Nitty-Gritty TeleForum - Growing Your Design Business  Pro's and Con's and How Do You Know When It Is Time?

Are you swamped with work, juggling freelancers and working all weekend? Or perhaps trying to grow your design business but you're frustrated because you're still spending all your time doing design work and don't have enough time or energy left over for marketing? Maybe it's time to take the plunge and hire your first real employee or your second. If so, this AIGA Nitty-Gritty TeleForum is for you. We'll spend 60 minutes discussing:

• The Pro's and Con's of growing your business beyond just you.
• What does it take to be the boss? Are you ready to pay the price?
• How do you know when it's time?

The Nitty-Gritty TeleForum is a great opportunity to share ideas with other designers and pick up ideas that could make all the difference to your design business and life. So don't be shy, just register to receive the phone number and PIN and then dial in to join us for 60 minutes.

To register, just email: pam@futureresultsnow.com and login details will be emailed to you.

What is a Nitty-Gritty TeleForum?

The Nitty-Gritty TeleForum series is a great learning opportunity brought to you by your AIGA chapter. A TeleForum is a form of distance learning where you use your telephone to call a pre-assigned phone number in order to participate in an interactive educational seminar. TeleForums provide a great learning experience with your design industry colleagues, without the time, expense and hassle of travel. Just close your door, pick up the phone and join us. You can choose to actively participate or just listen and learn. The choice is yours. Several chapters participate in the Nitty-Gritty series so you can exchange views with design professionals across town and across the country. All without leaving your own office. Oh, and did we mention? They are free! The Nitty-Gritty series is sponsored and delivered by Pam Bryan of Future Results Now. Pam is a business coach dedicated to making your life as a design professional more fun and more profitable.

For those of you who are new to our TeleForum calls:

1. Pick up your telephone and dial the phone number, but please do not call early.

2. After one ring, you will be automatically connected to the TeleForum. No operators, no waiting.

3. During the call, feel free to speak up and share as appropriate, always using your first name and city.

4. If you call in using a speaker phone or cell phone please be prepared to "mute" except when you are speaking during the call. Just press *6 to toggle the mute on and off. This ensures the best possible call quality for all participants. We welcome multiple participants from your design firm. As there is no fee for the call you may find it easiest for each participant to call in on a separate line.

5. You can come and go as you please during the call, so if you need to step away for a few minutes, please just hang up and dial back in.

Note: There is a long distance call charge for your call into the conference center, but the 60 minute call should not cost more than $3 - $4. If you don't have a good long distance plan, try picking up a phone card from Walmart.