It’s mid-July. You’re probably sitting there, post-4th slump, wondering what to do with the little bit of spare time between projects.
How about learning something new? Right now? For free?
What you’ll find on the list — plenty of free content from some of the top universities. Even podcasts (plenty of those) so you can listen while you work out, cook, walk, commute.
What you won’t find on the list — paid courses, or even free ones, from people who are in it to sell you one more thing. In fact, I purposely left all courses off that are offered by other writers. Not that there aren’t great ones out there. I just don’t want to go down that route, for most free courses offered by writers (and a lot of these writers do know their stuff) lead to paid ones. That’s another post altogether.
For now, we’ll stick with those offered online without the upsell.
Try some of these business-boosting courses:
Advertising and Promotion – Saylor Academy
Branding, Content, and Social Media – Ohio State
Communicating in Cyberspace – MIT
Effective Small Business Marketing – Udemy
Entrepreneurship and Business – Carnegie Mellon
How to Launch a Successful Startup – MIT
Introducing the Art of Negotiation – Alison
Journalism Ethics – UCLA
Nuts & Bolts of Business Plans – MIT
Professional Ethics – Open Culture
Technical Writing – Wikiversity
Writing for Strategic Communication – La Trobe University
Writing for the Web – Open 2 Study
Not quite enough? Try this list of over 50 free courses covering specialty areas and topics.
Or browse these catalogs:
Coursera (My personal favorite)
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