{"id":18439,"date":"2020-10-28T12:18:03","date_gmt":"2020-10-28T11:18:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ivanaj-foundations.org\/?p=18439"},"modified":"2020-11-25T13:12:46","modified_gmt":"2020-11-25T12:12:46","slug":"the-ivanaj-foundations-business-training-program-think-outside-of-the-box","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ivanaj-foundations.org\/en\/blog\/2020\/10\/28\/the-ivanaj-foundations-business-training-program-think-outside-of-the-box\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ivanaj Foundations\u2019 Business Training Program \u2013 Think Outside the Box"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18440,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":301,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_seopress_news_disabled":"","_seopress_video_disabled":"","_seopress_video":[],"_seopress_pro_schemas_manual":[],"_seopress_pro_rich_snippets_disable_all":"","_seopress_pro_rich_snippets_disable":[],"_seopress_pro_schemas":[],"footnotes":"","tve_updated_post":"<div class=\"thrv_wrapper thrv_text_element tve-froala fr-box fr-basic\"><p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"center\"><strong>THE IVANAJ FOUNDATIONS\u2019 BUSINESS TRAINING PROGRAM<\/strong><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"center\"><strong><em>Think Outside the Box<\/em><\/strong><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Deadline:<\/strong> November 11<sup>th<\/sup>, 2020<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Open to:<\/strong> Young people with a business idea, representatives from Startups created the last 3-6 months from the date of submission of the application, and business-oriented individuals that want to contribute to Albanian communities. (<em><u>Please note that only a total of 30 applicants will be selected<\/u>.<\/em>)<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Location:<\/strong> Online<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Benefits:<\/strong> E-certificate of Completion issued by the \u201cIvanaj Foundations of New York &amp; Tirana\u201d, opportunity to become part of the Ivanaj Foundations\u2019 \u201cBusiness Incubation &amp; Innovation Hub\u201d<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>DESCRIPTION<\/strong><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Ivanaj Foundations of New York &amp; Tirana are happy to inform you about the Open Call for Applications for the \u201cThink Outside the Box\u201d course.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The training course will include topics such as: Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Competitors and Other Barriers, Business Plan Creation, Money Management, etc. It is perfect for young people with a business idea, Startup representatives, and business-oriented individuals that want to contribute to Albanian communities. Our trainer, Nora L. Hughes, PhD, brings more than 30 years of experience in the sector. To read her bio, please <a href=\"#nora-hughes-bio\" jump-animation=\"smooth\" class=\"tve-jump-scroll tve-froala fr-basic\" style=\"outline: currentcolor none medium;\">click here<\/a>.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The 6-months course will be held 1 day per month, in the following dates:<\/p><ul class=\"\"><li style=\"text-align: justify;\">November 16<sup>th<\/sup>, 2020<\/li><li style=\"text-align: justify;\">December 14<sup>th<\/sup>, 2020<\/li><li style=\"text-align: justify;\">January 18<sup>th<\/sup>, 2021<\/li><li style=\"text-align: justify;\">February 15<sup>th<\/sup>, 2021<\/li><li style=\"text-align: justify;\">March 22<sup>nd<\/sup>, 2021<\/li><li style=\"text-align: justify;\">April 19<sup>th<\/sup>, 2021<\/li><\/ul><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">All sessions will be held online and in English. Each session\u2019s duration will be 1.5 hours. To ensure that each participant reaches their full potential, <u>pre-work is required<\/u> throughout the entire course.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">At the end of the training, all trainees will receive an E-certificate of Completion issued by the \u201cIvanaj Foundations of New York &amp; Tirana\u201d. Successful trainees will have the opportunity to become part of the Ivanaj Foundations\u2019 \u201cBusiness Incubation &amp; Innovation Hub\u201d.