Advanced Training Group return to work with Bangkok’s top businesses

Bangkok based business consultants, Advanced Training Group, are to follow up the recent successes of their business seminars with a company revamp and busy schedule for the last quarter of 2010.
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PRLog (Press Release) – Sep 17, 2010 – Advanced Training Group, the Bangkok based training company are to launch the next phase of the company success for the next business quarter in 2010.

The company have seen a tremendous success in the Asean region with various workshops during the previous six months and also obtaining a major contract with Australian based company New Image.

Ron Cartey, founder of Advanced Training Group, comments, “2010 saw Advanced Training Group take major leaps forward including taking a much more active role in the social media arena. We worked with some major Bangkok businesses in implementing and advising on the best ways to establish and maintain social media to enhance their business and corporate image.”

Ron continues, “The next quarter of 2010 will see Advanced Training Group take another couple of giant leaps forward. Our new upgraded website, we are very excited about and feel this will promote the perfect image for our company.”

“In addition, we are remodelling the company by adding two more divisions and working together with two established major companies in their field or expertise. This undoubtedly will enhance our reputation and provide a fuller and complete business package for our clients and we will be releasing more details in the next week or so.”

“Also, within the next 10 days, we will be releasing details of our Q4 seminars, workshops and training days which I am confident will have something for every type of business in Bangkok and indeed, the Asean region as we will be expanding more into the region.”

Bangkok businesses really have something good to look forward to and more details can be obtained from Advanced Training Group.

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About Advanced Training Group (Bangkok) – Advanced Training Group’s operations started 1984. Since then restructuring has taken place throughout the Group due to the continuous growth of the organization to where the practice now operates from four regional offices, UK, Australia, Thailand & Malaysia.

The five main sectors in Advanced Training Group’s programmes are:

• Customer Service – retaining and keeping existing customers,

• Sales – attracting new customers and sales,

• Management – implementing internal business strategies and change management,

• Corporate – sending out the correct and appropriate message with the business brand and

• Personal Development – personal one on one growth and development.

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Advanced Training Group go viral with Bangkok’s top businesses.

Bangkok based business and training consultants Advanced Training Group held their Achieve Marketing Success seminar at the Grand Millennium Hotel, Asok, Bangkok and was very well received from the delegate of some of Bangkok’s top businesses.

Riding on the wave of social media and social networking, Advanced Training Group hosted their second phase of their social media workshops entitled Achieve Marketing Success. The half day seminar follows up their Social Media workshop by showing Bangkok’s business delegates the most effective ways of viral marketing.

Almost everyone today uses social media but very few can claim to use social media to its potential. To maximise marketing results Advanced Training Group’s Clint Barnard introduced delegate to the importance of viral marketing and how to achieve this.

The first part of Advanced Training Groups seminar was how to maximise email campaigns and the critical factors to take into account. With so much of online marketing constantly changing, Clint offered his expert opinion and advice on how to achieve marketing success with email viral marketing.

The second part of the session involved the use of the biggest aspect of social media and that is video viral marketing. Often overlooked due to seemingly complex, expensive and often intricate nature of video presentations, Advanced Training Group explained how video marketing can be one of the most successful tools for a marketing department and campaign.

Examples of YouTube videos and how these were not put into the mainstream but promoted through word of mouth and through email contacts were shown and suggestion, tricks and tips on how businesses in Bangkok can incorporate these into their marketing strategies.

Advanced Training Group will be offering Bangkok’s businesses their expert guidance and advice on how to produce, present and edit short video presentations as part of general marketing and viral marketing campaigns. Details of which are available from Advanced Training Group.

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About Advanced Training Group (Bangkok) – Advanced Training Group’s operations started 1984. Since then restructuring has taken place throughout the Group due to the continuous growth of the organization to where the practice now operates from four regional offices, UK, Australia, Thailand & Malaysia.

