"With the recent DOWNSIZING AND RESTRUCTURING the demand for consultants (full-time and part-time) has increased dramatically!"

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Answer These Questions

1. Do you want to know the secrets of what experienced and successful consultants are doing and how they are doing it?

2. Are you interested in consulting part-time while keeping your present job?

3. Are you considering making the transition from a full-time job to a full-time independent consultant, and are you concerned about the possible temporary loss of salaried income and company benefits?

4. Are you unemployed or under-employed, and are you considering becoming a consultant?

5. Do you want to expand your present consulting practice?

6. Are you looking for clients and assignments?

SEMINAR OUTLINE

Session 1 - How to Get Started Without Leaving Your Present Job, Keeping Records, & TAXES

PRESENTED BY....

DR. GARY L. BLANK

For 15 years he was a full-time consultant while concurrently teaching part-time at the University of Florida and UCLA. For 13 years he held full-time faculty positions at Marquette University, Northern Illinois University, and the Illinois Institute of Technology, while concurrently consulting part-time in industry.

Dr. Blank was recently elected by the IEEE-USA membership (over 200,000 members) to represent them as their Member-at-Large 2008-9 on the Board of Directors. He was the IEEE-USA Vice President, Member Activities, 2003-4, the Chairman of the IEEE Region 4 Student Activities Committee and the Chairman of the IEEE Region 4 Major Conferences Committee. He was a member of the Midcon Board of Directors and was Convention Director for Midcon 1991. He was a member of the IEEE Educational Activities Board's Committee on the Engineering Skills Assessment Program. He is the author of numerous articles.

He is a Senior Member of the IEEE and the founder of the IEEE Consultants' Network of Chicago/Rockford. He is the past Chairman (1998-2001) of the Coordinating Committee of the AICN (Alliance of IEEE Consulting Networks), and is the current Chairman (2008-2009). He is responsible for the start-up of over 20 IEEE Consultants Networks in both the USA and overseas. He is currently consulting full-time in industry in Electronics, Power, and Control Systems. He provides engineering courses live, on home-study videos, and on-line, for engineers who are preparing for the Professional Engineers' exams. He also conducts seminars in the USA and in Canada for engineers considering a career in consulting or expanding their consulting practice. In the seminar he illustrates how to keep your present job and launch a successful part-time consultancy. Then he explains how to allow your practice to grow as rapidly as you desire using the right strategies.

Dr. Blank is a dynamic and effective workshop leader. His ideas are creative and exciting. His teaching style makes it easy and enjoyable for others to learn. His well-organized, informative workshops and classes earn him consistently high ratings from participants. His illustrations and tips are down-to-earth, practical proven methods.

COMMENTS OF RECENT SEMINAR PARTICIPANTS

"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