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Cheryl Duong

Head of Growth at AhaSlides

Cheryl is Head of Growth at AhaSlides, driving global growth across North America, Europe and Asia.

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Course templates

Ready-made compliance and workplace courses. Each one comes with a self-paced course and a live session deck.

121 templates

  • US federalRequired by law

    Sexual Harassment Prevention Training

    Harassment prevention - Employees (US federal)

    All employees

    Covers:
    • Explain why harassment matters to people and the organization
    • Define unlawful harassment
    • Distinguish unlawful harassment, policy violations

    Last reviewed Oct 2026Legal basis: Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

    By Cheryl Duong

    45 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys

  • New YorkRequired by law

    Sexual Harassment Prevention Training

    New York State sexual harassment prevention

    All employees

    Covers:
    • Explain sexual harassment consistent with State guidance
    • Recognize examples of unlawful conduct
    • Summarize federal and State laws on sexual harassment

    Last reviewed Oct 2026Legal basis: NY Labor Law 201-g

    By Cheryl Duong

    50 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys

  • MaineRequired by law

    Sexual Harassment Prevention Training

    Maine sexual harassment prevention

    Employees

    Covers:
    • Explain that sexual harassment is illegal
    • Define sexual harassment under state and federal law
    • Describe sexual harassment, using examples

    Last reviewed Oct 2026Legal basis: 26 M.R.S.A. 807(3)-(4)

    By Cheryl Duong

    45 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys

  • US federalRequired by law

    HR Compliance Training for Managers

    ADA & reasonable accommodation for managers

    Supervisors

    Covers:
    • Define disability, qualified individual, reasonable accommodation
    • Recognize an accommodation request even
    • Document, keep medical information confidential and escalate to HR

    Last reviewed Oct 2026Legal basis: ADA Title I (42 U.S.C. 12111-12117), ADA

    By Cheryl Duong

    45 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys

  • US federalRequired by law

    HR Compliance Training for Managers

    Legal hiring, interviewing & pay transparency

    Hiring managers

    Covers:
    • Explain how hiring decisions create discrimination risk
    • Identify questions that are unlawful or risky
    • Run a structured, job-related interview with consistent scoring

    Last reviewed Oct 2026Legal basis: Title VII

    By Cheryl Duong

    45 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys

  • US federalRequired by lawHands-on practical

    OSHA Training

    Personal protective equipment (PPE)

    Employees required to wear PPE

    Covers:
    • Explain why PPE is the last line of defence in the hierarchy of controls
    • State when PPE is necessary for your tasks
    • Identify what PPE is necessary for each hazard

    Last reviewed Oct 2026Legal basis: 29 CFR 1910.132(f) (training)

    By Cheryl Duong

    35 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys

  • US federalRequired by lawHands-on practical

    OSHA Training

    Machine guarding

    Machine operators and helpers

    Covers:
    • Explain how unguarded machines cause amputations, crushing
    • Identify the danger zones
    • Recognise guard and device types

    Last reviewed Oct 2026Legal basis: 29 CFR 1910.212

    By Cheryl Duong

    30 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys

  • US federalRequired by lawHands-on practical

    OSHA Training

    Powered industrial trucks (forklift) - Classroom portion

    Trainee and existing operators

    Covers:
    • Explain operating instructions, warnings and differences between a truck
    • Describe controls, instruments, engine/motor, steering, manoeuvring
    • Explain forks/attachments, the capacity plate, the stability triangle

    Last reviewed Oct 2026Legal basis: 29 CFR 1910.178(l)(1)-(6)

    By Cheryl Duong

    45 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys

  • US federalRequired by law

    OSHA Training

    Respirable crystalline silica awareness (construction)

    Construction workers

    Covers:
    • Describe the health hazards of respirable crystalline silica
    • Identify the specific tasks in your work that could expose you
    • Use the specific controls your employer has put in place

    Last reviewed Oct 2026Legal basis: 29 CFR 1926.1153(i)(1)

    By Cheryl Duong

    30 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys

  • US federalRequired by law

    HIPAA & Healthcare Compliance Training

    Medicare fraud, waste & abuse (FWA)

    Employees

    Covers:
    • Explain why FWA programs exist and the cost of non-compliance
    • Distinguish fraud, waste and abuse with examples
    • Apply key laws

    Last reviewed Oct 2026Legal basis: 42 CFR §422.503(b)(4)(vi)(C)

