Since its establishment in 1978, training and education services have been a preeminent activity of TFI. During this period, TFI has conducted several hundred public workshops and seminars on a wide range of forecasting, planning, and management subjects. TFI has also presented more than several hundred in-house sessions for various companies, institutions, and government agencies. The quality of these in-house sessions is indicated by the fact that many organizations have asked us to return over and over again.
There are two models we typically use to assist organizations in enhancing their management capabilities. The first model begins with the conduct of a tailored in-house seminar in appropriate subjects for selected personnel. These seminars are typically followed by assistance in the practical application of these techniques to a particular project. The second model involves our assisting organizational personnel in the conduct of a forecast or related activity. In this model, participants are instructed in the use of techniques as the project progresses. Basically, this model employs a "learn by doing" methodology. In our experience, we have found both of these models to be effective.
TFI's most popular in-house courses are ones based on our three most popular public workshops.
This is a practical three-day workshop for managers and professionals committed to transforming advances in technology into meaningful business advantage. It is a combination of formal instruction, group discussion, and practical exercises designed to teach people how to conduct and assess technology forecasts and to integrate them into organizational planning. The approach is practical with a strategic orientation. Topics include proven methodologies–such as trend analysis, expert opinion, and substitution analysis–that give participants insights into technological changes and the environment in which they occur. This seminar is founded on our comprehensive knowledge and experience and is not offered by any other organization.
This seminar is designed to give both the layperson and the telecom professional an update of emerging technology and related business trends and events. The material represents forecasts developed by TFI, as well as other respected research organizations. Subjects covered include wireless communications, local exchange networks, bundled services, fiber cable, SONET, ATM, xDSL, wireless local loops, multimedia, the Internet, voice over IP, e-commerce, and a variety of other telecom technologies. This seminar will not only present valid forecasts of future developments in these areas, but will also examine the driving forces behind these developments and their implications for seminar participants.
This seminar is designed to provide participants with modern methods for identifying and evaluating emerging technologies that could provide their organizations with significant operational advantage or that could, in the hands of the competition, cause them inestimable disadvantage and grief. Based on a new concept developed by TFI for taking full advantage of new technology, Technology Advantage Management (TAM), the seminar presents techniques for balancing requirement pull, technology push, and competitor clash. Participants will learn first-hand how to develop practical, comprehensive strategic and operational plans; how to examine how well current programs, resources, and culture support these plans; and how to convert these plans into effective operational programs.
This two-day seminar presents practical, proven techniques for transferring new technology developments within an organization and between organizations.
This three-day workshop presents approaches and techniques for uncovering truly revolutionary advances in technology and for evaluating how an organization can effectively benefit from those breakthroughs.
This two-day workshop teaches techniques for making quantitative technology/marketing forecasts using computer programs.
This three-day workshop combines instruction in technology forecasting and planning with a review of recent TFI forecasts of emerging telecommunications technologies and market realities.
This two-day seminar examines how leadership principles and practices have changed with the emergence of Information Age technologies and procedures.
This two-day workshop presents methods by which the successful principles of entrepreneurship can be translated into a large business environment.
This two-day workshop teaches fiscally sound methods and techniques for analyzing capital equipment depreciation.
This two-day seminar presents effective, tested techniques for providing quality education through the use of modern distance education techniques.
All TFI in-house seminars are available off-the-shelf, or they can be tailored to meet the special needs and requirements of the individual client or organization. In-house seminars are typically conducted in a three-day format; however, a two-day abbreviated format is also available. The five-day format is more detailed, and additional time is available for practical applications of the techniques covered in the session. In addition, one day and one-half day Executive Overviews of any of these seminars are available. An outline of each format is available upon request.
Our clients have found that in-house seminars offer several special advantages: