Benett Communications

Address:	Benett Communications 2148 Garden Terrace Mountain View, CA 94040
Website:	http://www.execbriefing.com/
Telephone:	650-450-0141
General Email:	ann@ExecBriefing.com
Who we are:	Benett Communications works with industry leading companies on Executive Briefing Programs that build trust with customers, shorten the buying cycle and have a significant positive impact on business decisions.  We can help you launch a first-time Executive Briefing Center or assist you in invigorating an existing Program through benchmarking, strategic planning and training. President Ann Benett managed the Global Executive Briefing Program at Apple and was Director of Curriculum and Training at Know How, Inc.  Ann served for six years on the Advisory Board of ABPM and another 5 years as the Facilitator for the Board.  She holds a Master’s Degree in Educational Technology and a Certificate in Training and Human Resource Development. Ann is a member of the International Association of Facilitators (IAF). Candie Hurley has led the development of Strategic Client Engagements, Executive Briefings, and Customer Reference initiatives including fifteen years of experience in starting up and managing Briefing Centers and leading their global expansion. She has been active with ABPM since 1999 as an advisory board member, company member, and supplier member. She is a frequent workshop leader at ABPM global conferences and is the recipient of ABPM’s 2013 President’s Service Award.
Services we offer:	All Benett consulting services and training workshops are available virtually and address the challenges of virtual, hybrid and in-person Briefings.   TO LAUNCH a NEW CENTER and PROGRAM Preparing a LAUNCH PLAN for your first Briefing Center Program including strategies and timelines for staffing, budgeting, metrics, speaker program, sales engagement, marketing, program advisory board, processes and tools, hospitality and logistics and a quarterly ACTION PLAN. Facilitating a KICKOFF STRATEGY SESSION with your executive team and key stakeholders when you launch or re-launch your Briefing Program, gaining cross-company insights and commitment to a best in class program. TO ASSESS and ACCELERATE AN ESTABLISHED PROGRAM Evaluating and reinvigorating an established Briefing Program including BENCHMARKING the program against industry standards and developing a recommendation, timetable and ACTION PLAN for taking the program to the next level.  TRAINING FOR YOU, YOUR TEAM and BRIEFING FACILITATORS Coaching and training on all aspects of planning and delivering effective Executive Briefings including Facilitation Training for Briefing Teams, Account Managers and Executive Hosts.  Benett Workshops include many of the ABPM’s Core and Advanced Competency Curriculum Courses (CCC and ACC). Our workshops include: Facilitating Virtual Briefings  * ABPM CCC Facilitation Skills: Orchestrating The Customer Experience  * ABPM CCC Advanced Facilitation Workshop: Power Booster Developing Your Program’s Strategic Business Plan  * ABPM ACC Characteristics of World Class Briefing Programs: A Benchmarking Workshop  * ABPM CCC Building and Positioning an Effective Business Case  *ABPM CCC Best Practices For Briefing Operations   * ABPM CCC Developing Your Strategic Leadership Style  * ABPM ACC
Some of our clients:	Adobe, North America Aetna, Hartford Ahead, Chicago AMD, Sunnyvale and Austin APC/MGE, St. Louis Amazon Web Services, NA Apple, Worldwide AT&T, North America Avaya, Santa Clara Autodesk, North America BMC Software, NA Boeing, North America Boston Scientific, NA Brocade, San Jose CA Technologies, New York Cerner, Kansas City Cisco, Worldwide Citrix, North America CommVault, Tinton Falls, NJ Dell Technologies, Worldwide Deltek, Herndon Eaton, Pittsburg Elster, Raleigh Ericsson, Stockholm Esri, North America Experian, North America GE Healthcare, Chicago and Milwaukee HP Enterprise, Worldwide HP Inc., Worldwide Hospira (now Pfizer), Lake Forest, IL IBM, Worldwide ​Illumina, San Diego Intel, Santa Clara Johnson Controls, Milwaukee Juniper Networks, Sunnyvale and Waltham Lenovo, Worldwide LinkedIn, Worldwide McAfee, Worldwide McKesson, Atlanta Microsoft, Redmond Motorola, Schaumburg NetApp, Worldwide Neustar, Sterling VA Oracle, Redwood Shores Philips Healthcare, Andover Polycom, Worldwide PTC, North America Rackspace, San Antonio Salesforce, NA SAP, Palo Alto SBI, North America Sprint, North America SUN, Menlo Park Symantec, Mountain View Tetra Pak, Lund, Sweden and Modena, Italy TriZetto, Denver Twilio, San Francisco United Technologies, North America University of Phoenix, North America Verizon, North America and UK VMware, Worldwide Workday, North America