Are Seminars and Workshops Worth the Time? Not Usually

The trick is the purpose behind our motives, agenda and behaviors.

 

- Anonymous

This post, much like the one yesterday, is a bit self-serving. Well, I guess most bloggers' posts are self-serving as are journalists and anyone that speaks or writes. Heck, most of us are just trying to push our agenda in some form or fashion no matter what we're doing; that's sales and marketing whether we're selling houses, widgets or trying to get a date!

What does that have to do with today's post? I'm not sure...it all just came to mind and I thought I'd share. Well, it does have something to do with today's post....I've been told recently, a few times, that people don't know what I do - thus, the advertising type posts recently!

To the question at hand: Are seminars, workshops and classes worth the time and effort it takes to attend? Normally NO. Of course, if you're attending just for the purpose of being in the room to get some CE credit, then they're worth it.

But, what about spending the time in a venue from which you'll really learn in such a way that it'll help you change?

Experts say that we'll only remember 10% of a 2 hour seminar 1 week later. The same experts tell us the average person can't remember the name of the seminar speaker we heard 3 months ago or even the subject last year.

But......people say RP2's workshops are different. They're collaborative, interactive and keep coming back at you for weeks afterwards. Our intent is to always to give you way more information than you can ever expect to learn; it really is like drinking from a fire hydrant! Then, from allllllll that material, you have plenty to pick from that matters to you now.

During the workshops we encourage you to bring forth scenarios, your real life situations that pertain to the matter-at-hand and let's build them into the process so you and others in the class can have take-aways that matter. We encourage you to interrupt and ask questions.

And afterwards? Instead of the time you spent being an expense, we've turned it into an asset by keeping you involved; for at least 4 weeks we send you emails, audio postcards and more workshop materials to insure your time in the live workshop was worth it. Most people tell us that not only were they able to build on their 2 top take-aways from the workshop, but they found additional tips and strategies in the follow-up that also increased their sales.

Our mission and goals, like yours, is at least partly about making money. I agree with Zig Ziglar when he said "anyone that says they don't think about money will lie about other things also!" In fact, our mission statement says "We endeavor to glorify God by making a difference and a reasonable profit."

That's what our workshops and the bonus follow-up is all about - insuring that what you pay for (even if you come to a sponsored event and it costs you nothing) makes a difference.

To that end....make a difference and a profit today!

Danny L. Smith