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Digital Marketing Essentials: Strategy, Tools & AI Integration
Digital Marketing

Digital Marketing Essentials: Strategy, Tools & AI Integration

Duration: 48 hrs (Wed 6:30–9:30 pm / Sat 11 am–2 pm)
Start Date: August 28, 2025
Mode: Virtual

An intensive 48-hour training program providing essential knowledge and hands-on skills across key areas of digital marketing, structured into 4 focused modules balancing core knowledge, strategy, tools, and practical activities.

Key Topics

  • Social Media Marketing
  • Email Marketing, CRM & SEO
  • Web & Mobile Design (UI/UX)
  • AI in Marketing
ESG & LAW Excellence Program
ESG & Law

ESG & LAW Excellence Program

Duration: 8 hours / 4 days
Start Date: September 14, 2025
Webinar: August 27, 2025
Mode: Virtual

A comprehensive program guiding professionals, organizations, and leaders through the evolving landscape of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) principles — from foundational understanding to practical application and cultural integration.

Key Topics

  • Foundations of ESG — concepts, global landscape, legal drivers
  • ESG Culture & Transformation — embedding ESG into culture
  • ESG Roadmap & Implementation — the 4Es Methodology
  • Measuring & Sustaining ESG Impact
Training Diploma in Skills of Chief Sustainability Officer
Sustainability

Training Diploma in Skills of Chief Sustainability Officer

Duration: 9 days
Start Date: September 19, 2025
Webinars: September 19 & October 3, 2025
Mode: Online Sessions (Total: 30 hours)

A 9-day foundational course equipping professionals, managers, academics, researchers, and business leaders with the knowledge and tools to integrate sustainable practices into their organizations through real-world examples, practical frameworks, and global insights.

Key Topics

  • Sustainability in Focus: MDGs vs. SDGs
  • Mapping SDG Interconnections — Three-Traffic Light System
  • Governance and Sustainability — Corporate Governance
  • Chief Sustainability Officer — Roles and Responsibilities
Leveraging Intellectual Property in the Digital Economy
IP Rights

Leveraging Intellectual Property in the Digital Economy

Duration: 8 hours
Start Date: September 25, 2025
Webinar: September 11, 2025
Mode: Face-to-face or Virtual

A comprehensive understanding of Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) and their growing strategic importance in today's digital economy — exploring how digital transformation is reshaping IP protection and management, with a focus on AI, innovation, and e-commerce.

Key Topics

  • Foundations of Intellectual Property in the Digital Era
  • IP Strategy, Risk Management, and Innovation
  • Digital Business Models and Technology Transfer
  • Commercialization and Growth Strategies
AI Powered Career Mentoring Certificate Program for School Counsellors
AI Career Mentoring

AI Powered Career Mentoring Certificate Program for School Counsellors

Duration: 30 hours
Start Date: September 23, 2025
Mode: Virtual
KHDA & ICCI Accredited

A globally recognized program providing advanced career guidance methodologies, AI-powered mentoring tools, and practical training — enabling you to become a Certified AI Career Mentor.

Key Topics

  • AI in Career Counseling
  • AI Tools & Analytics — predictive analytics & platforms
  • Career Fitment & Roadmap Design
  • Ethical & Psychometric Applications
Leadership in the Age of AI: Balancing Innovation, Strategy, and Ethics
AI Leadership

Leadership in the Age of AI: Balancing Innovation, Strategy, and Ethics

Duration: 6 Weeks
Start Date: October 1, 2025
Webinar: September 15, 2025
Mode: Virtual

A dynamic executive program equipping modern leaders with tools to navigate AI-driven transformation while upholding ethical and people-centered values.

Key Topics

  • AI's strategic role in business and leadership
  • Ethical decision-making in AI implementation
  • Future-ready, innovation-focused leadership
  • Organizational transformation
Integrating Talent & AI for Growth
Talent & AI

Integrating Talent & AI for Growth

Duration: 40 Hours
Start Date: October 21, 2025
Mode: Virtual

A comprehensive course for HR professionals and managers to understand and enhance talent strategies in today's AI-driven world.

Key Topics

  • HR planning and job descriptions
  • Job analysis methods
  • Recruitment and selection best practices
  • Integrating AI into HR workflows
AI for the Workplace: Productivity & Generative AI in Action
AI Workplace

AI for the Workplace: Productivity & Generative AI in Action

Duration: 2 days
Start Date: October 7, 2025
Webinar: September 2, 2025
Mode: Virtual

A practical learning workshop equipping professionals with essential AI skills — learn how generative AI tools can automate tasks and drive productivity.

Key Topics

  • Hands-on with ChatGPT, Copilot
  • Ethical AI use and transparency
  • Leading AI-driven change
  • Future-ready digital skills
Prompt Engineering for Presentation & Communication
Prompt Engineering

Prompt Engineering for Presentation & Communication

Duration: 1 Day
Start Date: October 14, 2025
Mode: In-person

A practical program helping professionals harness generative AI tools to create compelling presentations and clear communication using ChatGPT, Claude, and Copilot.

Key Topics

  • Fundamentals of prompt engineering
  • AI-enhanced presentation content
  • AI-assisted storytelling techniques
  • Customizing messages for platforms

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