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overview 

Sales enablement is the modern key to sales success. As a function, it’s dedicated to enhancing the performance of your sales team - but that’s not easy to do. With so many moving parts, it can be hard to master the core elements of sales enablement. That’s where our certification steps in.

Through Sales Enablement Certified: Core in-person, you’ll master the pillars of sales enablement, and you’ll discover how to enable sales success within your organization alongside your peers.

Curriculum

Chapters

  • What is sales enablement?
  • Why sales enablement matters
  • The foundations of sales enablement
  • Who owns sales enablement?
  • Structuring sales enablement teams
  • The sales enablement charter
  • Bonus: Creating a scalable sales enablement function - Pooja Kumar, Director of Sales Enablement and Organizational Culture at Oracle
  • Exam
  • Bonus: The role and importance of sales enablement - Sheevaun Thatcher, VP Learning and Strategic Execution at RingCentral

Chapters

  • Company alignment
  • Encouraging cross-collaboration
  • Making sales enablement's voice heard
  • Qualified leads
  • Bonus: Sales and marketing lead optimization - Josh Smith, Head of Sales Enablement at the Guardian
  • Lead-qualification matrix
  • Exam
  • Bonus: Driving cross-functional alignment to improve outcomes - Susan Quesal, Director of Revenue Enablement at Lessonly by Seismic
  • Bonus: Cross-functional alignment - Lyle Jacon, Sales Operations Consultant at TekAdvizr

Chapters

  • An intro to sales onboarding and training
  • Welcoming your new hires
  • Prepping for onboarding
  • Bonus: Building an onboarding program - Expert panel discussion
  • Training and coaching
  • How to improve sales team training sessions
  • Exam
  • Bonus: "It’s about making things simple" - Kevin Rich, Global GTM Enablement Director at Shift Technology
  • Bonus: The world of sales enablement - Tom Cheriyan, Senior Director of Revenue Enablement at OwnBackup

Chapters

  • Ideal customer profiles
  • Personas
  • Bonus: Develop personas the right way - Misha Rangel, Senior Product Marketing Manager at IBM
  • Empathy mapping
  • The customer journey
  • Exam
  • Bonus: Four steps to sharpen your Go-to-Market focus with customer segmentation - Joe Andrews, VP Product and Solutions Marketing at InsideView

Chapters

  • What is sales enablement content
  • Sales scripts
  • Product sheets
  • Competitor analysis content
  • Battlecards
  • Creating content salespeople will love
  • Whitepapers
  • Case studies
  • Develop a sales enablement content strategy
  • Sales enablement playbook
  • Bonus: Creating a sales enablement playbook from scratch - Darlene Samer, Head of GTM Enablement & Leadership at Yelp
  • Exam

Chapters

  • Sales enablement metrics
  • Content usage
  • Time to productivity
  • Win/close rates
  • Average deal size
  • Sales velocity
  • Sales confidence
  • Reporting findings
  • Bonus: Enablement metrics 101 - Carly Lehner, Head of Revenue Enablement at Andela
  • Exam
  • Bonus: The dark arts of data - Kyle Doerflein, Director of Sales Enablement & Productivity at LogicMonitor
  • Bonus: The value of a sales enablement team - Laura Welch at HP and Rob Hornish at Redaptive, Inc

Chapters

  • Tech and tools in sales enablement
  • Company alignment tools
  • Onboarding and training tools
  • Empowering reps to be self-sufficient
  • Bonus: Using technology to increase sales - Leah Wigg, Sales Enablement APAC at Halcyon Knights
  • Customer-centric tools
  • Sales content tools
  • Tools for metrics and measurement
  • Exam
  • Bonus: Using AI in sales enablement - Eoin O'Connor, Head of Sales Enablement at Paragon

Chapters

Chapters

Chapters

Introduction to sales enablement

Chapters

  • What is sales enablement?
  • Why sales enablement matters
  • The foundations of sales enablement
  • Who owns sales enablement?
  • Structuring sales enablement teams
  • The sales enablement charter
  • Bonus: Creating a scalable sales enablement function - Pooja Kumar, Director of Sales Enablement and Organizational Culture at Oracle
  • Exam
  • Bonus: The role and importance of sales enablement - Sheevaun Thatcher, VP Learning and Strategic Execution at RingCentral
Cross-functional alignment

