Affiliate since: 08/29/2023, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Osaro's 206 other Ask SC answers

Perception is very important, so you need to develop a trust relationship with your PSAs and may be PRMs in advance. You need to show you are a good leader, who is helpful and always ready to selflessly guide and assist his team. Establishing a good reputation will be the first big leap in your plan of setting up a local meeting or a seminar, and then you may adapt the following suggested steps below:

1. You need to identify your invitees and probably establish some criteria for invitation; are you going to invite all your Local PSAs and PRMs or you are going to invite a segment that is struggling with this business? Are you going to invite those who will come and 'intimidate' others or you are going to invite those who will come to showcase their successes with great humility? Are you going to invite more newbies or more oldies or a fair combination of both? Are you going to invite some who will join you as co-leaders to help with execution of objectives at the meeting? etc

2. Use a very professional or friendly medium to send invitation; email, social network group, SFI Team Mail etc. Include the agenda of the meeting in your invitation and explain why you think they will benefit from this meeting. Ensure the agenda includes issues that have been coming up in your discussions with them in order to arouse interests.

3. Resist making it too formal so plan to include other activities of interests like social interactions, fun games, refreshments, traditional/cultural entertainment common to all of you to spice up the occasion. The purpose of this is to make it attractive in order to increase the potential of participation and ensure you communicate these to members prior to the meeting.

4. You may need to include a 'catch' to also encourage participation like; "for honouring my invitation by attending, you will receive one of the following gifts; Tcredits, a free 2 month co-op participation, free 1 year own domain name, free promotional page, PSAs reassignments etc.

5. The next step is to set up an appropriate venue and I do not encourage you to use your house because it could trivialise the event or make it look too personal and some members may be uncomfortable with such arrangement. Please note that you may need some electronic devices for learning, brainstorming and communication like speakers, microphones, laptops, projector, music system etc. Ensure you give a proper description of the venue or where possible, arrange for them to stop at a popular place where you may arrange for them to be transported in batches to the venue.

6. At this stage the meeting is properly set up and my advice for that day is to ensure you deliver on all what you promised leading up to the meeting or seminar.

In conclusion, this type of get together is very appropriate and ingenious, because it may lead to some improved relationships in the interest of building a more active and successful team.

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Perception is very important, so you need to develop a trust relationship with your PSAs and may be PRMs in advance. You need to show you are a good leader, who is helpful and always ready to selflessly guide and assist his team. Establishing a good reputation will be the first big leap in your plan of setting up a local meeting or a seminar, and then you may adapt the following suggested steps below:

1. You need to identify your invitees and probably establish some criteria for invitation;
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Affiliate since: 10/01/2013, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Nimo's 381 other Ask SC answers

This is probably an event where you will need help from your upline and team members.

Get them on board with the idea. Talk to them and let them know what you are thinking of doing and gauge their support.

Prepare a draft program/set up of the seminar: - where its being held, duration, subject to be covered etc..
Prepare/Set budget - marketing, rental, catering etc..
Registration procedure and costs if any - cost sharing with team members if required
Promote the seminar
Invite your sponsor/upline to attend if possible

If your upline and team members are supportive invite some of them to speak on particular subjects. You don't want to be doing all the presentations.

One Very Important aspect to be addressed -
Where non members attend the seminar and they want to join SFI/TripleClicks there and then, you must work out in advance who the sponsor should be.

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This is probably an event where you will need help from your upline and team members.

Get them on board with the idea. Talk to them and let them know what you are thinking of doing and gauge their support.

Prepare a draft program/set up of the seminar: - where its being held, duration, subject to be covered etc..
Prepare/Set budget - marketing, rental, catering etc..
Registration procedure and costs if any - cost sharing with team members if required
Promote
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Affiliate since: 06/27/2013, Power Rank: 197 | Read James's 127 other Ask SC answers

Setting up local meetings or seminars to recruit PSAs and PRMs need a thorough planning and strategies in order to run them successfully. Both need different approaches. A meeting can be between 2 people and a comfortable number of 10 people where you can pay individual attention to every one in a given period of time. A seminar can be a group of 20, 30 or even more than 100 people.
So to be cost effective, I will set up a meeting of 10 people which is comfortable in a room that can accommodate 10 to 15 people with good lighting and audio systems, with fans or aicon, and whiteboard, OHP or led projector.

Prior arrangement
Identify the participants, new affiliates, new prospects or any interested participant in SFI business
Arrange for the venue, time, presenter(s), gifts, notes, reading materials, etc.
Cater for tea, lunch or dinner.
Need publicity- Word of mouth
Laptop with power-point presentation or audio
Program schedule with Q&A session.
Ready for FAQ with answers.

