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It\u2019s hands-on performance workshop where you will experiment, rehearse, and refine real-world scripts that convert. EXPECT GUIDED SCRIPTING EXERCISES &amp; INTERACTIVE BREAKOUT ROOMS.<\/p>\n<p>Participants will explore the psychology of influence and communication frameworks that underpin successful selling. Then participants will then immediately apply these insights through role-play, improve-style exercises, and peer-to-peer scripting drills.<\/p>\n<p>By the end of the 3-day workshop, participants will walk away with tested, high-impact scripts tailored to their specific product\/service, and the confidence to deliver them naturally in any setting. This workshop is for business leaders ready to communicate with confidence, attract aligned clients, and sell in a way that feels genuine, not forced.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Course Topics<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>SALES FOUNDATIONS | SCRIPT CRAFTING | DELIVERY | MASTERY<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sales Foundations\n<ul>\n<li>Understanding Buyer Psychology &amp; Purchasing Behavior<\/li>\n<li>Identifying Your Sales Cycle &amp; Critical Aspects of Your Customer\u2019s Journey<\/li>\n<li>Developing Your Sales Funnel<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Script Crafting\n<ul>\n<li>Writing and Adapting Core Scripts for Different Audiences<\/li>\n<li>Closing the Deal<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Practice &amp; Delivery\n<ul>\n<li>Interactive Exercises &amp; Simulations<\/li>\n<li>Overcoming Objections<\/li>\n<li>Integrating Emotional Intelligence &amp; Storytelling<\/li>\n<li>Adaptive Responses<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Mastery\n<ul>\n<li>Translating Prep into Confident Performance<\/li>\n<li>Refining Tone, Presence, and Rapport<\/li>\n<li>Building Long-Term Client Relationships Grounded in Trust &amp; Credibility<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Show up with your voice. Leave with a strategy.<\/strong> Secure your spot and close your next sale with confidence.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Course Details<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Business Age:\u202fTwo Years or More\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Business Location: Illinois<\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Annual Revenue:\u202fMinimum $50,000\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Status:\u202fWorking on Business Full-Time<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Required: Participation in Interactive Scripting Exercises<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-27800 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wbdc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/SBDC-Logo-Final.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wbdc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/SBDC-Logo-Final.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.wbdc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/SBDC-Logo-Final-300x181.png 300w, https:\/\/www.wbdc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/SBDC-Logo-Final-1024x617.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.wbdc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/SBDC-Logo-Final-768x463.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">The Illinois SBDC at WBDC is funded in part through a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration and the Illinois Department of Commerce &amp; Economic Opportunity. Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities will be made if requested at least two weeks in advance, please contact (312) 853-3477 ext. 100.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cSay Less, Sell More\u201d is an intensive 3-day interactive sales workshop designed for Illinois business leaders who want to move beyond theory and who are not afraid to master the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":34964,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","_tribe_events_is_hybrid":"","_tribe_events_is_virtual":"","_tribe_events_virtual_video_source":"","_tribe_events_virtual_embed_video":"","_tribe_events_virtual_linked_button_text":"","_tribe_events_virtual_linked_button":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_embed_at":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_embed_to":[],"_tribe_events_virtual_show_on_event":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_on_views":"","_tribe_events_virtual_url":"","footnotes":"","_tec_slr_enabled":"","_tec_slr_layout":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"tags":[107],"tribe_events_cat":[92],"class_list":["post-34949","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-illinois","tribe_events_cat-established-businesses","cat_established-businesses","tribe-recurring-event","tribe-recurring-event-parent"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"ticketed":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wbdc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/34949","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wbdc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wbdc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wbdc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.wbdc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/34949\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34967,"href":"https:\/\/www.wbdc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/34949\/revisions\/34967"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wbdc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wbdc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wbdc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34949"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wbdc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=34949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}