TRAVERSE CITY ? The Michigan Small Business & Technology Development Center and the Northwest Michigan Council of Governments will be hosting a series of seminars early next year that will show training, planning and communications directors how to use the Implications Wheel to collect valuable information about the future.
The Implications Wheel does a number of things including:
Improves both the quality and efficiency of your strategic
planning.
Maximizes your likelihood of achieving your goals and
objectives.
Dramatically reduces the time and cost to make informed
decisions.
Engages stakeholders, business partners, employees,
and clients in a non-threatening environment, casting the widest,
most inclusive net for diverse and valued input.
The start date is February 28, 2006,
from 7:30 AM – 6 PM; March 1, 2006,
from 8 AM – 6 PM; and March 2, 2006,
from 8 AM – 6 PM. The cost is $3,000.
Participants will gain:
More confidence in decision-making
and planning;
Higher stakeholder engagement
and satisfaction;
Improved organizational communication;
Enhanced involvement of employees at
all levels in organizational direction
setting;
Increased support for organizational
change;
Reduced costs of data collection;
More effective planning;
Reduced time to make effective decisions;
Historical record on input of decisions;
Better understanding of potential
outcomes;
Reduction of negative unintended
consequences;
For more information or to register, call Marti
at (919) 417-4410.
