Webinar: Introductory Consulting Skills for Evaluators

eStudy 013: Getting Started: Introductory Consulting Skills for Evaluators - Gail Barrington

Dates: Tuesdays June 12 & 19, 11am-12:30 PM Eastern Time. For one registration fee, participants may attend 1 or both.

Length: 3 total contact hours

Cost: 

AEA member: $75

Non member:  $100

Student AEA member:  $40

Student non member:  $55

Description: Are you a program evaluator contemplating venturing out on your own? For many, this may be both an exciting but intimidating prospect. Taught by an independent consultant, this practical eStudy course will reveal the simple but important skills needed to be successful. The course helps participants apply management consulting, entrepreneurial and small business skills to the evaluation and applied research setting. Valuable samples, worksheets, insider tips and trade secrets are provided. Through lecture, anecdote, at-home exercises, and independent reflection, participants are encouraged to identify and address the unique issues they face and to prepare an action plan.

This eStudy will occur in two 90-minute sessions. A pre-course worksheet will be circulated for completion prior to Day 1 and an at-home investigative assignment will precede Day 2. Each session will cover three inter-related topics.

Day 1 - Determining your competitive edge, Pricing methods and fees, Setting up shop

Day 2 - Developing and using your business plan, Managing and tracking time, Marketing secrets and finding work

Presenter:  Gail Barrington has more than 25 years of practical experience. She founded Barrington Research Group, Inc. in 1985 and has conducted more than 100 program evaluation studies. In 2008, she won the Canadian Evaluation Society award for her Contribution to Evaluation in Canada. A frequent AEA presenter, she is the author of a new book entitled Consulting Start-up & Management: A Guide for Evaluators and Applied Researchers, released by SAGE in 2012.
Register: https://www.eval.org/webinar_reg/Registrationtop.asp 
Last day to register is Friday June 8