Goals Telephone Seminars

Become a Certified Christian Life Coach ...re you use your gifts and talents to help others identify goals and values and make significant changes in their lives. Our premier program is affordable and comprehensive program and delivered in a 16 week all which is offered through weekly group webinars, or through one-on-one sessions with a Master Trainer. You will not only learn about coaching, you become a coach and get great business  more...

Voyage to Discovery: Using Interview and Witness Behavioral Analysis ...r on the stand and if, in particular they have dissimilar goals; the obtaining of direct and complete answers may be difficult. The challenge is how to obtain the testimony needed when faced with adversarial or guarded witnesses. What is the best way to ask questions so that they will be answered? How might the behavioral analysis of a witness be utilized to optimize a particular line of  more...

Voyage to Discovery: Using Interview and Witness Behavioral Analysis ...r on the stand and if, in particular they have dissimilar goals; the obtaining of direct and complete answers may be difficult. The challenge is how to obtain the testimony needed when faced with adversarial or guarded witnesses. What is the best way to ask questions so that they will be answered? How might the behavioral analysis of a witness be utilized to optimize a particular line of  more...

Best Practices in Networking and Referral Generation ...right people, organizations, and programs to benefit your goals. Learn techniques to create an effective elevator speech and build long-term business relationships. Discover how to use the Internet including social media, blogs, website development, emails, cell phones, videos, and other technologies to effectively build your network. Regardless of whether you plan to travel, or work  more...

Best Practices in Networking and Referral Generation ...right people, organizations, and programs to benefit your goals. Learn techniques to create an effective elevator speech and build long-term business relationships. Discover how to use the Internet including social media, blogs, website development, emails, cell phones, videos, and other technologies to effectively build your network. Regardless of whether you plan to travel, or work  more...

Charitable Remainder Trust Fundamentals ...tifying client situations where a CRT meets your client's goals. We will classify the six CRT types to determine which one best fits your client. We will explore compliance issues including several common traps in managing a CRT along with a discussion of best practices to resolve issues before they arise. This live audio conference is designed for attorneys, estate planners, accountants,  more...

Common Conflicts in the Tripartite Relationship ... participant in the tripartite relationship has different goals, obligations and exposure that may be inconsistent with each other. When the parties exercise or express their individual rights, it can negatively impact the legal rights and defenses of the others, sometimes placing counsel in a precarious ethical position. Worse, it can place the insured and carrier in direct conflict. Learn  more...

Extensive Green Roof Design ...atic approach to design that includes setting appropriate goals, and selecting materials and assembly types that are most likely to meet your expectations. Learning Objectives: - You will be able to discuss and provide realistic quantification of the benefits of green roof systems. - You will be able to identify green roof materials and systems and interpret standard test results. - You will  more...

Creating Successful Employee Surveys ...nagement activities with its strategic and organizational goals and objectives. This live audio conference will help HR professionals, senior management and supervisors update their knowledge of employee survey trends and implications, use employees surveys to increase the value of their human capital, and use employee surveys as a catalyst for action. This live audio conference is designed  more...

Problems and Risks Associated With Green Construction ...arly vital in rated green buildings to ensure performance goals are met. We will also discuss issues like allocating responsibility of performance; coordination of obligations; and risks and consequences of not achieving the desired result or objectives, including unique insurance, indemnity, consequential damage and liability considerations. Learning Objectives: - You will be able to define  more...

AIA Document D503(TM) - 2011: Guide for Sustainable Projects ...fferent and potentially competing forces, such as owners' goals, code requirements, and basic liability considerations, can impact the sustainable objective targeted for a project and the sustainable measures needed to achieve the sustainable objective. It is critical that everyone involved in a sustainable project understand the distinctions between potential objectives, and have a clear  more...

The WE in Wellness--5 Skills Every Case Manager Should Know for Effective Case Management ... learn how to be both realistic and effective as they set goals for themselves and their clients. Learning Objectives: - You will be able to explain medical homes and community case management. - You will be able to describe realistic goal setting with clients. - You will be able to discuss teaching techniques and resources available for client education. - You will be able to identify  more...

Using Travel Policy to Control Costs ...ey can manage the balance between the competing strategic goals of service, savings and safety. Because a well-structured travel policy addresses the key components of successful travel management, we will describe best practices regarding travel agencies; reservation processes; and class of service for airlines, hotels, and car rentals; policy enforcement, and groups and meetings. At the  more...

