About CEU
Consumer Electronics University (CEU) was established in 2005 to address the challenges our retail and manufacturing partners face in defending their human resource advantage despite increasing budget and time constraints. Our experience in developing, implementing, and evaluating effective classroom, video, e-learning, and in-store training programs provides the consumer electronics industry and other retail specialists with innovative solutions customized to our partner’s individual needs and budgets.
What we do:
Our focus at CEU is results. CEU utilizes participant-centered accelerated learning methods based on adult developmental research carried out by more than 80 universities. Accelerated learning principles are used by over 800 major organizations because of their ability to improve results while reducing training time and cost.
Corporations that have replaced traditional training with accelerated learning typically find training time reduced by 20-30% and retention increased by up to 4 times. Accelerated learning is based on the principle that adult‘s learn through creation and challenging interaction not passive absorption.
Accelerated learning is particularly suited to the specialty retail environment where formal training time is limited and objectives are clear and measurable. We believe that Consumer Electronics University is uniquely qualified to partner with specialty retailers and premium electronics manufacturers in executing training based on principles proven effective in our industry.
What we do:
Our focus at CEU is results. CEU utilizes participant-centered accelerated learning methods based on adult developmental research carried out by more than 80 universities. Accelerated learning principles are used by over 800 major organizations because of their ability to improve results while reducing training time and cost.
Corporations that have replaced traditional training with accelerated learning typically find training time reduced by 20-30% and retention increased by up to 4 times. Accelerated learning is based on the principle that adult‘s learn through creation and challenging interaction not passive absorption.
Accelerated learning is particularly suited to the specialty retail environment where formal training time is limited and objectives are clear and measurable. We believe that Consumer Electronics University is uniquely qualified to partner with specialty retailers and premium electronics manufacturers in executing training based on principles proven effective in our industry.
Who We AreThe principals of CEU have been responsible for the development and evaluation of well over 8000 consumer electronics salespeople, installers, customer service representatives and retail store managers.
Tim Ryan, president of CEU, has been a nationally recognized trainer of Consumer Electronics Specialists for over twenty years. His CE career includes a variety of positions from warehouse assistant, to sales consultant, store manager, and store owner. Prior to founding CEU Tim was Vice President of Training for Ultimate Electronics, where he lead a department of more than two dozen trainers and training developers. George Roch, CEU Training Development Director brings similarly extensive retail experience to CEU. His background includes more than fifteen years managing CE specialty stores that ranged in size from 8 to well over 100 employees. As Director of Training Development for Ultimate Electronics, he was responsible for creating, implementing, and evaluating a wide range of training programs including live classroom, e-learning, video, & paper based systems. |
Our ClientsSince 2005 CEU has partnered with leading retailers, buying groups, and manufacturers to create and implement training covering all aspects of successful retail execution; including new employee development, sales process, product technology, operations, installation, and store management.
Our major client list includes:
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