15 Box Making courses in Manchester

Learn to crochet! From holding the hook to your first granny square, Debbie will teach you the crochet essentials.

From holding the hook to following a pattern, make your first projects as you learn all the essentials with crochet expert Debbie! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Enjoy three sessions learning all the crochet essentials! Debbie will teach you all you need to know to get started with your first crochet projects. Sessions are on 3 consecutive Thursdays and the course fee is the total for all 3 sessions including materials. You'll make 3 small, fun projects, each one specifically designed to allow you to practice your skills as you learn. No crochet skills are required - Debbie will be starting right at the beginning. Have some experience or returning to crochet? This course is also a great refresher. What you will learn: * Making a slipknot * Making a foundation chain (and what one is!) * Slipstitch * Double crochet * Treble crochet * Increasing * Decreasing * Making a simple square (granny square) * Reading crochet charts and patterns * Finishing and seaming * Tension (gauge) and why it matters * Tips and tricks for avoiding common mistakes (and how to fix them!) What's included: All materials are included - we provide quality materials - lovely yarn, crochet hook, comprehensive professionally illustrated photo handouts and a selection of Debbie's own, exclusive patterns. We also include tea, coffee and biccies! About your tutor: Debbie has over 12 years' experience teaching crochet and has been a published crochet designer for over 25 years so you'll be in good hands! What our students say: 'Loved this workshop. Thanks for your patience and your calm and relaxed style was great. Looking forward to trying out some of these techniques!' Jo 'Great fun, great class size, Debbie on hand to help whenever I got stuck. Liked the pace and felt very at ease. I am so pleased at learning these techniques! Thank you!' Rose x Any questions? If you need any information about this course, please don't hesitate to get in touch by email or phone.

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OVERVIEW This one day course is designed for anyone that deals with telephone sales in either an inbound or outbound call environment. DESCRIPTION The telephone has become a critical tool in obtaining sales in today’s competitive market, and yet it is often an area we pay little attention to, and consequently it becomes a negative aspect of our business rather than the highly positive one it can be. This course sets out to enable the attendees to sell effectively over the phone. The tools that are covered will help generate sales and whether they take inbound or receive outbound calls they will find that if they apply the techniques in this session, their success rate will increase immensely. Topics covered: * Advantages and Disadvantages – A look at how the phone can work for and against us in a sales environment. * An Introduction to Selling on the Telephone – Understanding the key points that encourage a customer to purchase from us. * Structuring and the Sales Process – Defining a set process for structuring a sales call with a chance to demonstrate understanding. * Why People Buy – A look at the reasoning behind people’s purchasing decisions. * How People Buy – An insight into the emotional factors behind how people arrive at purchasing decisions. * Turning Inbound Calls into Sales – Gauging the level of interest of a caller in order to establish the likelihood of a sale. * Making Effective Outbound Calls – A set process of ensuring you gain the best advantage with this type of call. * Getting Past the Gatekeeper – Understanding the role of the gatekeeper and developing methods of dealing with them in order to speak to the decision maker. Using scripts and techniques that are proven and effective. * Sounds Interesting? – Studying three key communication factors when projecting the voice over the phone. Including a chance to review how the participant’s voice comes across over the phone. * Methods of Improving the Way You Sound – 10 key tips on vocal improvement. * Telephone Questioning Techniques – Giving the delegates the chance to fully understand the different questioning techniques that can be used during a sales call. * Features and Benefits – How to practically apply them in a sales scenario. * Logical and Emotional Purchasing – A further look at the reasons we buy. * Overcoming Objections – Practical use of a set process and ways to apply it in the workplace. * Closing the Sale – Clear methodology with a chance to practice the skills in a fun way. * Post-course Assignment – A method of carrying the learning into the workplace and ensure continual review. WHO SHOULD ATTEND THE COURSE? Anyone who handles inbound or outbound sales calls over the telephone. REQUIREMENTS FOR ATTENDANCE No prerequisites required.

ISO 3834:2021 (Quality requirements for fusion welding of metallic materials) Lead Auditor” course provides comprehensive training for participants to be able to understand and audit each and every ISO 3834:2021 guidelines in ensuring orgnaisation compliance and continual improvement in the welding industry

This is a specialist training course for senior managers or newly appointed safeguarding leads who are responsible for safeguarding adults from neglect and harm

Person-centred approaches are a core skills framework that articulates what it means to be person-centred and how to develop and support the workforce to work in this way. Developed in partnership with Skills for Health and Skills for Care, the Framework aims to distil best practices and to set out core, transferable behaviours, knowledge and skills. It is applicable across services and sectors and across different types of organisations. Person-centred approaches underpins existing dementia, learning disabilities, mental health and end of life care core skills frameworks. This subject forms standard 5 in The Care Certificate.