What's the objectives and expected results
Spell out objectives and benefits to participants
To get immediate registration to join
Out of 10 participants, 5 registered immediately while the others may be PRMs is considered successful
Spread the words to get more prospects and to arrange for other/future meetings.
To get 5 active PSAs to be under me while the rest be under my active PSAs
Continue to hold meetings for follow-up and to recruit new members to add up to my team

Actual day
Be punctual
Ensure that everything required is ready
Welcome the participants.

Follow-up Actions.
Arrange for follow-up meeting with the participants to get feedback
Keep it touch
Ready to answer any questions and render assistance if necessary.



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Setting up local meetings or seminars to recruit PSAs and PRMs need a thorough planning and strategies in order to run them successfully. Both need different approaches. A meeting can be between 2 people and a comfortable number of 10 people where you can pay individual attention to every one in a given period of time. A seminar can be a group of 20, 30 or even more than 100 people.
So to be cost effective, I will set up a meeting of 10 people which is comfortable in a room that can accommodate
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Affiliate since: 02/05/2015, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Michael's 18 other Ask SC answers

To me in this day and time we are all living a fast paced life. Most people will quickly tell you they do not have time to come to a meeting or seminar. So trying to get people to your meetings would be discouraging and disappointing not just for you but you guest when most do not show and they are the only one sitting there.

This does not mean that you should not hold a meeting or a seminar. How you are going to want to do it is use some of the meeting programs out here. One of my favorites is GoToMeeting. The thing I like about meeting like this is a few reasons.

1) The attendance is much higher cause for the guest there is no travel time, no having to leave the home so it an be planned around their schedule.

2) They can invite their friends to log on as well and not feel singled out or embarrassed if they do not show.

3) One of the biggest reasons is that with this I can invite people from all over the world to join not just my neighborhood or town. Oh WOW, just think how big your prospect list just came now.

4) I can now do meetings throughout the day to fit the schedule of my prospects. Takes me 30 minutes or less so I can do a quick webinar during lunch and have people watching on their breaks. I can do one in the mornings for the mom's after the kids have left for school. At night after kids are to bed in place of them not showing to my home meeting cause they didn't have a babysitter.

I could go on with the Pro's of holding these types of meetings and seminars. But I am sure your wheels are turning already. So here is to your next online meeting or seminar.

To YOUR Success

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To me in this day and time we are all living a fast paced life. Most people will quickly tell you they do not have time to come to a meeting or seminar. So trying to get people to your meetings would be discouraging and disappointing not just for you but you guest when most do not show and they are the only one sitting there.

This does not mean that you should not hold a meeting or a seminar. How you are going to want to do it is use some of the meeting programs out here. One of my favorites
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Affiliate since: 08/16/2013, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Lureita's 23 other Ask SC answers

First you have to plan.
Who are you going to invite? What are you going to show them? What are you going to talk about. Are you going to have any projectors or a board for drawing out things for illustration purposes? Will there be any key speakers? Review your plans and make sure everything is organized so as to recruit and not to confuse people. Make sure you have plenty of cards on hand to give out.

Second: Set you date, time and place.
Make sure your date leaves plenty of time to get out your Flyers and/or invitations. Print out plenty of Flyers and/or invitations. Post and/or mail flyers and invitations.

Third: Arrive early on date of event.
Arrive early enough to have meeting room completely set up and organized for your guest. Make sure seating is arranged so everyone can see and hear clearly. Have all your materials organized so that there is no confusion when you start your presentation. If possible, have donuts, coffee and water available for guest as they arrive.

Forth: Be prepared to greet guest as they arrive.
If you have a Fast Track Pin, make sure you are wearing it. Greet guest, introduce yourself and offer coffee and donuts as you are waiting for others to arrive. Some small talk could include finding out what they do for a living and possibly what their goals are for the future. This could help you while you are doing your presentation.

Fifth: Make sure you begin on time
Begin your presentation on time. If people arrive late, they will seat themselves and this should not interrupt you. Make sure you let people ask questions at the end. Provide everyone with sign up information before they leave. Also give them your business card with your contact information.
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First you have to plan.
Who are you going to invite? What are you going to show them? What are you going to talk about. Are you going to have any projectors or a board for drawing out things for illustration purposes? Will there be any key speakers? Review your plans and make sure everything is organized so as to recruit and not to confuse people. Make sure you have plenty of cards on hand to give out.

