1. Moving Your Team From Pleading to Partnering: Developing A Needs-Based Sales Culture

2. A Need for Change Moved from a donor incentive driven culture to a relationship driven culture (had to break our cotton addiction) Struggling with projection accuracy Not-so-best practices Lack of opportunities for development

3. Moving to a New Culture The Plan New expectations New Incentive Plan Support Tools Sales Training Sales Coaching

4. New Expectations Blood Program Consultant will: Achieve assigned collection goal - every month 10 – 15 weekly sales calls with pre- determined objectives Annual collection plan for assigned territory and accounts Weekly review with Donor Services

5. A New Incentive Plan for New Expectations Incentivize to match business objectives by providing a lucrative opportunity for incentive earnings that support: Consistent goal attainment every month Collections during critical collection periods Increased projection accuracy that supports the budget and resource plans

6. $how me the Money: New Incentive Plan Determined the maximum earning level for consultants and put 1/3 of that “at risk” in incentive earnings

7. Incentive Plan At A Glance Production Incentive: Maximum pay during critical months, must achieve 100% to earn, no extra incentive after 103% Projection Accuracy: Full earnings for 90 – 100% PA, ½ for 85 – 89.9%, decreasing incentives starting at 103% PA Consistency Incentive: To encourage consistent monthly goal achievement & discourage calendar manipulation for high earning months Holiday Incentive: Incentives for goals met during Fourth of July, Christmas & New Years

8. In Order to Build It, You Need the Right Tools Account planners Monthly workshops –Focus on market segments –Follow-up sales training –Sharing best practices/account strategies Specialized programs such as High School Honor Cord Branded marketing materials PSS Sales Training

9. Ready or Not – Sales Training

10. Extreme Sales Makeover Achieve Global, Professional Selling Skills – Why? Expect Turnover Consultative Selling – From clerk to consultant

11. Clerk If we have any, they’re back in electronics

12. Salesperson Let me show you our featured item of the week

13. Consultant Make an appointment with one of our knowledgeable Bose product experts. Our in-store staff is trained to help you find the products that fit your home entertainment needs

14. Use It or Lose It: The Need for Sales Coaching Dealing with resistance: “I went to PSS & all I got was this lousy notebook!” Translating the training for everyday application The role of sales coach – friend not foe

15. What Are We Selling???

16. Recognizing Our Value: More Than Just A Blood Drive Depending on their needs, we are many different things to many different people: Missions Outreach Project High School Recognition Program Project Management Opportunity Leadership Development Corporate Social Responsibility Program

17. High School Features/Benefits Features: Honor Cord Program Service Learning Program Health/A1c Screening Educational Presentations Volunteer Opportunities Project Management (Blood Drive Timeline) Local Community Ties Engaging Donor Promotions Blood Drive Committee Donor Benefit Plan NMDP (OBI exclusive) Donor Schedule Branded Materials Benefits: Allows more students award opportunities “Pre-packaged” program w/ proven success Opportunity to provide free health screening Can be tied into school curriculum Social responsibility, character development Can be applied to other school projects Knowledge of local impact Excite the donor base Leadership development, team-building Credits provide health benefits for group Mobilization of minority student groups Efficient use of student/school time Allows students to do more creative recruiting

18. Recognizing Success No summer blood emergency appeal Working smarter w/ leaner resources Developing account strategies

19. Projection Accuracy Trends

20. Recruitment Cost Per Donor