How to start a Catering school

A catering school is a place where basically all aspects of baking, cooking and making dishes are taught and learnt. It is usually a pleasant and exciting place to be for many and more of girls love the experience and idea of being there. It's a popular notion and idea that catering schools are only meant for people who cannot cook so if your fiancé or wife cannot make good faultless meals, you'd have to take her to a catering school. Well I'd disagree with this to some extent, yes agree that it's very much alright to send your woman over to a catering school if she really appears to be having difficulty with cooking.

Sometimes and actually, the problem could be from home, they were not taught well or their mothers possibly were not good cooks, also there's an existing possible fact that many girls did not grow with their moms perhaps they lost them early so they couldn't learn from them or worse yet, very possibly they never gave attention to learning how to cook, so yes we agree it's a problem and can be solved with the help and services of a catering school. But then I do not agree to it that catering schools are only meant for people who cannot cook, that's archaic and unrealistic. Simply put, catering schools are meant to broaden your knowledge on catering.


If you'd like to start a catering school,
here's what to do


1... Learn as much as you can
Learning is a continuous process and as such ought to be welcomed by any individual who aspires to be great and impactful. In the field of catering, one practically just can't learn enough, there are over one thousand different meal types worldwide but then not all are taught at a time and definitely not all could be learnt. You first need to learn catering yourself, ensure you're a good cook this is compulsory to do if you'd be running your catering school alone or in
conjunction with hired cooks or hired teachers. Learn hygiene too if you'd sincerely admit that you have problems with hygiene.

2... Hire good cooks
So this depends on how vast in form your practice would take. Perhaps you're having plans to have enough provisions to recruit 100 students or more for each admission section, you possibly may not be able to handle this just alone, there'd be too much questions to answer as well as too many practicals to teach, this is where the idea or structuring into
smaller units would help, perhaps each catering class accommodating 30 students and each being assigned to a particular tutor to handle. Whether you'd be starting small or not, it is necessary that you include this in your plans as part of optimism reflections. Your school would grow and would definitely require more hands to run smoothly. Ensure you employ qualified, experienced and good cooks else you'll be jeopardizing your academy even If you as the chief cook has the best qualifications.

3... Get a curriculum and program

To run a successful business, you need to be structured. Similarly, to run a successful catering school, you need organization and planning. First, you'll need to prepare a Business Plan for your school and then you'll need a curriculum to work with. You can search the internet to find a couple good programs on catering you can edit to suit your taste. Also, you'll need to consult a couple other catering ventures around to borrow a leaf from them.

4... Advertise Advertise
Advertising is one of the most crucial parts of every business. More so, start ups need more and intensive advertising than established or existing companies. In terms of funds, it may not be very much available
for you considering that you're just starting up but then you'll have to try. Print a few flyers, banners and wall posters. Ensure to make them very much appealing to the eyes. include meal types you'd be teaching and snacks to make them colorful. Also inform family and friends, they're the very first persons to advertise to, if they believe you, the community would!

Warm  regards

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How to start a driving school

A driving school is where the ethics of automobile movement and manning is taught. Technology has improved lives greatly and one good aspect of human activity which has been so much influenced by technology is transportation or locomotion. The essence of a driving school is to teach people how these automobiles can be dominated and controlled by persons as they are made to be used by anyone who is competent and equipped to use them.
In Nigeria, driving schools are on the rise basically because there's an increasing stream of people who want to buy cars and as such would like to learn its operation before diving into one.
Here are a few things that can guide you to starting a successful driving school in Nigeria.

1... Obtain licensing
It sounds quite unlikely that licensing should come first on this list, however truthfully it's the very first thing you need. After drafting a business plan and picturing how exactly you would want your driving school to look as an establishment, the very next thing to do is to visit the appropriate quarters to obtain a legal license necessary for a learning centre. There would be some requirements given to you, you can then come back and develop your school with these requirements if you do not have them already before going back to apply for licensing and registration again.

2... Obtain a perfect Position
Position yourself close to an empty motorable field or a vast expanse. A perfect position for a driving school may not necessarily be in town but a place where there's a vast empty expanse for driving freely with no obstructions. I've seen most driving schools situated this way and belief me they do a lot more better. It may not be very wise to hope on using the major roads for your test practicals in teaching students of your school, it may be risky since a couple of them would be complete novices. So let them start off with the empty field driving and then subsequently they could proceed to the real road exercises to observe traffic signs and road maps.

3... Buy a few less expensive automobiles
So now we have the automatics and manuals. Everyone loves the automatic because the manuals seems to be phased out already. However, the manual type of automobiles still remain the best type to commence driving lessons with because it's much more difficult to operate so if one gets to actually learn it very well, operating an automatic type automobile wouldn't be a difficult thing to do at all. So I'll suggest you lay eyes around to buy a few manual automobiles and if you can, it'd be nice to include the automatic steering types as well hopefully some of your students would graduate from the manual classes and as such would have need to further with the automatic type lessons.

