Treasure Valley Consultants' Network Blog Has Moved

The Treasure Valley Consultants' Network Blog has moved to a new address.  Please update your bookmarks and RSS feed readers to http://www.tvcnet.org/blog

The blog you are viewing now will remain intact for the foreseeable future and house Treasure Valley Consultants' Network legacy blog content - posts beginning in November 2006 through March 2009. 

The new Treasure Valley Consultants' Network blog is now integrated with our website.  Thank you for being a supporter of Treasure Valley Consultants' Network since be began in 2006.  If you have any questions about this change, please contact us.

Big Changes Ahead for the TVCNet Website

By the end of March, TVCNet will have an all new website and blog combined into a single resource.

The blog you are reading now will remain active, but there will be no new posts come April 1.  It will serve as a repository for legacy content that may be referred to from time to time.  The new website and blog will be developed to meet the needs of the business community while at the same time include member-exclusive features and benefits.

We've been eagerly awaiting this change and will announce the transition on this blog (as the last post) when it is complete.

What I Learned from Ignite Boise

What did I learn last night at Ignite Boise? We're going to be just fine.

Despite the bad economic news and decline in business prosperity all around us if we go local, recharge the batteries and gear-up for the eventual upturn in our economy, we'll come out stronger in the end.  In fact, this is an opportunity to change the way we do things.  The old ways of doing business will die and new industries will emerge.

I'm still somewhat on a high from last night's event.  It was exciting to be a part of an energizing gathering that put on display some the brightest and most talented people the Treasure Valley has to offer.  With TVCNet being a sponsor of the event, I even had the opportunity to speak for a couple minutes about TVCNet and give my thoughts on what Ignite Boise means to our community (my thanks to the organizers for the opportunity).

To recap, here were some of the topics that caught my attention and how I think they apply to consulting and the independent professional to today's business climate:

• Business Lessons Learned from Star Wars - Are you going to be Darth Vader, ruthless and unforgiving, or are you going to be Obi-Wan Kenobi, a wise mentor? It's how you decide to interact with others and the path you choose in life that will determine your success.  I'd like to think most consultants act in the spirit of Obi-Wan, being a mentor and teacher to their clients.  Some unfortunately step into a situation like Darth Vader, powerful and knowledgeable in the Force, but using what they have for the wrong reasons.
• Creativity and Play - As we grow older we tend to lose the love and passion we had for play and creativity as a child.  Play and creativity is what sparks imagination.  Imagination leads to innovation.  Give in to play and creativity in spite of looking like a fool. You'll be surprised that you can reward yourself for having the courage to give in to your inner child.  As consultants, we sometimes tend to be a little too serious.  Let's lighten up a bit.  It might do us some good.
• Your Digital Legacy - Think about this: our grandparents and parent recorded their life through photos, letters and postcards.  What do we have today?  Digital photos, e-mail, Facebook, Twitter, the list goes on and on.  How will the next generation be able to look back upon our lives?  It's very eye-opening.  The amazing thing about the age in which we live in is that we have expanded the potential to record more aspects about our lives than ever before.  Imagine as consultants how we can record all we know about our area of expertise.  The potential is unlimited in this day and age.
• The Explosion of the Internet Age - The Internet Age has transformed how we access and consume content.  Media falls into one of two camps; the incumbents which are newspapers, radio and television and the newcumbants which have taken the incumbents online via websites, social networking and video sites like YouTube.  What was learned is that if you change the user experience slightly it has the potential to change things tremendously.  As a consultant, are you leveraging media as an incumbent or a newcumbent?  Think about it, because it is evident with the collapse of newspapers and traditional media that the winds of change are tending to favor the newcumbents.
• The Myths of Idaho - My thoughts on this presentation are not so much centered on Idaho, but that in general myths have consequences and if we make our decsions based on myth there are consequences.  As a consultant and independent professional, are you making your decisions based on myth?  Are you clients operating based on myth.  The solution is to stop, even for a moment, and seek to understand.  Get the facts and make sound decisions based on truth, not myth.
• It's Not a Recession, It's a Revolution - This was one of the best presentations of the evening.  As I mentioned earlier, even though we are bombarded daily with bad economic news and we see businesses declining and failing around us, we are in the midst of change.  The old ways of doing business are going to be replaced with new ways to do business.  It's not about jobs, it's about companies.  The seeds of revolution will being with start-ups and small business.  As a consultant, what are you doing to support this?
  

