Fone Forums is a learning company delivering the best in live training, coaching and education with user-friendly teleconference technology.

Our programs feature all the elements of a seminar, class and workshop, but you participate from the convenience and comfort of your office or home.

Led by the best experts in the field, Fone Forums are the proven approach for an effective learning experience if you are a:

• corporate employee, manager or executive

• small business owner

• professional

• or someone who enjoys learning

Fone Forums will give you the knowledge and inspiration to increase your business skills, grow your company and your employees, improve your career and enhance your life, and you’ll save time and money in the process!

Fone Forums are:

• Synergistic. You'll benefit from other participants' ideas and real-life experiences!

• Economical. Say goodbye to travel, meeting rooms, hotel stays and catered lunches!

• Convenient. Participate when it’s best for you, and you even choose the location!

• Easy. All you need is access to e-mail and a telephone.

• Effective. You apply what you learn immediately making your learning more useful.

• Efficient. You avoid the hassles of travel, saving time to learn what you need to know.

• Comfortable. No more stuffy meeting rooms or uncomfortable chairs.

• Fun. Learning can be fun again with a focused topic in a short period of time.

All Fone Forums are classified as either public or private.

Public Fone Forums are open to anyone and many are FREE.

Private Fone Forums are customized for groups, companies, and associations. They can only be viewed and accessed on this site by the clients for whom they are designed.

Whether public or private, Fone Forums are offered in a variety of categories –

Corporate Fone Forums are designed to meet the training and coaching needs of the employee, manager and executive within larger business organizations.

These Fone Forums will help you improve business results, and include topics like:

• team building

• leadership

• communication

• emotional intelligence

• productivity

• personal development

Fone Forums can also fill in the training and coaching gaps left by traditional seminars that can't address sensitive or strategic issues facing your organization. And since Fone Forums can be tailor-made quickly, you’re able to act on short notice when you need to deliver training and coaching to a geographically distributed audience in response to competitive challenges, market and strategic changes, or when managing a special project.

If you have a specific need that Fone Forums can help you address, please fill out the Design a Fone Forum form, or simply contact us to discuss how we can help. You can also see our schedule to sign up for a Fone Forum today!

Small Business Fone Forums are designed to meet the training and coaching needs of the small business owner and their employees, including the solo entrepreneur and home-based business.

These Fone Forums will help you build and grow your business with topics focusing on:

• business start-ups

• business building

• finance and accounting

• sales and marketing

• personal development

Fone Forums give you access to the training and coaching available to big corporations, and are great for meeting the specific needs of teams within your business including, sales, production and management. To find out how we can help, see our current schedule or simply contact us!

Professional Fone Forums are designed for people in a specific profession. Participants may be employed by the same company, independent operators or those affiliated by membership in an association. These include:

• financial sales representatives

• bankers

• purchasing agents

• HR managers

• lawyers

Interacting with others who are in the same field of work offers the synergy that independent professionals seek. Fone Forums brings these professionals together from all over the country, all at the same time, but with a huge savings of time and money. It's a virtual meeting room for great independent minds!

To see Fone Forums that address the needs and interests of the professional, check out our Fone Forums schedule.

General Interest Fone Forums are designed for those who enjoy learning. They’re educational and informational in focus, utilizing experts in subject matter of interest to a broad audience.

General Interest Fone Forums help you:

• develop life strategies

• improve your parenting skills

• learn about current events

• explore a hobby

• prepare your next trip or adventure

Want to hang out with your favorite author or with others who share your interest in learning something new?  If so, join us for our upcoming Fone Forums by registering now!

Dave Lindbeck
Founder/President

As the founder and President of Fone Forums, Inc., Dave’s professional history spans 25 years with significant experience in the fields of financial services and real estate. Having served as a Vice President in three major banks, Dave’s corporate background includes real estate finance and development, mortgage banking, homebuilding and investments.

In addition to managing Fone Forums, Inc., Dave is also the founder of InStep Coaching (www.instepcoaching.com), which was built by combining his extensive business experience with a lifelong study and practice of professional growth and development. In his coaching practice, Dave works with a national clientele of business owners, executives and managers helping them achieve greater business and career success.

Tom Bruein
Advisory Board Member/Consultant

Tom’s 20 years of experience in communications, internet marketing, and management consulting has resulted in a successful track record of helping entrepreneurs start small businesses while streamlining systems to improve operating results.

With a passion for the written and spoken word, Tom also helps companies create compelling marketing messages through his firm Sharp Editing (www.sharpediting.com). In addition to being a member of the Advisory Board of Fone Forums, Inc, Tom serves as moderator and marketing consultant on many of our Fone Forums.