to BGA members. If you’re not a BGA member already, you may check your eligibility for BGA student and graduate membership here.
BGA has partnered with a professional coach to deliver this innovative, three-part workshop series, exclusive to BGA members. The first workshop in this series is offered free of charge, workshop two is charged at £5.00 (plus VAT), and the final workshop in the series is charged at £10.00 (plus VAT). We recommend attending all three sessions to gain the maximum benefit from this bespoke workshop series, designed specifically for business students and graduates. By participating in all three workshops, attendees will receive an digital certificate of recognition from BGA.
The workshop series is a new event here at BGA for our members, we also understand the financial challenges our members are facing during this pandemic and do not want to exclude any of our members due to not being able to afford to attend the workshop series. Therefore we have offered these workshops at a reduced rate.
You will be pleased to know you are in capable hands. Each workshop during this series will be facilitated by Juliet Landau-Pope (FRSA) who is a productivity coach and leading expert on procrastination.
An Oxford graduate with a background in academic teaching, Juliet set up her award-winning consultancy in 2008 to help students and young professionals develop time management and organising skills. In addition to coaching individuals from diverse backgrounds, she leads innovative training in corporate and community settings. She’s spoken at Google campus, contributed to business courses at the National Film & Television School, and led a Guardian masterclass. Juliet created the first business courses for professional organisers in the UK and has written two books: Being More Productive (2017) and Clearing Your Clutter (2018).
For more info, see: www.jlpcoach.com