The quality of presentations last night will, in my opinion, create a firestorm for the next Ignite Boise.  I can only imagine what kind of presentations we will have and I'm looking forward to attending and getting involved.  TVCNet will definitely step up once again and sponsor the next event.

Cavalcade of Consultants, or the Next TVCNet Meeting

In my last post I talked about how during economic downturns, and after people become unemployed, they often turn to consulting either as a new career choice or something to fill in the time between jobs. Whether you are making a career change or doing what you can to earn income between full-time jobs, it must be taken seriously and you must put your best foot forward to create a professional image. Otherwise, it will be hard for a clients to take you seriously.

I say this because it’s easy to call yourself a consultant. Many people do in times like these if they find themselves unemployed, but it has unfortunately become part of a punch line to a joke.

(you) “I’m a consultant.”
(them) “Oh, you mean you’re unemployed.”

Changing the public perception of consulting has been one of the primary missions of Treasure Valley Consultants’ Network (TVCNet) since it was founded in October, 2006. In February, TVCNet will be hosting an event that will re-introduce our organization to the Boise business community. Many people know of us, but we felt it was time to get the word out about who we are and who we serve once again because the current economic climate call for it.

For the upcoming event, here are our two objectives:

1. Current and new consultants – come see how TVCNet can support you. Whether you are building your consulting business or have been in business for years, see how we facilitate networking and sharing best practices in the profession of consulting.
2. Business owners, managers, executives – business needs still exist in a down economy. Although you may not be able to hire full-time staff to meet those needs, consultants can help fill the gap and provide specialized knowledge and expertise to help your business remain competitive and sustainable. Come see how TVCNet can be a one-stop resource to match you up with business professionals that can help solve your current business problems.
   

Save the date of Thursday, Feburary 19th at 11:30 a.m. on your calendar. We will hold our event in the Seminar Room of VengaWorks in Meridian on West Overland Road (map).

Recap of November TVCNet Meeting: What Sustainability Can Do for Your Business and Your Clients

I've had a few days to reflect on the recent TVCNet meeting where John Bernardo of Sustainable Innovations presented on What Sustainability Can Do for Your Business and Your Clients to a group of attendees at The WaterCooler in downtown Boise.  I'm still excited about all I learned from John and believe sustainability will become more and more prevalent in the way we do business in the years to come.

I was pleased to host John for this meeting.  John has been a loyal supporter of TVCNet as a member since he joined earlier this year.  It's been my objective to have the membership to use the monthly meetings as a platform to spotlight their consulting businesses and services to the business community.  John went above and beyond in his presentation explaining what sustainability is and how it impacts business not only in Idaho, but around the world.  I believe his company, Sustainable Innovations, will be a positive change agent in the business community as we move forward in these uncertain economic times.

Quite simply, sustainability is about making the best use of resources to meet human and business needs while at the same time preserving the environment so needs can be met not only in the present, but in the future as well.  John was very clear at the start of his presentation to say that he doesn't consider himself and environmentalist although applying sustainability to business processes and operations produces a "green" benefit.  Bottom line, it is a smart way to do business.

Other points of discussion during John's presentation:

• External factors of an environmental nature will impact business more than ever before.  Regulations and international agreements will dictate what can and cannot be done.
• External factors altering the way we do business should not be looked at as barriers.  They should be looked at as opportunities.  What may be seen as a waste or by-product in a company's operations can actually be a benefit or resource to other areas of the business.
• Implementing sustainability enhances the bottom line in many ways.  Specifically, the younger generation entering the workforce are concerned about a company's impact globally.  Sustainability is a way to demonstrate a commitment not only to employees, but to shareholders as well, that they are thinking globally.  Retaining employees and reducing turnover as a result of sustainability efforts is a positive impact on the bottom line.

I understand that this topic can be controversial and a subject of heated debate.  Personally, I'm all for clean air, clean water and alternative energy only if it is driven by the marketplace and not mandated by bureaucracies.  To me, sustainability is the way.  It is hard to ignore that we are in the midst of a global economy where changes in one part of the world have a ripple effect on the opposite side of the globe.  As consultants, regardless of our field of expertise, we can implement sustainable solutions in the services we provide.  First, is to find a way to reduce waste.  Look for opportunities in the waste or find ways to use the waste in innovative ways.  Second, is to think about the impact of your decisions and actions and how they may play out 10, 20, maybe 50 years from now. 

Sustainability does have a "green" advantage, but above all it ensures that business will be around for future generations to benefit from.