Chapters

  • Company alignment
  • Encouraging cross-collaboration
  • Making sales enablement's voice heard
  • Qualified leads
  • Bonus: Sales and marketing lead optimization - Josh Smith, Head of Sales Enablement at the Guardian
  • Lead-qualification matrix
  • Exam
  • Bonus: Driving cross-functional alignment to improve outcomes - Susan Quesal, Director of Revenue Enablement at Lessonly by Seismic
  • Bonus: Cross-functional alignment - Lyle Jacon, Sales Operations Consultant at TekAdvizr
Onboarding and training

Chapters

  • An intro to sales onboarding and training
  • Welcoming your new hires
  • Prepping for onboarding
  • Bonus: Building an onboarding program - Expert panel discussion
  • Training and coaching
  • How to improve sales team training sessions
  • Exam
  • Bonus: "It’s about making things simple" - Kevin Rich, Global GTM Enablement Director at Shift Technology
  • Bonus: The world of sales enablement - Tom Cheriyan, Senior Director of Revenue Enablement at OwnBackup
Customer-centricity

Chapters

  • Ideal customer profiles
  • Personas
  • Bonus: Develop personas the right way - Misha Rangel, Senior Product Marketing Manager at IBM
  • Empathy mapping
  • The customer journey
  • Exam
  • Bonus: Four steps to sharpen your Go-to-Market focus with customer segmentation - Joe Andrews, VP Product and Solutions Marketing at InsideView
Guided content

Chapters

  • What is sales enablement content
  • Sales scripts
  • Product sheets
  • Competitor analysis content
  • Battlecards
  • Creating content salespeople will love
  • Whitepapers
  • Case studies
  • Develop a sales enablement content strategy
  • Sales enablement playbook
  • Bonus: Creating a sales enablement playbook from scratch - Darlene Samer, Head of GTM Enablement & Leadership at Yelp
  • Exam
Metrics and measurement

Chapters

  • Sales enablement metrics
  • Content usage
  • Time to productivity
  • Win/close rates
  • Average deal size
  • Sales velocity
  • Sales confidence
  • Reporting findings
  • Bonus: Enablement metrics 101 - Carly Lehner, Head of Revenue Enablement at Andela
  • Exam
  • Bonus: The dark arts of data - Kyle Doerflein, Director of Sales Enablement & Productivity at LogicMonitor
  • Bonus: The value of a sales enablement team - Laura Welch at HP and Rob Hornish at Redaptive, Inc
Tech and tools

Chapters

  • Tech and tools in sales enablement
  • Company alignment tools
  • Onboarding and training tools
  • Empowering reps to be self-sufficient
  • Bonus: Using technology to increase sales - Leah Wigg, Sales Enablement APAC at Halcyon Knights
  • Customer-centric tools
  • Sales content tools
  • Tools for metrics and measurement
  • Exam
  • Bonus: Using AI in sales enablement - Eoin O'Connor, Head of Sales Enablement at Paragon

Chapters

Chapters

Chapters

Sales EnablementFramework

Sales enablement is a multi-faceted role with many concepts to master as you strive to empower sales teams, and ace your career. Feel the stress melt away when you use our framework to find and fill the gaps in your knowledge of the five fundamental stages.

Strategy and planning

Aligning with stakeholders and crafting methodical plans are at the core of what sales enablement is all about.

Go-to-market

Internal communications

Vision statements

Stakeholder management

Change management

Alignment and collaboration

Objectives & KPIs

Content

Content, whether for a rep’s own use or to be shared with a prospect, can be a key part of clinching a deal and getting one step closer to your revenue goals.

Sales scripts

Content strategy

Battlecards

Sales playbook

Personas

Buyer-facing assets

SWOT Analysis

Tech and tools

Your tech stack is your gateway to sales and enablement success. Get the right tools in place with the right processes, and watch your teams thrive.

LMS

Evaluation

CMS

Tech stack

CRM

Sales automation

Implementation

Learning and development

Equipping sales reps with the skills and knowledge they need to succeed is at the heart of sales enablement. Learning & development has to be a key area of focus for that reason.