4...  Hire good drivers
Whether you'd be in charge of day to day lessons in your driving school or not, it is paramount that you hire good and qualified drivers as well as ones with experience. It facilitates the learning process and ensures that your students learn rightly and that their certificates is merited. Perhaps one or two good drivers would do, either ones who would work as partners with you or as employees depending on your choice and relationship. Driving is fun and a driving school is certainly good business.

5... Determine suitable fees
So I really don't know much about driving school fees but I have the idea that it's basically alloted according to months or time spent on learning so you could have different packages or a forced and fixed learning duration depending on your choice. I think the maximum a learning driver stays in school is 6 months, it varies though so try to find out what fits best in your location or country. But definitely high fees would only scare people away and make you have fewer patronage while affordable charges gives you the best of attention. Once again, your location has a very strong bearing on the success of your school, people generally would like to study in an environment where they'd definitely be able to learn well.

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How to start a fashion design school

Would you like to start a fashion design school where you can teach people fashion and design? Good idea!

Fashion is a rave of the moment, it is one thing everyone is conscious of and for this reason, it fetches a lot of money to people who engage in it commercially. People want to learn new fashions, people want to be able to design new cloth types, people want to learn how to make the newest cloth types in town, there is always a party and another celebration, every now and then funerals have need for uniformed attire for the bereaved families, these needs are overwhelming but very possible to meet
and your quest is the ultimate way of meeting these needs with ultimate gain and of course people are living luxury as fashion designers!

Let's discuss how you can start and launch a fashion design school anywhere in Nigeria.

1... Master The fashion and designing art
You want to start a school? Be a good teacher! Being a good teacher demands that you know your subject matter very well, that means in this case you have to go learn and master the art of fashion and design. You could enrol with an existing design firm or a fashion academy perhaps for a year or two with the aim of coming out qualified both practically and theoretically to teach a new generation of fashion designers. In Lagos, there are a few reputable fashion schools like:

-- Ginani fashion design school
-- Zaria fashion & style academy
-- Fashion and Art Academy
-- Valisimo Fashion

They are well known and valued for their craft, if you're in Lagos you might consider one of these places a worthy place to be and graduating from such big named schools gives you the kind of possible affiliation you need to thrive in this growing business.

2... Source capital
Fashion and designing usually does not require large capitals for a start in Nigeria. However, since you're going to be running a school or an Academy, you need average capital to start with. If you do not have enough from self funding, and even if you do you need a structure to run with, some sort of organization which only a Business Plan affords you. With a good business plan in place, you can officially seek for loan or assistance from a few micro-finance banks around. But if you're not planning to start up large, getting some contributions from family and friends in addition to your personal savings would go a long way to help.

3... Get some space, Good space
You need space and I mean space. You would be starting your academy alone at first and it's very possible to be blinded by that on the quantity of space you really need. Worthy to note is that sooner or later, you'd be having recruits since its a school or an academy. Because of this you'll need a recruitment target or recruiting limit and this decision should guide your selection of whatever space you should utilize. You also need a well ventilated environment even if you wouldn't have an air condition installed, at least there should be enough space for the circulation of fresh air and natural breeze for comfortability of both you and your future students.

4... Get equipped
Equipments is one other part of your school where you'd have to spend some relative amount of money. It's capital intensive here because the best equipments guarantees the best Jobs from a skilled worker and the best trial efforts from a keen learner. The basic equipments you'd be needing here are
-- Working desks
-- Sewing machines
-- Weaving machines
-- Packs of needles
-- Packs of coloured threads in arrays
-- Cloth shelves
-- Experimental cloth packs
Additionally, there would be need for grading systems, regular assessments of student performance, contract terms and agreements, duration of courses and charging fees. These should all be done in a bid to reflect professionalism.


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How to start a film academy in Nigeria

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In Nigeria, film academies are one of the fast rising establishments to find around and for sure, it is one of the high paying investments so far because people want to get into Nollywood and becoming part of an Academy has been proven to be one of the fastest means for achieving this fit. Today we're going to look into a few technical aspects of starting an Academy and how one can possibly succeed with starting a Film Academy in Nigeria.
A Film academy is a small or large school where people get trained formally in all or selected aspects of Movie making such as Acting, Directing, Video editing, Costumes, script writing etc. A good film academy may also but not compulsorily include provisions for Singing and Dancing. PEFTI film academy is one of the most popular academies in Lagos State and of course they're recruiting massively and doing very well.

