Announcing the 2013 Facilitator Give-Back Offer

It’s time for our 2013 Facilitator Give-Back Offer! During this promotion, client facilitators receive a gift for every 30, 50, 100, or 250 participant guidebooks ordered. This promotion begins Monday, February 11, and ends Friday, March 1, 2013. There are four different tiers from which client facilitators may select gifts. Contact your client partner or client-service coordinator at 888-868-1776 if you have any questions about the 2013 Facilitator Give-Back Offer. As always, thank you for your continued business. We wish you great success in your training and consulting endeavors.

FranklinCovey Library Use this collection of FranklinCovey hardcover books to augment your professional library and increase your own content knowledge. The book collection includes The 4 Disciplines of Execution, The Speed of Trust, The 3rd Alternative and The Wisdom and Teachings of Stephen R. Covey. Facilitator Tool Kit In a jam? This simple yet vital tool kit includes a multifunction slide advancer and a travel power strip. Features a pocket-size laser pointer with 1GB of memory. Compatible with WindowsME/2000/XP. Includes USB extension cable. The travel power strip includes three AC outlets and one USB charge port. Compact design and built-in cord wrap. Leadership Modules Built from our flagship Leadership offering, these six separate Leadership modules are designed for flexible, short learning investments in all levels of your organization. Choose one of the six modules and receive a facilitator kit (with program videos included) and your first five participant guidebooks. Big Rocks Kit Make “Habit 3: Put First Things First” come alive with this Big Rocks kit. A must-have for 7 Habits, FOCUS, and 5 Choices facilitators, this kit is based on the demonstration in the famous 7 Habits “Elizabeth” video and allows you to demonstrate Habit 3 or Choice 3 in a live, interactive setting. Keurig® OfficePRO® Brewing System Perfect cup of coffee, tea, hot cocoa, or ice beverage in under one minute. Easy to make with just a touch of a button. Choice of three cup sizes (6 oz., 8 oz., and 10 oz.). 48 oz. removable water reservoir. Energy-saving mode. Drainable internal hot-water tank. USB Microphone and Podcast Package Studio condenser mic with USB interface. Captures high-quality vocal and acoustic instruments. 19mm internal shock-mounted diaphragm with a cardioid pick-up pattern. Works perfectly on any computer with a DAW software program. Record straight away, without the need for in/out boxes, expensive preamps… just a USB cable. Striiv® Smart Pedometer Striiv Smart Pedometer has a high-resolution, color touch screen and built-in apps that make fitness fun! Striiv’s activity-motivation system was designed by leading experts in game design and behavior change with one goal in mind: to get you to walk a lot more. Kindle Fire™ HD Always be in the know with the Kindle Fire that makes movies, TV shows, magazines, and books come alive on its 7" vibrant color multi-touch display. Features 8GB of storage plus free cloud storage for all of your Amazon content. Over 1 million books, magazines, and newspapers to choose from, plus movies and TV shows to stream, download, purchase, or rent. Upright Rolling Laptop Case Holds electronics and cords in the front pocket. Dimensions: 22"W x 14"H x 9"D. Holds 15.4" laptop. Top-quality leather. Mini Refrigerator Mini refrigerator is Energy Star-rated with a smooth black design. Measures 20 ¾" wide by 21 ½" deep by 33" high. Beats by Dr. Dre Premium Headphones Features overstuffed leather ear cups for comfort during extended listening sessions. Rotating ear cups allow one-ear listening for studio and performance use. Reduces outside sound for improved sound clarity. Offers a solid interior sound platform for crisp highs and deep, booming lows. Remote allows you to easily make and receive hands-free phone calls, skip songs, and adjust volume without having to locate your music player or mobile phone. Automatically switches the extra port to output mode when your headphone cable is attached, so you can share what you’re listening to. Apple® iPad® 16GB Retina Display 16GB black Retina display. The Apple iPad tablet has two cameras for FaceTime and HD video recording. Over 200 new software features in iOS 6—including iCloud. All in a remarkably thin, light design. Apple iPad mini 7.9" (diagonal) LED-backlit multi-touch display with IPS technology. 1024 x 768 resolution at 163 pixels per inch. Fingerprint-resistant oleophobic coating. FaceTime HD camera. 1.2MP photos. 720p HD video. FaceTime video calling. Wi-Fi or Cellular. iSight camera. 5MP photos. Autofocus. Five-element lens.

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Buy 10 - Get 1 FREE

At FranklinCovey, we have a variety of principle-based, training solutions that provide participants the right “Mind-Set, Skill-Set and Tool-Set” to make necessary changes in their behavior to achieve their desired results.

We have over 45 programs, that can help leaders and individual contributors thrive even in today’s challenging and unpredictable times.  Click here to download a current catalog to learn more about these solutions below.

