Thoughts on 2011 Conference Workshops

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Discussion Overview

The thread centers around participants' experiences and reflections on various workshops attended during the 2011 conference, particularly focusing on the effectiveness and content of specific sessions.

Discussion Character

  • Anecdotal
  • Opinion-based
  • Debate/contested

Main Points Raised

  • One participant, identifying as a consultant, shared an AHA moment about scheduling phone calls like parties, which was reinforced in the "TPC & A Full-Time Job" workshop.
  • Several participants expressed enthusiasm for Tammy Stanley's "Powerful, not Pushy" workshop, noting it inspired them to make phone calls.
  • One participant found the "Super Sellers Live!" workshop disappointing and felt it repeated information they already knew.
  • Another participant echoed disappointment in the "Super Sellers Live!" workshop, citing overcrowding and a lack of engagement.
  • Some participants noted a preference for smaller workshops, feeling they learn better in those settings.
  • One participant mentioned a negative experience with Tammy Stanley's workshop, describing her as erratic and unprofessional, while others defended her passion and effectiveness.
  • Several participants criticized the mandatory nature of some workshops, expressing a desire for more choice in their conference schedule.
  • One participant shared a positive experience in the "Book Smart-Fill your calendar" workshop but noted it felt rushed.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Views differ significantly regarding the effectiveness of specific workshops, particularly Tammy Stanley's sessions and the "Super Sellers Live!" workshop. There is no clear consensus on the overall quality of the workshops.

Contextual Notes

Participants' experiences varied widely based on personal expectations and preferences for workshop formats, indicating a diverse range of learning styles within the consultant community.

Who May Find This Useful

Consultants interested in insights from peers about conference workshops and those seeking to understand varying perspectives on workshop effectiveness may find this discussion relevant.

Sheila said:
I was in Grace's class. Oh, please apologize to her for me!!! I was up on the 2nd row with my head down rubbing my temples. They kept looking at me. I guess it was pretty obvious that I was ready to get out of the room. But it had NOTHING to do with them, it was my awful headache. I really needed to just go lay down & sleep it off!
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I will let her know but she didn't even mention it (and I roomed with her).
 
That's a great idea Darlene!Thanks Melissa! :D
 
I took the Tammy Stanley Director class and I thought she did well. She has a different personality and you just have to get her. She was laughing, crying, and all over the place. I certainly don't think she was on drugs, just like with our business, we do not know what is going on in her personal life and maybe she had gotten bad news and was trying to hold it together. I would take her over the "Go for No" couple anyday. As for the "Go for No" I like the information they presented. They just don't seem to motivate me though. My other class was "Path to $1,000 shows." The information presented was great, but I don't feel the title described the class very well, it really was just a host coaching class. As a new director I feel that I could have taken a class that may have been more useful to me. (I promoted to Director on July 1st and was so excited I forgot to review what classes I could take!) I did get some good tips out of it. I did hear the Super Sellers class was not good as well. That stinks for those that had no choice but to take it! Make sure you let the HO know your feelings!
 
I had a lot of AHA moments and I can't narrow them down right this 2nd. I'm quite exhausted at the moment.

I just want to comment on some things in this thread and note some things from my workshops and such.

For Tammy Stanley I did her thing for TL's and below. I thought it was great and was really excited. My Director took a workshop with her and thought it was horrible but another Director within our cluster thought it was great so it is to each her/his own.


For my workshops I took Book Smart and thought it would be better. I was in CK Hall (who's on here) and Tammy (can't remember) CK was great and I wish she did more of the workshop. I personally found the other speaker a little boring and not very informative Now this is my opinion and other may have felt good about her. There were good questions asked but it ran late and I had to get to other side of Mccormick for my 2nd workshop.

I however and very glad that I made a conciounse effort to talk to different people in line on the bus etc. I got some great tips from those people and enjoyed meeting them. And one Advanced D from Louisiana gave me great words to earn New Orleans and gave me her card and told me to call her for a drink when I get there! :) :D

But I am excited to implement the things I've learned and can't wait to walk as a new director next year! :D
 
Did anyone go to the workshop on time management? How was it? My AD, Sonia Emerick did this one.
 
lt1jane said:
Anyone have any AHA moments from conference they would like to share? Also what workshops did you attend and what did you think?

