Showing posts with label education. Show all posts
Showing posts with label education. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Future-Proof your Education


Sunday, August 8, 2010

Social Networking Simplified - A Small Business Primer - Part I

Simplifying Social Networking for Small Business Part I
Here is Part I of the recent workshop done in Squamish for 50 entrepreneurs.  The response was very positive and I look forward to the upcoming one-on-one consulting sessions.

Unfortunately this widget from Slideshare tends to mess with some of the formatting.  That said, hope you find it useful.
View more presentations from Bret Conkin.

Saturday, October 3, 2009

VEF presents Technology Maverick Kevin Ham - Part 1

Vancouver Enterprise Forum is pleased to present this riiPlay of Technology maverick Kevin Ham. Kevin Ham has been described as the most powerful dotcom mogul you've never heard of. He was featured on the cover of Business 2.0 magazine in 2007 as The man who owns the Internet and is one of a handful of major-league domainers in the world. Even in a field filled with unusual career paths, Kevins stands out.

Formally trained as a family doctor, he taught himself programming so he can dabble in the internet. When his web ventures started pulling in more money in one month than what he made in one year as a resident, he decided to put medicine on hold to pursue the riches of the web. Since 2000 he has amassed a portfolio of more than 300,000 domains that some estimate is worth more than $300M.

Now, Kevin is out to surprise again. His newest venture - Reinvent Technology aims to build a powerhouse of Internet businesses around his portfolio of domain assets. Kevin talks about how this maverick of domains built his empire and what it takes to succeed in the new emerging economy.

Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Step 2 in the 5 Step Selling Success Cycle - Prospecting

We are pleased to share the slides from Step 2 of the Selling Success Cycle - Prospecting - How to fill your Sales Funnel. This is excerpted from a Workshop presented recently to 50 entrepreneurs -largely services, retail and some small-scale manufacturing - in B.C., Canada as part of a program supporting self-employment. The Workshop's goals were to:
  • anchor a sales process
  • develop their selling skills
  • help them view "selling" in a fresh, positive way
  • give them resources to apply to their businesses
  • entertain and create interaction and networking to better retention
In every case, it is very rewarding to learn about the exciting new businesses being nurtured or the innovative ideas being launched or readied for market. Some keys to the prospecting step included how to best approach your database, the art of networking, how to produce an introductory letter or email and an example of Tony Robbins to make the key point of why people buy. I had the pleasure of collaborating with Tony for a major event in Vancouver a few years back and he is a master of delivering sales because of his understanding of the 2 reasons people buy: 1. to impact how they feel and 2. to find a solution to a problem.

We expect some big things out of the most recent session -from exciting new golf clothing to helmet cams to organic farming and much more!

While we were in-doors the day before a long week-end, on a sultry summer day and surrounded by forest fire smoke from a fire up in Whistler the attendees were very involved and asked great questions. Thank you for the positive feedback and we look forward to connecting again with any of you we can support!