Here is how you can start a Film academy in Nigeria

1... Work on yourself
With an academy and you being the head, most definitely you would be taking leadership positions and more like a director. As a chief, you'll definitely need to be perfect with the act so you can be able to direct and coach your students excellently. You do not necessarily need a Bsc in theater arts or mass communication to do this, if you naturally have the talent and skills for acting or the overwhelming passion and desire, you could enrol with a superior academy to get more enlightenment about acting, movie making and video/film editing. Also being at the academy affords you the opportunity to learn just how a Film academy can be run successfully and what it practically entails.

2... Get a good location
A good location here can be described as a place already booming with activity. It would be best to be located in the middle of the town where traffic is very much high and where you can be easily accessed by virtually anyone. However, in the case of a noisy environment you definitely do not want your students to loose concentration and focus during classes or exercises as a result of distracting noises coming from the outside so a good interior design should be in place. Glass doors, glass windows with sealed rubber edges would greatly reduce the noise coming from the outside and create a muffling effect for them so that whilst you're in town, in the midst of noise, you're still not affected by what's going on around except for when you step outside but definitely you'll need an air conditioning effect to go along with this. Also try making your hall as comfortable as possible with some real life acting designs like simulated bedrooms, club lights and the likes. It'll be of much need later on.

3... Get a good script writer
You definitely do not want to teach theory-only in your academy and bore your students with many theoretical aspects of film making so the need for practical exercise would be necessary. You need a good script writer and a few good scripts for rehearsal purposes and perhaps subsequent shooting and recording of plays, dramas and maybe real movies too depending on the strength of your crew and your buoyancy to launch actual movies which are good enough to be welcomed by the market. There are quite a good number of good script writers around, it'll only cost you some figures to purchase from them. There are also upcoming writers who could provide you good scripts too at cheaper charges.

4... Get a few production equipments
Yes definitely you'll need a couple production equipments. Again, this is for you to be able to practically teach filming and acting to your students in a way that'll interest them and make them develop more liking for this profession comfortably. A few production equipments like some desktop computers for editing purposes, video cameras for filming and recording, sound equipments for amplification and sound simulation or simulated effects on sound, lighting equipments to create different lighting effects for different acting scenarios, costumes etc. These are necessary for running a reputable film academy in Nigeria.

5... Start recruiting
So now, we're ready to launch. We need posters on the street walls around, we need flyers to share and we need to go cyber as well. There's need to create awareness because you're new to the area and the only way people could get to learn of your existence is through advertising. However, we do not want to poach on other people's students so you wouldn't want to paste stickers on walls of other similar academies,  you could get into trouble. Now before this time, you must have settled for a good and affordable recruiting fee or charge and remember you do not expect to get back all your spending or expenditure plus profit in one month or with the first few recruitments. It's a gradual process so you need a good structure and this requires you have a "Business Plan" you're working with.

Best of regards.

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How to start a daycare center business

Daycare or childcare is the care of a toddler for the duration of the day by way of a person apart from the kid's legal guardians,generally accomplished by a person outdoor the kid's instantaneous circle of relatives.
The enormous majority of daycare remains finished through the dad and mom,in-house nannies,or via formal preparations with neighbours or buddies.
Do you have got love for youngsters?and you want to increase your love closer to them both via putting in place your day care enterprise,this submit summarises it higher on the way to project into this kind of commercial enterprise.
requirements/steps to take
1...Have a few qualifications:Daycare workers qualification range in line with the sort of vicinity and nation law.
   Daycare centre requires workers to have training in early early life training,some country can also require childcare people to complete formal schooling in baby improvement to work in a licensed facility.
   The specified minimum age to run a daycare centre business is 21years and older.
2..Discover a secure region
setting up a space for daycare center it may both be your property or any perfect enterprise area,ensure you've got enough area for kids you desire to serve.
A daycare centre have to be huge enough to accommodate the variety of children who will join your daycare.consider this places:

• Playing ground
• Wood working area
• Music&movement area
• Rest room
• Teaching space

3...Obtain legal license
If you want to operate a standard daycare centre, you need to obtain a legal license from your state government.
Reasons why you need to obtain a license:

• To make you have the capability in taking care of children when being inspected by state agency
• They list details of the physical facilities you need to have such as ( Washrooms,play ground,lecture rooms,teaching equipment and rest rooms)
• They make sure you have the basic formal education in child's development

4...Have a business plan
 This type off business can be capital intensive if you wish to make it a standard daycare but it is a profitable enterprise on the long-run if you follow the right strategies.Access the cost o buying equipment,license fee,hiring staff(s)
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Top 20 business ideas in education industry

Education is a universal creed. The need to be educated is very evident in every area of civilization and habitation. In effect, one of the most insatiable wants of man is Education. With its diversified branches of institutions, education affords every willing being an opportunity to learn thus, enhancing positive effects to the society on a global basis.

