The American Management Association (AMA) is the world's leading management training organization. IMC, as the premier professional association for management consultants, has teamed up with AMA to improve the effectiveness of management. IMC members get access to extensive AMA content on management ideas, the electronic monthly Management Update, AMA member pricing on AMACOM books and AMA seminars, and special consideration to serve as AMA faculty.

Use GoToMeeting to present, demonstrate and meet as often as you want for one low flat fee. Discover how you can use Web conferencing to (1) Give sales presentations from your Mac® or PC, (2) Meet and collaborate across the globe, and (3) Deliver online training. IMC members get an extended free trial and 15% off retail prices (applies to GoToMeeting and GoToWebinar). Citrix has also generously donated 10 licenses to IMC USA for use by the Board, committees, chapters and the IMC USA Academy for Professional development (Click the Contact us link above for more information).

ExpertClick is the official publisher of the Yearbook of Experts print-based directory, also available here on www.expertclick.com. Journalists and experts count on us for interview and news sources, contact information, press release distribution, keynote speaker resources and much more.

GroupMind Express provides consultants a persistent web-based collaboration platform that webizes and differentiates your specific consulting processes. Branded to you or your client, it is free for your internal use. IMC members receive a 30% discount when working with their clients. For 15 years we have supported consultants in collaborative processes. GME allows you to instantly conduct surveys, assessments, planning processes and project implementation. Harnessing the collective intelligence (the GroupMind) in your client's system makes your consulting engagement more professional and efficient.

Prevue Assessment produces psychometric reports specifically designed to assist companies in three areas: increasing their hiring success rate, enhancing their development of existing employees, and promoting wisely from within their organization. The cornerstone of all of our products is the Prevue Assessment, a valid and reliable psychometric assessment.

We at QuadRed are dedicated to support the success of your practice. We know that over 73% of all management consultants use some form of assessment when working with their clients. We have built QuadRed with you in mind. Through our subscription-based assessments, and educational seminars we will assit you with building your consulting firming into a profitable and sustainable venture. Whether you work with 2 clients a year or 20, our formula for success is designed to serve you.

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The Alternative Board® is the world's largest franchisor of peer advisory and coaching solutions, offering on-going training and field support and aggressive growth opportunities. As a franchisee of The Alternative Board® (TAB), you will chair monthly peer advisory board meetings of owners, CEOs and presidents of privately owned companies. These peer advisory boards typically consist of 10 members from non-competing businesses. Meeting monthly, TAB Board members operate in a confidential, "think tank" atmosphere where they can present challenges and opportunities for seasoned, practical advice from other members and their facilitator.

The company provides consulting, training, enterprise software, e-learning systems and workshops with over 300 licensed consultants. Its innovative web-based enterprise planning and performance management tools are rapidly becoming the tool of choice for CEO's across the country because of its ability to quickly produce a set of plans that the entire organization can understand and implement.

Blue Chip Expert's mission is to connect top companies with the best consultants and knowledge workers within an efficient global marketplace. BCE was recently highlighted in Business 2.0 as one of industry's premier "invite only" social networking sites for consultants and companies. BCE has extended to IMC USA Certified Members the opportunity to be listed with BCE and receive preferential postioning based on their internationally recognized certification.

Katzman Insurance offers IMC Errors and Omissions Insurance Program Coverage that includes preferential pricing and underwriting, multiple coverage (E&O, General Liability, Property, Umbrella, Workers Compensation, and Surety), and a choice of limits and deductibles.

MyStrategicPlan is a simple yet powerful, award-winning, web-based strategic planning and implementation tool that will save you time. Quickly develop online plans for your clients. Make strategy and implementation continuous not periodic. Reduce administrative time managing plan details. Produce professional-looking reports at the corporate, department and team member levels. Send automatic strategy alerts to remind clients of their goals. It’s simple. It’s easy. It works!

Regus, the world's largest provider of workplace solutions, provides IMC members with a 10% discount on office space and virtual office services. Members can call Regus and get access to an office or conference room in almost 1,000 locations in 400 cities. This access is one of the best benefits for independent consultants who only occasionally need office space. Products and services include fully furnished, equipped and staffed offices, world-class business support services, meeting conference and training facilities, and the largest network of public videoconference rooms.

SpyOps provides training and consulting support to IMC members and their clients in the areas of corporate espionage. The SpyOps Training Brief Program is specifically designed to enhance the knowledge and skills critical for intelligence professionals, corporate executives, and private citizens worldwide.

IMC USA has teamed up with The Business Source to offer concise summaries of books you need to read at deep discounts. Each month you will learn best practices and powerful insights from leading thinkers such as Stephen Covey, Malcolm Gladwell, and Jack Welch. The summaries only take 15 minutes to read and you get 2 summaries monthly, so your total time investment is only 30 minutes a month! With that tiny investment you will get a stream of new ideas (in bite-size pieces) that will help make "Kaizen" a reality in your business life.