“A dream becomes a goal
when action is taken
toward its achievement.”

-- Bo Bennett

Autumn 2007      Issue #1003



Top Shelf Design and ECG Join Forces

Evolution Consulting Group (ECG) and Top Shelf Design (TSD), a Washington, DC-based communications design firm, have formed a strategic alliance.  ECG & TSD have kicked off their alliance by conducting marketing and design workshops geared toward small and medium sized-businesses.  ECG & TSD also participated in a marketing workshop hosted this spring by The Washington DC Latin Economic Development Corporation. ECG and TSD hosted its own highly successful seminar in Bethesda, MD early this summer at Eagle Bank.  ECG and TSD teamed up again with a summer's end seminar, this time hosted by the eWomen Network Group at Timpano’s Chop House in Rockville, MD. http://www.topshelfdesign.net

ECG Creates Small Business Resource Guide

Evolution Consulting Group is always searching for fresh, new ways to help businesses evolve to the next level.  We are excited to announce a must have for small business owners now available for purchase on our website, www.EvolutionConsultingGroup.comGetting Down to the Business of Small Business:  A Complete Small Business Resource Guide is our way of contributing to the success of small businesses.  An accumulation of resources combined into one complete guide that is instrumental in assisting entrepreneurs through the process of starting and maintaining a thriving business.  ECG wants small business owners to exceed beyond the expectations they have set for themselves with regard to  growing their businesses.  Don’t hesitate to click on our website, www.evolutionconsultinggroup.com, to purchase Getting Down to the Business of Small Business:  A Complete Small Business Resource Guide, a valuable tool for the small business owner.

ECG CEO Speaks to The W.E.L. Group

ECG President and CEO, Wendy McAllister, shared her expertise this spring at a marketing event where she spoke to The W.E.L. Group, The Wellness Entrepreneur Link (W.E.L.) which is a networking group of professionals from the wellness industry.  McAllister provided best practices on marketing plans and strategies along with suggestions on specifically how holistic and wellness businesses can leverage marketing to effectively grow their businesses on a shoestring budget. http://www.welgroup.net.
 

 

ECG CEO and President Attends International Conference

Wendy McAllister, traveled to Dallas, TX this summer to participate in the 7th Annual eWomen Network International Conference &  Business Expo.  Thousands of women in all business backgrounds from across the US and Canada gather every year to take advantage of this wonderful opportunity to network with each other.  Some guest speakers on hand were Steadman Graham, Chairman and CEO of Stedman Graham & Associates,  Carly Fiorina, former CEO of Hewlett Packard, and Darryn Kagan, former CNN anchor and creator and host of her own inspirational news web site, DarrynKagan.com .  eWomenNetwork is a vast network recognized as “the #1 resource for connecting and promoting women and their businesses worldwide.”   http://www.ewomennetwork.com

ECG CEO Interviewed for Radio Show

This summer, Evolution Consulting Group’s own Wendy McAllister was a guest on the eWomenNetwork Radio Show that broadcasts live on the #1 ABC affiliate, WBAP News/Talk Radio 820AM out of Dallas, TX.  The show is heard every Sunday in over 80% of U.S. households and is simulcast over the internet at eWomen Network Radio Show.  It is also the #1 listened-to radio station in Texas.  Hosted by eWomenNetwork founder and CEO, Sandra Yancey, each show highlights dynamic women from all across North America.  ECG’s own dynamic woman, Wendy McAllister, shared marketing tips and tactics specifically geared towards the ambitious female entrepreneur.

                         

Wellness Company Retained ECG

The StillPoint, a unique, full-service wellness center where balance, harmony, tranquility and relaxation come together to improve people’s lives and well-being, retained Evolution Consulting Group to help establish itself as a holistic gem and flourish as a wellness business.  The new center, which opened this summer in the eclectic community of Takoma Park,  offers acupuncture, massage therapy and other forms of body work, nutrition counseling, life coaching and other modalities.  The StillPoint, according to owner Tori Paide, will “offer clients a range and professional quality of Wellness services not currently available in Takoma Park.”  http://www.stillpointmindandbody.com/

 

           


 

ECG President participated as Guest Panelist

ECG President and CEO, Wendy McAllister, was one of several guest panelists at the DC Chapter National Black MBA Association Wealth Building Series on Entrepreneurship and Franchising.  This event was held this summer in Washington, DC at Georgetown University.  All of the panelists were successful entrepreneurs who shared their insight on how to start your own business, attract customers and utilize fundraising as an effective marketing tool. McAllister contributed her knowledge and experience as a seasoned marketing expert to this successful seminar.  The National Black MBA Association (DC) boasts a membership of over 500 active African-American professionals whose mission is "... to strengthen the economic and intellectual wealth of the African-American community, and develop and empower business leaders for the 21st Century.

 
http://www.dcbmbaa.org  
http://www.dcbmbaa.org/wbs200708-entrepreneurshipfranchise.htm

 

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  • Strategic Alliance Building

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