Digital Skills for Entrepreneurship targets adults who are looking to create, build or grow their business ideas. Through training on digital tools used to successfully start, manage and operate a business venture, learners will develop foundational digital skills, and create a local, supportive community of like-minded entrepreneurs.

The Digital Skills for Entrepreneurship learning experience is aimed at providing entrepreneurs with the digital tools and resources needed to grow their businesses. Over a 39-hour period (13 workshops at 3 hours each), plus an optional ‘Computer Basics’ module, participants will learn to:

• Know how to use and care for a computer
• Develop safe web browsing habits
• Use Google Applications, including Docs, Sheets and Slides, and apply these tools to your business and everyday life
• Analyze digital tools for branding and marketing your business (including social media platforms, Google my Business, Canva)
• Use WordPress to build a website for your business
• Present what you’ve built to a network of like-minded entrepreneurs in your community.

Here is a list of the main documents you will need access to.

Communications Lead:

• Experience Guide (2020)
  • Please refer to “Approach to Delivery” section of Experience Guide
    for Salesforce entry information
• Memorandum of Understanding Template
• Marketing Materials:
  • Microsite and Marketing Kit for Delivery
  • Please refer to the “Marketing Materials” section of the Experience Guide
    for Marketing information
• Media Release Form (EN) (FR)
• Magic Moments Form

Education Lead:

• Experience Guide (2020)
• DSE 2.0 Content Folder and Outline
• Order Request Form:
  • Full course with or without Optional Module: Please order notebooks and pens. Flag Yara via Slack when submitted.
  • Optional Module Only: Please order USB Sticks and keyboard shortcut cards. Flag Yara via Slack when submitted.
• Attendance Sheets [Link will be updated in April – stay tuned!]
  • Attendance Sheet Folder
• Mac User Sheets (EN) (FR)
• Mac and PC Shortcuts Pamphlet (EN + FR)
  • If you are not running an optional module, but would still like the keyboard shortcuts: feel free to print
    off this template and then expense accordingly
• DSE Certificates (EN) (FR)
• Surveys [Link will be updated as soon as it becomes available – stay tuned!]
  • Please refer to the “Surveys and Feedback” section of the Experience Guide
    for survey collection requirements