As you have learned throughout the course, an important aspect of professional selling in todays competitive environment

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As you have learned throughout the course, an important aspect of professional selling in today’s competitive environment is continuous learning. It is important to develop a personal professional development strategy or plan for how you intend to continue to enhance your leadership skills, management skills, and marketing expertise. This is unique to you and your career goals and should keep your career momentum moving forward.

1. Find two courses, either offered online or at a local college/university, that you could take in the future for your professional development strategy. Explain what the course is about and provide a link to the course. Explain how it will support your professional development.

2. Find two conferences, either offered online or in person, that you could attend to support your professional development. Explain what each conference is about and provide a link to the conference. Explain how it will support your professional development.

3. Share the links to four websites that you will visit frequently to support your professional development. For some ideas on where to start, these can be blogs, business news, sales forecasts, trends analyses, etc. Include one sentence about each website explaining how it will support your professional development.

4. On a new page in your Microsoft Word document, create a timeline for the next year of your professional development strategy, from January to December 2023. Include the dates, costs, and other important details for any conferences, courses, professional association events, etc. that you would attend. Include any professional development SMART goals that you have, i.e. “complete my Alpha program by April 2023”, as an example.