Due to this reflective need of education, people are willing to pay any cost required to be educated. However, there are two types of education which are Formal Education and Informal Education, in other terms they can also be identified as Active and Passive Education. Every category has benefitted humans greatly and even before the whites brought down formal education to Africa, Informal education has always and always been in existence. Today, the most appreciated type of education is formal education where school is attended on a regular

basis, there is a confinement to a classroom or a learning hall and lectures are dispensed regularly.

As a result of the obvious benefits of education to man, it has generated active income for so many people who deemed it fit to invest in such Businesses that while providing value to the society, they are being rewarded financially which makes education a truly worthy business to consider for investiture
purposes.

If you are an entrepreneur wanting or wishing to set up an education business, this article is for you. Vocational training centres are also regarded as schools, previously they were deemed as informal schools but ever since the government became interested in such establishments and has mandated they run with a certain curriculum, many have applied this direction and have been legally recognized and licensed to award legal certificates to their students so in effect many of them have actually upgraded to becoming semi-formal institutions, officially running and dispensing semi-formal education.
This article includes a list of both formal education business ideas, semi-formal education business ideas and informal education business ideas.
I compiled a list of 20 business ideas on education you can actually consider and develop any one or more of them with a guarantee of gaining financial freedom at the long run.

1... Daycare
This education business is designed to serve infant scholars mostly, infants of parents who are always
busy to attend to their kids so these kids are sent here to while away time while their parents are out on the hustle. Daycares do not require lectures but money spent on facilities to make these infants comfortable is of a considerable amount so they charge high.

2... Kindergarten
So this is the next stage where infants from the Crèche/Daycare upgrade to after about two years. The age limit of kids in here is between 4 to 6. Here the kids require some level of tutoring because this is where they set off life from. Usually this category of education has much more population countrywide next to daycares so there's actually money in this branch.

3... Primary schools
One of the most popular ones around and most easy to set up, but then starting off with a kindergarten guarantees you'd be having a load of pupils in this section next academic year. You'll need elementary teachers. Their school fees is usually between N5, 000 to N10, 00 depending on acknowledgement and general preference, if you could have at least 5 pupils in every class, that's about N160, 000 to N300, 000 every term besides other levies and fees.

4... Secondary schools
So this is quite hard to set up hence not too a popular one to see as it requires large funds and space to set up an average secondary school. Firstly, understand they're adolescents and they are to be treated quite differently also for the science category of secondary students, money must be spent on laboratory and scientific equipments to make them learn right. However, they pay hugely too. Usually between N15, 000 to N30, 000 for start up schools.

5... Make-up Schools
This is a semi-formal system of education where people pay and are recruited to be taught the techniques of Make-up. Some of the graduands end up being make up artists while others become artificial beauty experts. It's a trend and women love this so much so if you're setting up one, you're on your way to becoming wealthy.

6... Catering Schools
Everyone loves food and I mean good food. This category of education offers to teach people how to become good cooks and make best foods. They also teach bakering processes for bread-making, cake-making and the likes. Of course every Saturday people Wed and they need cakes so many people want to learn how to make such stuffs, they pay to register and learn in your school.

7... Auto-electric schools
So this is quite similar to mechanic workshops but with a slight variation. Such schools teach people how to fix electrical faults in automobiles. It's one of the most lucrative education business ideas because there's really high demand for such services so people want to learn and be taught.

8... Mechanic workshops
They're popular and everywhere. We already know what they do and of course this is another semi-formal education system because most now award certifates too. Car repairs and maintenance is a necessity and is having high demand in the society today so setting up such a workshop is a perfectly elastic idea because more and more people would definitely come to pay and learn while they still work for you.

9... Computer school
IT has taken over the world and now more youths want to develop a career in IT with the aim of becoming like Mark Zuckerberg someday. Yes that's a healthy idea and a very beneficial one for you if you decide to tap into it today by commencing a computer school to teach these people the necessary computer skills they need to join the ever trending world.

10. Driving school
Hundreds of advertisement posters I see hanging around on the streets are for drivers or driving jobs but you can't pick up one if you don't know how to drive, even if you know you'd still have to apply for a license through driving schools. Driving schools earn huge by taking people in driving classes and teaching them how to become professional or expert drivers.

11. Tailoring workshops
Fashion is also another branch that has been dominating,  many youngsters want to be fashionistas while a lot more want to be fashion models. Fashion designers earn appreciatively for making clothes for these people hence commencing a tailoring workshop to teach students how to make the best clothes is one other lucrative business idea.

12. Carpentry workshops
Wood works are everywhere, ranging from chairs to sofas to beds to benches to tables and what have you? Carpentry is one of the occupation most looked down upon, however gone are the days when it was viewed as a valueless occupation. Today there is the urge and want of learning carpentry skills as people with this occupation are now seen becoming successful individuals. Setting up a carpentry workshop to educate desiring ones on wood works is sure to pay nicely since its a good business idea.

