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How To Make Your Employees Faster, Smarter, (For Less Than You Spend On The Break Room Coffee) Dear Friend, At Petronella Technology Group, Inc. we’re usually known for helping businesses with their networks & technology. But I’ve found something a little different that I wanted to share with you. We’re using it in our company and I think it can really benefit your business too – potentially increasing your productivity and profits by 11% or more next year. Give Your Team Bigger Brains It’s called Bigger Brains, and it helps people work more effectively. Here’s how: Have you noticed most people don’t know how to fully use the software they already have? Programs like Excel, Outlook, Gmail, or QuickBooks are on almost everyone’s desk, and most people think they know how to use them…. but really most people lack adequate training in the software they use everyday. (And it costs their employer - companies like yours and mine - potentially thousands of dollars a year in lost productivity). Let me tell you about one example. An engineering firm one of our colleagues worked with was a typical small business, with a dozen engineers, some salespeople and accountants, and one office manager. The office manager’s name was Jennifer, and she was the centerpiece of everything that happened in that business. She created customer proposals & quotes, scheduled appointments, & basically kept the business organized & working. Everyone thought she was GREAT at her job. Until…. One day Jennifer was on vacation, and one of the engineers needed to correct a quote she had prepared earlier. After searching Jennifer's computer unsuccessfully, they called in our colleague to find the quote so they could edit it. He discovered a few things: Jennifer only had ONE customer proposal file, in Microsoft Excel. Not one file for each proposal - one spreadsheet, one file, that’s all. It turns out that Jennifer just typed over the same proposal every time she was asked to make a new one. The reason they couldn't find the proposal that needed correction was because it only existed as a printout now - to make any changes it would have to be completely redone. Our consultant also realized, as he was helping them recreate the proposal, that the totals were not changing. It turns out that Jennifer did not know that Excel does calculations for you, so she listed the amount on each line of the proposal, then added them up on her desk calculator and entered the total back into the Excel file. Doing Things The Hard Way. Jennifer, despite being great at her job, despite being the person everyone looked to as the Microsoft Office guru…. Jennifer was doing things the hard way. Tasks that should take minutes were taking hours. Easy updates were turned into time-sucking projects. And I have no doubt that Jennifer felt intimidated by things that should have been really simple. It’s easy to be critical, but really – how many of us have had real training in the software we use everyday? A New Option Until now small business owners had four ways to boost their employee’s skills and confidence:
Something New, Something Awesome Bigger Brains is a completely new type of online training. For starters, it includes lots of courses on all the software programs we use everyday: Excel, Outlook, QuickBooks, Office 365, SharePoint, and more. It’s searchable, so you can jump straight to what you need to know right now or you can take an entire course one module at a time. Bigger Brains is available on any device – computer, tablet, or smartphone. It’s great to take lessons on one screen while trying it out with your software open in another! Bigger Brains courses are very comprehensive, from beginner basics to the most advanced features of the software – everyone will pick up new skills and features. Bigger Brains modules are quick and easy to follow, thanks to what they call the Teacher/Learner format. Uniquely Engaging This is a unique feature of Bigger Brains, something you won’t see in any other online training. Every course is filmed in a studio with two people on camera –the Teacher and the Learner. Instead of a disembodied voice lecturing over a recorded screen – the sleep-inducing format most online training uses - the Teacher/Learner format means Bigger Brains courses can include conversation, questions, answers, instruction, and even humor. Scientifically Proven There’s a lot of science behind why the Teacher/Learner format is more effective – changing camera angles keeps our eyes engaged, onscreen questions keep our mind involved, and seeing the instructor and a fellow learner on camera recreates some of the best parts of traditional classroom instruction.
Don’t Take Our Word For It Here’s just a sample of the feedback we’ve received about Bigger Brains: “[My employee] really likes the learner/trainer format of the videos. It is simple to follow and of course since it is available 24/7, [she] can get the training that she needed after work….” “Very easy to use and saved a lot of time having to deal with the technicalservice. I would recommend Bigger Brains for any online learning project.” “I like the concept a lot, I think this is a great way to learn. “ “The material is great...and is engaging “ “I like the unusual setup of this course - a discussion rather than a classroom lecture. Made it feel more friendly and understandable. Very useful, highly recommended. “ “Their high-quality courses make selecting the right Microsoft Desktop training a breeze. We are particularly excited about their new Microsoft Office courses.” So, by now you’re probably thinking “Premium, searchable, online training, works on any device, filmed in a studio….. it must be pretty expensive.” High Quality, Low Price Any person can sign up on the Bigger Brains website for $189 per year, and that includes access to ALL their courses. But because we are a Bigger Brains partner, we have the ability to offer VERY special pricing – something you CAN’T get anywhere else. We can give you access to Bigger Brains for THREE (3) employees, each with their own unique login, for the special low rate of just $25 per month. That’s less than $9 per person! There is no commitment and you can cancel anytime.For just $25, three people can take any or all of the Bigger Brains courses, and new courses are being added every month. There are over 30 courses, over 700 video modules, and over 60 hours of total training. Topics include:
Every time someone completes a course they get a Certificate of Completion with their name on it, and some courses may quality for CE credit too. And….. you can change who the three people are. You’ve got three “seats”, but you can change who gets access anytime you want to. OR, if you really need more than three, we can make you a deal on 4 or more – ask me about that. But Wait, There’s More I know, I sound like an infomercial now, but this is really cool – if you want to add more courses in your Bigger Brains, you can do that too. We have access to over 20,000 courses from other vendors, including topics like compliance, customer service, business skills, safety, healthcare, other software, and more. We can help you purchase those and add them to your Bigger Brains. Or…. You can create your own training courses, from PowerPoint slides, Word documents, or audio/video clips. Even YouTube videos! This is a great way to share knowledge with your staff. That makes your Bigger Brains a full fledged Learning Management System – something that usually costs hundreds or thousands of dollars to setup! Still Just $25 / month This is an amazing value and we’re very happy to be able to make this available to our clients –again with no commitment, so you can cancel anytime. To sign up, just fill in your details on the form. Or contact us at 919-422-2607 and we can set you up over the phone. What Happens Next? What happens next is this:
We’re enjoying using our Bigger Brains so far, and I know you will too. Again- to sign up for your own Bigger Brains, fill in your details on the form or call us at 919-422-2607. Best Regards, Craig Craig Petronella, CEO |
