Albuquerque, NM. Jane Blume, owner and principal of the public relations firm Desert Sky Communications, has become a contributing blogger to Toilet Paper Entrepreneur and for women’s business consultant Dr. Shannon Reese.

Both websites solicit contributions from guest bloggers on specific topics on a regular basis.

Blume’s latest posting for Dr. Reese responded to her request for suggestions about Small Business Secret Weapons for success.

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Albuquerque, NM. The Institute of Management Consultants USA, a national professional association serving the management consulting profession, has awarded Jane Blume, owner of the public relations firm Desert Sky Communications, re-certification as a management consultant (the CMC® mark).

IMC USA’s re-certification requirements include participation in educational programs, an active consulting practice, outreach activities, and demonstrated knowledge of the association’s code of ethics.

The CMC designation is normally awarded to those select consultants who have demonstrated a history of substantive results for clients, adherence to IMC USA’s canon of ethics, and professional practice management. Less than 1% of all consultants have achieved this recognition.

In addition to IMC USA, Blume is also a member of the The Association for Women in Communications, National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO), Albuquerque Hispano Chamber of Commerce and Albuquerque Independent Business Alliance.

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Washington, D.C. - The Institute of Management Consultants USA (IMC USA), a professional association serving management consultants and the sole certifying body for management consultants in the U.S., has appointed Jane Blume CMC editor of its national newsletter, The Connector.

     Blume, the award-winning owner and principal of the public relations firm Desert Sky Communications, has served IMC USA in several capacities, including vice chair of its marketing committee, member of its professional development and education task force and national conference committee, national conference presenter, and teleseminar leader for the organization’s Academy for Professional Development.

     She is also the co-founder and secretary-treasurer of IMC USA’s New Mexico Chapter and immediate past president of The Association for Women in Communications/New Mexico.

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Raleigh, N.C. – Mary Cantando, owner of The Woman’s Advantage, announced today that a quote from Jane Blume CMC, owner and principal of the Albuquerque-based public relations firm Desert Sky Communications, was selected from among hundreds of submissions to be featured in the 2008 Woman’s Advantage Calendar.

     Scheduled for release this month, the calendar will provide “sound bites of advice” for women business owners - from influential women leaders across the US and Canada - on key business issues ranging from promotions and sales to organizational and human-resource issues.

     Cantando said that Blume’s advice, “Help people without expecting anything in return,” was selected because “it was powerful, yet easy to understand. Her idea is relevant to almost every woman in business today. Women business owners and those who dream of starting a business will learn so much from the advice provided by Jane and the other successful women quoted in the calendar.”

     Blume, who founded Desert Sky Communications in 1989, is an award-winning professional with four decades of experience in public relations. She is currently the President of the New Mexico Chapter of The Association for Women in Communications; co-founder and Secretary-Treasurer of the New Mexico Chapter of the Institute of Management Consultants USA; and immediate past Board member and PR Chair for the Northern New Mexico Chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners.

     An entrepreneurial executive since 1989, Mary Cantando is a nationally recognized speaker, author, columnist and consultant on how women business owners can grow their firms and achieve success. She is the developer of the Woman’s Advantage line of products, which include books, workbooks, audio CDs, and calendars. For more information, call 919-841-0401 or visit http://www.WomansAdvantage.biz

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Jane Blume elected President of the Association for Women in Communications/New Mexico

May 16, 2007 - Albuquerque, NM. Jane Blume CMC, owner and principal of the public relations firm Desert Sky Communications, has been elected president of the Board of the New Mexico Chapter of The Association for Women in Communications (AWC’s) for 2007-08. She took over the reins at AWC’s end-of-year banquet and new-officer installation, held on May 16 at Tanoan Country Club.

     This is the second time that Blume has assumed the presidency of the Chapter; her first term was in 1992-93.

     Blume is the recent winner of the Small Business Administration’s 2007 Home-Based Business Champion Award. She was nominated by the Northern New Mexico Chapter of NAWBO (National Association of Women Business Owners), and received her award at the Small Business Week celebration luncheon on April 27 at the Marriott Pyramid North.

     Blume is also Secretary-Treasurer of the New Mexico Chapter of the Institute for Management Consultants USA/New Mexico, and Board member and Chair of the Public Relations & Awards Committee for NAWBO/Northern New Mexico.

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