Lifetrack At A Glance @ Innovative Packaging Solutions

Please join us for

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Agenda

7:45 am - Arrival & Breakfast

8:00 am - Program & Tour

9:00 am - Q & A, Networking

Lifetrack at a Glance is an opportunity to learn about our programs focused on employment and healthy family development and the clients we serve in our community.

Please RSVP by April 1, 2011 to

KatieK@LifetrackResources.org or 651-265-2326.

At a Glance

Innovative Packaging Solutions

341 Chester Street

Saint Paul, MN 55107

651-290-0567

Innovative Packaging Solutions is a division of Lifetrack Resources, which provides efficient packaging and assembly services for businesses while providing work adjustment and work transition services for persons with little work experience.

Directions: Innovative Packaging Solutions is located off of Highway 52. Take the Plato Boulevard exit and head East onto Plato. Travel 1 block and turn right onto Chester Street. Travel 1/4 mile. Innovative Packaging Solutions will be on the right.

Upcoming Lifetrack at a Glance Dates:

April 14, 11:30 a.m. - Lifetrack Resources, 709 University Ave. W.

Innovative Packaging Solutions Opens Call Center Internship!

First Call Center Internship Completed with Success!

 

Mar 17, 2011 by Linnea Sowden

Linnea makes final calls to prospects

Today, Linnea Sowden completed Innovative Packaging Solutions' first 30-hour Call Center Internship! Linnea did a fantastic job, completing 116 calls and making 33 contacts! Before her internship in February, Linnea was the top graduate in Lifetrack's Customer Service Training. Now that she has successfully completed her training and internship, Linnea is pursuing job opportunities. Please contact us to learn more about her. - Laura Schwartz, Training Coordinator
Networking is Key by Linnea Sowden
During my call center internship I learned that the key to success is networking. My goal is to take the first step in building a relationship between Innovative Packaging Solutions and the companies I call. The phone skills I learned in Customer Service Training have been extremely important to achieving this goal.
Before I make a call, I research the company using Google to find the company website. As I look at the site, I think about what this company provides for customers and what they might need from Innovative Packaging Solutions. I maintain a database on Excel with all the information I can find about the company, including the mailing address, e-mail address, contact name, website, and the types of products or services they provide. Then, I am ready to make a call. With the information I gathered I can direct the conversation and talk about specific services we provide. Even if they say no, I ask if they would like me to mail a brochure incase they think of any companies in their area that might need packaging services. If they would like a brochure, I prepare an envelope with information about our services and a business card. I use Microsoft Word to create address labels and then I mail it off. Then I switch to Outlook to create a contact card and a note for Greg, our Business Specialist, to follow up with them next week.
Even though I do my best to create a good impression when I talk to companies, I still hear a lot of no’s. For every ten people I talk to I know that nine of them will probably say no. Most of them really have no need of packaging or assembly services and so I just move on to the next call because I know somebody is going to say yes.

PRESS RELEASE: NEW EMPLOYEE

Monday, February 28, 2011
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Innovative Packaging Solutions InnovativePackagingSolutions.org a Division of Lifetrack Resources LifetrackResources.org is proud to announce and welcome Greg Bauman as its new Business Development Specialist.

Mr. Bauman brings with him over twenty years of experience in the Real Estate and Business Franchising industries. He comes to us from Realty Executives Midwest part of an International Real Estate Franchise, where he served as Vice President for ten years. He has also served as Chair at Realty Executives International for Institutional Marketing for three years.

Mr. Bauman holds a Bachelors of Science from Minnesota State University Mankato and has previously managed several business operations in the United States. We are pleased to have Mr. Bauman on board, and look forward to a prosperous future with him. Greg can be reached at GregB@ChooseIPS.org or 612-760-9393.

About Innovative Packaging Solutions
Innovative Packaging Solutions, a division of Lifetrack Resources, is a nonprofit that provides efficient packaging and assembly services for businesses while providing work adjustment and work transition services for persons with little work experience. To learn more about IPS, visit www.InnovativePackagingSolutions.org

About Lifetrack ResourcesLifetrack Resources in a non-profit human services organization with a mission to work together to develop the strengths within children, families and adults facing the greatest life challenges so that all families and individuals are strong, healthy and productive members of the community. Lifetrack has served the Twin Cities community for more than 60 years; annually helping people create a better life through our focus on Child & Family Healthy Development and Employments & Economic Opportunity. To learn more about Lifetrack Resources, visit www.LifetrackResources.org