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We Must Do a Better Job Ensuring Colleges Understand WHAT Educational Consultants DO and How Many Kids We Work With

May 11, 2010no comments

by Mark Sklarow, Executive Director, IECA Yesterday about a dozen IECA members visited three Ontario, Canada colleges. During those campus visits, one school provided the consultants with their “Recruitment Representative Agreement.” Confusing “consultants” and “agents,” this college assumed IECA members accepted reimbursements in exchange for referring students, guaranteeing a per-head ‘kick-back’ of 12% of the … Read more »

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IECA’s First Conference Held Outside U.S. Reflects Our International Growth

May 10, 2010no comments

by Mark Sklarow, Executive Director, Independent Educational Consultants Association At the IECA Conference in Toronto Several times a year I receive letters addressed to the “INTERNATIONAL Educational Consultants Association.” Of course the ‘I’ in our name has stood for “INDEPENDENT” since 1976, and our membership has been overwhelmingly U.S.-based. In fact if I look back … Read more »

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Change in Opening Speaker Brings Leading Expert on EQ, Performance to IECA

March 24, 2010no comments

by Mark Sklarow, Executive Director, Independent Educational Consultants Association We are pleased to announce the addition of one of Canada’s leading experts on emotional intelligence and high performance to the roster of outstanding speakers. Dr. J.P. Pawliw-Fry will address the conference as Wednesday’s keynote speaker. He replaces Peter Jensen who needed to cancel due to … Read more »

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A Timely Feature Story: “Tantalizing Toronto”

March 18, 20102 comments

by Mark Sklarow, Executive Director, Independent Educational Consutltants Association In today’s mail I received several professional journals. Glancing through for worthwhile articles I saw a feature story entitled “Tantalizing Toronto: Ontario’s Magnetic Metro Welcomes Groups with Open Arms and Cutting-Edge Venues.” With our conference scheduled to open in less than eight weeks, it seemed perfect … Read more »

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Attendees Span North America as Conference Registration Passes Early Deadline

March 17, 2010no comments

by Mark Sklarow, Executive Director, Independent Educational Consultants Association One of the unexpected consequences of holding our first-ever meeting outside of the United States has been the musings of some about whether “consultants are really going to Canada” for the conference, or, in the minds of IECA members, whether schools, colleges, and program representatives are … Read more »

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What Makes the IECA Conference Unique? “No Where Else…”

March 10, 20103 comments

by Mark Sklarow, Executive Director, Independent Educational Consultants Association Sixteen years ago, my first day with IECA was at the start of the spring conference in Raleigh, North Carolina. I believe there were fewer than 250 attendees, including some 80 IECA members. There was no NATSAP back then, Small Boarding School Conferences were intimate events, … Read more »

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Canadian Women Take Hockey Gold: The IECA Connection

February 26, 2010no comments

by Mark Sklarow, Executive Director, Independent Educational Consultants Association Last night came the inevitable battle between the two world powerhouses in women’s hockey: USA vs. Canada. The two teams have dominated the sport for many years, and the impending contest at the Olympics resulted in a pressure cooker building for years leading up to the … Read more »

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Speed Meetings are Back at IECA Spring Conference

February 23, 20103 comments

by Mark Sklarow, Executive Director, Independent Educational Consultants Association Based on overwhelmingly positive feedback from consultants and school representatives, we are pleased to announce that the Speed Meetings test-run in 2009 will return as part of IECA’s upcoming Spring Conference, although a few key changes will make them even more valuable. Two sets of Speed … Read more »

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This is Early Bird Registration Week for IECA

February 22, 2010no comments

by Mark Sklarow, Executive Director, Independent Educational Consultants Association Our spring conference registration opened less than a week ago, and registration is already approaching 250. Early bird discounts end THIS FRIDAY (February 26), so if you are planning to attend our gathering in Toronto (May 12-15), get your registration completed right away. Full details on … Read more »

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First: Inside the Heads of Olympic Athletes. Next: On Stage at IECA Toronto Conference

January 25, 2010no comments

by Mark Sklarow, Executive Director, IECA Registration for our Spring 2010 Conference will be opening soon and details of the scores of speakers, breakouts, seminars, and more will be posted on our Web site. I do want to share a little information about one of our featured speakers. Dr. Peter Jensen is a member of … Read more »

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