Why should I spend time looking at New Horizons?

Because New Horizons Computer Learning Centers is the most successful franchise in the IT training industry:

“World’s Largest Independent IT Training Provider” (IDC, 06/04)
“100 Fastest-Growing Companies” (Fortune SB, 07/01)
“100 Hot Growth Companies” (Business Week, 06/01)
“200 Best Small Companies” (Forbes, 10/01)

In essence, franchising works because of critical mass and economies of scale that allow you, as a business owner, to enjoy lower operating costs and also the opportunity to focus on managing your business rather than spending your time creating or sourcing deliverables for your customers. Specifically, the main areas that we provide advantages to you in are:

1. Your acquisition of a proven business model that has been perfected over a period of 20+ years and has established New Horizons as the unquestioned leader in its market. You don't have to spend time and money figuring out how to go to market and manage your business; we have already spent 20+ years figuring that out for you.
2. Industry-leading technology, including the Integrated Learning Manager, a portal for training management, which gives franchisees and their customers online access to training resources, as well as administration and reporting tools. This and other New Horizons technology tools provide our franchisees with cost-savings, efficiency and a competitive edge in serving clients.
3. Job descriptions and training programs for yourself and every person in your company, providing you with the human resource tools to easily hire, train and manage your team.
4. Much lower costs than you could find as an independent training company. Course manuals, web delivered training content, marketing materials, certification exams, etc. As one of the world’s largest training companies, we are able to leverage excellent pricing through our vendors.
5. The ability to share resources and ideas with other New Horizons owners and corporate personnel. Our franchisees benefit from shared knowledge that enables you to quickly address questions and resolve business challenges. You are never alone when you are part of a franchise.
6. Instant name recognition for your business as a part of a company that is the established market leader in training.

This is obviously the short version answer to this question. New Horizons has volumes of resources and a pool of experts that help support our franchisees on a daily basis.

If this opportunity interests you, then read on…

A Franchise Opportunity based on a Proven Business Model

What shaped this growing industry and what sets us apart from our competition is the New Horizons Business Model. This model is based on our belief that training is not a luxury. It is a need that affects both the personal and professional lives of our clients. Our business model focuses on helping clients identify their present and future needs. Every step in the process has been designed to help franchise owners close more sales and increase market share.

It is important to remember that the New Horizons Business Model was tested and refined in company-owned centers for ten years before being offered as a franchise opportunity. Our success is built on three strategies: offer innovative technology-based and instructor-led training; maintain an aggressive sales system; deliver the most complete training and ongoing support in the industry. All three combine to make New Horizons the world’s leading independent provider of training.

We specialize in providing customer-focused training to meet the needs of students in more than 50 countries. Our learning centers provide the finest training with multiple delivery methods and formats. With a wealth of classroom and eLearning resources, New Horizons provides training services, ranging from basic computer training to advanced IT skills classes, General English Language, and various business skills courses.

New Horizons leads the industry with a training model known as Integrated Learning, which is a blended approach to training that offers classroom instruction with eLearning and a wide range of products and services to assess, reinforce, support and validate the transfer of knowledge and skills to ensure success for the individual and organization.

Enabling our Integrated Learning solutions is the New Horizons Integrated Learning Manager and Teacher Management System. These can be described as hosted, Web-based platforms that support the global delivery and management of online and classroom learning content through a single point of access. This enables both businesses and individuals to monitor learning progress and activity.

Our Focus is on Owner Support

As the recognized leader in training, we understand the importance of training our franchise owners to run successful learning centers. We know that by helping them achieve dominance in their markets, we will continue to lead our industry.

New franchise owners go through an intensive initial franchise training course, covering everything from marketing strategies and programs to our proven sales system to center management and daily operations. But the training and assistance doesn’t stop there.
Regional Managers assist franchise owners every step of the way, from opening activities through grand openings. Assistance continues through support staff, center visits, and regional meetings. We also offer an extensive on-line resource library, discussion forums and international conferences to keep management skills sharp and ensure a competitive edge.

Here are just some of the benefits our franchise owners enjoy:

• Joining a company that is the best in its industry;
• The synergy that comes from being part of a global franchise network;
• Industry-leading sales system;
• New Horizons University which provides comprehensive training programs for your management and employees;
• Ongoing operations support from Regional Managers;
• A major accounts program that generates enterprise accounts, including Fortune 500 companies and government entities;
• Access to millions of dollars worth of industry-leading technology;
• The marketing power of a leading brand name;
• Extensive marketing and promotion materials;
• Use of distinctive registered logos and trademarks;
• Industry support from New Horizons’ strategic alliances with leading suppliers, such as Microsoft®, Novell®, CompTIA®, VUE®, and Prometric®;
• Corporate extranet with file libraries containing useful center management tools;
• Resource library of operations manuals and other employee training tools;
• The world’s largest courseware library with thousands of titles for both classroom training and eLearning;
• Substantial cost advantages through vendor contracts and economies-of-scale;
• Our “Integrated Learning” delivery model, which offers our clients the most effective learning experience available in the industry.