Below are learning opportunities provided by Total Quality Systems Software. A partial catalog of the courses we offer is found under course descriptions. This includes: evaluator training, creativity, assessments and suggestion administrator training. Any course can be offered at your facility and we can create custom courses to fit specific training needs. If you have any questions or want a full catalog of courses, contact Jim @ 928.527.0002.

5th EMPLOYEE INVOLVEMENT FORUM Memphis, Tennesse - Date to be announced Based on the successes of the four previous forums in Las Vegas, San Diego, Tucson and Flagstaff, next year's event will be held in Memphis, Tennessee. Memphis is known for its wonderful hospitality, vibrant rock and blues music venues, historic Beale street and stellar barbeque. Attendees at the event have included: BIC, BAE Systems, City of Mesa, City of Tucson, Delphi, Haworth, Holsum Bakery, Lockheed Martin Vought Systems, Parker Abex NWL, Subaru-Izuzu Automotive, Toledo Metroparks and Union Pacific Railroad. Do you want to share your successes and learn about new ways of making your suggestion system or other employee involvement process work better? Next spring, we invite you to a unique two-day opportunity to find out what's happening worldwide in employee involvement and directly relate it back to your program. It will be a highly interactive event designed to be interesting and a great learning experience. The Employee Involvement Forum concept evolved from our customers' need for a new way of gaining and sharing knowledge in the areas of suggestions and employee involvement. Traditional conferences, training sessions, and networking/benchmarking weren't enough. By bringing a broad group of people together in a facilitated environment, our goal is to create a truly dynamic learning opportunity. The event is designed to be flexible and adaptive - so we can meet attendees' needs. If at some point during the sessions, a certain part of the group needs to work on a different task than planned, additional facilitators will be available to split that group off to work independently on what is important to them. We truly feel you will benefit from the event as people are coming to try to get out of the box and look at new options. The passion behind some of these people when we discuss the concept and those that attended the 2003 event is incredible. We have not seen this level of energy for a traditional training event or conference in some time. Brainstorming session from a Live Case StudyTM presentation at our 2003 Forum in Tucson, Arizona. Here is what one attendee said about the event: "The TQS Employee Involvement Forum was ideal because it provided an opportunity to openly discuss many different types of programs and develop a cross-section of innovative ideas for improvement. It was not the traditional training seminar, which gives an overview of a topic but does not delve into the heart of the matter. The Forum reached out to all attendees, giving them extensive knowledge on real world issues of employee involvement that we deal with everyday. It was excellent!" This highly interactive event is intended for managers, administrators, and champions working with suggestion systems, continuous improvement, teaming, recognition or other areas of employee involvement. Registration is $675 (discounts for advance registration and organizations presenting a live case study). There will be three scheduled Live Case StudiesTM - if you wish to present a case study please contact us for an application. Based on feedback from previous forums, we will limit the size of the event to allow for higher levels of participation. Forum Agenda Overview Date Event Location Day 1 Our facilitators will guide a lively networking session plus share current trends in suggestion systems and other areas of employee involvement. Day 2 Live Case Study I plus presentations on current topics in employee involvement including: "What is the next phase for mature programs" Day 3 Live Case Study II and III plus presentations on how idea processes integrate with Lean Mfg, Six Sigma & other quality initiatives. For more information download a brochure or contact Jim @ 928.527.0002 for more information.

Title	Description	Duration	Scheduled Course	Provided On-Site
SimNet 8 Standard Software Training	Covers the key fundamentals of the SimNet 8 software. Topics include: general overview of how SIM manages Ideas, Idea entry, letters and basic reporting. To optimize the learning experience, we recommend users familiarize themselves with the SimNet 8 software ahead of the course (using the SimNet 8 User Manual).	1 day	X	X
SimNet 8 Advanced Software Training	Designed for experienced SimNet 8 users - going in-depth into: reporting, building views, letters, interacting with the Portal Pages, SimNet Automation, and other advanced topics.	1 1/2 days	X	X
NEW SimNet 8 System Manager Course	Tailored for technical staff managing the SimNet 8 software. This course is comprised of several days of on-site training combined with remote training when working directly with SimNet 8. This course will not be taught until a customer has had an active installation for at least 60 days so the people scheduled for the course can familiarize themselves with an active SimNet installation. Customers with smaller installations may not require this training as it may be more cost effective for TQS Software staff to handle system administration tasks in SimNet.	1 1/2 days	X	X
NEW SIM-Net Training	Designed for current or potential users of our web-based SIM-Net software. Identifies how to set up SIM-Net to fit your process - controlling who has access and the look/feel of this powerful yet user-friendly system.	1 day	X	X
SIM User Group Meeting	TQS staff reviews the latest SIM software offerings plus discusses with the group future enhancements they'd like to see.	1/2 day	X
Employee Involvement Forum	See above	3 days	X	X
Evaluator Training	We directly teach your evaluators, supervisors or other assessors how to effectively review an idea. We can also run a train the trainer type course.	Varies		X
Creativity Training	Learn easy to apply tools to instill creativity with suggesters or teams	1 day		X
Team Leadership Skills	Designed to create more effective team leaders and includes: problem solving, assessments, planning team initiatives, and ways to assure management support.	1 day		X
Team Assessment Strategies	Using of our Team Effectiveness Assessment Module (TEAM) mini-survey process plus more in-depth assessment instruments to measure team effectiveness. Assessment Certification workshops are provided by Assessment Systems International on their powerful assessment tools (see below).	1 day		X
Management & Leadership Systems Certification Workshop	Useful for consultants or managers in organizations with interest in assessing effectiveness. It is taught by Assessment Systems International (ASI) staff, and certifies attendees to administer the Management and Leadership Systems (MLS) assessment tools. It covers their comprehensive survey instruments including: Management Leadership Profile (MLP), Team Effectiveness Profile (TEP), Team Effectiveness Assessment Module (TEAM) and Management Candidate Profile (MCP). The powerful MLS assessment tools allow for organizations to increase the effectiveness of managers and teams. Click here to go to the ASI Web Page.	1 day	X	X

If you have any questions or suggestions regarding training needs please call, fax or e-mail( jims@tqs-sim.com ) us for further information. We appreciate your input.

Below is a list of meetings and conferences we will attend and/or present at. This gives you an opportunity to meet up with us while at the conference.

2007 Ideas.UK Annual Conference - November 7-8 in Chester, England.

2007 Ideas Arabia Conference - April 22-24th - Dubai.

June 2006 EIA Chapter meeting - Ann Arbor - Jim Schwarz will be the presenter.

2006 Employee Involvement Association (EIA) conference, September 19-21, Palm Springs, California - Jim Schwarz will be presenting.

2006 ideas.UK Annual Conference - November 8-9 in Chester, England.

2006 Financial Times Innovate Summit - December 4-5 in London, UK

6th Annual Suggestion System Best Practices Training - Center For Suggestion System Development - July 18-20 - Las Vegas, Nevada

2005 Employee Involvement Association (EIA) conference, September 13-16, Scottsdale, Arizona

2005 ideas.UK Annual Conference - November 16-17 in Chester, England. James A. Schwarz will be presenting.