Practice Management Virtual Roundtables for Design Professionals

OVERVIEW

More than many other service providers, design professionals tend to closely guard knowledge and intellectual capital gained over many years of practice. Amidst intense competition, firms fear losing an important edge. This reluctance to share information and collaborate with colleagues constrains our capacity to improve and to elevate our profession.
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Strogoff Consulting’s Virtual Roundtables meet six times a year (90 minutes each session), providing an engaging forum for firm leaders in a secure online setting. Each Roundtable group builds on the insights and experience of 10 - 12  leaders carefully selected from non-competing firms of similar size and complexity. As a member of a tightly knit group, you will share knowledge and resources, build confidential relationships with like-minded practitioners, exchange practice management resources and learn from others in a facilitated setting.​

PARTICIPANTS / CONFIDENTIALITY

Participation is limited to invited industry leaders. Members are expected to openly share their hard-earned expertise and provide candid feedback to group members while protecting the confidentiality of information shared. To build a trusted network, participants make a one-year commitment.  Members will also have access to valuable practice management resources and to password-protected recordings of each meeting.

RESULTS-FOCUSED

By participating in a Roundtable, you will:
  • Develop valuable relationships with leaders at similar firms
  • Expand your professional and marketing network
  • Implement new marketing strategies
  • Gain actionable insights and get candid feedback
  • Stay on top of industry trends
  • Build on other firms' best practices
  • Learn from other leaders' successes and failures
  • Exchange resources and better navigate uncharted territory
Gain new sources of inspiration

as you inspire others

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From a recent webinar on navigating the COVID-19 economy

TOPICS

Although each Roundtable group will identify topics its members identify as most relevant, the facilitators anticipate guiding discussions in the following areas:
  • Repositioning and expanding into new markets
  • Strategies for navigating economic cycles
  • Developing innovative marketing strategies
  • Leveraging in-house resources
  • Developing the next generation of leaders
  • Integrating technological advances
  • Managing clients' expectations
  • Adopting effective negotiating strategies
  • Implementing ownership and leadership transitions

facilitators

Armando L. Gonzalez, FAIA, is a trusted strategic advisor and highly effective facilitator. He has mentored many design professionals, built a highly successful architecture firm, and continues to bring his leadership to community initiatives. Armando brings a wealth of experience in business development, marketing, integrated practice, ownership transition and practice management. 

Michael Strogoff, FAIA, advises many of the nation’s most successful architectural firms, guiding them through strategic planning and practice management issues. Michael brings insights gained through his consulting practice, his ongoing work with national and state AIA committees, and his former role as a Managing Principal of a 40-person architecture firm. Michael is also the founder of aecKnowledge, an online knowledge sharing and continuing education platform. 

join a ROUNDTABLE group

Limited spaces available.  After completing the APPLICATION FORM, prospective members will be interviewed about their interests, experience and willingness to share insights and provide candid feedback to peer group members. Each successful applicant will be assigned to a Roundtable group of leaders from non-competing firms.
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Membership Fees
Fees are billed twice a year and differ by total firm size:
  • Up to 20 people:  $4,000/year
  • 21 - 40 people:  $6,000/year
  • 41 or more people:  $8,000/year