Special Consulting Seminar"Becoming and Successfully Practicing as a Consultant"Presented by Dr. Gary BlankSponsored byConsultants NetworkDATE: July 11, 2009 TIME: 9:00a.m. to 4:00pm PRESENTER: Dr. Gary Blank TOPIC: Becoming and Successfully Practicing as a Consultant The economic climate throughout the world today is frightening, to say the least, and will probably continue to be so for some time. If you are considering making the transition from full-time corporate work to being a full-time independent consultant or are already consulting and looking for ways to increase your assignments and client base, the IEEE Consultants Network – Kansas City has scheduled a training seminar for you. It is entitled Becoming and Successfully Practicing as a Consultant and is for the IEEE Kansas City Section membership and other interested non-IEEE parties. It will take place in the Ballroom in the Wyndham Garden Hotel at I-435 and Metcalf Avenue in Overland Park, Kansas, commencing at 9:00 a.m. and ending at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, 11 July 2009. Six (6) Professional Development Hours (PDHs) are available for those requiring credits for professional certifications.If you are an IEEE member and register for the seminar by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, 5 Jun 2009, the seminar will cost you $200.00. After that, the seminar fee becomes $250.00. If you are not an IEEE member and register by the above deadline, the seminar will cost you $300.00. After the deadline, the seminar fee becomes $400.00. Note the seminar fee includes all hand-outs, break refreshments, and lunch. Please consider joining the IEEE (if you are not already an IEEE member), as you will not only save a substantial amount of cash to attend the seminar, but also become part of a global network consisting of over 350,000 engineers. To register in all instances, please send your full name, IEEE member number, a contact telephone number, and your work or company affiliation to KCCNseminar@ieee-kc.org Please do not send any money with your registration. We will collect that at the beginning of the seminar on Saturday, 11 July 2009. NO-SHOWS WILL BE BILLED.PLEASE NOTE: Dr. Gary L. Blank, the seminar instructor, requires a minimum of eight (8) paid participants in order to justify him coming to and holding the seminar in Kansas City. The IEEE Consultants Network – Kansas City therefore needs a firm response by the 5 June 2009 deadline from those wanting to attend. If there is insufficient interest (less than eight registrations) shown by the deadline, we must cancel the seminar.ALSO PLEASE NOTE: The Thursday, 9 July 2009, Consultants Network – Kansas City-sponsored KC Section meeting is an entirely separate event. The standard pre-registration charge for that dinner meeting is the usual $20.00 fee. If you only plan to attend the 9 July 2009 Section dinner meeting (Dr. Blank is also the planned speaker), it is separate from the consulting seminar.Dr. Blank is the 2009 Chair of the IEEE Alliance of IEEE Consulting Networks (AICN). A detailed outline of the seminar, Dr. Blank’s resume, and prior participant feedback follow:Seminar Outline1. Getting Started Without Leaving Your Present Job AND Keeping Records for LEGAL and Tax Purposes.A. Introduction to modern consulting and the consulting marketplace 2. SETTING YOUR FEESA. Determining assignment fees 3. WINNING THE CONTRACT STEP-BY-STEP A. Consulting ethics and multicultural diversity awareness 4. FINDING CLIENTSA. Methods for finding clients Gary L. Blank, Ph.D.Dr. Blank has taught hundreds of professionals internationally how to start and expand their consulting practices. He received the BSEE from Illinois Institute of Technology, the MSEE from the University of Idaho, and the Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering (at the age of 24) from the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Wisconsin. Since graduation, his career has advanced along parallel paths in industry and in academia. Less than two years after graduation, he started his consulting practice, making a smooth transition from a full-time salaried employee to a full-time independent consultant in 30 days. He rapidly expanded his client base and was never without a client for more than one week during the next thirty years.Dr. Blank currently consults full-time in the electronics, power, and control systems industries as well as teaching live engineering courses and providing home-study videos for engineers preparing for the Professional Engineering Registration Examination. He also conducts seminars in the United States and Canada for engineers considering a career in consulting or expanding their consulting practice.Among his other accomplishments and responsibilities:
Prior Seminar Participant Comments"Personal experience, anecdotes, examples of tried methods that work. Excellent public speaking skills. High opinion of workshop and speaker, gained a lot of insight and knowledge." Kendall Giles "Workshop highly motivating, a fast track approach, valuable information. Speaker very effective, interesting, honest and has integrity." Frank Michalek "Very well presented. Fast moving. Good real life experience sharing. Very practical. Speaker clear, concise, interesting. Knew his material." Daryl Gruenwald
|