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SUMMARY:Business Smartz Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Who are the big elephants (large customers) in your market? How do you bring them home?   Author and national speaker Steve Kaplin will be in our city in October to share ideas on how to win and keep big customers. This two hour presentation is packed with personal stories that really drive home the critical points of succeeding in "elephant land".  Enjoy an entertaining power point presentation featuring slides of Nellie the Hollywood elephant illustrating the key points behind Steve's message that any company can get the large customer.  Steve Kaplan has made a career of shepherding businesses to success and helping others do the same. Turning SCA\, a basement operation\, into a $250 million\, 1\,300-employee marketing company spanning 29 countries was only the beginning. Over the past 20 years\, he has advised more than 100 businesses of all sizes and industries restructure themselves\, increase their sales by getting big customers\, get funding\, improve efficiency\, boost morale\, expand into new markets\, and evaluate exit strategies. Recently he has been the managing partner in a company specializing in providing equity and operating advice to businesses. Business Smartz Workshops invites industry experts to train our membership for free in sales and marketing every 2nd & 4th Wednesday from 8-10am. The Scottsdale Area Chamber offers a plethora of training classes\, workshops\, & leadership roundtables to assist professionals to better sell\, market\, and lead in this economy.  To learn more about additional training opportunities\, contact Kyle Morey.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><P><TABLE style="WIDTH: 424px\; HEIGHT: 548px" cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=1 width=424 align=left border=0><TBODY><TR><TD align=left><FONT face="Gill Sans MT"><FONT color=#6f6f6f><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt\; COLOR: gray\; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT face=Verdana><EM>Who are the big elephants (large customers) in your market? How do you bring them home?</EM>&nbsp\; </FONT></SPAN></P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt\; COLOR: gray\; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT face=Verdana></FONT></SPAN>&nbsp\;</P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt\; COLOR: gray\; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT face=Verdana>Author and national speaker Steve Kaplin will be in our city in October to share ideas on <FONT color=#ff8040>how to win and keep big customers</FONT>. This two hour presentation is packed with personal stories that really drive home the critical points of succeeding in "elephant land".<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp\; </SPAN>Enjoy an entertaining power point presentation featuring slides of Nellie the Hollywood elephant illustrating the key points behind Steve's message that <FONT size=3>any company can get the large customer</FONT>. </FONT></SPAN></P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt\; COLOR: gray\; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT face=Verdana></FONT></SPAN>&nbsp\;</P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt\; COLOR: gray\; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt\; COLOR: gray\; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana\; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Gill Sans MT'"><FONT size=3>Steve Kaplan</FONT> has made a career of shepherding businesses to success and helping others do the same. Turning SCA\, a basement operation\, into a $250 million\, 1\,300-employee marketing company spanning 29 countries was only the beginning. Over the past 20 years\, he has advised more than 100 businesses of all sizes and industries restructure themselves\, increase their sales by getting big customers\, get funding\, improve efficiency\, boost morale\, expand into new markets\, and evaluate exit strategies. Recently he has been the managing partner in a company specializing in providing equity and operating advice to businesses.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></SPAN><SPAN><FONT size=5><FONT size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt\; COLOR: #777777\; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT size=2><EM><SPAN></SPAN></EM></FONT></FONT>&nbsp\;</P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT size=2><EM><SPAN><FONT size=4>Business Smartz Workshops</FONT></SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: #777777"> invites industry experts to train our membership for free in sales and marketing every 2nd &amp\; 4th Wednesday from 8-10am. <SPAN>The <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Scottsdale</st1:place></st1:City> Area Chamber offers a plethora of training classes\, workshops\, &amp\; leadership roundtables to assist professionals to better sell\, market\, and lead in this economy.&nbsp\; </SPAN>To learn more about additional training opportunities\, contact </SPAN></EM><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="COLOR: #777777"><A dataFld=0:0 href="mailto:kmorey@scottsdalechamber.com?subject=more%20business%20education%20at%20the%20chamber?%20%20"><SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: none\; text-underline: none">Kyle Morey</SPAN></A></SPAN></B></FONT></FONT><FONT size=2><SPAN style="COLOR: #777777"><EM>.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp\; </SPAN></EM></SPAN></FONT></P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><EM><FONT size=3></FONT></EM></SPAN></FONT>&nbsp\;</P></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></P></SPAN></SPAN><P>&nbsp\;</P>
LOCATION:Scottdale Area Chamber Boardroom 2nd Floor
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URL:https://business.scottsdalechamber.com/events/details/business-smartz-workshop-10-26-2005-1066
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