    By Cheryl Duong

    35 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys

  • US federalRequired by law

    Ethics & Compliance Training

    Know your customer / customer identification program

    New-accounts staff

    Covers:
    • Explain how KYC protects the bank and customers from fraud
    • Collect the four minimum CIP data points
    • Identify and verify beneficial owners

    Last reviewed Oct 2026Legal basis: 31 CFR 1020.220 (bank CIP), 1010.230

    By Cheryl Duong

    40 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys

  • US federalRequired by law

    Ethics & Compliance Training

    Insider trading & confidential information

    All employees

    Covers:
    • Explain why insider trading is illegal and how it's detected
    • Decide whether information is material and nonpublic
    • Apply blackout, pre-clearance and tipping rules

    Last reviewed Oct 2026Legal basis: Securities Exchange Act of 1934 s.10(b)

    By Cheryl Duong

    30 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys

  • US multi-stateRequired by law

    Security Awareness Training

    US state privacy laws overview

    Privacy

    Covers:
    • Describe the state-by-state privacy landscape
    • Identify common definitions
    • Apply common consumer rights and the key differences between states

    Last reviewed Oct 2026Legal basis: State comprehensive consumer privacy

    By Cheryl Duong

    35 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys

  • Global

    Soft Skills & Career Development

    Growth mindset, confidence and learning from setbacks

    All staff

    Covers:
    • Explain fixed and growth mindset as ways of thinking about ability
    • Reframe a setback or piece of feedback into a question and a next step
    • Describe persistence

    Last reviewed Oct 2026

    By Cheryl Duong

    35 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys

  • Global

    Car Sales Training

    BDC phone and internet lead response workshop

    BDC managers and internet sales teams

    Covers:
    • Answer a lead within your dealership's own standard
    • Write or say a reply that asks one question and offers one next step
    • Handle consent and contact preferences correctly

    Last reviewed Oct 2026

    By Cheryl Duong

    15 minCourse · Live deck · Survey

  • Global

    Car Sales Training

    Finance office basics for the sales team

    Sales staff and managers

    Covers:
    • Describe what happens in the finance office in plain words
    • Hand over a customer with accurate expectations
    • Escalate a pricing or paperwork concern to the right manager

    Last reviewed Oct 2026

    By Cheryl Duong

    25 minCourse · Live deck · Survey

  • Global

    Car Sales Training

    Customer data protection at the dealership

    All dealership staff

    Covers:
    • Identify which documents and screens hold customer personal information
    • Follow the clean-desk and screen-lock habits
    • Spot a phishing message aimed at dealership staff

    Last reviewed Oct 2026

    By Cheryl Duong

    20 minCourse · Live deck · Survey

  • Global

    Car Sales Training

    Product knowledge quiz night for the sales floor

    Sales managers building product confidence

    Covers:
    • Run the quiz night with teams of three or four and 20 seconds a question
    • Write questions from the manufacturer's public or dealer-issued material
    • Keep competitor comparisons to public specifications

    Last reviewed Oct 2026

    By Cheryl Duong

    40 minCourse · Live deck · Survey

  • Global

    Car Sales Training

    Car sales training: First-week session for new salespeople

    Sales managers and trainers running week one for new showroom salespeople

    Covers:
    • Describe the sales process from greeting to delivery in your own words
    • Open a conversation with something better than 'Can I help you?'
    • Ask at least five discovery questions before you suggest a vehicle

    Last reviewed Oct 2026

    By Cheryl Duong

    30 minCourse · Live deck · Survey

  • Global

    Car Sales Training

    Needs discovery and test drive role-play

    Sales managers practising discovery questions and the test-drive route

    Covers:
    • Ask open questions that uncover budget range, use
    • Match a vehicle to what the customer said
    • Plan a test drive that shows the customer's priorities

    Last reviewed Oct 2026

    By Cheryl Duong

    15 minCourse · Live deck · Survey

  • Global

    Car Sales Training

    Handling price and trade-in objections: Practice session

    Sales managers coaching on price conversations

    Covers:
    • Acknowledge a price concern before you respond
    • Explain value using what the customer said earlier
    • Talk about a trade-in without surprising the customer

    Last reviewed Oct 2026

    By Cheryl Duong

    15 minCourse · Live deck · Survey

  • Global

    Car Sales Training

    Delivery day and customer follow-up session

    Sales managers and delivery specialists

    Covers:
    • Walk a customer through a vehicle's key features without overload
    • Set clear expectations for the service department
    • Ask for a review at the right moment, and honestly

