These seminars are canned approaches for introductory level training --often for secretarial types who have been "dropped in" to the position. They do contract training on anything from how to write a business letter to public speaking. Generally the quality depends on the person hired for any given locality and the depth of knowledge he/she has in the field. Curriculum itself for these seminars tends to be very shallow and weak--more like an overview at that. I wouldn't rely on any such seminar to prepare anyone to deal with our area of practice, but for someone with no clue, a seminar of this type might be a good "look, see" experience, if only to acquaint themselves with others with no clue. This is not meant to pejorative to any Fred Pryor seminar, just a general observation that such seminars are generally not intended to prepare someone to practice. A.S.Elizabeth Fairfax. MA, CA Island County Records and Information Management Program e-mail: [log in to unmask] x5569 -----Original Message----- From: Records Management Program [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of John Guthrie Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2008 8:49 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [RM] Fred Pryor Seminars I recently received a flyer for a one day Fred Pryor Seminar to be held on "Records Retention and Destruction". I would be interested in hearing from anyone who has attended a Fred Pryor Seminar about the quality of the presentation and usefulness of the information. I have searched the list archives and have not seen this brought up before, also did Google/Dogpile searches and have not found much in the way of reviews, lots of sites offering the various Pryor courses however. Please let me know the "good, bad, and ugly" if you can - either on the list or privately. John Guthrie Records Manager Oceanside CA 760.435.3004 [log in to unmask] List archives at http://lists.ufl.edu/archives/recmgmt-l.html Contact [log in to unmask] for assistance To unsubscribe from this list, click the below link. If not already present, place UNSUBSCRIBE RECMGMT-L or UNSUB RECMGMT-L in the body of the message. mailto:[log in to unmask] List archives at http://lists.ufl.edu/archives/recmgmt-l.html Contact [log in to unmask] for assistance To unsubscribe from this list, click the below link. If not already present, place UNSUBSCRIBE RECMGMT-L or UNSUB RECMGMT-L in the body of the message. mailto:[log in to unmask]