INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT CONSULTANTS
New England Chapter

News and Views

In this issue:

Upcoming Events

News from
the Board

Member + Member
IMCNE Collaboration

Upcoming Member Appearances

IMCNE Members
in Print

Welcome New Members

IMCNE Member Profiles
Vin D'Amico
Chris Vasiliadis

Upcoming Events

Friday, September 29, 2006
IMCNE/SPC Special Event
Business Development SIG
7:30-9:30 am
Join John Jaddou and Harvy Simkovits CMC at Rebecca's Café, Burlington, MA. There is no cost for this event but space is limited. Pre-registration is required by emailing .
Rebecca's Café, Burlington, MA

Monday, October 2, 2006
NH Consultants Roundtable
7:30-9:00 am
Center of NH Radisson Hotel, Manchester, NH
Café on the Park Restaurant
Consulting Lessons Learned
This meeting is a no charge event.  
A Breakfast Buffet is available at your cost.
For more info and RSVP contact Steve Head
or (603) 626-9848

October 28-31, 2006
Confab
IMC USA's Annual Consultants Conference
Silver Legacy Resort and Casino
Reno, NV

Strategic Partner Events — Check out our Calendar of Strategic Partner and Other Events on our web site for more information on events of interest. Click www.imcne.org/spcalendar.html, then click on the appropriate link for detailed information that could save you money.

News from the Board

From the President: Welcome to a brand new format for News & Views! You will see that it is focused on our members. We want to give you more visibility and along the way hope that we will all get to know each other better. Please contribute your own news next month (you’ll find instructions at the end of the newsletter). Thanks to our new editor, Lewis Green, our administrator, Donna Powell, and our designer/webmaster, Cindy Murphy, for pulling all this together. Enjoy! -Mary Adams, CMC (Trek Consulting LLC)

Member + Member IMCNE Collaboration

Carol Bergeron (Bergeron Associates) and Charlie Perry & Pat Kirton (Insight Management Group) partnered to conduct a study on Enterprise Performance Management. The study probed the practices used and their effectiveness in managing enterprise-wide performance and aligning the workforce and large projects to the strategic goals of the organization. Over 100 executives participated; representing 20 states and 3 countries, via a web based survey or one-on-one interviews. Participants will receive a complimentary copy of the study’s results which shows what top performing organizations do differently than others.

Upcoming Member Appearances

Carol Bergeron, (Bergeron Associates), will speak on “Employee Value Proposition Gains Clout Among Executives” to the Senior Executive Networking Group, New England, Rebecca's Cafe, Burlington, MA, Friday, November 3, 2006 at 7:30am.

Jeff Govendo, (The Innovative Edge, Inc.), will be the guest speaker at the Westford Rotary's monthly luncheon meeting on October 19th at the Westford Grille. The title of his presentation is How to Bring More Creativity to Your Business. For more information visit www.innov-edge.com 

Lewis Green (L&G Business Solutions) is moderating a three-session Marketing Bootcamp entitled Grow Your Business and Save Thousands of Dollars: Learn the Fundamentals You Need to Achieve Success. In addition to serving as moderator, he is presenting at the second session on October 17th: Green’s subject is direct marketing using free resources to build a target audience mailing list. Each session is held at the Avon (CT) Free Public Library, from 5:00 - 6:30 PM. The Bootcamp is co-sponsored by the Library and the Avon Chamber of Commerce. Call 860.673.7543 for more information.

Ken Lizotte CMC (emerson consulting group inc) spoke recently to the Dallas IMC chapter about radical changes in the book publishing industry, opening up the opportunity for every consultant to become a published author. Ken next speaks at Confab in Reno in October on the topic “Maverick Selling.”

Chris Vasiliadis (Signature Impact) will present "Creating eNewsletters that Attract and Keep Your Fan Club” on Wednesday, October 11 th from 6:30 - 9:00 PM. This is sponsored by the Kearsarge Women's Network. Meeting takes place at the Tracy Library Community Room, 304 Main St., New London, NH. For more details visit http://tinyurl.com/m2qj6.