13. Cloth-weaving workshops
This is an informal education system where students are taught how to make basic cloth materials. Weaving is culture and is a beautiful thing to many but sadly not too many have the skills otherwise they would weave their own cloths at home and to their style and designs. Launching such a workshop would not only make you successful as a business man but would also see you earning from people who come to be taught.

14. Hair-styling workshops
Basically this is great for women. The average Nigerian girl wears her plaited or braided hair for not more than 4 weeks and the cost for plaiting a single hair braiding style is between N3, 000 to N5, 000 and are even higher in some places. So starting up such a school and workshop to teach people how to fix and make hairs more like a beauty hair saloon is definitely one of the biggest business decisions you could make today.

15. Film Academy
This is quite large and would require large funds to run but definitely a million dollar business idea. Many people would really love to be actors and actresses if given the opportunity, sadly Nollywood doesn't have enough time or provisions for such novices and upcoming acts. Starting up a film academy where you could teach people the art of acting, dancing and camera handling is sure to be a blessed venture.

16. Soap-making workshops
Quite underrated previously, traditional Soap-making has gone far beyond what it used to be where people just made soaps for home use. Today people have gone commercial with Soap-making and many in the society are seriously testifying positively to the effectivity of such local breeds. Launching such an education business foundation is awesome.

17. Shoe-making workshops
Shoe makers are quite different from shoe menders. In Nigeria we usually confuse the two. Shoe makers are actually the original shoe producers and not the ones who stitch our shoes when they get bad. In Aba for instance there are original shoe makers/producers who make shoes from the scratch and they are living large believe me. Many people would love to learn the art of shoe making and pay any required sum to obtain the skills while they still work for their masters, if they find an institution that offers such training.

18. Glass-work workshops
Glass works are also dominating. They're becoming a larger part of household decorations ranging from glass tables to glass windows to glass doors and glass shelves. Many who can't afford to go to the University are willing to pay to learn such money-laden crafts.

19. Bead-making workshops
So women love beads but not so many understand the art. It's fancy to wear, plus it looks attractive when worn on the neck, wrists and waist region. You could start up a bead making workshop where you could recruit people to teach this craft. Even if you do not have the skills, you can easily employ someone who knows.

20. Mobile phone repair workshops
We all want the latest devices in town don't we? That's right but we also don't know how to repair them when they get bad and of course we would love to know. This aspect of education is very important and Lucrative, understandably this is why there are so many mobile phone repair shops around! So investing in this Avenue and hiring professionals to teach people this skills would highly compensate your pocket for any dime spent.

Cheers!!

Ogbaragu Michaels

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How to start a computer training center

The world of IT has become an active engagement source for many. Due to its relevance and the unprecedented need for computer literates, so many people now desire to learn computer operation and repairs. As a vocational training centre, many owners of such schools have made millions of Naira recruiting and teaching interested persons the technical know-hows of computer handling, operation and repairs.
The future looks very promising and is very much certain for computer literates because virtually over 90% of todays activities have not less than 80% of dependence on computers. Ranging from banking to engineering, to automobile control to anti-hacking to internet operations and what have you?

In view of this, Mark Zuckerberg CEO of facebook has awarded an investment fund of 2.5 million dollars to Andela Nigeria which is an IT organization focused on helping Nigerians acquire IT instincts to keep up the pace with the global IT trend. So if you have decided or came up with the idea of launching a computer training centre, you've just added to the list of Nigerian entrepreneurs providing value to the society with profitable investment rewards for their innovation.


Lets consider a few necessary steps to undertake while starting a computer training centre.
1... Have enough IT knowledge
So you would't want to be a bad teacher, definitely not! You'll want to be able to teach and answer computer related questions when asked even if you have employed teachers to teach. If you are not already acquainted with Microsoft word, Excel, Publisher and the likes and a good computer
maintenance skills, now is the time to go for them.


