Ray Davis

Current

Founder and Owner at www.theaffirmationspot.com (The Affirmation Spot)
Sales Curriculum Designer at Sprint

Past

Recruiter at Triple i Group
Technical Recruiter at Staffing Solutions
Sales Representative at Time 4 Fun

Sales Representative at Annan Marketing
Sales Representative at Danka Business Systems

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Education

University of Kansas

Connections

93 connections

Industry

Professional Training & Coaching

Websites

Ray Davis’s Summary

Ray is the founder of The Affirmation Spot (www.theaffirmationspot.com). The site launched in 2007 and offers an ever growing array of downloadable affirmations, visualizations, and other positive thought products in the flexible mp3 format. Categories include sales, career, learning, sports, wealth and prosperity, health, spirituality, and others.

Each affirmation is an individual track allowing you to select only the specific affirmations that needed to pursue current life goals. Ray has set the goal of making The Affirmation Spot the iTunes for positive thinking.

Ray is an adult learning professional at Sprint Corporation. He has authored/co-authored numerous B2B sales training programs during his time at Sprint. He has had made significant contributions in planning and developing the sales curriculum for this Fortune 100 company for nearly seven years. He has been recognized for innovative training solutions that find creative ways to meet the needs of this busy and challenging audience. His development experience includes instructor-led courses, interactive online courses, and blended offerings.

He has nine years of human resources experience with particular expertise in performance improvement and recruiting.

He possesses outstanding writing and editing skills that he uses in his current position and in a range outside activities.

He has served as Editor of The Free Kansan, the official newsletter of the Libertarian Party of Kansas, from March 2006 - July 2007.

He has six years of B2B sales experience and another three years of technical and sales recruiting. He was twice the top sales person while at Danka Business Systems.

He holds a Bachelor's Degree in Secondary Education from the University of Kansas, 1988.

He has certifications in technical writing from Johnson County Community College (2001) and Brainbench.com (2000).

Ray Davis’s Specialties:

Specialties:
Skill expertise: affirmations, writing and editing, blogging, sales, solution selling methodologies, performance improvement, adult learning principles, curriculum design, recruiting, basic website development, facilitation

Industry expertise: self-improvement, telecommunications, financial services, staffing and recruiting, business equipment, retail, industrial goods, city government

Ray Davis’s Experience

Founder and Owner

www.theaffirmationspot.com (The Affirmation Spot)

(Internet industry)

April 2007 — Present (2 years 8 months)

2009 Official Affirmation

"I am absolutely committed to being the person I came here to be."

Ray founded The Affirmation Spot - http://www.theaffirmationspot.com in 2007. The website offers an ever-growing library of downloadable mp3 affirmations and other audio motivation and inspiration for every life pursuit. Customized affirmations are available upon request.

He partners with coaches and counselors to provide customized audio motivation solutions for their clients. He also works with companies - especially sales organizations - to provide audio motivation tools to support enhanced business results.

The flexible MP3 format means you can play the affirmations on an iPod, MP3 player, your computer, or burn them to a CD. Each affirmation is downloaded as an individual track which allows you to choose only the affirmations that your goals or needs.
Sales Curriculum Designer

Sprint

(Public Company; S; Telecommunications industry)

March 2001 — Present (8 years 9 months)

March 2001 – Present (7 years 2 months)

Ray has been responsible for several significant courses and projects in his position.

Developed two successful business to business sales new hire courses for Sprint Business. These courses spawned multiple audience spinoffs and were the basis for the call center sales new hire program.

Co-authored the proposal and curriculum design for Sprint Business Sales Academy. This proposal still influences course development for the business sales audience.

Co-authored the current sales manager coaching course in use at Sprint.

Developed an internal sales manager resource website to promote self-development and performance enhancement among sales managers.

Partnered on the redesign of product courses to intertwine sales skills. Dozens of courses have been implemented based on the basic design.

Assumed responsibility for the Account Planning course and moved a troubled project through to successful implementation. Developed the first virtual instructor skills course to go active in the SU Catalog - Value Statements - and Financial Acumen.
Recruiter

Triple i Group

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Writing and Editing industry)

2000 — 2001 (1 year )

Recruited IT professionals for positions with client companies.
Technical Recruiter

Staffing Solutions

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Staffing and Recruiting industry)

August 1998 — February 2000 (1 year 7 months)
Sales Representative

Time 4 Fun

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

June 1998 — September 1998 (4 months)

Sold advertising for a start up website company focused on entertainment in the Kansas City area. Signed over 100 clients including the Kansas City Royals, prominent restaurants, and many other companies.
Sales Representative

Annan Marketing

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

November 1995 — June 1998 (2 years 8 months)
Sales Representative

Danka Business Systems

(Consumer Services industry)

January 1994 — November 1995 (1 year 11 months)

Ray Davis’s Education

University of Kansas

B.S. , Secondary Education , 1985 — 1988

My degree emphasis was in social studies, history, and political science.

Activities and Societies:

School of Education Student Organization

Additional Information

Ray Davis’s Websites:

Ray Davis’s Interests:

positive thinking, writing, sales, sports, affirmations, education, performance improvement, motivation, solution selling methodologies, astronomy, Hawaii, Colorado