“Carol was the keynote speaker at our South Carolina Rural Summit in 2009 and was a big hit. In fact, her evaluation ratings were so high that we invited her back to kick-off the first session of our South Carolina Economic Development Institute in February, 2010. The feedback from those in attendance was proof enough that Carol will now be back for a third time to headline our SCEDI program for 2011. If you want to learn what it takes to make your team win, then Carol is your person.”

“We thought that $2 billion of economic development investments within 3 years would solve our problems. Well, it doesn’t; but Carol Johnson does! She is one of the most dynamic strategic planning facilitators I have ever seen or worked with in my 20 years in economic and community development. In my opinion, Carol Johnson is a rock star! Our community now has a continuous dialog.”

“Carol Johnson hits it out of the park! Captivating Keynote Speaker and Economic Development Sales Training that delivers immediate Return on Investment.”

Carol Johnson’s training is a great investment for our organization. Sales for our annual meeting increased 46% over 2009, because our entire team is actively selling. We have already paid for the training with the first event of the year. Carol kept our entire team comfortable and energized during the training session and helped each person develop techniques that give them confidence in their daily jobs.

Edwina Dunlap, Sales Leader at Avaya

"I recommend Carol Johnson to my clients and they love her and the results.  She will build the skills of your newest team members as well as your veterans.  In today’s market you must train economic developers and community leaders to be competent and confident hosting prospects, uncovering key needs and quickly building a business case to win.  Continuous Dialog is the best in economic development sales training."

Del Boyette, Boyette Strategic
Advisors

"Training builds a professional and strategic economic development team. We are all so busy that it is often difficult to identify a better approach and adopt best practices.  Eight years ago Carol developed our first economic development sales training.  She reminded us of what we knew and helped us to hone our sales skills.  Our learning was expedited using video-role play. Through her encouragement, we successfully applied our new skills."

"Carol is a valued partner in TVA economic development efforts.Her private sector sales experience combined with her understanding of economic development make her training practical, dynamic and interactive.  We will continue to use Carol to equip our communities with the sales skills to win in this competitive environment."

John Bradley, VP Economic Development, TVA

"Team Mississippi now has a competitive advantage in promoting our state!
Carol Johnson has played an integral part in shaping the sales skills of our business development team."

Gray Swoope
Executive Director, Mississippi Development Authority

“Carol’s outstanding presentations on sales skills and marketing were very interesting and provided specific practical, much needed information to the economic developers at our summer conference. We’ve been asked to bring her back soon and to give her more time!”