The Advantages of Distance Education for Businessmen

“Fashion, opinions, way of life, views, people – everything is changing. The only thing which stays unchanged is our interest in knowledge and learning the world. The important motivation and the main life incentive for me is to learn something new every day, to thoroughly study the subject, and the niceties of work you do. A man's modern life opportunities are boundless; the lack of information is no longer on the agenda. All the world, the libraries and universities are close now, just a computer keyboard away from you. If you cannot go out and do not have your profile study program or a training course in your home country – it's not a problem anymore. You can get any education distantly, just sitting at your computer. This is exactly how it worked in my case. Myself, being the senior specialist in social media at Bakcell, tried to find professional courses for my sphere to further develop my skills. After a long term searching and selection of courses, which could meet my criteria, I finally found it in USA. I was lucky, the Social Media Academy organization, who arranged the courses on "Certified Strategist in Social Media", offered distant education option. So, absence of geographic location and time boundaries in this study method helped to gather in one group the students from the USA, Norway, Denmark, Germany and myself from Azerbaijan, all together. The two-month courses included weekly online sessions, lectures, seminars and presentations with the best teachers in this sphere. I was happy to successfully graduate from the courses and I received a Certificate which is of great value for me and it confirms my skills of a Strategist in Social Media. Besides, I became member of the Academy graduates close group, which unites people from all over the world, including Azerbaijan by now. Thanks to the courses I learned lots of new things, gained useful experience and approved my previous knowledge to assure I was moving in the right direction.

To summarize, I'd like to note that it was my third successful experience of the distant education, and I recommend it to all business people as a good alternative to the traditional education, once you aim at knowing more tomorrow than today and want to master your skills up to date.”