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PCC Newsletter
May 2010
In This Issue
Innovation: What Works - Register Now
A New Assessment Tool for Your Practice
Larry Sticks It to the Community
Yunz Wanna Write Gooder?
Coming Attractions
Support Your Local Tribe
Quick Links
Innovation:  What Works
Tuesday, June 3
 
Tracy Fuller
Tracy Fuller
What's the first thing that comes to mind when you hear "innovation"?  It's been getting a lot of press lately - some of it accurate and some less so.  Come learn principles and practices that really will help you create a new and better way to do things. 

In this application oriented presentation, Tracy Fuller of Compio will discuss:
  • Practical innovation principles you can use with your own business challenges
  • How she applied these principles while creating the surprisingly successful Fresh Ideas (http://www.compio.net/COMPIOFreshIdeas.asp)
  • Innovation myths to sidestep, and why they don't work
Organization Culture Assessment with OrgSCAN
 
OrgSCAN drives new "annuity-based" business opportunities that set up a variety of follow-on projects for you and your colleagues
 
Attend a Free Breakfast Briefing on May 28 to learn how you can add a valuable component to your consulting capabilities - a culture assessment that can drive realistic and implementable organization change.  The Briefing will be conducted  by Lou Musante, co- creator of OrgSCAN, Managing Partner of Echo Strategies and member of our Community
 
Here's the Bottom Line:
  • Organizational culture determines organizational performance.
  • Organizational culture can be accurately measured and effectively managed
  • Echo OrgSCAN is robust assessment of high-performance corporate cultures
  • As a consultant, OrgSCAN is available for you to use with your clients
 Add a Powerful Assessment Tool to Your Consulting Practice.
 
Larry Lewis
LarryLewis
Larry Lewis "Sticks It" to the Community
 
If you attended the event on April 27 with Larry Lewis of Client Builder Sales & Marketing, you learned all about Duct Tape Marketing.  Larry described how to implement a marketing system that is always at work generating leads for you, without a ton of effort on your part.
 
Larry also offered a number of FREE resources to those in attendance.  
If you were unable to attend the session, don't fret! You can download the free reports and subscribe to Larry's  free marketing tips and newsletter at www.ClientBuilderMarketing.com.
 
You can also obtain a complimentary 30 minute session to pick Larry's brain on marketing strategies and ideas by sending an email to Larry at
LLewis@ClientBuilderMarketing.com.
Yunz Wanna Write Gooder n'Nat?
 
I constantly struggle with my writing.  I enjoy it but the words don't always come flowing from my fingertips. Here's two resources that I've found to be helpful.
 
An article from Constant Contact on how to get your emails opened with attention grabbing subject lines.
 
A website full of copywriting tips for online marketing success.
 
Coming Attractions  
 
The Art and Science of Facilitation
Add a key capability to your practice and learn how to "faciliate like your hair's on fire" from expert Jerry McNellis, founder of the Compression Planning Insititute.
 
PCC Logo Support Your Local Tribe!
 
  • Interested in sponsoring a Pittsburgh Consulting Community event?
  • Have a service that would be useful to solo-practitioners / small business owners?
The Pittsburgh Consulting Community is an informal gathering of consultants sharing our mutual interest in:
  • Learning how to run, market, and grow a consulting business,
  • Providing more value for a client by doing something together that you couldn't do on your own,
  • Networking with like-minded professionals, and
  • Sharing past experiences.
Contact Michael Couch if you'd like to contribute to the success of the Community. (412) 952-9036
 
 
ChadThe Community is sponsored by Michael Couch & Associates Inc.
 
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