Comparative Analysis

Current Technologies Around Teaching Soft Skills

1. Lynda: Master In-Demand Professional Soft Skills

Link: https://www.lynda.com/learning-paths/Business/master-in-demand-professional-soft-skills

Pros: It’s approachable (as seen through the visuals for the thumbnails). It’s transparent because you can see how many other people have taken it.

Cons: It is very dry and only has one person talking throughout the whole video. There are not a lot of ways to apply the things we’ve learned.

2. edX: Soft Skills

Link: https://www.edx.org/professional-certificate/ritx-soft-skills

Pros:

• Best practices for written communication
• Conducting effective meetings
• Documentation and follow-up techniques
• Best practices for face-to-face, digital, and mediated communication

Cons:

3. CMU Webinars

Link: http://www.alumni.cmu.edu/s/1410/alumni/index-social.aspx?sid=1410&gid=1&pgid=9033

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4. Tepper Interpersonal Skills Class

Link: https://tepper.cmu.edu/prospective-students/course-page/45791/interpersonal-managerial-communication

Pros: It’s in person, and has built in scenarios where students can practice. It also has a built in feedback loop.

Cons: Cant account for who would world well together

5. SkillKey

Link: http://www.skillkey.com/

Pro:

Con: The videos are really old. Most of the time is spent with on person in the front lecturing.

6. Train Tool

Link: https://www.traintool.com/large-scale-development

Pro:

• Giving feedback
• Empathic communication
• Listening and summarizing
• Probing questions
• Agile communication
• Setting SMART goals
• Discussing
• Meeting techniques

Con:

7. Talk Me Up
Link: http://talkmeup.co/

This is a startup founded by a CMU Tepper student