BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20210422T130000Z DTEND:20210422T140000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Business Support Series: Negotiation Training DESCRIPTION:Business Support Series \n\nThe Business Support Webinar Series will explore timely topics with industry experts to provide key insights and answers on the best ways to succeed as a business. Hosted by the Halifax Chamber of Commerce\, this series will feature a wide range of topics on how to survive and thrive. \n\n\n\nGREAT NEGOTIATORS ARE NOT BORN THAT WAY. THEY ARE TRAINED.\n\n\n\nIn 2000 a young 18-year-old Californian baseball player named Matt Harrington was drafted in the Major Leagues by the Colorado Rockies with great fanfare. Despite being tagged as a once-in-a-generation pitching phenom and remaining injury-free\, he never threw a single pitch for the Rockies (or any other team in the league) despite being redrafted numerous times through 2005.\n\n\n\nWhat should have potentially been a long\, illustrious and enriching professional sports career turned out to be a job working at a local Costco. This was not due to bad luck or unforeseen circumstances but the result of an abject failure in understanding and properly negotiating.\n\n\n\nNegotiations is a critical skill yet very few executives and entrepreneurs are formally trained or even comprehend the basics. This is due to a mistaken belief that negotiating is a natural skill. Great negotiators are not born that way. They are trained.\n\n\n\nJoin negotiation expert\, Georges Levesque who will speak of the value of becoming a skilled negotiator\, explain basic terminology\, overview the 'Negotiation Framework'\, teach the top do's and don'ts\, as well as provide some practical tips such as how best to buy a car and a home. Attendees will walk away with useful and relevant content that can beneficially be applied immediately.\n\n\n\nRegister today and submit your question in advance!\n\n \n\nABOUT THE PRESENTER:\n\n\n\nGeorges Levesque\, President\, Levesque Negotiation\n\nGeorges Levesque is a senior executive with EF Education First\, the world's largest educational organization with over 52\,000 employees in 114 countries as well as President of Levesque Negotiation\, a negotiation training firm.\n\n\n\nGeorges is also an entrepreneur\, professional speaker and proud supporter of small businesses. Trained in advanced negotiations and business strategy at both the MIT School of Entrepreneurship and the Harvard Business School\, he is a former board member of Entrepreneurs Organization (EO) and has traveled to over 100 countries.\n\n\n\nA business graduate of Carleton University in Ottawa\, Canada\, Georges currently resides in Montreal & Boston with his wife Paulina and 3 children. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Business Support Series \;
\nThe Business Support Webinar Series \;will explore \;timely topics \;with \; \;industry experts \;to provide key insights \;and answers \;on the best ways to succeed as a business. \; \;Hosted by the Halifax Chamber of Commerce\, \;this series will feature a wide range of topics \;on how to survive and thrive. \; \; \;

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\nIn 2000 a young 18-year-old Californian baseball player named Matt Harrington was drafted in the Major Leagues by the Colorado Rockies with great fanfare. Despite being tagged as a once-in-a-generation pitching phenom and remaining injury-free\, he never threw a single pitch for the Rockies (or any other team in the league) despite being redrafted numerous times through 2005.
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\nWhat should have potentially been a long\, illustrious and enriching professional sports career turned out to be a job working at a local Costco. This was not due to bad luck or unforeseen circumstances but the result of an abject failure in understanding and properly negotiating.
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\nNegotiations is a critical skill yet very few executives and entrepreneurs are formally trained or even comprehend the basics. This is due to a mistaken belief that negotiating is a natural skill. Great negotiators are not born that way. They are trained.
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\nJoin negotiation expert\, Georges Levesque who will speak of the value of becoming a skilled negotiator\, explain basic terminology\, overview the &lsquo\;Negotiation Framework&rsquo\;\, teach the top do'\;s and don&rsquo\;ts\, as well as provide some practical tips such as how best to buy a car and a home. Attendees will walk away with useful and relevant content that can beneficially be applied immediately.
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\nRegister today and submit your question in advance!
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ABOUT THE PRESENTER:

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Georges Levesque\, President\, Levesque Negotiation

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Georges Levesque is a senior executive with EF Education First\, the world&rsquo\;s largest educational organization with over 52\,000 employees in 114 countries as well as President of Levesque Negotiation\, a negotiation training firm.
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\nGeorges is also an entrepreneur\, professional speaker and proud supporter of small businesses. Trained in advanced negotiations and business strategy at both the MIT School of Entrepreneurship and the Harvard Business School\, he is a former board member of Entrepreneurs Organization (EO) and has traveled to over 100 countries.
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\nA business graduate of Carleton University in Ottawa\, Canada\, Georges currently resides in Montreal &\; Boston with his wife Paulina and 3 children.
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\n LOCATION:*THE LINK TO JOIN THE WEBINAR IS IN YOUR CONFIRMATION EMAIL* UID:e.2481.2751 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260717T215425Z URL:http://business.halifaxchamber.com/events/details/business-support-series-negotiation-training-2751 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR