This training serves as an introduction to the fundamentals of process management. It explains various process management methods and their practical applications to streamline workflows and improve service quality. The training covers why process management is essential for businesses and how processes can be mapped to identify and eliminate sources of errors, ensuring continuous improvement. Methods such as the PDCA cycle and the 5⁠-⁠Why technique are introduced. Additionally, the training provides guidance on how teams can clearly assign responsibilities and roles during workshops.

Praxisorientiertes Prozessmanagement: Die Grundlagen

The Basics of Business Process Management

This training is intended as a comprehensive introduction to the basics of Lean management. The essential contents and principles of Lean are explained, as well as the actual application—in the field of producing, as well as in the administrative field. This is possible because it is about the mindset for "Lean" thinking as well as some tools that are suitable for production and the office. In addition to theory, practical examples and transfer tasks also help to ensure that the course knowledge acquired is ready to apply.

Lean Management – Die Grundlagen

The Basics of Lean Management

In this advanced training, basic knowledge of Lean Management is required and then expanded upon. Participants learn about obstacles they may encounter when implementing Lean Management, as well as active measures for employee development. This helps to support even more intensive customer service and a leaner value stream. 

Lean Management für Fortgeschrittene

Lean Management Advanced Course

Big Data, Cloud, Artificial Intelligence (AI)—you've probably heard these terms before. But are you able to explain the meaning behind these trend words? Unless you're a data scientist or an AI developer, you may have a hard time understanding the world of data and related technologies. This is exactly where this e⁠-⁠training comes in: You will learn about important topics surrounding Big Data, with no prior knowledge needed. It is not about how you can handle Big Data yourself—but a basic overview of what Big Data actually is, the opportunities and challenges associated with it, and which methods and tools data experts use to create added value from Big Data.

Big Data – Die Welt der Daten verstehen

Big Data—Understanding the World of Data 

This training provides an overview of common agile techniques. It should serve as a basis for the participants to decide whether and how these techniques can be integrated into their personal daily work. The focus is not on explaining the entire agile methodology, but rather on what you can pick out and implement relatively easily—even in non-agile work. The learning focus is on the application of agile techniques and tips for implementing them. The three themes are: collaboration, communication, and time management. 

Agile Tool-Box für den Arbeitsalltag

Agile Toolbox for Everyday Work

This course provides an overview of some Agile techniques that can be useful for designing and running meetings and workshops. While the emphasis is not on the entire Agile methodology, you will learn techniques that can be helpful in preparing for a meeting or workshop, execution, and follow-up, as well as tips for implementing what you've learned.

Agile Tool-Box für Workshops und Meetings

Agile Toolbox for Workshops and Meetings

Today, salespeople need to know more than just their product or service. They require extensive knowledge past simple customer and competitor information, or being able to conduct a sales conversation. Above all, salespersons must approach their key customers strategically and be able to build a relationship with them. This e⁠-⁠training course covers why a strategic approach is more important today than ever. You will learn what strategic sales is all about. Additionally, you will discover which situations and which customers strategic sales skills make sense for, and finally what mindset and skills are required for this.

Strategisches Verkaufen – Grundlagen des strategischen Vertriebs

Strategic Sales—Basics of Strategic Sales

Both talent and the right gut feeling are integral in operational sales. On a strategic level, however, it still requires a targeted approach with a system. During this e⁠-⁠learning course, you will learn what key account management is and which steps it involves. You will learn how to identify your key customers and which methods you can use to find out what makes them and their stakeholders tick. The e⁠-⁠training course also discusses answers to the following questions: What options are there for working with my key accounts? And which strategy is the right one? In this way, you will learn how to optimally develop your most valuable customers and achieve more revenue and profit in a partnership that suits both your company and the customer.

Strategisches Verkaufen – Die strategische Kundenentwicklung

Strategic Sales—Strategic Customer Development

Customer care plays a major role in strategic sales. Customers who do not feel like they are being looked after are very likely to turn to the competition or not make (further) purchases from your company. But what exactly is good customer care? Why does it make sense to understand the motives of customers and to consider them during customer care? Why does individual marketing make sense and what individual marketing measures are there? How can you implement them effectively? How can you successfully leverage cross-selling to build relationships? These issues will be addressed in detail during this e⁠-⁠training course.