My AHA, is that I work a full-time job. It's retail and I find it hard to make phone calls because of the varying hours. My AHA - schedule phone calls just like scheduling parties. It was a tip given in my workshop TPC & A Full-Time Job

I LOVED Tammy Stanley's Powerful, not Pushy. I actually WANT to make some phone calls. I loved her idea of calling real people to practice the phone scripts (call your oldest customers first since statistically your chances of making sales are lowest with them anyway so if you screw up, it doesn't matter. By the time you reach your newest customers, you will be well practiced and natural)

I got some good info in TPC & a Full-Time Job. Use work breaks (but don't jeopardize your job) to make some of your phone calls and schedule phone calls that you need to make.

Super Sellers Live! was a waste of a valuable workshop choice. It was mandatory for me because I am not a Team Leader. I went to Spring Launch and got most of that info, also my director pounds those same things into us. It was not a bad workshop, I just could have gotten more info that would have helped me in another workshop.
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I was at that workshop too! Where were you sitting? I was in the front of the room on the left side. That Erin was a hoot!
 
Just goes to show you...you can't please everyone!!! I just read a rave review of a particular speaker that I truly did not care for at all and a not so hot review of a speaker that I did like. Just cracks me up!!!
 
Interesting thread. My big aha moment came during my Conquering the Clock workshop--set team goals. It had never occurred to me before. I will be doing that now. I'm not talking about telling my team what they should do. I'm talking about encouraging my team to participate in good business behavior--asking every host about he opportunity; making daily contacts; etc.
 
Sheila said:
I was in Grace's class. Oh, please apologize to her for me!!! I was up on the 2nd row with my head down rubbing my temples. They kept looking at me. I guess it was pretty obvious that I was ready to get out of the room. But it had NOTHING to do with them, it was my awful headache. I really needed to just go lay down & sleep it off!
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I'm sure they understood! I wish I would have known you were in that class, I was too!
 
Thank you all for sharing all these great things.

I was not able to go, but when I went two years ago a Director said something interesting. She had attended a class that I was in as well, and said she had been thinking it was boring, and she knew everything. Then, she noticed a new consultant sitting near her who was hanging on every word the speakers were saying, taking copious amounts of notes, and raving about how great it all was. She said she realized that was one of the reasons she was in the class. She might know it all, but not all of her team members might. And it might give her new ideas on how to present the basics.
 
raebates said:
Interesting thread. My big aha moment came during my Conquering the Clock workshop--set team goals. It had never occurred to me before. I will be doing that now. I'm not talking about telling my team what they should do. I'm talking about encouraging my team to participate in good business behavior--asking every host about he opportunity; making daily contacts; etc.
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I also liked this workshop...team goals had never crossed my mind, just my goals! I have already talked with my team and getting them working on their personal goals. Can't wait to get started on all the great info from this workshop! And Rae--It was great to meet you! Great to put a face with the name! :)
 
I thought Tammy Stanley Powerful not pushy was BRILLIANT. I am getting on the phone today because of her!

Supersellers was good. Someone who sells 2 million bucks obviously knows what they are doing!
 
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Brenda.the.chef said:
I was at that workshop too! Where were you sitting? I was in the front of the room on the left side. That Erin was a hoot!
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Darn!! I was hoping to meet other Cheffers and was wearing my pin with a sticker on it to show my screen name. I was near the front on the left too. I was probably about 3rd or 4th row, 1 row behind the pillar. Erin was hilarious. She didn't let the latecomers hide in the back at all. I was glad I came in early and sat fairly close....
 
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RoseAndrews said:
Supersellers was good. Someone who sells 2 million bucks obviously knows what they are doing!
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That wasn't the issue. They were not bad, but I went to Spring Launch. For me, it was a rehash of Spring Launch and my monthly team meetings. The information wasn't useful to me.

My issues with my business are that I am not yet consistent monthly. I can sell the stuff because I have a passion for the products. I need and want workshops that can help me be more consistent with getting bookings and making them stick. I want to be able to decide what I NEED to grow my business, not what HO thinks I need! My immediate goal is to become more consistent with bookings and monthly shows. Once I get that, then I want to work on growing my team and earning trips (I think those two go hand in hand.)
 
lt1jane said:
That wasn't the issue. They were not bad, but I went to Spring Launch. For me, it was a rehash of Spring Launch and my monthly team meetings. The information wasn't useful to me.

