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    Sharpen skills and make a real difference to business performance

    We provide bespoke training and workshops for agencies across a range of important subjects. These are either face to face or online. We have also run workshops and webinars for the Design Business Association over a 10 year period, as well as for Agency Hackers, the British Institute of Interior Design, Design Skillnet in Ireland and IAPI (the Institute of Advertising Practitioners in Ireland).

    Our training and workshops benefit from a client-side perspective. As the leading provider of client surveys to agencies, we have extensive, ongoing knowledge of clients’ concerns and expectations. These insights are integrated into our training.

    Our workshops are tailored to your needs, never generic. All our training modules and workshops are firmly rooted in reality, imparting practical skills that people can put into practice the next day.

    Our most popular workshops:

    • Winning pitches
      Maximise your chance of winning with practical tips and techniques
    • Client development
      Structures and processes to unlock the potential of your clients
    • World class client service
      Learn the measures that help build trusted partnerships with clients
    • Presentation skills
      Master the skills that will help you and your work shine in front of clients
    • Negotiation skills
      Bring confidence and acumen to your fee negotiations with clients
    • Time management
      Make a real difference to agency productivity
    • Business development
      Define achievable and effective routes to agency growth
    • A sharper positioning
      Rise above generic messages and articulate your agency’s most motivating difference
    • Translating the brief
      Learn how to translate the client’s brief into something that can truly steer and inspire a creative team
    • Thought leadership
      Redefine your approach with marketing content that really stands out
    What our clients say

    Aileen Dempsey

    Executive Director

    Design Skillnet

    Steve Pearce

    Client Services Director

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    Clients were asked to self-video during lockdowns so video quality is variable

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