Sustainability in the Treasure Valley

I have to admit that before this year I didn't know what sustainability was.  Sustainability is about making the best use of resources to meet human needs while at the same time preserving the environment so needs can be met not only in the present, but in the future as well.

More and more businesses have embraced this philosophy by "going green" as of late.  Whether or not you are behind the green movement, it's hard to deny that some of its benefits and outcomes are reduced waste and increased energy efficiency.  Two such businesses in the Treasure Valley are helping other businesses create sustainability in their operations.

Sustainable Innovations
First, is TVCNet member and consultant John Bernardo of Sustainable Innovations. John is formerly the Resource Conservation / Regulatory Compliance Manager for Alberstons, Inc. His Boise-based consulting company provides comprehensive analysis, implementation evaluation and ongoing support for introducing sustainable operations, processes and technologies into business cultures.  Local successes include St. Luke's RMC, helping the hospital reduce waste to landfill amounts by 30% while working with employees to institute departmental recycling programs to meet their needs.

If you want to learn more, John will be presenting a topic on sustainability with a presentation titled What Sustainability Can Do for Your Business and Your Clients at the next TVCNet meeting this Thursday starting at 11:30 a.m. The presentation will be held at The WaterCooler in downtown Boise.

VengaWorks
VengaWorks is a new venture in Meridian that walks the talk when it comes to sustainability.  The VengaWorks facility is a green facility offering office space, equipment and services to businesses looking to reduce overhead.  I had the privilege of taking a tour of the facility led by Andrew Piron, Regional Vice President.  Andrew showed me how the facility is able to cut costs and pass the savings on to the tenants simply by the way the building was constructed using sustainable materials and an energy efficient HVAC system.  Above all, the facility is flexible to the needs of the tenants and can grow and expand according to their growth.

VengaWorks is the perfect facility for local area consultants who offer business-to-business services looking to estabish an office in a business setting.  I advise any consultant in the area who is looking for a change of scenery from their current office configuration to contact Andrew through the VengaWorks website to see how he can help you.  You'll be pleasantly surprised how easy and economical it can be to set up an office at VengaWorks.


So there you have it - two businesses in the Treasure Valley promoting sustainability.  It's exciting to see such works in the Treasure Valley and it is especially exciting to see one of our members leading the way.

Recap of October TVCNet Meeting: Identity Theft and Business Liability

In these times of economic uncertainty, most of us think very little of protecting our identities.  Our attentions are drawn elsewhere and we overlook the fact that our identity is something of value to someone else who may not use it with the best intentions.  Even if we are conscious of protecting our identities by making sure "the bad guys" do not have access to our bank accounts or personal records, there is much more to an identity than personal / business finances or your social security number.

Aspen Morrow of Aspen Consulting & Associates spoke to the members and guests of TVCNet in a meeting on October 23rd about Identity Theft and Business Liability. According to Aspen, in regards to the individual, it doesn't matter how bad your background is. Your identity has value and is worth money on the black market.  If you believe that your identity is of very little value to an ID thief you are sadly mistaken.

Over half of all ID theft occurs in the workplace and 70% of that theft is by low-tech means.  It's as simple as someone stealing a file or copying personal information of an unsuspecting victim.  In all, there are five common types of ID theft:

1. Driver's license numbers
2. Social Security numbers
3. Medical records
4. Character or criminal records
5. Financial

25% of all ID theft is financial, but according to Aspen, that can easily be corrected.  The worst kind of ID theft is the one that damages a person's character possibly resulting in a false criminal record.  So how does this impact consultants?  In our profession, character is everything and if your character is damaged in any way it can have a significant financial impact on you and your career.

ID theft has the potential to be very costly to you and your consulting business in terms of time and money if you are ever a victim.  The best advice Aspen gave during her presentation - if you suspect ID theft, have a background check ran on yourself.  The sooner you correct any discrepancies, the easier it is to correct them.

Preliminary Results of the TVCNet 2008 Membership Survey

You may have noticed a trend in business lately where companies and organizations have touted themselves as being "transparent".  A company that is transparent may have different meanings to many people, but ultimately it means the company is open about their practices and how they work.

I always felt that TVCNet operates in the same fashion.  In the spirit of transparency, I decided it would be good to share some preliminary results from a recent membership survey that was conducted to measure the overall value of TVCNet membership and find area to improve upon.  While the results weren't surprising, it did give me a better view of the organization and where we need to leverage our talents to create a stronger organization that better serves its members and the community.

