Channel Advantage's full-time Netgear training team was out in force at the recent Dixons Retail "PLC" store staff training conference and Audio Visual roadshow series which began on 1st July 2011 and finishes on 25th July.
Well over 1,000 store staff and managers as well as Head Office teams attended the shows that have been taking place across the UK from Birmingham and Newcastle, to Edinburgh and Glasgow, through to Milton Keynes and Tunbridge Wells and beyond. Netgear created a living room environment complete with comfy sofas to demonstrate the key role it plays in delivering a fully functioning connected home enabling Smart TVs and wireles communications. The roadshows are a key opportunity to have quality time with those who influence at the point of sale and the Netgear team was keen to make the best of it.
Team Member Philip Walsh adds: "The buzz at the roadshows has been amazing. We can talk about Netgear all day and it is fantastic when we get an audience of people who are genuinely interested and want to learn. We know how important store colleagues are in assisting shoppers to make the right choice, especially when it is perceived to be a complex purchase, and having the opportunity to meet and train so many in one go has been fantastic."
One of the attendees from the Heathrow roadshow was keen to comment: "Before today I was completely confused about the world of routers and home networking, but this session has been really fun and interactive... we even had to map out a house layout with the best solution for a specific scenario. I didn't get the prize, (one of three WiFi adapter), but better than that I actually think I know what I am talking about now!"
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