Syllabus – Paradigm@Kings

Training Schedule

2023 Calendar

One-Day Business Experience Course (BEC)

March 11 and March 25, 2023

The one-day BEC accomplishes several goals. First, it is a way for the entrepreneurs to explore practical business skills. Secondly, it challenges them to apply these skills immediately into their businesses. Regardless of each entrepreneur’s business background – or lack thereof – there is something that can be learnt and practised by all entrepreneurs. All those who participate in the BEC will receive a Certificate. Course Content:

Understanding our Markets
Costs and Profits
Advertising
Income-Generating Investments
Budgets

Business Growth Course, Part 1 (Module 1)

April 15, 2023 (Week 1) to June 10, 2023 (Week 9)

Business:

Week 1: Branding
Week 2: Understanding my Costs
Week 3: Using Record-Keeping Charts
Week 4: Record-Keeping Results
Week 5: Networking
Week 6: Planning Advertising and Promotions
Week 7: Understanding my Profits
Week 8: Sourcing Raw Materials / Survey
Week 9: Review & Graduation

Discipleship:

Week 1: Pursuing Truth and Wisdom
Week 2: Learning to Develop Character
Week 3: Created for Work
Week 4: Money Matters
Week 5: Made for Relationship
Week 6: My Spiritual Hunger
Week 7: Conversation with God
Week 8: Stewardship in My Life
Week 9: Experiencing God

Business Growth Course, Part 2 (Module 2)

July 29, 2023 (Week 1) to September 16, 2023 (Week 8/9)

Business:

Week 1: Creating a Marketing Mix
Week 2: The Art of Selling
Week 3: Making a Savings Plan
Week 4: Negotiating
Week 5: Managing my Time
Week 6: How to Register my Business
Week 7: Setting Goals for Growing my Business
Week 8: Review / Survey
Week 9: Graduation & Celebration

Discipleship:

Week 1: The Father Heart of God
Week 2: Making Sense of Pain
Week 3: Discovering Jesus
Week 4: More Than Religion
Week 5: A New Beginning
Week 6: Exploring the Holy Spirit
Week 7: Becoming a Person of Character
Week 8: Designed to Worship
Week 9: Graduation & Celebration

Business Growth Course, Part 3 (Module 3)

Note that Modules 3 and 4 will probably be run as a mentorship and micro-loan programme in 2024. Details will be announced on this page.

Business:

Week 1: Running a Formal Business
Week 2: Bank Accounts
Week 3: Market Research
Week 4: Adjusting Our Prices Each Year
Week 5: Balancing Business and Family
Week 6: How to Buy and Sell on Credit
Week 7: Practicing Record-Keeping
Week 8: Review / Survey
Week 9: Graduation

Discipleship:

Week 1: Experiencing God Together
Week 2: Hope Beyond Tomorrow
Week 3: Persevering in Difficult Times
Week 4: Working Through Conflict
Week 5: Experiencing Forgiveness and Freedom
Week 6: Understanding Grace in Our Lives
Week 7: Becoming a Disciple
Week 8: Called to Serve
Week 9: Graduation

Business Growth Course, Part 4 (Module 4)

Note: As above.

Business:

Week 1: Selling to Export Markets
Week 2: Creating Invoices
Week 3: Keeping Customers
Week 4: Business Communications
Week 5: Business Partnerships
Week 6: Insurance for My Life
Week 7: Hiring and Working with Employees
Week 8: Review / Survey
Week 9: Graduation

Discipleship:

Week 1: Becoming Generous
Week 2: Humbling Ourselves
Week 3: Another Way to See Conflict
Week 4: My Spiritual Gifts
Week 5: Focusing on God
Week 6: Growing my Faith
Week 7: Understanding the Bible
Week 8: Sharing My Faith
Week 9: Graduation