Azimuth is an IT services company founded in 2000 that provides multimedia content development, eLearning content, and educational CDs/DVDs. It offers soft skills, life skills, K-12, engineering, and basic healthcare courses on CD-ROM with engaging interactive content. Popular soft skills courses include communication skills, interview skills, presentation skills, time management, and decision making. Course outlines describe topics covered and duration.

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EDUCATION CDS

2. WHO WE ARE
 Azimuth is a hi-tech IT Services company started in the year 2000 with an
investment of 20 Million Rupees and having operations in Chennai and
Pondicherry with 150 associates
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 Azimuth provides Multimedia content development , graphical animation
development, eLearning content services, mobile content development, online
courses and Educational CD/DVDs

3. SUBJECT EXPERT AREAS
 Soft Skill courses
 Life Skill courses
 K-12 content
 Engineering content
 Basic Healthcare content
 Medical Transcription training content
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4. SOFT SKILL COURSES
 Highly engaging and interactive content (CD-ROM)
 Course designed for self-paced learning
 Aggregate course duration is 90 min for each soft skill title
 Our soft skill course can be taken by any aspirant
 Popular titles are: Communication Skills, Job Interview Skills, Presentation
Skills, Time Management Skills and Decision Making Skills
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5. COMMUNICATION SKILLS
Course Outline
• Importance of communication skills
• Levels of interpersonal communication
• Stages in communication -
Encoding, Channeling, Decoding & Feedback
• Asserting yourself
• Effectiveness of feedback
• Effective presentation
• Effective public speaking
• Vocal modulations in communication
• Writing skills
• Composition & style
• Barriers to verbal & nonverbal communications
• Body language
• Effectiveness of questioning
• Importance of keeping it simple
• Conveying messages effectively
• Tips to improve communication skills
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Duration: 90 min Age Group: 16+ yrs

6. JOB INTERVIEW SKILLS
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Course Outline
• Understanding the necessity of a job interview
• Phases of an interview
• Types of interviews
• Common interview questions
• The three P’s of an interview
• Common factors leading to failures in interviews
• Making a personal SWOT analysis
• Preparing for a job interview
• Importance of researching about the job & the
employer
• Writing a winning resume
• Avoiding common mistakes in interviews
• Dressing appropriately
• Do’s & Don’ts of Face-to-Face interviews
• Do’s & Don’ts of phone interviews
• Tackling Nervousness & Pressure
• Selling yourself effectively
Duration: 90 min Age Group: 16+ yrs

7. LEADERSHIP SKILLS
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Course Outline
• Definition of leadership
• Traits of good leaders
• Essentials of leadership skills
• Recognizing group characteristics
• Understanding group resources
• Effective group management
• Setting a good example
• Sharing responsibilities
• Manager Vs Leader
• Organizational leadership skills
• Making the right use of power
• Empowering and motivating the team
• Understanding workplace cultures
• Understanding ethics & values
• Role of emotional intelligence, problem
solving, team management, motivation &
counselling
Duration: 90 min Age Group: 16+ yrs

8. PRESENTATION SKILLS
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Course Outline
• Elements of a presentation
• Presentation tools & software
• Purpose of visual aids
• Things to be avoided in visual presentations
• Key stages of presentations
• Taking the right approach to presentations
• Step-by-step approach to presentations
• Preparing perfect presentations
• Knowing the audience for your presentations
• Overcoming faults during presentations
• Tips on handling troubleshooting with
microphones
• Handling nervousness & exuding confidence
• Importance of engaging the audience &
interacting with them
• Understanding & overcoming fear of public
speaking
Duration: 90 min Age Group: 16+ yrs

9. TEAM SKILLS
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Course Outline
• Importance of teamwork
• Advantages of teamwork
• Managing a team effectively
• Common reasons for team failure
• Types of people in a meeting
• Social roles of members
• Dysfunctional roles of members
• Contributing to the team
• Identifying personal strengths & weaknesses
• Understanding the team’s objectives
• Important teamwork skills
• Tips on resolving conflicts
• Developing core team skills
• Significance of team games
• Trust-Building & Adapting/Planning Games
• Problem Solving/Decision making Games
• Communication/Ice Breaker Games
Duration: 90 min Age Group: 16+ yrs

10. TIME MANAGEMENT SKILLS
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Course Outline
• Importance of time management
• Understanding the value of time
• Indicators of poor time management
• Tools of time management
• Drawing an action plan
• Defining & achieving goals
• How to prioritize
• Preparing a to do list
• Activity priority matrix
• Identifying time wasters
• Handling distractions & facing challenges
• Learning to say “no”
• Overcoming procrastination
• Planning & multitasking
• Effective delegating
• Balancing work & life
Duration: 90 min Age Group: 16+ yrs

