EAST BAY ABC- UPCOMING EVENT: July 16 "Consulting Challenges"

SOUTH BAY
We are experienced management consultants and senior internal or external professionals acting as management consultants. We discuss issues critical to our business and professional success. By learning and sharing together as a group, we find innovative and effective answers to management consulting challenges. Our group is affiliated with IMC (the Institute of Management Consultants) of Northern California, but IMC membership is not required for membership in this group.

Our meetings are held the third Monday of the month, 7:30 - 9:00 a.m.

Agenda:
·Consultancy introduction and group discussions
·Your questions and issues
·A short member presentation
·As always, we'll be sharing together on issues and topics of mutual interest.

Cost: $0 - Bring Your Own Breakfast As May Suit Your Taste

Facilitator: Carl Angotti and Co-Leader Juan Montermoso

Next Meeting Jun 21 Mon 7:45 AM
Location: The Meeting Room at the Carrow's Restaurant , 910 Saratoga Avenue, San Jose, CA 95129, (408) 248-1238.
 
Please arrive at 7:45am. We can't have the room till 8 AM, so we will start in the main dining room and then move into the room at 8:00 AM.

It's that time of year again; when we scout our membership for next year's new board. As Chairman of the Nominating Committee I wanted to take this opportunity to tell you a bit more about our board.

We generally operate with 9 or 10 voting board members, and are supported by our administrator Lacy Taylor. Each board member generally heads a Committee. We meet monthly to discuss and vote on key matters, and most committees execute some activities between board meetings. Most of the roles are pretty self explanatory.



The 2009/2010 board:

• Chairman - Brett LaDove
• President - Jeff Thompson
• Secretary - Lorre Zuppan
• Marketing - Mike Levin
• Programs - Bart Gragg
• ABC Liaison - Luanne Stevenson
• Membership - Brian McKenzie
• Other positions are open
  

We've invested a lot of effort over the last few years, to build processes, and tools to support the work that we do. In my opinion, we've made several of the roles much more straight forward, and easier to pass forward from one Chair to the next.

The positions we currently have open for the 2010/11 board year are: Marketing, Programs, Sponsors/Affiliates, and Membership.

I'm glad to discuss many specifics of our board structure and functioning with any of our IMC members -- feel free to reach out.

Regards,

Brett LaDove
Chairman, IMC NorCal

OPPORTUNITY FOR CONSULTANTS

There is an opportunity through your local Small Business Development Center to potentially make a little side money and help out small local businesses.  

Most SBDC locations are open to and work with outside Consultants. Consultants will need to contact their local SBDC sites and speak with the Director to determine opportunities. Some sites have individuals work as part time employees but they are the minority.  

Payment is typically $35 to $50 per hour. While it is certainly not the rate each of us works for or should be working for normally, it is an opportunity to help local small businesses be successful, build your resume and earn a little side money.  

When you work with a client through SBDC, your work would remain through SBDC. SBDC is your client and SBDC pays you. Any work done would be through SBDC and there shouldn't be any expectation by the Consultant that they might have work downstream with that client at a higher rate. Their expectation should be that all work with that client would be through SBDC at the agreed upon rate.

If you are interested in exploring this further, go to http://norcalsbdc.org/findSBDCand contact your local SBDC site. 

For questions or more information please contact Mike Levin.

Free Professional Development Program

May 1st the National Speakers Association/Northern California (NSA/NC) is hosting a Free Professional Development program that I thought your organization might be interested in. The program will include well known speakers such as: Patricia Fripp, Rebecca Morgan, and Michael Soon Lee. All presentations are Free to attend, but registration is required.
 
Our sponsors are supporting the event by offering a fundraiser for the IMC clubs in the Bay Area. The first ten clubs that register 10 members (or guests) and attend the event will get a $50 check for the club. It can be real easy for your club to earn some extra money, and the event will provide a great learning experience too. When any of your members (or guests) register for the event, have them enter the letters "IMC" and your club name in the Promotion Code field. Again, the first ten clubs to get 10 registrations and attend the event will get a $50 check. Click to REGISTER NOW! 

For more information about the event go to www.nsanc.org.