The
Exceptional
Team
Committed
to Great
Communication
Robin Wright, PhD
“A Must For The
Entire Staff”
Program Site
Cliffbreakers
700 West Riverside Blvd.
Rockford, Illinois
For information contact:
Dr. Stephen Petras
120 West Front Avenue
P.O. Box 146
Stockton, Illinois 61085
Phone: (815) 947-3700
Fax: (815) 947-9058
E-mail: s.petras@verizon.net
Friday,
October 3, 2008
The Exceptional Team Committed to Great Communication
This involving,
fast-paced seminar builds the 10 communication skills that
dentists and team members say they most need for communication
success. You will leave this seminar ready to achieve patient
satisfaction and treatment acceptance more effectively and more
often. You will also reap the benefits of knowing how to resolve
staff conflicts and be a true team player. Learn to turn
challenging conversations into a chance to sell patients on your
dental practice, solve patient problems in less time, and work
more productively with every member of the practice. Discover
how to market your services to attract new patients and keep
current ones. This "true to life" seminar is based upon research
with dental teams across the U.S. and presents proven
communication strategies you can adapt to your personal style.
Featured Skills
•
Listen your way to patient satisfaction
•
Manage difficult patients with less time and stress
•
Project a quality image of the practice
•
Build
patient trust and rapport
•
Present practice messages with confidence and power
•
Bring
patients step-by step to treatment acceptance
•
Resolve conflicts with staff members and patients
•
Create written treatment plans to build treatment acceptance
•
Work
effectively as a team
About the Speaker:
Robin
Wright,
PhD, President of Wright Communications since 1986, has provided
four hundred seminars internationally to businesses, colleges
and professional associations. As a communication specialist,
she creates custom designed seminars on such topics as client
service, crisis communications, patient communication, media
interviewing and public speaking. Dr. Wright is a featured
speaker in the American Dental Association’s seminar series, and
has presented at the Yankee Dental Congress, the Chicago
Midwinter Meeting, and the ADA Annual Session. She has prepared
thousands of professionals from all over the world to speak
successfully in professional meetings, political campaigns and
network television programs including "Oprah,"
"20/20," "60
Minutes," "Phil Donahue" and "Good Morning America." Dr. Wright
completed her doctorate in
healthcare
communication at Northwestern University. She has taught
communication courses at four universities, as well as serving
as a guest lecturer at Northwestern and U. of I. dental schools.
Reports on Dr. Wright's work in communication have appeared in
the
Wall Street
Journal, New York Times,
and
New England
Journal of Medicine.
Ms Wright is the
author of over fifty publications, including the 1997 book
Tough
Questions, Great Answers: Responding to Patient Concerns about
Today's Dentistry
through
Quintessence Publishing.
PAYMENT
Return the completed form with your check payable to Northern
Illinois Academy of General Dentistry and mail to:
Dr. Stephen Petras
P.O. Box 146
Stockton, IL 61085
REGISTRATION FORM
AGD Non-AGD
Dentist or first
person-
$225 $275
From office
Additional
staff/Hygienist
$125 $125
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Presenting
a program of this nature is a group effort, and would not be
possible without the assistance of many individuals and
companies. A complete listing of contributing companies
will be available at the program site.
7 hours of
lecture credit may be used toward FAGD, MAGD or
relicensure for dentist and
hygienists.
AGD
Dentist or first person from office $225 if AGD member,
otherwise $275
Additional
Staff / Hygienist $125 if AGD member, otherwise $175
To
register contact Dr. Stephen Petras
at PO Box 146, Stockton, IL 61085, or call 815-947-3700,
or e-mail petras@stocktondental.com