Business Authors Festival

Monday June 6, 2005
4:00 - 5:00 PM - Registration & Networking
5:00 - 7:00 PM – Panel Presentations plus Q&A
Sheraton Lexington , Lexington MA
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Michael Shenkman, PhD	Suzanne Bates	Lou Carter	Greg Calkins

• How is leadership different from managing?
• Do you speak and command attention like top business leaders?
• Which best practices do the best companies employ to achieve their strategic objectives?
• What insights from the latest business books can best advance your success?

Answers to these questions and more await you from our panel of leading expert authors. Gain insights that will propel your business life and goals, and advance those of your clients as well. This collection of top business thinkers all in one place should not be missed!

Michael Shenkman, PhD.

• How is leadership different from managing?

• Are well-LED organizations more successful than
  well-managed ones?

• Who will develop the next generation of leaders
  for today's companies?

Michael Shenkman, Ph.D., a recognized leader mentor, and author of the new book The Arch and the Path: The Life of Leading Greatly has surprising answers to these and other perplexing issues that surround leading in today's world.

As president of Arch of Leadership, specializing in developing leaders of organizational change, Dr. Shenkman has been showing major companies and non-profit organizations how to cultivate outstanding leaders for more than 25 years. Author of two previous books and a popular keynote speaker and seminar leader, his articles on leadership and mentoring have been published in scores of prestigious journals including The Handbook of Business Strategy, US Industry Today, Leadership Excellence, Nonprofit World and Training Magazine.

The Arch and the Path is not your usual book on leadership. It depicts the arduous yet joyful path leaders must take if they are to guide their organizations to success. Great and creative leaders of successful organizations, insists author Shenkman, do much more than mere managing, opening their peoples’ lives to expansive, encompassing and exciting possibilities.

According to Charles E. Hoffman, CEO and President of Covad Communications, "this book is essential reading" for leaders who aspire not only to success but to affecting their "followists’" lives in important and meaningful ways.

Speak Like a CEO: Secrets to Commanding Attention and Getting Results is a revolutionary new book for CEOs, executives and professionals who want to reach the top of their industry. Written by award-winning television anchor and former news reporter, now an executive coach, Suzanne Bates, it offers proven strategies and practical advice to effectively communicate in every important situation.

Speak Like a CEO provides secrets, situations and strategies that every professional must face. Suzanne's unique, effective techniques have helped hundreds of business leaders deliver better speeches, presentations, media interviews, meetings, and even conversations and social situations. In Speak Like a CEO, you learn how to be yourself, find your own voice, and become powerful and authentic with any audience.

During 20 years in television, Suzanne was recognized with an AP News Award and a national Columbia DuPont Award for her news team’s best news coverage. In addition to numerous articles, she has conducted and published two nationwide surveys: “Credibility, a New Era in Business” in 2002, and “How Does Your Boss Communicate?” in 2004. Suzanne is also author of a three-hour audio program: The Speak Like a CEO Toolkit.

Lou Carter

Best Practices in Leadership Development and Organization Change: How the Best Companies Ensure Meaningful Change and Sustainable Leadership

In September 2003, Lou Carter's Best Practices Institute conducted a research study on trends and practices in leadership development and organization change, asking organizations to identify their top methods of achieving strategic change and objectives. The resulting book contains step-by-step approaches, tools, instruments, models, and practices for implementing the entire process of leadership development and change. Its components can be practically leveraged within any work environment to enable both leadership development and change initiatives.

Says leadership guru Warren Bennis: "I’ve been waiting for this book. It’s the single best guide to best practices of leadership development." 

Louis Carter, MA is founder and chair/president of the Best Practices Institute, and Louis Carter's Best Practice Publications LLC, a research and development association of professionals worldwide that provides best practices workshops, research, and training in results-driven people practices to organizations and individuals. Louis has written/edited and directed six books, three major research projects on leadership and change, and numerous summits and learning events on best practices in organization development and change. His previous book The Change Champion’s Fieldguide was cited by Professor Vijay Govindarajan at Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College as a book that will become “one of the most quoted, referenced, and used business books in the first decade of the 2000s.” His new book, Best Practices in Leadership Development and Organization Change (Jossey Bass/John Wiley and Sons) was just released in 2005.

Greg Calkins

Calkins Advisors is a business content company focused on connecting thought leaders with business leaders. By creating business forums and advisory services, those seeking to benefit from the insights and innovations of today's thought leaders get satisfied. Greg joins this panel not as an author but as one who has sponsored and learned from a lengthy list of recent business authors, and will share six “great thoughts” he has gleaned from this heady exposure.

A seasoned marketing executive and entrepreneur, Greg's firm has established itself as a valued business resource and asset to senior executives in the New England area. Calkins Advisors events attract a wide-range of participants including Fortune 500 executives, entrepreneurs, not-for-profit executives, soloists, and community leaders. Greg has recently joined the advisory board of a technology development company in Maynard, providing business and strategic guidance.

Prior to founding Calkins Advisors, Mr. Calkins spent eight years as a business developer, strategic marketer, and alliance builder for Interactive Sports, a New York City-based media company. During his New York City tenure, Mr. Calkins was the lead negotiator for Interactive Sports, one of the industry's most innovative companies, growing Interactive’s proprietary brands Urban Sports Network, Women's Sports Channel, Nutrition Reports, and its daily news service ISWire.

Ken Lizotte CMC

MC'd by Ken Lizotte CMC, X-President of IMCNE, Chief Imaginative Officer (CIO) of emerson consulting group inc. and author of four books including the forthcoming Beyond Reason: Questioning Assumptions of Everyday Life. Ken's firm enables consultants, business leaders and companies to become "thought leaders," separating them from their competitive pack, via published articles and books, speaking engagements, and Internet media strategies.

A frequent keynoter at conferences and seminars, Ken has been interviewed by Business Week, Fortune, Newsweek, CBS-TV, Writers Digest, The Boston Globe and many others. He is a Certified Management Consultant (CMC), co-founder of the National Writers Union, former columnist for the American Management Association and has conducted monthly success seminars at Harvard University since 1990. Ken's client list includes MIT Enterprise Forum, The Consulting Exchange, Keane Inc., Intertech Engineering Associates, Mitretek Healthcare Systems, the Levinson Institute, Lotter Financial, Incite Marketing, Thomson Management Solutions, American Express Financial Advisors, IP law firm of Wolf Greenfield and the New England Ice Cream Retailers Association.

Sponsored by

emerson consulting
group inc.
"We turn consultants into thought leaders!

• 4:00 - 5:00 PM - Registration & Networking
• 5:00 - 7:00 PM – Panel Presentations plus Q&A
• Light appetizers and cash bar available

Registration is simple and quick, and IMCNE can accept several forms of payment. Discounts are available for members and early birds. For more information, contact Donna Powell by:

Phone: 800-696-7399, 978-392-8415
Fax: 978-392-8415
Email:

Mail: IMCNE, c/o Donna Powell, PO Box 774, Westford, MA 01886

INVESTMENT

Festival	Members/Affiliates	General Public
Early Registration	$ 40	$ 50
After May 31	$ 55	$ 65

*Save by registering early! Registrations received on or before May 31st are available at the early-bird price shown.

Note: IMCNE multiple-event tickets are NOT accepted for this program.

Special Offer for Members* only!
Bring a colleague or client as a guest for only $25. After completing your own registration, call Donna at 800-696-7399 or 978-392-8415 to register your guest.
*"Members" include registered members of IMCUSA and IMCNE.

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