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Sparks Business Institute (O)717-513-0011 / 814-689-2816 (FX)814-689-2184 www.sparksbusinessinstitute.org www.drsherronsparks.us

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Keep watching for new products and services to be added to the new SBI store. We currently have over 33 modules for your career needs and we are constantly looking for items that will make your life better.

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LETTERS OF TESTIMONY

Letter of Recommendation

"TRAINING WORKS!"
"Nearly 50% increase
in just 4 months!!"

To whom it may concern:

Sparks Business Institute’s Sales training has improved my sales totals drastically. Sherron’s explanation of Closing Techniques, Time Wasters and Prospecting has helped me use my time more effectively and helped bring in bigger sales. Since starting the sales training sessions, my sales have increased a total of 49.7% in just 4 months. Sherron’s sales training has directly contributed to me becoming the top salesperson in my office.

I highly recommend that anyone that is interested in becoming the top sales person in any field attend the Sparks Business Institute. I personally am looking forward to the next sessions.

Sincerely,
Edward Thompson, Account Executive Mifflin County Communications, Inc.

Press Release

Keep an eye on the calendar page for upcoming training and locations!

Try These Great Methods of Learning

Brown Bag Technical - Similar to a lunch and learn, this is a monthly lunch out of the office where participants bring new technical or industry information to share with the group. The small group atmosphere encourages camaraderie and trust building atmosphere. Be the first in sharing new information.

Lunch and Learn

- Lunch and Learn formats range anywhere from 60-90 minutes for a short workshop. Longer Lunch and Learn workshops, up to 120 minutes, allow more time for audience interaction and expanded learning. Send select people (up to 20) to this small group learning environment and reap immediate benefits for your company.

Take advantage of the Lunch and Learn Café and lead your employees through a series of difficult subjects that have been challenging your company.

Workshops are in roundtable form and limited to no more than 20 people. Participant is supplied with materials and notebook covering the subject. The length of each workshop ranges from 3- 7 hours with a lunch break. ALL WORKSHOPS may be done for a larger audience as a seminar.

Seminars - Business and technology needs shift over the years. Even the most dedicated and experienced employees often struggle to keep up with new trends. Seminars are designed to counter this tendency, focusing on new methods and ideas to help employers keep their employees' skills current. Seminars are designed to help working professionals enhance and grow their skills in a productive training environment.

Seminars cover a multitude of topics. For example, if a company upgrades its computer systems or operational system, a training seminar is crucial for instructing employees how to use them so there is limited downtime in production. Management seminars help prepare new managers by integrating their existing core competency skills with new management skills to help them ‘hit the ground running.”

Roundtable – Ongoing education is the secret to growth among individuals. Roundtables are often held for management to share ideas and concerns. Monthly, bi-monthly or weekly roundables offer executives the opportunity to address specific issues in confidence and a relaxed arena that promotes higher-level and productive thinking.

Because We Are Not Born
Knowing Everything...

Professional Development Series

In today's society, employee attitude has a direct effect on how clients and the public perceive the entire company.

The Professional Development Series provides creative solutions to retain and enhance your workforce - training that will help turn differences into a unified front, diversity into strengths and varying ideas into innovation. In addition, these programs create a higher level of awareness, which is a contributing factor to personal and professional growth.

Our Training Modules

TRAINING/WORKSHOPS/SEMINARS/
LUNCH & LEARN/ROUNDTABLES/ BROWN BAG TECHNICAL

Training   - Why Training?
In a word – skills-gap. Companies need to groom and train the workforce they have. Individuals need to acquire training to make themselves more valuable.

In a recent article by Rex Davenport concerning the skills gap, Rex tells corporations that “the holes in the workforce may indeed get worse before they get better."

“Eighty-one percent of respondents to the 2005 Skills Gap Survey of the American Manufacturing Workforce
(and The Manufacturing Institute, 2005) said they couldn’t find qualified workers to fill their own positions. As far as manufacturers are concerned, the skills gap is upon us,” Notes Stacey Jarret Wagner, managing director, Center for Workforce Success, at the National Association of Manufactures.

The American Society of Training and Development (ASTD) released the following statistics on the skills gap:

Employee groups experiencing the most significant skills gap:

                                Executives – 21.39%

                                Senior Managers – 39.04%

                                Middle Managers – 67.38%

                                Production Employees – 24.60%

                                Customer Service Employees -25.67

                                Administrative Employees – 14.97%

                                Sales Employees – 16.58%

                                IT Staff – 9.63%

                                Other Professional Staff - 17.11%

                                Other - 7.49%

Check Out Our Current Curriculum
Sparks Business Institute has over 35+ different modules on hand that can be presented as it or customized for your employee and personal needs.

They are:
   - Work/Life Balance
   - Sexual Harassment
   - Problem Solving
   - Professional Development
   - Professional Presentation Skills
   - Business Etiquette
   - Goal Setting
   - Change
   - Strategic Planning
   - Decision Making
   - Problem Solving
   - Marketing
   - Budgeting
   - Boundaries
   - Negotiation
   - Time Management
   - Stress Management
   - Attitude
   - Self-Empowerment
   - Self Esteem
   - Diversity
   - Leadership
   - Life Mapping/Life Skills
   - Finding Your Moxie in Sales
   - Positive Self Image
   - First Impressions
   - Leadership Skills
   - Train the Trainer
   - EQ
   - Dealing with Difficult and Irate Customers
   - Customer Service
   - Women in the Workplace
   - Women in Sales
   - Leadership Skills for Women
   - Women in Management
   - Emotional Wellness for Women
   - Women, Wellness and Work
   - Superwoman Syndrome
   - The Assertive Woman


A Custom Designed Package - Just Right For Your Team!

Sparks Business Institute creates customized training packages that can be delivered at your location or at a convenient off-site location. We work with your organization to develop strategies to implement the training topics into changed behavior!

Sparks Business Institute/SCS Inc/SBIC Coaching/Counseling
(O) 814-689-2816 / 717-513-0011 (FX) 814-689-2184 (TF) 877-280-9102

Work/Life Balance, Executive, Leadership, Lifestyle and Vocational Coaching;
Corporate Training; and Business Turnaround Consulting