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IMC SoCal Member News

New book? Workshop? Speaking Event? Award or Accomplishment? Please be sure to send news about you and your practice to Martha Spelman: martha@marthaspelman.com.

  • IMC SoCal members will conduct a panel discussion and networking event with the Pepperdine Graziadio School of Business Consulting Club on March 28, 2012, at 6:30 PM at Pepperdine’s Hughes Center Campus at the 405 and Sepulveda. The panel moderator is Pepperdine Senior and Consulting Club President Dustin Piper. Participating consultants include Marketing Consultant and CMC Jennifer Beever, Finance and Strategy Consultant and CMC Daniel Feiman, Polymer Consultant and CMC Jeff Gotro, Turnaround and Restructuring Consultant Bette Hiramatsu, and Management Consultant and CMC Lynn Hoopingarner. The event will be attended by Pepperdine students and alumni and others interested in becoming a consultant. Feel free to attend and support our IMC SoCal panelists! RSVP to Jennifer Beever at jenb@newincite.com.
  • Daniel Feiman will be presenting Advanced Finance & Global Economics in Cupertino, CA Thursday, March 22
  • THE Book on… BUSINESS From A to Z: is now available for the Kindle. To order please go to http://www.amazon.com/Book-BUSINESS-Important-Backwards-ebook/dp/B007BDPDK6/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1329957293&sr=1-1 & thank you
  • Daniel Feiman is Managing Director of Build It Backwards, a consulting & training firm Turning Roadblocks into Roadmaps(SM) based in Redondo Beach, CA. He can be reached at dsfeiman@BuildItBackwards.com or 310.540.6717
  • Barb Mather is on the home stretch to finalizing her Ph.D. studies, which is why many of you may not have seen much of her lately. But she is alive and well! In addition to her busy consulting schedule at Disney, Barb is recruiting young adults with ADHD, ages 22-28, who work in a structured environment (e.g. office setting). If you know of anyone, please send them along to Barb at 310-348-1959 or bam@matherconsulting.com. She greatly appreciates your help here! Barb will compensate qualifying participants with a $20 Amazon gift card at the conclusion of the interview.
  • Edmund H. Conrow, CMC has written a risk management process guide for the U. S. Government and is working with various Government programs to help implement the material it contains.  Conrow is also the primary author of the risk management section in the DoD funded Systems Engineering Body of Knowledge.  The wiki version 0.5 of the entire guide (1,025 pages) can be downloaded as a PDF file from: http://diana.nps.edu/~dholwell/bkcase/SEBoKWikiVer0.5.pdf Ed Conrow can be reached at: info@risk-services.com

IMC February 2012 Newsletter

Next Newsletter Deadline: February 28, 2011

Deadline for the next newsletter: February 28, 2011

Let us know if you would like to have any material, announcements, or events (either upcoming or a short recap of a past IMC event) included.  We are looking forward to hearing from you.  All materials must be pre-formatted and edited for inclusion (include your name, relevant titles, short bio and contact info). See example below and send to:

Newsletter Editor / Marketing Chair:  Martha Spelman at martha@marthaspelman.com,

Phone (310) 670-5300.

IMPORTANT:

Example of format to submit Announcements, Member or Event News:

Bob Smith will be presenting a seminar entitled “How to Make a Ton of Money” on Saturday, April 1, 2010 at 12:00 p.m. at Redemption Hall, 1234 ABC Street in Somewhere, CA.  The seminar will be open to IMC Members and their guests.  The cost will be $50. for members and $55. for non-members.  Bob Smith is the President and CEO of Tons of Money, Inc., with clients in the financial, educational and reality TV show industries. Bob can be reached at: bob@tonsofmoney.com, 310.123.1234.

IMC January 2012 Newsletter

In this Issue:

Letter from the Editor

Happy New Year!

Here’s hoping that 2012 is starting off strong for you.  There have recently been some positive economic indicators which may help sway sentiment towards companies increasing and, in turn, hiring consultants.

IMC SoCal continues to offer the educational component of its overall mission via the LAX, SFV and OC breakfast meetings.  To find out more, please visit new local IMC website (http://www.imcsocal.org) which allows members and those interested in IMC to more easily find IMC SoCal online, view upcoming events and keep abreast of important IMC news!

This month’s newsletter, in addition to member and chapter news, includes IMC member’s “Social Media Source” (a listing of member’s blogs and social media platforms) and a “Get To Know…” interview with IMC board member, Jim Ayers.

Please be sure to email me any news about your practice – upcoming events, noteworthy accomplishments, etc. to share with other readers.

IMPORTANT:  PLEASE ADD “MAILCHIMP” TO YOUR EMAIL WHITELIST

Be Sure to Join the LA Chamber!:  IMC SoCal is also pleased to announce that members may now join the LA Chamber of Commerce as an Associate Member for only $100. per year.  See below for more information.

Important:  Join the IMC Southern California LinkedIn Group and participate in the discussions – or start one of your own!

– Martha Spelman

Newsletter Editor / Marketing Chair

Contact: Phone (310) 670.5300 or email at martha@marthaspelman.com

Deadline for the next newsletter: January 30, 2011

Readers:  feel free to email Martha Spelman with newsletter comments and feedback.  They will be posted with the next issue.  Thank you.