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Course Outline
• Importance of good customer service skills
• Who is a customer?
• Different types of customers
• Roles of organizations in customer service
• Processes & procedures involved in customer
service
• Role of soft skills in customer service
• Things that annoy customers
• Tips on retaining existing customers
• Importance of listening & empathising
• Apologising sincerely whenever necessary
• Seeing things from the customer’s perspective
• Tips for effective customer service
• Increasing loyalty of customers
• Improving service via verbal communication
• Golden rules for effective customer service
Duration: 90 min Age Group: 16+ yrs
CUSTOMER SERVICE SKILLS

12. DECISION-MAKING SKILLS
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Course Outline
• What is decision making?
• Different kinds of decisions
• Different stages of decision making
• Concepts of decision making
• The decision-making process
• Tips for easier decision making
• Decision-making techniques
• Difficulties in decision making
• Understanding impacts of decisions
• Making better intuitive decisions
• Avoiding jumping to conclusions
• Results of decisions made under pressure
• Brainstorming in decision making
• Decision-making styles & techniques
• Role of authority in making decisions
• Improving the team’s decision-making process
Duration: 90 min Age Group: 16+ yrs

13. LIFE SKILLS COURSES
 Life Skills courses are becoming popular in schools after the implementation of
Continuous & Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE) methods in various state boards
 Azimuth Life Skill courses teaches practical takeaways (useful in daily life) for
school children of all ages.
 Azimuth popular Life Skill courses are: Health & Hygiene, Managing Exam
Stress, Traffic Rules & Road Sense, Environmental Friendliness, Teenage
Answers, etc.,
 Azimuth Life Skill course duration varies from course to course. The approximate
duration of each course is around 60 min.
 Azimuth Life Skill course content is engaging, interactive and animated content so
that it will be interesting and motivating to learn each of our life skill course.
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14. HEALTH & HYGIENE
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15. HEALTH & HYGIENE
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Course Outline
• Introduction to Health & Hygiene
• Infections & other health conditions
• Effects of poor hygiene on health
• Essentials of Hygiene
• What not to share!
• Hair Care: Washing, Brushing, Trimming &
Shaving Hair
• Handling lice, nits & dandruff in hair
• Beat bad breath. Brush & floss teeth
• Pedicure & Manicure
• Essentials of soaps & sanitizers
• Body Care & Smelling good
• Preventing food poisoning
• Washing, preparing & storing food
• Personal fitness & health
• Maintaining clean clothes & shoes
Duration: 50 min Age Group: 8-15 yrs

16. MANAGING EXAM STRESS
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17. MANAGING EXAM STRESS
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Course Outline
• Causes of short-term & long-term stress
• Social factors of exam stress
• Causes of academic stress leading to poor
performance
• Symptoms & effects of exam stress
• Reasons for panic attacks
• Fear of poor grades & failure
• Effects of parental pressure on learning
• Ways to communicate with parents
• Tips to eliminate exam blues
• Things to do before the exams
• The ‘D’ Day!
• Writing & presenting papers
• Managing time & stress
• Importance of sleeping well before exams
• Benefits of meditation & breathing exercises
Duration: 80 min Age Group: 12-18 yrs

18. TRAFFIC RULES & ROAD SENSE
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Course Outline
• Common causes of road accidents
• Role of the traffic police
• Importance of traffic signals & signs
• Traffic Lights & Zebra Crossings
• Traffic & Road Signs
• Pedestrian Signals
• Crossing roads safely
• Pedestrian road etiquette
• Safety while walking to school
• Safety in driveways & parking lots
• Avoiding distractions & fights on roads
• Purpose of road markings
• Safe cycling tips
• Observing speed limits
• Using seat belts & wearing helmets
• As a co-passenger or pillion rider
Duration: 40 min Age Group: 8-15 yrs

19. ENVIRONMENTAL FRIENDLINESS
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Course Outline
• Energy in the form of natural forces
• Renewable & Non-Renewable energy
• Environment & Renewable energy
• Environment & Non-Renewable energy
• Usage of electrical energy
• Energy-Efficient homes
• Climate Change & Global Warming
• Importance of environmental awareness
• Reducing trash through a ‘Reuse & Recycle’
policy
• Biodegradable & Non-Biodegradable waste
• Recycling at home & school
• Saving Electricity, Water, Fuel, Paper
• Planting Trees
• Reducing air pollution
• Rainwater Harvesting
• Eco-friendly school gear
Duration: 90 min Age Group: 8-15 yrs

