MNP Digital Growth Academy
A Digital Literacy Program for Saskatchewan Entrepreneurs
Learn the digital skills needed for today's small business owner.
About the program
Learn fundamental digital skills including social media, cyber security, online payroll and tax systems, communication tools, financial management tools, and more.
Flexible for small business owners, this program is run with both virtual and in-person learning options.
No sessions are running currently. Call us at 639.398.7745 for details on other training opportunities for entrepreneurs.
Your Training, Your Choice.
Basic Operational Skills
These six sessions help you gain the fundamental knowledge and skills to leverage the technologies you use in your business. Learn how to create and manage accounts, protect your personal information, and more.
- Know the fundamentals of computer terminology and functions
- Complete online purchases for your business
- Set up an email account
- Set up a Digital ID
- Create and secure passwords
- Access and utilize different platforms including social media
- Collect of online business information and data for use in a business plan
- Locate online business training tools to improve your skills
- Use business-appropriate language and write professional emails
- Create and utilize an electronic signature
- Translate documents into a PDF format
- Safely maintain your information
- Detect and prevent scams, viruses, and malware
Foundational Skills
These three sessions will teach you the skills and applications that are fundamental to all start-ups in the digital age. Learn how to troubleshoot problems, make the most of your social media, and more.
- Write a business plan using a template
- Requirements for business registrations and licensing
- Troubleshoot basic computer related problems
- Access computer “help” services to resolve problems
- Connect digital devices together
- Manage multiple tasks on the computer
Strategic & Specialized Skills
These four sessions are designed to help you master the digital skills needed to grow, expand, and maintain your business. Learn tools for sending and receiving money, building your own website, and more.
- Use online banking tools to make and receive online payments
- Learn digital platforms such as Interac and PayPal
- Become familiar with financial management software to track income and expenses and to prepare financial statements
- Operate digital devices and internet platforms securely and safely
- Manage browser settings, email, passwords, and user names
- Set up firewalls and other privacy tools
- Design and launch your own website using website development and builder software
- Oversee the work of a contracted website developer
- Create an online store using an e-commerce platform such as Shopify, Amazon, Etsy or EBay
- Learn email marketing strategies
Testimonials
“I really liked that it was something I could do in my own time. It’s such an easy course that works with your schedule. I have my business, two children who live extremely busy lives, and a husband who is kept busy with work — I still managed to fit this in my schedule.”
Ocean-Jade Duckarmie
RMT – Regina SK
“The MNP instructors were very encouraging. They were easy to understand and they kept you engaged.”
“Since taking these courses, my website and emails look more professional now. I’m personally navigating things better and understanding more.”
Destinee Peter
Owner of Tangles Hair and Beauty Salon – Regina SK
Contact us
Jaylene is a member of MNP’s Advisory Services team in Saskatchewan. Jaylene brings more than 17 years of experience advising and delivering on multiple aspects of talent management and strategic human resources, business transformation, transformational human resources, and organizational change management to her role.
Jaylene’s experience spans the public sector (municipal and provincial governments and Crown corporations), health care, secondary and post-secondary educational institutions, not-for-profit organizations, insurance companies, and Indigenous clients. Her primary advisory areas include transformational and strategic human resources and all areas of talent management, including workforce planning, recruitment and talent acquisition, change management, performance management, labor relations, and business optimization. Jaylene leads large-scale transformations impacting people, processes and technology. She has also been a human resources and change management leader designing organizational change strategies alongside the creation of human resources departments, policies and procedures aligning resources to an organization’s strategy. She is experienced in stakeholder consultation, dispute resolution, collective bargaining and negotiations and has worked with multiple unions.
Jaylene earned a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) in human resources and marketing from the University of Regina in 2008. She is a Chartered Professional in Human Resources (CPHR) and Certified Talent Management Practitioner (CTMP), and holds the Prosci Change Management and Prince2 Practitioner certifications.