    Last reviewed Oct 2026

    By Cheryl Duong

    10 minCourse · Live deck · Survey

  • Global

    Icebreaker Games & Team Meeting Ideas

    Pulse survey - Weekly team pulse

    A team or department

    Covers:
    • Send the same short pulse to your team name on your send day
    • Read the trend across several weeks, not one week alone
    • Turn the results into actions with an owner and a date

    Last reviewed Oct 2026

    By Cheryl Duong

    2 minCourse · Live deck · Survey

  • Global

    Icebreaker Games & Team Meeting Ideas

    Pulse survey - After a big change

    Everyone affected by a change; sent by HR

    Covers:
    • Send the survey one to two weeks after the change
    • Ask how the change is landing without reopening the decision
    • Show what you will adjust, by when, and what stays decided

    Last reviewed Oct 2026

    By Cheryl Duong

    3 minCourse · Live deck · Survey

  • Global

    Icebreaker Games & Team Meeting Ideas

    Anonymous employee survey - Engagement and culture

    All employees; sent by HR or internal comms

    Covers:
    • Explain how to read the results before showing any
    • Read response rates and scores sensibly
    • Turn the results into actions with owners and dates

    Last reviewed Oct 2026

    By Cheryl Duong

    7 minCourse · Live deck · Survey

  • Global

    Icebreaker Games & Team Meeting Ideas

    Company trivia quiz for work

    Whole company

    Covers:
    • Run the quiz in about 30 minutes, from team poll to final leaderboard
    • Write twelve questions in three rounds, each with one right answer
    • Keep the fun inclusive and avoid private personal information

    Last reviewed Oct 2026

    By Cheryl Duong

    30 minCourse · Live deck · Survey

  • Global

    Icebreaker Games & Team Meeting Ideas

    Policy refresher quiz for work

    All employees or a department; run by HR

    Covers:
    • Run the quiz in about 25 minutes
    • Write questions that cite the section of your policy name
    • Keep it about the policy, not about blame

    Last reviewed Oct 2026

    By Cheryl Duong

    25 minCourse · Live deck · Survey

  • Global

    Icebreaker Games & Team Meeting Ideas

    All hands meeting - Monthly company update

    All employees

    Covers:
    • Run a fixed 45-minute format that gets quicker to prepare each month
    • Choose a short icebreaker, scoreboard and spotlight
    • Keep the same scale wording every month

    Last reviewed Oct 2026

    By Cheryl Duong

    45 minCourse · Live deck · Survey

  • Global

    Icebreaker Games & Team Meeting Ideas

    All hands meeting - Wins and recognition round

    All employees; run by a team lead or HR host

    Covers:
    • Run the 30-minute recognition round in order
    • Collect nominations that are specific, not vague
    • Make sure nobody is left out

    Last reviewed Oct 2026

    By Cheryl Duong

    30 minCourse · Live deck · Survey

  • Global

    Icebreaker Games & Team Meeting Ideas

    New hire orientation - Day-one welcome session

    New starters

    Covers:
    • Run the 60-minute welcome session in order
    • Keep sharing optional and welcoming
    • Cover the company story, working rhythms and first-week checklist

    Last reviewed Oct 2026

    By Cheryl Duong

    60 minCourse · Live deck · Survey

  • Global

    Icebreaker Games & Team Meeting Ideas

    New hire orientation - Company culture and values quiz

    New starters

    Covers:
    • Run the quiz in about 30 minutes
    • Write questions whose answers anyone can check in the employee handbook
    • Keep the quiz welcoming for people who are new

    Last reviewed Oct 2026

    By Cheryl Duong

    30 minCourse · Live deck · Survey

  • Global

    Icebreaker Games & Team Meeting Ideas

    New employee orientation - Welcome course and live kickoff

    New starters

    Covers:
    • Explain in a few sentences what we do and who we serve
    • Use our everyday words and know who to ask when you are stuck
    • Describe what a typical week looks like here

    Last reviewed Oct 2026

    By Cheryl Duong

    35 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys

  • Global

    Icebreaker Games & Team Meeting Ideas

    New employee orientation - First-week check-in survey

    New starters

    Covers:
    • Explain what new starters are told about their answers before they start
    • Turn the results into actions with an owner and a date
    • Run the results session and say when the next results come

