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Dear
IMC,
IMC
SoCal Monthly Meetings will resume on regular
schedule in September. Thank you for making
this a successful year.
Meanwhile,
we hope to see you at one of our breakfasts
that are continuing in August or to welcome
you back in September!
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Regional
Breakfast Meetings |
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Orange
County Breakfast Meeting, August
4
"Three
New Internet Tools to Boost
Your Consulting Practice: Blogs,
Ezines & Autoresponders"with
Patsi
Krakoff, Psy. D. , President,
Customized Newsletter Services
Stay up with the competitive
edge by joining us at the IMC
Orange County Breakfast meeting
on Thursday, August 4. You will
learn...
- The
secrets of successful
newsletters and ezines
for consultants. How
to create blogs on a
shoestring. How to make
autoresponders and shopping
carts work for your practice.
- Links
to specific online resources
for ezines, blogs, autoresponders,
and shopping carts.
Time & Place
Place: Hof's Hut Restaurant,
18850 Douglas, Irvine 92612 When
driving south on MacArthur from
I-405, turn left on Douglas just
before your reach Campus Drive,
then turn left into the restaurant
parking lot.
Date: Thursday, August 4, 2005
Time: 7:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
Price: $10 for IMC members and $15 for
non- members. This includes any choice from the
IMC hot breakfast menu, tax and tip included
RSVP: Via email to Harald Weiss
Click
here for more information
The
LAX-Area breakfast (normally)
meets the first Friday of every
month, from September through
June.
Please
come visit us on September
9, 2005, for another exciting
year of business and professional
development targeted for management
consultants!
Have
a great summer, fellow colleagues!
San
Fernando Valley Breakfast
Meeting, August 19
"Foundations,
Tactics and Techniques of
Negotiation"with
Bill
Rose, Attorney-at-Law, Mediator,
Speaker
Your
success is determined before
you reach the table - and preparation
is the key. Learn the basics,
including how to build a strong
foundation, set clear goals,
develop a winning mindset and
manage your inner negotiator,
plus the five crucial things
you must do to prepare for any
negotiation. Transform a hardball
negotiation into a cooperative
one by knowing how to get what
you want before you walk in.
Learn why how you think is everything,
why sometimes the best deals
are the ones you don't make,
and why walking away without
a deal can mean that you've won!
Discover why maintaining your
choices keeps you in control.
Time & Place
Place:The Plug Nickel
Restaurant, 717 Lakefield Road
Suite 1, Westlake Village
(805) 495-3469
Date: Friday, August 19, 2005
Time: 7:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
Price: $15 for IMC members and $20 for
non- members. No credit cards accepted. Please
make checks out to Lis Martin
RSVP: By Friday, August 12, 2005 to susan@accordsyst.com
Money
will be collected from attendees
who do not provide advance cancellation
notice by the RSVP date. This
is due to the final count amount
that is submitted for your attendance.
The
Pasadena Breakfast Meeting
will resume on its regular
schedule in September.
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Welcome
New Members (July, 2005)! |
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- Lisa
Anderson Benjamin LaBorde
Donald W. Stukes
- Patrick
McClure
Lisa,
Benjamin, Donald, and Patrick
are new members of IMC
USA. We are delighted to
have you join us and hope
that you will become a
vital and participating
member of our Southern
California Chapter!
IMC
Southern California's mentoring
program
If you are one of our new
IMC SoCal members (or an
old one) and would like to
arrange for a mentor, please
send an e-mail to Edith Bodnar,
Mentoring Chair for IMC SoCal.
Similarly, if you are a senior consultant,
especially if you're a CMC, we need you to
help bring less experienced members up to speed
in the profession. If you'd be willing to contribute
some time to help another IMC member (and incidentally
refresh your skills, advertise your capabilities
within the organization and strengthen IMC
SoCal itself)...
Please contact Edith Bodnar, at e_m@att.net or
866-527-7172
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President's
Message |
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As
many of you know,
the Board of Directors
uses the late Spring
and early Summer
months to work on
a smooth transition
from year to year
for the chapter.
It is during that
time that retiring
board members communicate
their job duties
to the newly elected
and help them to
get acquainted with
the realities of
serving our chapter's
membership. Once
again, I would like
to thank those who
served last year,
including every member
of the IMC SoCal
Board of Directors
who is continuing
to serve in the coming
year. We appreciate
each and every one
of you. Thanks! Together,
we have accomplished
many good things
for IMC members and
guests. If all our
plans work out, there
will be more good
things coming in
the program year
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The
Board of Directors roster
is maintained on the imcsocal.org
website, but I would like
to mention the Chairs of
our various committees
here. These are the people
to contact when you need
information, want help
or want to volunteer:
- Tom
Northup, Membership Dale
DeHart, Marketing, Newsletter & PR
Jim Ayers CMC, Certification
for new CMCs Don McNamara
CMC, Professional Development
Edith Bodnar, Mentoring
- Becky
Collins, Database Management
Our
Area Breakfasts are hosted
by:
- Harald
Weiss, Orange County
Barbara Mather, LAX Lis
Martin, SFV/Ventura
- Phillip
Beidelman, Pasadena
The
board members who serve
behind the scenes include:
- Jennifer
Beever CMC Pete Crosby
CMC Mel Mitchell CMC,
Liaison to the IMC USA
Board Kim Athmann King,
Treasurer Bill Mooney
CMC, Secretary
- Margaret
Chock CMC, V.P. and President-
Elect
I
am delighted to have the
opportunity to know and
work with you all and appreciate
the greatness and dedication
you bring to your responsibilities.
Thank you.
Dennis McCue, IMC SoCal President
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Chapter
News |
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IMC's
website is growing! A
Feature of the site is
a Members' Link page
where we post member logos
and links to the member's
site. As many of you know
this type of linking can
improve your positioning
on search engines and better
make you visible on the
Internet. Please contact
us at news@imcsocal.org to have your
information added to this
members-only page. Another
feature of the site is
a carpooling info sheet for
those people wishing to
set up a carpool to the
monthly IMC events (breakfast
and chapter meetings).
Members can simply provide
information on their preferences
and this information will
be added to the site, allowing
other members to match
up their needs.
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Member
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Get
Known with Press Releases!
Most
consultants have insights
to offer potential clients.
Generating press interest
is one way to get the word
out. If you generate press
releases, your “story” could
appear in news outlets
and trade publications.
Although
the public relations firm can
be quite helpful, the consulting
organization doesn’t need
one to write and distribute its
press releases. A benefit of
IMC membership is free consulting
on the benefits, an approach,
and the process of publicizing
your services with press releases.
CGR Management Consultants has
uses Business Wire for its public
relations program. Other outlets
are available if you choose.
Business
Wire distributes press releases for its
members targeting news outlets in geographic
areas. For narrow geographic distribution,
like Southern California, the cost is currently
$165 for a 400 word release. (This article
is 370 words.) The highest cost for national
distribution is about $600 for the 400
word release. This includes your logo on
the release and tracking of “hits” on
the BW website.
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Consulting
News |
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