However, it still very much largely depends on what type of computer training centre you're planning to start up. Some training centres do only computer repairs, that's hardware maintenance. Others do software training, that's teaching the inbuilt features of computers like how to use the powerpoint, excel spreadsheet, microsoft word documents creation and its likes. While there are still computer training centres who combine both. So it depends on what you're planning to do. Whatever the case may be, you
need to understand the subject matter your very self before commencing so get the needed training.
2... Have a budget of How much capital you'd require
Every business requires capital funding for starting up, some require more than the others while some require less. Depending on how large or how little you want it to be, you'll need to create a budget to work with. This budget would give you an estimated sum of how much capital you'll need to launch your centre. Also it is vital that you have this practical budget in order to not embezzle your funds or spend unnecessarily on less important avenues. So create a
budget and raise funding capital for your project.
3... Find a calm and relaxed environment
As a business man or as an entrepreneur who is aspiring to drag enough attention, it is very possible
that you might be thinking of launching your centre right in the middle of the market where people can notice you easily or perhaps in a very busy environment where there's high traffic. Well, that's reasonable thinking, but then i'll strongly suggest a relatively peaceful and calm environment why because it affords learners the kind of calmness and undisturbed attention they'd need and desire to learn
with. Perhaps it could still be in a marketplace or a busy lane, but it's still very much possible to locate calm environments around such places where there isn't too much distractive influence.
4...Buy a few good and fast computers and learning desks
Here comes property and design. Your most have important property are computers in this case. You can't be teaching a class of 10 persons with just 2 or 3 computers, it would't work. Buy a couple of computers, i suggested few but that doesn't mean little. Between 15 to 20 for a start is good idea. However, i'll suggest you go for Laptops if you can afford them, they're quite easier to maintain than desktops and also occupies less space, but then for the benefits of those who are entirely new to the IT system and would have to learn the very basics of computer education, you might want to have a few desktops as well. You'll also need to be security conscious as per theft because these laptops can easily be pivoted away by unsuspected students.
5... Recruit students
So here's the real deal, recruitment! So now, your school is ready but just one more thing is left out and hasn't be given attention to. FEES! So based on the entire capital you spent on setting up your school and how much monthly expenditures you'd be making for Electricity charges and rentage, a mathematical calculation would be helpful in deciding just how much you should charge for your services that would see you start making profit in at least 4 months from inception. Decide upon a suitable charge and commence recruitment with it. However, you may not want to charge too high so that you can actually attract people, and the more people you have the more profit you'll make. You may also need to print a few publicity fliers and banners.

Best Regards from Michaels!

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How to overcome fear and become a motivational speaker

A large percentage of people in general naturally do lack the stamina and courage to stand before a crowd and motivationally address them. While this is a cause of concern for many, there are also people who do not have any difficulties with this. However, understandably this is a problem but not without an effective solution.

The fear of public speaking can be overcome with zeal and intent commitment.  Today, we'll look at 4 possible ways to overcome fear and speak motivationally to a Nigerian audience.

Below are your four points.

1... Have a live goal
This is usually where it starts from. Having a goal at the beginning of your speech or preparation is necessary to overcoming being gripped by fear. The common goal you should have from commencement is that you should be able to convince this audience and necessitate positive action from them after all said and done. This is a goal, your goal, make it live, give it life and acknowledgement all through your delivery! This means that firstly you're motivated by yourself and there's no surest way of motivating others without you being motivated first of all. Believe in the reality of what you have to offer, when you do, it would reflect in your countenance and this reflection would imbibe your audience motivationally!

2... Challenge yourself
The second tip is challenge. Yes challenge! If you're naturally an introvert or you are used to faltering and being dominated with fear, Now is the time to challenge yourself. Challenge yourself everytime and anytime that you would be able to do it right this time. Make up your mind that this fear wouldn't meet up with you again this time. When you have this conviction and undaunting respect for yourself, you would realize that this challenge Spurs you on and you could notice that even midway to your delivery, you feel like you're loosing it, this challenge comes alive and you remind yourself of the victorious challenge you have placed on yourself already to do it right this time. In a way, you would be able to reach your goal of motivating an audience if you constantly remind yourself of this existing challenge.

3... Be prepared
Okay, this comes a little bit easier to understand. There's a strong relationship between preparation and successfulness. Remember, he who fails to plan, plans to fail. This is simple and so true, if you don't give enough attention to your preparatory aspects or the preparatory aspects of your delivery as per planning it to be a motivational one, you'll loose out big time. Because the necessary motivational points would be missed and the vital stresses that should imbibe yiur audience would either be absent or be dead in your speech. So take out enough time to prepare and re-prepare your delivery. It helps so much in achieving a motivational end!

4... Master your outline or speech

So this is a bit related to preparation but still very much quite different. This has to do with the act of gaining mastery over your written speech. Well, it goes in two ways. Cramming and understanding. Cramming might be helpful and beneficial if you are gifted with a large memory that can hold down such large amounts of propulsive retention but may also be devastating if you miss a line while delivering. Best advise is to practically and mentally understand your outline, understand where and how word parts where used in description. Be sure that you can still be able to give your speech, same delivery successfully should in case your outline gets missing. If you're able to gain this mastery, then you wouldn't have to worry about missing lines. Your delivery would flow naturally and enthusiastically, this is how a successful motivational speech is borne!


Best regards from Michaels and cheers!!!!

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7 perfect places to research for topics

Research is the study of any subject or topic or course of interest. Research is being carried out in order to discover new findings or viral information. Without doubt, it is amazing that the Internet has made everything simple, easier and at the tip of our fingers. Nevertheless, the presence of Internet and its dominance has made many students or researchers forget that, there are many other ways you can carry out investigation or research in order to obtain information and facts.

