To: Senior Sales Management Team Date: January 22,2009

Subject: Sales Training Resource Announcement

New Product: Executive Book Summaries
Training Format: eLearning Library

It's the executive dilemma of the age: Information overload. With all of your professional reading
burdens, you probably find it impossible to keep up with the new business books. Ricoh University
can now give you a simpler way to make maximum use of your time.

Soundview Executive Book Summaries give you an

easy way to familiarize yourself with the key points of
today's top business books. Successful executives
worldwide have used the summaries in a variety of
ways.

Here are some of the benefits of this service for you:

Get Ideas You Can Use

Ideas that will solve problems, advance your career, boost company profits, move Ricoh
into the lead. Use the book summaries as content for sales meetings, motivational topics
or energy starters.
Slash Your Reading Time
You can read the 5,000-word, eight-page print summaries in just 15 minutes, or listen to
the specially scripted audio summaries in about 20 minutes. Keep up to date on the
hottest sales and business topics in just minutes a day.
Gain A Competitive Edge
Learn new skills, and sharpen old ones. Keep abreast of the latest techniques and ideas
in business. You’ll be seen as the one in the know -- and you will gain confidence in
leading your sales teams.
Learn More. Remember More.
A Carnegie-Mellon Study showed that readers retain more of the content when they read
a well-written summary than when they read the book.

Here's a list of some of the books available in summary format right now:

The Perfect SalesForce: The 6 Best Practices of the World's Best Sales Teams
-book author: Derek Gatehouse
Exceptional Selling: How the Best Connect and Win in High Stakes Sales
-book author: Jeff Thull
Time Traps: Proven Strategies for Swamped Salespeople
-book author: Todd M. Duncan
The Hands-Off Manager: How to Mentor People and Allow Them to Be Successful
-book authors: Steve Chandler and Duane Black
How do you get access to all of the summaries?

1. Login to Ricoh University eLearning

2. Select "Books 24x7" from the Shortcut List on the left hand side of the page
3. Follow instructions to accept terms and access downloads.

Please contact education.coordinators@ricoh-usa.com or call 973-882-2200 if you have any problems

accessing the information.

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