Strategisches Verkaufen – Beziehungs­­gestaltung

Strategic Sales—Building Relationships

Phone calls are old fashioned you say? On the contrary! Phone calls still play a central role in communicating with customers in sales and customer service. But what is the right way to address clients on the phone? And how do you professionally conduct a telephone conversation? It takes practice. This course covers how to use your voice skillfully, prepare for customer phone calls, and how to navigate through phone conversations in a structured way. You will also learn how to respond effectively to complaints along with tricks that will give your phone communication skills a competitive edge. This is how you build a good rapport with those on the other end of the line.

Kundenorientierte Kommunikation am Telefon

Customer-Oriented Communication on the Phone

Do you ever wonder what objectives your company is actually pursuing and how your work contributes to achieving these objectives? Would you like to be transparently informed about company values, vision, and strategy so that you can work more effectively and purposefully? Do you desire more effective and clear communication within your team and between different departments? Then it's worth taking a look at the agile leadership and time management framework OKR. The O in OKR stands for Objectives, which are the objectives you identify for yourself, your team, or your company using the OKR method. Behind the K and the R lie the key results, crucial milestones necessary to achieve your objectives. Through the thoughtful and clear naming of objectives and key results, the OKR method creates a clear and transparent focus on what is most important at the moment,  helping companies achieve specific objectives in a precise manner. Does that sound good? Then take a look at our e⁠-⁠training course.

Die Grundlagen der OKR-Methode

The Basics of the OKR Method

The ability to present confidently and persuasively is a key skill in more and more professions. This e⁠-⁠training course focuses on the basic techniques and methods that can be used to present content in an engaging and professional manner. Participants will learn how to tailor their presentations to the audience's expectations, prepare them well, and structure them logically. They will also receive practical tips on how to avoid pitfalls in advance.

Präsentieren – Die Grundlagen

Presenting—Basics of Professional Presentations

Presenting is more than just reciting texts and showing graphics. A good presentation is personal, individual, motivating and engaging. In this e⁠-⁠training, participants learn methods to make their communication more direct, emotional and activating– both on a verbal and non-verbal level. Another focus of the training lies on practical ways to achieve a balanced, communicative mindset and to control stage fright from the outset.

Präsentieren – Persönlich, souverän und professionell

Presenting – Convince with Confidence, Personality and Influence

In today's working environment, it is becoming increasingly important to convey content attractively and convincingly, even in online settings. Online presentations offer a variety of ways to capture the audience's attention and increase the quality of the presentation. This e⁠-⁠training outlines the specifics of presenting online. There are tips for dealing with the technology. Furthermore, participants will learn which media and methods they can use and how.

Präsentieren – Überzeugend auftreten im virtuellen Raum

Presenting – How to be Convincing in Web Conferences

Have you defined your project goals and analyzed the environment of your project in detail? Yes?—Excellent! Then you are ready to move from the planning phase into the implementation phase of your project. As a project manager, your main task is to steer the project along the best possible path towards the project goal. In this e⁠-⁠learning course, you will therefore learn how and with which methods you can successfully manage your project. You will deal with the management of project goals, stakeholders, risk as well as project reporting. Each of these are valuable instruments in project steering. 

Klassisches Projektmanagement – Projekte erfolgreich steuern

Classic Project Management—Successfully Steering Projects

Innovation and the testing of new developments are closely connected. In this e⁠-⁠training course, we will show you methods for prototyping, how to use them in the most needs-based way with relatively little effort, and how to gain important insights from them at an early stage and thus save on costs.

Innovation – Prototypen bedarfsgerecht entwickeln und testen

Innovation—Needs-Based Development and Testing of Prototypes

Innovations must always have a place within a company. At the beginning of this e⁠-⁠training course, we will explain which phases characterize innovation processes. We will also take a closer look at a range of possible approaches to innovation development. There is a wealth of different approaches and methods for achieving different goals. In this e⁠-⁠training course, we will look at some of them in detail and show you which goals managers and innovation teams can achieve with them, as well as how they actually work.

Innovation – Methoden für den Innovationsprozess

Innovation—Methods for the Innovation Process

Innovative thinking can be learned. Developing an innovative mindset and promoting it in team members follows certain prerequisites and comes with some hidden stumbling blocks. In this e⁠-⁠training course, you will find out how you and your team can overcome what works against innovation and how to get mentally prepared for innovation.

