The Financial Advisory and Intermediary Services Act, or FAIS was implemented in 2004. The purpose of the FAIS Act is to regulate the activities of role-players in the financial services industry to protect consumers who invest in and buy financial products and services. This Pollen Series is an introduction to FAIS and will help you to better understand the content of the FAIS Act.

The Financial Wellness Series is designed to equip you with the tools and mindset to help you on your journey towards financial wellness. You will start by looking at the golden rules of financial wellness. You will then examine the psychology of money in contrast to your own relationship with money.  You will then look at financial habits and learn how to form good habits. Lastly, you will explore the elements of managing finances productively. This series aims to provide you with practical tools to becoming financially well.

The Impact series is designed to help you understand what it means to make a powerful and positive impact. You will learn what impact is, and why making an impact is so important. You will also cover practical strategies to make a better, more positive impact on those around you. The series concludes by demonstrating how to use productivity to make a positive impact at work.

This Advanced Microsoft Excel training course is targeted at students who wish to build on their intermediate Microsoft Excel knowledge, by understanding and learning how to use pivot tables, audit worksheets, calculations, data tools and knowing how to use macros and share your work with others.

This course is designed to teach you the basic foundations of Microsoft Excel, so that you will feel comfortable navigating the world’s most popular spreadsheet software.

This Intermediate Microsoft Excel training course is targeted at students who wish to build on their basic Microsoft Excel knowledge, by understanding and learning how to work with lists, tables, illustrations, named ranges and functions, advanced functions and forecasting and consolidating data.

This beginner’s course is specifically designed for novice students who wish to get up to speed with Microsoft Word. You can achieve this by understanding and learning how to create, edit, format, and publish professional Word documents using the ribbon, file menu and the quick access toolbar.

This Intermediate Microsoft Word training course is targeted at students who wish to build on their Beginner Microsoft Word knowledge by understanding how to apply advanced formatting, create table and charts, work with images, illustrations, page layouts, view settings and navigation, and additional features.

Pollen Office 365

The PoPI Act forms part of the Signify Pollen Compliance Series. William Gibson said, ‘It’s impossible to move, to live, to operate at any level without leaving traces, bits, seemingly meaningless fragments of personal information.’ Our privacy is important to us, and in South Africa, the protection of Personal Information is a legal right. This series will help you understand how the PoPI Act protects that right. It will also assist companies in getting an overview of how they should comply with the legislative guidelines of this Act.

The purpose of Telephone Etiquette is to make you better at your job! You will be given practical opportunities to apply your knowledge to actual situations. Each POD gradually builds upon the foundation of the previous, equipping you as you go. This series will help you pinpoint the areas in your etiquette that need work, while telling you why it is important to do so. This course is designed to be fun, while at the same time equipping you to excel in your telephone etiquette.