Monday, October 19, 2009

Dr. Howard S. Rasheed of Institute for Innovation Selected to Speak at 32nd Annual Institute of Management Consultants Conference

Wilmington, North Carolina— September 18 , 2009 — Institute for Innovation (www.idea-act.com) announces that Dr. Howard S. Rasheed has been selected to present at the 32nd annual Confab conference, "Mastering the Art of Consulting: Thriving in Turbulent Times." Confab (www.confabusa.org), takes place on October 24-27, 2009, in Reno, Nevada at the Silver Legacy Resort Casino and is attended by individual consultants, consultants from small to mid-size firms, internal consultants, executive coaches and mentors, consultants with specialties such as IT, HR, marketing and finance, and prospective and new consultants.

The annual Confab conference Confab breakout sessions are organized in three tracks designed to help consultants learn how to launch, build or refine their consulting practice. Dr. Rasheed's presentation is titled, "Achieving Sustainable Innovation with a Roadmap to the Future," His presentation will demonstrate a technology-based innovation coaching system that consultants can use to supplement their practice. Dr. Rasheed's presentation is in the refine presentation track.

According to Institute for Innovation CEO Dr. Rasheed, "We are honored to be chosen to speak in front of hundreds of consultants at Confab about how sustainable innovation can transform American competitiveness. The Confab committee selects only top notch speakers to speak to its audience of intelligent and highly-educated consultants."

For forty years IMC, USA has been the premiere professional association and sole certifying body dedicated to individuals consulting to management. The IMC USA mission is to promote excellence and ethics in management consulting through certification, education, and professional resources. IMC USA awards the profession's internationally-recognized designation of the CMC (Certified Management Consultant). The CMC, attained by 10,000 individuals worldwide, acknowledges extensive experience, technical competence, peer reviews, client satisfaction, and oral and written examinations of and adherence to the IMC USA Code of Ethics. Benefits include professional development, a public presence in business and management issues, and skill development and business networking through its 26 US chapters.

For more information about IMC or its annual Confab conference, visit the Confab web site at www.confabusa.org or contact the IMC Confab Chair, Norman Eckstein, by email or by calling 312-649-6770.