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For Business & Government - What Makes Us Different?
■ Immediate Skill Transfer: Classroom to Workplace
■ Goal-Oriented Learning Approach
■ Learning & Thinking Style Focus
■ Work-Related Seminar Activities
■ Multiple Options for Seminar Length
■ Multiple Options for Seminar Scheduling
■ All-Inclusive Seminar Rates
■ TLC Strategies Binder
■ TLC Advisor Program | | Benefit |
Skill Transfer: Classroom to Workplace
Reading
Participants will practice most of the reading strategies on their own current (or future) reading projects. Writing Participants will actually proofread, edit and format their own current (or future) writing assignments. Thinking
Participants will define and create multiple solutions to their own current (or future) work-related challenges. In addition, we will provide a variety of flexible “strategy modules” to help each participant immediately apply their new skills when they return to their job. | |
Ninety percent of classroom training fails to transfer back to the workplace. WHY?
Classroom training occurs in a controlled and safe learning environment. When seminar participants return to their place of work - they may sincerely want to apply their new skills - but their work environment is often rushed and chaotic. Feeling the pressure to complete their assignments, they delay applying their new skills and resort to their old (and "comfortable") skills. Our “strategy modules” are short, realistic techniques that can be quickly integrated into an individual’s preferred method of operation (i.e. comfort zone). The immediate (and successful) application of these strategies will also raise the confidence level of each employee; confident employees learn faster, take the initiative and embrace change. |
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Goal-Oriented Learning Approach
Reading
We will show your employees how to create specific reading goals to ensure they quickly collect the pertinent information they need.
Writing
We will show your employees how to develop and communicate their message to ensure their readers take notice…and take action. Thinking
We will show your employees how to determine priorities when reading, writing, and problem solving - and how to manage those priorities effectively. | |
Goal-oriented learners excel in all areas due to their strong focus and desire for self-improvement. Because they create learning goals for each task, they naturally seek the most efficient path toward reaching their overall goal (and completing each individual task).
But our seminars do more than just show your employees how to set a goal and stay on course. Our learning strategies are extremely flexible and allow for multi-tasking. Employees usually must focus on several goals each day, so we teach strategies that will show them how to organize their projects to ensure a seamless transition from one project to the next. |
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Learning & Thinking Style Focus
Reading
We will show your employees how to use their preferred learning & thinking style to efficiently organize reading assignments & decipher complex information - even if outside their field of expertise. Writing We will show your employees how to create documents that appeal directly to their intended readers. Thinking
We will show your employees how to use their preferred learning & thinking style to take advantage of their cognitive strengths while minimizing any learning deficiencies. In addition, we show managers how to recognize and utilize the learning and thinking strengths of their team members. | |
When employees use their preferred learning and thinking style to gather and process new information, they are using their natural aptitude. When a process feels natural, it is always easier to implement. As you know, employees don't avoid the easy tasks; they avoid starting complex or undesirable tasks.
For some employees, however, attending a seminar may feel like an undesirable task. But when our past participants used their preferred learning and thinking style to apply our strategies, the process felt more like a common sense extension of what they already know - which makes it more likely they will apply our learning strategies long after the seminar ends.
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Work-Related Seminar Activities
Reading
Participants will practice the majority of the reading strategies on their own current (or future) reading assignments. Writing Participants will use our strategies to proofread, edit, and format their own current (or future) writing projects. Thinking
Participants will define and create multiple solutions to their own current (or future) work-related challenges. | |
It is known that new information should be applied immediately after it is learned (for excellent comprehension and retention).
By using their own work materials to practice our learning strategies, employees not only will improve their comprehension and retention, they will instantly realize the true benefit of the strategies - an important step to ensure they continue using their new skills long after the seminar ends. Of course, another benefit of this approach is that your employees will actually complete many of their work-related assignments while attending the seminar. |
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Multiple Options for Seminar Length
● 4 Hours (one-half day session)
● 6 Hours (two 3-hour sessions or a 1-day session)
● 8 Hours (two 4-hour sessions or a 1-day session)
● 12 Hours (four 3-hour, three 4-hour or two 6-hour sessions)
● 15 & 20-Hour Formats
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It can be difficult to remain focused during a full-day seminar, particularly if you are constantly thinking about all the work that is piling up on your desk; not to mention the challenge of retaining everything you see and hear.
Our 4-hour seminar provides a "get the information, go back to work and apply it" format. In just 4 hours your employees will leave with a strong understanding of their personal learning and thinking style, and all the strategies necessary to develop their new skills on the job. If you would prefer to have your employees return to work with their new skills firmly in place, the longer formats will ensure they have complete command of the learning strategies by the end of the seminar. |
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Multiple Options for Seminar Scheduling
Instructor Availability: ● Morning (6:00am - 12:00noon)
● Afternoon (12:00noon - 5:00pm)
● Evening (5:00pm - 10:00pm)
● Saturday & Sunday (6:00am - 6:00pm) | |
Not everyone works 9 - 5, and not everyone can afford to spend time in a classroom while their clients, co-workers, etc. need their assistance during normal business hours. Therefore, we have created an open scheduling policy to accommodate your training needs. Sorry, the "graveyard shift" is not available… yet.
There is not an additional charge for the evening and weekend time slots. |
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All-Inclusive Seminar Rates
● Flat Rates - Up to 35 participants per session
● Direct Billing with no hidden costs
● Rates can be customized to match your budget | |
All-inclusive flat rates certainly minimize paperwork on your end. But they also produce significant savings when you have more than 10 employees attend our seminars. For example, a 4-hour seminar with 10 participants is $140 per person, but 35 attendees (with the flat rate) would reduce your cost to $40 per person.
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TLC Strategies Binder
A Spiral Binder Containing: ● All the learning strategies covered in the seminar
● Step-by-step instructions to implement strategies
● Color-coded reference to quickly find strategies
● Online & print reference material for future study | |
This binder will not only keep each participant focused during the seminar, it will serve as a valuable resource for applying the learning strategies long after the seminar ends.
The availability of the binder at the beginning of the seminar also helps reduce any learning anxiety some participants may feel when starting a work-related seminar. After all, adults who performed poorly in school may still feel insecure about their learning abilities - and if an employee believes (right or wrong) that their employer is evaluating how well they retain the seminar information, their learning anxiety will intensify (which will minimize their learning capability). |
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TLC Advisor Program (following the seminar)
● 6 months of access to the seminar instructor
● Participants receive unlimited follow-up help | |
This is another stress reducer for the learner. Usually a seminar participant must conceive and ask his or her questions during the actual seminar to take advantage of the instructor's knowledge. This can place a lot of pressure on the participants - which can cloud the thinking process. How many times have you thought of questions after a seminar ended?
The TLC Advisor Program will not only allow them to remain focused during the seminar, it will allow participants to ask how to apply our various strategies for new (or unexpected) learning situations - months after the seminar is completed. |
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