New Membership
Would you like to join our Association?
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Annual Dues
General membership deadline is March 1st.
* Renew Here
*Note: 1st year or returning member who join after above deadline, contact the PATCA office at [email protected] for your dues deadline.
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NEWS AND EVENTS
April 2018
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Upcoming PATCA Events
PATCA Consultants April Evening Meeting
CAN: Controller Area Network (ARM Tech Seminar) & Discussion Meeting
Thursday, April 12, 2018, 6:00 pm
Roundtable Pizza, 1220 Oakmead Parkway, Sunnyvale, CA 94085
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Welcome New Members !
Joanne Moody.
Provide a range of materials science and engineering consulting services: Troubleshooting, selection, development of adhesives, coatings, and advanced materials; Materials specifications and test methods; etc. Affiliate.
Chul Toon. CEO of Masterwork Solutions, a software consultancy in Sterling, VA. Affiliate
Benefits of Joining:
New Consultant meetings !
Evening Presentations
Full Members have access to:
Mentorship Program
Full Details of your business in Consultants Directory
Job Postings sent to you
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How To Decide How Much To Charge For Your Services
by Carl Angotti, Sr PATCA Certified Consultant
This article is based up my years of working on the New Consultants Roundtable, and what I have heard from others regarding how to set the price you can charge for your services. If you are a seasoned consultant, you might also consider if you should change what you charge based on market conditions.
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Marketing For Consultants
by David Bakhtnia,
Certified professional (CSM, CSPO, CSP, SAFe®4.5 SPC) providing full-stack e-Solutions and professional services
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hat can your WEBSITE do for you (as a consultant) ? Topics discussed include:
GOALS -
Why market your business ?
How to communicate (your message about your business) ?
How to measure your results ?
David comes up with a strategic marketing plan for his clients. His marketing efforts bring sales leads to his clients. It's up to his client to close the sale.
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Your 2018 Board of Directors
Keith Riordan, President
Ariel Paling, Vice President
Patrick Connolly, Treasurer
Chris Hansen, Secretary
Carl Angotti, Programs Liaison
David Vieira
Christopher Edington
David Bakhtnia
Larry Polyak, Webmaster
John Cooper, Editor
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2018 Dues Renewals Reminder
The 2018 dues deadline was March 1st. If you have not paid your 2018 dues yet, please visit the renewals page
here or use the custom invoice emailed
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[Note: If you joined PATCA in the past 12 months your renewal deadline is noted on your
member profile.]
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Humor Department
Light bulbs...
How many consultants does it take to change a light bulb?
It depends - "How large is your budget?"
- We don't know. They never seem to get past the feasibility study
- Three. One to change the bulb, one to document the process and one to coach him on how to conform to the process
- Four. One to change the bulb and three to contemplate how Tom Peters would have done it
- Six. One to change the bulb and five to tell him how much better they could have done it
Contributed by Carl Angotti
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Share Your Ideas
PATCA's Marketing team and Board of Directors invite you to share your ideas about:
- Speakers or topics for PATCA's monthly meetings and educational events
- Newsletter topics, including links to Internet sites or topics of interest to consultants and clients
- Articles for the newsletter, such as:
- Tips for success based on your area of expertise
- Learning points from a consulting or business book that you read recently
- How you've used ideas from a PATCA speaker to help grow your business
- Suggested topics for PATCA's blog
- Full members: Send your article to [email protected]
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PATCA
is Silicon Valley's longest operating non-profit professional association dedicated to serving independent consultants and the client companies that use them. We set the quality standard for the consulting industry by requiring that all members pass a rigorous qualification process and adhere to a strict code of ethics. PATCA offers a free referral service giving clients direct access to a network of the highest caliber management and technical consultants in the Bay Area. We represent a wide variety of expertise in a broad array of disciplines, from biotech to marketing, HR to engineering, hardware design to cloud computing.
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