Are you focusing on your key business drivers during these economic times? Don't know what they are or how to use them successfully?

This is a great way to gain credibility for your department or business during the economic downturn. Save travel and lodging expense by attending the Business Essentials certificate program in Houston, TX.

Focus on key business drivers: strategic planning, financial management, and marketing.
Expand your comprehension of business core skills in this three-day program. By understanding these business concepts, training professionals can effectively align learning with business strategies and achieve a greater impact on business results.

Audience
This program is designed for workplace learning and performance professionals who want to increase their business skills and understanding, become more valuable to their organizations in their ability to accelerate business results, and move along a career path to higher levels of accomplishment and responsibility.

Upon successful completion of this program, you will earn 2.0 CEUs. Learn More.

ASTD Certificate Programs are learning events and a certificate is awarded to participants upon successful completion of the program. No test is given and participants are not certified. Certification is a testing event that confirms that skills, knowledge, or competencies have been acquired. Please click here for more information on the ASTD Certification Institute’s credential, the Certified Professional in Learning and Performance™ (CPLP™).

Learning Objectives
After this workshop, participants will be able to:

Develop business strategies
Identify how strategic planning drives other business unit plans
Develop learning strategies that support the organization’s strategic direction
Understand key revenue drivers and costs
Use financial terms and understand financial documents
Complete a financial analysis to support their learning initiatives
Apply principles of effective marketing to drive business results
Use a strategic model to understand how products are positioned in the marketplace
Evaluate marketing opportunities and challenges.

September 23-25, 2009, Houston, TX (BEH099)

Member Rate: $1,195.00 List Rate: $1,495.00

This three-day program is presented in concert with ASTD National with their experienced instructor. You You must register on their website. For information go to www.astd.org.

For additional information on this release, please contact:

Sarah Hurst

Phone: (713) 803-0716

Email:

Source: Sarah Hurst

Website: http://www.astd.org