Instructor Led Building Training in Illinois, USA

CLI Team Jump Start Program Team Jump Start a For existing teams a For launching new teams a Designed for a shorter training timeframe a Choose a half day, one or two day training format to assure the results you want in the timeline you have available. a Choose our location or the location of your choice. We bring portable activities to locations worldwide to build collaboration, interaction and hands-on  more...

MBTI You The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator ® will allow your participants to understand their work style strengths and limitations. This half-day workshop offers participants a window into understanding their own work style as well as othersa ™ work style approaches. Key learnings will include understanding work style matches and mismatches. Participants will receive a workbook and complete an  more...

Breakthrough Thinking Workshop This half-day workshop will help your individual contributors or teams learn about the four steps to making innovation and creativity happen in your organization. Participants will complete the Foursight creativity assessment ® online prior to the workshop. Participants will receive a workbook and complete an action plan to ensure that their new innovation skills transfer back to work.  more...

Team Building Boot Camp Send your team members to a one-day training to help them understand how to be effective team members. Team members will complete the DiSC personal profile system ® online prior to the workshop. The DiSC will help team members determine their preferred work style and collaborative approach. Key learnings will include the five practices of collaboration, how to manage conflict, getting your  more...

PORTABLE ADVENTURE PROGRAMS ...s. THE PORTABLE TEAM ADVENTURE PROGRAM: LOW ROPES TEAM BUILDING PROGRAM We build a low team challenge course anywhere in the world The course includes low ropes initiatives, such as ice breaker activities, the spider web, the electric fence, plus the addition of the 13 foot group wall. Imagine your office or meeting space transformed into a temporary adventure center This program will  more...

Adobe Flash CS5 for Android Building and Deploying Android Apps For those with experience coding in ActionScript 3. 0, learn how to develop and deploy apps for Android with Flash. Take those AS3 skills and put them to use in the mobile world! A five day course offered in both our Chicago and Deerfield locations.  more...

Creating HTML Emails Building and Broadcasting Successful HTML Email A 2 day class for those with little to no HTML experience who would like to carry out email marketing campaigns. Learn basic HTML for use in creating email layouts and forms. Also learn best practices as to not be flagged as a spammer. Ascend regularly offers this course at both Chicago and Deerfield.  more...

Adobe Flash Builder Flex 4 Developing Rich Internet Applications For developers with experience with one or many Object Oriented Programming languages. A five day course that will teach the art of building a solid front end Rich Internet Application that will integrate well with the existing back end architecture. Offered in our Chicago location.  more...

Adobe AIR, Adobe Integrated Runtime: Building Desktop Applications with Flex ...ay course will include everything you need to get started building applications with AIR. Flex developers will learn to create rich applications for deployment on the desktop. Learn how to interact with the windowing API and file system, drag and drop to the desktop, handle data persistence, and more. We'll also discuss how to easily package and distribute AIR applications. Please contact us  more...

Adobe Flash CS4 Level 2 Actionscript 3.0 This course is for those with a strong knowledge of Adobe Flash CS4. Learn the fundamental programming methodology likes the proper use of variables, methods, and instance names to more advanced programming such as condition statements, loops, and animation through Actionscript 3. 0. At Chicago or Deerfield, you can get hands on training by building basic games and animation with AS3 and Flash  more...

Adobe Flash CS4 Level 1 Creating Rich Content Learn Adobe Flash CS4 with Ascend Training and Consulting! Students will explore this the most powerful application available for creating animation, interactive content, movies, and more for the web. Building basic and advanced projects, students will leave this class prepared to take their projects to the next level with Flash CS4  more...

LaMarsh Partner in Change ...f the issues that these changes cause their employees and building ways in which to address those issues. Yet sponsors and change agents are frustrated by the "target" mentality of employees who do not see that they, too, play a key role in a well managed change. The Partner in Change Workshop focuses on building employees' insight into their reactions to change and how to develop a  more...

LaMarsh Six Sigma Managed Change(tm) Application Workshop Making your implementation easier and sustainable... Six Sigma is a powerful process for identifying and justifying process change. But, so often, it is people in the organization (who are being required to change their behaviors) who will determine whether the change itself can ever deliver results that are sustainable. Whether we like it or not, these "Targets" of change within the  more...

LaMarsh - The Leader as Sponsor of Change ...remain competitive. While leaders try to stay focused on building a clear vision for the future and making sure it happens, they are confronted with increasing pressure to become more involved in change initiatives. Leaders can't just articulate a vision and then rely on their staff to drive the changes required. The staff, as change agents cannot succeed on their own. Even the most skilled  more...

LaMarsh Managed Change(tm) Project Workshop Project teams carry a heavy burden. To operate effectively in today's fast-paced business environment, many changes are expected to occur within budget, in a limited timeframe, using few resources with minimal disruption of normal business operations. Often, these critical and complex change initiatives will determine the success or failure of an organization. Experts agree that when an  more...