Vital Clarity offers Technology of Participation (ToP)® Facilitation Methods workshops - June 20 and 21

Master three proven methods for activating and sustaining group participation and creativity. Gain hands-on practice with the methods and leave ready to apply them to your specific situations.

Focused Conversation Method

Learn a structured process to plan for and facilitate a meaningful exchange of ideas. Discover ways to involve every member in thinking through difficult or intriguing issues. Heighten your effectiveness in facilitating virtually every form of group communication.

·   Make good use of people’s time

·   Quickly capture a group’s best thinking

·   Surface new ideas and solutions

Consensus Workshop Method

Build energized participation and teamwork when brainstorming or problem solving. Generate and channel diverse ideas into consensus decisions everyone owns and supports using a visual approach. Lead groups to new levels of creativity & cooperation.

·   Tap rational and intuitive thought processes

·   Come up with practical and productive solutions

·   Develop reliable, time efficient group consensus

Action Planning Process

Quickly lead a group in creating an effective plan that organizes all necessary actions and elicits commitment to shared responsibility for following through.

·   Visualize a successful outcome

·   Capture a snapshot of current reality

·   Maximize group involvement and commitment

Who Should Take This Course?

Leaders of all stripes, e.g., CEOs, executive directors, department heads, managers, supervisors, professional facilitators, consultants, trainers, collaborators, educators, health practitioners, and community planners who want to be more effective.

Benefits

·   Increases group productivity & effective results that save time and money

·   Groups discover their own motivation

·   Spotlights areas of agreement and strengthens cohesiveness

·   Results in deepened commitment to decisions and plans

Program Information

Kathleen Osta (Mentor Trainer) and Ryan Pickens are trainers for the two-day course. Bring your lunch or purchase one provided on site. No audio or video recording.

The one hour follow-up coaching is to be scheduled within 4 – 6 weeks of completing the course and is offered to support your success with using the methods.

Course Dates & Times

June 20 - 21, 2013

(Thursday & Friday);

8:15 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Location

A-B Tech Community

College – Enka Campus

Harvey Haynes Conference

Center, 1459 Sand Hill Rd.

Candler, NC 28715

Registration Fee

$645.00, includes 2-day training, a comprehensive, 77-page manual, & one-hour of follow-up coaching.

Register now:

http://tinyurl.com/nnlsjwe or send a check to: Vital Clarity, 90 Aurora Dr. #2, Asheville, NC 28805.
 

Discount

Full payments received by Thurs., May 30, 2013 qualify for a discounted fee of $595 for the 2-day course.

Cancellation by participant

Cancellation refunds may be issued up to 21 days prior to course start date, less a $75 processing fee. Cancellations received less than 21 days prior to a course are subject to full payment. You may send a substitute in your place instead of paying the cancellation fee.

Attention APA Planners:

This training is AICP approved for 14.5 CMs. Click on “Calendar of Events” for information:

www.planning.org/calendar

For more information

Kathleen Osta, Vital Clarity

828-254-0212

kathleen@vitalclarity.com

 

All-States Medical Supply hiring 50 employees

All-States Medical Supply’s staff is more than doubling in size in the next two months to meet the demands of a recently awarded Medicare contract.

Medicare just released their list of only eighteen contract suppliers who won the bids for the national mail-order program for diabetes supplies. These will be the only companies allowed to provide supplies to the six million plus people with Diabetes on Medicare. 

Two years ago, All-States Medical Supply was approved to provide supplies to nine areas nationwide, so this expanded territory means the company needs to grow quickly to be ready for the demand when the new contract goes into effect on July 1^st.

“In 2011, we learned how to handle an increase in call volume when we won the initial nine area contract,” says Marcus Suess, President and Owner of All-States Medical Supply. “Because our company’s name starts with an “A’, we are at the top of the provider list and expect an even higher call volume than most.”

All of this increase in demand means the company plans to go from forty employees to ninety in the next two months. Open positions are primarily for Customer Care Representatives and Medical Records, but will also include a few positions in billing and shipping departments. All positions are permanent 40 hours a week, Monday through Friday, with most starting salaries at $10.50 an hour. Candidates with previous customer service experience are preferred.

JobLink at Blue Ridge Community College is assisting with the hiring process and will be accepting resumes for All-States Medical Supply by fax at 828-694-1698, email at danh@blueridge.edu or in person (preferred method) at JobLink at Blue Ridge Community College at 180 West Campus Drive in Flat Rock, North Carolina.  All questions should be directed to Daniel Harris at 828-694-1755. More detailed information can be found on their website at www.allstatesmedical.com/about/jobs.

LaZoom shows love to locals every Wednesday in May

For the month of May, LaZoom has created Local Love Wednesdays, where all tickets for Asheville residents are only $10 on Wednesdays! Grab the friends or family and jump on one of their city or haunted tours!