Here are some of the results:

• Most indicated their membership held good value to them. 
  
• Areas where we need to improve upon: networking among the consultants, referrals from other consultants and overall visibility in the Boise business community. 
  
• Positive marks for our recent meeting venue (The WaterCooler), topics, speakers, and attendees. 
  

Overall, I was pleased with the response.  Approximately 2/3 of the membership responded and the feedback was open and honest.  While it gave me, the organizer, some ideas on where we need to improve, as a reader of this blog I hope it gives you a better understanding of the organization.  If you are considering joining our group please give it some thought.  One thing that holds true with TVCNet is the more members we have, the more opportunity we create for ourselves and for others.

How a TVCNet Member Makes His Business Profitable

He's a Boise restaurateur who helps troubled eateries turn around and he's also the latest member of Treasure Valley Consultant's Network. Jim Balis is the owner of Complete Asset Management Company (CAMCo), The Restaurant Management Group and LuLu's, a New York-style pizzeria near the base of Bogus Basin Road.

The lesson learned from Jim during these troubled economic time is to pay close attention to where your money is going. In our businesses, we sometimes overlook things that seem minor on the surface but in reality they can be a slow leak that is costing you money. Can you be more measured in your products and services? If you find areas of waste, eliminate them!

You don't have to sacrifice quality to save money, and the money you do save can be put toward more important things that will have a greater impact.

TVCNet Presents Identity Theft and Business Liability

Our next TVCNet meeting will feature Identity Theft and Business Liability, a presentation by Aspen Morrow of Aspen Consulting & Associates on Thursday, October 23rd from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at The WaterCooler located at 1401 W. Idaho St. in downtown Boise. This event is FREE for TVCNet members; $5 for non-members.

In light of the current economic climate in our nation, this is a very timely event. Business owners obviously have a lot on their minds these days, and compliance issues (especially when it comes to identity theft) may not be high on that list.  However, many new identity theft laws have been passed, and some, such as the Red Flag Rules, have a November 1, 2008 compliance deadline. 

Identity theft costs business owners $48 billion a year.  In some identity theft cases, businesses are held liable for not protecting their customers’ and employees’ information.  Laws passed to help protect customers and businesses are now being tested in the courts as our already litigious society goes after companies that lost information.

At this meeting you will learn how to prevent that money from coming out of your bottom line, and what you can do to reduce your liability and establish reasonable measures to protect your business and your clients.

Aspen Morrow is a Certified Identity Theft Risk Management Specialist and president of Aspen Consulting & Associates, a full-service agency that takes on emergency identity theft cases, teaches seminars, writes community articles, and offers identity theft compliance consulting with individuals, employees and businesses.

Recap of September TVCNet Meeting: Apropos Marketing Foundation Workshop

Mike Fisch of Apropos led a special session of our monthly TVCNet meeting on Thursday, September 25th at The WaterCooler where he previewed his Apropos Marketing Foundation Workshop to those in attendance.  This same workshop will be formally launched on October 29th.

The Apropos Marketing Foundation Workshop is an interactive session developed by Mike Fisch where students learn how to select a target market for their products and services and craft a marketing message that will reach the target audience and potentially convert them to customers.

Sitting in attendance, here are the key points I took away from the workshop:

• When it comes to the products and services you are selling, it's more than features and functions.
• Connect the product or service to the needs of your audience.
• Your audience must be able to know and like you. They must also know and like the products and services you have to offer in order to convert them to a customer.
• Your marketing foundation should be who do you want to talk to and what do you want to say to them.

To professionals who have been marketing themselves for many years, much of this is second nature.  However, I found it very wothwhile to take a second look at how I am marketing my own business and the TVCNet organization from a different perspective.  It enabled me to see things differently, and that alone was enough for me to make some changes to my marketing plans which I hope will boost business.

The workshop was very interactive and the attendees, including myself, were able to walk away with content we could craft even further in order to effectively target who we as consultants want to speak with and what we want to say to them. If you missed this TVCNet meeting, be comfortable in knowing that if you attend Mike's official workshop in October you won't be disappointed.

Mike wrote to me the next day and said, "I appreciate the chance to test drive my marketing workshop with the TVCNet group. Their feedback was great, and the final workshop will be better for it!"

Thank you, Mike, and thank you to all who attended.  We look forward to seeing you, other members and new faces at the next TVCNet meeting scheduled for October 23rd.  For details on this an other events, please visit the TVCNet Calendar.