There are five main sectors in Advanced Training Group’s programmes. These are

• Customer Service – retaining and keeping existing customers,

• Sales – attracting new customers and sales,

• Management – implementing internal business strategies and change management,

• Corporate – sending out the correct and appropriate message with the business brand and

• Personal Development – personal one on one growth and development.

http://www.atgroup.org

https://advancedtraininggroup.wordpress.com

http://www.twitter.com/advtraininggrp

http://www.facebook.com/#!/group.php?gid=119505348078771&ref=ts

http://www.youtube.com/user/AdvancedTrainingGrp

http://th.linkedin.com/in/kenthorkildsen

http://www.linkedin.com/companies/advanced-training-group

Full press release here –

Advanced Training Group join forces with Bangkok’s business leaders for outstanding results

Advanced Training Group take their social media programme to the next level with a workshop for Bangkok businesses to successfully integrate social media into their company and see the results.

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Advanced Training Group, the Bangkok based business consultants and training company are holding the next phase of their corporate social media programme on Thursday 29 July 2010 at the Grand Millennium Suhkumvit Hotel, Asoke, Bangkok.

The successful workshop of the Power of Social Networking was very well received with some of Bangkok’s major businesses attending and finding out what social media is and how it can work for them.

The next stage – Achieve Marketing Success – shows how and what to do for specific businesses and how specific content in a company’s social media outlets can really achieve a new marketing outlet for a business.

It is well known that anybody and everybody is becoming involved with social media and to coin a phrase from the Social Media player – Socialnomics – that social media is here to stay and it is not a case of whether or not we do social media but it is how well we do it that counts.

The Advanced Training Groups Achieve Marketing Success programme will show businesses exactly that – how to do it successfully and what critical factors must be taking into account. With the expertise of Advanced Training Groups social media expert and consultant Bangkok’s major businesses can achieve outstanding success by getting ahead by standing out in the social media market.

Bangkok’s businesses are invited to register for the half day workshop at the Grand Millennium Hotel, in the Asok area of Bangkok with this registration form – http://www.atgroup.org/newsletter/brochures/atg_sem_bk.pdf

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About Advanced Training Group (Bangkok) – Advanced Training Group’s operations started 1984. Since then restructuring has taken place throughout the Group due to the continuous growth of the organization to where the current practice now operates from four regional offices, UK, Australia, Thailand & Malaysia.

There are five main sectors in Advanced Training Group’s programmes. These go from
• Customer Service – retaining and keeping existing customers,
• Sales – attracting new customers and sales,
• Management – implementing internal business strategies and change management,
• Corporate – sending out the correct and appropriate message with the business brand and
• Personal Development – personal one on one growth and development.
http://www.atgroup.org
https://advancedtraininggroup.wordpress.com
http://www.twitter.com/advtraininggrp
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Advanced Training Group Helping Deliver the Message of Bangkok’s Top Businesses

Advanced Training Group – the Bangkok based International Communications Specialists – are helping local andinternational businesses in Bangkok again with the Achieve Marketing Success workshop at the Grand Suhkumvit Hotel, Asok.

With the recent success of “The Power of Social Networking” workshop, Advanced Training Group are now following this up with the “Achieve Marketing Success” workshop on Thursday 29 July in Bangkok. This half day workshop from Advanced Training Groups Corporate programme is aimed at the marketing and communications departments of any business who want to see more success when communicating with clients, customers and associates by email.

The amount of junk mail and spam being sent and delivered around cyberspace is astonishing and the chances are that some, if not most, of business emails are going the same way. The consultants at Advanced Training Group will show how to maximise the returns from email campaigns and how to ensure that your email gets delivered and read by the indented recipient.

Sounds easy? It will be when you hear and implement the 20 critical factors that can not be ignored to achieve marketing success.

The Achieve Marketing Success brochure and registration form can be downloaded at the following link: http://www.atgroup.org/newsletter/components/com_acymailing/upload/atg_sem_bk.pdf

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About Advanced Training Group (Bangkok) – Advanced Training Group’s operations started 1984. Since then restructuring has taken place throughout the Group due to the continuous growth of the organization to where the current practice now operates from four regional offices, UK, Australia, Thailand & Malaysia.

