Mikki Williams, CSP, is an experience….a one of a kind talent, eclectic, refreshing and smart. She has a dynamicability to communicate to an audience, delivering practical information in a down to earth style. Mikki was a professional dancer in NY and in nightclubs in the Catskills (think Dirty Dancing) A sought after choreographer and a teacher to many successful dancers including Wayne Cilento, Tony award winner, original cast member of A Chorus Line and choreographer of Wicked, Tim O’Keefe, principal with the Houston Ballet, David Scala of La Cage Aux Folles and the most celebrated of all...read more
Seminars, demonstrations and "hands on" workshops designed to send you home with more practical, immediately usable, material than ever before! You will take away information on a wide range of issues effecting your business:
Mikki Williams, CSP
A Speaker Who Lifts You Up and Never Lets You Down
Get Unprecedented Access to Industry Specialists through
Dance Teacher Web's Business "Action" Seminars!
- Management & Economic Issues
- Marketing Strategies
- Financial and Insurance Plans
- Tax and Employee Problems
- Business Image & Promotion
- Curing the "I'm Sick of Fundraising" Blues
- Internet & Video Email
- Building Revenue
- Creative Performances
- Unique Costuming
- Lighting & Effective Effects
- Competition Team Structure
- Taking it International
- Is the Customer Always Right?
- The K-12 and Private Studio
Relationship
Just some of the great classes presented in 2010...even more to come in 2011!
“So You’ve Started a Dance Studio . . . Now What?” This class will prepare you to master some of the many “legal headaches” associated with owning and operating a dance studio and will address such topics as: (1) Sole Proprietorship, S-Corp. or Limited Liability Company -- what is the best entity type for your dance studio? (2) Should you rent or own your studio space? (3) Paying teachers as independent contractors or employees – what do you think? What does the IRS think? and (4) Covenants Not to Compete – what works and what doesn’t work?
Customer Service or Lip Service
Customer service requires many "hats". You're a teacher answering questions, a detective searching out information, a psychologist dealing with emotions and frustration and you're a host/hostess making others feel welcome and comfortable. Learn how to be more sensitive to the needs of those you serve.
How to negotiate anything from faculty to floors!
This class will be a must for any school owner. Today more than ever, the way you negotiate can be the difference in making or breaking your business. Discover techniques that you can use when negotiating teacher contacts, leases, theater rental and on any upgrades you are making to your studio. Here is one tip: If you don't ask, you will not receive! Make a list of your top objectives and then find out what matters most to the other party so you can create a win-win situation. This class alone can help you save 1000's of your hard earned dollars in the coming months!
Social Media for Dance Studios What it is, why you need it, & how You can use to grow your studio without camping out in front of the computer. Learn how to apply these simple tools to help you stay connected with the new generation. "Dance web design" Learn tricks & techniques to help you get more dance students. Chad will show you his expertise in this all important area of your business. Your website can make or break your business in 2010. Don't miss out on this informative workshop. Chad is the owner of Real Deal Dance Marketing is has years of experience in this field. Knowing the dance world, the marketing world, and internet development has put Chad Michael in a unique position to help dance studio owners and other dance businesses
You've Got Personality
What is the most critical and untaught skill that you must have today? More and more experts agree: it's knowing people. Know people - know what makes Walt unique, and understand what Susan wants and needs - and your relationships will change. You will dramatically improve your effectiveness with the people you work with, the people you supervise, the people you're trying to motivate, your clients - everyone.
21 ideas on how to increase enrollment - Marketing Trends for 2011!
Always a hot topic on every school owner's mind. This class will help you find new ways to find prospects. If you want to attract a crowd then you need to stand out! No matter what your current student number count, you can build your base and business. This class will also cover how to find the right clients and how to get rid of the ones who are just bringing you down. Discover cost effective marketing and where to look for your best customers. These ideas can be implemented immediately when you get home for a great surge of students in your fall registration!
Making Customer Service Fun!
Now, more than ever, successful daily operations depend on the way your students and employees are treated. It's amazing to see how much business is lost due to poor phone etiquette and inferior communication skills. Find out how to treat your customers like gold! What to say when, how to say it and when not to say what you really want to say. Effective customer service skills not only increase your bottom line, they also increase employee morale making your business a truly great place to work. Come away with effective tools and methods that will make your business thrive. When it comes to superior customer service skills…it's easier than you think. Presented by Robert Landau.
"What a wonderful motivating tool for up and coming dance teachers and for those long time teachers like me who can always use new and exciting material. Kudos to Steve and Angela!!!"
