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Jun 07
1

Take back control and build your business

By | life hacks, mentor POV, mentoring, working with interns | No Comments

We all want to be on top of things, build our businesses and take our firms to the next level.

But sometimes we just get overloaded and our focus is pulled away by a mountain of tasks and to-do’s.. We end up spending our days running around desperately trying to check things off our lists.

Sound familiar?

We believe that well-trained interns are the answer to your problems.

How?  When you empower them through quality training, they help you focus more time on sales and business development.

Here’s what Susannah of 11:11 Events (Austin, Texas) had to say about The Apprentice Program:

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Jun 01
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Email Etiquette in 2016 – how to get your interns to reply quicker

By | Millennials, working with interns | No Comments

Don’t you hate it when people take FOREVER to reply to your emails?

Why do people do that?  

I mean, c’mon…how hard is it to reply back with a simple “yes/no” or at least a “got it, working on it now?”

We’ve heard this is a huge, huge problem amongst #eventprofs these days, especially those that work with Millennials on their team.

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So, we’ve come up with 3 tips on how to solve this email dilemma, once and for all…

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May 09
2

4 Monday Morning Motivation Tricks

By | life hacks | No Comments
Who loves Monday mornings? Anyone? No…?

Unfortunately, it looks like Monday mornings aren’t going anywhere so I guess we’re just going to have to learn to get along.

We can’t promise that you’re going to love Monday mornings but these 4 tips will help you to stop hating them and give you that #mondaymotivation we all tweet about each week.

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May 02
1

set your interns up for success…in two words.

By | empower them, mentoring, working with interns | One Comment

Worried about hiring interns and having to babysit them?

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Ever had to keep correcting an intern’s work because they just didn’t know how you do things in your firm?

We have the solution.

Two words. SET EXPECTATIONS.

Either on an intern’s first day or an introductory visit before they officially start, you need to sit down with them and explain what you expect from them.  There’s a few key questions you need to ask and answer in the beginning…

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