Become a Host Company
A key part of the success of ETA's public programs is the many companies in Silicon Valley that become host companies. By doing so, they provide their employees with exceptional training, conveniently held at their company site, without the responsibility of filling an entire session. Many companies use ETA public programs to round out their own curriculum of professional development training.
Host Company Benefits
- Host company can select class from the list of ETA courses.
- All employees receive the Host company discount rate on all public courses.
- Host Companies will receive extensive recognition and advertising for supporting professional development programs for engineers. Acknowledgment goes to over 20,000 engineers and managers.
- All benefits accrue to Host Company at NO COST TO YOUR COMPANY.
Host Company Responsibilities
- Provide a training room and presentation materials (LCD, flip chart, etc.) for approximately 24 participants.
- Host company provides an internal contact to receive the morning of the class to escort the instructor in 45 before the course.
- Work with an ETA Account Manager to select a course topic and date for public course.
- Advertise courses to internal employees. ETA can provide materials and links. RSS feed available.
- Host 2-3 courses per quarter (only recommended, not mandatory).
ETA provides the following:
- Subject matter expert instructors who receive the highest ratings.
- A monthly calendar of the public courses and locations to the internal contact to forward to the appropriate technical professionals & managers.
- Course registration through phone, fax, e-mail or online.
- Student invoicing. Students can pay by check or credit card.
- Catering for morning and afternoon snacks and drinks.
- Course announcements in e-mail, PDF and HTML formats.
- Monthly report of who attended which courses along with student evaluations.
Schedule an appointment with an ETA representative to go over the available courses and dates. To schedule an appointment, or for additional information regarding becoming a host company, please contact: Effective Training Associates at (408) 441-8881.
