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Women in Consulting Previews Full Slate of Events

Leading Up to 10th Anniversary Event

San Mateo, CA – June 9, 2008 –Women in Consulting (WIC), a San Francisco Bay Area-based organization of seasoned professional consultants, today announced an advance look at the summer and fall events leading up to the nonprofit’s 10th Anniversary celebration as the premier networking organization for consultants in the Bay Area.

Scheduled for October 16, 2008, the Anniversary event will recognize WIC's founders and the contributions its members have made to the consulting field throughout the past decade. Kim Fulcher, president and CEO of Compass Life and Business Designs (www.kimberlyfulcher.com), will be the event's featured guest speaker. The event will also feature a silent auction, with a portion of proceeds to be donated to Girls for a Change (www.girlsforachange.org), a national organization empowering thousands of teen girls to create and lead social change.

Upcoming WIC events include the following Bay Area events, meetings, workshops, and teleseminars:

• June 9, Los Gatos, CA: "Productivity in the Digital Age: 5 Principles to Get You There," presented by Pierre Khawand, Founder and Principal of People-OntheGo (Lunch Meeting)
• June 19, Mountain View, CA: 7th Annual WIC Compensation Survey Members-only Event-a revealing look into the state of consultant compensation, including revenue growth, benchmarks, trends and challenges for consultants, marketing best practices and much more (Dinner Meeting)
• June 25, San Francisco: "Stop Selling Like a Man," presented by Toni Nell, Springboard Consulting (Lunch Meeting)
• July 8: "Marketing Product You: Positioning, Packaging, and Promoting Yourself for Success," presented by Linda Popky, president of L2M Associates, Inc. (Teleseminar)
• July 17, Menlo Park, CA: "Recession-proof Your Practice: Survival Tactics in a Slow Economy," a panel discussion with experts giving an independent-consultant, small-company, and large-company perspective on surviving and thriving in tough times (Dinner Meeting)
• August 6: "Offensive and Defensive Business Etiquette for Consultants," presented by Jennifer Vessels (Teleseminar)
• August 21, Mountain View, CA: "Building a Business through a Dynamic Interactive Web Presence: Blog Your Business to a Higher Level," with a panel of successful consultants and a publishing moderator who will explain how writing a blog can build your identity and expand your business presence on the Web (Dinner Meeting)
• September 3: "Do You Have a Web 2.0 Strategy?" presented by Robin Stavisky
• September 18, Menlo Park, CA: "The Story Behind Storytelling: The Inside Secrets of How Consultants Can Better Connect with Customers and Prospects," presented by award-winning speaker and executive speech coach Patricia Fripp (www.fripp.com)

"In these times of economic uncertainty, we've found that more and more companies are turning to the targeted expertise and flexibility of consultants as they struggle to keep their staffs lean," commented WIC president Linda Popky. "In turn, more and more consultants, from beginners to seasoned professionals, are joining WIC to connect and collaborate with fellow Bay Area consultants as they manage and grow their businesses. WIC is committed to supporting this growth by providing value to our members in a variety of ways, including face-to-face networking meetings, online community building, professional development workshops, and teleseminars."

In addition to monthly meetings, WIC holds satellite meetings in various Bay Area locations in San Francisco, Peninsula, Easy Bay, and South Bay. For more information on upcoming WIC networking events, meetings, workshops, teleseminars, and other events, please visit: http://www.womeninconsulting.org/news/index.html.

About WIC
Women in Consulting is a dynamic organization of over 500 members and affiliates who are seasoned professional consultants in more than 30 specialties, ranging from engineering to financial advising and marketing. The WIC mission is to create a community of consultants that work together to build strong businesses through networking and skills development. Celebrating the organization's 10th anniversary in 2008, WIC was established as a nonprofit, collaborative community to foster successful consulting practices for its members. For more information, visit www.womeninconsulting.org.