"Consulting at scale: the Dream Local Digital Story"
Speaker
Shannon Kinney
Founder and Client Success Officer
Dream Local Digital
In this session we’ll hear from the Founder and Client Success Officer of Dream Local Digital, Shannon Kinney, who will highlight the Dream Local Digital story and how the company is now serving hundreds of clients nationally with online marketing consulting services. We’ll specifically dive into the importance of developing company culture, tactics for online and remote collaboration with clients, and opportunities for your firms to leverage some of these tactics and tools. For more information on the company, visit www.dreamlocal.com, on Shannon Kinney visit www.linkedin.com/in/shannonkinney.
Shannon is the Founder and Client Success Officer of Dream Local Digital, a digital marketing agency that has worked with thousands of small businesses across North America. She has over 15 years of experience in the development of successful Internet products, sales and marketing strategies and has worked on the teams developing successful Internet brands such as cars.com, careerbuilder.com, and over 60 online media properties for newspapers all over the U.S. and Canada. Prior to that, she spent over 10 years in media sales and sales management in Maine. Shannon is considered an expert in the field of online marketing and social media, and speaks regularly at conferences on the subject. She was recently named one of the Women to Watch in 2013 by Maine Biz Magazine.
Roundtable
Takes place from 9:45-10:30 following the regular meeting and is optional
"Great Expectations: Adventures in Consulting Role Management & Mismanagement"
Facilitator:
Fritz Steele, Fritz Steele Consulting
In the context of a consultant role management model, the discussion will share stories and experiences with setting and meeting client expectations, hopefully to include the full range from total success to complete mismatch. We'll consider these in terms of both consequences and what can be done to provide consistent role management in each engagement.
Fritz is a behavioral science consultant on Organizational Effectiveness, Orgnizational Change and Organizational Ecology (workplace design and use). Fritz's email is fsteele@fritzsteele,com www.fritzsteele.com
The Facts...
The A.C.E. regular meeting has networking, a buffet breakfast and a speaker. Guests are welcome.
Registrations are required by December 17, 2013. If you want to be included on the registration list at the meeting then you need to register by the due date.
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Portland ME 04101
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Members: the $22 fee only works if you pay in advance. At the door, it is $28.