Jul 25 - 27 | 9:00 am - 4:00 pm | Sheraton Denver Downtown
Whether you’re dealing with bosses, colleagues, staff members or senior management, the ability to win respect, influence people and cultivate cooperation is absolutely essential to career success. What’s more, in challenging economic times, the people with whom you interact in business can change on a moment’s notice. The ability to adapt quickly and work with anyone to achieve desired results is crucial—especially when you don’t have immediate authority to command their cooperation. At this seminar, you’ll focus on the key elements of influencing others when there is lack of authority—personal power, persuasion and negotiation. 
Learn how to influence people by building your power base using the Personal Power Model…understand exchange and reciprocity (the first steps in the influence process) …adapt behavior patterns that build credibility…persuade with a framework of discovery, preparation and dialogue…master the key components of negotiation. 
You’ll practice influencing techniques right from day one through the final activity on day three of this information-packed program—and enhance your learning with videos, exercises, assessment tools and group discussions. 
How You Will Benefit
  • Establish or regain credibility so you can begin to influence people
  • Effectively use your power base to persuade others
  • Understand the person you’re trying to influence—and persuade through give-and-take
  • Develop and grow relationships within your organization and beyond
  • Create a collaborative work environment for faster, better results
  • Let work styles and communication differences work for, not against, you
  • Successfully sell your ideas and implement change
  • Achieve trust and give-and-take relationships up, down and across the organization
  • Influence people while projecting self-confidence without being pushy
  • Adapt your style to the person or situation you’re dealing with
  • Identify various negotiating techniques that promote win-win outcomes

Jul 31 | 8:00 am - 5:00 pm | Holiday Inn/Cherry Creek
A workshop that makes proofreading and grammar fun? Is that possible? You bet.
This program is based on the latest research on how adults learn. It's fast-moving, so you stay interested. It's engaging, so you learn by doing. And it's fun, so you happily give it your all. Mistake-Free Grammar & Proofreading is nothing like the grammar classes you took in school. This workshop is exciting, engaging, and truly effective in refreshing you on the basics of business English.
In one fast-moving day, you'll learn:
  • The grammar rules every professional must know
  • All about capitalization and punctuation
  • Painless proofreading
  • Techniques for finding errors in numbers, prices, codes, dates, etc.
  • Commonly misused words and how to use them correctly
  • 6 key rules for subject-verb agreement
  • And more!
Who should attend?
This training is critical for people who want their written communication to be letter-perfect.
It's ideal for managers, secretaries, technical writers, editors, and proofreaders who:
  • Have never received formal training in these core skills
  • Have been out of school for a while and need to brush up
It's also great for anyone who uses English as a second language.

Aug 6-7 | 9:00 am - 4:00 pm | Holiday Inn/Cherry Creek
Program Description:
Get organized and regain control of your hectic life!
Let’s not mince words: You’re buried at work, right? Tons of e-mails to answer. Tons of crazy-impossible deadlines looming. Tons of projects on your ever-expanding to-do list.
And that desk — oh, that desk of yours. Do you sometimes look at it with utter dread, thinking that you only have two options: run away or strike a match?
Stop! There’s no need for extreme measures — help is at hand!
Our stress-busting, sanity-saving new workshop, Organization Skills for the Overwhelmed!, delivers practical tips, techniques, and strategies for getting organized and taking control — right away!
Tame your wild workspace (caution — people may wonder what’s gotten into you!)
Have you ever found yourself madly pawing through the clutter on your desk for something you desperately need NOW? The “find the needle in the haystack” game isn’t much fun for anyone ... and playing it too often is a sure-fire way to tarnish your credibility.
When you attend this training, you’ll learn:
  • How to break the urge to keep everything
  • A step-by-step method for turning piles into files
  • Desk-clearing techniques to make you look neat in just minutes
  • How to gain control of your desk, your storage systems, and even your walls
  • Effective alternatives to the “sticky note method” of remembering important things
  • How to make the most out of your workspace — even if it’s tiny!
  • What to do with all those unorganized e-mails you’ve been storing for months

Aug 6-7 | 9:00 am - 4:00 pm | Holiday Inn/Cherry Creek
You’ll learn:
  • Time-saving techniques that’ll allow you to get your work done faster with Excel
  • Adding and using the Analysis ToolPak to make complex data analysis a snap
  • How to create a PivotTable report to quickly analyze volumes of data, generate summary views, see comparisons and reveal patterns in your data
  • How to add power to your spreadsheets with Visual Basic® for Applications, including a quick way to learn VBA syntax
  • And much more!
You may use Excel daily, or maybe only casually, but one thing’s for sure—you’ve probably wished you knew more about this dynamic program. That’s why you’ll want to attend this workshop. In it, you’ll learn ways to make your job easier and increase the sophistication of your data reporting and analyzing. Each session focuses on saving-you-time techniques, advanced “how-to’s,” exploring those previously “programmer only” features and more. Along with this practical and usable training, you’ll learn how to integrate your work within the Office “family” for even greater results. If you’ve ever been frustrated using Excel because you knew there had to be a better way of accomplishing your tasks, you’ll soon be on your way to getting more done—and more efficiently—with this power-boosting workshop. Enroll today!

