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Rework Online Training Part 3: Design the Webinar Experience

Johanna Rothman

I then need to think about which parts are before the meeting, which parts are during, and which parts are post-meeting. When I “teach” project portfolio management in a webinar, I explain the content in these ways: Start with a story to draw people into the context. (I Let me offer an example. No one else would.

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Ten Factors to Consider Before Jumping into Independent Consulting

Successful Independent Consulting

Being a self-employed consultant or “solopreneur” isn’t for everyone. I made the leap to independent consulting in 2004 and never looked back. Now I run a national talent agency for HR consultants as well as the Professional Independent Consultants of America, both organizations that help independent consultants be successful.

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How To Build A Sustainable Consulting Business With Kate Gaertner: Podcast #218

Consulting Success

How do you build a sustainable consulting business? Kate talks with Michael about how the pandemic changed how the consulting business works. If before, business travels and face-to-face meetings were required, How To Build A Sustainable Consulting Business With Kate Gaertner: Podcast #218 is a post from: Consulting Success.

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What The Coronavirus (COVID-19) Means For Consultant Marketing

Consulting Matters

In general, consultants are not the biggest fans of marketing, even in the best of times. But here's the deal - how you treat your clients (those you already know and are working with AND the ones you don't know yet that you meet through marketing) could define your consulting brand. Oil.water, consultants.marketing.

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How Prophetable is Your Consulting?

Consulting Matters

There's two types of consultants. Both types of consultants want and need to be profitable and deserve equitable compensation for their contribution. We can look at our consulting as a way to make a living without being on the full-time payroll. The reality is consulting isn't a new position. It's a very old one.

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Consulting Tip #7: Beware of Other People Using Your Intellectual Property for Their Exposure

Johanna Rothman

The reply: Spend five hours a month in meetings (roughly an hour each week). For example, I'm doing a webinar on November 30 where the value is primarily promotion for my new book. I said this in the Successful Indepentent Consulting book : People die of exposure—both hot and cold. Write a new, unique column each month.

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20 Qualities of a Consulting Rock Star

Successful Independent Consulting

Let’s face it, not all consultants are created equal. Over the last 20 years I’ve interacted with probably a thousand management consultants, from local independent practitioners to global “big four” advisors. Some are rock stars and some never will be, regardless of their education or what consulting firm they work for.