IMCNE Dinner Program

Don't Miss this Three-Part Program!

Thursday, September 27, 2007
Hilton Garden Inn, Waltham, MA
(Click here for directions)

Agenda

2:00 - 5:00 pm - CMC Information and Application Session
5:00 - 6:00 pm - Briefing by Sponsor Harvard Business
                              School Press
6:00 - 9:00 pm - Networking, Dinner and Panel Discussion

6:00 - 9:00 pm:
Networking, Dinner and Panel Discussion

Success through Collaborative Consulting
Advice from Consulting Pros

Has there ever been a time when you could have benefited from additional work given by another consultant? Or perhaps you needed additional skill sets or bandwidth to compete for a consulting project?

Whether you are an individual practitioner or own a firm, forming joint intellectual partnerships are becoming increasingly necessary to thrive in this new century!

Learn how to effectively collaborate with the consulting community from a panel of experts with different but proven business models.

This panel will advise you on:

• How to decide whether to take on partners or go it alone
• Recognize when to modify or expand your business model
• The pros and cons of each approach
• Understand the new laws governing subcontractors
• Learn how to leverage your network and expand your options
• Discuss how to form and manage a team
• Learn what to avoid and share new ideas

These seasoned consulting professionals have been through it all. They can help you to avoid the pitfalls, navigate through the changes and stimulate new ideas that will be sure to impact your success!

Panel Participants

Paige Arnof-Fenn is the founder and CEO of Mavens & Moguls, a global marketing strategy consulting firm. She was formerly vice president of marketing at Zipcar heading all marketing and sales activity for the company. She was responsible for all branding, corporate communications and corporate partnerships for the business and was instrumental in the fundraising efforts for this early stage company.

Previously, she was vice president of marketing at Inc.com and responsible for promoting the company to the business and media worlds, and also for driving E-commerce sales before the company was sold to a division of Bertelsmann. Prior to that she held the title of senior vice president of marketing and was a key member of the IPO team at Launch Media, an Internet start-up that went public in early 1999 and was later sold to Yahoo. She built the marketing organization from the ground up, overseeing all marketing, advertising, corporate communications, market research and promotion as well as their in- house ad agency/art department.

Robert A. Gough, Jr., Ph.D. primary professional focus has been on two fronts: (1) identifying and supporting alternative investment opportunities, and (2) designing and implementing strategic initiatives. With 25 years of experience in management, operations, and investment banking, Dr. Gough has been principally involved with Fortune 500 decision makers, both domestically and abroad, national and international government policy makers, and dozens of emerging growth company entrepreneurs.

Dr. Gough is presently Managing Director of Lexington Partners, a strategic investment-banking and advisory firm, where his primary responsibility is the development and assessment of alternative investment opportunities, including the deal structure and capitalization of many portfolio companies.

Our own IMCNE Board Member Ron Visocchi will moderate this discussion. Ron is managing partner of The Benjamin Group. Ron and his team of dynamic sales and marketing professionals help companies grow sales by providing timely, well- orchestrated expertise and guidance. Through a combination of mentoring, training, and hands-on strategy and tactical implementation, The Benjamin Group delivers purposeful, accelerated growth.

5:00 - 6:00 pm:
Pre-Dinner Briefing by Harvard Business School Press

IMC New England will be helping launch a new and exciting relationship between our organization and the Harvard Business School Press over the coming year. In our pre-dinner seminar on September 27th, representatives of HBSP will be telling us about on-line content that IMC members will be able to use and re-sell to their clients. Come hear about this opportunity and help us shape our relationship with this premier sponsor.

2:00 - 5:00 pm:
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