20. TEENAGE CHALLENGES
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Course Outline
• Adolescence & Puberty
• Developmental Stages & Developmental
Changes
• Positive personal body image
• Conflicts & Consequences of Conflicts
• Dealing with Conflicts
• Parents & Teenagers
• Managing the effects of fights & divorce
• Sibling Rivalry
• Dealing with Loss & Grief
• Getting into Fights
• Depression & its Symptoms
• Self Harm & Suicide
• Handling Boredom
• Drinking & Smoking
• Anger Management
• Body Piercing
Duration: 90 min Age Group: 12-18 yrs

21. MS OFFICE 2007
 MS OFFICE 2007 is a very common software package that is used by everyone
but unfortunately few users are using the software tool to its fullest extent.
 The three major component of MS OFFICE – WORD, EXCEL and POWERPOINT
are commonly used by many MS OFFICE users. Hence Azimuth has come up
with MS OFFICE 2007 tutorials that covers the three components.
 There is a significant difference in the design, facility and usage of MS OFFICE
2003 to MS OFFICE 2007. Azimuth CD tutorial teaches the effective usage of
each of the MS OFFICE 2007 component in detail.
 Azimuth MS OFFICE 2007 CD tutorial covers 101 interactive exercises that is
the most special and exclusive offering of our MS OFFICE 2007 tutorial
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22. MS WORD 2007
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Course Outline
• Introduction to ms word
• Create, save & close document
• Page setup & print options
• Spelling & grammar
• Thesaurus
• Inserting current date & time
• Symbols
• Word count & readability
• Footnote & endnote
• Working with tables in ms word
• Working with objects in ms word
• Mail merging
• Advanced word options
• Insert hyperlink, objects, text from file
• Tracking changes
• Templates
• Object linking & embedding
Duration: 180 min Age Group: 10+yrs

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Course Outline
• Introduction to MS Excel
• The Microsoft excel window
• Insert, delete & rename worksheet
• Format numbers:
General, decimal, percentage, currency, date &
time
• Format cell border, cell background
• Sort & filter data
• Formulas & functions of MS Excel
• Creation of charts in MS Excel
• Advanced options in MS Excel
• Edit cell contents in MS Excel
• Data validation
• Excel views: normal, page layout, page break &
full screen views
• Integration of office components: Object
linking, object embedding
• Excel printing options
Duration: 180 min Age Group: 10+yrs
MS EXCEL 2007

24. MS POWERPOINT 2007
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Course Outline
• Introduction to PowerPoint
• Features of digital presentations
• Navigate through slides
• Text basics
• Format painter
• Rulers, gridlines & guides
• Themes & templates
• Background styles
• Learn the basic shortcuts
• Clip art placeholder
• Insert pictures, clip art, charts, audio & video
• Handouts & notes master
• Action buttons
• Speaker notes
• Package a presentation on a CD
• Kiosk presentation
Duration: 180 min Age Group: 10+yrs

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HEALTHCARE COURSES
 One of Azimuth division is into Healthcare BPO and Azimuth Medical
Transcription Training program is very popular in the Indian market.
 Azimuth has strong expertise in providing Healthcare BPO training and
therefore, our Healthcare related courses are easy to learn for a beginner.
 Azimuth Healthcare course are done with 2D animations and that makes the
course content very captivating and interactive.
 Azimuth popular Healthcare courses are:
 The Human Body
 Human Anatomy & Physiology
 Diet & Nutrition

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HEALTHCARE SAMPLE

27. HEALTHCARE SAMPLE
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Course Outline
• The human body - An introduction
• Understanding the skeletal system
• Understanding the growth of bones
• Joints and their functions
• Muscular system & its functions
• Types of muscles
• Nervous system
• Understanding nerve tissues
• Various divisions of the nervous system
• The special senses : Sense of sight, hearing &
equilibrium, touch, taste & smell
• Types of glands in the body
• Understanding the cardiovascular system
• Understanding the physiology of circulation
• Understanding lymph and its components
• Respiratory system
• Digestive, reproductive & urinary systems
Duration: 50 min Age Group: 8-15 yrs

28. CONTACT
AZIMUTH
No 10, Taas mahal building, 1st floor, Monteith road,
Egmore – Chennai – 8.
Ph: +044 – 42696767, 9047005743
E-mail : mani@azisoft.com
Website: www.azimuthstore.com
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29. LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR BUSINESS
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