    Last reviewed Oct 2026

    By Cheryl Duong

    3 minCourse · Live deck · Survey

  • Global

    Icebreaker Games & Team Meeting Ideas

    Morning huddle ideas: Frontline shift huddle

    Frontline and shift supervisors

    Covers:
    • Run the shift huddle in about five minutes
    • Follow up a 'Need a hand' answer quietly after the huddle
    • Keep the refresher about doing something well

    Last reviewed Oct 2026

    By Cheryl Duong

    5 minCourse · Live deck

  • Global

    Icebreaker Games & Team Meeting Ideas

    Friday wins and shout-outs

    Team leads closing the working week

    Covers:
    • Collect wins and shout-outs so everyone can take part without speaking
    • Make sure everyone receives at least one shout-out over the month
    • Keep recognition apart from bonuses, rankings and appraisal

    Last reviewed Oct 2026

    By Cheryl Duong

    10 minCourse · Live deck · Survey

  • Global

    Icebreaker Games & Team Meeting Ideas

    Morning huddle ideas: The 3-minute daily starter

    Team leads running a short daily or weekday stand-up

    Covers:
    • Run the huddle in about four minutes, from joining to the focus line
    • Read the energy average aloud and never individual scores
    • Take a blocker offline so the huddle does not overrun

    Last reviewed Oct 2026

    By Cheryl Duong

    4 minCourse · Live deck

  • Global

    Soft Skills & Career Development

    Project management essentials for team members

    New project coordinators and team members

    Covers:
    • Name the five life cycle phases and what each produces
    • Define scope, milestone, deliverable and stakeholder
    • Spot scope creep and respond with a change request

    Last reviewed Oct 2026

    By Cheryl Duong

    35 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys

  • Global

    Soft Skills & Career Development

    Active listening skills at work

    All staff and team leads

    Covers:
    • Use paraphrasing, clarifying questions
    • Recognise your own listening barriers and interrupting habits
    • Follow the steps of active listening in order

    Last reviewed Oct 2026

    By Cheryl Duong

    30 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys

  • Global

    Sales Training

    Garment care labels and sizing for store staff

    Retail floor and fitting-room staff

    Covers:
    • Read the five basic care label symbols
    • Describe how common fabrics behave
    • Convert a garment size between systems and say

    Last reviewed Oct 2026

    By Cheryl Duong

    35 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys

  • Global

    Soft Skills & Career Development

    Phone and chat customer service essentials

    Contact-centre

    Covers:
    • Use active listening, the customer's name and plain language on calls
    • Keep customers informed while they wait
    • Explain policy in simple words and close with clear next steps

    Last reviewed Oct 2026

    By Cheryl Duong

    30 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys

  • Global

    Soft Skills & Career Development

    New starter induction: Your first 90 days

    New employees and their managers

    Covers:
    • Name who to ask for help and which channel suits each need
    • Match each communication tool to its main use
    • Set clear expectations with your manager in week one

    Last reviewed Oct 2026

    By Cheryl Duong

    30 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys

  • Global

    Soft Skills & Career Development

    Escalating issues well

    All employees

    Covers:
    • Judge whether an issue should be handled in the team
    • Write a clear escalation message with five parts
    • Choose the right person, channel and tone

    Last reviewed Nov 2026

    By Cheryl Duong

    30 minCourse · Live deck · 3 surveys

  • Global

    Soft Skills & Career Development

    Document-led meetings: Read first, then decide

    All employees

    Covers:
    • Write a short meeting document
    • Run the first part of a meeting as quiet reading plus written comments
    • Close a meeting by recording decisions, owners

    Last reviewed Nov 2026

    By Cheryl Duong

    30 minCourse · Live deck · 3 surveys

  • Global

    Soft Skills & Career Development

    Growing your career at work: Build your own case

    All employees

    Covers:
    • Explain why career growth is mostly built from evidence
    • Turn a vague wish such as "I want to progress" into a specific direction
    • Recognise a strong evidence statement

    Last reviewed Nov 2026

    By Cheryl Duong

    35 minCourse · Live deck · 3 surveys

  • Global

    Soft Skills & Career Development

    Reading and shaping team culture

    All employees and team leads

    Covers:
    • Describe culture as the shared habits
    • Separate stated values from lived norms using three signals
    • Read the unwritten rules of a team in your first weeks by observing

