HR Consultants Might Find Degree of Opportunities Through Academia By 2014, the need for college professors will increase by 32 percent over the number of active college professors in 2004, and many universities are already feeling the pinch which is creating opportunities for HR consultants who can provide instruction on a wide range of subjects. Read this article Next Live Webcast: How to Give a Butt-Kicking Presentation August 27, 2008, 2 p.m. ET Register for this webcast

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Webcasts Next Live Webcast: How to Give a Butt-Kicking Presentation, August 27, 2008, 2 p.m. ET Presenter: Kimberly Alyn is an award-winning professional speaker, with over 20 years of award-winning speaking experience. Whether you're giving a sales presentation, running a meeting, talking to a group of five or a group of 5,000, you need to know how to hold your audience. Best-selling author and professional speaker Kimberly Alyn will show you the secrets of giving a top-notch presentation. Alyn will discuss how to conquer fear, ways to get the full attention of your audience, how to perfect your delivery, and how to move your audience to action. By the end of the program, you'll have a fresh perspective on presentations, and you'll learn tools and techniques that will help you take your presentations to a whole new level! About the speaker: Kimberly Alyn is a best-selling author and an award-winning professional speaker, with over 20 years of award-winning speaking experience. She the author of eight books and nine CD/DVD productions including “How to Give a Butt-Kicking Presentation.” An advocate of life long learning, Kim has her bachelors degree in management and her masters degree in organizational management. View this webcast Making the Business Case for Training with Joyce Oliner View this webcast Fighting Scope Creep in HR Consulting Projects with Steven Lishansky View this webcast Finding New Sources of Work with Margo Berman View this webcast Retirement Planning Options for HR Consultants with Fred Payne View this webcast Marketing Ideas for Consultants with The Training Doctor's Nanette Miner View this webcast Establish a Business Plan for Your Consulting Practice with Innovative HR Solutions' Richard Sherwood View this webcast More webcasts

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CONSULTING BUSINESS MANAGEMENT Easing Clients 'Outside the Box' A major challenge HR consultants face is moving clients beyond the “tried and true” to consider new, innovative approaches to their human resource challenges. Read this article. MORE ON CONSULTING BUSINESS MANAGEMENT Three Top Tips From Consulting Vets How to Collaborate with Your Competition Read More Consulting Business Management Articles