IMCNE Members in Print

Lewis Green (L&G Business Solutions) has had his 5th book, Lead With Your Heart: Sell Happiness and You and Your Business Flourish, It’s all about The Happiness Quotient™, picked up by HRD Press. It is scheduled to go to press next spring.

Mike Oleksak (Trek Consulting) had an article published in IndUS Business Journal entitled "Intellectual Capital Focus Can Increase Value to VCs" – Read this article by clicking here.

Welcome New Members

Lewis Green (L&G Business Solutions)

Bradley Silva (Bradley Security Associates)

IMCNE Member Profiles

He Loves Fast Cars and Ozzie

Vin D'Amico founded Damicon, LLC, in 2003 because he was looking for fun, independence and profit. Apparently, Vin counts as his biggest success a six-figure client and his biggest surprise came in the form of discovering that marketing is easy compared to selling, which is a lot harder than it looks.

Vin’s wife Nancy works as a Medical Technologist at Lahey Clinic, in Burlington, MA. Their daughter, Laura is an IT Auditor at Ernst and Young, in NYC.

Eleven Things You Didn’t Know about Vin D'Amico

1.  If you could only eat one food for the rest of your life, it would be… Peanut butter (can I have jelly with that?)

2.  If I weren't a business person, I would be a… Auto mechanic at a Mercedes dealership (I'd get to meet rich people and drive fast cars.)

3.  Something I would like to do, but haven't had the chance… Drive a Ferrari in the mid-west where the terrain is flat and the roads are endless.

4.  The last concert I went to… Sir Elton John (My wife made me go. I'd rather hear Green Day or Ozzie Osborne.)

5.  My favorite toy as a kid… Model race car set (I was always experimenting with ways to make them go faster and corner better.)

6.  When I'm not working, you'll find me… Tinkering (house, cars, yard, finances... it never ends). It's the "consultant" in me. Aren't consultants always tinkering with their client's businesses?

7.  My favorite TV show is… Currently: 24; Of all time: Twilight Zone
   
8.  If I could be any animal, I would be a... Tiger (big, fast and strong with a killer instinct)

9.  The last movie I saw was… Syriana (I didn't like it!). I prefer action or horror (preferably combined). Most movies bore me.

10. If I could have dinner with a famous person, dead or alive, he or she would be… Larry Page, Google Founder (May as well meet a rising star and see where the encounter leads.)

11. You didn't ask about the last book I read but I'm sure you're dying to know... 7 Moments...That Define Excellent Leaders by Lee J. Colan - Some of it is a re-hashing of old ideas but there are enough nuggets to make it worth the read.

This Italian Prefers Guacamole

Chris Vasiliadis married a Greek, but lays claim to being 100 percent Italian. (So, Chris. What’s with the Guacamole? Readers see below for an explanation.) She is the oldest of four children, with a sister and two brothers, from a very close Italian family, all who live locally, along with her parents and 3 grandparents. Chris and her husband, Peter (the Greek) have six nieces and nephews, ranging from 15-year-old Stevie to 3-year-old-twins Samuel and Olivia.

Her business, Signature Impact, Inc., was founded May 1, 2002. Like many of us, Chris experienced  a corporate layoff and company shutdown, and then she decided to do her own thing. Her biggest business success came when she re-branded and transformed her business from providing makeup services to providing marketing services. (Wow! Hats off to Chris from this editor.)

Ten Things You Didn’t Know about Chris Vasiliadis

1. If you could only eat one food for the rest of your life, it would be… guacamole

2. If I weren't a business person, I would be a… talk show host 

3. The last concert I went to… (about 5 years ago) Barenaked Ladies

4. My favorite toy as a kid…  Board games (especially Beat the Clock ) and Tonka trucks 

5. When I'm not working, you'll find me… Reading a book or browsing a new or used book store

6. My favorite TV show is… The Apprentice (love seeing the marketing ideas they create and the individual/team dynamics) and Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (love a good cry)

7. If I could be any animal, I would be a... bird (so I can travel any place and see any thing)

8. The last movie I saw was… The Count of Monte Cristo  

9. If I could have dinner with a famous person, dead or alive, he or she would be… Ayn Rand (author of The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged ) 

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