Workshops Offered

Whether it's learning how to "Turbo Charge Your Business" or "Stand Above The Crowd," Maria Marsala offers you an array of content-driven, comprehensive speech topics customizable to your company or organization's needs with direct results to your bottom line. Click on the FAQ link (above) to read more about how we customize our talks.

The topics below can be combined into 1 session. For example, our Economy Proof Your Business program has included in it vision statements, objectives, and strategic alliances. View a flyer, as a PDF file you can download for some topics below that appear in bold.

Business Expansion & Leadership

• 1.1 Economy Proof Your Business
• 1.2a Roadmap to Business Success: Strategic Planning Using The One Page Business Plan®
• 1.2b Roadmap to Business Success: Strategic Planning Using The One Page Business Plan® for Non-Profit Organizations or BOD
• 1.2c Roadmap to Non-Profit Success: Strategic Planning Using The One Page Business Plan® for Career Seekers
• 1.2d Roadmap to Executive Success: Strategic Planning Using The One Page Business Plan® for Executives
• 1.2e Roadmap to Business Success: Strategic Planning Using The One Page Business Plan® for Women Business Owners
• 1.2f Roadmap to Department Success: Strategic Planning Using The One Page Business Plan® for Profit Centers or Departments
• 1.2g Roadmap to Department Success: Strategic Planning Using The One Page Business Plan® for Financial Service Professionals
• 1.3 Propelling Your Business Forwards: Using Your Vision To Create Focus, Clarity, and Move You Towards Rapid Business Growth
• 1.4 Create a Dream/Vision Board To Propel You Forward
• 1.5 Goals, Strategies, & Actions: The Forces That Drive Your Business
• 1.6 Ideal Client Profiles/Niches
• 1.7 Developing Performance Management Systems
• 1.8 Using Leverage To Save You Time
• 1.9 Performance Management Systems
• 2.0 Business Exit Strategy Plan

We also facilitate on-site, 6-hour strategic business and marketing planning programs at companies. Participants leave the event with a solid first draft of a completed plan for their company, team, or position within a company.

Networking

• 2.1 Stand Out from the Crowd with a USP: Time To Get Your Business Noticed
• 2.2 Differentiate Yourself With a Well-Developed Business Snapshot
• 2.3 Increasing Your Net Worth with Networking
• 2.4 Networking for Introverts
• 2.5 Perfect Your 4 Elevator Pitches
• 2.6 Creating a Follow-Up System That Works For You
• 5.4 Using Web 2.0/Social Networking to Increase Your Reach

Referral Marketing

• 3.1 Building Strong Business Alliances
• 3.2 Creating Virtual and Local Teams
• 3.3. How To Develop a Team of 100

Make More Money! (for Professional Service Business Owners Only)

• 4.1 Pricing Your Service Just Right
• 4.2 Asking For a Raise
• 4.3 Ten Ways to Say No to Freebie Seekers
• 4.4 Creating a Marketing Funnel That Attracts Great Clients

Website Development

• 5.1 Article Marketing on the Web
• 5.2 Designing Your First Website for Under $300
• 5.3 Search Engine Optimization for Beginners
• 5.4 Using Web 2.0/Social Networking to Increase Your Reach

Personal Development/Stress Reduction (For Owners/Executives/Teams)

• 6.1 Building Reserves
• 6.2 Clean Sweep Stress From Your Life
• 6.3 Tolerations: Silent Energy Killers
• 6.4 Finding Serenity When It's the Last Thing On Your Mind
• 6.5 Boundaries & Standards
• 1.3 Create a Dream/Vision Board To Propel You Forward

Once a month, Maria provides one-hour, "near" pro-bono presentations to nonprofit organizations. These engagements are only available to groups who can guarantee an audience of at least 35 business owners or executives and are located within an hour or so from Seattle. She also conducts these "free" programs outside the area for at least 1 night's stay in a city within 4 hours of Seattle, and 2 night's stay within 8 hours of Seattle.

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