At our Friday, November 10 Orange County breakfast meeting, learn how to create an effective strategic plan for your consulting practice. Then, in a highly interactive session, learn how to implement that plan successfully.

Jack Mixner, Principal of Mixner Consulting and a long time Orange County consultant, will describe the seven crucial steps in creating a plan. He will also discuss:

• When to use personal selling and when to use word of mouth selling.
• How to use professional organizations and when to use social / civic organizations.
• When targeted direct mail makes sense.
• Targeting seminars to your audience.
• Teaching sponsored courses.
• Websites, e-newsletters and blogs.
• Writing, including publishing newsletters, articles and books.
• The continuum from success to significance.

This important breakfast meeting in November will be informative and interactive, as well as a great networking experience with your fellow consultants in the greater Orange County area. Expect a lively discussion with lots of practical examples.

About Jack Mixner, Principal, Mixner Strategy

Jack Mixner has worked with hundreds of companies over twenty years to foster growth, focusing on technology, operations, marketing, and finance and, most importantly, people. Using strategy, the goal is to maximize company valuation and accelerate the sale of the company, if possible - or sensible. He is the past president of the Association of Professional Consultants (APC), a member of the executive committee of the Orange County Workforce Investment Board, and Chairman of the Orange County Economic Development Strategy Committee.

Time & Location

This meeting will be held in the Mezzanine Restaurant, 19800 MacArthur Blvd., Irvine, CA 92612 (in basement of 19800 building, left tower). This classy restaurant is easy to get to from the 405 or 73 freeways, or from Jamboree or MacArthur. The driveway entrance is from Fairchild Road, not MacArthur. When coming from the 73, exit on Jamboree. Park in the structure. Parking will be validated.

This one of our monthly Orange County IMC Breakfast meetings -- a great low-cost learning and networking opportunity for your consulting business. These meetings are now held near OC Airport on the second Friday of every month.

• Place: Mezzanine Restaurant, 19800 MacArthur Blvd., Irvine, CA 92612
• Date: Friday, November 10, 2006
• Time: 7:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
• Cost: $10 for IMC members, $20 for non-members, exact change appreciated. This includes any choice from the IMC hot breakfast menu, tax and tip included. Park in the structure. Parking will be validated.
• RSVP: Via email to Harald Weiss