MELISSA PRANDI | Workshops and Seminars

Melissa conducts workshops and seminars locally, around the country, and internationally. She has an uncommon ability to motivate and inspire women and men from all walks of life. Her specialties are real estate education - for property owners, investors, realtors, and property managers - and helping aspiring entrepreneurs reach their goals. All of Melissa's workshops are interactive: she encourages her audience to get involved, speak up, and share their experiences.

Melissa has presented workshops for Rotary Clubs, Investor Clubs, property manager groups, Realtor conferences, local boards of Realtors as Realtor boards throughout the US, "Mr. Landlord" Jeffrey Taylor annual convention, high school classes, and College of Marin.

In addition to the offerings described below, Melissa can create and conduct a seminar tailored to your conference or workshop theme.

Recent and upcoming offerings include

| Office Set Up and Procedures to Simplify Your Life

The key to a smoothly running business is organizing it well

Practical, simple forms and systems that work
Keeping your systems up to date
Useful color-coordinated forms for managing your properties
Employees/ Staff
Customer Service
Great ways to say "thank you"
Staff Meetings
Staff Recognition and Empowerment

| Why Would Anyone Want to Do Business with ME?

Strategies and tactics to successfully promote yourself and your business

How to enter a room with confidence
Sending the right signals with body language
The power and value of projecting your expertise
How to let your boss know that YOU know your job
Going above and beyond your own expectations
How to avoid selling yourself and your services short
Overcoming your fears
How to be approachable

| Dream Big... Now Make It Happen

A workshop designed to assist people in taking positive steps - and taking down the negative barriers - to making our dreams come true

Do you set goals each year?
How to set and obtain your goals
Dream first, then how to make it happen
The art of dreaming, believing in your dreams, things that work
Power Partners helping you make your dreams become reality

| You Have to GIVE to RECEIVE!!

Unconditional giving is a powerful way to recognize and appreciate others. Not only is thoughtfulness its own reward, it's inspirational to others too and usually comes back to you in spades

Are you taking the time to say "thank you"
An exchange of ideas and ways to give back
Gift ideas
Share the best gift you have ever received
Ways to get business when you are not even trying
The art of volunteering

| How to Promote Yourself and Bring in New Clients

Learn how to astutely define your "niche" and make money by marketing yourself as the expert and professional that you truly are

Find your niche - then promote your company with it
Do you have a slogan?
Example:
Property Management is our only business
We take care of your home like it's our own
We can save you more than money
Ways to advertise
Marketing gadgets - what are you giving out
How are you getting new business?
Working with your current clients to increase your business
How to promote yourself to others, including your clients, your co-workers, and even your boss

| Time Management - There is Just Not Enough Time in a Day

Highly successful people routinely complete incredible amounts of work in the same 24 hours everyone else has. Learn strategies and techniques to make more effective use of your day

How to get more hours out of your day
Creative ways and simple ways to use your technology
Are you delegating?
Check off lists
Reminders - What are you using?
Review your Systems Regularly
Set aside time to get things organized and done
Attack the things you are putting-off first thing in your day
Prioritize - What does that mean to you?