COURSE OVERVIEW:

Does your Meetings and Convention business reflect a significant amount of revenue for your property?  If so, it is important for each Meeting Planner to feel confident that your team is going to do a great job for their event. The Pre-Convention Meeting sets the tone – positive or negative - and communicates volumes about your team and how they will go about making the event a success.   

Many Pre-Convention Meetings are routine and monotonous and unfortunately, most are the same no matter what the brand or what city they are in. They neglect to reflect the unique style and flair of the group, city or the hotel. And in most every group there’s a small handful of employees whose nervousness, fear or lack of presentation skills prevent them from projecting their true level of professionalism and that of your property. The result can be a Pre-Convention Meeting that does not set the tone or reflect the overall style, sophistication and creativity your property aims to project.  Sadly, your team intends to, they just don’t have the skills and confidence necessary to do so. 

This program will show your employees how to consistently present a polished, professional and interesting Power-Scripted Tagline. It will immediately transform your Pre-Convention Meetings with a high level of enthusiasm and sophistication!

10 KEY TOPICS DISCUSSED:

• The impact and importance of the Pre-Convention Meeting and why it should be a five-star event every single time

• How to make certain your Pre-Convention Meeting reflects the unique style, sophistication and creativity your property aims to project

• The Eight Signs of Fear, Insecurity and Lack of Confidence that Pre-Convention Meetings across the country are riddled with

• How even the most fearful people attending your Pre-Convention Meeting can overcome presentation nervousness and build self-confidence

• The two letters that frequently ruin Pre-Convention Meetings, and can even cost an employee their career – jut two simple letters

• How to deliver a High Energy Introduction that is memorable, creative and powerful

• How to immediately create a personalized, Power-Scripted Tag Line using key “power words” to add interest and excitement

• Why scripting and memorizing has far more impact than being spontaneous and improvising

• Guidelines and etiquette that when omitted create lackluster Pre-Convention Meetings 

• The one and only handshake appropriate for both male and female leaders that everyone attending Pre-Convention Meetings must master

TRAINING METHODS:

This four-hour program is a highly interactive, informative and entertaining team-building program in addition to being a powerful presentation skills program.  The camaraderie and fun involved in working together as a team to create Power Scripted Taglines and to transform your Pre-Convention Meeting is energizing to the entire team.

The usefulness of the new behaviors and skills learned bring enormous value to attendees role in communicating more effectively in all meetings and with Guests in every situation, far beyond the Pre-Convention Meeting.  Activities and role playing designed to allow each participant the opportunity to develop and practice their ideal introduction and Power-Scripted Tag Line.  A fun and lively game of Pre-Con Jeopardy is used at the end of the program to review and reinforce the learning objectives. 

To ensure key techniques and skills are re-reinforced following the on-site training, every employee who attended the program will receive THE PRE-CON P.E.P. TALK!, an in-depth e-newsletter, covering the key themes from the training, it will be delivered for10 weeks!

WHO SHOULD ATTEND:
Invite up to 50 participants who regularly attend the Pre-Convention meeting, their assistants and others who may attend in the near future. Oftentimes, those who attend occasionally are the ones who give the most tedious presentation. 

WHAT OTHERS HAVE SAID:

“Your enthusiasm, intellect and obvious love for what you do led us to terrific results in our Pre-Convention Meetings, and we had fun along the way. Additionally, Alicia, your personal presence and articulate style presented a terrific role model to our staff.” 

~ Tim Sullivan– General Manager, Marriott International ~

“You were right on target in accomplishing all of our goals with skill and ease. I would highly recommend this program to every property wanting to take their  Pre-Convention Meetings to the next level.” 

~ Victor Simmons – Director of Human Resource, Westin Mission Hills ~

CALL TODAY FOR YOUR FREE CONSULTATION:
If you could WAVE A MAGIC WAND over your Pre-Convention Meetings what are three key things you would want to magically appear and what are the three key things you would want to magically disappear in order to energize and transform your Pre-Convention Meetings? 

• Do your people show up late, leave their cell phones on, slump over the table, drone on monotonously, talk amongst themselves, fidget, and bring food to the table? 

• On a scale of 1-5 how would you rate your Pre-Convention Meetings? On a scale of 1-5 how do Meeting Planners rate your Pre-Convention Meetings?

If you want to ensure all of your Pre-Convention Meetings are exciting, unique and memorable please contact Alicia Ashley today for your free consultation. Phone her at 949.387.8735 or EMAIL here.