We've pulled together and curated a list of links to externally-run on-demand courses to help entrepreneurs, small business and innovation start and grow in regional, rural and remote Australia.
Regional Rising has no commercial arrangement or affiliation with the providers of external programs listed below.
AI Fluency for Small Businesses
In this course, you’ll explore how the framework applies to common small business tasks, and consider what it means to implement AI across a small business.
Google Prompting Essentials Specialisation
Want to use generative AI tools but not sure where to start?
Google Prompting Essentials teaches you how to give clear and specific instructions to generative AI - known as prompting.
In 5 easy steps, you'll learn how to prompt effectively and unlock more of AI’s benefits.
Google AI Professional Certificate
Ready to move beyond basic prompts and build the AI skills employers are looking for?
Introducing the Google AI Professional Certificate - a program designed to help you build AI fluency. Taught by Google experts, it goes beyond theory to teach you the practical AI skills employers are looking for right now.
Free AI short course for SA businesses
TAFE SA (South Australia) has launched a free short course to upskill small business owners in artificial intelligence (AI). The online course takes between five and 10 hours of self‑paced study.
5-Day Gen AI Intensive Course with Google
This is a self-paced learning guide for anyone interested in learning more about the fundamental technologies and techniques behind Generative AI.
Shopify Academy
While the Shopify Academy essentially exists to build capability in businesses and web designers/developers who use the website and ecommerce platform it does offer a lot of free courses on broad digital topics, from selling in China with social media and email marketing strategies for ecommerce through to how to build and scale a social enterprise.
Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
TAFE NSW - This Microskill is a gentle and non-technical introduction on how machines learn from data and explore various use cases and applications of AI. You do not require any prior programming or computer science experience for this Microskill.
Cyber Wardens training course
The Cyber Wardens program is a short course funded by the Australian government to protect small businesses from daily online threats. It’s a simple education tool designed to make your small business cyber-safe.
AWS Summit Sydney On-demand
AWS Summit Sydney On-demand will give you access to over 75 educational sessions including tracks diving deep on developer patterns and practices, architecting for resilience, and how to scale and accelerate through generative AI. Browse sessions by level and topic playlists.
Cybersecurity
Business Victoria – in collaboration with Monarch Institute – is offering this self-paced 4-6 hour online course to help kick start your small business or boost your existing one.
ATO: The Essentials to strengthen your small business
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has launched a free education platform to support small businesses and entrepreneurs through the different lifecycle stages of business.
Advanced strategies for taking your business online
Business Victoria – in collaboration with Monarch Institute – is offering this free, self paced 4-6 hour online course to help drive your digital marketing dollar further.
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