My issues with my business are that I am not yet consistent monthly. I can sell the stuff because I have a passion for the products. I need and want workshops that can help me be more consistent with getting bookings and making them stick. I want to be able to decide what I NEED to grow my business, not what HO thinks I need! My immediate goal is to become more consistent with bookings and monthly shows. Once I get that, then I want to work on growing my team and earning trips (I think those two go hand in hand.)
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JMHO...but maybe you took the wrong class, maybe you should focus more on bookings & host coaching. HTH....:)
 
lt1jane said:
Darn!! I was hoping to meet other Cheffers and was wearing my pin with a sticker on it to show my screen name. I was near the front on the left too. I was probably about 3rd or 4th row, 1 row behind the pillar. Erin was hilarious. She didn't let the latecomers hide in the back at all. I was glad I came in early and sat fairly close....
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I was the one wearing the big balloon hat.. LOL
 
raebates said:
Interesting thread. My big aha moment came during my Conquering the Clock workshop--set team goals. It had never occurred to me before. I will be doing that now. I'm not talking about telling my team what they should do. I'm talking about encouraging my team to participate in good business behavior--asking every host about he opportunity; making daily contacts; etc.
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Rae,

Who were your speakers?? Were you in my class and I didn't see you again?? I took it with Tammy MacDonald and Marlo Hoyt. If you were in that one did you find the critique your week form they were talking about? I can't find it on CC.
 
lt1jane said:
My immediate goal is to become more consistent with bookings and monthly shows. Once I get that, then I want to work on growing my team and earning trips (I think those two go hand in hand.)
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They do go hand in hand. It has taken me a long time to get this, but once you have the consistently that you want and need everything else seems to fall into place. It really is about keeping it simple and doing what the HO tell us.
 
My AHA moment wasn't such an AHA as it was a really good way to put things. In the Book Smart workshop I was in, the speaker said that she starts a show at 6:45pm, and is pulling out of her host's driveway at 8:30pm. Keeping a show short is a great way to show people that they want to book a show with you - you aren't moving in! She tells guests at the end of the show "Take a few moments and finish your shopping while I clean up my table and my dishes. When you are done, come on over to my checkout area, and then help yourself to try out our delicious recipe!" It's a subtle way of saying you can't eat til you check out, so it gets people checked out faster! I loved it!
 
Oh and I absolutely LOVE the idea of a Restock Your Pantry catalog show each month! Hold your own catalog show each month, and make sure to follow up with any guests who ordered from the pantry and see if they need to reorder or want to try something new! Super easy way to get a catalog show in each month and stay active at least for those who find it challenging sometimes (myself included!)
 
Liseit said:
I also did the Book Smart-Fill your calendar workshop. It was full of information but flew by too fast. They did warn us at the beginning that both Lura Antokal & Cindy Peterson talk fast so they said not to try to keep up--they would email the notes to everyone. I hope they do...
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Would you mind posting if they do?

Also, for those who loved their workshops....care to post a few or all of your favorite tips? Much appreciated!
 
Ginger428 said:
JMHO...but maybe you took the wrong class, maybe you should focus more on bookings & host coaching. HTH....:)
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If only it was that easy. I am in the C-TL group also, and only had one choice available for my workshops. The other two were picked for me. So I really hope some good speakers/workshops are on the Online Training Center.

I liked Tammy Stanley's "Powerful.." workshop bu ti have heard it all before, lots. I owned her CDs, say her at a local workshop, and other tele courses. I was able to fill in most of my notes from memory. :)

Super Sellers was good, but wasn't what I needed in my business at this time.

I stayed thru all of them, because I felt I paid for it so I should listen. I took notes, and maybe got a few things out of it all, but I was disappointed I. That regards. My biggest motivation came from Sharon Zeller when she talked about passion.
 