    Last reviewed Nov 2026

    By Cheryl Duong

    30 minCourse · Live deck · 3 surveys

  • Global

    Soft Skills & Career Development

    A can-do attitude at work: Solutions, not excuses

    All employees

    Covers:
    • Describe a can-do attitude as behaviour, what you do next
    • Separate what you control, what you influence
    • Reframe a blocking statement into a "yes, if…" or "not yet

    Last reviewed Nov 2026

    By Cheryl Duong

    30 minCourse · Live deck · 3 surveys

  • Global

    Soft Skills & Career Development

    After action reviews: Learning while the work is fresh

    Team leads

    Covers:
    • Explain how an after action review differs from a performance review
    • Run the four commonly used questions in order
    • Set up a review so people speak openly

    Last reviewed Nov 2026

    By Cheryl Duong

    30 minCourse · Live deck · 3 surveys

  • Global

    Soft Skills & Career Development

    Pareto analysis: Finding the vital few

    Employees and managers

    Covers:
    • Explain why a few causes usually produce most of the effect
    • Choose a fair measure
    • Tally, sort and total categories

    Last reviewed Nov 2026

    By Cheryl Duong

    30 minCourse · Live deck · 3 surveys

  • Global

    Soft Skills & Career Development

    Looking at a problem from several angles

    Employees and managers

    Covers:
    • Explain why teams that argue positions in turn can talk past each other
    • Name at least three affected people
    • Compare a problem now, a year ago and a year ahead

    Last reviewed Nov 2026

    By Cheryl Duong

    30 minCourse · Live deck · 3 surveys

  • Global

    Soft Skills & Career Development

    Quality improvement basics: PDSA, driver diagrams and run charts

    Employees and team leads

    Covers:
    • Write a clear aim statement that names a measure, a starting point
    • Choose an outcome measure, a process measure and a balancing measure
    • Build a driver diagram from the aim to primary drivers

    Last reviewed Nov 2026

    By Cheryl Duong

    40 minCourse · Live deck · 3 surveys

  • Global

    Soft Skills & Career Development

    A3 problem solving: One page from problem to plan

    Employees and team leads

    Covers:
    • Explain why one page of problem solving makes thinking visible
    • Write a problem statement with the gap, the place, the size
    • Describe the current state with facts and a simple picture

    Last reviewed Nov 2026

    By Cheryl Duong

    35 minCourse · Live deck · 3 surveys

  • Global

    Soft Skills & Career Development

    Handling misinformation at work: Pause, check, respond

    All employees and team leads

    Covers:
    • Tell apart a mistake, a rumour, misinformation and disinformation
    • Recognise four warning signs in a message
    • Use a three-step routine before you share or act on a claim

    Last reviewed Nov 2026

    By Cheryl Duong

    30 minCourse · Live deck · 3 surveys

  • Global

    Inclusive Teams: Culture & Communication

    Plain English for international teams

    All employees

    Covers:
    • Explain why clear English is a shared job
    • Replace idioms, slang and sports metaphors with literal phrases
    • Replace phrasal verbs and jargon with clearer single words

    Last reviewed Oct 2026

    By Cheryl Duong

    25 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys

  • Global

    Inclusive Teams: Culture & Communication

    Religious & cultural observances at work

    All employees

    Covers:
    • Explain why observances affect work planning
    • Explain why observance dates move
    • Describe what major observances usually involve

    Last reviewed Oct 2026

    By Cheryl Duong

    35 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys

  • Global

    Inclusive Teams: Culture & Communication

    Direct & indirect communication

    All employees

    Covers:
    • Explain high- and low-context communication in your own words
    • Check what an indirect signal means
    • Adjust your own style to the reader

    Last reviewed Oct 2026

    By Cheryl Duong

    30 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys

  • Global

    Inclusive Teams: Culture & Communication

    Feedback across cultures

    All employees

    Covers:
    • Explain why the same feedback can land very differently
    • Give feedback using Moment → Behavior → Impact → Ask
    • Receive feedback well, including asking for clarity

    Last reviewed Oct 2026

    By Cheryl Duong

    30 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys

  • Global

    Inclusive Teams: Culture & Communication

    Meetings across cultures: Silence, turns & hierarchy

    All employees

    Covers:
    • Explain why the same meeting can feel open to some people
    • Use turn-taking techniques that let different speaking styles
    • Reduce the effect of seniority on who speaks and what gets said

