Consulting Opportunities
Businesses regularly contact STC Headquarters for assistance in
finding qualified consulting support. All end users are provided
with a complete directory of STC members, including a brief biography
describing the individual and their practice expertise. These consulting
opportunities, along with their project requirements, are published
by email to our consultant members, regularly.
VAC
Contacts
STC Members also receive updated directories of our Vendor Advisory
Council (VAC), containing descriptions of their companies' products
and services. The directory lists contact information for up to
three, key representatives of the vendor's company.
Membership
Database
The STC can provide end users with downloadable member directory
files, suitable for a variety of database formats, that can be used
with their own software to search geographically, or through the
use of key words, for a consultant who meets their requirements.
Through the password-protected STC intranet, consultant members
can search for specific vendors or other consultants with whom to
form strategic alliances.
Marketing
Support
The STC is committed to enhancing awareness, of the value of the
Society and its members, in the industry. We exhibit and present
at select trade shows, increasing exposure to the end user community.
Consultants and representatives of our VAC distribute brochures
and promote the Society at industry shows.
An increasing
number of quality promotional opportunities are generated for our
members through public relations activities such as writing, speaking
engagements, quotes in articles written by industry journalists
and in articles written about the STC.
Members are
also able to leverage the STC affiliation in their own promotional
efforts such as Yellow Pages Group Advertising, where STC consultants
practicing in the same state may, in accord with STC guidelines,
jointly place an ad in their local Yellow Pages Directory featuring
the STC logo. Member names are listed individually, thereby increasing
visibility and name recognition in their professional communities.
Use of the STC
Logo in connection with our members' names and the STC End User
Brochure for proposal packages, provides two additional ways for
STC members to cultivate their image and stand out from the crowd.
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Networking
The opportunity to develop industry relationships and grow a contact
network at STC conferences and other venues is continually cited
by STC members as a prime benefit of membership. The STC remains
committed to maintaining and developing networking opportunities
for its members in order to deliver the maximum possible level of
support for the revenue growth of its members' consulting practices.
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Conferences
The semi-annual STC conferences provide a forum where information
flows freely in an environment of creativity and collaboration.
Industry leaders from the consultant, vendor and end user communities
present sessions focusing on emerging technologies, long-term strategic
issues, client applications, and practice management. A substantial
number of key industry conferences also provide a special rate to
STC members.
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Publications
STC lines, the Society's quarterly newsletter, is posted on the
member Intranet and mailed to interested parties. Significant discounts
have also been negotiated on virtually all other major magazine
and newsletters our members read to keep them informed. (Back
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Regulatory
Advocacy
The STC Regulatory Attorney, Martha Buyer, is available for routine
inquiries, free of charge to STC Consultant and VAC Members. Our
Attorney, who specializes in telecommunications law, also regularly
disseminates information through our quarterly STC Lines Newsletter,
special edition White Papers and at semiannual STC Conferences.
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Practice
Management Tools
Gathered under the supervision of the STC regulatory attorney, contract
wording samples provide STC members with generic phrases to aid
in the preparation of consulting service agreements with their clients
and joint venture agreements with other consultants. Prepared PowerPoint
presentations on topics from "How and Why to Hire a Consultant"
to "CTI in the Call Center" are available, as will be
Generic RFP's for cabling and for hiring a consultant.
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Consultant
Prospect Comfort Letter
STC Headquarters will issue a letter assuring your prospective clients
that you are a member, in good standing, of this prestigious organization
and that you abide by the Society's Code of Ethics.
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Group
Discounts
The STC now offers its members a full portfolio of insurance programs,
including errors and omission coverage and business office liability
and property protection. Our affiliation with U.S. Benefits provides
discounts on prescription drug services. Other significant discounts
available to members include sharply reduced rates for conference
call bridges and for several prominent industry publications.
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