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Session - 5 Golden Rules to build your consulting business: An informal networking session

International Cooperation Days 2015: "Universal Goals, Canadian Challenges"

Palais des Congrès, Place Du Centre, Boulevard Maisonneuve, Gatineau, Quebec

Session: 5 Golden Rules to build your consulting business: An informal networking session
Time/Date: May 14, 12:00 to 13:00
Room: TBC
Sponsor:  
Speakers: Nandy Heule, Writer, Communications Consultant – Toronto
Objective: Stimulating an exchange among development professionals on “must do’s” for marketing success
Notes: Join your colleagues for a lively exchange facilitated by Communications Consultant Nandy Heule from Toronto. She will throw into the mix her five golden rules for growing your business. Challenged by the social media fear factor? Not sure how to target new clients in the private sector? Feeling like a lone ranger at times? Join the discussion, share some laughter, and take away fresh ideas. Nandy has been a consultant for a decade and worked in international development for 15 years as a Board Member, volunteer, consultant and staffer. Visit her blog at www.heulecommunications.com”.

Nandy will facilitate a sharing of experiences around each of the following, and others that emerge from the conversation.

1. Don't be afraid to specialize
2. Know your "competitors" and collaborate

3. Have a place to hang your hat
- friendly networks
4. Build brand, mostly for free, using social media
5. Know your batting average & stay positive 

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Biography:

Nandy Heule is a communications consultant and writer based in Toronto.  She has successfully worked with Executive Directors, CEOs, Bay Street accountants, and aid workers in rural Africa. A core technical skill continues to be news writing and she launched her career as a staff reporter in daily news.
Nandy has a special interest in international development. She has worked in this sector as a board member, volunteer, employee and consultant for over 15 years with organizations such as Oikocredit Canada-Central, Oikocredit International and World Vision.
She earned an MA at the Graduate School of Journalism at the University of Western Ontario and studied economics at Calvin College in Michigan. Nandy grew up in the Netherlands, studied and worked in America, and moved to Canada in 1984. She now lives with her husband in Toronto.  You can visit her at www.heulecommunications.com