Innovation – Ein innovatives Mindset fördern

Innovation—Promoting an Innovative Mindset

Do you sometimes have so many ideas for an upcoming task that you skip the planning for the task altogether and get started right away? Often, this “just do it” mentality is not a bad thing, sometimes it’s even the better way to get things done. In classic project management, however, it is the opposite. Here, planning is key to the success of the project! In this e⁠-⁠training course, you will learn about the success factors of planning in project management. You will learn which projects can be managed using traditional techniques and how important it is to clearly allocate roles to make the project successful. Furthermore, the course highlights the most important planning document(s) for managing a project. You will learn how to define milestones and thus give structure to project planning and the project phases. The course content ends with tips for how to use the kick-off meeting to transition from planning to implementation.

Klassisches Projekt­management – Projekte erfolgreich planen

Classic Project Management—Planning Projects Successfully

"Understanding Digitalization" takes participants on a journey into the digital world, showing that digitalization is not just about converting physical products and applications into digital products and applications. Conversely, it is above all about the data that is generated in the process. As traditional companies disappear and new companies are emerge, professions are changing. Even doctors may be replaced by digital technologies. The presenter introduces the new power of customers and the need for customer centricity as another significant change. Finally, through transfer tasks, participants are encouraged to examine their own professional environment for digital challenges and potential to resolve.

Digitalisierung verstehen

Understanding Digitalization

Learn the basics of agile project management. At first glance, agile project management is compared to traditional "waterfall" project management, with the essential differences clearly illustrated using accompanying videos. Fundamental concepts of agile project management such as the Iterative and Incremental Approach are discussed, in addition to agile values and principles. The course concludes with a high-level overview of the process of an agile project.

Agiles Projektmanagement / Grundlagen

Agile Project Management: Basics

A needs analysis forms the basis for every sales conversation. In order to determine the demand, having knowledge of proven questioning techniques is important. Focusing on the easy-to-learn and highly-effective PPF Method, asking the right questions is exactly where this online training comes in. After asking questions about the present, the salesperson asks the customer questions about the past, and then uses future questions to further specify the need.

Bedarf ermitteln

Identifying Needs

It's obvious that experts simply tell their listeners what they know. But a lecture is only one of many ways to effectively pass on knowledge - yet not always the best. In this course, users will learn about and apply other methods beyond a traditional lecture. Each method is adapted to the respective phase of the classroom training.

Methodeneinsatz in Präsenztrainings

Methods of Training

"Agility" is the answer to ever shorter-term planning processes and ever faster change. "Leadership" must also be rethought in this context. This e⁠-⁠training puts classic leadership tools to the test. It is divided into the areas of mindset (understanding of leadership), skillset (leadership competencies) and toolset (leadership tools). For all three areas, we will examine how thinking and the respective methods and tools must change in order to continue to meet the requirements of successful leadership.

Agile Führung

Agile Leadership

The world of work is changing. Globalization and digitalization mean that old work and management strategies no longer suffice. This e⁠-⁠training course highlights the agile mindset and how it differs from the classic control mindset. Furthermore, Carol Dweck's growth mindset and fixed mindset concepts are explored to emphasize the importance of adaptability and innovation. Participants will learn how outdated mindsets pose risks in a dynamic business world and how an agile mindset enables rapid response to market developments. The course introduces the nine agile values—trust, focus, openness, courage, communication, respect, feedback, commitment, simplicity—and provides strategies for developing and maintaining an agile mindset.

Agiles Mindset entwickeln

Developing an Agile Mindset

The value does not depend on the product, but on the user. Because knowledge of the buying motive is fundamental to the value argumentation, this e⁠-⁠learning presents the four most important buying intentions - safety, recognition, profit and convenience - their recognition, and appropriate response. Building on this, participants learn the five-step technique of value argumentation. Realistic examples show what an individual value argumentation can look like.

Nutzen argumentieren

Demonstrating Value

In this crash course on didactics, get an overview of the three major models: behaviorism, cognitivism, and constructivism. Also included in this course, you will find information on the roles and tasks trainers are often faced with. Finally, explore the MASTER Model and how it guides you when planning and structuring seminars.

