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Scheduled Seminars

Marketing on the Internet
03/14/2012, 8:30a-3:30p

Federal Building, 100 State St, Rochester NY (Sponsored by SCORE)

This workshop is designed for small business owners. Attendees leave with a plan for their web site. It includes their target audience, a domain name, hosting, keyword list, the site's page names and relationships, a content strategy, and search engine optimization information.
 

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Success by Design Through Goal Setting
One Half-day Class
03/21/2012, 8:30a-12:30p
05/30/2012, 8:30a-12:30p
10/03/2012, 8:30a-12:30p
12/13/2012, 8:30a-12:30p

Rochester Business Alliance, 150 State St, Rochester NY (Free parking)

What do the most successful people and companies have in common, no matter what their position or industry? They lead by seting and taking action on goals. Want to join their ranks? Then this class is for you. Designed for business leaders and employees at every level, this class incorporates the latest research on setting effective goals. Participants leave with a process and tools to set and prioritize the right goals, organize actions, and get results.
 

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Manage Employees from Every Generation
One Half-day Class
03/28/2012, 8:30a-12:30p
06/07/2012, 8:30a-12:30p
09/27/2012, 8:30a-12:30p

Rochester Business Alliance, 150 State St, Rochester NY (Free parking)

Have conflicts in your workplace that seem unsolvable? Consider that people from up to four different generations now work together, each with its own values, milestones, work ethics, communication methods, and work styles. This class is designed for business leaders, managers, supervisors, and team leaders. Participants leave with practical tools to reduce workplace conflict, take advantage of each generation’s strengths, and rethink recruitment, training, and retention plans to accommodate generational differences.
 

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How to Hold Your Staff Accountable
One Half-day Class
05/02/2012, 8:30a-12:30p
09/12/2012, 8:30a-12:30p

Rochester Business Alliance, 150 State St, Rochester NY (Free parking)

In a world where you get results through teams and teamwork, accountability plays a key role in success. This class is esigned for managers, supervisors, project managers and team leaders. Participants leave with a practical process and tools to clearly communicate expectations, gain buy-in, overcome obstacles, reduce their stress, and improve their productivity through managing the accountability of others.
 

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How to Be a Valued Employee
One Half-day Class
05/09/2012, 8:30a-12:30p
09/18/2012, 8:30a-12:30p

Rochester Business Alliance, 150 State St, Rochester NY (Free parking)

While specific skills go in and out of fashion, accountability is a skill employers want all of their employees to have. It is a learnable skill that can be improved, and when done effectively, it provides tremendous job satisfaction to the employee. This class is designed for employees at every level. Participants leave with a process and tools to clarify their responsibilities, communicate effectively, and manage their work as a fully accountable employee.

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At Business Vitality, we define seminars as interactive discussions lasting 3 hours or less on specific topics. All seminars listed below are typically offered in a public setting. They are also easily customized to focus on the specific needs of a company, nonprofit, government, or military organization.

Mary Anne Shew is a dynamic, experienced seminar and workshop leader who has helped hundreds of people by delivering solid, well-organized information with style, humor, and passion.

Please also visit the Workshops page. The same subjects are available in expanded editions that take place over a week or longer for significant learning and retention.
 

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Get Into Your Sales Groove!
This seminar takes the mystery out of effective selling and helps participants convert more prospects to clients. [ more... ]

Time Strategies for Busy People
Time management is not about managing time. It’s about managing goals and priorities. In this two-hour seminar, participants learn an effective process to set goals, manage time, assess interruptions, accomplish more, and work less.

Networking for Professional Success
This seminar brings participants up-to-date on the concept of networking, replacing the outmoded, insincere “backslapping” model with today’s caring and effective process. The instructor will review what is involved in networking and what people who network can expect concerning their own needs and goals. The instructor will reveal the unspoken rules of networking and provide practical tips that the participants can put to use immediately. [ more... ]