Professional, engaging, ready to use resources. PowerPoints, Worksheets, Crosswords
I have a varied background working in both education and the corporate world. I've held management roles, teaching roles and entrepreneurial ventures. I've been involved in adult education for the past two decades. My teaching areas are computing and workplace communication skills. I also have my CELTA and have experience teaching English as a second language. I love creating resources for all of the above.
Professional, engaging, ready to use resources. PowerPoints, Worksheets, Crosswords
I have a varied background working in both education and the corporate world. I've held management roles, teaching roles and entrepreneurial ventures. I've been involved in adult education for the past two decades. My teaching areas are computing and workplace communication skills. I also have my CELTA and have experience teaching English as a second language. I love creating resources for all of the above.
This resource is a powerpoint presentation that shows how to add and subtract time using simple maths rules. It has an example of an easy and more challenging task.
I use this in the workplace with groups of learners when practicing filling out timesheets. They can follow the examples given with answers and then create their own examples to test each other on.
This activity is for learners to get to know more about each other. It can be used as a warmer or ice breaker at the beginning of a lesson.
Hand out the worksheet and have students work in pairs to fill it in. They need to talk to other people in the class to find out anything that they may have in common.
Works well for a speaking activity. Is a lot of fun!
This resource is a worksheet that contains a list of Word shortcut keys from Ctrl A to Ctrl Z. Learners fill out the worksheet to the best of their ability either individually or as a group exercise.
An answer sheet is provided. They can then go and try out all the shortcuts for themselves.
This is a 1 page Ice Breaker activity that seeks to have class participants understand the impact that first impressions can make on personal and business relationships. It is a fun, easy to run activity that participants enjoy. Suitable for communication skills lessons in particular.
It has been provided in both pdf and word format so that changes can be made to topics covered.
Use this Free resource for when you want to brainstorm any idea with your team or class. The technique of brainstorming can be used to solve problems or come up with new ideas.
The format provided is both printable and editable, meaning that if teaching virtually, you can have learners type directly into the pdf without any further software required.
There are rules that need to be followed for you to facilitate a successful brain storming session. These are also included and should be reviewed at the start of the session.
This resource contains a PP and worksheets. I have listed this as a free resource for a short time so that you can sample my work. All I ask is that you leave a review please.
An elevator speech can be used to introduce yourself, talk about your company, network or pitch an idea. Everyone should have an elevator speech for different situations. It allows you to clearly and concisely get your message across so that others understand you and your intentions. It can also be used as a 'get to know you' activity at the beginning of new classes.
This presentation focuses on using an Elevator Speech in a workplace environment. By the end of the presentation learners will have created and practiced their own elevator speech.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand what an elevator speech is.
- Understand why you need to have an elevator speech.
- Learn how to prepare an elevator speech.
- Learn how to deliver an elevator speech.
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This resource contains 20 plus borders that you can use for free in your Powerpoint resources. They are meant for older children, and adults.
This is my first attempt at creating borders. I couldn't find what I was looking for to meet my needs on this site. Most borders on here are great, but too childish for my audience.
This is why I have created a free product to see what you think. I would really appreciate your feedback on these.
I have also included instructions on how to use these borders with Powerpoint. They are PNG files that need to be inserted and then possibly minor adjustments to sizing depending on your computer setup.
I hope you enjoy using them. Please let me know what you think by emailing compcoachab@gmail.com.
Delegation is a skill that needs to be mastered and practiced to ensure successful results.
This 9 step process in the form of a handout goes through all the steps to ensure that you are delegating tasks to the right people so that you will get successful outcomes.
Use it to refer to next time you need to delegate a task, and watch your success rate soar!
This is a small collection of Christmas Photos (15) that can be used within your products, as Xmas cards, for backgrounds or for any other use you can think of.
These photos are royalty free and may be used for personal and commercial use. They may not be resold in their current state. I do not require attribution.
