Excellent feedback to Andy McDougall’s BDA Business Essentials course

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Join dental business coach Andy McDougall from Spot On Business Planning for his business essentials courses at the BDA[/caption]On two Fridays in October the BDA held a Business Essentials ‘What every dental practice owner needs to know’ training course that was met with widespread praise from delegates.Attendees were asked to complete a course evaluation form and 100% said they were satisfied with the event overall and 100% praised dental business coach Andy McDougall, from Spot On Business Planning, for his content, which they rated either excellent (82%) or good (18%). His presentation was given further praise with 81% rating it excellent and 19% good.

Aims and objectives

• Were the educational aims and objectives made clear in advance of the meeting? 95% said yes
• Do you understand how to assess your business’ current position? 98% said yes
• Can you now appreciate a range of commercial techniques? 100% said yes
• Can you consider how these techniques can be applied to your business? 100% said yes
• Can you appreciate how to drive profitability in your practice? 100% said yes

Delegates were asked what they most liked about the business planning course and here are just some of the responses Andy received:

• Direct language and actions
• Energetic and clear explanation of a subject that could easily be very hard going
• Explanation of accountancy principles and how to apply them in dentistry
• Interesting and relevant topic in which we get no training at dental school
• Listening to Andy and his jokes J. Very inspirational and motivating
• Made me apply scenarios at my own practice
• Good presentation and logical approach and format
• Relevant and lots of ideas for scrutinising my business

When asked what the most useful action point delegates would take away from this course, respondents said:

• Andy’s number
• How to read a set of accounts
• The 4 stages involved in business planning
• Having to delve deeper into the numbers to understand why
• Copy of the presentation
• Knowing how to interpret accounts better and the large impact subtle changes can bring about
• Strategy is important – profit increases are possible without spending
• Thanks a lot Andy and Anne-Marie – very useful information as always

If you would like to find out about Andy’s upcoming courses, please email us or call 01949 851723.