Excelerate Inc. to Provide Orange County Business Owners Access to Fortune 500 Best Practices; Excelerate Will Provide a Corporate Retreat with Strategic Business Plan Development for Each Participant.IRVINE, Calif. -- Excelerate Inc., provider of the best management practices of Fortune 500 companies, announced today it will hold a strategic planning Strategic planning is an organization's process of defining its strategy, or direction, and making decisions on allocating its resources to pursue this strategy, including its capital and people. retreat titled: "THRIVE: Planning for Success in a Dynamic Economy" from Aug. 17-19, 2006, at 9 Corporate Park, Suite 250 in Irvine. Led by successful top-tier corporate executives from prominent U.S. companies, participants will identify and use the fundamental tactics needed to create a successful strategic business plan and gain increased command of foremost management practices. The three-day retreat for Orange County business owners and leaders will focus on developing or updating strategic business plans, while building upon personal, professional strengths. Excelerate's strategic planners and executive coaches will teach participants to "THRIVE" in today's economy through a six-step process. Participants will depart with a 6-12 month strategic business plan including mission and vision statements and operational imperatives aligned with overall business objectives. The new plans will be assessed and seasoned during the THRIVE! Retreat by Excelerate's Executive Coaches and Strategic Planners who combined have over 100 years of business and personal development experience, to ensure established corporate business standards have been met. A featured theme with program guide and guest speakers who will encourage peer-to-peer interaction and time for networking will be provided each day. A participant's business goals and objectives will be achieved by assessing strengths and weaknesses through exercises and specialized spe·cial·ize v. spe·cial·ized, spe·cial·iz·ing, spe·cial·iz·es v.intr. 1. To pursue a special activity, occupation, or field of study. 2. curriculum developed by leading business-planning experts. Speakers and presenters include: --Kimberly Gerber, president of Excelerate, with over 18 years of management experience working for such companies as Starbucks Coffee and Fleetwood Enterprises Fleetwood Enterprises, Inc. is a leading producer of both recreational vehicles and manufactured housing. It was founded in 1950 by John Crean, and its headquarters are in Riverside, California. It has annual revenues of approximately $2 billion. . She works directly with company executives on organizational, strategic and best practices skill-building. --Joe Petrone, director of program development of Excelerate, with 27 years of strategic-planning experience, he has provided counsel to America's blue-chip companies Blue-chip company Used in the context of general equities. Large and creditworthy company. Company renowned for the quality and wide acceptance of its products or services, and for its ability to make money and pay dividends. Gilt-edged security. . He is also a published author and acclaimed ac·claim v. ac·claimed, ac·claim·ing, ac·claims v.tr. 1. To praise enthusiastically and often publicly; applaud. See Synonyms at praise. 2. national speaker on business strategy and sales force management. --John Webster, director of business development of Excelerate, with over 10 years of executive management and corporate training experience at tech conglomerate conglomerate, in business conglomerate, corporation whose asset growth, often very rapid, comes largely through the acquisition of, or merger with, other firms whose products are largely unrelated to each other or to that of the parent company. Global Crossing, and entrepreneurial success with Internet service provider Internet service provider (ISP) Company that provides Internet connections and services to individuals and organizations. For a monthly fee, ISPs provide computer users with a connection to their site (see data transmission), as well as a log-in name and password. ZOL ZOL ZAMBEZIA on Line .com. --Chuck Knorp, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , Vitru, with over 35 years experience in developing and managing corporate executives for the leading Fortune 500 companies including Norwood Promotional Products, Fleetwood Enterprises and Frito-Lay. To maximize the time with each corporate executive, Excelerate has limited the THRIVE! Retreat to 18 participants. The cost is $2,495, which includes personal assessments, planning tools to build a comprehensive business plan, lunch from Vitality Gourmet, individual consultations and teaching and training development. For information or to register for THRIVE!, contact Christine Woods at 949-442-8308. |
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