Second: Set you date, time and place.
Make sure your date leaves plenty
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Affiliate since: 10/26/2010, Power Rank: 350 | Read Kay's 289 other Ask SC answers

If you have a local team of your PSAs, their generations, and your CSAs you might want to have a meeting to recruit PSAs and PRMs for members of your team. Remember that duplication is very important at SFI, therefore do not do anything that your PSAs can not duplicate.

Use of someone's home might be a put off for those who do not have a home worthy of holding a business meeting. They may not want strangers coming into it. So rent a simple but adequate meeting room. The rental date will determine the time and date for the meeting. Make your invitations to members of your team, asking them to bring some friends or contacts to the meeting. Also advertise the meeting as it is for the introduction of a method of earning a second income. Free to attend. Do not allow members of other SFI teams to attend because that could lead to some heavy duty cross-ling, cross-solicitation, and poaching.

Have everyone register when they enter the room, affiliates and guests.Get email addresses and phone numbers.

Since most of us can get along for 2-3 hours without needing food or drink, do not serve them. This adds expense to the meeting and again you must do what your team can see themselves doing.

This is not a meeting set up for training. It is for recruiting and referring new team members. Do not encourage your team members to trade secrets, or talk about SFI in front of the guests. You want to control how the guests are introduced to the SFI/TC opportunity.

If guests want to sign-up, let them sign-up under the ones who brought them to the meeting. Those that came because of your adds, should go under you, or you may share them with those of your team who are in attendance.

Make sure that you know what and how you want to say. Have notes or a computer write-up. Let the program be light, short, and fun. Leave time for questions. Have a few computers available for sign ups.

If this meeting was a success, then announce that you will get in contact with them before the next meeting. When you do get in contact, you might divide the cost of the meeting room amongst those affiliates who attend. Or ask a $5 cover charge for all affiliates.

Do follow-ups with your Team members to be sure they understand what they need to do before a meeting and during and after it, too.

If there are no guests, then turn the meeting into a training meeting. Here again watch for improper talk between your people. No poaching, etc.
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If you have a local team of your PSAs, their generations, and your CSAs you might want to have a meeting to recruit PSAs and PRMs for members of your team. Remember that duplication is very important at SFI, therefore do not do anything that your PSAs can not duplicate.

Use of someone's home might be a put off for those who do not have a home worthy of holding a business meeting. They may not want strangers coming into it. So rent a simple but adequate meeting room. The rental date
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Affiliate since: 03/21/2015, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Valentina's 57 other Ask SC answers

As a seminar professional, you can choose from among three different operating modes. You can:

1. act as a speaker, trainer or presenter, working directly with your audiences and booking your programs on your own or through a speakers bureau (which is sort of like a talent agency)

2. act as a promoter, seminar company or training firm, setting up programs and engaging other people to do the speaking, training or presenting

3. do both, setting up programs at which you present and at which you also bring others on board to share the speaking or training chores


Most seminar professionals choose the first option, but you can go with any one that feels comfortable to you.

Do You Have What It Takes?
Not everybody is cut out to be a seminar production professional. This is not, for example, a career for the creativity-challenged. It takes lots of foresight to figure out what will be a winning program, to design and construct it so it sells, and to promote it effectively. If you're one of those folks who'd rather undergo a root canal than have to come up with peppy advertising copy, then you don't want to be in the seminar business.

This is also not a career for the time-management-deficient. Seminars must be planned and organized months in advance, with everything from the topic and speaker to the dining reservations nailed down early on.

And if you plan on presenting your own programs, this isn't--obviously--a career for the terminally shy or the terminally boring. You must be able to keep an audience interested and entertained for the length of your seminar and beyond. This doesn't mean you need to be trained by both the Royal Shakespeare Academy and the Ringling Brothers Circus school, just that you need to have a natural enthusiasm for your subjects and be able to communicate it.

Who attends seminars? All sorts of people who hope to gain all sorts of insights.

The best way to start is by thinking about what you know, what you enjoy and what your potential customers need or want. Then test your ideas against the following:

Your topics must be things you or your presenters are knowledgeable and enthusiastic about.
You must have a large customer base from which to draw.
You must have a well-defined topic.
Your topics must address your audiences' wants and needs.

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As a seminar professional, you can choose from among three different operating modes. You can:

1. act as a speaker, trainer or presenter, working directly with your audiences and booking your programs on your own or through a speakers bureau (which is sort of like a talent agency)

2. act as a promoter, seminar company or training firm, setting up programs and engaging other people to do the speaking, training or presenting

3. do both, setting up programs at which
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Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999

Provision of training will need to begin with planning in advance. The planning stage will have you establish the following:

Location - where will these sessions be held, what size of space is required, how accessible is the location for people using public transit or own vehicle to get there

Place - you may want to do in people homes so those invited are by the host, or make arrangements with a local coffee shop to make arrangements for sessions to be held

Time: what time will sessions begin and end

Day of the week - setting one day a week for training sessions is much easer to have participants spread the word about your workshops - if you do not book a regular day of the week, it can be bard to have attendees track when he or she is to come for a second session/follow-up to learn more about SFI as a business option

Advertisement - will news about sessions being held be done via Social Media, local news paper advertisements, direct mail campaigns, personal delivery of flyers to people that you meet or use of bulletin boards available in public places even at post-secondary institutions

Happy Planning!
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Provision of training will need to begin with planning in advance. The planning stage will have you establish the following:

Location - where will these sessions be held, what size of space is required, how accessible is the location for people using public transit or own vehicle to get there

Place - you may want to do in people homes so those invited are by the host, or make arrangements with a local coffee shop to make arrangements for sessions to be held

Time:
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Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999

People are skeptical about showing up to meetings or seminars about business opportunities. A lot of people receive numerous emails as well as mail via the postal carriers advertising the next so-called big opportunity or the latest "get rich quick" schemes. Expecting people to show up to a meeting place or even your home for a meeting about something they don't know much about might be difficult.

It may be easier to invite everyone to an online meeting via Skype, Google +, etc. It would be convenient for those who can't travel easily or are wary about going to places that are not familiar to them. You could have as many people as the online meeting space will allow. After making the presentation to everyone, you can allow time for questions, give them your email to send questions, or direct them to your web site (if you have one available).

I would suggest that the online meeting be short, perhaps no more than fifteen or twenty minutes. Cover the basics of SFI, and those who are interested will contact you if they want to learn more.
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People are skeptical about showing up to meetings or seminars about business opportunities. A lot of people receive numerous emails as well as mail via the postal carriers advertising the next so-called big opportunity or the latest "get rich quick" schemes. Expecting people to show up to a meeting place or even your home for a meeting about something they don't know much about might be difficult.

It may be easier to invite everyone to an online meeting via Skype, Google +,
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Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999

Thanks for this question.

1. First of all, know your Target Group;
2. Choose a Venue easily accessible;
3. Choose the Time carefully, keeping the season in mind;
4. Try to have it on a Public Holiday;
5. Explore all means of Advertisement about your Meeting/Seminar;
6. Start Advertising well in advance;
7. Have a thorough preparation with clear agenda-session wise;
8. Equip yourself with all relevant information regarding SFI & TC - Products & Services;
9. Keep the duration short , 1 to 2 Hours maximum;
10.Present everything through Slides & Power Point Presentation;
11. Have short sessions of 20 to 40 Minutes;
12. Make it inter active;
13. Allow the participants to speak freely & frankly;
14. Answer briefly based on your experience;
15. Show your performance and achievements;
16. Be honest in your approach;
17. At the right moment talk about Transfer Buying/ECA/Compensation Plan/SFI Rules of
Success/Safety & Security Aspects, Pricebenders Auction, Games, Marketing and
Training, Payment Options, Growth opportunities, Garage Sales, etc;
18. Have Breaks after every session;
19. Have a Question and Answer Session;
20. Offer Refreshments;
21. Absorb all costs of conducting the Meeting/Seminar - yourself;
22. Take details of all participants through a form;
23. Give your Contact Details to every one;
24. Collect Feed back from every participant;
25. Give live demonstration of Auctions;
26. Allow some participants to play EZ Games including KOT & Card King;
27. Do not insist on any one to join immediately; But show them how to become members;
28. Allow them to think and decide on their own;
29. Do not be afraid to face negative situations;
30. Wear a smile through out every session

Conclusion:

1. Do not worry even if the turn out is not as per your expectation;
2. Do not be upset with the results i.e sign ups;
3. Establish contact with the participants based on their remarks in the Feed back Forms;
4. After the meeting, take time to analyze what went right & wrong, where?
5. Take remedial measures & repeat such sessions at regular intervals;


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Thanks for this question.

1. First of all, know your Target Group;
2. Choose a Venue easily accessible;
3. Choose the Time carefully, keeping the season in mind;
4. Try to have it on a Public Holiday;
5. Explore all means of Advertisement about your Meeting/Seminar;
6. Start Advertising well in advance;
7. Have a thorough preparation with clear agenda-session wise;
8. Equip yourself with all relevant information regarding SFI & TC - Products &
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