Nancy Carole, Nancy Carole School Of Dance, New Jersey
Meet some of the industry's most talented and experienced presenters...
"No one knows how much we do except the others that do it too! Bravo to
Steve and all who helped create this fabulous resource!"
Laurel P. Mizell, Dream Dancers Dance Arts Academy, Pueblo, Colorado
Christine has more than 25 years of international experience in the beauty industry specializing in makeup for fashion, commercials, television and dance theater. She hasdirected modeling schools, judged beauty pageants, owned Mode Dion Image Center in Los Angeles and contributed regularly to Dance Spirit, Dance Teacher and American Cheerleader Magazines. She created MODE DION Cosmetics for the special needs of performers and her website modedion.com is a full beauty resource for the industry with a great beauty shop and wonderful tips. She currently teaches makeup application and skin care nationwide at conferences and conventions as well as tours educating performance teams. Christine is the author of several self-improvement books including High Performance Beauty (a studio must have) and the producer of helpful stage makeup DVD's, each one focusing on an aspect of makeup and skin care covered in this book. Christine’s book, DVD's, products and upcoming tour schedule are available at modedion.com
Dance teachers and studio owners around
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New! Pre-Conference Workshop -
Life...Under Construction
Life - Under Construction is a one day comprehensive program that addresses the challenges and joys of life, stimulates creativity and provides the catalyst for change. An exclusive opportunity limited to only seventy five participants.
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Sean A. Monson
Sean A. Monson is an attorney with 15 years experience in the fields of real estate, employment counseling and general commercial litigation. He is a regular presenter at seminars for other attorneys and business leaders regarding real estate and employment law issues. In his spare time, he helps his wife run the Creative Arts Academy, a six year old dance studio in Bountiful, Utah with 24 teachers and over 700 students taking classes in modern, ballet, contemporary, jazz and hip hop.
Life - Under Construction
Preconference Workshop
Customer Service or
Lip Service
You've Got Personality
So You've Start A Dance
Studio...Now What!
Robert Landau
Robert Landau, America’s FUN Speaker! has delivered over 2,100 presentations over the course of his 17 year speaking . Robert specializes in bringing FUN and results oriented productivity to the areas of Customer Service, Leadership and Communication. An accomplished actor in New York City, then a celebrated international Cruise Director for 10 years with major cruise lines, Landau was known for bringing FUN to various cruise ships that needed help in the areas of passenger satisfaction and bottom line profit. Robert also serves as the Vice President of FUN for Spectrum and works with Activity Directors nationwide to create innovative programming with FUN in mind. The author of three unique and innovative books, How to Make Customer Service FUN, How to Make Leadership FUN and How to Make Communication FUN, Robert is known for his innovative and unique presentation and communication skills that yield positive and productive results.
Leadership
Communication
Customer Service
Christine Dion
Stage Makeup
Skin Care
Randy Swartz
Dance Floors -
Everything You Need
To Know
Randy Swartz is regarded as an expert and mentor in his field, having presented hundreds of dance companies and solo artists in more than 1,000 performances; served on a variety of boards, arts advisory panels and academic staffs; and traveled throughout the world to work with renowned dancers, choreographers and dance companies. For more than 40 years, Stagestep - The Dance Floor System Experts - has brought innovative dance, theater and performing arts flooring solutions, including a full line of flooring surfaces, subfloors, installation and maintenance products to stages, studios and homes around the world.
Chad Michael Lawson
Website Design
Social Media for Dance
Studios
Some blame it on an accidental overdose of gamma radiation. Others say it was a bite from a musically gifted spider. Or maybe it was just something in the cafeteria food. How else does one explain Chad Michael Lawson’s transformation in a few short years from Purdue computer engineering major with no musical background, to composer/performer /conductor/songwriter with two invitations to perform with a choir at Carnegie Hall under his belt? Having done that, he decided to turn his attention to other creative avenues in life: dance, design, programming & marketing. Starting a web development company in Phoenix 1999 and growing it over a 10-year period was no small feat -which included weathering the ‘dot com bomb’ by the way. Chad had the advantage of being able to see inside of a lot of different businesses over the years -to see what works and what doesn’t. In the end, he was able to put together some kick butt marketing that took the best of all his skills and combined them with online marketing to actually get results his friend could take to the bank. Knowing the dance world, the marketing world, and internet development has put Chad Michael in a unique position to help dance studio owners and other dance businesses. Usually, it seems a person in the dance world is either business minded or artistic, but not both. His clients say he’s a rare find with the perfect marriage of business and art.