Bankruptcy Section 363: Purchasing Distressed Assets BenefitsCurrent and expected future economic conditions portend an increase in the sale of distressed assets out of bankruptcy due to the increase in financially distressed and overleveraged companies. Lower valuations for both public and private companies, the limited access to growth capital for potential sellers and the build up over the last couple of years of 'dry powder' at investment funds  more...

Pervious Pavement Alternatives ...ost important tools for meeting nonpoint source pollution goals, building low-impact developments and rehabilitating cities in a sustainable manner. However designers, developers and municipal officials are reluctant to use porous pavements until numerous questions about their practicality and feasibility are answered. This audio conference conveys the scientific results and on-the-ground  more...

HR Budgeting Fundamentals: Translate Your Goals into Revenue Terms BenefitsDue to SOX legislation and CFO/controller's demanding budgets from the HR department, HR professionals have had to learn budgeting skills. Most HR people did not go to school to be financial gurus and learning to properly budget for people-related expenses is a foreign language. However, if you truly want a seat at the table you must learn to appropriately forecast and plan for the most  more...

Land Development Right Transfer Issues and Complexities ...lps implement the preservation as well as the development goals of a community's land use plans. When TDR works, property owners are compensated for voluntarily conserving their land and developers are able to achieve more profitable levels of development despite contributing to off-site preservation. As a market driven tool that requires coordination of various stakeholders, TDR can seem  more...

Best Practices for MRO Purchasing ... a guiding strategy and supporting tactics to achieve the goals that have been identified for the MRO purchasing function. This is often a significant opportunity to reduce operating cost and improve mean time to repair. This teleconference will help you understand and design the MRO purchasing system and related processes. The teleconference will also explain many of the industry best in class  more...

Condition Assessments and Structural Evaluation of Existing Buildings ...to how the assessments need to be conducted for different goals and objectives that the client may have. This teleconference will include a discussion on nondestructive evaluation as to when and where such methods can be utilized. Some case histories will be discussed to demonstrate the assessment and evaluation process which you can use as samples for your projects. Learning Objectives - You  more...

Developing Storm Water Utilities and Impact Fee Programs BenefitsLocal governments are facing growing challenges to manage storm water runoff due to aging infrastructure, ever-increasing capital needs and unfunded federal mandates to manage water quality. Storm water programs that are supported primarily by the general fund must compete annually with other programs and funding is often unreliable and insufficient. Due to the recent recession, tax  more...

Forbearance Agreement Fundamentals ...hat allow borrowers and lenders to achieve many different goals and potentially avoid litigation and exercise of remedies. This teleconference will help parties to a defaulted or distressed loan understand what options may be available to them under a forbearance agreement - an arrangement with the lender wherein the lender agrees to either a temporary or permanent forbearance from exercising  more...

Understanding LEED for Existing Buildings Operations and Maintenance ...e of their buildings and assists in the identification of goals and strategies that allow uniform consideration of improvements. This teleconference will help you understand how the U.S. Green Building Council Existing Buildings Operations Maintenance LEED rating and certification system works. There are millions of existing buildings and numerous opportunities exist to reduce their energy  more...

Effective Job Rotation Programs: Development and Implementation ...orce, are limited in subject scope and often operate with goals that do not flex or align with the organization's business strategy. Today, more than ever before, the survival and growth of your organization is dependent upon your ability as a talent management professional to attract, retain and keep top talent on the cutting edge of knowledge, driving significant improvements in the  more...

Developing, Managing and Analyzing a Budget: Understand and Implement an Effective Budget for Better Management and Financial De BenefitsThis teleconference will show how proper planning and budgeting are the keys to success, and operating without a plan or budget is an invitation to fail. This concept holds for businesses - no matter how large or small - nonprofits and governments. Budgeting is a dynamic process, not a static one. By knowing the types of budgets and processes that have worked for others, one can create an  more...

Practical Transportation Design and Solutions: Concepts and Implementation ...m-wide performance evaluation and targeted project design goals. This approach allows for the development of properly sized facilities and minimizes overbuilt alternatives. Evaluation of the Kentucky practical solution approach indicates that given a constrained budget, a practical solution approach can treat three times as many miles of road as a traditional design approach, with a 20 percent  more...

Implementing a Health Risk Assessment for Your Health Plan: What Works, What Doesn't, What's Legal ...n or wellness program. Learn about health risk assessment goals and expected outcomes, common design issues and encouraging participation, offering rewards and penalties, overcoming objections and the all-important employee buy-in. You will also learn how to avoid legal pitfalls and which health risk assessment designs raise sticky legal issues. Benefits professionals, human resource managers,  more...

