Introduction

Welcome to the Professional Development Center (PDC) at the Virtual University of Pakistan (VU), where we are committed to nurturing talent and fostering professional growth. As part of our mission to empower individuals with essential skills for success in today's dynamic world, we are pleased to offer the HP-Life training program.

HP-Life provides a comprehensive suite of courses covering key domains crucial for thriving in the modern workplace. Whether you're looking to enhance your communication abilities, deepen your understanding of finance, master online and social media marketing, streamline operations, cultivate effective leadership skills, or explore the realm of social entrepreneurship, HP-Life has something valuable to offer.

Embark on a journey of learning and skill development with HP-Life, and unlock your full potential to excel in your career and beyond.

Training Domains

Basics of Finance

In this course, you will learn how to:
  • Determine types of expenses.
  • Calculate your break-even point.
  • Use a spreadsheet to make your calculations easier.

Profits and Loss

In this course, you will learn how to:
  • Understand the basics of the Profit and Loss Statement.
  • Discover how revenue and expenses relate to profit and loss.
  • Analyze a profit and loss statement.

Finding Funding

In this course, you will learn how to:
  • Determine how much money you will need.
  • Understand how long you will need the money.
  • Identify the funding sources that are best for your business needs.
  • Increase your funding success.
  • Avoid predatory lenders.

Cash flow

In this course, you will learn how to:
  • Monitor and track your cash flow.
  • Make decisions about how to manage your cash.
  • Navigate a spreadsheet to track your cash flow.

Sales Forecasting

In this course, you will learn how to:
  • Gather information to make a sales forecast for your business.
  • Use spreadsheet software to customize spreadsheets and track your sales forecast.

Social Media Marketing

In this course, you will learn how to:
  • Use different social media platforms to promote your business.
  • Create a Facebook advertisement targeted to your customers.

Unique Value Proposition

In this course, you will learn how to:
  • Define what unique value proposition (UVP) means and how to create a UVP.
  • Explain why UVPs are important to any business and how they can be applied.
  • Understand key components of good UVPs.
  • Assess the UVPs of competitor businesses.

Selling Online

In this course, you will learn how to:
  • Optimize sales and marketing strategies for your product or service.
  • Produce effective titles, descriptions, and photographs for your online product listings and advertisements.
  • Commit yourself to good service and make your business’s unique value your brand.
  • Sell online even if you don’t think you have what it takes to be a salesperson

Setting Prices

In this course, you will learn how to:
  • Carry out research to determine prices for your products and services.
  • Set prices for products and services.
  • Use word processing software to customize tables.

Marketing Benefits vs Features

In this course, you will learn how to:
  • Understand the difference between benefits and features.
  • Use benefits and features to effectively promote your products and services to your target market.
  • Create a flyer for your business using online templates.

Your Target Audience

In this course, you will learn how to:
  • Craft questions to learn more about your customers.
  • Create an online or in-person survey to gather information about your customers.
  • Gather customer insights through facilitating an interview or focus group.

Effective Business Websites

In this course, you will learn how to:
  • Explore the benefits and functions of a business website.
  • Understand your customers and how they use a business website.
  • Use online web design software to create a business website.
  • Use website metrics to improve your business.

Customer Relationship Management CRM

In this course, you will learn how to:
  • Set up a CRM tool for your business.
  • Use the CRM tool to track information that will help you build your business.

Inventory Management

In this course, you will learn how to:
  • Choose the best method of inventory management for your business.
  • Use different technologies to manage your inventory.

IT for Business Success

In this course, you will learn how to:
  • Determine the types of technology solutions that best address your business goals.
  • Decide the best way to implement a technology solution given the circumstances of your specific business.

Effective Presentations

In this course, you will learn how to:
  • Determine what information in a presentation is most relevant to a specific audience.
  • Create effective and well-designed slide presentations to be given remotely or in person.
  • Develop best practices for public speaking and giving a presentation.

Business Email

In this course, you will learn how to:
  • Recognize the dos and don’ts of business email.
  • Address an email.
  • Add an attachment to an email.
  • Create an email signature.

Presenting Data

In this course, you will learn how to:
  • Understand how to use different charts and graphs to help people understand and value your business.
  • Decide what type of chart to use to present your data effectively.
  • Use spreadsheet software to create charts and graphs

Social Entrepreneurship

In this course, you will learn how to:
  • Assess whether an idea for a social enterprise is sustainable and can create positive social impact.
  • Avoid common mistakes made when setting up a social enterprise.
  • Use entrepreneurial tools to better understand your audience and the challenges they face.

Strategic Planning

In this course, you will learn how to:
  • Use a SWOT analysis to consider your businesses Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats in order to select the most effective strategies for the success of your business.
  • Simplify the process by integrating word processing and spreadsheet documents.

Effective leadership

In this course, you will learn how to:
  • Understand effective leadership and its importance.
  • Cultivate your own leadership style and skills.
  • Leverage leadership strategies to build, manage, and lead strong teams.
  • Facilitate and navigate change.
  • Learn how ethics play a role in effective leadership.

Join us in the pursuit of knowledge and professional advancement through HP-Life training. Let's embark on this journey together towards a brighter, more empowered future.

For assistance or queries kindly, contact us at:

Phone: +92-42-111-880-880 (Ext. 6621)

Virtual University of Pakistan

M.A Jinnah Campus, Defence Road,
Off Raiwind Road, Lahore

+92-42-111-880-880, 0304-111-0880

+92-42-99200604, 99202174

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