Join us on Thursday night, 10/21, at the WIC general meeting for a fun scavenger hunt. From 6:00 - 6:30pm,  you can team with two of your friends to seek answers hidden around the room to some tough questions for a chance to win some prizes. Along the way, you'll learn more about WIC and Read more...

When I first joined the Women in Consulting (WIC) team, we had roughly 24 contributors. Today, we have 60+ team members who help deliver our diverse programs. With this momentous growth, we realized that more formal processes and templates were necessary to guide our contributors and ensure they had the resources and tools they needed Read more...

We live in a world where we're inundated with paper and information coming at us in many different forms. The key is how to effectively deal with all that paper and information in a way that works. Having a system is the foundation for effective paper management. Your system will minimize the documents that you Read more...

The Fall 2010 WIC Mentoring Group is quickly taking shape, with just a couple of spots still available. Again this Fall, WIC Members Desiree Lehrbaum and I will lead the Mentoring Group. We developed and piloted the program in 2009, and also led the Spring, 2010 group. If you think a peer-to-peer mentoring experience may Read more...

I first heard about making a to-do list from my father who admonished me for frittering my time away. “You don’t seem to understand the concept of priorities,” he said. “Write down on a sheet of paper everything you need to do for that day and then prioritize the items.” Being a teenager then, it Read more...

Time is something that draws a lot of discussion these days. What I always tell people is...there are, and always will be, only 24 hours in a day. How you spend that time is up to you. Here are a few tips to help you be more productive during those 24 hours: Set a reasonable Read more...

One of my favorite things about WIC is our collaborative approach to building our businesses. That’s why I thought I’d share with you an event I heard of being coordinated by WIC member and KIT List founder Sue Connelly. Wednesday, September 29th 6:00 – 9:00pm (panel at 7:00pm) Bistro 412 412 Emerson Palo Alto, CA Read more...

The next Women In Consulting (WIC) workshop is designed to help you expand your business into new markets. Led by seasoned presenter Sherry Prescott-Willis, author of Market This! An Effective 90-Day Marketing Tool and a former WIC board member, “Positioning Your Consulting Business to Tap Into New Market Segments” will show you, step-by-step, how to Read more...

If Facebook is a part of your marketing plan, creating a welcome page can help you boost “likes”, increase interest and offers a great opportunity for brand positioning. Here’s how you do it: 1. Decide on your welcome page strategy. Do you want to use it to establish your brand position? To encourage visitors to Read more...

The WIC Program Highlights are fast becoming my favorite posts to write on the Women in Consulting (WIC) blog – just like the companion “Thank You” highlights I have the privilege of doing at the beginning of each general meeting are my favorite meeting “task.” Why? Because everyone who delivers these programs gives freely of Read more...