This program is at the core of our corporate mission at LDS & Associates. We want those Trainers who use our materials to be successful — and to come back to us again and again for their client products and future professional education!
Professional education for any consultant is vital: it’s the key to successful training outcomes and for maintaining a strong, competitive ‘edge’. Our strongest levels of support go to trainers who complete at least one tier of professional continuing education available through LDS & Associates:
Completing Accent 101 or Level 1 opens the door to our Preferred Trainer program. This entitled trainers to a 5% discount (often more!) on products in our catalog. By using the Web Store, trainers can update their profile with ongoing education: discounts are automatically figured and applied!
For any additional training levels on the LDS Training Continuum, professionals get an additional — permanent — 5 % added to their savings.
PTs save an annual (must be renewed each calendar year) 5% when they attend other training opportunities at LDS:
- Refresher/reauditing a onsite workshop or online series
- One online event in the Unique Webinar Series
- Special miniseries events such as the Beyond the Basics – a Night Owl Event
Major Account Holders
We’d like to further increase our Trainers’ competitive edge by extending an additional 10% discount when product purchases for clients hits the $2000.00 mark during a calendar year (refigured annually). Sucessful PTs who run 2-3 small/midsize group programs or who see 7+ individuals annually know that’s an easy target to reach!
Other Special ‘Perks’ for our Preferred Trainers
We have launched our “Find a Preferred Trainer” service for accent training and ancillary services (presentation skills, business writing, etc.). Since our 2004 website expansion that opened direct communication with corporate and self study customers, we have seen a dramatic increase in the number of such users to our site. Many seek our assistance in finding Trainers for areas we do not cover (nationally and internationally). We limit our referrals to Preferred Trainers who:
- make a concerted effort to stay current in the field
- see this population as a significant or evolving focus of their business practice
- who routinely use LDS catalog materials for their clients
How do we set this up?
PT Registration
All future LDS course participants will be introduced to this network upon
completion of any training level (onsite or online). Our longstanding Preferred
Trainers (those who have completed one or more LDS levels
of training) can set
up their profile
here.
This login in independent of the WebStore, which can be accessed by anyone visiting our site. Once your login is established, you can visit many private, Preferred Trainer (PT) pages exclusively designed to support you in your business efforts.
NEW PT Benefits
We’ve had the PT purchasing power for training and products in play since
2004. Now, however, registration in our PT area will enable registered Preferred
Trainers (PTs) to take
part in some exciting, new programs:
Find a Trainer
Our
geographic
locator will allow corporations and individuals
to see a list and descriptions of trainers in their area. Trainers can
customize a short descriptor highlighting their training strengths! Viewers can
opt to contact you directly with their questions.
BONUS: Based on their training levels and continuing support of our products, we will invite a more select group of PTs to be Featured Trainers on the Find a Trainer pages. This added exposure is available by invitation only, but without any additional fees to the PT. Featured Trainers can add their logo and an expanded description, enabling them to market their services even more competitively! Take a look at one of these!
PT Forums
The PT Forums (message boards) are available for trainers to brainstorm and share
tips and tricks for successful accent training. Accent
Training, Accent Testing, ESL Issues, The Business of Doing Business are
just a few of the categories open for discussion. Expanded FAQs
answering common questions about the
Forum
and
its
operation are also available.
LDS Accents
Our previously
public newsletter will now be available exclusively to our PTs as
a function of their log in to the PT website area. In this way, we focus on
the issues that the more sophisticated trainer is hungry for: the 'business
of doing business', current research we'd like to share, training event information
for PT-only events, polls to determine trends, etc.
Have you completed any of the training levels at LDS? Then fill out your profile today.