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| What Our Customers Say... |
- Very good day. Many thanks for all your input. You have set up a lot of future ways of working.
Head of Education – Spitalfields Festival
- Everyone found the course useful and I was very impressed by the way you took the time to interview participants before the course so that you could tailor the content to our needs.
Dominic McDonald – Head of Public Engagement, Science Oxford
- Thank you for a most useful tailor-made session. I think all will have got something out of it. Thanks for your help.
Louise Atkin – Palace Theatre, Mansfield
- Trainer’s knowledge on all areas was very good. I particularly liked the fact that it was very participatory and trainer truly facilitated to a very high degree!! Well done.
Irene Muchunu – DFID Nairobi.
- Mark helped me examine issues in a very helpful, imaginative and non-judgemental way – a very positive experience.
Jonathan Williams – Composer.
- You have established a reputation in our business for providing training that has a high impact while being very enjoyable.
Training and Development Manager – Balfour Beatty
- I can honestly say this training was one of the most refreshing and helpful courses I have experienced. The over-all experience left all the management team here with a hunger and enthusiasm to implement the new training and a desire to improve other areas in a similar vein.
Vanessa Black – Managing Director, The Phone Room
- Thanks also for your great input during the course. I really enjoyed your sessions, you really brought the issues alive. It was lovely working with you, let’s hope there is another opportunity soon.
Faye Phillips – Manager, IMA International
- Since your programme of two-day workshops, our team leaders and track chargemen have shown a marked improvement in their ability to make decisions and take responsibility for themselves as leaders. Their teams have become stronger, more focused and motivated.
Geoff Warren – Training Manager, Balfour Beatty Rail
- A very enjoyable, informative course which has given me clarity and understanding and a wide-ranging skills toolbox from which to call upon when I need it most.
Course Participant – Science & Technology Facilities Council
- There has been a better understanding. We are better connected and more on the same wavelength – the benefit of not being on the back foot.
Course Participant – Southern Railway
- The course was made light hearted so I think it is easy to take in more information. Very interesting and informative
Course Participant – Theatre Royal, Newcastle
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Our Expertise
We provide the following services for our customers:
Box Office Consultancy and Training
Management and Front of House Training
Marketing Consultancy and Training
Disability Consultancy and Training
Facilitation
Strategy Development and Planning
Research
Group training and facilitation
Team development programmes
Coaching and mentoring
Action learning
Diagnostics and testing – including MBTI (Myers-Briggs), Firo-B and Belbin
Training needs analysis
Project evaluation
Competency frameworks
Online learning
Learning materials
Training & Development Areas include:
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leadership, supervisory skills, motivation, team building, change management
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interpersonal skills, counselling, assertiveness
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problem-solving, creative thinking, strategic and project management
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training, coaching and mentoring skills
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communication, facilitation, presentation, interviewing, managing conflict, influencing and negotiation skills
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development skills – project monitoring, implementation planning, evaluation, building partnerships
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customer service and disability training
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| What People Say about the Arts Venue Toolkit |
- Role play helped to play out what was talked about and understand issues more clearly
- Very thorough and organised – oh, and very funny
- Handouts were very informative
- Understanding the importance of body language will come in handy
- Talking about examples of what could actually happen with customers was useful
- I liked being involved – doing rather than being talked at. And more fun
- Well tailored to our needs
- A very useful and enjoyable day
- Understanding body language and thinking before making assumptions
- Talking about examples of what could actually happen with customers was useful e.g. loud children, drunks.
- Nice guys – funny and likeable, got everyone involved, exciting and not boring
- Being involved. Very useful to “do” rather than be talked at. And more fun
- The bonding and team building was good – it was nice to get to know each other
- Covered a wide range of customer service issues
- Very informative and easy to follow
- Handouts very useful – I’ll keep these and research them carefully
- I found the bit about influencing really useful
- Talking through scenarios gave a good range of ideas and past experiences
- Pacing techniques were very useful – as it is sometimes harder to be nice in a stressful situation
- The parrot was very useful as it made me aware of how I’m perceived during phone calls
- Mirroring people’s conversation/body language was useful as it helps you to help others
- Practising the theory of voice matching was good – I hadn’t done this before and might try it
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