Sales kick-off

Onboarding

Sales methodology

Training & coaching

Rep feedback

Certifications

Growth

There’s no room to stay still in enablement. Taking feedback, iterating on programs, and measuring your results is your path to success.

Feedback

Track & analyze

Optimization

Metrics

Investing in yourself & your teams through programs like Sales Enablement Certified Core will put you on a path towards success. Strategic Enablement has an impact - and quantifying the impact puts you on the path to gain a seat at the table of influence, justify more headcount, help sales to drive further impact with related initiatives, or elevate the enablement brand in you.

Teri Long

CB Insights

The Sales Enablement Collective Core course was a joy to go through…What I really appreciated was the resources provided along the way, and that I can access the content in the course at any time

Lilianna Fodor

Xello

I would absolutely recommend this certificate to those newer to Sales Enablement or those looking to build a stronger foundation with strategy and frameworks. The learning is well organized to keep you engaged throughout.

Jessica Gappa

Sustainalytics

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What you'll
accomplish 

Build an onboarding program

Onboard new reps and equip them with the skills they need to succeed.

Measure enablement success

Prove your team’s ROI to leadership with metrics that showcase your success.

Design impactful content

Deliver meaningful content to the right audience, at the right time.

What's
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Content

Industry-leading, community-led curriculum that covers the core pillars of the sales enablement function from every angle - with nothing but expert intel throughout.

02
Footage

Cutting-edge insights from world-leading sales enablement experts from Salesforce, Equifax, Qlik, and more on how they've achieved success - so you can tap into their learnings.

03
Studies

Create your own bank of tangible takeaways, bring them back to your boss, implement them right away, demonstrate instant ROI, and grow your career.

04
Tasks

Work with your peers in-person on group activities, then reinforce your learning with onDemand coursework accessible anytime, anywhere.

05
Exams

After the big day, make your way through exam questions that consolidate what you learned in the certification, and help you take your learnings out into the real world.

06
Templates

Tried, tested, and vetted templates and frameworks ready to use right away to streamline your processes and work with peace of mind.

07
Access

Gain lifetime access to all certification materials, including fireside chats, and extra footage.

08
Certificates

Accredited by the CPD, get a certificate of attendance once the day’s done, and become officially sales enablement certified upon passing the exams on demand.

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With every single one of our certifications, you can get your hands on templates, frameworks, and toolkits. All are designed with the cumulative knowledge of our community to help you implement your newfound knowledge the very next day.

The four pillars of sales enablement

The sales enablement framework

Structuring your sales enablement team sheet

Lead-qualification matrix

Sample sales onboarding checklist

B2B user persona template

B2B user persona template

B2C user persona template

B2B persona questions list

B2C persona questions list

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FAQS

Who’s this sales enablement core certification for?

This certification is for anyone who’s ready to boost their sales enablement strategies and skills to the next level. Want to become a well-rounded sales enablement practitioner, add more value to your company, and become a true expert in the realm of sales enablement? This certification has you covered.

What are the benefits of gaining a sales enablement core certification?

Not only does our sales enablement certification provide you with the skills and confidence to lead an effective sales enablement program, it also gives you an accredited SE certification, backed by a host of the world’s leading authorities on sales enablement. 

How does the in-person certification work?

The certification is live and in-person. Enroll, attend on the day and work through modules and take part in activities alongside your peers. After the day’s up, you’ll gain access to an on demand version of the certification to refresh your memory and access bonus footage. If you pass the mandatory exam questions, you’ll become Sales Enablement Certified!

How long will the in-person certification take to complete?

In-person, you’ll attend from 9am through to 5:30pm. Then, you’ll gain access to the onDemand version of the certification, featuring 15 hours of content, activities, and exams.

What happens if I don’t pass the exams?

If you fail the first time around you'll be given the option to retake the exam. If you fail the second attempt, unfortunately, it means you won’t get the certificate. However, all’s not lost, you’ll have still learned LOTS and you’ll be given access to the certification materials for life - so you can brush up on the bits you slipped up on forevermore.

How long will I have access to the certification content?

For life! One, one-off payment gives you unlimited to all the certification's content forevermore.

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