One of the most common gripes within the workplace is time wasted on Meetings. The first step to working on this is to define what a successful meeting looks like for your team. This brainstorming template is a starting point.
Follow me for updates as I'll soon be putting up a full lesson on all you need to know about running a successful meeting.
Meanwhile, please feel free to use this template. Hand it out at your next unruly meeting and see what ideas people come up with. When initiating change it is important to get buy in from all team members. Using this template will greatly assist with this.
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Styles are an important area of Microsoft Word. They are extremely useful to keep consistency within large documents, to manage formatting efficiently and to be able to automatically generate a Table of Contents.
This free resource is a summary of how to create, modify and delete styles.
It is provided as a pdf and word document so can be edited.
This step by step document takes you through how to insert a YouTube Video into a Word document. This can be useful when you don't want to use a 'link.' It can make your Word document much more interactive.
This is a great Crack the Code puzzle to use to review vocabulary around the theme of Halloween. There are 20 words listed. Can be used for ESL, workplace training, or classrooms as part of a lesson, as an activity for early finishers or just a fun challenge to begin or wrap up a lesson.
The files come in both pdf and word versions in case minor changes are required for your audience.
This is a great word search puzzle to use to review vocabulary around the theme of Halloween. There are 20 words listed. Can be used for ESL, workplace training, or classrooms as part of a lesson, as an activity for early finishers or just a fun challenge to begin or wrap up a lesson.
The files come in both pdf and word versions in case minor changes are required for your audience.
This is a fun Christmas Activity that can be used as a gap fill or early finisher. It contains 18 common Christmas words. Suitable for all ages, and for ESL.
It comes in a pdf and word format in case you want to edit any descriptions to suit your learners.
This product is a Crack the Code ANZAC Day remembrance. It is an engaging activity for all ages. Can be used in the workplace, classroom, ESL.
It is provided in both printable and digital form. The digital form is a pdf that learners can simply type directly onto using any platform or device.
Answers are provided.
The Words used are:
Fallen
Wreath
Battlefield
Poppy
Peace
Remember
Gallipoli
New Zealand
Australia
Dawn Service
ANZAC
Bugle
This resource contains various phone call situations written on role play cards that occur at work. It also contains a set of blank cards for learners to make up their own scenarios as well as message pad templates. Learners can role play situations and practice their telephone answering skills.
It is important that the person answering the call uses correct telephone etiquette and takes down the message accurately.
They can be used as part of or a whole lesson on telephone etiquette, which is an important customer service skill.
Instructions:
1. Use the Word document to make any changes to the scenarios. Go straight to 2 if no changes are required.
2. Print out as many copies of page 3 as you need. (Will depend on number of pairs).
3. Cut out with scissors or guillotine
4. Page 5 contains phone message pads. Use them to take messages.
To do the activity, all you need is two students, one with paper and pen for taking a message. Have your students sit back to back so they cannot use non-verbal cues to understand what their partner is saying. That way the role-play will be more like a real telephone conversation.
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This is a fun Christmas Crossword puzzle that can be used as a finisher or starter to test knowledge on common traditional vocabulary.
It is provided in a zip file that contains a pdf and an editable word document so that you can change the descriptions to suit learners needs if necessary.
This is a Finance vocabulary Word Search that is suitable for introducing key words to learners. It is a fun activity to complete individually or in teams. Answers are included.
It is supplied as a pdf and a word document in case you want to edit the descriptions to suit your needs.
There are 20 financial terms contained within the Word Search.
Word bank below:
Budget
Finance
Debt
Surplus
Net Income
Tax
Expenses
Cash
ATM
Borrow
Broke
Bitcoin
Currency
Interest
Invest
Save
Receipt
Withdraw
Tip
Refund
This is a Christmas activity that can be used as a finisher or gap fill or simply for fun! It contains 18 Christmas Words that students need to match up. Print and go worksheet.
It is provided as a pdf and in a word document so that descriptions can be edited if required to suit your learners.