IMCNE ResourceLinks

IMCNE offers consultants a wide variety of tools, services and resources to help them grow their practices and become better consultants.

Services

• Events and Programs
• A member-only Yahoo discussion list
• CMC Designation
• Non-Profit Initiatives through the Oak Tree Project

Published Articles

• Anatomy of an Article: Overcoming Writer's Fright and Finally Seeing Your Name in Print
  by Ken Lizotte, CMC

• Developing and Marketing Your Consulting Firm: Answering Four Questions To Ensure Your Success
  by Ken Lizotte, CMC

• Getting Your Money's Worth from Business Advisors
  by Harvy Simkovits, CMC

• Intellectual Capital Focus Can Increase Value to VCs
  by Mike Oleksak

• To Separate Yourself from the Pack, Write and Publish Articles!
  by Ken Lizotte, CMC

• Should Your Consultant be Certified?
  by L. William Katz, CMC

• What Really Works in Marketing Your Business?
  by Harvy Simkovits, CMC

• What to Do with "RFPs":
  How Consultants Should Best Handle Them
  By Geoffrey Day

• Working Smarter Versus Working Harder
  by Jared Clark, CMC

Resource Documents

• Building Your Consulting Practice Using the "IMC" and "CMC" Designations
  by Harvy Simkovits, CMC

• CMC Application Form
  (Download in MS Word Format - 40KB)
  Scanned in by Jared Clark, CMC

• How to Get Value from a Management Consultant
  by E. Michael Shays CMC FIMC

• 9 Steps to Writing an Effective Proposal
  by Brad Hosmer, CMC

• Post-Andersen, We Independents Enjoy (and Offer) Many Advantages
  by Mike Kayat

• Tips for Creating Effective White Papers
  by Jan Cannon

e-Newsletter "News and Views"

• April 2008
  - Member Profiles: Jennifer von Briesen, Bill Gately, Jim Stewart, Pamela Campagna

• Past eNewsletters:
  March 2008: Member Conference Attendees and Their Thought Leadership
  February 2008: Member Profiles: Ken Lizotte, Ronna Cohen, Michael Katz
  January 2008: Member Profiles: Scott Simmonds, Steve Lipka
  December 2007: Holiday Greetings from the IMCNE Board
  November 2007: Member Profile: Shelley Hall
  October 2007: Member Profile: Curtis Bingham
  September 2007: Member Profile: Eric Esperne
  August 2007: Member Profile: Michael Daily
  June 2007: Member Profile: Ron Visocchi
  May 2007: Member Profiles: Pat Kirton, David Kimball
  April 2007: Member Profiles: Mary Adams, Carol Monaco
  March 2007: Member Profiles: Carol Bergeron, Jack Veale & Bill Evans
  February 2007: Member Profiles: Jeff Govendo, Linda Watson & Neil Wasserman
  January 2007: Member Profiles: Lloyd Franke & Charlie Goodrich
  December 2006: Member Profiles: Martha Hopewell & Allen Falcon
  November 2006: Member Profiles: Lewis Green & Denise Clancey
  October 2006: Member Profiles: Dave Wright, Brooks Fenno & Tom Kennedy
  September 2006: Member Profiles: Vin D'Amico & Chris Vasiliadis
  July 2006: Don't Blame the Plan... Blame the Boss!
  May 2006: Easily Making Time to Market 100%
  March 2006: Profit from High-Value Client Relationships
  October 2005: Four Questions for Consulting Success / Brainpower for You and Your Clients
  January 2006: Vital Signs Mean Vital Business for Healthcare Consultants / Peter Drucker: Management Consultant
  October 2005: Four Questions for Consulting Success / Brainpower for You and Your Clients
  September 2005: Delivering High Value Consulting
  August 2005: Creating, Building and Sustaining a Prosperous Consulting or Business Partnership
  June 2005: Encouraging Clueless, Late & Inattentive: How Buyers Describe Consultants as Sellers; Staying Competitive: Are You Buying the Right Advantage?; and Alan, Alan, Alan
  May 2005: Encouraging Creative Ideas in Client Meetings on Writing Articles
  April 2005: Client Expectations - Part II - Meet them by managing them
  March 2005: Client Expectations - Part I / Using IP for Business Growth
  February 2005: Overloaded in the New Year? / Project Management with "Non-Project" People
  January 2005: Earning Client Loyalty / M&A's On the Rise
  December 2004: Are Core Values Really Necessary?
  November 2004: The Consultant and the Entrepreneur CEO
  October 2004: Overcoming Anxiety about Selling and Business Development
  July/August 2004: Don't Buy the Wrong Business Software! Just Follow These Steps
  May 2004: Creating Growth for Professional Services in a Down Economy
  April 2004: Five Barriers to Productivity
  March 2004: Marketing in Slow Times: Two Questions Can Turn Things Around
  February 2004 : Special Thank You to Insight Management Group
  January 2004 : Don't Go Where The Money Is! Go Where The Relationships Are.
  December 2003: Family and Friends: Staying Balanced
  November 2003: Lax Handling of Documents Can Be a Costly Error
  October 2003: Separate From the Pack by Writing and Publishing Articles
  Summer 2003: Improving Enterprise Project Success Starts with Senior Executives
  May 2003: Following Your Storyboard: Key to Effective Presentations
  April 2003: Professional Consulting - Success in a Down Market
  March 2003: But I Don't Talk Techie!
  February 2003: Shepherd More Business to Your Doorstep
  January 2003: When Should a Turnaround Consultant Be Hired?

Letter from the President

• Summer Update 2006: Preview of Coming Attractions
  by Mary Adams

• Past Memos:
  Summer 2006: State of the IMCNE Institute
  Spring 2006: A Letter from the President
  Winter 2006: A New Year, A New Perspective: a note from Carol
  Fall 2005: The Fall Sneak Preview: a note from Carol
  May 2005: Very Last Memo from the Prez (Honest!)
  Spring 2005: Memo From Your Lame Duck Prez
  Winter 2005: Good Show!
  Fall 2004: Bodies in the Same Room
  Summer 2004: Contributions That Serve Us All
  Spring 2004: Mechanisms for Collegiality
  Fall 2003: Small Is Beautiful — Revisited
  Summer 2003: The Fall of "Us vs Them"
  March 2003: Building A "Community of Practice"
  January 2003: Ethics in the Spotlight
  October 2002: "Thought-Leader" Channels Build Business
  June 2002: CMC Designation Helps Clear Fallout from Enron
  April 2002: Fostering Collegiality within IMCNE
  January 2002: Business-Boosting Mechanisms
  

(Updated 4/21/08)