Levels Telephone Seminars - Training Resources

The Construction Bidding Process ...ference is designed to provide practical guidance for all levels of experience. Learning Objectives - You will be able to review sealed bidding procedures. - You will be able to discuss negotiated procurement procedures. - You will be able to identify design build procedures. - You will be able to recognize bid protest procedures. Project managers, contractors, subcontractors, engineers,  more...

Developing a Community Nonemergency Response System BenefitsCitizens are demanding fast, easy access to government services in an efficient manner that optimizes their investment. Municipal executives are consistently seeking government solutions to improve service without increasing budgets. Elected officials know the quality of services can mean the difference between re-election and defeat. This teleconference will provide municipal leaders the  more...

Pricing and Cost Analysis in Purchasing ...e of market conditions and prices associated with quality levels required for the buying firm's needs. The effective buyer must become an expert for the items that they purchase. The objective of price-cost analysis is not to get the lowest price, but to obtain the best value with consideration for delivering time, acceptable quality levels, in the appropriate quantities. In general price is  more...

Employee Engagement in Troubled Times ...n results in organizational retrenching, reduced staffing levels and increased workloads, and constrained compensation budgets. Nonetheless, there is opportunity amid the economic uncertainty. Careful attention to positioning individuals and teams to succeed will not only allow organizations to weather the storm, but also to emerge from the downturn in a stronger competitive position. This  more...

Promoting Wellness and Recovery of People With Mental Illness Through Strengths-Based, Person-Centered Practice ...levels of the human service and community corrections fields. Policy-makers and funders must develop policies and procedures that support and promote evidence-based practice with this challenging group of service participants. Service organizations must become more outcome-focused in their helping efforts. Direct practitioners, therapists, case managers and substance abuse providers must  more...

Understanding Business Valuations From Purpose to Product BenefitsThe business valuation field is widely fragmented with a variety of specialized services, appraiser credentials, business valuation standards and business valuation deliverables. For this reason, the business valuation methods employed, products delivered and prices charged can vary widely depending on the purpose of the business valuation and the appraiser or firm engaged. Therefore, it  more...

Best Practices in Purchasing Software ...lain methods for evaluating vendors, products and service levels for licensed software over the entire life cycle of a software application. The teleconference will also cover business continuity issues for business-critical software applications and methods currently used to mitigate against catastrophic failures of a software vendor or application. Be prepared for your next software license  more...

Overcome Your Competition: Stand Out in a Crowded Marketplace ...f you are not starting your sales pursuits at the highest levels in the organization, your qualification process is suspect at best. Too many times sales professionals employ a bottom-up sales approach versus the top-down approach that has proven to be more effective. Even the best sales skills, or sales approach, even the quid pro quo approach, is not effective if applied to the wrong people.  more...