Bart Gragg's Blog (9)

As all good businesses and business consultants realize, knowing what your audience is looking for is a major key to success. In keeping with that knowledge, the IMC=NorCal Board would like to hear from you about the things that are important to you in terms of your IMC membership and/or your involvement with IMC-NorCal. Please take a few minutes to complete this survey so that we may be better responsive to your time and needs.… Continue

I have a copy of the One Page Business Plan in Spanish! Working on a deal in Colombia! #opbp on Twitter I am fairly fluent in Spanish and seeking individual clients or opportunities to facilitate workshops in Spanish. Bart Gragg 925.757.7473 Continue

An interesting talk on Ted.com caught my attention just by the title - "How Bacteria Talk" by Bonnie Bassler. Here's what I got from this video: How to deliver what could be very technical information in a very memorable manner. Stories and humor are part and parcel of tech-talks. Using PowerPoint effectively - note the lack of text and the simplicity of the graphics. Summations that aren't the boring list of "I told you what I told you." And of course an interesting lesson in research and wher… Continue

I have finally created a new blog and would like others to read/comment and especially pass it around if willing. This blog is for and about Blue Collar Managers and those that manage them. If you deem it reasonable, a re-tweet on twitter would be appreciated, and @Blue_Collar_U is my twitter name. http://www.bluecollarblog.net Please allow me to return the favor and let me have your blogs address to help you pass your message on. Thanks to all of… Continue

I saw that tagline on a t-shirt and will never forget it because it is so true - When 1 teaches, 2 learn! And that is exactly what happened to me last Friday at the Oakland ABC meeting hosted by Barbara Chan. I was invited to talk about what I learned while writing my book. I made the talk interactive, as I always try to. My goal for the talk was to get writers and non-writers alike motivated with some ideas about their business' and encourage them to write, even if they are non-writers… Continue

Have you personally invited another consultant/industry expert to join lately? Just another way to say 'Thank you' to them by giving them exposure and at the same time advancing our network - win-win. I have met so many quality people through this network. Surrounding yourself with people that support you in a positive manner and being able to share ideas and tools is invaluable, especially when you are going it alone. Have you set a personal goal to invite people? Not for the sake of invitin… Continue

I am working with the American Society of Safety Engineer's on a two day event in Anaheim in October, 2010. We are researching whether or not their national org. has insurance or can get it. Until we hear from them I am curious as to whether any of the consultants here might have previous experience with this? Continue

This was the topic at BACN last Friday. The speaker, Dennis Erokan of The Place Making Group: Get Famous! It’s the best thing you can do for your business! was wonderful. The insights Dennis gave us as to getting famous certainly opened my mind to other possibilities. For instance, Dennis is well known for being the founder and publisher of MicroTimes and BAM, a Bay Area Music magazine. He is now a consultant and tells the greatest stories about ho… Continue

The CmCC Development Committee is tasked with trying to automate the registration and scheduling of the 2009 CmCC Networking Event. In doing so one of the prime items we need is a fairly comprehensive list of types of managment consultants, i.e. Marketing, Sales, Blue Collar, Speaking, Copywriting, Patents and Trademarks, etc. ad nauseum. The idea is to create one or more drop-down menus for people to choose from. Any ideas as to where to find this list would be greatly appreciated. Bart Continue