Fast-Track Construction: Opportunities and Challenges Management ...actions with the design team may adversely affect project goals. This teleconference helps you understand the interaction between the three groups responsible for getting a construction project completed under the fast-track method, and provides practical advice on contractual relationships and planning for a successful project. Learning Objectives: - You will be able to define concepts and  more...

Early Case Assessment Strategies for Paralegals BenefitsLitigation can be costly. Cases can last for years. In light of these tough economic times, clients are looking to their legal team to control legal costs while at the same time producing favorable outcomes. Studies have indicated that early case assessment evaluation, if done correctly, can accomplish both of these goals. Irrespective of the complexity of the case, early case assessment  more...

Suicidology: Your Responsibilities for Protecting Your Clients and the Public ...ision making, and short-term counseling and psychotherapy goals. Focus will be placed on identifiable markers of imminent risk, professional liability, malpractice and the standard of care. Learning Objectives - You will be able to review suicide demographics and epidemiology. - You will be able to discuss clinical decision making, management and treatment. - You will be able to recognize a  more...

Design Codes and Standards for Noise Control ... tools to avoid such problems, and obligatory performance goals and the nature of applicable standards. These standards relate to common interior noise sources for commercial, residential and educational buildings, special facilities (e.g., presentation and performance spaces), and mechanical equipment noise and vibration. Topics will include material selection, construction systems,  more...

Successful Strategies for Controlling Workers' Compensation Costs ...rogram will utilize the available remedies to achieve the goals of reducing injuries, reducing benefit payment and reducing unsuccessful litigation results. This 90-minute teleconference will review the myths and misconceptions about workers' compensation as well as address how to control runaway claims. The 10 key elements of an effective workers' compensation program will also be addressed in  more...

Creating Investment Policies For Your Nonprofit: Risk Tolerance, Reserve Funds and Portfolio Management Capacity nEstablishing and maintaining investment policies that fall in line with the needs, risk tolerance and portfolio management capacity of your organization are critical to its success. At this teleconference we will take a strategic look at the components that contribute to creating strong investment policies. Included will be discussions on understanding the needs of your organization, spending  more...

Community Benefit Agreements ...g process, promote smart growth and environmental justice goals, and bring neighborhoods, local governments, and private interests together to make development projects more sustainable, transparent and accountable. Negotiating a CBA can be a win-win solution for community groups and developers. The community receives assurances about job benefits, affordable housing, environmental impacts and  more...

Effective Exit Interviews nMost employers are always looking for ways to improve employee relations, attract new employees and retain the ones they have. But how do you know what to do to improve if you don't know what employees are looking for or why they are leaving? n nImplemented properly, a good exit interview program can provide an employer with a host of valuable information that can be used to improve its employee  more...

Estate Planning for Vacation Homes nSummer and holiday gatherings at the family vacation home have become important traditions for many families. Providing a place where family members can relax, reconnect and escape the busy pace of life is increasingly significant to many families. Parents want to perpetuate these cherished memories and experiences throughout the generations. To do so requires careful, thoughtful planning by both  more...

Green Contracting: the Federal Government's Procurement Policies ...ual sanctions will be imposed for failure to reach stated goals. This teleconference is designed to assist you in better understanding, considering and responding to these critical questions as this apparent federal mandate is being implemented and included in government contract solicitations. n nLearning Objectives n- You will be able to discuss the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of  more...

Sustainable Development and Land Use: The Future is Here and it is Green nBuilding green was for years entirely voluntary. The U.S. Green Building Council's LEED® program and other high performance building rating systems are not legislated by any governmental entity and they are not designed to be mandatory. But thanks to an explosion of state legislation and local ordinances across the country, green building methods and requirements have now been given the force of  more...

Noise Control Design for Condominium and Multifamily Dwellings nToday's condominium buyers have become much more sophisticated with respect to acoustical issues, largely because of the horror stories related to them by the media and their acquaintances. Buyers not only want a condominium unit that is quiet when the building is complete, but they also want assurance during the design and sales process that footfall noise from above and airborne noise from  more...

Effective Program Evaluation for Nonprofits ...e will let you know the extent to which you have met your goals and objectives, how your clients feel about your organization and its services, whether you are using quality processes, what you can celebrate and how you can improve! Effective evaluations can also tell you about the program design factors and the context that are influencing your results so you know how to focus your efforts to  more...