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Foundations Class Signup and Recordings

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Welcome to your next chapter with Aspire! Our Foundations series is here to help you move beyond the basics and master the workflows that lead to growth. These sessions are perfect for anyone who has finished Onboarding and is looking for expert insights. We suggest diving into these topics during your first year, but they‘re always available whenever you need a refresher or a deeper look.

Each week, we focus on a specific topic with a quick, high-impact training:

  • You get 15–20 minutes of focused content from our Aspire experts.

  • The remaining time is an open Q&A dedicated to addressing any questions you have on that specific topic.

Plus, we offer separate weekly Q&A Sessions where you can bring any Aspire-related question you have to our experts.

Join us to build consistent processes, drive better results, and ensure you're getting the most out of your Aspire system!

Note

The Foundations series has replaced the Year One Journey training series.

To learn how to sign up for live training, discover class topics, and access recordings from past classes, keep reading.

How to sign up for Foundations: Building Blocks for Success classes

  1. Click this link: Foundations: Building Blocks for Success calendar.

  2. Click on the session you want to sign up for in the calendar.

  3. Click the Register Here link in the pop-up.

  4. Fill in your information, and click Register.

You'll get an email invitation for the session you signed up for.

Topics and recordings

Here are the topics covered in the Foundations: Building Blocks to Success Training. Can’t make it to a class you want to take? Check out the Previous recordings column!

Note

We don’t record the Q&A portion of classes.

Session Name

Session description

Previous recording

Create Sales Opps & Streamlining Your Pipeline

This session we will cover some ways to monitor/manage your salespipe line. We will cover how to utilize opportunity lists, proposal follow-up through utilizing certain fields like proposed date and various activity fields that can help drive custom reporting, and overall estimate creation best practices.

Create Sales Opps & Streamlining Your Pipeline recording
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Improve Your Customer Communication

In this session we will cover communicating with your customers via Requests both in and out of the Customer Portal; notifications; and emails. We’ll go over setting up email templates, as well as where we can review these communications later on.

Improve Your Customer Communication recording

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Saving Time Using Takeoffs with Estimates

In this session we will highlight how utilizing takeoffs, kits, takeoff item fields, and properly setup templates can help expedite the estimating process. We will discuss takeoff best practices and utilizing the opportunity service report to monitor kitis production rates and drive production rate changes through real data.

Saving Time Using Takeoffs with Estimates recordings

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Scheduling Master 101

In this session, we will review schedule board basics and building effective scheduling lists. We will go over route setup, as well as recurring and non-recurring scheduling. Before signing up for this class, be sure to check out the following course in the Aspire Academy: Course 301 - Scheduling: Schedule Board Overview.

Scheduling Master 101 recording
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Scheduling Master 201

In this session, we will level up your schedule board knowledge. We will focus on Route Optimization, Scheduling Assistant, as well as As Needed Tickets and Scheduling an Event. We’ll also spend some time going over our new Property Scheduling function. These additional scheduling tools will help you increase efficiency and effectiveness when scheduling. Before signing up for this class, be sure to attend our Foundations Scheduling Master 101 Class

Scheduling Master 201 recording

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Aspire Mobile: Field Intelligence

In this session we will go over the Aspire Mobile app. We’ll review admin and route settings in Aspire that affect Aspire Mobile; where and which notes show up in Aspire Mobile; and we’ll cover best practices for maintaining strong app-to-system connectivity and avoiding common sync issues

Aspire Mobile: Field Intelligence recording

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Aspire Mobile: Field Intelligence (Spanish)

In this session, we’ll demo the Aspire Mobile app and review Admin settings for Mobile, route settings, mobile notes, and connectivity best practices. Español: En esta sesión, haremos una demostración de la aplicación móvil Aspire y revisaremos la configuración de Administrador para Móvil, la configuración de rutas, las notas en móvil y las mejores prácticas de conectividad.

Aspire Mobile: Field Intelligence (Spanish) recording
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Don’t Stop the Work Ticket Flow

In this session, we will discuss the work ticket lifecycle, provide an overview of setting up service schedules, and explore key lists/reports to build into your systems for effective ticket management across various statuses, as well as strategies for maintaining them.

Don’t Stop the Work Ticket Flow recording

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Purchasing Best Practices

In this session, we’ll cover the Purchasing Assistant workflow, transitioning from estimating to purchasing, assigning vendors, and creating purchase receipts. We’ll also review approval workflows and statuses, building and managing purchasing lists, bulk purchasing, inventory allocation, daily planning, and best practices for purchasing timing.

Purchasing Best Practices recording

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Efficient Invoicing Strategies

This session will cover the invoicing workflow from start to finish, including invoice preparation in Admin and Properties, invoice types, and the Invoicing Assistant. We’ll review invoicing strategy, recommended list builds, the Reverse and Rebill feature, applying and depositing payments (including electronic payments), and managing Accounts Receivable through reports, collection notes, and AR Cleanup.

Efficient Invoicing Strategies recording

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Navigating the Portals: Subportal & the Customer Portal

In this session, we will go over two updated portals in Aspire - the Subcontractor Portal 2.0 and the Customer Portal. We will demo both portals and go over basic usage, setup and requirements for each.

Navigating the Portals: Subportal & Customer Portal 2.0 recording

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Implementing Project Updates

In this session, we’ll review the reasons for changes, change orders, and contract changes, using select invoice-type opportunities as examples. We’ll also demo the change order process, cover alternatives such as item substitutions, and provide a demo of negative change orders.

Implementing Project Updates recording

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Construction

In this session we will cover, managing and analyzing large construction/large enhancement type work orders including the permissions needed, the best invoice types to use. We will discuss tools such as the GANTT chart, job inventory, and dynamic forecasting that are designed specifically for this type of operations and lastly discuss reporting areas to help monitor and evaluate how jobs went.

Construction recording

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Understanding Your Reporting Tools

In this session, we will explore some basic lists to build in Aspire. We will discuss different use cases and best practices for managing lists, as well as going over some other list types available in Aspire.

Understanding Your Reporting Tools

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