More on Outsourcing Fundamentals
We’re finalizing the content for the course now - we’ll be opening it for registration in the next week or so.
What we have now is below….
What else should we include?
Please post a comment on the blog and let us know.
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The Outsourcing Fundamentals course is designed to take 8 weeks, with 2 weeks spent on each of the four key skills you need to master:
1. Decide what you want help with
2. Choose the right people
3. Define projects correctly
4. Make sure the work is done right
You get access to all the course materials on Day 1 – all the recordings, templates, checklists, everything. So you can get started right away and move through it at your own pace.
But we’re also going through it as a group.
We ask you to listen to at least one recording and do one assignment each week.
We know you’re busy – so we have worked hard to design this course to make efficient use of your time. Almost all of the recordings are less than 15 minutes long. You can get the information you need quickly, and then go straight to the assignment.
8 Workshops
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Each week there is a hands-on workshop that focuses on a specific topic. You call in and listen to others share their assignments and get feedback, and get your own questions answered.
Workshop 1: Deciding where to start
Workshop 2: Getting ROI
Workshop 3: Writing a great job description
Workshop 4: Interviewing and evaluating candidates
Workshop 5: Choosing a good first project
Workshop 6: Defining a project the right way
Workshop 7: Getting people up to speed fast
Workshop 8: How to correct someone else’s work without hurting their feelings
Discussion Forum
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There is also a discussion forum where you can post your assignments and get feedback from the group.
Templates & Checklists
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Here are all of the templates and checklists you get:
- Project checklists: Admin, Bookkeeping, Marketing, Sales, Web, Personal
- Personality, skills, experience checklist
- Short list of interview questions
- Longer list of interview questions
- Sample checklist of what to provide your new freelancer
- Checklist for defining a project
- About My Company
- My Work Preferences
- Sample formatting preferences document
- Status report template 1
- Status report template 2
- Sample meeting agenda
- 30-day review
- 90-day review
Full Course Content
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Here is the full list of what is covered in each section:
1. Decide what you want help with
1.1 Identify projects to outsource
1.2 Three ways to tell if a project can be easily outsourced
1.3 What if the project is not a good fit for outsourcing?
1.4 Group projects to create a “job”
1.5 Ensure that you get ROI
2. Choose the right people
2.1 Define the personality, skills and experience you want
2.2 Create the job description
2.3 Post the job, screen responses, develop a shortlist
2.4 Interview candidates
2.5 Make your decision
3. Define projects correctly
3.1 What makes a good first project?
3.2 How to define a project the right way
4. Make sure the work is done right
4.1 Educate about your company, products, clients, competitors
4.2 Educate about your work preferences
4.3 Train for the project
4.4 Simple and fast status reports
4.5 Use technology that supports virtual teams
4.6 Correct work
4.7 Continuous improvement
Anything else we should include?
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We’re finalizing the content now, in preparation for opening the course for registration in a week or two.
What do you think?
Is there information you would like to see in this course that isn’t addressed so far?
Please post a comment to the blog and let us know…
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