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National Association of Management Consultants 4860 Cox Road suite 200 Glen Allen, Va. 23060 Board Meeting December 16, 2009

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National Association of Management Consultants 4860 Cox Road suite 200

Glen Allen, Va. 23060

Board MeetingDecember 16, 2009

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Individuals, professionals and professional service firms who are engaged in the advisory role with businesses in all the major functions

ITHR FinancialProcessMarketingSalesExecutive Development

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Our mission is to provide leadership, standards, best practices, and governance for professionals serving as advisers and consultants to the leaders of businesses, governmental organizations, non profit organizations and fortune 500 corporations. We seek to promote industry excellence, education, training, awareness, teeming opportunities and to identify those who have achieved industry best practices.

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Setting the StandardsCode of Ethics

Business Development

Joint Marketing

Tools

Provide Continuity

Team Building

Clearing House

Customer & Consultant Rating Tools

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NAoMC members pledge to abide by and uphold the Association’s Code of Ethics.and CMC's pledge in writing to abide by the Institute's Code of Ethics. Member support and respect of the Code invokes an assumption of self-discipline above and beyond the requirements of law. Members are bound by the following provisions:

Safeguarding Confidential Information & Intellectual PropertyRender impartial, independent advice

Accept only those client engagements they are qualified to perform

Agree with the client in advance on the basis for professional charges

Develop realistic and practical solutions to client problems

ClientsWe will serve our clients with integrity, competence, and objectivity.

We will keep client information and records of client engagements confidential and will use proprietary client information only with the client's permission.

We will not take advantage of confidential client information for ourselves or our firms.

We will not allow conflicts of interest which provide a competitive advantage to one client through our use of confidential information from another client who is a direct competitor without that competitor's permission.

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EngagementsWe will accept only engagements for which we are qualified by our experience and competence.

We will assign staff to client engagements in accord with their experience, knowledge, and expertise.

We will immediately acknowledge any influences on our objectivity to our clients and will offer to withdraw from a consulting engagement when our objectivity or integrity may be impaired.

FeesWe will agree independently and in advance on the basis for our fees and expenses that are reasonable, legitimate, and commensurate with the services we deliver and the responsibility we accept.

We will disclose to our clients in advance any fees or commissions that we will receive for equipment, supplies or services we recommend to our clients.

ProfessionWe will respect the intellectual property rights of our clients, other consulting firms, and sole practitioners and will not use proprietary information or methodologies without permission.

We will not advertise our services in a deceptive manner and will not misrepresent the consulting profession, consulting firms, or sole practitioners.

We will report violations of this Code of Ethics.

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EnforcementThe Institute enforces the Code by receiving and investigating complaints of violations and by taking disciplinary action, including revocation of certification against any member who is found guilty of Code violation.

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MarketingJoint Efforts

Multiple Discipline

Reduced Expense

Branding

Increase Top Line

Teaming OpportunitiesMembers have opportunity to network and team with other members on RFP’s and consulting opportunities

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Initial BoardVickie Beach - RBS

Marshall Bennett - RBS

Michael Keeley - RBS

Ben Meredith – B&B

Initial Advisory BoardBill Eastman – AK Labs

Nhat Pham – Successwerks

Cindy Calhoun – Breakthru

Mike Carroll – Sandler SalesBoard of Directors

Advisory Board

HR IT FinancialMarketing SalesExec.

Development

Executive Director

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NAoMC has been registered with the State Corporation Commission & Charter Issued

Need to determine additional Board members

501(c) 3 paperwork is in progress Items needed from Board to complete

Bio for each Board member, role in organization & description of their other business holdings

Copy of finalized 3 year budget with compensation noted for each officer

Letter from member(s) (where applicable) describing any type of IP, granted or to be used by the Association

Who owns

Usage Fees - How determined/Paid

How is IP marketed

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Membership Solicitation & Goals

Sponsorship

Establish advisory board with domain expertise in the primary Business functions

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Type Benefits Price Notes

Basic access basic materials download general podcasts, access general videocasts basic tool packages at discount able to participate in general forums,

webinars

$150 - $300 individual$500 corporate

get people involved impart our thinking on their practices become a portal for ideas and approaches create position as thought leader sell next level

Advanced Basic plus able to access all materials download featured podcasts access featured videocasts download basic tool packages

$300-$500$1000 corporate

create installed base of users part of feedback loop for new product/service ideas part of feedback loop for continuous improvement

of current products/services make NAMC viral

Leadership Advanced Plus participate in creating podcasts and

videocasts featured on website and marketing

materials participate in product and service

development part of royalty stream participate on executive council decisions

$500 -$1000$2,500 corporate

integral to product and service development initiatives - never develop on spec

promote their organizations - brand association build community of management consulting

professionals offer scheduled events for creation and celebration expand revenue stream

Sponsor Use our products/services and membership access co-market

$5,000.00 larger organizations, trade associations, educational institutions ability to leverage our offer for their members -

reduced price tax deduction brand association

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Type Benefits Price Notes

Partner Use our research dbase, product/service offer, and membership access co-market create new revenue stream from

sale/bundle of NAMC offer into their offer

$25,000.00 larger organizations, trade associations, educational institutions license and private label our offer for their

members tax deduction brand association research partnership

Fellow Learn from us, share their knowledge to build something larger and more significant to improve the professionalism of the industry

Endowment/Grant >$25,000

larger organizations, trade associations, educational institutions participate with executive council on

governance and product/service development

tax deduction brand association research partnership

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Repository of Best Practices

Real Time Information Sharing

Documents

Video

Webinars

Web Conferencing

Remote access capabilities

email

RSS Feeds

Internet Relay Chat Capabilities via IRC

Blogging capabilities Content Management

E-Learning Capabilities

Conference registration and planning capabilities

Member Teaming & Referral Section

Suite of Customer Assessment Tools

Full site search capabilities

Forum topics

Q&A

NAoMC accreditation information

Search of all uploaded documentation

Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

White Paper Repository

Full E-commerce capabilityOrdering and paying for proprietary NAoMC branded items

Other Ideas?

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Membership DriveVolunteers?

Marketing & Sales PlanSocial Media Brand

Volunteers?

Business Planning

Solidify Message

2010 Strategic Plan

Schedules for Board & Advisory Board Meetings

Other Items of Business?