There are five main sectors in Advanced Training Group’s programmes. These go from

• Customer Service – retaining and keeping existing customers,

• Sales – attracting new customers and sales,

• Management – implementing internal business strategies and change management,

• Corporate – sending out the correct and appropriate message with the business brand and

• Personal Development – personal one on one growth and development.

http://www.atgroup.org

https://advancedtraininggroup.wordpress.com

http://www.twitter.com/advtraininggrp

http://www.facebook.com/#!/group.php?gid=119505348078771&ref=ts

http://th.linkedin.com/in/kenthorkildsen

Read the Press release from Advanced Training Group here –

Advanced Training Group will be sharing more marketing success with Bangkok’s top businesses.

Advanced Training Group are following up the success of their recent social media workshops in Bangkok with a halfday workshop on effective email marketing. The workshop will be conducted by Advanced Training Group’s senior consultant Clint Barnard who is a well known and successful marketing businessman in and around Bangkok.

The competition in marketing is fierce and the Achieving Marketing Success programme will guide businesses through 20 critical factors in having and achieving a successful email campaign.

Anyone can send emails or bulk emails but only the wise will do it successfully. Are your marketing strategies achieving the success you want?

The workshop is being held on the 29th July 2010 at the Grand Suhkumvit Hotel in Asok, Bangkok and will benefit the marketing and communications departments of a business and we can accommodate business groups for the day through our group discount scheme.

Full details including the registration form are on the Achieve Marketing Success Brochure which you can download.

http://www.atgroup.org/newsletter/components/com_acymailing/upload/atg_sem_bk.pdf

FULL PRESS RELEASE IS HERE

About Advanced Training Group (Bangkok) – Advanced Training Group’s operations started 1984. Since then restructuring has taken place throughout the Group due to the continuous growth of the organization to where the current practice now operates from four regional offices, UK, Australia, Thailand & Malaysia.

There are five main sectors in Advanced Training Group’s programmes. These go from
• Customer Service – retaining and keeping existing customers,
• Sales – attracting new customers and sales,
• Management – implementing internal business strategies and change management,
• Corporate – sending out the correct and appropriate message with the business brand and
• Personal Development – personal one on one growth and development.
http://www.atgroup.org
https://advancedtraininggroup.wordpress.com
http://www.twitter.com/advtraininggrp
http://www.facebook.com/#!/group.php?gid=119505348078771&ref=ts
http://th.linkedin.com/in/kenthorkildsen

Advanced Training Group present their English speaking courses for Bangkok businesses.

Bangkok based business consultants – Advanced Training Group have increased their services to include English language courses for businesses and corporate clients.

The language courses are structured for wide array of language students – ranging from students with no or very little English language skills, to basic English language skills up to professional speakers who perhaps want a refresher course or indeed to brush up on their language skills. The specialised English courses are ideal for Bangkok businesses who have staff in daily communication with English speaking customers and clients.

The language courses are very different from the usual courses available and focus 100% on communication and conversation with students constantly communicating during each two hour English lesson. Previous students have describes the courses as the most interesting, stimulating and valuable English courses they have been involved with.

The head of the English courses at Advanced Training Group is Ken Thorkildsen. Ken has many years experience of corporate training and teaching English as a foreign language and indeed is in the process of launching his own online language school – Language Open Learning.

For more information on Advanced Training Group’s Business English Courses in Bangkok, contact Ken Thorkildsen on 0860 571156

Collect the Cash and Keep the Customer (CCKC)

HOW TO COLLECT OUTSTANDING DEBT BUT STILL MAINTAIN CUSTOMER LOYALTY? THIS “COLLECT THE CASH AND KEEP THE CUSTOMER” PROGRAMME PROVIDES A STEP BE STEP GUIDE OF THE REQUIRED SKILLS AND TECHNIQUES NECESSARY TO COPE WITH EVER INCREASING DEBT AND REDUCING CUSTOMER BASE

1. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES

The objectives of this programme are three fold i.e. 1.1 To share ideas, techniques and skills that enable the delegates to have a general awareness and fundamental understanding of Indebtedness and Collection Techniques 1.2 To ensure that these techniques are totally relevant to the company requirements and more importantly, adapted to the varying collection scenarios. 1.3 To practice the skills, techniques and methods necessary to apply those concepts in the working arena & to ensure the ongoing application of ideas in conjunction with the long-term success of the sister ‘Achieving Service Excellence’ programmes. To achieve these objectives, Advanced Training will provide the necessary proven training material together with the training expertise and experience necessary.

2. SUGGESTED PROGRAMME CONTENT

2.1 The programme is be designed to provide a structured development programme for staff across differing backgrounds and operating roles aimed at improving collection techniques. It is also designed to create an awareness and understanding of the importance of the collection function in the corporate world. 2.2 The programme will run on an ‘Interactive Training’ and ‘Highly Participative’ format and will conform to Advanced Training’s effective combination of lecture, discussion, analysis, professional critique and coaching allowing for maximum practical application 2.3The following are suggested contents to cover possible requirements however, the final content and structure would be determined upon further discussion to custom fit to specific requirements.

2.4  The C.C.K.C. Collection Programme

• The Challenges of Telephone Collecting &The Communication Filters
• The Importance Of The Collection Role & Collection Tactics
• Understanding Why People Don’t Pay & The Reasons Why Someone Should
• Various Collection Approaches & Techniques
• Reasons For Default And How To Adapt Accordingly Planning & Making An Effective
• Call & Motivating People To Pay
• Dealing With The Unexpected & Countering The ‘Non Payment’ Reasons
• Countering ‘Stalling’ Tactics and Overcoming Reasons ‘Not To Pay’
• Keeping The Collection Process Sweet Ensuring The Customer Returns

3. DURATION AND TIMINGS To achieve the result desired, Advanced Training recommends that each training & development session should be of 1- 2 days duration with 10-12 delegates. The programme timings are subject to final agreement. Our suggestions are as follows

Day 1 9.00am – 5.00pm Day 2 9.00am – 5.00pm

High Impact Leadership 1 MANAGING AND MOTIVATING THE TEAM

THE LEADING MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT SUITE DESIGNED TO GENERATE OUTSTANDING RESULTS

1. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES The objectives of this programme are

1.1 To share ideas on Leadership development techniques and in particular Motivational Management

1.2 To develop communication skills for continual staff development

1.3 To provide the skills, techniques and confidence necessary to apply those concepts in the working arena

1.4To achieve these objectives, Advanced Training will provide the necessary proven training Material together with the training expertise and experience necessary.

2. PROGRAMME CONTENT

2.1The ultimate success of any company is dependent on the management expertise in field of ‘People Skills’ and their ability to inspire the staff to continually perform. This programme is the first in the ‘High Impact Leadership’ trilogy and shows how by combining effective communication skills with proven motivational techniques to produce outstanding results.

2.2 This session is designed to develop ‘key management personnel’ in motivation skills and communication techniques and is a combination of lecture and delegate participation with specific coaching designed to hone the managerial skills to overcome any challenges encountered by staff.

2.3 In addition to the agreed training areas and content, the session is designed to allow for maximum practical application, via ‘realistic & relevant’ role-plays demonstrating the techniques shared.

2.4The following are suggested contents to cover possible requirements. The final content and structure can be determined upon further discussion to custom fit to specific requirements.

HIGH IMPACT LEADERSHIP

1 The Universal Laws of Motivation

The Fundamentals of People Management

What and Why Is Motivation of Staff Vital to Corporate Success

Recognising and Avoiding The Attitude De Motivators

Effective Dissemination of the Corporate Message

Delivering Motivational Messages

With Clarity and Confidence Conducting ‘High Impact’ Meetings

The Principles of Effective Leadership

3. DURATION AND TIMINGS To achieve the results desired, Advanced Training recommends that each training & Development session should be of a minimum 2 days duration with 10-12 delegates. The programme timings are subject to final agreement. Our suggestions are as follows Day 1 9.00am – 5.00pm Day 2 9.00am – 5.00pm