Breaking Barriers:
John Clements Holds 2nd Annual Sales & Production Conference
by Paul Catiang

On July 8 and 9, 2005, Fontana Leisure Park in Clark Field Pampanga hosted the second Annual Sales and Production Conference of John Clements Consultants Inc., a much-anticipated event in the company’s calendars. With the theme, ‘Breaking Barriers’, the conference was the venue for looking over the past year’s achievements and considering new strategies in establishing partnerships.

The presentations opened with company President Carol Dominguez and her stories about her friends and clients, with a few yoga positions to help the participants wake up and have a sense of breaking barriers in the mind and body. This was followed by Martin de Castro and his talk about outperforming oneself. After lunch, Cesar A. Averia, President and CEO of EDI Staffbuilders, spoke of his company's achievements in the international front, as they were the only Philippine representative to the International Labour Organization and recently participated in its Merchants of Labour dialog in Geneva. The day wound down with Financial Controller Neil Binalla’s presentation of the previous year’s figures with respect to the goals set back then. Nilo Cruz of Hewlett-Packard then reviewed indispensable customer-care techniques with his talk on successful IT vendors.

The evening’s program took on a more swashbuckling, exotic air as everyone dressed up as pirates and gypsies as part of the festivities. Awards and prizes were given out, including recognizing Professional Staffers Alina Manaig as Sales Consultant of the Year and Frida Torres as Recruitment Consultant of the Year for their efforts.

Day Two started off with Dino Gil’s presentation on non-traditional marketing approaches, one that encourages techniques never before used in any given industry. Jovi Zalamea’s talk on strategic relationship building set the right mood for the following year with an admonition to establish and invest in the right clients.

With the past year assessed and the batteries recharged, new goals are now set and new and bigger challenges await on the horizon.