EVERY SVC WORKSHOP IS TAUGHT BY SOMEONE WHO KNOWS WHAT THEY’RE TALKING ABOUT.

What sets SVC’s workshops apart are the resumes of the people who will teach your team. They aren’t full-time workshop presenters reciting principles out of a book. Instead, they’re senior marketing pros, experienced UX designers, highly qualified writers, published authors, conference keynote speakers, and other working professionals whose knowledge is as current as today.

frequently asked (and answered) questions:

  • Harvard University, which knows a thing or two about the value of education, has identified these benefits to offering your team professional development training:
    1. Higher retention rates
    2. Attract higher-quality candidates
    3. Add to your team’s skill set
    4. Develop leadership skills
    5. Boost team members’ confidence and credibility.
    You can read the Harvard report here.

  • Experience SVC has been producing and teaching workshops for dozens of in-house teams and agencies for more than 20 years. You get the benefit of our experience, as well as the best practices of our other training clients.

    Live Learning On-demand video-based learning is convenient, but not especially effective. Fewer than 10% of on-demand courses are ever completed. Also, if you have a question while watching a video, you can’t get an instant answer, as you can in a live workshop.

    Team-Building When people learn on their own, they don’t sharpen their collaboration skills, as you can in a live workshop with team exercises.

    Pro Instructors The people who facilitate SVC workshops are all senior working professionals — not full-time educators — so they know what’s current, how things really work within the enterprise, and the realities of working with real budgets and deadlines.

    Custom Curriculum Every SVC workshop is modified to fit your team’s experience level, workflow, and deliverables. When we use examples in a workshop, we always strive to use real-world work from your organization to keep things as relevant as possible.

  • Because SVC only offers custom, live workshops, each is quite different and so the pricing varies. The last few workshops SVC produced ranged from $4,500 for a small half-day workshop to $15,000 for a multi-part workshop for a large group.

  • SVC works with a large team of experienced senior professionals. We’ll recommend one (or more) after we’ve had a chance to talk and better understand your team and assignments. The goal is to always bring you facilitators with the most relevant experience.

  • SVC would ask that you give us about 90 days to put together a custom workshop, get your approval on the curriculum, and stage the training. If you need to make something happen faster, it’s possible. Just ask us.

  • It’s usually not cost-effective to run a workshop with fewer than eight people. If you do have a smaller group, then we would recommend setting up less-structured tutoring and coaching sessions instead which are available at an hourly rate.

    For groups of eight of more, the sweet spot is 15 - 20 participants, although SVC has successfully conducted team trainings for groups as large as 75.

  • Yes. SVC will issue a badge of completion for every participant who attends all sessions of a workshop. These badges can be added to each person’s LinkedIn profile.

  • SVC will stay in touch with the training sponsor to make sure any questions addressed in the feedback survey taken immediately after the training are answered. We’ll also check in with the training sponsor 90 days out to see if we can provide additional support.

  • SVC asks participants to fill out a brief evaluation form after every workshop so you can gauge overall satisfaction and note areas that still need additional attention.

  • Yes, SVC will provide a private link to a video of your workshop that will be accessible to your team for up to 12 months.