This Month...

Welcome to the November edition of QED Consulting’s E bulletin. As the gloomy nights hit us hard along with the continued credit crunch, we bring you some light hearted words to help shed light on the dark!

We are counting down to the festive season and QED would like to be the first to invite you to a Christmas Party; our very own Buffet Lunch Seminar, see below for details.

In this November edition we bring you……

• Understanding and Embracing the Power of Innovation
• How you know you’re in a recession – or 25 reasons for doubting the world’s sanity
• Top Ten Tips for Winning New Sales

Understanding and Embracing the Power of Innovation

Ask people to define innovation and you're likely to get a diverse range of responses: new ideas, creativity, pushing the envelope, breaking new ground, developing new markets, the fruits of research and many more.

Read more...

How you know you’re in a recession – or 25 reasons for doubting the world’s sanity

Now that the Government has at last uttered the “R” word, we thought we would help our younger readers (and those older ones with convenient memories) with some essential tips for spotting when you are in recessionary times.

Read more...

Top Ten Tips for Winning New Sales

Many of our clients have decided that one of the best ways to beat a recession is to sharpen up their sales skills. Here are some essential tips for those new to selling that many will find helpful.

1. Find out all you can about your prospective customers, all their past contact and transactions with your company, and their probable needs, before you approach them. You can’t possibly know all that you will need to know about them in advance, but those you meet will not be very impressed if you know nothing about them at all!

Read more...

Latest seminar update & what would you like?

Last month we asked you to take a few minutes to complete our survey to help us understand what topics you would be interested in hearing about in the e bulletin and seminars. As a polite reminder could I ask that if you did not have time before, could you please take 2 minutes to have a look and let us know what you think!

Simply follow the link below to download a copy of the sheet, fill it in and email it back to myself at nicola@qedconsulting.co.uk I would like to thank you for reading our newsletter and hope to see you at one of our next events.

Click here to download the Newsletter, Seminar & Networking Topic Opinion Sheet

If you have any comments about our bulletin that you would like to make please contact us on nicola@qedconsulting.co.uk

If you would like to get in touch with QED Consulting please:

Call us on: 01302 761 222

Email: nicola@qedconsulting.co.uk

Log onto: www.qedconsulting.co.uk

At some point during the last few years you have left your details with us. We are however keen to protect your privacy so do let us know if you would prefer not to receive these newsletters.

Home | Core Services | The Company | Client List | References & Testimonials | Hot Topics | Contact Us | Share our expertise

QED Consulting, Head Office, 2 Sidings Court, White Rose Way, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, DN4 5NU.
TEL: + 44 (0) 1302 761222 FAX: + 44 (0) 1302 761333

Latest News

QED Consulting’s complimentary Seminar and Networking Lunch

As the Christmas parties are being organised QED Consulting would like to invite you to our own event on Tuesday 9th December. This is our next FREE Seminar and Networking Lunch when Sharan Gohel CPsychol our Occupational Psychologist, will explain the power and benefits of psychometrics in business. To add to the festive season we will have a bit of fun along the way including lunch and guest participation to prove that psychometrics are just not psychobabble.

Get out your diaries and book your place today by following the link below and join us as we end this year with a great seminar. For further details contact Nicola England on 01302 761 222 or email Nicola

[registration link]

Congratulations!

Fantastic news - our Project Managers Caroline, Amanda, Dawn and Patrick our IT Manager, have all achieved 10 credits at Degree Level after passing a Project Management course at Doncaster Business School . Well done to you all!

Quantum Assessment Services, (QED’s assessment division) is holding a series of free events, bringing ‘Customer Excellence; Customer First’ across the UK.

The seminar and networking lunches will explain how The National Standard for Customer Service, Putting the Customer First ® offers a proven methodology to help organisations achieve and maintain customer service excellence.

"Customer First's got bottom-line benefits"

West Midlands: Monday 24th November 12.00pm – 2.00pm at The Innovation Centre, Longbridge Technology Park, Birmingham. Featuring guest speaker from GoSkills. Business Link in the West Midlands is kindly supporting this event.

Yorkshire: Wednesday 26th November 11.00am – 1.00pm at Tankersley Manor, Barnsley, South Yorkshire. Featuring guest speaker from Skipton Building Society.

London: Monday 1st December 12.00pm - 2.00pm at The British Library in London. Featuring guest speaker from Awards UK. The British Library is kindly supporting this event.

To book your free place(s) or for further information please go to: qasonline.co.uk/customerfirst Rebecca Hughes on 0845 680 1254

Calendar dates for November

17th - The Leonids meteor shower reaches its peak

18th - Mickey Mouse is 80 years old!

19th - Discovery of Puerto Rico by Christopher Columbus in 1493.

27th - Thanksgiving (United States)

30th - St Andrews Day