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Kathy Danen, Business Consultant
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Kathy Danen, Business Consultant
Concentrated Employment Program, Inc., Ashland, WI

As a business consultant for Concentrated Employment Program, Inc., of Ashland, WI, Kathy Danen helps employers find the information and training they need to provide them with the knowledge to run their organizations better.

One subject about which she felt many of her clients could use more knowledge was Workers’ Compensation. Before she could help her clients, though, she needed to educate herself on the subject, so she attended "You CAN Cut Your Worker’s Comp Costs,” a workshop conducted by Judy A. Jacobs, Certified WorkComp Advisor and director of Comp-Save Solutions for Mosinee Insurance Agency, Inc. in Mosinee, WI.

“She blew me away,” says Danen of her own workshop experience. “Her knowledge on the subject of Workers’ Comp was incredible. Plus, she’s a fantastic speaker and breaks up the presentation so that you don’t lose interest.”

Convinced that Jacobs could provide her clients with the information they needed to understand Workers’ Compensation better, she arranged for Jacobs to conduct a pair of workshops for them.

“We had 25 to 30 employers attend one workshop in Medford and about another 25 or so attend one in Ladysmith,” recalls Danen. “They all thought she helped them understand Workers’ Compensation better and they got lots of good advice from her on how to improve their programs.”

Danen added that many of her clients also commented on Jacobs’ willingness to work with them and resolve even specific issues.

“She stayed after sessions and answered questions that some of my clients preferred not to ask in front of other people,” said Danen. “Some of them even contacted Jacobs after the workshop to work with her on their Workers’ Compensation programs.”

Based on how much Jacobs was able to help the employers in the first two sessions, Danen plans to invite Jacobs to conduct another workshop for her clients in the very near future.