Any team member with Customer interaction (including internal) are the 'Ambassadors' of the company/organisation. If they project positive professionalism - they win others' confidence. If they appear or sound like they are in any way indifferent or unprofessional - they will cost sales and lose clients/customers. With this 2 day Training course, that will be tailored to your company/organisation, each person attending will upgrade their professional standards in people skills, telephone manner and email etiquette. No training in this area may well be a false economy as there is a much greater risk of disenfranchised customers and team members - and probably increases your competitors to win business at your expense. Professional customer care is all too frequently regarded as a token issue in most induction sessions for employees. Surprisingly it is very rarely considered as a key priority, despite being essential for ensuring customer commitment is secure and supplier/partnerships are robust. Excellent customer care is paramount in our ever increasingly competitive market and making customers feel valued and looked after is often a differentiator. This 2-day course will help you understand your customers and the vital importance of customer care in any organisation. You will gain the tools and techniques to apply your learning directly back into the workplace and deliver excellent customer care. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Course Syllabus The syllabus of the Professional Customer Care course is comprised of four modules, covering the following: Module One What is Excellent Customer Care? * Internal versus external customers * Why customer care is important * Meeting customer expectations Module Two Making a Personal Difference * How do you measure customer care? * Making a difference * Taking ownership * Positive mental attitude * Displaying professionalism both face-to-face and over the telephone * Using positive language Module Three Gathering Information and Offering Solutions * Asking the right questions * Active listening skills * Summarising and clarifying skills Module Four * Dealing with Difficult Situations * How to give a 'service' no * Demonstrating empathy * Assertiveness techniques * Handling a complaint * Problem solving * Saying 'sorry' * Making realistic promises and keeping them -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Real Play Scenarios with a Professional Actor (Optional Extra) This programme benefits significantly from our innovative training feature: Real Play. Using a professional actor who performs role plays as different customer characters in carefully devised situations, the delegates have the opportunity to 'pause' the role play to coach and control their character to improve their skill sets and practice the theory delivered. These scenarios can deal with difficult situations and enacting options to ensure good customer relations are intact. The outcome of the scenario is the responsibility of the delegates, not the trainer and actor. The actor will remain in character throughout the de-brief in order to bring to life the impact and possible next steps. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Objectives By the end of the course participants will be able to * Adopt a professional telephone manner * Communicate assertively by taking control and directing the conversation * Deliver information positively by offering options and alternatives * Develop a range of versatile behaviours to use when dealing with difficult situations by: * Listening actively * Using empathy * Gathering relevant information through effective questioning * Finding solutions to concerns/problems quickly and efficiently * Speaking positively and assertively -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WHAT IS THE BENEFIT? For individuals this course will increase confidence and ability to deal with customers in all situations, which will in turn create customer loyalty and raise their profile. For an employer, ensuring that all customer facing employees are demonstrating excellent customer care instils confidence in the customers and promotes a positive image of the company. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IN-HOUSE COURSES Every single team member or employee that has a role which involves engaging with a customer, client and/or a key partner/supplier has a responsibility for projecting a positive image of the organisation which they represent. That may sound obvious, but how many hundreds of experiences have you had as a customer where you were treated with indifference and a distinct lack of professionalism by the receptionist, the retail assistant, the tele-agent, the delivery person, the credit controller or the departmental manager of the operation that you were dealing with? Far too many to count? This is because professional customer care is regarded as a token issue in most induction sessions for employees - and it is very rarely considered as a key priority to ensure customer commitment is secure and supplier/partnerships are robust. Yet the hugely expensive churn in customer/client commitments and staff is enormously expensive and immensely disruptive to any organisation. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE IMPORTANCE OF CUSTOMERS AND CLIENTS Every client/customer engaging person needs to recognise that it is ultimately the client or customer that pays their wages. If they gain a basic understanding of the clients' motivations and behaviours, coupled with some core skills in how to care for them, they will attain the status of 'professional'. This will very quickly translate into increased revenues, retained loyalty, high commitment and far greater security for all parties. The foundation has to be based on the authentic commitment to both the customer and also to the organisation they work for. Disenfranchisement readily curdles into sloppy behaviours cloaked in unprofessional attitudes and demeanours; plenty there to repel the most loyal of customers. If your company or organisation relies on repeat business and retaining the confidence and commitment of your clients, then all of your team members - perhaps including managers who set the example and have the biggest influence on the where the needle points to in relation to professionalism - need to be trained on the core basics of professional customer care. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CUSTOMER CARE PROGRAMMES FROM DICKSON TRAINING LTD We are delighted to boast about the many successes we have had in providing effective and long lasting improvements for many clients, where awards have been won and, more importantly, talent has been retained because their clients and customers keep on coming back. Professional customer care extends to suppliers and partners that you value and need to get the best service and rates from, as well as any 'internal clients' such as other departments where you need to rely on their support and collaboration in order to achieve your goals. It is amazing what effective professional customer care training can do for any organisation. Without it your organisation may be vulnerable, with it you are much more likely to see increased performances and much greater security and growth. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SCHEDULED COURSES Unfortunately this course is not one that is currently scheduled as an open course, and is only available on an in-house basis. Please contact us for more information.

Negotiation is an everyday challenge for some whether it be in the office, field or at home. Have you ever walked away from a situation thinking "if I'd only put my thoughts, side, opinion or words across better"? This 2-day course is perfect for managers, supervisors and sales people. It will focus on negotiation skills and the techniques that go with it. In this energy-charged provision you'll learn and practice negotiation, assertiveness and influencing techniques. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Course Syllabus The syllabus of the Effective Communication and Influencing course is comprised of seven modules, covering the following: Module One An Introduction to Negotiation * Assessment of your current sales and negotiation strengths and improvement areas * What is negotiation? * Identifying objectives and all factors affecting negotiation * The negotiation model - the four stages Module Two The Preparation Stage * The significance of preparation and why we need to prepare * What do you need to prepare? * Preparing a set of objectives: yours and theirs * Understanding constants and variables * Researching the other party * Creating a "win-win" situation * Preparing yourself for possible set-backs and objections Module Three The Discussion Stage * The importance of rapport building * Opening the negotiation * The power of effective questioning techniques * Improving your listening skills * Controlling emotions * Spotting the signs - non-verbal communication and voice clues Module Four The Proposing Stage * Stating your opening position * Responding to offers * How to deal effectively with adjournments Module Five The Bargaining and Closing Stage * Making concessions - the techniques * Adopting key bargaining skills * Dealing with objections and underhand tactics * Closing techniques * Confirming the agreement * Creating long term, lasting commitment -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SCHEDULED COURSES Unfortunately this course is not one that is currently scheduled as an open course, and is only available on an in-house basis. Please contact us for more information.