You know about The Horse Whisperer and you've probably heard about The Dog Whisperer. Now it's time to become a Marketing Whisperer.

Marketing Whisperers possess what NextStage calls "Rigid Flexibility". They know how to shape themselves to the demands of any situation without yielding who they are or their goal. In other words, they know how to be in control of discussions and meetings without being obvious about it. In fact, Marketing Whisperers often allow others to lead discussions and meetings, only offering input and direction when necessary to make results happen.

In this training participants learn how to

1. Gain Consensus in One Line
2. Get BuyIn by Stating the Obvious
3. State Their Truth as Yours While Giving Up Nothing
4. State Your Truth as Theirs and Having Them Accept It
5. Make Your Ideas Theirs in Three Steps
6. The Four Step Change Process
7. Put the Techniques into Practice

• Time - The day long training covers slightly more than 8 hours from beginning to end, starting at 9am and going until 5pm (including breaks). It is strongly recommended that participants have a light breakfast before class starts and where loose fitting clothes. Lunch and snacks are provided.
• Location - This class can be conducted at a host company's facilities or at a NextStage certified training facility (usually a woodland inn). Cell phones, pagers, etc., must be turned off during the class.
• Class Size - 10-30 students (10 students minimum)
• Certification - This training is given without grading of any kind, including Pass/Fail. While this training is a prerequisite to further NextStage trainings, participants will be given a Certification of Training (time in class) only, not a certification of ability.
• Training Materials - NextStage provides the training materials for all of its classes and trainings. These materials include notebooks and handouts. In some cases a projector or DVD player and a screen will be requested by the hosting company or provided by NextStage for advanced studies.

• Understanding "Whispering"
  • Rigid Flexibility
  • Leading by Following
  • Peace Among Chaos
  • Guiding With Words
  • Penetrating Without Touching
• Learning to Whisper
  • When and How to Gain Control
  • Taking Control by Giving It to Others
  • Allowing the Freedom of Ideas - When to and When not to
  • Entering a Room and Establishing Authority
  • When to Move and How Much
• Practice, Practice, Practice

1. Morning
   1. Greeting and open discussion of training goals
   2. Team building exercises
   3. Break
   4. Understanding "Whispering"
      1. Examples
      2. Practicing
      3. Discussions
2. Lunch
3. Afternoon
   1. Learning to Whisper
   2. Exercises
      1. Example of each method
      2. Practice
   3. Practice with Instructor
   4. Break
   5. Discussion
   6. One on one Practice
   7. Discussion
   8. Group Practice
   9. Discussion
   10. Round Robin Practice
   11. Thoughts on Whispering
   12. Closing

• Onsite
  1. US$1,295/student (minimum 10 students)
  2. Faculty travel and expenses extra
  3. US$2,500 non-refundable fee due upon registration
• At NextStage Training Facilities
  1. US$1,395/student
  2. Student travel and expenses to NextStage Nova Scotia training facilities extra
  3. US$700 non-refundable fee due upon registration