heather223 said:
My other class was "Path to $1,000 shows." The information presented was great, but I don't feel the title described the class very well, it really was just a host coaching class. As a new director I feel that I could have taken a class that may have been more useful to me. (I promoted to Director on July 1st and was so excited I forgot to review what classes I could take!) I did get some good tips out of it.
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I presented one of the Path to $1,000 Shows workshops. I am not sure if you guys realize but presenters are given a guideline of what they do and do not want us presenting. And, while the title was "Path to $1000 Shows" we were asked to focus on host coaching. And truly...host coaching IS what gets you to $1,000 shows. Having $1,000 shows has less to do with what you do AT your show than it does what you do BEFORE and AFTER the show believe it or not. :)
 
dannyzmom said:
I presented one of the Path to $1,000 Shows workshops. I am not sure if you guys realize but presenters are given a guideline of what they do and do not want us presenting. And, while the title was "Path to $1000 Shows" we were asked to focus on host coaching. And truly...host coaching IS what gets you to $1,000 shows. Having $1,000 shows has less to do with what you do AT your show than it does what you do BEFORE and AFTER the show believe it or not. :)
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Clarification - when I just re-read my post, it sounds totally like I am being snotty and snippy. I don't mean it that way AT ALL. I think it's really important for those of you with show averages you'd like to increase, that you realize all you need for $1000 shows is two things:
LOTS OF PEOPLE
LOTS OF ORDERS
And the only way to do that is with HARD CORE HOST COACHING
Things like upselling and cross selling will boost your show a few bucks here & there. Knowing your product and being passionate about your product will add a couple of bucks here & there...but without HARD CORE HOST COACHING you won't have the two basic ingredients you need:
LOTS OF PEOPLE
LOTS OF ORDERS
 
dannyzmom said:
Clarification - when I just re-read my post, it sounds totally like I am being snotty and snippy. I don't mean it that way AT ALL. I think it's really important for those of you with show averages you'd like to increase, that you realize all you need for $1000 shows is two things:
LOTS OF PEOPLE
LOTS OF ORDERS
And the only way to do that is with HARD CORE HOST COACHING
Things like upselling and cross selling will boost your show a few bucks here & there. Knowing your product and being passionate about your product will add a couple of bucks here & there...but without HARD CORE HOST COACHING you won't have the two basic ingredients you need:
LOTS OF PEOPLE
LOTS OF ORDERS
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Preach it sistah!
 
dannyzmom said:
Clarification - when I just re-read my post, it sounds totally like I am being snotty and snippy. I don't mean it that way AT ALL. I think it's really important for those of you with show averages you'd like to increase, that you realize all you need for $1000 shows is two things:
LOTS OF PEOPLE
LOTS OF ORDERS
And the only way to do that is with HARD CORE HOST COACHING
Things like upselling and cross selling will boost your show a few bucks here & there. Knowing your product and being passionate about your product will add a couple of bucks here & there...but without HARD CORE HOST COACHING you won't have the two basic ingredients you need:
LOTS OF PEOPLE
LOTS OF ORDERS
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I don't think what you originally said was snotty or snippy, just honest. And you are absolutely right. I think I just had it in my head that it would be about something else and then it wasn't. It still was a GREAT class and I did learn things from it! Thank you for reminding me of that! :chef:
 
dannyzmom said:
Clarification - when I just re-read my post, it sounds totally like I am being snotty and snippy. I don't mean it that way AT ALL. I think it's really important for those of you with show averages you'd like to increase, that you realize all you need for $1000 shows is two things:
LOTS OF PEOPLE
LOTS OF ORDERS
And the only way to do that is with HARD CORE HOST COACHING
Things like upselling and cross selling will boost your show a few bucks here & there. Knowing your product and being passionate about your product will add a couple of bucks here & there...but without HARD CORE HOST COACHING you won't have the two basic ingredients you need:
LOTS OF PEOPLE
LOTS OF ORDERS
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Well personally I thought you sounded like a total snot/ snip and I don't think I can ever talk to you again. JUST KIDDING!!! Actually it is always a good reminder! :D And fairly simple when you break it down.
 
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Ginger428 said:
JMHO...but maybe you took the wrong class, maybe you should focus more on bookings & host coaching. HTH....:)
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I was REQUIRED to take that class!! (Super Sellers Live) I would have gone for a bookings or host coaching class if I would have had the choice. That is what I wanted to take and was not give then choice! HO got my opinion on that let me tell you.

The other class I took was excellent and one I wanted and needed.
 
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Carolyn, one of my teammates was in your workshop and she loved it. I would love to see your notes and so would she.
 
RE: You were not required to go. You could have opted out and not gone to any training at that time.

Ok, maybe it was "required" but "assigned" is just as bad. Clearly we were cheated out of another workshop that we wanted to take that would have been more timely for our biz. And you can be sure I let HO know on my survey.
 

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