Practice Development Workshop

Get Smart
Get Known
Get Business

PRACTICE
DEVELOPMENT
WORKSHOP

June 6th, 2007

DON'T MISS THIS INSIGHTFUL NEW WORKSHOP
  

 
PRICING STRATEGIES

Workshop Focus
Learn from experts, stay current, exchange ideas, and share your expertise.

Successful consultants create value for their clients. Whether this success can lead to long-lasting and mutually beneficial client relationships depends on whether the value created is shared between client and consultant on a fair and equitable basis.

This month's workshop takes a look at aspects of the critical process of defining and reaching agreement over pricing for consulting services, such as

  • How to price and quote
  • Billing aspects
  • Discounts
  • Collecting fees

Workshop Facilitator
Pete Sorenson
is the owner of GINGKO Enterprises and a Past President of the IMC D/FW chapter. Pete is a Certified Management Consultant (CMC®) with extensive experience in the areas of discovery and innovation processes, organizational structure, design, processes, and practices, human resource practices, information technology systems and practices, and branding.
 

LOCATION     13701 Dallas Pkwy, Telos club, Parthenon conference room
west side of Dallas Tollway, between Spring Valley and Alpha (click for Google map)
TIME /  
RESERVATIONS  
Networking:
Program:
Cost per session:
Reservations:
7:15 am - 7:30 am
7:30 am - 9:00 am
$10 for members, $20 for non-members
(includes continental breakfast; please bring cash or check)

Jerry Capstick  saw3@prodigy.net

LAST   
MONTH   
  In one of our largest sessions ever, Dr. Gerald Turner, Founder and President of international management consultancy EPM International, LLC, took a comprehensive look at consulting as a structured and systematic process.

PRACTICE  
DEVELOPMENT  
WORKSHOP  
CURRICULUM  
 
Session 6 of 24  

 

Calendar   

(revolving  
program;  
continues with  
Session 1  
in January 2009)
  

Successful Consulting   
Laying The Foundation
   
The Right Legal Structure   
Effective Business Financing   
The Consulting Process   
Pricing Strategies   
Marketing Your Consultancy I   
Marketing Your Consultancy II   
Marketing Your Consultancy III   
Marketing Your Consultancy IV   
Attention Grabbing Communications
   
Understanding The Code of Ethics   
Consulting Contracts & Proposals   
Selling Your Consultancy I   
Selling Your Consultancy II   
Selling Your Consultancy III   
Managing Clients' Expectations   
Managing Your Resources   
Expanding Your Consultancy   
Improving Your Strategic Agility   
Publishing For Success 
  
Re-Using Past Work   
Effective Client Analysis   
How to Become A CMC    
Why clients engage; aligning to market needs
Defining your services
Sole Proprietorship, Partnership, LLC, Corp.
Financing; business plan; managing profitability
Exploration; contracting; project mgmt; closure
How to price & quote; billing; discounts; collecting
Client & market segmentation; identifying prospects
Brand building and consistent marketing strategy
Collateral, newsletter, web presence; budgets
Networking and referrals; professional memberships
Speaking; press releases; media coverage
Integrity; confidentiality; conflicts of interest; etc.

Role of proposal; winning proposals; legal aspects
Economic buyers; selling process; cold calls
Closing the deal; dealing with problem clients
How to sell to large corporations and senior buyers
Initial rapport; expectations; resolving scope conflicts

Effectively using you time, finances and energy
Partners; subcontractors; virtual company; JVs

How to seize an opportunity to interest a buyer
Reviewing; client ownership; managing withdrawal
Writing case studies & articles; publishing books
Profiling; client base management; referral requests
Process; certification requirements

LEARN,  
STAY CURRENT,  
EXCHANGE IDEAS,  
SHARE YOUR  
EXPERTISE  

We invite you to join us if you are new to the consulting business, wanting to learn how to effectively ramp up your practice, an established consultant, looking to stay current with state-of-the-art methods and to exchange ideas about new practices, or an experienced practitioner, willing to share your expertise on how to maximize your consulting success.

The Practice Development Workshop series is designed to cover all aspects of managing a successful consulting practice. You can attend only some of the workshops
or join us for the whole series.

IMC DALLAS FORT WORTH          www.imcdfw.org                    IMC USA       www.imcusa.org