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CE0871: The 12 Components of a Thriving Dental Practice

Kirk Behrendt, Speaker & Coach


DATE:
Friday, April 3, 2009

LOCATION:
Washington State History Museum
Mount Tahoma Auditorium
1911 Pacific Avenue
Tacoma, Washington 98402
(253) 272-3500
(888) 238-4373

TARGET AUDIENCE:
This course is designed for dentists, hygienists, dental assistants and office staff.

REGISTER:
Download Course Application Form
or
Register Online

TIMES:
Registration and Continental Breakfast: 8:00am - 8:30am
Lecture: 8:30am - 4:30pm

TUITION:

Before April 1
$260/Dentist
$165/Staff
$234/Current Dental Alumni Member

After April 1
$270/Dentist
$175/Staff
$244/Current Dental Alumni Member

CREDITS:
7 hours

* This course is eligible for a 10% tuition discount if you are a current member of the UW Dental Alumni Association.


Course Description:

The future of comprehensive dentistry will be most available to those who position their teams as experts by creating a specific brand in their marketplace. Bring your entire team to this lecture. We will fire them up on this valuable day. This one day  high-energy program is designed to show you how to create the correct, low-cost, service fixing, high-impact marketing efforts that separate the THRIVING PRACTICES from the STARVING PRACTICES.

Course Goals and Objectives - As a result of attending this course, the participant should understand:

  • Why this is the greatest time ever to be a dentist
  • How to establish "World Class Customer Service" and why “Being Good” won’t do it anymore
  • The New Model of Practice Profitability of a 50% Overhead and how to do it
  • The 8 Ways to Dramatically Grow Production without working more hours
  • The 3 most important questions you have to answer about your life and your practice
  • The 5 Steps in Building the RIGHT Team
  • How to rid your practice and life of “Energy Suckers”
  • How to Get Everyone on Your Team to Sell More Elective Dentistry
  • The 3 Kinds of Stress – 1 that is essential and 2 that are harmful
  • Creating the "Cancellation-Resistant" Practice
  • 63 High Impact Marketing Tips and How to Use Them
  • How to Get Patients to "Pay in Full" and "Up Front" Every Time
  • The 2 Different - Million Dollar Questions to Ask Patients
  • How to Create More "Margin" In Your Life and Practice
  • The delicate life and work balance…why it is CRITICAL…and how to do it.
  • Your kids only get one childhood…make it memorable!

Instructor:

KIRK BEHRENDT is a practice performance coach, international speaker and author. Kirk has spent his entire professional life studying the elite practices in dentistry and the leadership that guides them. As the founder of ACT, his vision is driven by the commitment to provide highly personalized care to the dental profession. By creating a small and talented team of experts, Kirk and his team continue to positively impact the practice of dentistry one practice at a time. The Pankey Institute and Dr. Peter Dawson's treatment philosophies influenced Kirk early in his career. Since then, his mission has been to provide the most ethical and value driven service known to the dental practice development profession. His personal mission is "to use up every ounce of my potential." Kirk lectures all over the United States to help individuals take control of their own lives. Kirk has competed internationally in 4 Ironman Triathlons and 9 Half-Ironman triathlons. He currently trains with some of the most elite pro and age-group triathletes competing in the world today. His feeling is that there is no greater parallel to optimal business performance than optimal athletic performance. He loves golf, basketball, stand-up comedy, and most of all, spending time with his wife, Sarah, and children Kinzie, Lily, Zoe and Bo.

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