Management Consultants Forum
Program Schedule 2008


Management Consultant’s Forum / Chapter meeting
Held the third Monday of each month, September through May at our new location, the Doubletree – Galleria Hotel, at 4099 Valley View Lane (North frontage road west of Midway). Meetings begin with networking session followed by dinner and program on topics of current interest to management consultants and clients.

The Forum is an excellent place to meet independent management consultants working in a wide variety of disciplines including business strategy, finance, marketing, human resources, risk management, information technology, training, logistics, and many other specialties. We focus on topics of interest to experienced consultants in the Forum.



Meeting Schedule

2008 PROGRAMS

May 19, 2008: The Great Offshoring Debate!
 


NEW Location
Doubletree-Galleria Hotel 4099 Valley View Lane, Dallas 75244
(three blocks west of Midway Road on north frontage road; parking in front or back of hotel) Click here for interactive map

Date:

Networking & Dinner:

Program:


Cost:

May 19th, 2008

5:30 pm - 6:30 pm

6:30 pm - 7:30 pm

$40.00 for non-members
$30.00 for IMC member

Credit Cards accepted through link on event

Reservations
Register Online:
Click Here
Richard Morgan - 972-931-7993 rpmorgan@morganmarketingsolutions.com

For confirmed seating, please make reservations no later than two working days prior to meeting.


Past Meetings

April 21, 2008: Dramatic Effects of Company Culture on Strategic Efforts

March 17, 2008: Panel Discussion: Venture Capitalists Discuss
What Keeps Their CEOs Up at Night?

February 18, 2008: Strategic Talent Management

January 21, 2008: “The Perfect Labor Storm 2.0”

December 17, 2007: The Future Ain’t What It Used To Be

November 12, 2007: Turning Data into Action and Sales
(2nd Monday)

October 15, 2007: Counter Intuitive Marketing - Building a Network of Referral Support Underneath Your Practice

September 17th, 2007 Getting Linked- In - Using the Web for Effective Business Networking

May 21, 2007: Special challenges: Consulting to family owned companies

April 16, 2007: How to make money consulting to small companies

March 19, 2007: Keeping your pipeline full

February 19, 2007: Productizing your practice

January 15, 2007: Collaboration: Making it Work

December 18, 2006: Another wonderful Holiday Party

November 13, 2006: (2nd Monday) New tactics & Strategies to enhance your consultancy

October 16, 2006:
Overcoming Call reluctance.  Trelitha Bryant, VP of Field Testing & Research for Behavioral Science Research Press speaks about getting "Beyond the Fear of Rejection".

September 18, 2006
Our first meeting of the year will feature Ken Lizotte, IMC National Board Member from Boston

May 15, 2006: The 10 Secrets of Neuromarketing
Is there a "buy button" inside the brain ?

April 17, 2006: Power Solutions Thinking: The Anatomy of a Breakthrough

March 20, 2006: Consulting Opportunities in Business Process Outsourcing

February 20, 2006: Topic related to current legal activities

January 16, 2006: Convergence of Technology

December 19, 2005: Festive event "COULD SANTA CLAUS BE A CONSULTANT?"  INQUIRING CONSULTANTS WANT TO KNOW!

November 21, 2005: BUILDING SUCCESS – Principles We’ve Learned in 60 Years of Consulting That Can Help Build Your Business
View Presentation Materials - 60 Years of Consulting
     Ed A. Stone, CMC, FIMC - Dallas Marketing Group - Powerpoint
     Rollie Waters, CMC - Waters Consulting Group - Powerpoint

October 17, 2005: A Fresh look at Strategy: The Blue Ocean Phenomenon A hot trend in American business made the cover of Business Week Magazine: the "Knowledge Economy" is evolving to something new. It's about Creativity, Imagination, and above all, Innovation.
View Presentation Materials - The Blue Ocean Phenomenon
    
Bart Kohnhorst - Growth Strategy Partners, Jim Stewart - Executive
          Smarts - pdf

September 19, 2005: Blogging - Learn about this new tool and how to harness its potential

May 16th, 2005
Managing Client Expectation One of You Needs to Do It!
Explore some of the dimensions of this critical aspect of successful consulting using a framework of the normal (and sometimes abnormal) lifecycle of the consulting engagement.

April 18th, 2005
Demand Creation for Independent Consultants
A powerful technique for winning new business. Presented by Dave Smethers, International Sales Consultant

March 21st, 2005
Consulting Best Practices The Client's View
Hear top executives formerly from companies like J.C.Penney International and AT&T Global Information Solutions/NCR will share insights about what drives a successful consulting engagement.

February 21st, 2005
SPONTANEITY !  Experience it; enrich any engagement
A fabulous, value rich and ENTERTAINING program featuring acclaimed local celebrity MAXINE SHAPIRO showing you how to harness SPONTANEITY as a powerful tool for your next engagement.

January 17th, 2005
Opportunities in 2005: A Consultant’s Forecast
Get the inside scoop on the Texas economy from Dallas Federal Reserve Regional senior regional economist

December 13th, 2004
No Meeting

November 15th, 2004
Managing your health on a 7/24 consultant’s schedule

Hear Dr. Camron E. Nelson, staff physician at the Cooper Aerobics Center, speak to us about staying healthy.

October 18th, 2004
Get Engagements With Larger Organizations
Listen to a distinguished panel of experts share practical ways to Get Engagements with Larger Organizations!

September 20th, 2004
Global Outsourcing: Opportunities for consultants?

An Insightful Discussion with Two International Players
Ashok Desai and Lothar Katz

May 17th, 2004
Get Business !! Applying Cialdini's Principles of Persuasion

Speaker: Edward Stone CMC, FIMC

April 22nd, 2004 Special Event
Influence and Persuasion
Speaker: Robert B. Cialdini

March 15th, 2004
Leadership Can Be Learned! Register Now
A practical path to leadership skill that enhances business results
and personal relationships

Speaker: Tom McGaffey

February 16th, 2004
Navigating the Media Maze How Consultants Can ‘Get Known’
Alice Dykeman, Dykeman Associates, Inc., Dallas, Tom Chenault, Chenault Systems, Carrollton

January 19th, 2004
Meaning, Money, and Morality - Dealing with Continuing Corruption in a Post-Enron Business Climate
Dr. Al Gini, Loyola University Chicago

December 15th, 2003
"Consulting with Client Project Teams...Thrill of Victory or Agony of Defeat?" 
Speaker: Sue Freedman, Ph.D.

November 17th, 2003
How to Hire a Management Consultant – and Get the Results You Expect!
Speakers -
Ken Goldstein, PE, CMC; Jim Webb, CMC; and Gerald Turner, PhD

October 20th, 2003
"THE OFFICE OF THE FUTURE – new technologies that will influence tomorrow’s business landscape.”
Speaker - Michael Egan

September 15th, 2003
Dallas Federal Reserve Regional Economic Overview
Speaker - Mine Yϋcel

May 19th, 2003
Raising the Ethics Bar in the 21st Century

March 17th, 2003
How Coaching Fits in Management Consulting Engagements

February 17th, 2003
"Upstarts & Stuffed Shirts – What’s with Generation X?"
Speaker - Rebecca Ryan

 

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