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    <pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 21:06:23 GMT</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>RPCN August 2026 Board Meeting (21-Aug-2026)</title>
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&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;RPCN does not run itself. It takes a Board of Directors that meets monthly. Everyone is welcome to attend. Stop in to see what is behind the success of the organization.&lt;br&gt;
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&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Note: Images from this event may be used for promotional purposes.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;SPECIAL NOTE&lt;/strong&gt;: This will be a&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;hybrid event&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;where you can attend&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;via Zoom or&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;in-person&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;at 2800 Dewey Ave, Rochester, NY 14616.&amp;nbsp; Attending in-person&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;is highly encouraged.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;COST&lt;/strong&gt;: This event is friendly, free, and open to everyone.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Contact us at&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:helpdesk@rochesterconsultants.org"&gt;helpdesk@rochesterconsultants.org&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;if you experience any trouble registering for this event.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Ely Delaney Presents The Follow Up Machine: The System that Turns Quiet Prospects Into Steady Revenue (25-Sep-2026)</title>
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&lt;p align="left" style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 27px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#1A2F40"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;Facilitator&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Ely Delaney&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;There was good conversation, you liked them, but the timing just isn't right for whatever reason.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Then life happens. Work gets busy, or you don't want to seem pushy. So, it goes quiet.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Most people drop the ball after three or four follow-ups. That's right around when the prospect finally gets warm.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;That's not a lead problem. That's a follow-up problem.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;This session gives you the four-step framework that keeps prospects warm. No extra work on your end, no awkward check-ins, and no begging for a reply. Just steady, relationship-based follow up that runs in the background and turns quiet contacts into real revenue, month after month.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Who this is for:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;This talk is built for fractional executives and consultants who already run a real business. Think fractional CFOs, COOs, and CROs. Think executive coaches, CPAs, and management consultants. You have a few years under your belt. You have a list of people who already like and trust you. What you don't have is a system that turns that list into predictable income without a colder outreach or more hours on the phone. If that sounds like you, this talk was built for you.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Key Takeaways:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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  &lt;li&gt;Key Takeaway #1: The real reason warm leads go cold&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Key Takeaway #2: How to follow up without ever feeling pushy&lt;/li&gt;

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    &lt;p&gt;Key Takeaway #3: Why your existing list is worth more than your next lead source&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;About Ely&lt;font color="#1A2F40"&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://rochesterconsultants.org/resources/Pictures/ElyDelaney_Purple800_cr.jpg" alt="" title="" border="3" width="164" height="160" align="left" style="margin: 10px; border-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"&gt;Ely Delaney is your Email Marketing Architect and is also known as “The People Whisperer.”&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;He’s the creator of The Follow Up Rockstar System, teaching entrepreneurs how to go from surviving to thriving in any economy through the art and science of building strong relationships and following up for LIFE.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;He’s an Amazon bestseller with his three books:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;• Marketing Tidbits&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;• Networking Tidbits&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;• and his latest book, The Follow Up Code: 7 Virtues for Building Trust Through Email&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;With a passion for connecting people, his best-selling training course “Networking Like A Rockstar” has over 1424 students registered globally.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;He’s the guy to help turn you into a Follow-Up Rockstar!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;This meeting is&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;open&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;to the public.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;COST&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;:&amp;nbsp;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;$10 for nonmembers&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font&gt;C&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;ontact us at&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:helpdesk@rochesterconsultants.org"&gt;helpdesk@rochesterconsultants.org&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;if you experience any trouble registering for this event.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;SPECIAL NOTE&lt;/strong&gt;: This will be a hybrid &lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;event where you can attend&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;via Zoom or&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;in-person&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;at 2800 Dewey Ave, Rochester, NY 14616. Attending in-person&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;is highly encouraged.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;After the meeting ends, open networking (with private breakout rooms for those on Zoom) will continue until 10:00 a.m. ET for the attendees.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;After you register, you will be sent two (2) emails, one from RPCN and one from&amp;nbsp;Zoom.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;NOTE&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;: The email from RPCN will be sent almost immediately but the&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;ZOOM&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;email may be delayed by a few minutes. Be patient while waiting for it.&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span&gt;Click the link in the Zoom email to join&amp;nbsp;this event.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Spotlight your business! Register as a meeting sponsor.&amp;nbsp; For details on sponsoring, click&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://rochesterconsultants.org/sponsors/" title="sponsor"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;HERE&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>2026 Consulting Business Launchpad (28-Sep-2026)</title>
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    &lt;p align="left" style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Turn your expertise into a profitable consulting business.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="left" style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The Consulting Business Launchpad is a hands-on, results-driven program designed for professionals who are ready to start or grow an independent consulting practice. Whether you are transitioning out of a corporate role, building on early traction, or refining an existing service, this program gives you the structure, tools, and confidence to move forward with clarity.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="left" style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Over the course of the program, you will define your value proposition, identify your ideal clients, develop a practical pricing strategy, and learn how to win business consistently. You will leave with a clear plan and a market-ready consulting offer you can put into action immediately.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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