May 31
Straightforward solutions to your employee discipline problems
These days you just can't afford employees who drag down morale, destroy productivity, and distract you from important projects. Here's a proven system for dealing with difficult employees once and for all. 
At this seminar, your management team will learn how to ...
  • Approach an employee about the problem behavior … in a way that minimizes accusations, hostility, and defensiveness
  • Create an improvement plan … and get your employee to commit to it
  • Coach the employee … so there's no chance of misunderstanding
  • Document the process … to encourage steady progress
  • Discipline, reassign, or dismiss the person if the problem doesn't improve … and handle it all fairly
With the skills you will gain at this seminar, you'll get your difficult employees to pull their own weight. You'll eliminate "weak links" — and reveal a fully functioning team.
Recognize these difficult employees?
The "bad attitudes".
They complain constantly, and their dismal outlook is poisoning the rest of the team. Often, they have the skills to do their work well, but they fall short when it comes to enthusiasm, energy and commitment.
The unskilled.
They just don't have the skills they need. Maybe their jobs have outgrown them. Maybe they never had the skills, and it's becoming more and more apparent. Or perhaps they simply lack good judgment.
The misdirected.
These employees aren't really difficult at all. They work hard and demonstrate their commitment. Unfortunately, they're confused about what you expect, or they've gotten distracted from their goals. They'll be happy to perform if you can help them find the way.

May 31 & Jun 1
Program Description:
Give Us Two Days and You’ll Be Creating More Successful Copy the Very Next Day!
All the fancy graphics and eye-catching layouts in the world won’t help your marketing pieces without one key ingredient: Powerful copy that makes your reader crave the product or service you’re selling or promoting. And while there are a few copywriting strategies that remain timeless (“Show … don’t tell!”), everything else seems to change on a monthly basis. What worked in a campaign six months ago can fall flat today. 
That’s why we’re inviting you to learn how to easily stay on top of your game by attending this invigorating, inspirational and eye-opening workshop, The Copywriter’s Workshop. It’s two days packed with copywriting “how tos” … cutting-edge attention-grabbing techniques … successful strategies for selling your message … and proven tips for overcoming the most infuriating challenges that copywriters face every day!
Come With Questions Because We Have The Answers! 
Copywriters from around the world have benefited from the powerful copy strategies you’ll learn in this interactive two-day workshop. From accurately targeting your audience … to crafting the best possible hook … to writing lean, error-free copy that sings to your reader, you and your peers will master the how's and whys of creating successful copy. 
Plus, you’ll have the opportunity to practice what you’ve learned before you head back to the keyboard for your next project. So bring your questions … we’re positively sure you’ll find the answers here!
Master Successful Copywriting Techniques In Just Two Days! 
The chance for you to immerse yourself in two entertaining and jam-packed days of discussing and dissecting the craft of copywriting with a room full of your peers doesn’t come around often. The fact that this will be the most enjoyable two days you’ll ever experience makes this the one “must attend” training session of the year for you. Don’t put it off – register today and start writing better copy than you ever imagined!

Jun 6
Program Description:
What if the only thing standing between your company and a devastating lawsuit is ...
  • That new HR assistant you just hired? Or ...
  • That manager who “doesn’t have time” for your training sessions? Or ...
  • An overworked HR staff member who overlooks an obscure wrinkle in an important federal law?
Are you 100 percent sure they can handle EVERY situation that comes their way? Truth is, there are 1,001 different scenarios going on throughout your company every day that impact employment law, benefits administration, compensation, and even fringe benefits.
And it only takes one mistake – however unintentional – to cause significant damage to your company’s ability to do business. Companies shell out an average of $750,000 in damages for wrongful termination suits that they lose! Even more sobering … more and more companies are losing these suits each year.
Which makes it more important than ever for your HR staff (and other managers and supervisors in your company) to possess a keen working knowledge of the fundamentals of HR law. But where can you get this training quickly, easily – and accurately?
Come to this seminar. In just one day, we’ll cover the basics of HR law in a fastpaced, plain-English way that will provide a whole new level of understanding to anyone who has to deal with the thousands of facets of employment law. 

Jun 6
A day that brings clarity to your payroll gray areas
Payroll processing sounds like a simple proposition. Employees work at a certain rate of pay. You take out taxes and give them the rest of what they've earned. Unfortunately, regulations regarding special benefits and other payments turn a simple task into a legal landmine. With this payroll management training, you'll gain strategies to handle payroll accurately, legally and with complete confidence.
What you don't know can hurt you. That's never more true than when dealing with payroll law. The first step to complying with regulations is understanding them. You'll begin your day with a crash course in payroll's legal basics. Find out what areas fall under state, federal and joint regulation and learn how to avoid the often staggering penalties and fines of non-compliance.
In one intensive day of training, we'll cover today's most challenging payroll management issues including:
  • The latest regulation changes that impact how you process payroll
  • The red flags auditors look for in your payroll procedures
  • The ins and outs of new hire reporting — what's changed now?
  • Fringe benefits, bonuses, commissions back-pay — what's taxable today?
  • How to handle the sticky legalities of payment on termination
  • Your state law says one thing and the federal government says another — now what?
  • Ways to side-step the most common pitfalls of Wage and Hour laws
  • And much more!
With this payroll management training, you'll know which forms to use when and, most important, how to keep your company out of hot water with the DOL and state agencies. It's their job to catch you in a mistake. Together, we'll make sure that doesn't happen.

Jun 12
Understand and unleash the power of Excel’s most complex capabilities
If you're comfortable building a worksheet, using cells, entering data and creating basic formulas this program will take you to the next level of Excel expertise. Instead of hovering at the "tip of the iceberg," you'll drill down through Excel's complex capabilities and discover how easily you can expand your knowledge base to become a more confident, capable user.
This advanced Excel course is jam-packed with skills, tools, ideas and strategies gathered from professional users, tech experts and Excel gurus who know this application inside and out. This is practical Excel training you can put to use immediately once you've returned to the office. You'll understand concepts you may have struggled with in the past … become familiar with a broad range of advanced Excel capabilities and functions … and see your productivity soar as you use Excel more effectively and efficiently every day!
Kick your skills up a notch in this one day advanced Excel training workshop and discover:
  • A more in-depth knowledge of Excel's ribbon, menus and functions, including how to add your own tabs and groups
  • Time-saving techniques to streamline data queries, data analysis and searches
  • Tips for creating charts, graphs and tables that will wow your audience
  • How to use PivotTable reports to filter and summarize your data and worksheets
  • Scripts to automate repetitive tasks using macros
  • A clear understanding of advanced filters so you extract only the information you need
  • Menu options that allow you to select filtering criteria from your data set with just a few simple clicks
  • The Analysis ToolPak add-in: how to fully utilize this resource for advanced data analysis
  • The most effective methods to share spreadsheets with collaborators and coworkers
  • And much more!
Your trainer is an accomplished Excel expert who will walk you through dozens of time-saving shortcuts, smart strategies and more with a helpful mix of computer-screen projections, demonstrations, instructor-led exercises and plenty of Q & A time. You'll get practical Excel help with your toughest questions and challenges, and come away ready and able to put your new skills to work the very next day.