Project Negotiate! - September 10, 2009

In keeping with the times GAEA is moving the WR Brown Institute to the web! Over the next few weeks we’ll offer several topics of interest to our members.

Our first webinar will highlight the application and benefits of IMPACT© selling and negotiation in a GAEA world.

It will be a comprehensive and fast-paced discussion of tactical skills and ideas that you may employ as you negotiate your way through the ever changing business environment. Our talk will include things like: Value, Price, Effective Questions, Planning, Communications - - and much more.

The presenter is Bruce Armistead, owner of ProjectNegotiateTM; he is a member of GAEA.

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Social Media . . . So What?!?! - September 17, 2009

For our continuing education and workforce development programs, social media is more than a passing fad it can be a revenue generator.  In this session we will learn more about social media, how to use it to promote our programs and how to teach it.

· Overview of Facebook, LinkedIn & Twitter

· What programs are using these applications and how

· Pointers for offering classes in social media

· What other social media tools are there?

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Blogging, Podcasting & Wiki's - oh my! - Oct 1, 2009

Blogs, podcasts and Wiki's are useful tools in many industries.  In addition to using these tools in the management of your continuing education program they can also be offered as seminars by your schools.  In this session we will learn more about each of these tools, how to use them to promote your programs, in develop-p-ing your materials, and how to teach them.

·  Blogging vs. Microblogs

·  How to create a blog at no cost

·  How to create a Wiki

·  How to create a podcast

·  Ideas for incorporating these into your program offerings

·  Ideas for using these tools in your office

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