Plexus Consulting Group    News Release

Dr. Sharon Goldsmith – Director of Certification and Accreditation Services at Plexus Consulting Group – Speaks at the Plexus Breakfast Series 2006.




Date
July 19, 2006



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Washington, D.C. – July 19, 2006

Dr. Sharon Goldsmith – Director of Certification and Accreditation Services at Plexus Consulting Group – discussed the “how to’s” of developing professional certification programs at the Plexus Consulting Group office yesterday as a part of the Plexus Breakfast Series 2006.

Dr. Goldsmith’s event is the second of this year’s Plexus Breakfast Series - a sequence of interactive breakfast speaking events hosted by Plexus Consulting Group for leaders of associations. Over a light continental breakfast, Dr. Goldsmith spoke in detail about the costs and benefits of a certification program, as well as the considerations that should be given before an association starts such an initiative. After a comprehensive presentation of association certification program options, Dr. Goldsmith addressed specific questions from guests.

In attendance at this event were leaders from the Licensing Executives Society, National Osteoporosis Foundation, American Association of Engineering Societies, Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society, Chemonics International, and Plexus Consulting Group. Attendees exchanged business cards with Dr. Goldsmith, who spoke individually with interested guests after the session.

* Handouts of Dr. Goldsmith’s presentation are available. If interested in obtaining these materials, e-mail Edward Chen at echen@plexusconsulting.com.

* The Plexus Breakfast Series 2006 will host four more speaking sessions this summer. For details about each event, please e-mail Edward Chen at echen@plexusconsulting.com.

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Plexus Consulting Group is a management-consulting firm that provides marketing, management, and strategic planning services to association, for-profit, and governmental entities in North America, Europe, Latin America, and Asia. Plexus’s network of affiliate offices covers all these markets. The firm is headed by Steven Worth-a 25-year consulting veteran whose former professional titles include: Director of International Public Affairs and Communications, Deloitte, Touche, Tohmatsu; Managing Director of Hill and Knowlton Brussels, and Press Liaison for the U.S. Senate Majority Leader’s office.

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