1. Biennial Congress Beijing Sept 2005 ICMCI Proposals Global CMC Register CMC Directory Knowledge sharing ICMCI Website By Alphons Roels, Netherlands

2. Biennial Congress Beijing Sept 2005 Global CMC Register Purposes: global recognition CMC world class standards and qualification; to support IMCs by promoting CMC; reciprocity Personal information: initials, surname, country and state (privacy protection) More info with permission of CMC member Where: members webpage or home page ICMCI website? IMCs are responsible for correct CMC info

3. Biennial Congress Beijing Sept 2005 CMC Directory www.icmci.com Few participants, 80-100 CMCs; fee $ 50 p.a., no results No funding for promotion and marketing ‘find a CMC (qualified) consultant’ No capacity for mediation between ‘demand and supply’ Lacking network acquiring international projects There were some ad hoc ‘business opportunities’ Technical machinery works perfect; license to use search engine for national IMCs purpose ? Integration within www.icmci.org was plannedwww.icmci.org ICMCI decision: stop unless ………………… Getting a ‘finders fee’ …. Much more substantial

4. Biennial Congress Beijing Sept 2005 Knowledge sharing by website Value added to ICMCI members Make English information member assessments available; principle of free flow of information Statement of equivalence and related documents Information to find on Members webpage www.icmci.org or institute’s website with link from ICMCI members webpage www.icmci.org Institutes are responsible for latest versions Public information or ‘for members only’ Protection of IPR, licensing and/or paid

5. Biennial Congress Beijing Sept 2005 ICMCI Website www.icmci.org Present situation: Not attractive (visual) for visitors Not well known by management consultants No actual information; no regular news Accessibility of all information quite difficult; status not always clear Not used by member institutes for mutual contact and knowledge exchange

6. Biennial Congress Beijing Sept 2005 ICMCI Website Target groups: Members of ICMCI (IMCs) All members of IMCs Management consultants all over the world Other interested parties

7. Biennial Congress Beijing Sept 2005 ICMCI Website Actions short term: Improve actuality by appointment of webmaster and editor for both Meridian and Website news Effort from all IMCs like news, articles, conferences, etc. Restructure website information / knowledge management Extend members website with: - Register CMC members - Documentation national standards/best practices Build facility for demand and supply international projects Increase number of hits by realizing top twenty Google and Yahoo

8. Biennial Congress Beijing Sept 2005 ICMCI Website Action longer term: New professional community website that will meet requirements of : Attractiveness for visitors Availability of actual information Knowledge management Easy and fast accessibility and communication Knowledge sharing and networking between IMCs Well known by all global management consultants Will need effort of IMCs, investment funding and concept sponsoring!!!!