Didaktische Grundlagen für die wirksame Weitergabe von Wissen

Principles for Effective Knowledge Transfer

Efficiency brings the highest possible return with relatively low investment. This is very important for customer acquisition as it is crucial to find exactly the right customers amongst thousands of potentials and to make the best possible initial contact. Research tools help users assess customer potential and then target those customers. This course also covers preparing the perfect Elevator Pitch.

Erstkontakt herstellen

Making Initial Contact

Presenting to colleagues, business partners, managers and employees: Even if it's not the big stage - if you want to win over your audience for yourself and your project, you need to be well prepared and know some basic presentation techniques. In this e⁠-⁠learning course, the experienced lecturer Caroline Krüll shows how to tailor a presentation to the audience and the occasion and how to convey the core message convincingly. The lecturer introduces the dramaturgy of a successful presentation and shows how effective visualization works. In addition to tips for the correct use of PowerPoint, flipchart and other aids, the lecturer will also explain how to react confidently to typical disturbances such as objections, verbal attacks or even bored faces.

Präsentieren im Unternehmen

How to Give a Presentation

Many salespeople are excellent advisors, but often find it difficult to close the deal. This training enables sales staff to expand their skills by developing their closing technique. Using realistic scenes, you can observe how the purchase can be systematically completed. You will also learn how to terminate the sales process when it becomes clear that the customer does not want to buy.

Abschlüsse erzielen

Closing the Sale

More and more sales negotiations are being conducted online. This has many advantages, but also creates challenges. This e⁠-⁠training course, designed for experienced sales managers and sales professionals, deals specifically with the characteristic features of online negotiations. How can you build good relationships with your negotiating partners? How do you utilize the most constructive communication possible in online negotiations? And how do you resolve difficult situations? This e⁠-⁠training course answers these questions and shows you how online negotiations can intelligently and profitably expand your repertoire as a negotiation expert.

Online-Verhandlungen führen

Online Negotiations

"No!" does not always mean no. Objections do not mean disinterest on the part of the customer, but quite the opposite, potential attention. In order to be able to recognize, decode and, in the best case, crack objections from the other party, this course presents the ten most frequent objections and how to react to them. For example, the Acknowledgement Method, which consists of four stages - the acknowledgement phase, question phase, argumentation phase, and activation phase - has proven particularly effective here.

Einwände entkräften

Handling Objections

The Kanban Board is more than a planning tool. First, learn about the Board's development in the Japanese automotive industry, and get to know the "flow idea" behind Kanban. This will enable you to use the method more creatively and purposefully. Also included you will find a case study from the manufacturing industry that helps to apply Kanban to real life. Learn about the different ways to use a Kanban board and the most important elements such as "Work in Progress Limits" and the "Pull Principle".

Kanban – die Methode

Working with the Kanban Board

Learn about the background and development of Scrum as described by Jeff Sutherland in his book "The Scrum Revolution" where Sutherland references the Toyota Principle and the Plan-Do-Check-Act Method. Additionally, get to know the basics of Scrum such as working in teams, focused work, and the division into product owner, scrum master and team. Finally, learn what the organization of a project looks like, according to scrum.

Scrum – der Überblick

Scrum—The Overview

This e⁠-⁠training was developed by design thinking practitioners. At the center is a real-life, anonymized project demonstrating how a manufacturer of garage doors developed new products and solutions using a design thinking process. Here, you will be introduced to concepts such as the problem space, the solution space, and the prerequisites needed in order to apply design thinking. In a special chapter, the Persona Concept is also presented using a practical example.

Design Thinking in der Praxis

Design Thinking

One of the major challenges for business experts is the communicative complexity of dynamic groups. Trainers and presenters often encounter having to slow down frequent speakers, reset after disruptions, and keep composure in awkward situations. In this course, you will become familiar with these challenges and learn solutions that can help.

Gruppen in Präsenzveranstaltungen steuern

Managing Groups in a Training

Far too often, meetings are perceived as time wasters, which is indicative of just how frequently meetings are badly organized and run. The fact is, meetings fulfill important purposes every day. They are a good format for bringing everyone up to speed, help to identify what's going wrong, and can be used to generate new ideas. Without meetings, we would miss out on critical communication that keeps us afloat in a competitive, ever-changing market. Learn about various meeting formats, how to foster a productive atmosphere as the moderator of a meeting, and acquire all of the necessary tools for dealing with a broad range of challenges—from long-winded ramblers to interrupters.