·         Leadership Solutions

·         The 7 Habits Solutions

·         Business Execution Solutions

·         Business Communication Solutions

·         Project Management Solutions

·         Diversity Solutions

·         Sales Performance Solutions

·         Customer Loyalty

·         Online Learning Solutions

 In addition to public training programs and private onsite team engagements, one of our most popular ways to partner with organizations is through Licensed Certification.  We certify individuals (Leaders, Trainers and HR Managers, etc.) to take our content and tailor it for their workforce.  Not only is this an extremely effective way to bring our content in house, it is our most affordable option for training the masses!

 

 

Once a year, FranklinCovey holds a promotion specifically for our 100,000+ facilitator clients and it only runs in August.  As of today, we have 1 week remaining in our 15^th Annual Buy 10 Get 1 Free Offer (offer expires 8/31/12).

 

Offer details:

·         Materials must be ordered at one time to qualify.

·         This offer applies only to client-facilitator orders and does not apply to programs facilitated by FranklinCovey delivery consultants.

·         To qualify for the bonus offer, a minimum purchase price of $50 applies to each participant guidebook, participant kit, or tool. If the price is less, contact your client-service coordinator to determine the minimum purchase requirement for promotion eligibility.

 

·         Like materials must be ordered to qualify (i.e., ten 7 Habits Signature participant kits to receive one free 7 Habits Signature participant kit). Products cannot be combined (i.e., five Leadership participant kits and five 7 Habits Signature participant kits would not qualify for one free kit).

In addition to the Buy 10, Get 1 FREE offer for manuals, facilitators also qualify for gifts with a minimum purchase of 30 manuals.  See the photo below for gift options and tiers.

This annual promotion is good for NEW and existing clients.  To learn more about our Virtual Certification Process, follow this link and watch a short video narrated by Scott Miller, CMO & GM of Client Facilitation Services or contact me by email.
 

Don’t forget, this offer expires in 5 business days!  If you would like to learn how FranklinCovey can help give your organization The Ultimate Competitive Advantage, let’s talk … soon!

Enabling Greatness One Organization at a Time,

John Vakidis

The Presentation Advantage

Dr. Stephen R. Covey with Elizabeth

during his famous LIVE “Big Rocks” Presentation.

Welcome back to week number two of our 3-week BusinessCommunication Series.  In case you missed last week’s session, The Writing Advantage, you can follow this link to read it now. 

Presentations have been a common form of business communication for some time.  We can give a presentation at an internal meeting, on a sales call or even in the class room.  Below are a few points for consideration. 

Meetings - Keep in mind that people are making crucial business decisions based on your information.  Make sure that your point is clear and welcomes input.  If you can provide a handout with key points and place for your notes, this will help them know what to focus on during your time in the front of the room. 

Sales Presentation - A good sales presentation should be interactive with the client.  If you have done a good job analyzing what the client needs, when it’s time to recommend your solution, you can ask questions that are checking their buy in along the way.  Be prepared to adjust on the fly if needed.  Continuing down the path as a talking head in the front of the room and not addressing their concerns will kill your opportunity.

Classroom Facilitation - This is usually reserve for experienced trainers, but even leaders can be put in this position from time to time.  Knowing your content well and connecting with your audience is key!

Regardless of which situation you are in, following these few tips below can help increase your effectiveness.

1.       Design - Taking time to design your presentation is key.  Remeber to "Begin with the End in Mind."  You need to identify the needs of your audience.  What points do you want to make?  What do you want them to do a result after seeing your presentation?

2.       Check point - If your presentation requires equipment, allow adequate time to connect everything and check to make sure everything is working (sound, slides, projector, etc.)

3.       Pictures - A picture is worth …. (you know the rest).  Using a powerful image to make your point is far more effective than writing out the bullet points of your speech

4.       Keep Moving - There is power in stillness … when making your point.  After you do so, keep the content flowing and feel free to move across the room and engage with your entire audience.

5.       Build Up - When you look at a tall building, your eyes typically take you to the top.  Your presentation should do that for your audience.  As you land key points, make sure they are guiding them to the one key takeaway you want them to know.

6.       Close - When it’s time to wrap it up, review your points, restate your purpose and close strong!

These are just a few helpful tips.  If you want to watch some great presentations, I highly recommend a website called www.ted.com.  You will see some amazing presentations and I’m sure you will laugh, learn and become inspired!

If your team needs better presentation skills, I highly recommend our 2-day PresentationAdvantage Program.  This is limited to 12 participants in the classroom.  Participants will bring actual presentations that they are currently working on.  They will draft their presentation and practice segments of it over the 2-day period.  More importantly, our consultants record their sessions for them so they can see their body language, eye movement, connection with audience, etc.  By the end of the 2-days participants have the mind-set, skill-set and tool-set to create effective presentations every time!

I attended this content a few years ago and I know that it made a significant impact on my capability to deliver a quality presentation.  For more information, please request a meeting using our meeting invitation tool on the right side of this page or simply call me at 214-387-9960.

Enabling greatness, one organization at a time,

John Vakidis