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This course is designed to enable participants to:&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Increase their confidence in producing written material&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Adopt the principles of business writing style and language&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Write effective letters suitable for their purpose&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Brush up on punctuation and proof-reading skills&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Understand how to produce professional reports.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;Location: Edinburgh, Â£245.00 per delegate. </description><pubDate>Tue,  6 Jan 2009 08:23:06 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:cosensa.co.uk, 3482</guid></item><item><title>Advanced Media Sales - Mon 19/Jan/2009</title><link>http://www.cosensa.co.uk/CourseInformation.php?CourseID=76&amp;CourseTypeID=5</link><description>Mon 19/Jan/2009 - Volume sales operations such as media sales can often suffer from a focus that relies too heavily on long-standing clients and either an inability or reluctance to seek new business opportunities.  Additionally, new impetus is often required to re-focus the salespersons belief, confidence and enthusiasm for selling their product and services.  This course examines different techniques and methods for dealing with client objections and demonstrates ways to re-inforce the features and strongly sell their product's benefit in comparison to competitor products.  Methods for targeting new business and developing new lead sources are also discussed.Location: Aberdeen, Â£305.00 per delegate. </description><pubDate>Tue,  6 Jan 2009 08:23:06 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:cosensa.co.uk, 3788</guid></item><item><title>An Introduction to Neuro Linguistic Programming - Mon 19/Jan/2009</title><link>http://www.cosensa.co.uk/CourseInformation.php?CourseID=82&amp;CourseTypeID=1</link><description>Mon 19/Jan/2009 - What drives our behaviour? How can we do things differently to achieve a desired outcome and how can we mimic business excellence. NLP is is the practical application of what works in managing ourselves and our interactions with others.
NLP has attracted increasing attention from all walks of life and in particular, the world of business. This one day introductory course provides an example of the key aspects of NLP and delegates will benefit from engaging with the trainer whilst they demonstrate a variety of examples of the most effective techniques of persuasion.
This course gives an overview and a practical insight into the significance of NLP in business today, and how it can be used to build rapport and increase flexibility.Location: Aberdeen, Â£315.00 per delegate. </description><pubDate>Tue,  6 Jan 2009 08:23:06 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:cosensa.co.uk, 3789</guid></item><item><title>Absence Management - Mon 19/Jan/2009</title><link>http://www.cosensa.co.uk/CourseInformation.php?CourseID=70&amp;CourseTypeID=4</link><description>Mon 19/Jan/2009 - This is a highly effective one day workshop designed to assist delegates with managing the costly problem of workplace absenteesim.  As a result of attending this workshop, delegates will gain a practical understanding of:&lt;br /&gt;
•How to measure poor attendance&lt;br /&gt;
•Calculating the costs of poor attendance&lt;br /&gt;
•Introducing and implementing 'Return to work' interviews&lt;br /&gt;
•Developing organisational policies and procedures&lt;br /&gt;
•Practical methods of dealing with short-term and long-term absenteeism&lt;br /&gt;Location: Aberdeen, Â£275.00 per delegate. </description><pubDate>Tue,  6 Jan 2009 08:23:06 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:cosensa.co.uk, 3787</guid></item><item><title>IOSH - Managing Safely - Mon 19/Jan/2009</title><link>http://www.cosensa.co.uk/CourseInformation.php?CourseID=89&amp;CourseTypeID=3</link><description>Mon 19/Jan/2009 - This course ensures that safety requirements are appreciated by people employed as line managers and enables them to review their own departmental systems for safety, introducing new controls or implementing changes as appropriate to make the department work more safely.&lt;p
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NLP has attracted increasing attention from all walks of life and in particular, the world of business. This one day introductory course provides an example of the key aspects of NLP and delegates will benefit from engaging with the trainer whilst they demonstrate a variety of examples of the most effective techniques of persuasion.
This course gives an overview and a practical insight into the significance of NLP in business today, and how it can be used to build rapport and increase flexibility.Location: Belfast, Â£275.00 per delegate. </description><pubDate>Tue,  6 Jan 2009 08:23:06 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:cosensa.co.uk, 3798</guid></item><item><title>Ethical Selling Techniques - Tue 20/Jan/2009</title><link>http://www.cosensa.co.uk/CourseInformation.php?CourseID=32&amp;CourseTypeID=5</link><description>Tue 20/Jan/2009 - Ethical Selling Techniques is an excellent one-day, hands-on workshop that introduces new sales people to the concept of effective selling, including identifying the needs of the customer and demonstrating to them the value of your product or service in meeting their need. We concentrate on the fundamentals of salesmanship whilst going well beyond traditional sales concepts. Your competitors may be focused on discounting to gain market share; this training programmes focuses on how to stay firm on price and increase sales by convincing customers of the value you offer.Location: Aberdeen, Â£285.00 per delegate. </description><pubDate>Tue,  6 Jan 2009 08:23:06 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:cosensa.co.uk, 3794</guid></item></channel></rss>