How Well Do You Know Your Audience?

This month, TVCNet will be hosting a special workshop developed by one of our members. Instead of the normal meeting and presentation, Mike Fisch of Apropos will be delivering a preview of his interactive workshop titled The Apropos Marketing Foundation Workshop.

The Apropos Marketing Foundation Workshop will help business professionals kick-start their sales. It is an interactive session for developing a message that explains the benefits of your product or service and selecting a target audience who is likely to respond. These two elements form a marketing foundation, which supports and extends everything needed to reach out and win customers.

The workshop will be held at The WaterCooler located at 14th and W. Idaho St. in downtown Boise on September 25th from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon. Admission is free for TVCNet members, $5.00 for non-members.

In preparation for event, I found an interesting article at Entrepreneur.com titled Do You Know What Your Audience Wants? that will get you thinking about one way to identify your target market and match their needs with your services.

Recap of August TVCNet Meeting: Effective Internet Research

TVCNet members and guests of the business community came out to The WaterCooler on Thursday, August 28th to hear Richard Garber speak on Effective Internet Research.

As I told the crowd in my opening dialogue, the reason I planned this event was to help consultants leverage the web writing and research for the business and their clients. As consultants, one way we demonstrate our knowledge and expertise is through our writing whether it is in a blog, white papers or articles published in periodicals or on the web.

We have become accustom to the Internet as a treasure trove of information, however it is so vast and can often be misleading. Richard's presentation helped those in attendance by providing tools that can be used as well as tactics and strategies to find valuable, credible information.

As an audience member, a few things jumped out in my mind as the "gems" of the presentation.

• The nuggets of information tend to be more abstract and difficult to find. As consultants we want to take the abstract and make it more concrete for the people we are trying to connect to.
• Set out with a goal in mind when conducting an Internet search. Because the web is so large, you have to consider what you are willing to invest in time and effort to find what you are looking for.
• If you are ever stuck in an Internet search trying to answer a question, ask the same question a different way or approach it from a different standpoint. You'll be surprised how easily you can arrive at an answer.

The Internet is a wonderful tool for finding information, but if you know how to navigate it effectively you'll find what you are looking for to support your own work and the work you do for your clients.

Richard closed by providing the audience with a great resource for learning more about Internet research:

• Finding Information on the Internet - UC Berkeley

If you would like to keep up with Richard, he maintains a blog on public speaking.

Book Signing for TVCNet Member

Congratulations are in order for TVCNet member, Johnna Johnson, of Johnna Johnson & Co.  Johnna has realeased a new book titled Just Jump! How to Build the Confidence & Courage You Need to Just Jump! out of Your Comfort Zone and Into Your True Potential.  She will be signing copies of the book at The Black Pearl in Eagle, ID.

The book signing will take place from 11 a.m. to 12 noon on Saturday, August 16th.  Stop by to congratulation Johnna on this recent accomplishment and to learn more about her and her business, visit her directory listing on the TVCNet website.

TVCNet on The National Networker

The National Networker has featured TVCNet on their website. Lori Richardson, Northwest Bureau Chief for The National Networker, wrote a wonderful piece about our organization and highlighted the things she likes us.

Thank you, Lori, for the kind words. Feel free to visit us next time when you are in our neighborhood.

Building Effective Training in Five Easy Steps

Thanks everyone for your patience. 

Late last week in my wrap-up of the July TVCNet Meeting I promised to take the topic I presented on and create a Knol.  There have been some delays, but I finally have it published.  Please vist Building Effective Training in Five Easy Steps to see the content that was presented at the last meeting.  If you were there, the topic is open to comments and editing - moderated, of course.

July TVCNet Meeting Wrap-Up

I want to thank everyone who came out on Thursday the 24th to attend the July TVCNet meeting where I presented on Building Effective Training in Five Easy Steps.

We had great attendance at our new location, The WaterCooler at the corner of 14th and W. Idaho Street in downtown Boise. My reporting on the event will be a purposely thin not because it was uneventful (quite the contrary), but because during the event I learned from a TVCNet member about a new web service that I plan to leverage to help "repackage" the topic we discussed. Google Knol is web giant's attempt to compete with Wikipedia. I plan to take the topic we discussed and post it to Google Knol. Once it is published I will be sure to post the link here on this blog. From there, you can comment on the topic and add your own insights regardless if you were present or not. The beauty of Google Knoll is that it allows people to create a body of knowledge on a given subject in an online, collaborative effort.

