by Mark Sklarow, IECA Executive Director I’m blogging today from Toronto where I am attending the American Society of Association Executives Convention. One theme heard throughout this opening day is the role of professional societies in assisting our members as they face change. Consider this: 20% of what we know as a human species was … Read more »
by Mark H. Sklarow, Executive Director, IECA Does any company in the world do a better job of customer serve than Disney? Personally (and I have nearly a dozen trips to Walt Disney World under my belt to justify my certainty), I don’t think anyone comes close to their approach to over-performing for their customers … Read more »
by Mark Sklarow, Executive Director, IECA A wonderful, new opportunity awaits consultants, schools, and programs coming to the IECA Fall Conference in Charlotte, NC this November. In addition to the regular conference and pre-conference offerings, guest speakers, campus tours, and more, we will introduce SPEED MEETINGS. Borrowing the concept from “speed dating,” two special opportunities … Read more »
by Mark Sklarow, Executive Director, IECA On the final day of IECA’s 2009 Summer Training Institute, the participants worked on their personal business plans. It’s an exercise that demonstrates the dual hats consultants wear: advisors to students and families on one hand and small businesspersons on the other. As the exercise began, I reminded the … Read more »
by Mark Sklarow, Executive Director, IECA All signs now point to a wonderful turnout for the IECA Fall Conference scheduled for November 11 – 14 in Charlotte, North Carolina. Just one week into the early bird registration period and more than 300 registrants have already signed up. This may be a record, made all the … Read more »
by Mark Sklarow, Executive Director, IECA A long and busy day in Swarthmore (is there any other kind during the IECA Summer Institute?) as day three comes to a close. Particularly tiring for me with three presentations and joining all the faculty in moderating a marketing lab with our mentoring groups. I led a lively elective … Read more »
by Mark Sklarow, Executive Director, IECA So many wonderful moments at today’s Independent Educational Consultants Association Summer Institute. Presentations included the Essentials of College and Therapeutic Advising, Advising for Athletes, Social Networking and Entrepreneurship. Jim Bock, dean of admission and financial aid at Swarthmore College along with Philadelphia University’s Greg Potts and Richard Floyd of Ursinus … Read more »
by Mark Sklarow, Executive Director, IECA A maximum crowd of 91 new or aspiring educational consultants arrived in Swarthmore, PA today for the start of IECA’s 2009 Summer Training Institute. It’s a great group: diverse demographically, in education, and experience. They were challenged to create a working definition of educational consultant during the opening session and … Read more »
by Mark Sklarow, Executive Director, IECA Wednesday marks the opening of the Independent Educational Consultant’s Association Summer Training Institute. The first presentation I will make will speak to the trends impacting the profession, at least how I see them. One of these is the marked changes taking place to the demography of the nation. Most … Read more »
by Mark Sklarow, Executive Director, IECA IECA has sought to be ahead of the curve (if only slightly) by embracing new social networking and communication tools to assist members in connecting with each other and sharing information, and have found many admission representatives and families paying attention. We’ve been rewarded with nearly 3,000 of these … Read more »