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>HOW TO APPLY?<\/strong><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Interested applicants shall fill in and submit the Application Form accessible below. Questions can be submitted at info@ivanaj-foundations.org no later than October 31<sup>st<\/sup>, 2020. The deadline for the submission of the application is November 11<sup>th<\/sup>, 2020, at 23:59 CET.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"thrv_wrapper thrv-button thrv-button-v2 tcb-local-vars-root tcb-with-icon\" data-css=\"tve-u-1756ee529f4\" style=\"\">\n<div class=\"thrive-colors-palette-config\" style=\"display: none !important\">__CONFIG_colors_palette__{\"active_palette\":0,\"config\":{\"colors\":{\"62516\":{\"name\":\"Main Accent\",\"parent\":-1}},\"gradients\":[]},\"palettes\":[{\"name\":\"Default Palette\",\"value\":{\"colors\":{\"62516\":{\"val\":\"rgb(19, 114, 211)\",\"hsl\":{\"h\":210,\"s\":0.83,\"l\":0.45}}},\"gradients\":[]}}]}__CONFIG_colors_palette__<\/div>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/MA7Ypxx1TMYwUhaU8\" class=\"tcb-button-link tcb-plain-text\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"\"><span class=\"tcb-button-icon\">\n<div class=\"thrv_wrapper thrv_icon tve_no_drag tve_no_icons tcb-icon-inherit-style tcb-local-vars-root tcb-icon-display\" data-css=\"tve-u-1756ee795b4\" style=\"\"><svg class=\"tcb-icon\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" data-id=\"icon-wpforms-brands\" data-name=\"\"><path d=\"M448 75.2v361.7c0 24.3-19 43.2-43.2 43.2H43.2C19.3 480 0 461.4 0 436.8V75.2C0 51.1 18.8 32 43.2 32h361.7c24 0 43.1 18.8 43.1 43.2zm-37.3 361.6V75.2c0-3-2.6-5.8-5.8-5.8h-9.3L285.3 144 224 94.1 162.8 144 52.5 69.3h-9.3c-3.2 0-5.8 2.8-5.8 5.8v361.7c0 3 2.6 5.8 5.8 5.8h361.7c3.2.1 5.8-2.7 5.8-5.8zM150.2 186v37H76.7v-37h73.5zm0 74.4v37.3H76.7v-37.3h73.5zm11.1-147.3l54-43.7H96.8l64.5 43.7zm210 72.9v37h-196v-37h196zm0 74.4v37.3h-196v-37.3h196zm-84.6-147.3l64.5-43.7H232.8l53.9 43.7zM371.3 335v37.3h-99.4V335h99.4z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div>\n<\/span>\n<span class=\"tcb-button-texts\"><span class=\"tcb-button-text thrv-inline-text\" data-css=\"tve-u-1756eedd6b6\" style=\"\"><span style=\"font-family: Raleway; font-weight: 400;\" data-css=\"tve-u-1756eeda1be\">Apply here<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/a>\n<\/div><div class=\"thrv_wrapper thrv-columns\" id=\"nora-hughes-bio\" style=\"\" data-css=\"tve-u-1756ef51a3b\"><div class=\"tcb-flex-row v-2 tcb-resized tcb--cols--2\" style=\"\" data-css=\"tve-u-1756ef70646\"><div class=\"tcb-flex-col c-33\" data-css=\"tve-u-1756eec1343\" style=\"\"><div class=\"tcb-col\"><div class=\"thrv_wrapper tve_image_caption\" data-css=\"tve-u-1756ee99949\" style=\"\"><span class=\"tve_image_frame\"><img class=\"tve_image wp-image-18443\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"18443\" data-init-width=\"276\" data-init-height=\"346\" title=\"Nora-pix\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/ivanaj-foundations.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Nora-pix.jpg\" data-width=\"188\" data-height=\"236\" width=\"188\" height=\"236\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"tcb-flex-col c-66\" data-css=\"tve-u-1756eec137e\" style=\"\"><div class=\"tcb-col\"><div class=\"thrv_wrapper thrv_text_element\"><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>NORA L. HUGHES, PhD<\/strong><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dr. Hughes is an executive with a worldwide clientele.&nbsp; She is an accomplished manager, author, speaker, and consultant. As Manager of a start-up company, B4B Alliance that provides business training and consulting in developing countries, and as Managing Director of Hughes Alliance, and its predecessor, The Hughes Consulting Group, Inc. Nora Hughes has been providing management consulting services to CEOs and managers of private and public businesses as well as governments since 1990. Nora has coached more than 40 start-up businesses across Asia in China, Laos, Thailand, the Philippines, Kazakhstan, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Malaysia, Brazil, Brunei, Korea, Turkey, and Vietnam. She understands what makes a business work and some of the pitfalls a new business should avoid.