In
The Spirit Consulting offers a variety of seminars and workshops to
assist the small business owner and their managers.
Following is a list and short description of each.
These classes are available to business groups and organizations or individuals
may attend any of our ITSC Seminars. See our schedule below
for upcoming classes. Request
more information
Planning
for Success! Surviving
and Thriving in a Crazy Business Climate
This
isn’t your mamma’s business plan.
In today’s business environment it is essential to have a
plan for your business. Specifically
for the small business owner, it is essential to understand your
business and create a plan for how you will operate your business.
You will find this is not a program for the weak at heart.
Stacey is very passionate about helping small business owners
find the reasons they are in business and bringing those things to
the surface.
There
will be very frank and meaningful discussion on why they are in
business, what they want to get out of their business and what they
want their business legacy to be.
In
this program, Stacey will show listeners how to create not just a
“Business Plan” but also a management plan, which will help them
navigate the difficult waters of small business ownership.
He will begin by getting to the fundamental reason they chose
to get into business. In
this process he will help draw out the listeners passion and core
values and translate them into a vision for their business.
Then Stacey will guide them through the process of taking
those core values and creating personal and business goals.
From
these goals he will show how to begin laying out a business plan,
which reflects their core values and leads them to realizing their
goals. These goals will be implemented into the marketing and
financial portions of the business plan.
The
program will move into a discussion of how to create and implement a
marketing plan, which reflects the owner’s business purpose and
supports the financial plan. It
is the marketing plan, which drives and supports the financial plan.
As
the financial plan is discussed, Stacey will help listeners
understand how their financial goals are realized and how they are a
reflection of the goals they created at the beginning of the
process.
Students should leave this class with a good understanding of the
core components of the business plan.
More importantly they should leave with the realization their
business plan is a reflection of who they are and what they want to
achieve in their business.
Be
About the Business of $ucces$
This program will offer a candid and objective insight into
marketing and promotional development.
Stacey has lectured extensively on market planning and
developing promotions that work for the small business.
Marketing is everywhere; we just need to know where to find
it. Stacey will help
open your eyes to seeking out marketing opportunities.
He will also outline the need for effective promotional
planning. There are
five keys to marketing the successful small business
He will discuss each of the keys and help the listener define
a plan of action that will lead them to marketing success.
Stacey’s
natural style of story telling and motivational appeal will keep the
audience entertained and focused on the mission of helping them
become more successful. The
full program can vary in length from 4-8 hours.
Stacey
also offers a brief overview program that is 2-3 hours in length. Each program will give listeners a whole host of ideas that
they can immediately implement in their businesses. These programs
are designed to lead the listeners to “Be
About the Business of $ucces$!”
Market
Planning Workshop
The
Market Planning Workshop is a great follow up to the above program. It can be offered as a part of a two-day seminar.
The workshop takes all of the tools from the first day
program and applies them to practical small business use.
Stacey will actually guide small business owners through the
initial steps of making their market planning calendars and send
them home with a plan of action for implementing
a year round marketing plan tailored for their business.
Regain
Control of the "Tail Wagging the Dog"
Creating
Management Systems
Are
you overwhelmed by the sheer amount of work related to operating
your business? Does it
seem like the business manages you, instead of you being in control.
This program will help you understand how to create order in
the chaos of your business operation.
Accepting
the importance of managing the tasks related to operating a
successful business is essential.
Establishing systems for your various business operations can
help streamline your workflow and prevent oversights as you become
more organized. This
program will cover:
Understanding
the elements of a system
Working
with a systems worksheet.
Identifying
established systems.
Creating
systems to manage workflow.
Identifying
job functions with systems.
Managing your marketing with systems.
Attendees
should leave this program with a good understanding of how to
identify and create systems to improve their businesses'
productivity.
Be
About the Business of $uccess!
Creating
a Market Planning Calendar
Developing
a well thought out plan can make the difference between failure and
success in developing your marketing.
A planning calendar can help you manage your business's
advertising and promotions. Giving you a detailed timeline of tasks
related to achieving marketing productivity.
This program will cover:
Annual
Planning Getaway
Laying
out a marketing calendar
Scheduling
planning days.
Developing
successful promotions.
Selecting
the correct form of advertising.
Creating leads from your current clients.
Evaluating
the success of promotions.
Listeners
should leave this program with a foundation to build a solid market
plan based on a structure to manage their marketing plan
Goal
Setting--Planning for Your Future $ucces$
You
need to have a roadmap to get to the destination called success. Through the process of goal setting you can establish markers
for your journey to a more successful and happy life. This program will help you to identify the needs for goals.
This program will cover the following.
Who
is your Competition?
Defining
$ucces$ and how do we achieve it.
Helping
you find where are you on the road to success.
Setting
realistic and attainable goals.
Creating
a Mission Statement.
The importance of a Business Covenant.
Making
good use of your time through time management.
Attendees
will leave with an appreciation for the value of their time and
talents and how they can best use them to achieve their goals.
Contact us
for program availability and fees for the above programs.
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