Sincerely speaking, are you wondering that other ways to research for any topic which are also perfect to obtain info and facts? Yes, aside the Internet there are many other ways but I will highlight perfect other nine (7) places where information or fact can be deduced easily.  As from now on, don't let the Internet keeps you off of the other places in sources.

However, it is even important to get your information or fact from a primary source because of its reliability than the Internet which is a dump place for anybody to put anything. Not all information derived from the Internet is reliable therefore you need to know other places you can research for any focus of interest.

Though, there are many places but let's not go straight to the perfect seven places to gather information or fact for any topic of your choice.

1- INTERNET

it is visible to blind and audible to the deaf that Internet is the most used tool to carry out any investigation in order to deduce information or extract some facts. Internet has facilitated the act of finding any topic, subject or focus of interest very easier with some website like bing.com, Google.com, ask.com and many more. However, let be assured of this, that not all information gathered on the Internet is reliable. Frankly speaking, many information derived here is inaccurate while some are even erroneous. Another great tool on the Internet is Wikipedia, but not all info are reliable there too because it is an input perfected by man. Therefore, double check your information or facts gathered with other source.

2- LIBRABY

One of the reliable source to gather or obtain information and some reason facts is the library. Library is a place popularly known as stock of different books. Books relating to any topic, subject, course or let me say anything can be found in the library. These are types of books where you can obtain information

- Textbooks

- Atlas

- Dictionary

- Encyclopedia

- Almanacs

- Biographies

- and many more

3- SPECIALISTS OR EXPERTS

specialist or experts are persons with special skills, unique knowledge  and who have undergone training in a particular field. Information obtain from experts or specialists are more reliable because it is primary source of information.

4- GOVERNMENT OFFICES

Another perfect place any research can obtain a reliable information is the government office. Government office in your country be it the Federal, state or local level can be a good source of gathering facts. Though, it is might difficult but it is a very nice place to get more information about historic data particular information or facts related to the government.

5- THE DOCUMENTARIES

Documentaries is also a source where information can be gathered. Documentaries 

6- MUSEUM

Many people see museum as a place for fun and enjoyment. However, museum is a general place where good information or fact can be gathered as a result of its historical, cultural or  scientific materials be kept there. Fortunately, museum is a primary source of information which is also reliable because the act of research is being carried out in form of observation.

7- PARKS, GARDEN AND ZOO

Some institutions like zoo, Parks and garden are not only meant for amusement. As a researcher, vital information can be deduced in those places.

Finally, you can now see that not only the Internet is important to do research of any topic. Even though the Internet is easy accessible but other places are more reliable then the Internet because they are almost all primary source of information.

 which is in form of visual display of information. It might be in form of video recording or films. 

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How to read effectively

Without doubt, memorizing all what we read is not just easy as we all know. Honestly speaking, memorizing things upstairs into our brains has been a challenge facing many students of various levels at any institution. The issue of memorizing what you are reading is just an issue being faced by University, Polytechnic, Monotechnic, Colleges of Education, Secondary and Primary students. Many students make the attempt to study hard and try to memorize very fast but the thing will just not stay up there. Let me tell you exactly why you read and the thing don't stay up there?

Reading and comprehending as a tool to memorize very fast has two major fundamental principles. These two principles are the determinant of why you read and the thing insist not to stay up or stay there. The two main fundamental principles are:

1- Read, understand and pass

2- Read, cramme and pass

These two fundamental principles will be highlighted below.

1- READ AND CRAMME THE CONTENTS

This is one of the fundamental principles of reading. This technique of read and cramme the contents is popularly known as 'read to pass'  or 'la cramme la pour la forget'. Frankly speaking, many students nowadays only read to pass without the intention of comprehending the contents and contexts of the are reading. This kind of technique is not a worthy one to use if truly you want to really understand and memorize very fast. Even, there are some students who only read to pass their forthcoming examination, which is bad attitude. Students with type of attitude want to read in just few hours of 5 - 6 what they have been taught for 4 - 5 months. A good student will never take this system as a way to pass his examination. Why you should not take this a routine because it is a system that only works for just a period, after finishing the exam then all what you have read had gone. What is now the essence of you reading if you cannot remember what you were taught? 
This is a good quality of a student who wants excel. For this reason, refrain from this act of la cramme LA pass LA forget.

2-READ AND DIGEST THE CONTENTS

I call this digestive technique. This technique of reading and digest the contents is best way or method to read, comprehend,  memorize and still remember what you were taught in the coming next 3 years or more than that. This principle is basically sound as the name shows it: not only read, digest, comprehend and pass but also remember it later. Students will kind of attitude or students who use this as a system normally exceptional and they do shine very well in all their endeavors. In order to read, comprehend and easily not forget there are some basic tips that need to b employed.