    Last reviewed Oct 2026

    By Cheryl Duong

    30 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys

  • Global

    Inclusive Teams: Culture & Communication

    Humor at work: What travels and what doesn't

    All employees

    Covers:
    • Explain what humor does for teams and why it often doesn't travel
    • Spot humor likely to break across languages and channels
    • Recognize when a joke excludes people or could be harassment

    Last reviewed Oct 2026

    By Cheryl Duong

    25 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys

  • US federal

    Inclusive Teams: Respect & Fair Treatment

    National origin, race, language & religion at work (US)

    All employees

    Covers:
    • Name the protected characteristics this course covers
    • Recognize race, color and national-origin discrimination and harassment
    • Apply the rules on English-only policies, accent

    Last reviewed Oct 2026

    By Cheryl Duong

    40 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys

  • US federal

    Inclusive Teams: Respect & Fair Treatment

    Race & color discrimination at work (US)

    All employees

    Covers:
    • Define race and color as protected characteristics
    • Recognize race and color discrimination in decisions
    • Report concerns internally or externally

    Last reviewed Oct 2026

    By Cheryl Duong

    40 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys

  • US federal

    Inclusive Teams: Respect & Fair Treatment

    Religion & belief at work: Accommodation (US)

    All employees

    Covers:
    • Explain why religious accommodation matters
    • Describe how broadly the law defines religion
    • Recognize common accommodation requests

    Last reviewed Oct 2026

    By Cheryl Duong

    40 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys

  • US federal

    Inclusive Teams: Respect & Fair Treatment

    Hate symbols & offensive imagery at work

    All employees

    Covers:
    • Recognize common hate symbols, coded numbers
    • Use context to tell hate imagery apart from religious
    • Respond correctly when you find a symbol

    Last reviewed Oct 2026

    By Cheryl Duong

    35 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys

  • Global

    Inclusive Teams: Respect & Fair Treatment

    Everyday comments that exclude

    All employees

    Covers:
    • Explain how small, repeated comments affect people and teams
    • Recognize common comments that exclude
    • Choose a better alternative that keeps the curiosity or the compliment

    Last reviewed Oct 2026

    By Cheryl Duong

    30 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys

  • European Union

    Inclusive Teams: Respect & Fair Treatment

    EU: Equal treatment at work

    All employees

    Covers:
    • Name the grounds covered by the two directives
    • Recognise discrimination by association, public statements
    • Apply the rules on religious dress, reasonable accommodation

    Last reviewed Oct 2026

    By Cheryl Duong

    40 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys

  • Canada

    Inclusive Teams: Respect & Fair Treatment

    Canada: Human rights at work

    All employees

    Covers:
    • Explain which human rights law covers your workplace
    • Name the prohibited grounds and the main forms of discrimination
    • Recognize discrimination in hiring, policies and day-to-day conduct

    Last reviewed Oct 2026

    By Cheryl Duong

    40 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys

  • Australia

    Inclusive Teams: Respect & Fair Treatment

    Australia: Racial discrimination & respect at work

    All workers

    Covers:
    • Explain why racial discrimination
    • Describe what the RDA protects
    • Respond as a bystander or target in a way that's safe and effective

    Last reviewed Oct 2026

    By Cheryl Duong

    35 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys

  • Global

    Inclusive Teams: Accessibility & Disability

    Accessible presentations & documents

    Anyone

    Covers:
    • Explain who is shut out by inaccessible slides and documents
    • Describe the four WCAG principles
    • Choose text and chart colors that meet contrast minimums

    Last reviewed Oct 2026

    By Cheryl Duong

    40 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys

  • Global

    Inclusive Teams: Accessibility & Disability

    Accessible meetings & events

    Meeting and event organizers

    Covers:
    • Explain why access needs should be planned in from the start
    • Ask about access needs at invitation/registration in a respectful
    • Set up virtual and hybrid meetings with captions, shared materials

    Last reviewed Oct 2026

    By Cheryl Duong

    30 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys

  • Global

    Inclusive Teams: Accessibility & Disability

    Accessible email, chat & social posts

    All employees

    Covers:
    • Explain how screen readers and other tools read emails, chat and posts
    • Add alt text to images and GIFs, and avoid images of text
    • Write descriptive links and structure longer emails with headings