In all, the July TVCNet meeting was terrific and the feedback I have received has been welcomed. Future meetings in August and September are in the works and will be announced shortly.

WaterCooler Meet and Greet

I'm out on vacation this week, but I'm still keeping tabs on the news while I take it easy in the Sawtooths.

Word from the TechBoise Blog is that a Meet and Greet at the WaterCooler will take place this Monday, July 21st starting at 8:30 a.m.

This is great networking opportunity for local area consultants and a chance to do two things; first, meet the freshman class of the WaterCooler and second, get a preview of the venue for July 24th TVCNet meeting.

For details on how to attend this event, visit the TechBoise Blog.

Effective Communication for Consultants

From time to time I like to review my blog's statistics to see which topics are of most interest to my readers. 

Since launching this blog in the late 2006, no post has received more traffic than one I did on the subject of how to create an effective outgoing voicemail message.  I don't think it is just consultants who are searching for information on this subject.  Business professionals who care about their public image seem to appreciate this kind post (more like a rant - you'll see when you read it).

It still amazes me how some professionals ignore this form of communication as an opportunity to leverage the medium to effectively communicate with their customers.  Ideally, you want to make it easy for your customers to reach you.  If they can't reach you in person by phone kindly ask them to leave a message or include an e-mail address in the outgoing message.  Direct them to your website by giving them your URL (provided it isn't too long).  Do whatever you can, within reason, to give your customer alternate means to contact you.  If you close yourself off from your customers, they'll close themselves off from you and move on to the next business who is more responsive to their needs.

E-mail is another popular topic on this blog.  I'm trying to steer clear of ranting in this post, but e-mail is another topic that frustrates me as a consultant.  I cringe each and every time I see a consultant or a business professional use Yahoo!, Hotmail, or any other webmail service as their primary means of e-mail communication.  Gmail is the latest.  The advantages to these services are that they are convenient and easily accessible from any Internet connection.  The trade off is that many of these webmail services have become associated with spammers.  That's not to say that a business professional using any one of these services is a spammer, but what's the advantage to hanging out with a bad crowd?

Domain names are easy to come by and many companies that sell domain names include information on how to set up the domain name to have e-mail addresses associated with it.  "TVCNet.org" is my domain name for Treasure Valley Consultants' Network and I have "TVCNet.org" e-mail addresses associated with it.  The reason I do this is because I want to use my e-mail address as a promotional vehicle for my organization.  How can I do that when my address is promoting a webmail service or the ISP I am using for Internet access?  As a bonus, the same e-mail addresses (most of them at least) that you associate with your URL can be accessed on the web through a browser just like the Yahoo!, Hotmail and Gmail accounts. You don't have to have an e-mail client installed on your computer to view your messages.

Finally, the other popular post on this blog has to do with networking. What's to say that hasn't been said about this topic?  You can't grow your business unless you get out, meet people and let them know who you are and what you can do for them or their clients.  Plain and simple.  If you have trouble meeting people, it's time to get out of your comfort zone.  I assure you the more you participate in networking events, the easier and more comfortable it gets.  As a result, your business will grow.

Whether you are new to consulting or an old pro, take some time to look at these three communication channels to make sure they are effective.  You'll be surprised how small changes make a big impact on your business.

TVCNet Monthly Meetings Return with Building Effective Training in Five Easy Steps

Treasure Valley Consultants’ Network monthly meetings return starting July 24th!

After a long hiatus, TVCNet presents Building Effective Training in Five Easy Steps. This presentation will be delivered by Justin Beller, president of PinPoint Performance Solutions on Thursday, July 24th from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. The event will be held at The WaterCooler located in the former Boise Heating & Cooling building at the corner of 14th and W. Idaho Street in downtown Boise. Business-to-business consultants, business owners and professionals with training responsibilities in their organization are encouraged to attend this event.

The event is free for TVCNet members; $5 for non-members.

This presentation will provide the audience with the basic fundamentals on developing an effective training program. It also includes handy tips on preparing and delivering training in front of live audiences. Independent consultants, including business professionals working internally in many of our local companies, find themselves increasingly responsible for training clients or fellow co-workers within their organization. Many may not have the formal education or experience in designing and delivering effective training, but they will find this presentation worthwhile and will leave with resources that will make them better prepared for this task.

We hope you can join us for the re-launch of TVCNet monthly meetings.