The following are the tips you should employ for the system in order to be efficient. You don't need to cram in as much as you can follow this simple tips.

3.DISCOVER YOUR NATURE

it id pertinent that you understand who you are. Understanding your nature is very essential because knowing oneself ability is the key to success. Many students fail to understand their nature and keep copy the nature of their friends' which might push them to the ugly system of LA crammed LA pour LA forget and finally end up in vain. Understand yourself, which time is better for you to read, is it early in morning? In evening? Or night reading?  How many hours can last when reading? These are basic things you should understand about yourself.

4. FOCUS

focus is very important when reading. Let your mind and heart be at where you are reading. Many students fall into this trip as a result of using headset or earpiece listening to music while reading. I must tell you this, I am very sure such student cannot give 100% focus to what he is reading. However, stay far away from any form distraction and calm your nerve before staring your reading.

NOTE IMPORTANT POINTS:Noting of important points also plays vital role in reading. Some students use jotter book to note points down, this is very helpful in comprehending what you are reading easily.

-RECORDING OF LECTURES

one of the best approaches is recording of lectures using any form of media tool. Mostly it is in form of audio recording of ongoing lectures. If possible for you then I will urge to employ this habit because it works perfectly. Record the lectures and when get back to your hostel or room then play it and listen to it attentively. From listening at the audio recording you might gain some aspects you even skipped when you were in class.

Finally, there are many other tips that can help you in reading and easily remember what you read. I hope you have gained from this article. I know if you can employ these techniques you will see the difference. 
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How

    It is good that we first know the meaning of study before delving into how to study effectively,study means to gain knowledge of something by reading books,experiment etc. It is also the devotion of time and thought to getting knowledge especially from books.
         With the above definition,it means that 'HOW TO STUDY' is the problem with most students because one can even at times devote much time and thought towards getting knowledge and eventually fail to get any when one should, this is because many students don't know how to study.
         One can be going to school daily without studying,this accounts for why many students fail in their examinations after attending school for so many years.The knowledge that should have helped them to pass very well is not gained they don't study effectively,One then wonders how such student can gain the knowledge to enable them pass their examinations well as to contribute meaningfully to the development of their respective communities in particular and the country in general?
         One must be interested in one's studies because it helps to increase one's retentive power,one must have a goal and know why one is in school, You will always do well in whatever you are interested in(your subject inclusive).
          After a teacher has taught you,it is your duty on getting home to study privately the things you were taught at its freshness to avoid losing the gist of the subject the teacher taught,this helps to stamp in your memory the things you were taught even when you are not taught very well,serious private studies can always help you meet up with the standard you are expected to attain,let it be known to you dont if you don't sit down to study on your own, you cannot achieve your aim in a subject or course.The duty of any teacher is to light you like a candle for you to burn,no teacher can teach you everything you must help yourself as the teacher helps you.
        You should always endeavour to be present in the class and also be active when the lesson is going on,as you listen attentively jot down important points and ask useful questions for clarity.You cannot understand all the things the teacher says as he teaches no matter how brilliant or intelligent you are,'So ask your questions to be cleared and when it is clear to you,you cannot easily forget it and this makes for easy recalls.
       It is very essential to buy the necessary textbooks,some student use the money meant for textbooks to buy such things like very costly shoes,dresses,watches etc of what use is it to you when you dress like a governor,president,musician or a celebrity when you are nothing yet?There is time for everything,some buy key points in place of textbooks key points are not textbooks they can however help a little during time of revision after you must have studied extensively with your textbooks,key points make your studies and learning stunted,buying of textbooks is a most for every student.
       As you study with your textbooks,note important points the things that are necessary make concise notes in making your notes,don't just copy everything down from the textbook summarise what you have understood if possible in your own sentences.The notes you make for yourself,if well made are always easier for you to understand and this make your revisions fast during examinations.
       As you study your class notes,underline the vital points and make summaries by the side of your notes put down the points that will always help you to understand and recall at a glance the things contained in the wide note,these are the things you read when the examination is at doorstep.
    As you study,also practice because practice makes perfect,they are always many things to practise e.g drawings as in Biology,solving mathematical problems,writing essays,using your jotters and trying to recall the thing in various subjects mere reading and going away doesn't give full study practising the things you read is an important aspect of your study.
     Don't be deceiving yourself thinking that you are studying when you listening to news or a piece of good music,jokes,watching television or video,Our people rightly say that ears are two but don't hear different things at the same time this is to say that study time must always be properly observed,there should be no divided attention,no distraction.Your parents or sponsors don't send you to school to make money for them while still in school,they expect you to firstly pass your examinations very well and be responsible. So,you should study aggressively and widely,study with your total you,your whole mind.
    Always remember 'The Root Of Education Is Bitter But The Fruit Is Sweet'.
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