Aug 6-7 | 9:00 am - 4:00 pm | TBA
A 2 Day “Hands-On” Training Course Designed to take the mystery out of working with Programmable Logic Controllers ( PLCs )
Purpose of Seminar:
The purpose of this seminar is to translate the seemingly complex world of automation and Programmable Logic Controllers ( PLCs ) into practical lessons the average maintenance person can understand. By combining information from thousands of pages of manufacturers' technical manuals (Allen Bradley, GE, Siemens, Omron, Modicon, Mitsubishi, Honeywell …), with twenty years of experience and a practical real world philosophy to present simple, clear, and concise solutions to your everyday PLC problems.
This course is perfect for multi-craft maintenance technicians, electricians, or other non-programmers who need a general understanding of PLCs. The real world, practical knowledge presented in this course along with the “hands-on” training is immediately applied by our attendees in their workplaces. Now, that's "Real World" Training!
Who should take this course?
This course is created specifically for maintenance personnel and electricians working in industrial plants, public facilities, and commercial buildings. Our PLCs for Non-Programmer courses are filled with people from many different industries, skill levels, company sizes, and job titles. You only need to have an interest in learning to troubleshoot and repair your PLCs to benefit from this course! Our past attendees for this course include maintenance personnel in…
• Manufacturing Plants
• Commercial Buildings
• Hospitals
• Waste Water Facilities
• Schools
• Government Buildings
• Research Facilities
• Shopping Centers
• Airports
Including:
• Apprentice and Experienced Electricians
• Instrumentation Technicians
• All Building Maintenance Personnel
• All Plant & Facility Maintenance Technicians
• Building Engineers
• Building Managers & Superintendents
• Plant & Facility Managers
• Multi-craft & Cross Training Personnel
• Mechanical Engineers
• Any person needing a basic course in PLC basics & maintenance!

Aug 8-9 | 9:00 am - 4:00 pm | TBA
Gain the confidence you need to modify and create your own PLC programs
Purpose of Seminar:
The purpose of this seminar is to provide students with an in-depth knowledge of Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs), especially programming and useful applications. The results of this training include reducing the costs of outsourcing PLC programming, minimizing downtime, improving quality in manufacturing, and increasing efficiency as a result of accurate PLC programming. The real world, practical knowledge presented in this course along with the “hands-on” training is immediately applied by our attendees in their workplaces. Upon completion of this seminar, students will be comfortable when programming PLCs and will have the confidence to edit or create new PLC solutions on their own. Now, that's "Real World" Training!
Who should take this course?
Do you have a basic understanding of PLCs and need to be able to modify or write PLC prorams? If so then you will find this seminar beneficial, along with maintenance technicians, electricians, or engineers who work with PLC controlled equipment. Since programming logic is the same but there are multiple manufacturers of PLCs, this course does not limit itself to a specific PLC manufacturer. It is designed instead to accommodate all of the most popular software platforms in use today. As a result, students will find this course extremely valuable regardless of the PLCs they may have back at their facility, and it is especially beneficial for those who run into more than one type of PLC when performing their jobs. People attending this course should already have attended our prerequisite course “PLCs for Non-Programmers” or have a basic understanding of PLCs and a working knowledge of electrical controls and principles.
Our PLC Programming and Applications courses are filled with people from many different industries, skill levels, company sizes, and job titles. You only need to have an interest in programming PLCs to benefit from this course! Our past attendees for this course include maintenance personnel in…
• Manufacturing Plants
• Commercial Buildings
• Hospitals
• Waste Water Facilities
• Schools
• Government Buildings
• Research Facilities
• Shopping Centers
• Airports
• And any place PLCs are used
Including:
• Apprentice and Experienced Electricians
• Instrumentation Technicians
• Building Maintenance Personnel
• Plant & Facility Maintenance Technicians
• Plant & Building Engineers
• Building Managers & Superintendents
• Plant & Facility Managers
• Manufacturing Engineers
• Mechanical Engineers
• Multi-craft & Cross Training Personnel
• Any person that needs to program a PLC

Aug 8 | 9:00 am - 4:00 pm | Holiday Inn - Cherry Creek
Learn how to interact, communicate and collaborate successfully with all types of people
Boost your emotional intelligence … enhance your workplace relationships … and turbo-charge your career!
There's a lot of buzz centered around emotional intelligence in the workplace right now, and with good reason. Cutting-edge research into emotional intelligence has shown that it plays a critical role in higher productivity, performance, and job satisfaction. People who have a high level of emotional intelligence are more confident, more capable, and earn greater respect from their colleagues. They are also better able to stay calm, flexible, and focused when workplace crises hit and panic threatens to set in.
What exactly is "emotional intelligence"?
Quite simply, emotional intelligence is a set of competencies that enhance your ability to relate positively to others in the workplace. People with high emotional intelligence are adept at using empathy and constructive communication to create a collaborative, cooperative work environment. They naturally relate well to others; are able to accomplish more through encouragement and persuasion; and excel at inspiring, guiding, and leading others to achieve their best work. As performers, they tend to be flexible, adaptive, self-motivated, and confident.
If you're looking for a way to improve your relationships across your organization, understand how and why others behave the way they do, and achieve greater success in all your job-related endeavors, this seminar is one you don't want to miss.
Unlike your IQ, which is set by the time you are a teenager, your emotional intelligence (EQ) can be improved upon throughout your lifetime. When you attend Developing Emotional Intelligence, you'll gain the knowledge and skills you need to transform the way you interact with and respond to others.