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Facilitators: Colleen McCormick (see bio on page 55) and Steve Williams (see bio on page 60).
Length: 1 day
Date: Fri, Mar 27, 2015
Time: 9am-5pm
Cost: $235 + applicable taxes
Best to Register by: Fri, Mar 13, 2015
Sales and Marketing for Professionals PACS3744
As a sales professional, you likely already know that your job is more about problem-solving and relationship-building than just selling. You know that
your work helps your clients succeed. This practical course provides new strategies to help you explain mutual seller/buyer bene ts, and identify ways to differentiate your product or service from the competition. You will also learn how to describe a niche market for your product or service.
Facilitator: Mary-Anne Neal. See bio on page 57.
Length: 2 half days
Date: Fri, Feb 27 & Mar 6, 2015
Time: 9am-12pm
Cost: $195 + applicable taxes
Best to Register by: Fri, Feb 13, 2015
Skilled Negotiation:
Co-creating Good Agreements PACS3718
We negotiate every day. This course starts from the position that an agreement is a good agreement only when it works for each party. When we negotiate with the intention
of skilfully co-creating good agreements, everyone bene ts. Skilled Negotiation provides the 21st century principles and tools we all need to co-create good, mutually bene cial, and lasting agreements at work and in our daily lives.
Facilitators: Doug Kerr. See bio on page 53.
Length: 2 days
Dates: Mon & Tue, Nov 24 & 25, 2014 Times: 9am-5pm
Cost: $295 + applicable taxes
Best to Register by: Mon, Nov 10, 2014
Strategic Planning That Works: Turning Vision into Results PACS3745
If you are looking for a
sound, effective approach
to strategic planning, this course will provide you with the knowledge and practical tools to engage in a full-scale strategic planning exercise within your organization. You’ll use visioning, articulating values, and the development of a clear statement of purpose to identify opportunities and
analyze strengths with an eye on long range goals, short term objectives, and an action plan that involves all constituencies. Attend with your whole board or team.
Facilitator: Doug Kerr. See bio on page 53.
Length: 2 days
Date: Thu & Fri, Apr 16 & 17, 2015 Time: 9am-5pm
Cost: $395 + applicable taxes
Best to Register by: Thu, Apr 2, 2015
Strategic Systems Thinking: The Big Picture
PACS3732
Have you ever wished you could be more strategic? Have you ever been told you need to be more strategic? The reality is you can’t act strategically if
you don’t think strategically. This hands-on day will offer you tools that will help you to think more strategically. These tools are designed to help
you to see the big picture and deepen your understanding of the functioning of complex organizations.
Facilitator: Dave Whittington. See bio on page 59.
Length: 1 day
Date: Thu, Mar 5, 2015
Time: 8:30am-4:30pm
Cost: $235 + applicable taxes
Best to Register by: Thu, Feb 19, 2015
Survey Design Workshop PACS3732
Surveys are the foundation of many inquiries, from interest
polling to social research. Survey design provides a quantitative or numeric description of trends, attitudes or opinions of a population
by studying a sample of
that population. Learn the ve essential stages to the development and completion of a survey and how to choose from different types of surveys – considering both cost and appropriateness. Learn how to use an online survey platform. See website for required text.
Facilitator: Wendy Rowe. See bio on page 58.
Length: 1 day
Date: Thu, Feb 12, 2015
Time: 9am-5pm
Cost: $195 + applicable taxes
Best to Register by: Thu, Jan 29, 2015
WANTED: Tempered Radicals - Changing Organizations from Within
PACS3740
Thriving work places are
built not by revolutionaries
but by “tempered radicals,” people that balance company conformity with individual rebellion. These change
agents are often at odds with “mainstream” organizational culture. Yet, these everyday leaders act as crucial sources
of new ideas, alternative perspectives, and organizational learning and change. Drawing from research, and compelling stories, this course illustrates
a spectrum of innovative ways
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We can deliver any course in this calendar to your organization, or design an affordable customized program to t your speci c learning needs either on or off campus, face-to-face or online. Call 250.391.2513 or email us at: continuing.studies@royalroads. ca for more information.
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