social media training day 24-4-09
social media training day 24-4-09
Gail Davies
“Value for money? HA! and then some. Nick you are sooooooo patient, I should have been married to you! yes, the support folks was as always – second to none by both Nick and Vanessa. How to improve the course? hmmm, it was not a problem for me but in general, we had a slow start getting all computers to talk to all things bright and beautiful so I suspect Nick will address that well in advance or the students will address in advance. As for knowing more? I have enough to digest for several days. My co-students seemed to zip through fast and furious but I’m a stodgy old bird and shall take my time. The biggest breakthrough was being slightly ahead of my two sons (26 and 27). They think their mother is brilliant anyway but I can prove it now ! Seriously, it was understanding what Web 2.0 is all about….AND Web 3.0. It’s exciting out there.
The environment was great and food superb, could NOT ask for anything additional.”
I think Nick progressed well through the day through many items and simplified/defined and refined the processes we CAN go through on various sites – the web is our open field now. The confidence alone from the day was a boost but doubly so because without a doubt, I know I can phone at 3am (just kidding) and get their help if needed. The ‘after sales’ service is as good as the classroom but so far, nothing needed yet. Many thanks NICK NACK and Vanessa NESSIE ! gros bisous as we say in frogland…………oh, and of course the ever added……bon courage”
Richard Smith
“This course was an absolute steal for the money, as always when dealing with yourself and Vanessa I have come away with my head bursting with ideas! The only problem with the course was the internet connection, which is beyond your control. The biggest breakthrough I had was without doubt the blog, I can’t wait to get it up and running and start blogging!
The food was outstanding, pukka tucker!
Once again you have provided massive value, a top draw day!”
Simon Fowler
“What a fantastic course.My head is still buzzing. You can’t put a price on education but personally I would have paid for another day so we could have really hammered it home. Yourself and Vanessa are brilliant mentors and Nick your energy, enthusiasm and of course knowledge of this stuff is second to none. The biggest breakthrough for me was the blog which everything will grow from. Followed by ecademy,flickr,twitter, ning, face book all of which I’ll know inside out by Christmas! The after support is priceless. Environment was perfect and food was yummy in my tummy.
See you guys soon at another gathering or talk soon I’m sure on skype. Thanks again for a brilliant day.” Simon
Brian Heath
“Excellent course – mind-blowing. The key factor for me was that this is leading-edge knowledge: those of us who get hold of this and use it will be pioneers in a new wave of commercial activity that will follow on from it.
My head is still spinning from the impact of all that Nick threw at us – but I am so glad the day went at such a cracking pace: it gave me the chance to go into speed-hearing mode, and switch off conscious thought for use at odd sporadic moments. I have realised that the value will be seen in the doing, not in grasping the nitty-gritty on the day.
The course has met a need I had in coming: to see what lay beyond the blinkers I have been wearing that cause me to write emails and networking forum replies for hours without clear sight of the time-cost benefits from doing so. The key is to blog instead – in such a way that the content can be transferred into all sorts of places on the web where it continues to be effective. I am conscious that writing needs to be with purpose – this key opens up enormously the fulfillment of that purpose.
I think the most valuable part for me is going to be the availability of Nick in a mentoring fashion in the background by way of support to make what we have learned effective. I am a lateral thinker, and can see plenty of worthwhile ways to use the techniques we have been taught – but am all thumbs when it comes to making it happen: Nick will see me through, and for that I am very grateful.
Course improvement? Schedule a video-conferencing link-up for participants as a second-day follow-up. I think we all suffered cramp trying to cram in all the content as ‘doers’. This kind of second day could make a very natural follow-on to bring it to a completion.
By the way – it was my birthday. Couldn’t have been spent in a better way.” Brian
Joy Webber
“Do you see the course and after support as good value for money? Yes absolutely. This is just the beginning, I know, but the wheels are turning, the brain is churning and I wish the fingers could keep up ! I am in dire need of doing it all over again to consolidate and would like to discuss.
How would you improve the course? It was so well thought out, with the concentration being on the main features that will aid all of us in promoting what we do for a living. There were obviously some glitches with the internet access but not so serious that we were held up.
What would you like to know more about? Everything! Possibly Facebook and MySpace? I dunno – are they really valuable. I’m struggling with getting a blog onto Ecademy about an event I am putting on in two weeks time. Would appreciate some guidance here.
What was the biggest single breakthrough you had on the course? The sheer scale of what we can achieve through this. My business depends on mass exposure and I think the knowledge and skills contained in this course have been Heaven sent, with N&V as the midwives ???
Was the environment and food of a high enough standard? That hotel is a great venue, as always – easy access, parking and facilities. The food was really yummy – blown a hole right through my new Spring diet unfortunately but – Hey – well worth it !
Anything else you would like to feedback to us so we can improve your experience? You two are really superb teachers and mentors, both in this as well as in the Property field. Congratulations on what you are doing and the life principles you are promoting.”
Philippa King
“I quite expected to come away from the course with my prejudices confirmed – that blogging was not for me and twittering was just a waste of time! How wrong could I be. Nick is an inspirational communicator and I got a lot from the day – I think. I will know better when I have worked my way through what we have done and actually start using it. The course was definately good value for money – we crammed SO much in. Nick is not the sort to simply take your money and run as without what promises to be great ‘after care’ we should all get regualr nudges to make sure we are using social media to our advantage. A sheet or so of memory joggers about where to go to do what would be very useful hand outs to take away and would probably save a lot of time just looking at the screen waiting for inspiration.”
