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Overview

The Boost eLearning Google Search Training Quick Lessons are skills-based for the training participant who wants to learn the key search techniques as quickly as possible. These skills will enable the user to filter the over 1 Trillion pages that Google has indexed, to be able to find actionable information, giving the knowledge worker a competitive advantage in the marketplace. Each skill is presented in a self-paced format, rapidly imparting the essential techniques needed to effectively use Google for business research. Lessons range in length from 2 to 4 minutes. Training participants can benefit from just a few of the lessons or by taking the entire course which is approximately an hour in length.

Content and Benefits of the Quick Lessons

Phrase Search Keep your search terms together	Date Range Search within certain years	Define Define a word with definitions from the web

OR Search Conduct multiple searches simultaneously	Keyword Location Search for keywords in a specific location	Image Search Search only for images of people or products

NOT Search Exclude certain words from your search results	Region Search Find results within a specific region	Info Get a picture of how a website is linked to other websites

Filetype Search Find completed files (.xls, .pdf, .ppt)	Number Range Find information within a number range	Synonym Finder Get results with synonyms of your search terms

Site Search Search within a specific website	Advanced Search Page Select from many search features	Wildcard Have Google fill in the blank

		User Notes One page that summarizes the lessons

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Building Block of the Quick Lessons

Benefit-presents several scenarios of how the technique can be applied
Objective- explains the goal of the lesson: to learn the specific skill
Presentation- watch a screen recording of how to implement the skill
Exercises- gives the user the opportunity to practice the skill, with immediate feedback
Summary- reviews the content of the lesson, and offers the user to practice the technique in Google

Expert Design

Boost eLearning Google Search Training's cognitive training methods are based on the award-winning instructional design models developed by Dr. Jim Moshinskie, PhD, and longtime Accenture Professor of Human Performance Improvement Technology at Baylor University. Dr. Moshinskie's eLearning methodology is currently used by many of the most successful companies in the world including Genentech, Baylor Medical Systems, Siemens and Michelin Tires.

Natasha Bergson-Michelson, Boost eLearning's Google Search Training subject matter expert, holds a Master's from Harvard and a Master's of Library and Information Science from San Jose State University. For over ten years, she directed research and training in high-tech public relations and consulting firms, schools, and other institutions. Mrs. Bergson-Michelson has been using Google since it was an experiment hosted on Stanford's website. Her research consultancy and training firm, To The Point Research, increases productivity and efficiency for corporate and non-profit employees, researchers and students.