    Last reviewed Oct 2026

    By Cheryl Duong

    25 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys

  • US federal

    Inclusive Teams: Accessibility & Disability

    Disability inclusion at work

    All employees

    Covers:
    • Explain that disability is common, varied and often not visible
    • Define disability under the ADA
    • Recognize disability discrimination and harassment at work

    Last reviewed Oct 2026

    By Cheryl Duong

    35 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys

  • Global

    Inclusive Teams: Accessibility & Disability

    Disability etiquette & respectful language

    All employees

    Covers:
    • Explain why "ask the person" beats any single rule
    • Use person-first or identity-first language as the person prefers
    • Apply etiquette basics

    Last reviewed Oct 2026

    By Cheryl Duong

    25 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys

  • US federal

    Inclusive Teams: Accessibility & Disability

    Invisible disabilities & chronic illness

    All employees

    Covers:
    • Explain that many disabilities are not visible and can fluctuate
    • Apply the ADA definition to episodic, in-remission
    • Keep health information confidential

    Last reviewed Oct 2026

    By Cheryl Duong

    30 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys

  • Global

    Inclusive Teams: Accessibility & Disability

    Neurodiversity at work

    All employees + managers

    Covers:
    • Explain neurodiversity as natural variation in how people think, focus
    • Choose clear, predictable communication habits that work for most people
    • Offer practical adjustments to environment, schedule, tasks

    Last reviewed Oct 2026

    By Cheryl Duong

    35 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys

  • Global

    Inclusive Teams: Life Stages & Circumstances

    Age-inclusive teams

    All employees

    Covers:
    • Explain why age assumptions hurt teams
    • Describe how the ADEA
    • Replace common age myths with judgments about the individual

    Last reviewed Oct 2026

    By Cheryl Duong

    30 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys

  • US federal

    Inclusive Teams: Life Stages & Circumstances

    Pregnancy, leave & return to work: The employee side (US)

    Employees

    Covers:
    • Explain why planning ahead helps you, your team and your return
    • Say in one line what the PDA, PWFA, PUMP Act and FMLA mean for you
    • Ask for a pregnancy- or lactation-related accommodation

    Last reviewed Oct 2026

    By Cheryl Duong

    30 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys

  • United Kingdom

    Inclusive Teams: Life Stages & Circumstances

    Menopause at work: UK law and employer duties

    UK employers' HR and people teams

    Covers:
    • Explain why menopause is a legal and policy issue for UK employers
    • Match menopause-related situations to the Equality Act 2010 grounds
    • Apply the duty to make reasonable adjustments

    Last reviewed Oct 2026

    By Cheryl Duong

    30 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys

  • Global

    Inclusive Teams: Life Stages & Circumstances

    Inclusive food & drink at work events

    Event organizers

    Covers:
    • Describe the main religious, ethical and medical dietary needs
    • Collect dietary needs and brief a caterer so nothing gets lost
    • Plan alcohol-free and fasting-friendly options as equals

    Last reviewed Oct 2026

    By Cheryl Duong

    25 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys

  • Global

    Inclusive Teams: Life Stages & Circumstances

    Planning inclusive celebrations & holidays

    Event organizers

    Covers:
    • Explain how the date, place, cost
    • Use a current observance calendar to pick dates and avoid clashes
    • Mark observances in ways that are opt-in

    Last reviewed Oct 2026

    By Cheryl Duong

    25 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys

  • Global

    Inclusive Teams: Customers & Community

    Language access for customers

    Customer-facing staff and their managers

    Covers:
    • Explain why language access matters for safety, service and trust
    • Tell interpretation, translation, bilingual staff
    • Choose the right language support for the situation

    Last reviewed Oct 2026

    By Cheryl Duong

    35 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys

  • Global

    Inclusive Teams: Customers & Community

    Inclusive language basics

    All employees

    Covers:
    • Explain inclusive language as being clear
    • Apply five rules
    • Swap common exclusionary or unclear words for clearer ones

    Last reviewed Oct 2026

    By Cheryl Duong

    25 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys

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About Cheryl

Cheryl Duong is Head of Growth at AhaSlides, driving global growth across North America, Europe and Asia.

  • Role

    Head of Growth, driving AhaSlides' growth across North America, Europe and Asia.

  • Experience

    Previously worked with major Hollywood studios in film distribution, navigating cross-cultural communication and audience dynamics. 10+ years in leadership.

  • Writes about

    Product updates, AI features in AhaSlides and customer stories, such as how British Airways runs its training.

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