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Let's Talk...
We now have the details for the Spring series of 'Let's Talk... ' seminars. Barclays have added two NEW titles for
2008, bringing the total to four:
- Lets' Talk... More Profit
- Let's Talk... Bright Marketing
- NEW - Let's Talk... Green Business
- NEW - Lets Talk... Exit - Grow, Sell or Retire?
"Your training programme was fundamental in improving our understanding of what it really takes to set up and run a small business. In particular, it was great to see the customer satisfaction scores improve materially."
Jerry Blackett, Salesand Performance Director, Barclays Bank plc
Find out what delegates have said about the seminars ... and see a snippet of Robert in action! A three minute video!
If you would like to add your name to the waiting lists please complete this booking form. You will be informed by Barclays if your application has been successful. 
- Dates and venues
- Programme titles
- Who is it aimed at?
- How will it help you?
- How will it benefit you?
- The workshops are based on Robert's books...
- What the delegates say from last year?
- Event timing
There are Four programme titles...
- Lets' Talk... More Profit
- Let's Talk... Bright Marketing
- NEW - Let's Talk... Green Business
- NEW - Lets Talk... Exit - Grow, Sell or Retire?
The Let's Talk seminars are run by Barclays as part of their commitment to help local businesses to develop and succeed. As such, they are FREE to attend (although the ticket price should be £225 per person!).
Spring 2008 dates and venues
| Wednesday 7th May | Birmingham |
Birmingham City FC |
Exit, Grow, Sell or Retire? |
| Thursday 8th May | Milton Keynes |
Hilton, Kents Hill |
More Profit |
| Tuesday 13th May | Ipswich |
Hotel Elizabeth |
Green Business |
| Tuesday 20th May | Southampton |
Legacy (formerly Best Western) Botleigh Grange hotel |
More Profit |
| Tuesday 3rd June | Exeter |
Sandy Park Conference Centre |
Bright Marketing |
| Wednesday 4th June | Torquay |
Barcelo Imperial Hotel |
Green Business |
| Thursday 5th June | Wellington |
Cleve Country House Hotel |
Green Business |
| Tuesday 10th June | Cambridge |
Chilford Hall |
Bright Marketing |
| Wednesday 11th June | London Bridge |
Glaziers Hall |
More Profit |
| Thursday 12th June | London Heathrow |
Crowne Plaza Heathrow |
Bright Marketing |
| Tuesday 17th June | Hull |
Ramada Hull |
Bright Marketing |
| Wednesday 18th June | Sheffield |
Sheffield Park Hotel |
More Profit |
| Thursday 19th June | Warrington | DeVere, Daresbury Park |
Exit, Grow, Sell or Retire? |
| Tuesday 24th June | Harrogate |
Majestic Hotel |
More Profit |
| Wednesday 25th June | Bradford |
Campanile Bradford (formerly Novotel Bradford) |
Bright Marketing |
| Thursday 26th June | Liverpool |
Thornton Hall |
More Profit |
| Tuesday 1st July | Romford |
Prince Regent Hotel |
Green Business |
Book your place
WHO IS IT AIMED AT?
- Owner-managers who are trying to grow their businesses
- People with the ambition, enthusiasm and energy to 'move on up'!
HOW WILL IT HELP YOU?
The interactive workshops will give you the tools to:
- Improve your business profitability and marketing effectiveness
- Take control of your business and start to run the business that you want to run.
HOW WILL YOU BENEFIT?
You will get:
- Simple no-nonsense tools and techniques to improve your marketing, sales and profits - in fact, possibly too many tools!
- A branded, recognised workshop run by a one of the UK's leading seminar leaders - this is more than just training - this is about actions for your business
- An opportunity to listen to, and ask questions of, one of the UK's leading experts on marketing and business growth
- After the workshop, time to network.
The Workshops Are Based On Robert's Books...
- Customer Is King - How to exceed their expectations
- Kick-Start Your Business - 100 days to a leaner, fitter organisation.
Both written by Robert Craven; Forewords by Sir Richard Branson.
THE DELIVERY TEAM
The delivery team at The Directors' Centre, Robert Craven and Kiki Maurey, are the only people able to deliver the workshops using the Let's Talk workbooks, the books, tools and techniques.
The programme is run by Barclays who co-ordinate and manage all the events.
WHAT previous DELEGATES SAY ...
"I would like to thank you and Barclays for the very well organised, productive and motivational seminar I attended on Tuesday November 6th in Reading. The presentation was excellent, energetic, thought provoking and relevant, it increased my awareness of marketing requirements and I would have no hesitation in recommending the Bright Marketing seminars to anyone trying to grow their business.
Thank you for delivering a high quality event and I look forward to attending more Bright Marketing seminars in the future."
Mary Norris Business Development Director Venture Information Management
"I considered myself to be reasonable good at marketing but Robert stopped me in my tracks. His style was both entertaining and oh so relevant; valuable ideas that I could take away and apply immediately. Others promise this, but Robert really delivered. I’d recommend it to anyone in business." John Sproson, Breakthrough Solutions
"A very big THANK YOU for an excellent presentation - both Richard and myself enjoyed this very much. It makes a big change to go to a presentation which is not "Death by Powerpoint" or where I end up falling asleep!
We have told everyone we know that they MUST go see your next presentation.
You were BRILLIANT and we look forward to your new book!"
Pamela Hardy - The IT Men Ltd.
'Last January, we were a team of just four with a turnover of around £150,000 a year and we look set to have almost doubled that in the past year and our aim is to take that to the half a million mark by year end 07, with profitability up by
about 30%.'
- NB, Managing Director, Media Company.
'Based on current bookings Q1 will already be at least as good as Q4 last year and looks like it could be 3 times the Q4 revenue.'
- IW, Managing Director, Management Consultancy.
100% of delegates said they'd recommend The Directors' Centre workshop to a colleague; 99% said they'd do something fundamentally different as a result of the Let's Talk workshop.'
- Barclays
Bradley Walters Seminar participant - talks about Bright Marketing Seminars.
Further Testimonials
event timing
Events will run as follows:
09:00 Registration
09:30 Start (prompt)
11.10 Coffee Break
13:10 Presentation Close. Lunch/Networking
14:00 Lunch - finish.
Book your place
To book your place, look at the event list, select the event you are interested in, go to the Booking Form, complete your details (including venue and date) and then send to us. Or call Lesley or Tricia on 01225 851044 - workshops are FREE to attend.
More information
Visit the individual webpages for:
Both seminars are being run by Robert Craven with Barclays.
For more information contact office@directorscentre.com or call Tricia or Lesley on +44 (0)1225 851 044.
Useful Links
- 'Let's Talk... Bright Marketing' Webpage
- 'Let's Talk... More Profit' Webpage
- Let's Talk... Testimonials from earlier events
- Bright Marketing Manifesto #1 - article for Start Your Business Magazine
- Bright Marketing Manifesto #2 - article for Start Your Business Magazine
- Bright Marketing Manifesto #3 - article for Start Your Business Magazine
- Boost Your Bottom Line article
- Robert Craven's website.
To succeed, you've got to be smart ...
Benefits of going green.
Robert's books at special discount prices.
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