Cost Effective Education for Your Team and Your Clients
Cost Effective Education for Your Team and Your Clients
As many of you already know, I am intimately involved in education and distance learning, both for the dentists and for the laboratory profession. The NADL has created an alliance relationship with the National Lab Network to make current technical training and laboratory management education available to laboratory professionals at an excellent discount. CDTs and administrators across the country can access industry, managment and technology leaders for a fraction of the cost that it would normally take. NLN is in its second year of providing 12 monthly Excellence In Tech Training and Excellence in Lab Management DVDs for dental laboratories with a significant discount to NADL members (go to nationallabnetwork.com to view clips of several programs). The archival Excellence in Tech Training, Excellence in Lab Management and Excellence in Cosmetic Dentistry series have been donated to the NADLÃs Library for use by member labs for training and education.
Another innovative product from NLN is the quarterly live broadcast that serve as continuing education opportunities for the doctor clients of subscribing laboratories and their technicians. NLN has held satellite and Webcast seminars with live Q&A from the audiences at each laboratory with such guest presenters as the Pankey Institute, Pete Dawson, John Kois, Jimmy Eubanks and recently Michael Koczarski. These highly interactive educational opportunities allow laboratories to develop stronger support relationships with their customers for a fraction of the cost of bringing one of these speakers in for a day. Four quarterly live Webcasts are $3,000 and the satellite (HD TV) version is $7,000. That is a mere $750 per program to bring world class speakers to your doctors and engage them more intimately to your laboratory. Go to ndnlive.net to view the Dawson/Cranham program for free.
Providing resource support for your clients helps differentiate you from other laboratories and pure commodity providers of restorative products and services. Laboratories report that the training DVDs have been very helpful in providing NBC certified hours for their technicians and support staff. The live broadcasts have brought in new doctor clients and retained existing ones at higher levels of success and engagement. Dentists report high satisfaction with content, delivery, feedback and learning. It is a true win-win-win and the ultimate customer (the patient) benefits as well.
National Lab Network subscribers and Webcasters will be offered the opportunity to extend their help in making their clients more successful by providing National Dental Network subscriptions to the Excellence in Cosmetic Dentistry series at a significant discount. These AGD and ADA CERP approved DVD's provide the dental team growth and development that increases their approach to comprehensive care and improves case acceptance and restorative success. This translates into better relationships for them, their patients and greater satisfaction and financial success for our lab partners. The EICD series has featured virtually every major dental lecturer and educator during the last six years. Go to nationaldentalnetwork.com to view clips.
These leveraged distance learning opportunities are the future of continuing dental and dental laboratory education. Bringing the world's finest growth and development to you, your team and your clients is the mission of the NADL and the National Dental and Lab Networks. Log on and learn more about these incredible ways to expand your relationships with clients and your team for a fraction of the cost you would expect. The NADL's alliance with NLN as a distance learning partner helps define this preferred future today for member laboratories.