Meetings moderieren

Moderating Meetings

Every company wants creative employees with a neverending supply of good ideas. The phrase "Be creative!" has probably never spurred anyone on to imaginative high performance. But creativity can be encouraged and practiced. This e⁠-⁠learning introduces methods and techniques to generate creative ideas including Brainstorming and Brainwriting, the 635 Method, the Six Thinking Hats, the Walt Disney Method, and Stimulus Image Analysis. You will also receive valuable tips and "recipes" for a successful process. Additional transfer tasks help participants to integrate what they've learned into their everyday work.

Kreativitätstechniken – Methodenkoffer

Fostering Creativity—Methods for Your Toolbox

This e⁠-⁠learning discusses special features of online training and how to prepare an online training environment. Learn about special features in the knowledge acquisition phase and how to activate and manage participants.

Methoden und Werkzeuge der Online-Wissensvermittlung

Methods and Tools for Online Knowledge Transfer

Almost all the rules that apply to face-to-face meetings apply to online meetings as well. But besides good preparation, structured execution, and clear follow-up, other topics also play an important role. How do we deal with requests to speak? How can we hold creative meetings online? And how can we establish social proximity and trust in online meetings? Regardless of the features offered by online meeting tools and apps, this e⁠-⁠learning discusses how online meetings can also be made productive.

Online-Meetings moderieren

Moderating Online Meetings

One of the essential formats for the effective transfer of knowledge is face-to-face training. In this course, you will learn the basics of planning and designing a classroom training. This includes obtaining (and, if necessary, requesting) a goal-oriented briefing, elaborating on the goals of the training, planning the contents and methods, while also considering organizational challenges.

Trainings vorbereiten und konzipieren

How to Design and Prepare a Training

When building relationships in sales, it's not so much numbers, data and facts that count, but rather personality and likeability. One of the most important methods to achieve this is small talk. In this course, users will learn how to use small talk to build relationships. Additionally, this course discusses how you can use body language to respond to body language signals coming from the other person.

Beziehung aufbauen im Verkauf

Building Relationships in Sales

Have you recently been excited to buy something or try a new service? What was it that grabbed your attention? It could’ve been a lot of things, but typically, when you're energized about a purchase, that means that the company you’re about to give money to did a great job of prioritizing the customer during the product or service's development. In this course, you will learn about customer focus and get tips on how to entice customers to try out the latest products or services.

Customer Centricity – Kund:innen verstehen, begeistern und binden

Customer Centricity—Understanding, Inspiring and Retaining Customers

Negotiations do not always follow the same pattern. There are negotiating partners* who can make life difficult for you and can present you with real challenges in a negotiation. In this e⁠-⁠training you will learn the most important tools to keep the upper hand even during difficult negotiations. How do you deal with conflicting interests? How do you manage to get a stalled negotiation going again? How do you confidently defend yourself against attacks and not get distracted from your negotiation goal? This course not only answers these questions but shows you how to achieve positive results, even in the most complex negotiations, by preparing efficiently.

Schwierige Verhandlungen führen

Difficult Negotiations

Successful negotiations are not based on luck, but on learned skills. This e⁠-⁠training introduces the most important tools needed to conduct successful negotiations. How can you strengthen the basis of your negotiation and enter well prepared? How do you know when to continue a negotiation and when to stop? How do you unerringly present your offer to your negotiating partner and argue the benefits of your product? This e⁠-⁠training provides useful answers to these questions. It shows you how you can successfully conclude your next negotiation via efficient preparation and highlighting benefits.

Professionell verhandeln

Basics of Negotiations

These values highlight the significance of individuals and interactions, achieving meaningful outcomes, fostering close collaboration with customers, and embracing flexibility in the face of change. The emphasis is on effective communication to consistently deliver valuable results.

Die Werte des agilen Manifests

The Values of the Agile Manifesto

Good preparation and organization are essential ingredients for a convincing presentation. 

Mit Struktur und guter Vorbereitung gekonnt präsentieren

Wow Your Audience with Organized and Prepared Presentations

The knowledge acquisition phase is the core of your skills and practice-orientated training. It is therefore important that you pay particular attention to this part of your presentation.

Zuhörer:innen catchen mit abwechslungsreicher Wissensvermittlung

Catching listeners with varied knowledge transfer

The key to long-term success is transforming knowledge into actionable skills!  Exercises, discussions, Q&A sessions, and role-playing activities all help in this process. 

Wissen verankern mit nachhaltigem Wissenstransfer

Anchoring Knowledge through Sustainable Learning Methods

In the testing phase, the aim is to adapt prototypes to the needs and wishes of customers as far as possible. The micro demonstrates how this can work cost-effectively and analogue using two methods.

Analoge Methoden des Testings: Card-Sorting und Pre-Mortem

Analogue methods of testing: card sorting and pre-mortem

Online training is more effective when participants are regularly involved. Here we present strategies on how to achieve this.

Teilnehmende in Online-Trainings aktiv einbeziehen

Actively involve participants in online training courses

How you can use the right arguments to convince management of the need for process management

Ich möchte die Geschäftsführung überzeugen, mehr in Prozessmanagement zu investieren

I would like to convince the management to invest more in process management

The clear categorisation of roles helps to identify the responsibilities and competencies of individual work steps during the ongoing process. This simplifies communication and ensures a smooth process.

Mit der RACI-Matrix Zuständigkeiten im Team klären

Clarify responsibilities in the team with the RACI matrix

Wenn du über Responsible AI Bescheid weißt, kann es dir bei der Bewertung von und dem Umgang mit künstlicher Intelligenz in deinem Alltag helfen.

Responsible AI: Künstliche Intelligenz verantwortungsvoll nutzen

If you know about Responsible AI, it can help you to evaluate and deal with artificial intelligence in your everyday life.

Responsible AI: Using Artificial Intelligence Responsibly

AI poses new challenges for many industries. This micro describes how these industry-specific challenges can be met through Responsible AI.

Mit Responsible AI die Herausforderungen künstlicher Intelligenz meistern

Mastering the Challenges of Artificial Intelligence with Responsible AI

The 5 Why method offers a way of getting to the root causes of problems. It is explained here!

Mit der 5-Why-Methode Problemen auf den Grund gehen

Getting to the bottom of problems with the 5 Why method

Stakeholders are an important influencing factor in classic project management. Assessing and managing them is the task of a project manager. 

Stakeholder analysieren und managen

Analyzing and Managing Stakeholders

In project management, it is important to identify and assess risks at an early stage. This micro shows how this works and when countermeasures are necessary. 

Risiken im Projektmanagement erkennen und managen

Identifying and Managing Risks in Project Management

This micro focuses on the characteristics of a project, specifically how to clearly distinguish a project from a task and plan accordingly.

Ein Projekt von einer Aufgabe unterscheiden

Distinguishing a Project from a Task

Four success factors contribute significantly to the success of a project. This micro focuses on clear responsibilities, project assignment, kick-off, and the planning phase. 

Vier Erfolgsfaktoren fürs klassische Projektmanagement

Four Success Factors for Classic Project Management

Delivering compelling presentations hinges on authenticity and establishing a connection with the audience. This micro gives you tips on how to do this.

Ich muss überzeugen, bin aber eher ein nüchterner Typ

I Need to Be Persuading, but I'm a Reserved Person

The design thinking approach helps to make products and companies competitive again by focussing on customers, openness, curiosity and innovation. Three rules will help you prepare for the design thinking process in the best possible way.

So bereitet sich dein Team auf den Design-Thinking-Prozess vor

How your team prepares for the design thinking process

Here, you will discover techniques for moderators to effectively incorporate silent participants, dominant speakers, and others into their meetings.

Ich schaffe es nicht, in Meetings alle Teilnehmenden gut einzubinden

I Don't Do a Good Job of Involving Everyone in Meetings

Do you find it difficult to make decisions? Learn about four steps you can utilize to methodically navigate the decision-making process. 

Der Entscheidungsprozess

The Decision-Making Process

Having the ability to work agilely is a crucial skill in the era of globalization and digitalization. Here, you'll find a brief introduction to the topic of agility!

Was ist Agilität?

What Is Agile Management? 

Online training courses have different requirements than face-to-face courses. This micro describes strategies on how you can successfully impart knowledge in online sessions.

Wissen online effektiv vermitteln

Effectively Conveying Knowledge Online

Testing with participants and continual improvement of prototypes follow some fundamental rules. They are the focus of this micro.

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