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">She has done pioneering work in specialized areas of organization consulting and carries special expertise in strategy development and implementation, cross cultural management systems, leadership development and coaching, developing synergies in cross functional teams, conflict resolution systems, reengineering\/process innovation.&nbsp; She is sought after as a group facilitator by organizations worldwide.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Included among her clients are public and private organizations in Asia, the United States and Europe. While in Albania during the 1990s Nora had as clients, organizations such as the Ministry of Justice, the Court of Cassation (Supreme Court), AEDP and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Nora also lived and worked in Malaysia, China, and Singapore from 2001 to 2017.&nbsp;<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dr. Hughes expertise is now again available in Albania through the \u201cIvanaj Foundations\u2019 Business Training Program\u201d.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","tve_custom_css":"@import url(\"\/\/fonts.googleapis.com\/css?family=Raleway:400,600,500&subset=latin\");@media (min-width: 300px){[data-css=\"tve-u-1756ee529f4\"] .tcb-button-link { letter-spacing: 2px; background-image: linear-gradient(var(--tcb-local-color-62516, rgb(19, 114, 211)), var(--tcb-local-color-62516, rgb(19, 114, 211))); --tve-applied-background-image:linear-gradient(var$(--tcb-local-color-62516, rgb(19, 114, 211)), var$(--tcb-local-color-62516, rgb(19, 114, 211))); background-size: auto; background-attachment: scroll; border-radius: 5px; overflow: hidden; padding: 18px; background-position: 50% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat; }[data-css=\"tve-u-1756ee529f4\"] .tcb-button-link span { color: rgb(255, 255, 255); --tcb-applied-color:#fff; }:not(#tve) [data-css=\"tve-u-1756ee529f4\"] .tcb-button-link { font-size: var(--tve-font-size, 14px)   !important; }[data-css=\"tve-u-1756ee529f4\"] { --tve-font-size:14px; }[data-css=\"tve-u-1756ee795b4\"] { --tcb-local-color-icon:rgb(255, 255, 255); --tcb-local-color-var:rgb(255, 255, 255); --tve-icon-size:24px; font-size: 24px; width: 24px; height: 24px; }[data-css=\"tve-u-1756ee99949\"] { width: 276px; }[data-css=\"tve-u-1756eec1343\"] { max-width: 25%; }[data-css=\"tve-u-1756eec137e\"] { max-width: 75%; }[data-css=\"tve-u-1756eeda1be\"] { font-family: Raleway !important; font-weight: 400 !important; }[data-css=\"tve-u-1756eeda1be\"] strong { font-weight: 600 !important; }[data-css=\"tve-u-1756eedd6b6\"] { font-weight: var(--g-bold-weight, bold)   !important; }:not(#tve) [data-css=\"tve-u-1756eedd6b6\"] { font-size: 16px !important; }[data-css=\"tve-u-1756ef51a3b\"] { margin-top: 10px !important; }[data-css=\"tve-u-1756ef70646\"] { padding-top: 72px !important; }}","tve_user_custom_css":"","tve_globals":{"e":"1","font_cls":[]},"tcb2_ready":1,"tcb_editor_enabled":1,"tve_landing_page":"","_tve_header":"0","_tve_footer":"0"},"categories":[114],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-educational-training"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ivanaj-foundations.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ivanaj-foundations.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ivanaj-foundations.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ivanaj-foundations.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ivanaj-foundations.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18439"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ivanaj-foundations.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18439\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ivanaj-foundations.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ivanaj-foundations.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ivanaj-foundations.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ivanaj-foundations.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}